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AV TOLONH ARCAVES DRIE Speed In Construction of Fire- proof Buildings for Records Sought. ‘The Disabled American Veterans pro- pose to launch a vigorous campaign in the coming Congress for the construc- tion of fireproof buildings for the War Department to house valuable World T T wu mnouneedmrnrnyitm by CIDL H ‘Weimer o nonl n-lkmll mmmlnder. whn was in National Capital following the Vet- gm of Fort A ‘Wars National Con- vention in Baltimore. Capt. Weimlr said that if the build- ings containing the valuable records of e : att mfvm"f were ‘I,W by moned to draft sel fire, such as_was the Federal Trade Commission Building a week ago, the plight of veterans and their depend- ents would be desperate, difficult as it now is to obtain relief through Vet~ erans’ Bureau channels. Job of Filing Praised. The head of the Disabled American Veterans made it plain that he was not criticizing the War Deplrtment for this condition, as he said the Regular Army officers assigned to the World War sec- tion of the adjutant general's office “have made an excellent hb of the flunl lndd.nmnfly keeping track of “Eut the War Department can not be blamed beuuu':du loroeh dclo use Mre old buildings, when Congress re- turns, it is the purpose of the Dis- abled American Veunm to launch an ive campaign to speed day that these irreplacable records receive at least the same protection as sur- rounds the papers of an ordinary cautious business man,” Capt. Welmer asserted. Scattered Around World. “At the last session we successfully carried through legisiation directing v.m complete gathering in Washington of every World War record. While the general impression is that all these Tecords are now on file in Washing- ton, our investigation developed the fact that literally millions of these papers are scattered around the world in some cases as far away as China. Having convinced Congress of the ne- cessity for mobilization o! these p-pm we now intend to speed the day proper pro- {ecton? Bom "ire 'ind other Razarde BIBLE CONFERENCE JOINT RULE TOPIC Presbyterians to Consider Metho- dist Massanetta Springs Proposal. By the Associated Press. [CHMOND, Va., September 6.— ca‘;idznnnn of a Baltimore Methodist Conference and School will be among aat of business before the the synod, group'is expected to take definite action on the Methodist proposal at the ses- sions next Friday. mmn of business will in- clude pluu for the synod’s educational Hampden-Sydney, the meeting. ln. :nlonl are to begin Tuesday Priday. All m the synod, | including parl.s of Virginia, West Vir~ District of Columbia and Mary- d ‘were expected to attend the meet- ' DOBBIN REGAINS PRESTIGE Haul i Pressed Into Bervice to French Army Kitchens. LUNEVILLE, France, September 6, W—Olfl Dobbin today won back some pmme luwmobim had ukm! pamllon specialists watching French Army maneuvers were # ‘motor 1al spec ists sald it was too early to draw defi- nite conclusions, but admitted that the motor service had shown great weak- ness. They said some of the new motor units consumed so much line that they were able to carry little besides their own fuel. — CASHIER PROMOTED Giles H. Miller Named to Position in Culpeper National Bank. 1 Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., September 6.—Giles | H. Miller, jr., who has been serving as cashier of the Orange National Bank for the past year, coming there from a simuar position in Matoaka, W. Vi has accepted the position o oaiitier 02 the Culpeper National Bank and will enter upon his new duties on October 1, when the present cashier, Harold G. Brown, leaves for Richmond, where he will be_exccutive vice president of the Union Bank & Trust Co. of Richmond. Cnnon Stltne for Belfast. Depicting the former Unionist leader in a characteristic speaking attitude, a bronze statue of Lord Carson of Dun- cairn will occupy a prominent position in front of the new Parliament House at Stormont, Belfast, Ireland. the | tration, and as Secretary of State under PARKER WILLIAMS. RITCHIE TO ATTEND FAIR AT MARLBORD === Governor Expected to Be Present on Opening Day, Tuesday. By s Btaff Correspondent of The Star. MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 6.—Gov. Albert C, Ritchie of Mary- | land is expected to be a guest at the Marlboro Fair on the opening day on Tuesday. Entries in the livestock and farm products received to date by the Southern Maryland Farm Association indicate that this year’s fair will prob- ably be up to normal in spite of the widespread damage from the drought. The fair will continue lhmulh Sat- urday. Among the early entrants in the live- stock division is Clarence Roberts, at- torney and farmer of Landover, owner of the few pure-bred herds of Holstein cows in the county and frequent exhibi- tion winner. Mr. Roberts entered eigh- teen of his best animals for the fair, Several improvements have been made in the fair grounds recently, in- cluding the erection of a new stable in pl.ue of the one that burned last win- wuu.m A. Brooke, secretary of the fair association, has been busy receiv- ing entries and arranging for exhibits in his local office all week. Starting Monday, however, he will be on the fair :rmmd- and transact most of his busi- ness there. Live stock and farm and home exhib- ‘ednesday. the Pair Assoclation. NS T IR, MRS. GRESHAM DIES Widow of Cleveland's State Becre- tary Succumbs to Old Age. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 6 () —Mrs Matilda Gresham, widow of Walter Q. Gresham, who served as a genera] in the Civil War, as Postmaster General in President Arthur's adminis- ‘The Arundel, Calvert and St. Marys are nwelmtefl in t Cleveland, died here today from the infirmities of old age. She 5‘9‘5 92 years old. Her husband died in Mrs, Gresham once held the position | of second lady of the land, as a result of the death of the Vice President dur- ing her hgshand'n second term as Sec- Mrs. was born in Louis- ville, Ky. —_— SEIZED ON RUM CHARGE Mount Rainier Lunch Room Owner Put Under $2,250 Bond. A second raid, made in furtherance of Mayor John H. Beall's campaign to “clean up” Mount Rainier, Md., was ! staged shortly before mldnllm last night and resulted in the arrest of A. Kushner, a.lunch room proprietor. Police Chief Eugene Plumer and four of his deputies arrested Kushner after they said they bought whisky from him. his lunch room they claim they found a half gallon of liquor. Kushner, charged with illegal sale and possession, | was released under $2,250 bcnd. Carnival Clears l-hndlome Sum. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | GLENN DALE, Md., September 6.—A | substantial sum was cleared as the re- | sult of the two-week carnival held re- ! cently by the Glenn Dale Fire Associa- tion, it has been announced. There were, however, some heavy expenses, including that for lumber for new booths which were bullt this year. ‘These booths will be used for several years. 200 WS et Big Prices for Tiny Shrines. As two small medieval shrines were taken quite casually into a London auc- tion room recently the owner, Maj. Chase Meredith, thau.ht that if thzy brought $5,000 each he would be for- tunate. One of them, however, which had been in the old Abbey of Malmes- bury, drew an exciting o] lpemnl bid of $5,000 and was eventually sold to a Paris buy:l’ for $45,000. The other, as- sociated with Croyland Abbey, went to an English collector for $24,000. Each shrine measured only 12 inches long and 10 inches high. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, VETERAN EMPLOYE Parker Williams, 81, Con- cludes 34 Years’ Service With Government. Parker Willlams, 81, who retired last week 34 years in the service of the Government, was engineer at the Maltby Building, until recently occu- pied by the Federal Board for Voca- tional Education. Staff members of the Federal Board for Vocational Education felicitated Mr. Williams at a_farewell y Fri- day night at Olney Inn, and tribute was paid to his loyalty and ability by J. C. Wright, director of the board. Mr. Williams’ first position with the Government was in the Capitol Build- ing, where he was engineer for 20 years. Except for a short period, when he was assigned to a building on E street, he spent the remllnlnl 14 years as engi- neer at the Maltby Building. Mr. Williams was born in Charleston, Va.,, in 1849, and he recalls the day when be Taised the first United States his home town after Fort Sumter was fired on. He cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Grant. Since &ml to &l in 1869 he has essed auguraf Presidents—Harrison, Kinley, MIL ‘Taft, Wilson, "Hard- ing, Coolidge and Hoover. Mr. Williams lives with his daughter nnd son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. lsbl Jefferson plm 13,500 MAY ENROLL INPRINGE GEORGES BY D. C. GUARDS Team First at Camp Perry Among Militia, Marines Taking Trophy. Special Dispstch to The Star. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 6.— Shooting 1,752 points out of a possible 1,800 in the Herrick Trophy match, the District of Columbia National Guard today won first National Guard honors and third-place bronze medals over 74 eight-man teams. The United States Marine Corps copped the trophy with & 1,789 total, which is three points less than the record made in 1927 by the United States Navy. Second place went to the United States Coast Guard with 1,768, while fourth place and the Port Clinton Trophy, which is awarded the high civilian team, went to Ohio’s rep- resentatives. ‘The match called for 15 shots per man at each of the 800, 900 and 1,000 yard ranges. The individual scores of the local medal winners are as follows: First Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley, Com- ny E, 121st Engineers, 224; Sergt. ?lnrry B. Parsons, same company, same score, but outranked: Sergt. Theodore L. Harrell, Ordnance Department, State staff, 219; Capt. Just C. Jensen, same department, 218; First Lieut. Walter R. kau Medical Detachment, 121st En- gineers, 218; Capt. Clarence S. Shields, Company E, same regiment, 218; Staff Sergt. Alex J. Thul Ordnance Depart- ment, 217, and Sergt. Henry M. Boudi~ not, Company E, 121st Engineers, 214. Sergt. L. H. Hedglin, U. 8. Cavalry, was announced winner of the National Rifle Association grand aggregate event, which comprises the scores made in the members' Leech Cup, Marine Corps, Wimbledon Cup and the President’s matches. Hedglin's total of 481 points out of a possible 505 gave him the gold medal and the Camp Perry Instructors’ County Has Four New Schools | Trophy. for Season Starting Wednesday. nyu- Staff Correspondent of The Star. PPER MARLBORO, Md., September 6.—With four new lchoolsep ready for oecnplncy and all teaching positions filled, Prince County expects_to :nmll about 11,5 r,h.flm when the Fall term starts Wednesday, according to Nicholas Orem, luperln tendent. The enrollment is expected to increase to about 13,500 later in the school year, Mr. Orem states. Last year the county had 12,942 students in its T%uhl!c schools. S e new bulldmy be for the first this week lreug Mm““ Rainier l'lkh School, the Bladens- urg Junior High School, the Bradbury He!?hu Elementary School and the Holly Grove Colored School. Another colored school, at Mitchellville, will be finished in about a_month, the superin- lared. Both of these eolnred schools were erected with the aid of the Rosenwald fund. Final instructions will be given the teachers of the county at an all-day meeting in Eastern High School, Wash- ington, Monday by Mr. Orem and his executive assistants. Teachers will be in '.he school bulld- ings all day Tuesday to register new pupils and ullblllh the classification of any students who are in doubt as to lh;i‘f standing. Classes will begin Wed- nesday. The list of teachers in the county high whnola of the county, as announced by Supt. Orem today, follows: Marlboro—G. - G. Shugart, Maud Gibbons, Marguerite Shugart, Josephine Wilson, Mabel E. Barnes. Baden—W. R. C. Connick, Clara C. Gibbons, Dudley C. Aist, Howard M. Dent, Elaine E. Knowles. Surrattville—Truman 8. Klein, Hilda M. Young, Robert Harrison, Vivian Barr, Margaret W. Brantley. Laurel — L. B. Howland, Virginia Fooks, Elizabeth Gardner, Helen P. Mc- Whorter, Margaret Wisner, Gladys gmwt.her. George M. Sullivan, Margaret Myerly. nndyvlna—nuth E. Warren, Susanne Hall, Erma Barnes, An#e D. Early. Oxon Hill—William T. Jobe, Memedu Waldron, Evelyn E. Shank, Coker. Bowie—Robert H. Wen!y. Alma E. Marshall, Margaret E. Fl Hyattsville—K. J. Murrls Martha G. Temple, Nellie B. Parsons, Mildred J. Marcia Plerce, Mary Hull, Kath- Smith, Adelia Rosasco, Nora A. Hilda R. Meyer, Sunlel‘h Jenkins, Adalyn B. Shreve, Leland G. Worthington, ~Esther Sasscer, Mary Spence, - Mary E. Savage, Nellie 8. Buckey, Ruth E. Feaga, Vera Parker, Mary B. Riley, Adelaide C. Clough, Henry H. Breckbill, Nova O. Thomp- son, Lillian H. Bender, Ruth B. Lane, Alberta Woodward, Margaret Wolfe, Starr P. Sprinkel. Maryland Park—William D. Himes, Dora B. Wilson, Robert B. Wilson, Mabel E. Bmllh, Samuel W. Fishkin, Virginia C. Ayers, Rose E. Kundahl, Josephine Kelly, C. Le Roy Groff, Charlotte Zepp, S. Ruth Jones, Adelaids Traband, Paul Custer. Mount _Rainier—Forrest P. Blunt, Perry O. Wilkinson, Elizabeth Hill, May E. Willis, 8. P. Caltrider, Lucille L. sglnnen. Edna P. Nolan, Elizabeth Clough. Bladensburg Junior — Willis White, Roberta Howard, Helen Gingell, Clar- ence R. Garland, Nancy E. Cornell, Maxine Alverson. Memorials to 53,352 Men. Four war memorials to 53,352 British officers and men whose graves are un- known were unveiled recently in France. They are on the old battlefields of Loos, Pozieres, Vis en Artois and Cam- brai, which cover much of the British battie line south of ‘Ypres. DECISIONS A BALTIMORE, September 6.— The playing of miniature golf on Sunday | ishable under the “blue laws,” or on | the other hand it may be perfectly legal, depending upon the opinion of General Thomas H. Robinson stated in | an opinion to Police Commissioner statue will surmount a pedestal 33 feet high and the monument will cover an area of 40 feet in clrcumunnce, formed of Mourne Mountain grani Prisoner’s Escape Removes Need of Grand Jury Call Special Dispatch to The Star. ROMNEY, W. Va., September 6.— Na petit jury will be summoned for September term of Hampehire county Clrl:ult Court, cnnvenln‘ here September 16, and probably no 'nnd jury will be needed, Judge G. ump, presiding, announced wdl The bne'man fof whom & grand {urs at present is needed is Roy Puffin- barger, accused of grand larceny. barger escaped from jail one night recently, and with his escape the grand jury necessit; 'auld hll’l been entirely removed, * tive was later reuit:ud and It m! N }n necessary to impanel a grand jury. Chl.flfl D. Gaither, Gaither wrote to Robinson asking for an opinion whether Sunday minia- ture golf was prohibited by law. The ambiguous opinjon received indicates that while the attorney general did not believe the statute expressly pro- hibits golf playing, it is impossible to say anything conclusive about the le- gality of working on Sunday. Police Need Not Act. The general tone of Robinson's opin- jon, however, is to the effect that un- less the matter is brought for trial be- fore the court or magistrate, the police need not interfere. “In the light of the construction that has heretofore been placed upon the statute concerning * working on sufl day, I am unable to conclude that {l small amount of work incidental to the operation of a minature golf course on Sunday is prohibited by this statute,” the opinion states. “Unfortunately,” it continued, “as the law now stands any citizen may be brought into court at any time for the | performance of almost any kind of work on Sunday, and his conviction or acquittal will depend largely upon in Baitimore may be illegal and pun- | MINIATURE GOLF ON SUNDAY RE IN CONFLICT yjury before whom he may be brought |Tor trial. “This most unsatisfactory ambiguity in the law can and should be clarified by a revision of the existing law so as to make it conform to the enlightened the judge, jury or magistrate bcforelncnllmcnt of the people of today.” whom the question is raised, Attorney | Decisions in Conflict. Decisions as to what forms of work are illegal on Sunday and what are legal are in hopeless conflict, the opin- fon declared. “In our own State so many forms of work have been sanctioned by public officials and society generally now impossible for any individual to designate with any degree of certainty the ) of work that are p!rmulbla that are prohibited,” Roblnsun wrote. “If the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore should be of the opinion that the playing of these games on Sunday is detrimental to the welfare of the community, it can by an_appropriate ordinance prohibit all such games on ,sundly wlthin the limits of the city. | unwilling,” Robinson con: cludud to uaurr any of the legisl tive functions of the city or State n e 1whcther the operation of these places | of amusement should or should not be | prohibited on Sunday, “ut for the rea- that the law, as it miniature golf courses the point of vied of the magistrate or | City on Sundag.” ce the passage of the law in 1723 Lhao 1t 18 the settlement of the question as to | does not prohibit O.he operation of candidate in timore MeCormick, James Hamil Gunnery Sergt. Morris Hsher 1415 T street southeast, U. 8. M. C.. took seventh medal, with 477; Corpl. Sam E. Alden, 13th Engineers, Fort Humphreys, twenty-sixth, 471: Second Lieut. Robert K. McDonough, Engineer School, Fort Humphreys, thirty-first, 471; Lieut. Btokes, forty-first, 16! and Staff Sergt. Alex J. Thill, Ordance Department, State staff, sixty-sixth, 464. Alto- gether there are 100 medals offered in this competition. INDIANA LEGION TEAM WINS. 21 Entries in Match for Interdepart- ‘ment Honor. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 6 on inter- with 21 team won with a score of 820 out of a possible 900. The Ohio team was second with 819; Wyoming third, with 803 and the Tlinois and Washington teams fourth, each with a tle score of 801. Eight of the best teams west of the Mississippi River defeated a like num- ber from the East in the East and West team match for small bore rifles. The winners scored 2,302 out of a possible 2,400, while the East team scored 2,283. The East team won last year. The Seattle, Wash, pisto]l team landed in first place in the National Rifle Association pistol team match, with a total of 1,302, out of a possible 1,500. The Portland, Oreg., team was second with 1,209;: Los Angeles police third, with 1,207; Marines fourth, with llfll and Detroit police fifth, with 0. Sel'zt L.”H. Hedlin, United States Cavalry, was announced as winner of the grand aggregate match, in which scores were totaled from five of the among 713 riflemen competing. Second place in the aggregalc match to C. R. Nordstrom, United States Marine Corps, 480. Sergt. C. J. Cagle was third, with 479. SCORE U. S. ADMIRAL Mexican Students Assail Campbell for Troops in Nicaragua. MEXICO CITY, September 6 (#).— Several hundred students of the Na- tional University today heaped verbal abuse on Rear Admiral Edward H. Campbell of the United States Navy and Gen, Jose Millan Astray, former commander of the Spanish Foreign Legion, who happened to be visiting the capital at the same time. The students paraded from the uni- versity to the Plaza Santo Domingo, where their orators attacked Admiral Campbell for landing American troops in Nicaragua, and Gen. Millan Astray for the attacks he led on the Riff war- riors in Morocco. ‘“American imperial- ism"” also was assailed, VETERANS’ PILGRIMAGE DUE HERE SEPTEMBER 26 Large New York Party Will Place Wreath on Tomb of Un- known Soldier. A party of New York World War Veterans, which is expecwd to fill 20 nuwly passenger cars, is due to make pligrimage to the Nntlonll Capital sunday September 26, to lay a bronze wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, according to Associated Press advices. The visit 1s to be made in accord- ance with plans adopted at the national convention of the American Legion in Louisville, Ky., recently. The party is to be headed by Col. Edward A. Sim- mons, appointed by Mayor James Walker, to serve as chairman of the Legion pilgrimage. Twenty cars have been reserved for the trip by Maj. William F. Deegan, chairman of the New York Legion’s committee on distinguished guests. The wreath which will be brought here was donated by the City of New York. LOTTIE HOLMAN O'NEILL, First woman legislator in Illinois, an- sons indicated I am of the opinion | nounced her entry into the United presently stands, . States senatorial race as an independent Mrs. Ruth Hanna din an candidate, and ton Lewis, wet Democrat. D C, FRIENDS FELICITATE IRIFLE HONOR WON | SEPTEMBER 7. 1930—PART ONE. Six persons were killed and 56 were injured when the Texas Special, crack train of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, was wrecked near St. Loul Here is a view of the wreckage. —A. P. Photo. LIBRARY MAY CLOSE FORLACK OF FUNDS Clarendon Institution Hopes for Relief by Fall From Civic Bodies. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., September 6.— The abolition of the Clarendon District Library, the only public library in this section, may become necessary because of a lack of funds with which to con- tinue operations, it was revealed today by Mrs. Mary Morris Lockwood, chair- man of the Executive Committee of the Library. The llbrlry which was organized and has been operated by a group of local women, at one time received consid- erable financial support from the va- rious civic organizations of the county, but many of these have found it neces- sary to either cut off their support al- together or to cut their donations in half, leaving almost the entire financing of the proposition in the hands of the Library committee. Delay Is Requested. At the present time officials of the institution are concentrating their ef- forts on a solution of the problem, and the chairman has asked that definite action be delayed until after the Fall meetings of the gflnelpfll civic organ- izations, hoping that these associations may then find themselves in a position to_continue their support. In event of the closing of the present building, which is located at Wilson boulevard and Virginia avenue, the Li- brary Association may vote to give their books to some other organization in the county which will &roperl house them for the benefit of the public. The principal reason for the predica- ment in which the library finds itself is due to the fact that it is the only one of the three district libraries in the county that has rent to EY. those in the other two districts being housed in buildings owned by the county and school board. Rent of the local library amounts to $30 monthly, and while this has been paid principally by the women themselves and with funds raised l'- card parties and other means there is nothing left with which to purchase the more recent books that would be of interest to the public and incidental- ly would probably result in greater finaneial assistance. Paid Librarian Dropped. One of the first methods adopted for reduction of expenses was the recent decision to give up the services of the paid librarian, and her work has been taken over by four or five women who have volunteered to divide this worlk among themselves. Members of he Executive Committee have not given up hope altogether of continuing operation of the library, but feel that abandonment of the project must eventually result unless added financial tance is immediately forthcoming. GIRL IN SHOOTING ALTERS HER STORY Man She Accuses Denies Charge and Victim Cannot Identify Him. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., September 6 —Local authorities are continuing their investi- gation of the case of Hattle Spriggs Durham of Leesburg, who is being held for further questioning in connection with the shooting of County Officer J. B. Leftwich near Gretna recently. The police are checking her state- ment that she was the woman com- panion of the man who shot the officer, who has positively identified her as the woman in the machine when he was shot. Man Is Held. A man named by the young woman as her companion and whom she says shot the officer, is also being held for questioning by the police. This man has denied any connection with the case, and the wounded officer. in a hospital here, sald he could not posi- uvely identify him as the man who did the shooting, although the officer was positive in his identification of the girl. The woman after making her state- ment to Police Chief J. H. Martin, fronted by him, but later again re. afirmed her story after she had re- ceived a note trom the man telling her | “if you know anything about the mat- | ter tell it and get it over with” this being in reply to a note the girl had sent him in jail asking him to tell what he knows so as to aid the police in their investigation. The young woman was turned over to Greina authorities by her father. Sam Spriggs of Leesburg, after he had learned that the authorities were at & point of arresting her to check her whereabouts. Leftwich was shot, he nyu. when he attempted to arrest the man, after find- ing a can of ltquur in his nutomb\le. KIDNAPING TALE UNTRUE Police Decide Woman Was Not Robbed on Lonely Road. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, September 6 (#).—Police here have decided there was nothing to a story of being kid- naped and robbed told them yesterday by a woman giving her name as Mrs. Nathan Kerner of Detroit. Authorities decided the woman had not been kidnaped when they found her automobile late yesterday along a lonely road near the Dunes Highway near here A $1,000 sable wrap, a wed- d' and $35 which the woman had said were taken her, were found in the autompobile. HISTORIC BELL TOWER REMOVAL AT RICHMOND CROPS UP AGAIN Subject Agitated in Assembly in 1852. Desire for Town Clock Prompted Debate. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., September 6.—The submission to the Virginia Art Com- mission of the question of what to do with the old bell tower in Capitol Square revives a subject which was agi- tated in the General Assembly as far back as 1852, but without effect. During the legislative session of 1852, a committee recommended the removal of the bell house from the southeast corner of the square where it still stands, and the erection of a gateway with a clock at the south entrance to the square. The tower was termed “unsightly.” Clock Most Desired. The matter of a clock apparently was the most desired improvement in regard to the bell tower. One of the principal uses of the bell at the middle of the last century was to lnnounce the time. In order to do this, ngx was kept there throughout the 24 oun ;ndmektmbeuuf.hehnunro Tho committee found little of credit to the State of Virginia in the fact that, “in this age of mechanics” a soldier must perform the work that a clock should do. Suggesting the erection of a gateway at the south entrance to the square, the committee said the whole d be “surmounted by a clock and bell, substituting the present bell house by avoiding the necessity of having a guard constantly on duty to strike the time, when it may be done much more accurately by machinery. “It is worthy of remark, and perhaps not very creditable to the State of Vir- ginia,” the committee went on to say, “that, this age of mechanics, & sol- Eler" of 'ano”s:u G\urflmI: wnltl;fl! ept on duf perform unmlu Ty function of a clock hammer, and is made, during the tedious hours of the night as well as day, to watch the ad- vent of each recurring period of time and announce it by striking a bell.” Sectional Pride. Evidently something of sectional ride entered into the committee's de- P iberations, as l‘ccm!om the follow- ing paragraj ho e 58 nnlfi A propriety of re- llevin( the sme Guud from this un- necessary duty (which it is believed duties and affects injuriously their dis- cipline) by the simple substitution of a clock, such as is found in almost every town, and to the north in every vil lage.” The committee's recommendations were never carried out, and the bell tower still stands, a gray old structure in a corner of Capitol Square. Since the committee's investigation the prin- cipal entrance has been removed from the south side to the west, where is, in fact, the only entrance for vehicles. As undesirable as the committee found the tower, it was preceded by * much uglier edifice,” according to Mor- decai’'s “Historic Richmond,” published in_1856. In earlier days, not only was the tower ugly, says Mordecal, but “the ground immediately around it was be- decked with the shirts of soldiers and | the chemises of their wives, which flaunted on clothes lines and pigs, poul- try and children enlivened the scene.” VIRGINIA U. D. C. T0 MEET SEPT. Delegates Expected From 129 Chapters for Staun- ton Sessions. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., September 6.—Del- egates from each of the 129 chapters of the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy in Virginia are expected to at- tend the thirty-fifth annual convention of the Virginia division, which meets at Staunton, September 30 to October 3, Mrs. Charles E. Bolling of Richmond, division president, announced today. Opening at 8 p. m. on Tuesday, Sep- tember 30, the convention will stay in session through Friday, October 3, with reports from all officers and chapters to be heard. Thursday evening, October 2, a historical meeting will be held. “The J. E. B. Stuart Chapter of Staun- ton will be host to the convention, The officers of the division who are to report are Mrs. Bolling, president; Miss Anne V. Mann, Petersburg, first vice-president; Miss Esther Barney, Fredericksburg, second vice-president; Mrs. Allen Stokes, vice-president; Mrs. L Lynchburg, fourth vice-president; Mrs. E. C. Whitehurst, Roanoke, recording secretary; Mrs. A. 8. J. Willlams, Rich- mond, correspond! secretary; Mrs. James M. Kelly, Witheville, historian; Mrs. J. E. Davenport, Norfolk, rqmnr and Miss Lucy Kurtz' Winchester, treasurer. BINGHAM TO SAIL 8amoan Commission Chairman to Join Two in Two-Month Study. SALEM, Oreg., September 6 (#)— United States Senator Hiram Bing- ham, chairman of the American Sa- moan Commission, will leave here to- morrow for San Pedro, Calif, from where he will sail September 11 to make & study of the islands. Senator Robinson of Arkansas and Representative Carroll L. Beedy of Maine are the other members of the commission. They will make the voy- age on the cruiser Omaha, which will be their home during the two-month stay at Samoa. Wife Says Husband Forced Her to Sell 2-Month-Old Baby By the Associated Press. MACON, Gt financial straits. INDUSTRIAL SHOW Exposition to Be Held From November 3 to November 8. Headquarters for the sixth annual In- dustrial Exposition, which will be held here in two months, were yester- day mt.hzflomar!ufldtn:uuluofthe wuhlnm Chamber Commerce, sponsor of this fixture !n the National Capital's civil cllendnr. The exposition will be held at the Washington Auditorium and will run from November 3 to November 8. Al- though yesterday marked the official opening of headquarters and the be- ginning of intensive effort on the part of ‘;hehcommnm much ready has been made on plans for lflm'ah‘;)wi‘ b ““ res . Stern, who is the managing director after hnv.l‘n‘lmbeen connected with the five preceding expo- sitions, sald the forthcoming one would 'be the most representative ever he'lxgh here. e business show, which was a feature of the 1929 _exposition, will be a part of this year's show, it is an- always have held the attention of Vvisitors, will be another feature. |WOMEN CRAWL THROUGH CAR TOP |AFTER TROLLEYS SANDWICH AUTO Machine Demolished But Occupants Escape Uninjured. They and Motormen ‘Two women were forced to climb to safety through the top of their auto- mobile late yesterday after the machine was caught between two street cars while crossing the intersection of Four- teenth and Church streets. Miss Esta Ransom Orame, 29 years old, and Miss Merle Berry, 26 years old, both of the Chastleton Hotel, escaped without injuries when their machine was sandwiched in the narrow space between the street cars. The body of their machine, a coupe, was nearly knocked to pleces, while the. top was smashed away. Women Treated for Shock. Dr. H. K. Craig of 1622 P street treated the women for shock. They were removed to his office by a passing motorist. PFire Rescue Squad No. 1 and police reserves aided in clearing away the wreckage. Traffic was at a stand- still in the neighborhood for nearly halt an hour while debris was removed from the street. Summoned to Court. Police reported Miss Orame, who was driving the car, attempted to make a left turn into Church street. when the automobile plunged headlong into a Fourteenth and Decatur line car of the Capital Traction Co. moving north on Fourteenth street. A moment later the machine was struck by a Peace Monu- ment car of the same com; bound south on Fourteenth street. e Ordered to Appear in Court. The auto occupants and C. Donlld Drew, 1438 Meridian place, and Hazard, 4420 Pifteenth street, mowr- men of the street cars, were ordered to appear in the office of the mhunt corporation counsel at Police Court morrow. No arrests were nude The automobile was virtually demol-l treet ished, while .both s slightly damaged. Pflllee erty loss would $500, » ell'l were HORSE SHOW HELD NEAR BROOKEVILLE Montgomery County Associa- tion Has First Exhibit on Nicholson Farm. & Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 6.— The Montgomery County Horse Show Association staged its first annual show on the farm of Charles T. Nicholson, near Brookeville, today. A large crowd from this and nearby counties and the District of Columbia attended. The judges were John Brown, Ben- Jjamin Hill and Humphrey D. Wolfe of Howard County, for the heavy- draft horses and teams, and Clarence L. Gil« pin and Z. McCubbin Waters of this county and Norman Clarke of Howard County for the light horses and ponies. Charles T. Nichol president of the association; Dean Ackerson, secretary and treasurer; Josiah W. Jones and Edward Snowden had & ent part in the conduct of the show. % Galthersburg Team Wins. g;xmm‘fln: x-Horse Farm Teams—FPirst, J. Franklin Thompeon, Gaithersburg; sec- ond, George F. Bonifant, eoxuvme third, Elbin Leizear, Four - Horse Farm 'renna First, Francis Buchanan Glenmont; mnd James Evely, Gaithersburg; third, W. E. Gregg, Brookeville, ‘Two-Horse Teams—Pirst, Leonard C. Eur:ms‘()ldneyé rlmat.hzg""d sno'.v:- en, Sandy ing; , Nicholson, Olng bossiad slx-Mule Tumb—ceorn E. Nichol- 'rwo-)aule Teams—O. C. Martin, Ol- Dey. | Ponles Under ¢42 Hands, Shown Over Jumps Not Exceeding Three Feet, —First, Miss Jane Acheson, Washing- ton, D. C. Draft Breeding Class: First, J. Franklin H Elbin Leizear; third, J. Pranklin Thompson. Two-Year-Olds—First, O. C. Pony Over 12 Hands, Not Exceeding 14.2—First, Jane Acheson; second, Mar- garet Leizear, Brookeville, Draft Stallions — Pirst, George E. Nicholson; second, Eli Leizear, Brooke- materially interferes with their proper | yjjje Saddle Horses—Pirst, Vernon O Washington; second, Col. Stanley, sol- diers’ Hnme. third, Mrs. J. Banks Ber: ry, Rocl Monumnery Count Horses— First, Mrs. J. Banks ;ierry; second, Jo- siah Hutton, Brookeville; third, Miss Regina McKeever, aum 5 Gll'.hetllmrl Farm Team Driving Contests: Six- Horse Teams—First, Rudolph Leishear, Brookeville. Two-Horse Teams—First, OFFICES OPENEDI: Chester Lee Leishear, Brookeville. SHEEP GIVE CLUES ° T0 THOUGHT ORIGIN Dumb Doras of the Animal World Furnish Scientists With New Material. By the Associated Press. ITHACA, N. Y.—The Dumb Doras ot the animal world, , are furnish- ing Cornell scientists with clues to the origin of thought. indicate tion and the mental of work, rflmmflml.ndllupmdp\moim- hysiology. sheap selected g-uuormreh venmplumydnmr behavior. One simple thing a sl always does is to jerk its leg at an el shock. That action, it was ascertained, is not due to thought. The sheep'’s leg would twitch even with brain removed, by virtue of a hereditary nervous mechan- ism called an unconditioned reflex. ‘Thought—or something very m:e t— WaS In'-l'odlleed to the beating a metmnmne before each ently merely the beating caused the eep to jerk its leg vhlen'.ly in antici- p-'l'he sheep quickly learned to recog- nize the difference between 120 beats a never followed by the shock. bell was substituted for the metronome and at first the sheep lifted its leg, but soon learned the difference. “‘Practical applications,” says Dr. Lid- dell, “are mmume. ‘The method de- scribed will make to brain, the action of drugs on the tral nervous system, the mental of work, relaxation and sleep, in tion to the many problems of - educa- tion.” BANDITS STAGE FIVE ALEXANDRIA HOLD-UPS Small Sums Taken From Victims. Man Saves $28 by Dropping Money on Ground. PFive hold-ups in id succession kept police in Alexandria busy last night. James E. Jones of 321 Mont- , Preston nounced. Government exhibits, which | bees While police were mvuunnu $h separate robberies Willlam Sampson of Hume avenue, Potomac, had been held up but had -vad by pulling the money from his when he raised his hlnflfl‘ and it drop on the {ro The victim told pollce a young col- ored man, armed with a revolver and fl.n.uhll(h'.~ committed the robberies. *|Ex Policeman Sued For Shooting Cow He Thought Thief Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Septem- ber 6.—Mark Tabler, former- State policeman, residing here, must ane swer in a Justice's Court here a suit for $100 for killing a cow belonging to J. R. Braithwaite, a neighbor, which Tabler concedes he killed, but shot it several nights ago, believing it to be a chicken thief. Tabler says he heard a noise near the henhouse at his home. Chicken thieves had been active in that section. He fired five times with a revolver from a window, and two of the shots took effect. The cow had been tethered Ainh el wandered on the forbidden mmmn