Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1930, Page 4

- EASTMAN CALLED INRAILWAY PROBE Practices of Holding Compa- nies to Be Gone Into by House Committee. By the Associated Press. In calling Commissioner Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Commission as the first witness in its investigation of rallroad holding companies the House interstate commerce committee has assured itself that practices of the companies condemned by the commis- sion will be investigated at the outset. Eastman is expected in his testimony Saturday to lay the foundation for months of inquiry into the actual own- ership of the Nation's carriers and | legislation necessary to control them. Listed as an independent, both politically and on the bench, the com- missfoner has consistenly opposed any- thing with a hint of monopoly. Writ- ing a separate cpinion last December on the commission's consolidation plan, he said, “There is reason to believe that the country is becoming considerably alarmed by the progress of consolida- tion and unifications among industries in general, and it is feared that con- trol of industry rapidly is passing into a few hands, with the danger that we shall become a Nation of clerks and subordinates.” Proposes 21 Unified Lines. More recently he opposed holding companies of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. Instigated at the behest of the com- mission, the House committee, headed by Chairman Parker, will scrutinize newest phases of a process that has been a part of the transportation sys- tem since the first steam line was chartered. Consolidation has gone steadily for- ward in one form or another. The Pennsylvania Railroad has grown from 8 single lme between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh to one of the strongest sys- tems in the country by absorbing hundreds of smaller lines. In its plan for consolidation, the commission purposed eventually to re- duce the nearly 1,500 roads now op- mfln% into 21 unified trunk line sys- tems, but in announcing this program, it voiced a belief that the new era of holding companies was threatening to block the entire consolidation scheme and was perhaps beyond power of the commission or Department of Justice regulation. 300 to 500 to Be Studied. Between 300 and 500 holding and investment companies are to come within the scope of the inquiry starting Saturday. The exact number to be closely scrutinized is to be determined, however, by a questionnaire now being drafted by Dr. W. M. W. Splawn, spe- cial counsel, which will be sent to each company. As a result, several weeks are expected to elapse between Commis- sioner Eastman's testimony and fur- ther hear ings. In its annual report to Congress rec- ommending legislation to deal with the companies, the commission named the Pennroad Co., which is controlled by noelm:l::n ut;er the Pennsylvania Rail- compan roperty, but hold- roads and merit- * | first. . C. & 0. MAY WITHDRAW PLEA. Van Sweringens Are Expected to Fol- low B. & O. in Merger Steps. NEW YORK, April 1 (#)—The New York Times today said that the Chesa- E:ne & Ohio Railroad, the Van Swer- system, will follow the lead of the Baltimore & Ohio and withdraw its merger petition from the Interstate | bv ‘Comm erce Commission. ‘The C. & O. is expected to file a ies | of the Leesburg High School, who was | THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, POLICE STATION CLERK HONORED JACOB B. LARRICK, Clerk in the Detective Bureau, with the chair presented to him today when he retired after 33 years’ service in the Police Department. ~—Star Staff Photo. ANNANICHOLS WINS LOUDOUN CONTEST Lincoln High Competitor De- feats Three Other Girls in Oratory Clash. Pifteen-year-old Anna Branch Nichols of the Lincoln High School, Lincoln, Va., won the Loudoun County finals of the National Oratorical Contest last night in competition with representa- tives of the ti other secondary in- itutions of the county. The victory a Ellce in the State finals April 29 in ston. Her selection came only after a point tie with Maxine Compher, 16 years old, | named as alternate. Two of the three| judges cast votes giving the ultimate winner first place, while the third ar- biter rated her third. Miss Compher was given two second places and one By the low point total system each girl thus had a rating of five, but since Miss Nichols was rated higher than her rival by the majority of the judges she was declared the winner. All Contestants Are Girls. Although usually slightly more boys than girls reach the oratorical finals, all of the contestants last night were ls. Besides the winner and alternate the other youthful orators were Helen Chamblin of the Round Hill High School and Burnette E. Hay of the Ash- burn High School. The contest, held in the auditorium of the Leesburg High School, was at- tended by several hundred persons. The meeting opened with musical selections Misses Margaret and Frances Taylor and Mrs. Contee Adams. O. L. Emerick, superintendent of Loudoun County new petition asking that the Wheeling schools, then made a brief address of & Lake Erie be included in its system. | welcos Course Marker Successful. ‘Tests of the “dromograph,” an appa- ratus invented by a French naval offi- cer for automatically marking the true course of a ship on the vessel's chart, are reported to have been successful. ‘The device indicates the ship's exact geographic tion at any time and also its precise course in arriving at the location. A stylus marks not only main ehum the course, but also smaller variat resulting from the helms- man’s operation of the rudder. Paris Has Model Girl's Room. ‘What is considered in Paris to be a model girl's bed room is being displayed by an artist of the French capital. The furniture is of white maple and jade- green llufler. and the sofas and chairs are upholstered in 'X ay-beige velvet. ‘The walls are hung with generous folds from ceiling to floor of white velvet. ‘The bed coverlet is of the gray-beige velvet embroidered around the edges ‘with green leaves. Husband Held me. ‘Wilbur C. Hall, Loudoun County Rep- resentative in the Virginia Legisiature, presided and made an introductory ad- dress in which he praised The Star and explained the purpose of the contest. “I want to take this v?eporcunlty." he declared, “to congtatulate The Wash- ington Star, which is sponsoring this contest, which is prenmlnnr‘.w the State and The Star’s area champion- ship, and the national and international contests. This newspaper and the other newspapers sponsoring these contests are rendering great governmental service in r&m to the attention of the peoris the importance of the Con- stitution ‘ough the national contests, ané a beiler international understand- ing and exchange of national viewpoints though the international contests.” Miss Chamblin Speaks First. Miss Chamblin was the first con- testant to speak. She was followed by Miss Compher, Miss Nichols and Miss Hay, in the order named. Speaking on the subject “The Citi- zen; His Privileges and Dutles,” the winner emphasized the personal re- sponsibility of every individual for the maintenance of the Constitution. The jus were: Rev. Sanford L. Rotter of The Plains, Va.; Mrs. Hilda M. French, instructor in public speak- ing at American University, and H. M. Keyser, secretary of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. Subjects of the other speakers were as follows: Miss Compher, “The Origins f the Constitution”; Miss Chamblin, ‘The Present Significance of the Con- stitution,” and Miss Hay, “The History of the Constitution.” Tonight the finals for the city of Alexandria are to be held at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the George Mason High School. Two representatives of the George Mason and the Alexandria High Schools will compete for the right to rl:pment Alexandria in the State finals. TITLED BRIDE A WORKER PARIS (#).—Marriage will make no difference in business plans of the former Lady Doria Hoj who recently became Mrs. Freddie CI le of London. She intends to right on being direc- tor-in-chief of the sport shop she started here, according to her business man- €The Duke of Newcastle's daughter made her start in the merchandising world behind the counter of a New York department store, where she worked for $25 a week. Her father owns the famous Hope ond. [ S A Wooden Bowl With a History. An extravagant sum of money, the exact amount of which has not been made known, was paid for the famous bowl known as the mager, for of the Ed- 'ron Walden, height and 7% incl across. the lip is a plain band of silver-giit, & little deeper outside the bowl than in- side. 1t bears the London half-marks of 1507-8 and the head of the make! mark which is the head of a saint. In- side the bowl is a circular medallion, a plate of silver-gilt, and an engraving of the Virgin and the Child in a glory of long rays. It now comes to America. 1t is 80 called beoause it was referred to in the writings of Pepys. | ANNA BRANCH NICHOLS ‘Of Lincoln High School, who will rep- resent her county in the Virginia State finals of the National Oratorical Con- WONAN' HEALTH PISTPONES TRIAL Jury Hearing Murder Case Against Indian Ordered Held Together. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 1.—The trial of Lila Jimerson, consumptive Indian woman accused of complicity in the murder of Clothilde Marchand, today was adjourned until tomorrow morning, lp}unnnfv because of the fllness of the defendant. Judge F. Bret Thorn, when the jurors filed into the box this morning, imme- diately announced “Circumstances have arisen which necessitate adjournment of this court until tomorrow morning at 9:15 o'clock.” The jury was ordered kept together under the watchful eye of bailiffs until tomorrow, the first time since the be- ginning of the trial such an order had been given by Judge Thorn. Lila came into the court room with the matron at the time set for the opening of court. She began mufim‘ and, as the cough wracked her body, adjournment was ordered. She was taken from the room by the matron and shortly after word reached the court room she had been removed to a hospital. The adjournment was ordered after the woman’s counsel, John V. Maloney and John 8. Knibloe, and District Attorney Guy B. Moore had conferred in the judge’s chambers with Judge ‘Thorn. The trial came to & sudden halt at the moment when both defense and prosecution were prepared to give their summations and only a few hours be- fore the case was expected to go to the Jury. Cocktails to Match Gowns. Colorad cocktails to match one’s gown is the latest drinking novelty at Cannes, on the Prench Riviera, this season. They are being served at a unique bar, and | gaid Americans are often seen at the place. declaring that it “shakes a wicked drink.” ~ Bartenders are complaining, however, that it is not fair for a patron to appear in one of the many-colored confett! coats of flannel. sty ‘When oranges first came to us they re called their Spanish na: " which became in English later transformed into “an DAUGHTER CHANCE Grandson of Famed Com- poser Supports Musical Child by Working as Miner. BY LEO RYAN. Associated Press Staff Writer. By the Associated Press. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, April 1.— { By the tiny light of a miner’s lamp |the genlus of Antonin Dvorak, com- poser of “Humoresque,” is be! carried on. The great composer has been dead these 25 or more years. But deep in a coal mine here another Antonin, the | composer’s grandson, digs black gold, | hoping to pass the Dvorak genius on |to the fourth generation. Olga Dvorak, 16, is the great-grand- ghter of the composer and daughter of this coal-mining Antonin. In the high school orchestra of her home town her violin may be heard, fre- (fi:nuy in solos, trilling an ambition that is backed by family pride. Antonin himself, in his younger days |in Bohemia, planned a musical career. | He grew up on the soil that nurtured the famous Antonin and tilled it during the years his grandfather’ was in America, in the '90s. But his father died and the family was poor. In America, Antonin learned, it was easy to make money. But New York was different from Bohemia, he dis- | covered, and Antonin went West. He became a coal miner at St Clairsville. Labor troubles and decreased produc~ tion have made it a hard grind. Anto- nin gave up his own ambitions. What can be pinched out of his earnings now goes to Olga, in the hope that some day her violin may charm thousands as did her great-grandfather’s CITIZENS OPPOSE LICENSE FOR WMAL Dupont Circle Association Charges Leese Denied Air to D. C. Vote Opponents. Renewal of the license of radio sta- tion WMAL should be denied, the Du- pont Circle Citizens’ Association con- tended in a petition filed with the Fed- eral Radio Commission yesterday. The petition charged M. A. Lee: licensee, had denied a request association to be permitted to use his stat'on to reply to arguments advanced by proponents of national representa- tion for the District. Littlepage & Littlepage, attorneys for WMAL, informed Chairman Ira E. Rob- inson of the commission several weeks ago that the station is giving time every other week to the Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations, of which the Dupont organization is a member. “Obviously it would be impossible,” the reply said, “to throw a radio station open to every one of the 61 citizens’ as- sociations in the District, each one of whom would like to go on the air on some project or other. % “We have given a good deal of thought to this matter of national representa- tion for the District of Columbia,” the letter said. “It simply means giving the ple the right to representatives in th branches of Congress and to send electors to the electoral college, and be- ing a part of the Federal Government. 1t 15 becoming more and more important each year. Some good people are op- posed to it, just the same as some were opposed to the independence of the colonies, but, as Mr. Leese advised in his letter, it is sponsored by really im- portant organizations of the District.” Strawberries Kept Fre: ‘The outstanding development the fruit preserving industry is the “cold pack” which has been extensively tested in the past year or two. It has been found by the packers to be particularly valuable in the han of straw- berries. On account of the poor keep- ing qualities of strawberries it has been heretofore necessary to put them through the preserving process immedi- ately upon receipt, which required extra help and energetic operation of the plant, but by the new system it is possible to hold them until such time as is convenient. The berries are placed proportion of one of sugar to four of berries and then placed in the refrig- erating plant. The berries have the quality of fresh fruit when taken from the packages. By resorting to this method the berries may be preserved for the market at such times as when the other fruit has been disposed of and the business of the plant is not under operating pressure. The process is applicable to other berries as well, but it 18 in the handling of strawberries that. it is particularly valuable. At present the new process is avail- able only for those handling the berries in large quantities, but experiments are being made by Government sclentists with the hope of devising a small con- tainer for home use. Women Rule the Dog World. Women are dominant in the dog world, according to Charles Cruft, who recently held forty-third canine ex- hibition in London. He said that nearly all of the 3,350 dogs shown were owned by women, even the gun dogs having feminine owners, and that women are largely responsible for the post-war vival of dog breeding in England. Inci- dentally, Cruft, who is 76, does not own a dog, a very domesticated cat being his sole pet. Synthetic Bee Stings Out. Perfection of synthetic bee stings has been announced by the medical labora- tories of Vienna, Austria. Professors of the Polyclinic Hospital made chemi- cal analysis bee vemon and claim to have succeeded in duplicating and im- proving it. The stinging chemical is to cure rheumatism. ‘Woman Expert Wins in Industries. NEW ORLEANS (/) —Naval stores and allied industries are hemen occu- pations, but a woman is telling the anntm's what it's all about. She is lolse Geerry, senior microscopist in the United States Forest products labora- tory. She is in the South co-operating with the Southern Forest Eperiment Station in New Orleans. Beautiful WREATHS & SPRAYS of Fresh Flowers tastefully‘arranged (Our New Address) 1407 H Street ® Poy, Wert the ! in 50-gallon barrels with sugar in the D. O, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1930. the church survey. Enumerator Must P By the Associated Press. A woman with a tent and a blanket roll will start taking census tomorrow out in Pecos County, Tex. Of the entire 120,000 enumerators who will call on all the 30,000,000 fam- ilies of the United States, hers is termed the most herculean task thus far definitely called to the attention of census-taking headquarters here. W. H. Case, El Paso, Tex., super- visor of the twentieth Texas district, reported to William H. Steuart, bureau chief, that three enumerators took and quit this particular Texas job within 24 hours after he started inter- viewing applicants. But the fourth, a woman, he proud to report, “would stick.” Of the three who didn’t, one got his leg broken, Case reported; one went away without the formality of farewell; one autoed out to take a look at the country, and was ‘“scared off” the enumerators’ list. 2 The woman who will take the census was born and reared there, and is thoroughly familiar with its roads and trails, Supervisor Case saild. She will travel principally on horseback. He described some of the difficulties before her as follows: “Leaving Alpine (in Brewster County) she will travel 80 miles before she reaches her first place to enumerate. “She must take with her a tent, cook stove and bed and prepare to camp out as there is absolutely no- where for a person to stay in those | entire districts. “After she has enumerated the west part, it will be necessary for her to come clear back to Alpine and take another road south to get to the middle part of the district, moving her tent }and camp. She must come back to Alpine again and take another road to the eastern part of the district. “It is impossible to cross from east to west in any part of this district, except the far south end where canyons | empty into the river. There are no was at Fashion Park - DIGS COAL T0 GIVE ' .} Left to right: The Rev. A. Earl Kernahan, Mrs. Kernahan, William Knowles Cooper of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Rev. J. Noble Pierce and the Rev. C. 0. Morong, photographed at the White House, where this delegation of church officials was greeted by President Hoover. Dr. Kernahan is directing WOMAN TACKLES NOSE COUNTING JOB THAT THREE MEN SCORNED itch Her Own Camp in Tent While Traveling Through Wild Texas County. roads back up the canyons from the river. These canyons have to be en- tered from the north.” The name of this feminine camping- out census taker in Texas was not reported by Supervisor Case to the bureau here. But census officials agreed the service she will perform is noteworthy. They also pointed to her as an {llustration that no trail is too difficult for Uncle Sam to take in his quest for a complete accounting of all the inhabitants of the Nation. {OLDEST CAT IN WORLD Abyssinian Felines, Tracing Ances- try to Royal Pets of Ancient Egyptians, Are on Display. LONDON (N.AN.A).—At the Abys- |sinfan Cat Club show, which was re- jcently held in London, the oldest cat |in the world was on view. He used to even, after the privilege of his kind, have looked at the mighty kings of biblical days, or at Tutankahmen him- self. His nine lives, however, expired many centuries ago and only his mum- mified body was present at the show. | His decendants, however, were there in full force. ‘There are not more than about 30 | Abyssinian cats in this country and | their great grandfathers were members of the Abyssinian royal family of cats. Owing to their rarity, they are price less, but their diet is decidedly plebeian and consists of fish, milk and mice when they are lucky. (Copyright, 1930.) an Indian jungle native, has a strong smell of tainted meat, which attracts flies to it. ‘The “carrion plant, Tailored at Fashion Park DaunGrey Menwhose suit selections have been confined to conventional Browns, Blues and greys will welcome the new patterns and | shades of Dawn Grcy Tailored . . in repre= sentative Sprins sty[es. 50 A Special Value at a Special Price 3Custom Service . . . Readystosputeon VIEWED IN LONDON SHOW | |catch mice in a palace of ancient | Egypt thousands of years ago. He may | IN EVANGELISM Director of Religious Cam- paign Describes Conduct of Visitation Project. Further instructions on the proper conduct of the visitation evangelism which is to follow the recent religious survey of the Capital and nearby areas were given members of the Ministerial Union here yesterday by the Rev, A. Earl Kernahan, director of the survey and the visitation campaign. Bishop Willam F. McDowell, pre- siding officer of the alliance, warned the pastors “that it takes a big emo- tion to float a big enterprise, and that when a man brings another man to of the desperate need that human na- ture has for Christ.” Today’s meetings for instruction of workers will be held in three districts: Central Washington, in Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church, at 8:15 pm.; North Central Washington, in National Memorial Baptist Church, at 7:30 pm, and West Washington, in Pilgrims’ Presbyterian Church, at 7:30 pm. Eckington, Brookland and Mount Rainier will meet at 8:15 at Mount Ver- non Place Church with Central Wash- ington district. This morning Dr. Kernahan spoke at 10 o'clock at American University, and at 12:30 o'clock he addressed the Civi- tan Club at the Hotel La Fayette. WOMEN FOUND GUILTY IN COMMUNISM CASE Bond of $1,000 Fixed Pending Plea for New Trial on Syndicalism Charges. By the Associated Pres: CADIZ, Ohio.—] Gannetti and Zorkl Yoki, young Cleveland women, last night were convicted of criminal syndicalism growing out of the distribu- tion of alleged anti-Government litera- ture during a Comnist demonstra- tion at Martins Ferry last Fall. They were released on $1,000 bond each pending an appeal for new trial. A jury returned a verdict in three hours. Conviction carried a penalty of not more than 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $5000. The appeal for a new trial will be heard Saturday. L ‘When Puccini, the great Italian com- poser, was writing his first opera, “La Villi,” he was so poor that he had to live on credit for four months at a tiny restaurant in a Milan slum. NEWTON HALL 1417 Newton Street ‘Two Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Best Values in Neighborhood Resident Manager Adams 1260 Quriskan CuEVROLET SALE INSTRUCTS PASTORS| CITY 0 OBSERVE Z50TH ANNIVERSARY Romantic Days of Old South Will Be Lived Again at Charleston. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, S. C, April 1— Charleston will look back over 250 years of its eventful past this month. Symbolic of Spring in Dixie, the fa- mous Magnolia and Middleton Gardens will be at the height of their romantic and venerable beauty. & Founding of Charleston 250 years ago, the 260th anniversary of Charles ‘Town, the original settlement, and the founding of Carolina under the Lord's Prop:’rinwrs will be celebrated April 10 Christ he must have a deep realization to 1 ‘The Huguenot Society of South Caro- lina will observe at the same time the | 250th anniversary of the first Hugue- nots’ arrival, fleeing the wrath of Louis XIV of France. ‘This observance will be held in the only French Protestant church in the United States. Knights Templar of the United States, Canada and England will observe to- day, tomorrow and Thursday the sesqui~ centennial of the founding of York Rite Masonry in the Western Hemisphere. Historic buildings that have survived 200 years of battle, fire and earthquake and battlements used in Colonial, Rev- olutionary and Civil Wars will be seen by the visitors. Seek Reward for Heroine. Recommendation that Miss M. Bruce be rewarded a medal of honor for her bravery in saving John Rellly from per- ishing in the snow, has been made in Scotland. Miss Bruce, member of the Cairngorm Club, a mountain hiking or- nnlntl*,!(ound the aged man in the Cairngo; while on a hike. He lost his way and had lain helpless in the snow for two days. Miss Bruce stum- bled her way four miles over snow- bound roads to the foot of the moun- tain, where she procured a bicycle snd rode six miles through the snow to Breamer, where help was secured. ‘The first passenger and freight carry- ing railroad in the United Sl:tem from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mills, 13 mliles long, opened in May, 100 years ago. KROYDON Related Sets Will Improve Your Game! 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