Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1930, Page 17

{7 ALUATION AWARDS R FOUR SQUARES TRIANGLE MADE Meivlnation Commission s Price for Land Between 12th and 13th Streets. £ OBJECTIONS OF OWNERS . WILL BE HEARD DEC. 2 WValues in Area to Be Acquired Range From $10,000 to $190,000 for Individual Properties. The next step in the Government's great triangle building program was brought neaver today when a commis- slon of citizens filed their award on the valuation of the four squares lying between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, Pennsylvania avenue and B street. The report' was made to Chief Jus- tice Alfred A, Wheat in District Divi« slon No. 1 by Arthur C. Lampe, J. Wal- ter Farran and Edward W. Thompson, the commission. Objections of prop- erty owners to the award will be heard by the court on December 2. ‘Will Have Buildings. The four blocks will be used by the nt for erecting two buildings t0 serve as monumental features of architecture to separate the grand plaza the great circle in the Federal "The first structure to be erected will the new Post Office Department , to cover the area bounded by and Thirteenth streets, and bout the line of Ohio avenue. Another structure, to be used Interstate Commerce Commission or general accounting office will cover south end of the area, stretching ‘about Twelfth to Thirteenth, B Ohio avenue, except that the .Mt'm Join tq the Post Office nt. ki soon 8s the Government acquires to the ground, on ich a report Euflc today, the mmm Will be down work started on the neéw structures. Plans for the buildings ‘well under way, and will be ready final title is acquired. Values Are Fixed. _ The commission fixes the value. of Parcel 1, 1200 to 1204 Pennsylvania ave- #t $09,500; parcel 2, 1205 D street 1206 avenue, at , 1208-10 Pennsylvania i 4, 1212 Penn- 17, 1220-22 Penn- 1219 D street, ylvania ave- , $33,500; parcel vania avenue and avenue and 1227 | o 11, 1232 Penn- D street, - 7 Thirteenth street, $112,000. = ! 112, A 313 nth strect, ~ $74,500; 24, 315-7__Thirteenth _street, $ 828 street, 1 25, 319 Thirteenth ot 418000, pareet 38, 1302 ‘Twe street, [ elfth street, $31,500. b $167,00¢ In square 294 parcels 45, 46 and 47, Twelfth street and adjacent prop- , are valued at $119,500; parcel 48, ed, $10,392; parcel 49, 1206 to 1212 C street, $27,500; parcel 50, 1215 Ohio avenue, $12,500; parcel 51, 1217 avenue, $12,000; parcel 52, 1219 ©Ohio avenue, $18,000; parcel 53, 1216 C street, $12,000; parcel 54, 215 Thir- th street, $167,000; parcel 55, 1220 street and 1221 Ohio avenue, $23 ” 1 56, 1218 C street, $12,500; 57, 1214 C street, $9.500; parcel C street and 214 and 218 a5, parcel 59, 200 Twelftn square 295, parcel 59, Twel street, 15 given a valuation of $51,000; 1 60, lot 801, $90,000; parcel 61, 802, $280,000; parcel 62, 206 Twelfth and 1204 Ohio avenue, $31,000. ‘The nt was represented at hearings before the commission by t Attorneys General Henry H and A. Leftwich Sinclair and Arthur G. Lambert, special assistant Uni‘~d States Attorney Rover. Market Plan Progresses. Despite objection of an organized p of merchants in Center Market Treasury Department foday pro- ‘ceeded with its program to'tear down the old building in January. Bids were to be opened this after- noon for demolition of the entire Cen- “ter Market. The Treasury’s coniract # Sl authorize the demolishing work to start shortly after January 1. Present Jegislation provides all business in the | 4 market must cease January 1 Many merchants have already “Kmdl contracts to move to what is known ‘as Convention Hall Market. Some are organized in a protest against the demolition and have retained Charles W. Darr, former peesident of the Chamber of Commerce, as their counsel. New Markets Planned. A group of merchants is interested in the project known as the Downtown | Market Co., for erection of a new cen- fer market with private capital. And still another proposal is to push for e of the pending legislation which establish a new center market 4n the downtown area at Government nse. the Center Market site the Gov- t s to erect an archives build- The demolition contract only calls tearing down the building located | jon the block bounded by Seventh and | Winth, B street and Pennsylvania | avenue. Another contract will be awarded for excavation work. i -] 5 e g Ea"g ~iH T k. The Foening Slar Expedite Building to Replace Old Contract. for construction of the new Roosevelt High School, & $1,500,000 project, probably will be awarded 'the W. P. Rose Co. of Goldsboro; N. C., which is bullding the new Eliot Jun- for High School, despite a pro%est sub- mitted to the Commissioners by Wash- ington labor leaders against giving con- tracts for municipal work o forelgn firms. A cursory examination of the 19 bids for construction of the new school, it was indicated today, shows that the Rose company submitted the lowest bid on the basis of 15 alternatives included in the specifications. The lowest straight bid, however, was submitted by the Na- tional Construction Co. Site at Thirteenth and Upshur. ‘The bids will be turned over to the municipal architect's office for study before the contract is finally awarded. ‘Thre is a strong likelihood, it was said, that the architects will approve the al- terantives, since they can be included in the plans without exceeding the authorized appropriation for the build- ing. In this event, the Rose company wi WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1930. OUTSIDE FIRM IS EXPECTED 'TO GET NEW SCHOOL CONTRACT Award Planncd Early in December to of Roosevelt High Business High. The new Roosevelt High School will replace the old Business High School. 1t will be erected on & municipal-owned site at Thirteenth and Upshur streets, in the vicinity of the Macfarland Junior High School. The Commissioners have $900,000 available to begin construc- tion, and the budget estimates for the next fiscal year contain an item of $600,000 for its completion. Bids Not Widely Varied. The 19 bids on the project were not widely. varied, the highest being $1,- 433,000 and the lowest $1,249,000. The range of the bids with the alternatives included, however, have not yet been finally determined. In view of the unemployment situa- tion, it was said, award of the contract for construction of the new school will be expedited. District officlals hope to have the contract awarded early in December. Bids for the erection of the school were opened yesterday afternoon by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the Engineering Department of the District. Breenan, an alumnus of Business, had the privilege of opening the bids for its new building. RECEPTION HELD FOR NEW CITIZENS Largest Americanization| Class Ever Graduated Hon- ored With Varied Program. ‘The largest class ever graduated from the Americanization School As- sociation, 112 new American citizens of all ages and origins, were felicitated on their newly acquired status last night at a public reception in the| auditorium of the United States Chamber of Commerce. * Former Chief Justice Walter I McCoy of the District Supreme Court, the new president of the Americaniza- tion School Association, presided, and groups joining with the association in Apom;:f‘fihe reception were the State Ameri tion Committees of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Federation of Women's Clubs. Association Is Welfare Body. The Americanization Association is e v'm":ruuua it nes ‘mem| on t;e:‘l’r feet financially and to assist them in acq: the edu- cation to earn a vehhm%.m a report showing that the association had ob- tained positions for 150 of its mem- bers within the past few months. Certificates of graduation were pre- Eatiaretn, mipervisey prioe) ol of e af m, superv principal of spe- cial schools, and Henry G. Gilligan of the Board of Education. An address of welcome was made by Associate Justice Joseph W. Cox of the District Supreme Court. Justice Cox stressed the contributions to America by cultures of the Old World. Greetings also were given by Mrs. Clara T. Willison of the United States Naturalization Bureau on behalf of the D. A. R. by Mrs, Arthur 8. Pields, chairman of the State Americanization Committee, and Mrs. W. W. Husband %l; l:hll( of the Federation of Women's lubs. Certificates Are Presented. The certificates of graduation pre- sented to members of the class showed that they had completed American- ization school courses in English, Amer- ican history, civil government and other subjects, some knowledge of which is necessary for full citizenship. Sixteen boys and girls who received eighth grade certificates and now are entered in high schools were presented last night. Representing far-scattered lands, they are an unusual group of children. PFrank Duas, a Greek boy who had only a year or two of schooling in his native land before coming to America, learned enough English and other sub- jects in two years to complete his gram- mar school work. Elsa Bettium, a 17-year-old Norwegian girl, another of the pupils, completed two terms of high school work and become a nurse. She has been in this country only two years, LEADERS ARE CALLED | ON REAL ESTATE LAW Business Men Expected to Attend Private Conference of Blaine Subcommittee. Business leaders of Washington and a representative of the District govern- ment, are expected to attend a private conterence this afternoon in the District Committee Toom of the Senate, called by Oscar H. Brinkman, attorney for the Blaine subcommittee, for a discussion of proposed real estate legislation. The conference’s objective s to pro- mote a voluntary agreement on needed legislation which might make unneces- sary a widespread public investigation by the Senate committee, according to the committee attorney. The District goyernment was to be represented by Wiliam H. Wahly. assistant corporation counsel. Others who have accepted invitations include the following Robert V. Fleming, John B. Larner, Corcoran Thom, Henry McKee, W. W. Spaid and Prancis Addison of the Dis- trict Bankers' Association; Louis Rothe- child, director of the Washington Bet- ter Business Bureau; Paul V. Keyser, counsel of the Investment Bankers” As- soclation; Arthur Carr, president; Al- fred H. Lawson, chairman of the Legis- GAS OVERCOMES WOMAN of her daughter irip downtown saved McWilliamson, revived, al treatment. d_that lative Committee, and John A Petty, secretayy of the Washington Rea) Estate Board; George B. Fraser of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, Thom- s E. Lodge, chairman of the Law Com- % George. ity president; e nt; GENSUS BUREAU'S FOOD ISSUE SOLVED Work Started on Cafeteria Large Enough to Care for 6,000 Employes. ‘With an ample cafeteria in prepara- tion for an opening in 10 days, the Census Bureau seems to have won its long struggle to provide luncheon facili- ties for its 6,000 employes in the face of Controller General McCarl's refusal to authorize an expenditure for that purpose. Space has been cleared on the ground floor of -the main bullding for a cafe- teria of about 150 by 30 feet, and work- men today were beginning the installa- tion of restaurant equipment. The res- taurant is being equipped and will be operated by the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks. New Building for Machinery. That office also erected a new build- ing nearby to accommodate electrical office machinery and filing equipment moved from the s] to be occupied by the cafeteria. change was made, it was explained, because the old space was not ample of suitable to accommo- date the additional office machinery and workers needed to get out the census reports, ‘When the census took on thousands of new employes last Summer, the cafe- teria facllitles were inadequate to care for them. One small lunch room in the main building could atcommodate only a few hundred employes. With only & half hour for lunch, the thousands of others were forced outside to buy their noonday meals from food hawkers in the street. Scraps Left in Work Rooms. With the approach of cold weather, more and more employes have been bringing their lunches with them and eating them in offices. Officials say a “deplorable” condition has resulted from the scattering of scraps of food in the work réoms. ‘The controller general refused to au- thorize an expenditure for the cafeteria on the ground that so many of the Census Bureau employes were tem- porary. A later appeal was made by the Sec- retary of Commerce, which was again denied after McCarl had reconsidered the question. SHAPIRO HEARING SET FOR NOV. 24 Realty Broker to Answer False- Pretense Charge in $2,500 House Deal. Jacob B. Shapiro, president of the Joseph Shapiro Realty Co, will be called for trial Monday, November 24, before Justice Peyton Gordon in Dis- trict Supreme Court to answer an in- dictment charging false pretenses in connection with the failure to advise a client of the existence of a “hidden trust” of $2,500 on a house which he sold. Twelve indictments are pending against the broker following an expose before the Blaine Senate Committee, where Shapiro refused to waive im- munity when called s a witness in an inquiry about realty conditions. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover has selected Assistant United States At- torney John W. Fihelly to prosecute the charges against Shapiro. The broker will be represented by Attorneys Alvin L Newmyer and Tobriner & Graham. The first case to be called deals with a sale to W. Calhoun Furr and Martha E. Furr of premises 1716 Hobart street, October 29, 1828. The Government will contend that Shapiro represented that the property was subject only to a first trust of $8,000 and took a suj second deed of trust for $950 from the purchasers. Later the Furrs learned that there was of record a trust for $2,500 which had not been disclosed to them, it is claimed. MISS HAMON PLANNING LONDON-AFRICA FLIGHT Daughter of Late Oklahoma Oil King to Ship Monoplane, She Says, on Arriving Here. Arrangements for a flight from Lon- gto‘r}u lo Owe Town. South Africa, are made in Wa: today xfls nge Bl;lle mm“fl fl e stage as Loma Worth, daughter. | the Inte Jake L. Hamon, slain Obanoma {otl pu a two- monoplane, which wili be nu:':donmzmb George F. e g Sma " Municipal Association to Meet. (Bpecialy e, Novetsber 13 of ‘The little plane was 'll.hllh&!lll said at PROPERTY TRUSTEE Government Particulars of Alleged Conspiracy Are Placed on File. CONSPIRACY CHARGED IN 95 SEPARATE CASES Influence of Criminal Action Upon Status of Defendant Is Issue in Latest Court Move. Despite assertiors by counsel for Samuel J. Henry that the former presi- dent of the F. H. Smith Co. enjoys the confidence of local business men, Chief Justice Alfred W. Wheat, in District Supreme Court today, sald he thought Henry should be removed as trustee of the Tivoli, Stanley Arms, Cedric and Al-Roy apartments. His removal had been asked by a group of bondholders. Another development in the wide- spread litigation involving the Smith Co. today was the filing by the Govern- ment of a bill of Plrflcullrs setting forth more specifically the allegations in the first count of the indictment charging Henry, G. Bryan Pitts, John H. Edwards, jr., and C. Elbert Anadale with a conspiracy to embezzle company funds and destroy allegedly incriminat- ing records. Charge 95 Offenses. Justice Willlam Hitz last week or- dered the Government to submit these particulars so that Pitts, Edwards and Anadale might have better opportunity lo,prepare their defense in time for trial of the charges on November 24. Henry, who was granted a severance from the other defendants yesterday, probably will face trial at a later date. The first count of the indictment charges a conspiracy to commit 95 em- bezzlements. The bill of particulars amplifies these charges to the extent of giving specific dates and amounts in- volved in the all offenses, The hearing this morning of the pe- titlon for removal of Henry as trustee of the apartment houses revolved to a large extent around the question of the effect on his ability to serve of criminal indictments against him. Joseph C. McGarraghy, for the petitioning group of ndholders, argued that as a result of the indict- ments there had arisen in the minds of the holders of the bonds a certain “apprehension” regarding Henry's fit- ness to serve. Justice Admits Doubt. Harry 8. Barger, representing the former Smith company president, told the court that as a result of investiga- tions made by him he is convinced that Henry enjoys in full measure the con- fidence and respect of the Washington public. The fact that doubt of his in- tegrity might exist in the minds of some individuals, he said, is not enough to_warrant his removal. In announcing that he would take the | ang matter under advisement, Chief Justice ‘Wheat said that, in his opinion, “the best interests of all concerned would be served by the appointment of a new “The fact remains” he said, “that Henry is under indictment and that some of the bondholders wish his re- moval on that account. A trusteeship ought to be held by some one not under suspicion, regardless of whether that sus- picion has any basis in fact. I wouldn't say anything to hurt Mr. Henry's feel- ings and I am not endeavoring to give the impression that I believe he is guilty of the criminal charges, but he has got himself into a mess.” Attorney Barger told the court that Henry stood ready to give a proper bond as trustee and was willing to manage the properties under the supervision of the court. It was also contended that under his management, through the Munsey Trust Co. as agent, the physical condition of the properties had been improved and the apartments better rented. Henry pointed out that he was in possession of the Tivoli, Cedric and Stanley Arms by default in the mort- gages, but was not in possession of the | Po Al-Roy. Justice Wheat took the case under advisement after counsel for both sides had submitted briefs. THIEVES GET CASH AND PICTURE FILM Clothes, Watches, Tools and Other Articles Are Reported Stolen. Wearing apparel valued at $45 was stolen yesterday from the apartment of Vera Crawford, in the 2000 block New Hampshire avenue, by thieves who entered her rooms through an unlatched window, according to a report made to police of the eighth precinct The home of Theodore Gatchel, 2300 block Cathedral avenue, also was en- tered by robbers during the tenant’s absence and trinkets valued at ap- proximately $25 were taken. ‘The office of George Y. Gill in the Mather Building, 900 block G street, was broken into and two reels of mo- tion picture film, valued at $75, were stolen. Police also were called upon to in- vestigate the larceny of a $150 cash registerr from the office of Willlam Smith, in Rovers’ court; the theft of $30 worth of tools from the garage of Harry C. Lauder, 1300 Ingraham street, and plumbing fixtures from a vacant house in the 200 block Q street. A number of Civil War coins, papers and $2 in cash were stolen from the shop of Elmer Nelson, at 237 John Marshall place, by burglars who smashed the lock from the front door of the place yesterday while Nelson was ““h The stolen articles were valued at $10. A Navy chief petty officer's overcoat, valued at $30, was stolen from the parked machine of Louis Nestesky, 649 Irving street, at Tenth and F streets last night. An open face watch, valued at $64, was taken from the room of John F. Kelly, 1525 I street, last night. The g some time JUSTIGE CONSIDERS | CAPITAL'S JOBLESS [HENRY REMOVAL AS| URGED TO ENROLL TO AD N PLAS Many Schools to Be Opened Saturday for Census of All Who Are Out of Work. LISTING TO LAY BASIS FOR FUTURE POLICIES Volunteer Teachers to Be on Duty to Help Those Reporting on Unemployment. Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the Commissioners’ Committee on Unem- ployment, today called on those in Washington who are unemployed to enroll at the schools designated for the purpose Saturday. The purpose of the enrollment, he sald, is “to gain a comprehensive idea of the unemployment situation in Washington, to learn who is out of a Job, the facts in each case, and to lay a foundation for constructive work de- signed to remedy the situation. Unless there is a full and complete census the committee will be handicapped in its efforts to remedy the situation. It therefore urges every man and woman in Washington who is out of employ- ment to enroll. Only by co-operation on the part of the unemployed will the committee be able to function effec- tively.” Advice is Given. The following advice was given to those seeking to enroll: Be at one of the designated schools in your neighborhood promptly at 9 am. Saturday. Do not be impatient, but‘enroll when 'your turn comes. Fill out the card which will be submitted to you, with great care. If in doubt as to how questions should be answered con- sult one of the census takers at the school. If unable to fill out the card one of the census takers will fill it out. To facilitate matters, bring a fountain pen if you have one.” ‘The following schools were designated as places of enrollment, where volun- teer teachers will take the unemploy- ment census: Business High Sthool, Ninth street and Rhode Island avenue; Central High School, Thirteenth and Clifton streets; Eastern High School, Seventeenth and East Capitol streets; McKinley High School, Second and T streets northeast; Western High School, Thirty-fifth and R streets; Columbia Junior High School, Seventh and O streets; Eliot Junior High School, Eighteenth and B streets northeast; Gordon Junior High School, Wisconsin _avenue, between Thirty- fourth and Thirty-fi streets; Hine Junior High School, Seventh and C streets southeast; Jeffersor Junior High School, Sixth and D streets southwest; Langley Junior High School, Pirst and T streets northeast; Macfarland Junior High School, Towa avenue and Webster street; Paul Junior High School, Eighth Oglethorpe streets; Powell Junior High School, Hiatt place, between Irv- ing street and Park road; Stuart Junior High School, Fourth and E streets northeast. High Schools on List. Miner Teachers’ College, Georgia avenue, between Fairmont and Euclid | streets; Armstrong High School, O street; between First and Third streets; Cardoza High 1, M street between First street and New Jersey avenue. Dunbar High School, First stfeet be- tween N and O streets; Francis Junior High School, Twenty-four and N streets; Garnet-Patterson Junior High | School, Tenth and U streets; Randall | Junior High School, I street between Half and First streets southwest; Shaw Junior High School, Seventh street and Rhode Island avenue. Brown, Connecticut avenue and Mc- Kinley street; Corcoran, Twenty-eighth, between M and Olive streefs; Curtis, O street, between Thirty-second and Thir- ty-third streets: Eaton, Thirty-fourth street and Lowell place; Grant, G street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-sec- ond streets; Key, Hurst d Dana place; Reservoir, tomac avenue; Adams, Nineteenth and California streets; Barnard, Deca- tur street, between Fourth and Fifth streets; Brightwood, Nicholson street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets; Cooke, Seventeenth street, be- tween Euclid street and Columbia road; Force, Massachusetts avenue, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets; Hubbard, Kenyon street, between Elev- enth and Thirteenth streets; Raymond, Tenth street and Spring road; Johnson, Hiatt place and Lamont street; Ban- croft, Eighteenth and Newton streets; Keene, Blair and Riggs roads; Petworth, Eighth and Shepherd streets; Powell, Upshur street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets; Ross, Harvard street, between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets; Takoma, Piney Branch road and Dahlia street; Kalmia road porta- bles, Fourteenth street and Kalmia road; Truesdell, Ingraham street, be- tween Eighth and Ninth streets; West, Farragut street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets; Whittier, Fifth and Sheridan streets, and Brookland, Tenth and Monroe streets northeast. Burroughs, Eighteenth and Monroe streets northeast; Emery, Lincoln road and Prospect street northeast; Gage, Second and U streets; Langdon, Twen tieth and Franklin streets northeast, Monroe, Columbia road between Georgia and Sherman avenues; Park View, Warder and Newton streets; Thomson, Twelfth and L streets; Woodridge, Carlton and Central avenues north- east; Benning, Minnesota avenue, be- tween Benning road and Foote street northeast; Edmonds, Ninth and D it terrace an liot place and between Ord and Olive streets northeast; Plerce, Fourteenth and G streets north- | D. east; Ludlow, Sixth and G streets north- east; Peabody, Fifth and C streets north- "THACHER REPLEVIN Four High Students Take Galt Prizes In Commerce Field Winners’ Names Offered to Board for Confirma- tion, Which Is Expected. Business High School's Galt prize winners for 1930 were proposed to the Board of Education today for v tion, which porbably will be given next ‘Wednesday. As received by the board through Harry O. Hine, its secretary, the prize winuers are: Ralph Cole, a senior, 4121 Seventh street, first prize of $50 for his exhibit, “The History and Development of the United States Stamp,” and Ra Chism, a junior, 3421 Reservoir road, second prize of $40 for his exhibit on “Soap”; both in tition for the commercial history and soctol prize. Dorothy M. Bohrer, a junior, 1 Greene avenue, Aurora Hills, Va., first prize of $50 for her collection of “Twen- ty Leading Minerals of the World,” and Joseph Moore, & senior, 1021 Four-and- a-half street southwest, second prize of $40 for his radio exhibit; both winners in the commercial geography phase of the contest. ‘The prizes were established in 1907 by ‘William Galt, who gave the school sys- tem $2,000 to be used to afford incentive | in the study of commercial geography | and commercial history and mhlfi In recent years the income from foundation elternated between Busi- ness High School and Armstrong High School. The last contest was staged four years ago at Armst R ‘The four winners were a group Business High Scl worthy ) surrounded only the selection of first and second place winners. . Three Business High School students who were selected as Galt prize winners. Upper left—Ralph Cole, senfor, first gl gy e et L Chism, second prize. o —Star Staff Photo. COUNSEL ON STAND NEW COSHI UNT FND I REPORTED BY SMITHSONIAN Recently Discovered Family of Neighbors of Sun Intro- duced by Dr. Seares. RESULTS FROM STUDY OF GALACTIC POSITION Universe on Way to Extinction, Bir James Jeans Declares in Annual Statement. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A newly discovered family of cosmic neighbors of the sun—the local system —is introduced by Dr. Frederick H. Seares, assistant director of the Mount Wilson Observatory, in the annual re- port of the Smithsonian Institutiom, issued today. This is an aggregation of several mil- lions of stars, with the sun and the planets about 1,800,000,000,000,000 miles from its center, with a radius o. about 100,000,000,000,000,000 miles. This sys- tem, he says, seems to center in a group of very hot, massive stars with a large amount of helium in their make-up, which can be observed extending for approximately 6,000,000,000,000,000 miles in the direction of the Milky Way. These form, Mr. Seares believes, the nucleus of a group which includes most of the stars visible from the earth or IN WARDMAN SUITIE: Judge Daniel Thew Wright Questioned by Attorneys for Stockholders. With Judge Daniel Thew Wright, counsel for and a director of the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Corpo- ration, occupying the stand, the hear- ing of the suit of minority stockholders of the corporation for the appointment of & receiver continued today before P. Woolls in the S Tomn SR et ACTION ATTACKED st Librarian of Congress Holds |zl $350,000 Collection Prop- erty of U. S. Herbert Putnam, librarian of Con- gress, today filed in the District Su- preme Court a demurrer to a suit in replevin recently brought against him to surrender the John Boyd Thacher collection of Napoleonic and French revolutionary material, valued at $350,~ 000, which has been in the Library of Congress since April, 1910. The col- lection includes priceless examples of the lumcé‘lphs of Kings, Queens, Em- perors and Popes, The suit was instituted by George C. Treadwell and Hi Reilly, as ex- Mrs. Emma T!. o \ ecutors of the will Thacher of Albany, N. Y., widow Harry A, brought into court John Berg, a certified public accountant employed by the plaintiffs, was expected to be placed on the stand this after- noon. Judge Wright, under questioning of attorneys, said that the two Maryland corporations, the Wardman Real Estate Properties, , and the Wardman Realty & Construction Co., were incor- porated by bankers for the purposes of a bond issue and were not organized by the Wardman interests, which he de- He prospec tus of Halsey Stuart & Co., investment bankers, dealing with the 1928 bond issue of $16,000,000, was allowed by John Boyd Thacher, a wealthy manu- facturer with a hobby for collections. The claim was made that the terms of Mrs. Thacher’s will in reference to the collection had not been carried out by Putnam. Through United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly, the librarian of Congress claims the suit is against the United States, in effect, which has not consented to be sued, and the sub- ject-matter is the property of the United States. The jurisdiction of the court is also attacked by Rover and Fihelly on be- half of the United States at the sug- gestion of the Attorney General in a separate plea. The Thacher collection, according to the plea, has been in pos- session of the United States, through its officers and agents of the Library of Congress, since April, 1910, when it was deposited by the former owner, Mrs. John Boyd Thacher. The man- ner in which the collection was utilized and treated by.the United States was well known to Mrs. Thacher in her brarian of Congress, who has main- tained it in the same manner as before Judfie ‘Woolls to be submitted as an ex- ‘hibit. Judge Wright also testified that the ardman Realty & Construction Co. officers were changed in 1930 with the ton and that Wardman, Bones and Hobbs were no con- . He stated, however, that he was still & member of the board of directors. Tells of Getting Stock. Late yesterday plaintiff attorneys placed John B. Olmart, auditor for Ru- dolph & West Co,, on the stand and he testified that his company received be- tween $3,000 and $5,000 worth of Ward- man & Discount Corporation stock and credited it against an ac- count for merchandise of the Wardman Construction Co. Robert B. Smythe, one of the original complainants, was the last person on the stand yesterday afternoon and told how the stockholders were asked at a meeting of the m e and discount corporation here to ratify an action of the board of directors exchanging se- curities of the corporation for stock of the realty and construction company so that the latter company could meet $500 interest payments due. —— her death and is striving to carry ou the wishes and provisions of her will. The Government insists that the court lacks jurisdiction of the case which it asks to be fl:gcfih frox;n the files and all g‘)cee ssed. ‘The executors, who filed the suit, were represented by Attorneys Charles . Williams, Richard H. Wilmer and G. Howland Chase. —_— BOWLING DEVOTEE DEAD Special Dispateh to The Btar. LYNCHBURG, Va., November 13.— P. Marable, §6 years old, resi- 65 years, died Tues- at 4 o'clock u:mothl County and & member of Memorial Church. *| MARINES DROP CHARITY CONTEST FOR NEW YORK Coast Guard dame to Be Played Here, as Originally Planned, Possibly for Jobless. Marine Corps officials today withdrew the offer to stage the Marine versus Coast Guard game for the President's Cup in New York City for the benefit of an unemployment fund, and the match will be played in Washington, as Biay, 1.'8" Hrewster, Marine ‘Corps . L. 8. Brewster, e athletics officer, on behalf of Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, the commandant, toda telegraphed Mayor Walker that the of- {fér to play in New York has now been withdrawn. = Maj. Brewster EE’ g itk : L Et 5 H ] 8 H é i ] 7R i ?5? § 2 i i & s 7 g § i i gs g £ %Eggg i L HH 5 ¥ ig holds, the Milky Way system, although this form cannot be observed from the earth 1 art] because of great clouds of w‘q’:e ma- terial. The whole system, he believes, may be considered as of about 300. light years across with the sun ane planets approximately half way bee tween the center and the edge. pendent organiza entangled within the larger system. stances of the close ji ition of ¢ spirals, for example, are not unknown. The only safe conclusion at present is that a local system of unexpected rich= ness and size exists.” ‘The universe is on its way to ex« tinction with no possibility of a re- verse process, Sir James Jeans, of the British Royal Society, says in the annual report. All the material substance in the stars, he says, by the latest intespre- tations of the laws of must eventually dissolve into radiation, while conditions become more and more impossible for & return of radiation into matter. sists that the wave length of the most penetrating of these rays is almost ex= i g; :=§ 5; 5‘? gfigiggé B 5 288 H § i e