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+ virtually . Marcwfully ensures. A—10 = THE EVENIN WASHINGTO G STAR, N, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1930. LOCAL SCULPTOR ACHIEVES SUCCESS Unveiling of Statue of Abbe de I'Epee. Early in 1885, when Washington was Just beginning to shed its reputation as | a city of magnificent distances and un- sightly ruts, Eugene Elmer Hannan, 10 years old, was sauntering the streets, of his native city with a far look in his | eyes. ! The privilege to hear was not his, | and the uncertainty of learned speech ! and lip-reading made this mode useless to him, but little Eugene's restless hands were itching for action, and in his mind were many ideas. Eugene | wanted to be a sculptor. This coming August, Eugene Elmer Hannan, 55, a product of the Kendall School for the Deaf and a former stu- | dent of Gallaudet College, will see his | dreams realized. With the sign language | the predominating mode of | expression, in the presence of dignitaries | from the French embassy and some 3,000 deaf delegates expected to assem- ble in Buffalo during the third world's | congress of the deaf, will be unveiled the statue of Abbe de I'Epee, one of the most celebrated benefactors of the deaf, sculptured in 1929 in Paris by Eugene | Elmer Hannan. Statue Bespeaks Success. This statue bespeaks Hannan's great- | est success as a sculptor. Into this masterpiece he pourcd forth his whole heart and soul, and in Buffalo, where the world’s congress will be sponsored | by the National Association of '.he' Deaf celebrating its golden jubilee, the story will be told of how Hannan out- distanced his eight other distinguished European deaf sculptors. including those from Bulgaria, Spain, Russia and Prance, in a competitive bid for the designing and creation of the statue of Abbe de I'Epee. It was no easy job to perfect this statue, for owing to the excessive mod- esty and_self-effacement of the dis- tinguished Abbe, no likeness of him could be found. Mindful of Rembrardt's propensity to use himself as a model in picturization of prototypes of an artist, Eugene Hannan was inspired to hit upon an ingenious device. He contrived to pattern the looks of Abbe de I'Epee after his own, with, however, certain deviations where the principle of art demanded classical physiognomy. This Hannan accomplished by watching his face in the mirror while his chisel was | magically transforming crude marble into a finished product. Son of a well known local plumbing contractor in the late eighties, Eugene Hannan enrolled at the Kendail School in 1884, going 10 years later to the Le Couteulx Institution for the Deaf in Buffalo, on which grounds the statue of Abbe de I'Epee will be erected. Twelve months_afterward Eugene was trans- ferred to the St. John's Institute in Milwaukee, where he first learned the art of wood carving. From Milwaukee Hannan came here to Gallaudet, where he remained for one year. Eugene attended Corcoran Art School for three years. Chicago School Lures Him. The art school in Chicago next lured the rising deaf mute. Two years there sufficed for Mr. Hannan, who next joined the Art Student League of New York City. From this day he was to encounter many famous ~artists and sculptors. At_different times he was employed by Gutzon Borglum, Herman MacNeil and Richard E. Brooks, and he was also associated with Leo Fried- lander, noted for his exterior sculptural embellishments on the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. Then Hannan sailed for Europe, studying and sculpturing in Spain, Portugal, Italy and France. When he returned home he was offered a posi- tion with the National Museum and de- taled on special exhibits, enlarging of models of statues, medallions and busts. Later he was identified with Richard Brooks in his studio, first in Washing- ton and later in Boston. There is one particular thing over which the sculptor delights to rem- inisce, and that is that Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet, founder of the only college for the deaf in the world, who, while refusing to pose for any one else, succumbed to the wiles of Sculptor Hannan. Five times for one hour each did Dr. Gallaudet agree to sit for Han- nan while the latter toiled over the statuette now to be found in Chapel Hall at Gallaudet. It was Eugene Hannan's rare good fortune to be employed by Gutzon Bor- glum during the laiter’s sculpturing of the statue of Gen. Philip Sheridan, found today in the inclosure of the circle in this city named after the il- lustrious Civil War strategist. While in Spain Hannan was_ intro- duced to two famous deaf Madrid brother portrait painters, the De Zubi- arres. One of them was pleased by Hannan's appearance, and this admira- tion culminated in the painting in oil of a Hannan portrait, said to be worth $3,000. This portrait still hangs in the Hannan home on_Adams Mill road. While abroad Hannan came more greatly to appreciate the romantic story of Abbe de 'Epee and his altruistic ac- tivities in behalf of the deaf. The abbe obtained a just celebrity throughout the world for founding out of his own means the first school for the deaf in France. To this shrine Thomas Hop- kins Gallaudet, the American educator and investigator, 30 years later wended his way to procure new ideas and in- formation, Successor Proves Hospitable. When Gallaudet arrived the venera- ble abbe was not living, but in keeping with the tradition of benevolence set by Abbe de I'Epee, his equally distinguished successor, Abbe Sicard, gave the Ameri- | can visitor a cordial welcome and new ideas and information connected with the education of the deaf. In addition to putting at the disposal of Dr. Gallaudet the method of in- structing the deaf developed and per- | fected by Abbe de I'Epee, the Ameri- can was allowed to take back with him | the most brilliant deaf pupil of the | Paris institution, Laurent Clerc. This young man for years was & most, valued | .asset to the ploneer Hartford School | and taught his pupils at the Hartford School as few ever have before and | after. Abbe Charfes Michel de I'Epee was born at Versailles, France, in 1712, He| started to study for priesthood, but| when ready to take his orders was dis- qualified because of his Jansenist opin- | ions, reputedly heretical to strict Cath-| olicity. He went to live in retirement in | Paris, and having & few years previous- | 1y been admitted to the bar became an | attorney. About 1765 an important episode took place which changed the destiny of the deaf race. A tiny incident prompt- ed De I'Epee to return to a life of an ecclesiastic. He became a priest and subsequently a canon at Troyes. ‘The incident is related in a quaint ’hold its annual lawn fete tomorrow and story which recently appeared in the American Annals of the Deaf, and the account follows: “One day some business led Abbe de I'Epee to where were seated two girls who were busily and silently plying the needle. He spoke to_them, but they gave him no answer; he spoke again and again, asking question after question, but they seemed to have no idea of the necessity or propriety of replying to the stranger's civil address. “At last the mother came in, and, seeing the surprise of the visitor, she burst into tears and said, ‘Alas! father, my daughters are deaf and dumb.’ I¢ was enough; his whole heart flowed out in sympathy. and De I'Epee at last | | Eugene Hannan to Witnessi l enter a humble dwelling, |noon, and the fete will continue through Honors Famous Abbe Upper: Statue of Abbe de I' Epee, renovator and developer of the single manuel alphabet, which is more popu- larly used throughout the world than the British double-hand alphabet. The statue was created in Paris by E. C. Hannan - (lower) of 1860 Clydesdale | place, this city, and will be unveiled in Buffalo in August, 1930. Abbe de I Epee was one of the great apostles of philanthropy and he was a cotemporary of Samuel Heinicke of Germany and Thomas Braidwood of Scotland, pro- moters of pure oral method of instruc- tion. was equal to any possible effort; it was a leading feature in his character.” After many experiments, requiring much patience and perseverance, *“Abbe de I'Epee grafted on his system of methodized signs those impulsive ges- tures which mutes seemed instinctively to employ in order to express the wants of their newly stimulated -minds. He observed that they fell into-a sort of natural language of their own, which | was abundantly expressive in conveying the meaning of one_deaf mute to an- other deaf mute. He was himself a learner, and as he learned so he taught, Iaboriously, openly, beneficently, con- scientiously. Served at Own Expense. “The experimental education of the two silent sisters of Troyes was suc- cessful beyond their master’s most san- quine hopes. Thus encouraged, he re- moved to Paris and there set up an establishment for the deaf and dumb,’ without aid, by his own individual ex- ertion and .at his own expense. He ! possessed a private income of 400 pounds a year, and three-quarters of this income he'dedicated to the neces- sitfes of his benevolent institution. But he soon found himself anticipating his slender revenue in order to feed and clothe his dependents, “The sternest self-denial was needed to keep the machinery of his establish- | ment in action. as the abbe was soon wearing very old clothes in order that | his beloved mutes might have -new | ones, and allowing himself a very bare | allowance for food that his children might not hunger. Even when years | advanced heavily upon him and the | cold was strong, the brave old man ! would sit and shiver rather than in-: dulge himself in the luxury of a fire, “As numbers increased, the abbe was obliged to avail himself of the | charitable assistance of the Duc de| Penthievre and a few philanthropic | characters, but, with some small excep- ! tion, it may be said in general terms that the Abbe de I'Epee's beneficent establishment was his own, fed from his own emptying purse and kept alive ' with his gwn living zea PREMIER RUM VIOLATOR | Alexandria Colored Man Convicted for Seventh Time and Jailed. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 12.—Hugh ' Burke, 56, colored, of 323 Potomac street became this city's premier pro. hibition law violator when he was con- victed of a seventh offense violation in | Police Court today. Judge William 8./ Snow sentenced him to serve six months on the State farm and fined him $5 and costs. Burke was arrested by Detective | Sergt. Edgar Sims just before court time this morning and was taken be- fore the judge immediately. He is said to have had a small quantity of alleged corn whisky in his possession, Records at headquarters here show that he was convicted on six previous occa- sions for similar violations and had been dismissed on two other charges. Eastern Star Plans Lawn Fete. HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 12 (Spe- cial).—Ruth Chapter, No. 7, Order of the Eastern Star of Hyattsville, will Saturday on the Howard property next to the National Guard armory on the ‘Washington-Baltimore Boulevard here. Luncheon will be served each day at the afternoon and evening. There will be various “booths, refreshments and her features. City Upholstering Co. S Ial Rate on Upholstering Making old furniture like new Refinishing 8lip_ Covers 2106 18th" St. N.W. Dee. 2608 COLONIAL ANTHRACITE Aok the Man Whe Uses It Tecognized his true call. “Abbe de I'Epee began early to study the phenomena of deafness and the fgnorance and isolation which it so enthusiasm r Ralph J. Moore Coal Co. 1406 N. Cep. St. Pot. 0970 Pot. 0971 | Lollo, Harry Mehlfelt and M. D. Par- IDR. COOPER WARNS AGAINST LUXURIES Leisure Should Be Utilized, Southeastern U. | A warning against America’s “dan- gerous blessings” leisure and luxury, | was sounded last night by Dr. William Knowles Cooper, past general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., in an address at the annual commencement ceremonies of | Southeastern University aud affiliated | schools of the Y. M. C. A. in Memorial K’;unllll\‘nthl Hall. } | ~ Approximately’ 100 graduates of the |university’s law _and accountancy |5chools and of the Washington Prepara- tory Schooi and the Woodward School | for Boys, received diplomas in the pres- |ence of ‘a large gatheriug of parents, relatives and friends. | Churches Fail to Keep Puce. Churches and other character buiid- ing agencies have not kept pace with commercialized amusements in making | the most of youth's leisure time, Dr. | Cooper told the graduates. “The unparalleled resouices of this | country, together with ‘he inventive enius of our people and their tireless industry, have produced two blessings which may carry with them elements | of danger,” Dr. Cooper declared. “The ! average young man of today will spend | {not more than 40 hours per week in | | earning a living. He will have not less | {than that amount of time free to en- | | Bage in pleasure, study or whatever he | |w “The church and the character- bullding agencies have quite overlooked | this unusual opportunity to deal with | ! youth at this most important point, while commercial amusements ~have | taken full advantage of it.” | Huston Thompson Presides. Huston Thompson, president of the Y. M. C. A, and of the board of trus- tees of the university, presided. Grad- uates of the respective schools were presented by Acting Dean George W. Offutt, jr., of the Law School; Dean Joseph K. Moyer of the Accountancy School, Dean Homer J. Councilor of the School ot Religion, Principal R. O. Eliason, of the Preparatory School and | Headmaster Nathan E. Hodges of ths Woodward School. Diplomas _were awarded by Dr. James A. Bell, director of education. Gold_scholarship keys were awarded Henry M Levy of the Law School and | Bessie Woodcock and Frank Woolfolk | of the School of Accountancy, each of | whom averaged 93 per cent or -three | years. The list of graduates follows: School of Law, LL.B.—E. Chester | Adams, W. B. Barefoot, Robert J. Bar- | too, James Alexander Bell, Kurt | Brandt, Robert Wesley Boteler, Levi E. | Bottens, Robert G. Bunis, Robert W. Carroll, Lewis M. Churbuck, Herbert L. Cook, Bertha M. Crump, J. H. Derby, John R. Dower, Diller B. Groff, James W. Head, Donaid R. Hyland, Joseph F. Irvine, Guy Lane Hen, Henry M. Levy, Marcus U. Lyons, Arthur B Miller, Al- mon_S. Nelson, James O. Planck, Earl C. Pugh, Charies H. Riegner, Hugh E. Riley, John A Russell, Paul L. Slap- nicka, H. Heinrich Spang, Earl M. Spencer, Jean C. Stormer, Robert B. Stormer, W. A. Walker, Cromwell War- ner and Miriam G. Wunder, School of law (certificate of gradua~ tion)—Canio Flerravanti. School of accountancy (M. C. 8)— Lena C. Nead and George S. Rice. School of accountancy (B. C. §)— L. E. Béacock, Margaret E. Betts, Bessle E. Blosser, Rollin E. Bushnell, Will H. Corey, E. L. Dlugensky, Lionel B. Farr, William Glukenhouse, Lester Goidberg, Morris Harris, A. K. Kauffman, August P. Koster, Laura F. Lovelly, Anacleto M. Madarang, Guy F. McIntire, Adolph Schow, James Sullivan, Paul V. Trent, ?fik ‘Woodcock and Frank L. Wool- o] School of accountancy (certificate of graduation) —Elwood H. Arthur, Ben- jamin Kipnas, S. L. Lindamood, E. F. | mele. School of religion—Clara Vogel Lee and Edith Bonde Crum. ‘Washington Preparatory School— James H..Benn, Alan B. Clark, Dorothy Cox,” Robert W. May, Stella M. Reid, Raymond S. Sifdol, Lewis M. Small- wood, Howard Tompkins and Joseph B. ‘Whitebread. ‘Woodward School (high school course) —John B. Bell, Fred G. Dawson, James W. Ford, Charles W. Hopkins, Lafayette R. Hubbard, Charles B. Kuperstein, Joseph Kuperstein, H. Latane Lewis, Hubert Nash, Fred T. Parker and Julian E._ Williams. ‘Woodward School (eighth grade)— Charles W. Arnold, John G. Hoyle, Wil- son W. Jones, George H. Martin, Rob- ert F. Matsudaira, James I. Muir, jr.; Joseph Snyder, Charles Wesner and Paul C. Wong. Butter—One-pound prints, 381:a391%; tub, 36a37.. Eggs—Hennery, 24a25; ceipts, 2214a23. Poultry, alive—Spring broilers, large 38a40; . small, 32a35; Leghorns, 25a28; fowls, 23a24; Leghorn fowls, 17al8; ducks, 15a18; geese, 15: capons, large, 35a37; small, 30a33. Dressed—Spring chickens, large, 45a48; small, 40a42; fowls, 27a28; capons, large, 40ad2; small, 30a33; ducks, 24a25. Meats, fresh killed—Beef, 20a23; veal, 20a22; lambs, 25a28; pork loins, 28a32; fresh hams, 25a27; fresh shoulders, 22; smoked hams, 27; smoked shoulders, 22; bacon, 27; lard, in packages, 13; in bulk, 12, 8a10%; Live stock—Calves, lambs, 8a107; Fruits—Apples, box stock, 3.25; or- anges, California, 7.50a9.50; lemons, 7.00a7.50; watermelons, 1.00a1.25; can- taloupes,” jumbos, 4.00a4.25; standards, 3.50a3.75; ‘ponys, 2.75a3.00; honeydew: standards, 3.50a4.00; flats, 2.75a3.00; strawberries, 4.00a4.50; _blackberries, 50; raspberries, per quart, 40; cur- rants, 6.00; gooseberries, 4.00; pine- apples, 3.50a4.00. Vegetables—Potatoes, new, 5.50; old, 100-pound sacks, 3.00; sweet potatoes, 2.00a2.75; carrots, per crate, 3.7584.00; beets, per 100 bunches, 3.00a4.00; spin ach, 1.50a1.75; kale, 75c; squash, 1.0 eggplant, 4.00; peppers, 2.50; cucum bers, 1.00a1.50; tomatoes, 1.00aL5 peas, 2.50; cabbage, bushel baskets, 75¢; string beans, 1.00a1.50. current Te- Spring Production of synthetic dye stuffs in | later was editor of the London, Ohio. Great Britain last year totaled 55,785,000 He Tells Graduates of l 'Eighth Pint Below | | Legal Limit Beats Home Brew Charge | By a Stafr Correspondent of The Star. 1 HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 12— | Because the quantity of home brew selzed by police was one-eighth of & pint less than is permitted by the Maryland law, James Trueman Wel- don, colored, was acquitted of a charge of illegal possession by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police Court yes- terday. Weldon was accused of possessing 14 pints, which had been confis- cated by County Officers Reese and Brown, who arrested him. The man’s attorney, Clarence Roberts, questioned the amount of liquor, however, and the court ordered it measured before the bench. Thomas R. Henault, clerk, who performed the measurement, announced the con tents of the bottles offered in evi- dence amounted to only 117 pints. The Maryland law permits the own- ership of 12 pints of home brew. Judge Sheriff refused to accept the explanation of Carlton Smith, colored, of North Brentwood, that the liqguor found in his possession had been owned by him for 13 years, or before the Maryland “dry” law was passed. Smith was arrested in a raid led by Policeman Reese and the court fined him $50. Edna Brown of West Hyattsville, who was arrested in a raid conducted by Town Chief of Police Harry An- n, was also fined $50 for illegal sion. OIL TANKS CALLED THREAT TO BEAUTY Commerce Chamber Official| Voices Opposition to Loca- tion of Company’s Plant. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., June 12.—As long | as ofl companies are permitted to occupy the most noticeable water front loca- tions, both from the viewpoint of Arling- | Columbia, to say nothing of the Federal | bridges spanning the Potomac River, | Arlington County can never be the “Gateway to the South.” as it has been | designated, it was stated today by Wal- ter U. Varney, a vice president and | chairman of the committee on laws and | legislation of the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce. | Varney's statement was made with specific reference to the proposed erec- tion just above the Key Bridge in Ross- | Iyn of a large ofl storage plant by the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia. Opposition Long Standing. “My opposition to oil companies has been pronounced for years,” Varney said, “for I believe them a menace to the citizenry and to other business prop- er'ay. due principally to the fire has- ards.” Varney believes that the amounts paid by the companies in taxes are in- significant as compared with the money. spent by the county in fire protection and the upkeep of the roads over which their tremendous trucks travel. “In my opinion,” he declared, “there is no place in Arlington county for large oil storage tanks and that is particu- larly true now that the Federal Gov- ernment is preparing to spend millions of dollars on the waterfront from Mount Vernon to Great Falls, “The economic advantage to the re- mainder of Arlington County by com- pletion of the Government’s plan of | parkways will be immeasurably greater in increased values than if the water- front were lined with oil companies. “Perhaps the most picturesque part of Arlington County is the palisades of the Potomac, comparable to the pali- sades of the Hudson, and it seems a great pity to have the natural beauty of the county obliterated and the ter- rain mutilated by the installation of row after row of gasoline and oil stor- | age tanks. | Up to Citizens. | “Arlington County has been desig- | nated by the Civic Federation and the Arlington County Chamber of Com- merce as “The Gateway to the South,’ and it behooves us Arlingtonians to do all in our power and to exert every ef- fort to maintain the gateway so that it will be a true index of the culture and refinement, of the Southland.” | The proposed plant, it was pointed | out by Varney, would lie directly in the path of the George Washington Memo- rial Park and is so situated that it would be impossible to go around it, even if it were so desired by the Fed- eral Government. Even if the company granted the right of way for the roadway itself, as has been suggested, the entire contour of the park itself would be obliterated by the presence in its midst of the large tank farm, Varney thinks. CONSULAR SERVICE VETERAN IS DEAD. | Edwin N. Gunsaulus Dies While on | Visit in Ohio—Had World- Wide Experience. Edwin N. Gunsaulus, 70 years old, re- tired consul general, of 106 East Thorn- apple street, Chevy Chase, Md., died of |apoplexy at the home of a sister in Co- word received here by his family. Miss Betty Gunsaulus, left last night for Columbus. It was thought likely g“}:‘t burial services will be in London, 0. Mr. Gunsaulus had held posts in the consular service in various countries, having received his first appointment by President McKinley to Rimouski, Cana- da. He later held posts in Cork, Ire- land; Johannesburg, South Africs Singapore, India; Halifax, Nova Scotia, | and Wellington, New Zealand. Gunsaulus was a publisher there and Times. He was at one time mayor of | pounds, an increase of 5,000,000 pounds over the preceding year. BECAUSE IT GIVES The original cost of window shades made to measure of Landers Washade may seem a trifie high . . cost by length of service and you will find that Landers outlast ordinary shades. Landers has sturdy quality inside . genuine pyroxlyn waterproof finish. . . makes it sunfast and washable, Shall we send you samples and factory prices? Mé“’_"“fi“fibf " LAST LONGER . HOOPER & KLESNER Centerburg, Ohio. He was a member of the National Press Club. COSTS LESS . . but measure the . _with a That’s what makes Landers QHHOP 929 H ST.N.W. lumbus, Ohio, yesterday. according to | Mrs. Gunsaulus and their daughter, | A native of West Liberty, Ohio, Mr. ! LEGGE'S TENURE OF POST PUZZLES Friends and Foes Alike Won- der How Long He Will Remain. ) By the Associated Press. Friends and foes of the man who has been called “agriculture’s Abraham Lin- coln” and “the leader of a socialistic | fiasco” were wondering today how much longer he would remain at the head of the Government's $500,000,000 enter- prise in merchandising farm products. Chairman Alexander H. Legge of the Pederal Farm Board, who \has clashed frequently and flercely with President Hoover's intimate friend and adviser, Julius Barnes, over the board's opera- tions in grain, will complete a year of service with that agency at midnight on Saturday. How long he would serve was an- nounced as indefinite by President Hoo- ver at the time of his appointment. Mr. Legge, the Chief Executive then said, will be chairman of the board “for the |first year at least.” Leaves Step to Hoover, While the consensus here is that Legge will serve another year, neither the President nor the chairman himself may be expected. Legge is smilingly uncommunicative. “The big chief will give out that news,” he says and refuses to say more. ‘When the board launched its wheat stabilization operations, financed by loans from the half-billion dollar re- volving fund authorized by Congress, it provoked vehement protest from grain dealers, who wired President Hoover that their business would be destroyed. The board continued its operation: however, and now is preparing to as. sist & similar stabilization corporation to relieve the cotton emergency. TU. 8. C. of C. Is Denounced. ‘The Chamber of Commerce of the April condemned the board's policy of business competition with established agencles. Then, facing his fellow members of the chamber, Legge dra- tonians and residents of the District ofmatically denounced their attitude of hostility to the board, declaring they were for farm relief “so long as it didn't work.” But Barnes, who is chairman of the chamber’s board of directors and head of President Hoover's National Busi- has given any official indication of what | On that subject, | United States at its annual meeting in | using public funds to participate in | ness Advisory Councl, insisted Govern- ment financing of large grain operations was an economic fallacy and if con- tinued would prove disastrous. | "Both Legge and Barnes are said to | have the confidence and support of the | Chief Executive in their respective ac- tivitles. They are at loggerheads, how- | ever, on the question of using public funds to finance co-operative marketing operations. Meanwhile, Legge, who left the $100.- | 000-a-year presidency of the Interna- ! tional Haryester Co. to take a job pay- ing $12,000, sits back at his desk in his shirt-sleeves, apparently the coolest and | most unconcerned official in Washing- ton. C.0F . TUG TEAMS READY FOR MATCH Both Sides Confident of Vic- tory in Field Day Saturday. With both sides predicting an easy victory, the tug-of-war teams headed | by President Charles W. Darr and Vice President Rudolph Jose are in readiness !for their contest, the opening feature of the field day program of the annual Summer outing of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to be held Sat- urday at Epping Forest, Md. Chairman Arthur C. Smith and mem- bers of the field day committee, aided by two experts from the athletic de- partment of George Washington Uni- versity, have arranged a serles of ath- letic stunts amd contests for both men and women, There will be also golfing, fishing, motor boating and horseshoe pitching. President Darr will preside at an old- fashioned shore dinner at 6 p.m., which will be preceded by a short business session, taking the place of the regular June meeting of the chamber. First busses will leave the Homer | Building at 9 a.m. with a police motor cycle escort, Other bussés will leave at intervals during the day. . Mrs. Mattie E. Miller Dead. Special Dispatch to The Stai HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 12.—Mrs. Mattie E. Miller, widow of Capt. T. A. Miller of Murray, Ky, died at the | home of her son-in-law and daughter, | Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Sturgis, 15 Avon | avenue, early last night. | be taken to Murray for bural. Mrs. | Sturgis is supervising principal of the Hyattsville elementary school. | “Mrs. Miller had not been in good | health' for some time. The body will | Back Seat Driver’s Duty to Aid Autoist, Georgia Court Rules Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 12—The Georgla Court of Appeals has ruled, inferentially, that it is not only the right but the duty of a woman to assist her husband by back-seat driving. : Mrs. R. H. Rickard of Atlants had sought damages from the Georgia Power Co. for injuries received when an automobile driven by her hus- band was struck by a street car. ‘The court ruled that Mrs. Rickard saw the car approachipg and did not warn her husband. “By the exercise of ordinary care she could have avolded the acci« dent,” the opinion, granting & non- suit, read. PARADE WILL OPEN V. F.W. ENCAMPMENT Veterans’ Session at Stuart Junior High School to Continue Until Saturday. Veterans of Foreign Wars will gather tonight at Stuart Junior High School for the eleventh departmental encamp- ment of the District of Columbia De« partment, Sessions will continue until Saturday adjournment. The meeting tonight will be opened with a street parade formning at Thir- teenth street nd Florida avenue north- east st 7:15 o'clock. Preceded by the Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps and detachments of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and the massed colors of all posts, the parade will proceed to Stuart Junjor High. Senior National Vice Commander-in- chief Paul C. Wolman will be among the speakers from the order and there will be several others of importance, including Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, Dis- trict Commissioner. Interest centers on the election of a new department commander to suc- ceed Comdr. Harvey L. Miller, Leading candidates are J. Allen Praether, Oscar W. Hollingsworth and = Willlam = L. Thomas. Many important resolutions dwelling on national defense, naval parity and veterans' legislation are to come before to the thirty-first national encampment tember, .. Frozen egg plants in Shanghal, China, | are operating at capacity. the convention, to be transmitted later | of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be | held in Baltimore during the last week | in August and the first week in Sep: B = ¢ (& Eq I | ALIWONY APPEL 1S WON BY GLITH Supreme Court Reverses Rul- ing Requiring Him to Pay Wife $50 Weekly. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON OOUNTY COURT HOUSE, Vs, June 13—The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia today re- versed the decision of the local Circuit Court by which Commonwealth's At- torney Willlam C. Gloth was ordered, several years ago, to pay his wife $50 & week in alimony. The full extent of the decision has not been received, the telegram to Gloth announcing only that the holding of the lower court had been reversed. After paying the alimony for some time Gloth stop further remittance to his wife after she shot him in March of 1928. Hence there was a sum of approximately $5,000 in back payments due her, and it is presumed that now these back payments will not have to be made. The appeal on the decision of the lower court was argued before the Su- preme Court last January by Attorney John 8. Barbour of Fairfax. ‘The wife, Mrs. Marjory Snyder Glotn, was sentenced to jail for the shooting of her husband, but was pardoned by the governor after less than a year's | incarceration. Brookhart Passes Bar Test. IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 12 (A).— Smith W. Brookhart, jr., today was a member of the Iowa bar. Brookhart, a student, at George Washington Univer- sity at Washington, passed the State examinations and was admitted yester- day. o Deaths Reported. Julis N. Hoge, . 3151 Mt. Pleasant st. iary L W Barker, 85, 1718 Gonnecticut ave. Herman Zimmerman, 80, St. Elisabeth's Hospital pMichacl Priest, 79, United Btates Soldiers’ ome Hospital Julla C. Skeily, 76, 735 1ith st. n.e. Mary M. Rose. 73.'2963 Tilden st. Mary P. Brown, 13, 1867 Miniwood pl. Catherine_Lutz, 70, Emergency Hospital. Mary J. Cowles, 70. 1743 Columbia rd. Luchs, 1803 Biltmore 60, Walter Reed Hosp! 58. 1421 Columb; Casuaity Hospital. . 1605 30th st. ., 43, 816 A st. n.e. 22. 'Providence Hospital. DOES YOUR FAMILY HAVE A CAR? BUY THEM A GOOD USED CAR HEN you drive off to the office these warm days in the car does your family have a car for their use? A good used car solves the problem of a family second car at a substantial saving. A good used car can take the kiddies to school or to the play- ground, can do those little odd runs that the wife has to do . . . the stores, shopping, etc. are many types of good used cars suitable for the family car—coupes, roadsters, sedans and tour- ing models await your inspection in the show rooms of Washington’s automobile dealers. There READ THE USED CAR ADVFRTISEMENTS IN The Classified Section of he Star THE .GREATE; NEWSPAPER. OF THE: NATIQNIS CARITE