Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1930, Page 17

> . PRIEST APPEALS C. U. DISMISSAL BY + RECTOR T0 ROME Dr. John Rolbiecki Feels Ac- tion Based on Criticism Too Severe. FRIENDS SAY DISPUTED ! QUESTION NOW SETTLED ‘ Popular -Professor Carries Ouster by Mgr, Ryan to Congregation of Studies, Highést Authority. REV. DR. JOHN J. ROLBIECKIL Rev. Dr. John Joseph Rolblecki, for- has appealed to the Congregation of | Rome for & review of what ::“mm:hm)mfifl&dml from the faculty by Right Rev. Ji H. Ryan, rector of the university, this meeting, at which Dr. Ryan took offense, . :lv;l an undue signifi- , were in the rector’s interpretation and justify dismissal. g i H § i F9Ri g resolved sal Il%‘:flflm mfiwnm mm"fl learning Wl . ‘The Mhmhmuuudmlgn“‘“ in approximately in the past it has gone llant. # course oper raised ‘some out of his dual status as a member of the faculty of the Graduate gculml“ and his connec- Dr. Rol ki himself was not at the university today. He is said to be visit- in New England. There is some feeling at the university, it was learned, that such s dismissal, unless for reasons an]. that they leave no other alter- ., should have the most s ¢| Appropriation Bill HEARINGS ARE ST ON DISTRICT FUNDS to Be Taken Up by Subcommittee on January'3 or 5. rector. to_the Congregation of | Nt Catholic Uni- is not an unusual pro- | contin n_to any faculty of a Catholic |t ho believes as chairman of the subcom- agricultural appropriations. Hearings start next Thursday on the Department of Agriculture estimates. In the newkcmun-, ‘which m‘m work one year from now, Representative William P. Holaday of Illinois will suc- ceed to the chairmanship of the Dis- trict itions Subcommittee, in the event t the Republicans are in trol of Congress, Forced to Drive 50 Miles Into Maryland, Millard W. Newman Tells Police. relieved him of his night’ forced him to drive nearly 50 ito Maryland before he quit the the story of Millard Wesley , years old, of 920 D street AR hold-up man leaped from the taxi when they reached the little Mary- land town and disappeared. PARK GIVEN PORTRAIT Steel Likeness of William H. Clag- ett to Hang in Yellowstone. A steel portrait of the laf liam Senator ite ‘Wil H. Clagett, former from Idaho and Representative from Montana, has SRl be puine istration mln'hflm o of Mr. Cla- the congres. in the estab- lishment of the park. he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1930. Woman Finds Old Stock Is Valuable After Many Years BUS DEPOT NEED ARE MADE ACUTE BY U. 5. PURCHASE Terminals in Four-Block Area Must Be Vacated by Early February. PLANS FOR RELOCATIONS ARE NOT YET ANNOUNCED Electric Cars May Be Rerouted Over Tracks of Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. ‘The problem of fin new terminal factlities for mator bus terminat- ing in the Pennsylvania avenue-Mall triangle became more te today as the Federal Government moved to ac- juares, made fed A" Wheat ’mflufim Com- mission. As soon as the award is con- major bus terminals and of the Washington-Alexan- line lle within the four- ‘Washington A with a view to sol his prcblem of g terminal facllities for the big lectric cars of his Alexan- i 8! i 9% propose to do with their respective bus terminals in the vicinity of Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Since the Government is to acquire all of the y along the south side of Penn- vania avenue, it was pointed out, lese bus operators undoubtedly will be forced to look for new terminal facil- ities north of the Avenue. ‘The Union LARCOMBE ESTATE VALUED AT $400,000 Widow, Son and Grandson Are Left Shares—Major Portion Is Kept in ‘Trust, John 8. Larcombe, who died Novem- ber 8, left an estate valued in excess of $400,000, according to the petition of his executor, the Riggs National Bank, for probate of his will. The petition is signed by Sidney F. Taliaferro, vice president of the bank, and was filed by Attorney Frank J. Hogan. Real estate of the assessed valuation | of $13,000 is included in the estate in addition to stocks, $348,981.25; bonds, $23,660; real estate note, $13,000; cash, $3,202.27, and personal and household effects worth $10,000. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary A. Larcombe, Wyoming Apartments; a son, John 8. Larcombe, jr, Washington Grove, Md., and a grandson, Blair B. Stringfellow, Jr., Boston, Mass. By the terms of the will the widow is to receive $5,000 in cash and certain household effects as well as the use of a farm and equipment in Maryland. Other effects are 0 go to the son and grandson. The bank is to hold the estate in trust for the widow, son and grandson —_— Jockey, 60, Defeats Girls, Sixty-! ~0ld Frank Simpson de- year. feated four girl jockeys in the famous arket Town Plate, run at New- *| PRESIDENT IS AMPLY SUPPLIED WITH THANKSGIVING TURKEYS Lawrence Richey, White House Secretary, Guarantees Two Fine Wild Fowls, One Shot by Himself. (] White House has received word several turkeys of the domestic are being sent to the by admirers of the Hoover that §§E§Ei B H £ ! i i HEDY ! i 2 el ?fi; G g L ) i shooting S £ 8 Certificate Considered Al- most Worthless Is Now Ap- praised Close to $100,000 148 REQUESTED TOAGT ON JOBLESS COMMITTEE HERE DR. J. N. PIERCE ACCEPTS CALL TO PASTORATE IN NASHVILLE First Congregational Minister Will Serve Youth in Educational Center. A value of almost $100000 has been | COMMIissioners Announce 10|Former Coolidge Pastor to placed on four shares of forgotten bank stock which were rummaged out of an old trunk several days ago by Mrs. Armenes Bennett, 27-year-old former beauty parlor helper of 3500 Fourteenth street. ‘EL stock, Mrs. Bennett's friends say, was left directly to her in the will of her father, although she has a sister living in New York and a mother living Florida. Up until some 10 days ago Mrs. Ben- nett had been employed in & beauty shop on the ground floor of the apart- ment building where she lives. When advised of the value of the stock, how- ever, she resigned her position and now, according to friends, is preparing to take her 7-year-old son, Raymond, and spend the Winter in Florida with her mother. Mrs, Bennett's father, the late Dr. James A. Dickinson, died in 1923, leav- ing an estate which was thought at the time adequate only to cover ediate obligations, with a small amount to spare. It was said the four shares of stock in the United Co-Operative Bull Bank of New York were left spe- to M stock rs. Bennett. The was in 1876 and was believed of little value. Since her father’s death Mrs. Bennett married a member of the Police Depart- ment and later obtained a divorce and | 7 learned a trade. She chanced across the aging, yellow certificates while h the trunk. ‘Through & series of transactions since | the stock was purchased, Mrs. Bennett's friends learned, the stock is now re- deemable for 20 shares in = substan- tial New York financial institution. Mrs. Bennett was not could not be reached for a statement today, 5 NOVES WIL DIRECT More Citizens, and Others Will Be Added. LABOR URGES LOCAL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION Protests Against Contract Last " Summer Involving Outside Workmen Recalled. Letters went out this morning to 148 citizens requesting them to serve on the Commissioners’ Unemployment Com- mitte, headed by Frederic A. Delano. Ten names were added to the original 138 submitted by Mr. Delano Wednes- day. 'S are ex- pected to add other names at their own suggestion later. The injected today into consideration of bids submitted for construction of the new Business High School, which were submitted Wednesday. A committee of local labor men ac- companied by representatives of trict trade bodies called upon the Com- missioners this morning an them to award the eontract firm, submif SPECIAL GIFTS UNT E2 2552 tne | Community Chest Committee Expects Generous Aid,. in 1931 Campaign. Newbold Noyes again has accepted chairmanz’'p of the Special Gifts Com- | mittee for ihe 1931 Community Chest campaign, it was announced by Edward F. Colladay, campaign chairman. Mr. Noyes was chairman of the Com- munity Chest unit in the 1930 cam- paign, and under his leadership the Special Gifts Committee obtained con- tributions of $500 or more totaling $832,373.94, as compared to $705,106.96 in 1929, Chest officials yesterday pointed out that there was & consistent gain in gifts of $500 or more in the 1930 campaign | Hish i ot -| over that of 1929, not alone in the what puzzled over what May and Arnold 1 b2 $160,832.23 for 1929. Ratio of Larger Gifts. QGifts of $500 and more comprised 516 per cent of the entire amount pledged for 1930, as 47.4 of the amount pledged for 1929, and the per- gain ‘was carried out through- out the whole of largs k. “We are going to have to raise more money this year than was contributed in 1930,” Noyes said. “Statistics received from Chest cities in all parts of the country show substantial gains in the amounts raised as com with 1930, and in almost every instance, hof the pledges show that in- their full part. The task of the Special Gifts | whic Committee, as I see it, is to bring the true situation home to every potential large giver of gf] city in Onl"m all their part. ese ::t’hodu can the situation u’m:' Case Statement Cited. Mr. Noyes then referred to a state- ment made by J. Herbert Case, chair- , and presi- ition of Community Chests and Councils, in which Mr. Case sald: “Possessors of wealth throughout the country are, during a time of unem- ployment such as now exists, confront- ed by an extraordinary obligation—an obligation which this Fall and Winter constitutes a test of their social vision and their peace-time patriotism. They flrep.red to give of their sur- necessary of their substans “The desperate ich has been felt byn!flelnfl\eimzmrmwlundmmd by the salaried and the wage-earning pared | High School, 000 n ‘Thomas A. Lane, represehtative of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers’ I“nmmaumu Union, Boinciple of the wage scale s ot siake of scal at stake, glrll! that the in select- ing trim for .the Roosevelt save more than $100,- another bid—one of 19 submif W] would at the same are largely respon- | time notify bidders department will look with disfavor upon any departure by the contractor from the well known policy of the Govern- ment to maintain existing rates of wages.” The W. P. Rose Co., Mr. Lane pointed out, is paying 60 and 70 cents an hour to_ carpenters engaged on the Elot School construction work, when the agreed rate for carpenters in the Dis- trict of Columbia is $1.371; cents per hour. With about 500 workmen em- ployed on the Roosevelt Building alone, Mr. Lane said, the same conditions would prevail if the North Carclina firm is awarded the contract. “More Than Union Fight.” “This is more than a union fight,” he explained. “It involves the welfare of labor at a time when unemployment conditions in Wi are such as to direct the attention of the District Com- missioners themselves. It is a public welfare protest and has the suj not only of the trade bodies of Was , but of such”welfare 1zations as the Associated Charities, the Catholic Char- ities, Jewish Welfare Council and others ‘who are as anxious as the unions to see that local conditions are maintained wherever possible whether in building projects or in other lines.” The same test made to Commis- was made on behalf of ed by George Crosby, the Brotherhood of Carpenters, and Charles E. Young, executive of the Washington Building Trades The bid of the Rese Co., $1287,000, for the Roosevelt School with limestone They are John ¥. Costello, Edward F. |and the unzmrloym ent _situstion locally itself i . | splendid Was = tative of Occupy Preaching Chair at Vanderbilt U. After 10 years as pastor of the First Congregational Church of this city, Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Plerce has resigned to accept the pastorate of Collegeside Church at Nashville, Tenn., in the heart of one of the largest educational centers of the South, and also to fill the chair of preaching in the Vander- bilt University School of Religion, At the monthly move forward under new leadership. With the acceptance of his resignation, two committees were appointed, the first under the of Dr. J. to prepare resolutions of Dr. Plerce, . Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian In- stitution, as chairman, to discover and recommend & successor for the pas. torate of the church. Dr. Plerce, at whose church former President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge worshipped -!nrm)!l years in the Whte House, sald he would leave November 30 for new’ post in Nashville, Foresces Great Opportunity. ounced that. he s, consideting varl- n e was vari- ous calls to other posts of duty. In as- {’mum ‘hh new ¢uu:%“umme, Dr. loresees an oppor- :lll;lty for work wm:l youth in ‘:‘ q‘:ls growing group of colleges - Collegeside Church is in Belmont College, enrolling u) d of 5,000 students, while mvt'he" city lies Pisk University, whose tdent, Dr. Thomas Elsa Jones, is a of Collegeside Church. Collegeside Church is & new enter- prise. Dr. William E. Barton, one of the most distinguished writers of the country, became its min- splendid parkn® houpe. Sronsing e campus and holds # services of wor- ship in the auditorium of Peabody Col- . Because of protracted {llness, Dr. Barton has been compelled to relin- quish his work there. REV. DR. JASON NOBLE PIERCE. In addition to the pastorate of this church, Dr. Plerce is called by the At~ lanta Theological Seminary Foundation to the chair of preaching at Vanderbilt University. He will also give lectures at of the aforementioned institu- tions under nrnn:emenh as yet incom- glad that ours was President Coolidge’ church for two administrations, es- pecially in view of his religious sincerity :‘na faithful church attendance,” he “I am glad for the fortitude with which our people supported the work during the onth exile from an un- hfn added, “and for the and contributed toward the erection of a more adequate church building in years to come. I rejoice for the establishment and development of the tional Home for Aged and the nucleus of that home in the labors and gifts of Mary Gardner Smith and others, so that it could later receive the Tyler legacy.” Refers to Church Films. Dr. Plerce referred also to his gwo years’ experience in using motion pic- '.ul:x.r:- in connection with religious preachers and | the gospel Dr. Plerce was chaplain of the Ta- mous 2nd Division during the World ‘War, the only mixed division of Army and Marine Corps regulars, and has taken an active part in its affairs and = FORM COMMITTEES ON REALTY LAWS One Group to Stutdy Sales of Securities, Other to Weigh Foreclosures. Legislation concerning real estate business here will be drafted or recom- ui mended40 Congress by two joint com- mittees of local business leaders, ac- cording to plans agreed upon late yes- terday st a conference in the Senate District Commiftee room at the Cap- itol. At an executive session called by au- curities and mortgage foreclosures. Form Two Committees. Agreement then was reached to or- ganize two g:l‘pl from the joint ‘com.- mittees of business organizations of recommending need- for the ed ition. One committee, which will deal with law :umnu'fi nkers’ Association, Mm’Agdnsvn,memm Bar Association, the Washington Real mm“‘ - e u. Another committee, to consider the additional safe- public in the method ot o eotasentatives o1 the men's consist of atives of and women’s bar associations of the District, the Real Estate Board, the District Bankers' Association, the’Fed- Washington local Building and Loan Council. Expect Early Approval. A measure providing for the licensing of real H:‘k brokcoen lndmmu;‘n.p.-m pen fore Congress, - ed :ym&e Senate and is awaiting action by the House at the coming session. Since there is little opposition to this bill, which is drafted as the model code 8 tional Association Boards, and is in effeet, in similar form, in 25 States of the e at the forthcoming session of m‘ . No committee of the joint organization of leaders was formed yes- terday to consider this bill, there being already widespread general approval of the measure as fathered by Senator Capper and Representative McLeod. AUTO DRIVER FINED $10 AFTER HITTING OFFICER Policeman Cunningham, Knocked From Motor Cycle, Asks for Minimum Penalty. Rufus Hill, colored, 1300 block of P street, driver of the machine which crashed into Policeman R. A. T was charged with “dal was uv’:n}ucoimm-pouun Cupningham was taken to t | Hospital PRECINCT CHETS WL BE SHFTE Emerson. and Sullivan Get New Commands as Capt. Lord Retires. Capt. Walter Emerson, commander of “the fourth precinct, will be transferred to the thirteenth preeinct on Sunday morning, when-the changes necessitated by the retirement jof Capt. C. P. M. Lord will become effective, it .was an- nounced today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. Capt. Je!lmllth. Sullivan of t: “JANE DOE” SPEECHLESS AT TRIAL FOR DRINKING Colored Woman Allowed Personal Bond as Judge Is Unable to Communicate Wtih Her. peculiar trial where the defendant to speak, or write, versed in the art of “talk- 5 fingers, was held in Police The defendant, an old colored wom- , was “booked” as “Jane Doe” at-the ninth precinct following her arrest at Fourteenth dnd B streets northeast ]f‘o'l;d h&xlfltfinn. When bnl;ked where she woman was able to it toward north, uidml’ i ition. Judge Given ordered court nlade out and entered a plea guilty for her after all efforts to con- vmm-unhn.&-enmflnad. He took Woman'’s personal bond and ordered her home. DEAN NOTZ OF G. U. UNIT WILL LECTURE ABROAD 4 ‘Will Address Alumni Group in New York and Sail To- > morrow. Dr. Willlam F. Notz, dean wn Ul School § which they have | she Mrs. Augusta Brown, Morts gage and Discount Corp tion Employe, Test “ANNAPOLIS HOTEL MONEY ONCE USED” Personal Check and Instructions Recalled in Reosiver- ship Suit, Harry Wardman personally supplied funds for the payment of dividends in 1928 on the stock of the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Corporation 1 mhflneflhfl-yn-mmm Judge Willlam P. p finn.m Woolls, in Alexandria where a group of minority stockholders is seeking mmntu:mhm:. ‘This - testimony i‘;auu‘mxn.m hook~ T for mortgage and discoun! She also said that mm‘ me from the Annapolis Hotel, a Wardman concern, was at one time used to pay dividends on the stock of the Mortgage and Discount Corporaf and that i 5 HEH {3 25 1413 5 i gfir i : 85, i & §53% ? i £ i i 3 H H ] &89 EE =§;E E% i i ; 5 ! T Jie £ i FEs : 8 i - b rifig ™ | i gfigi 2§ H slg 1 ; | » 3 & g . ] g EX-D. C. RESIDENT HURT Mrs. Lewis C. Hedges and Children Injured in Auto Wreck. THIEF GETS $500 CASH $60 Watch Also Taken From Rest- dence of Walter Hall. Five hundred dollars in cash and & $60 watch and chain were stolen from the home of Walter Hall, 3620 Suitland road southeast, during the family's ab- sence last night, according to a of the eleventh possessing ment door. The money was from a dresser drawer in the front Toom, GETS SIX-YEAR TERM papers | Pleads oum; to Charge of Im- timacy With Daughter.