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g i ,‘ li.oo Fos'ni§ study in still life, “After Lunch,” submitted for the Twelfth Biennial Ex- of Contemporary American Oil to be held at the Corcoran of Art beginning November 30, Bterhe, noted American artist few York, has been awarded first in $he W, A. Clark Prize Awards, snnouniced today by C. Powell aecretary and dmector of thE gallery. #he blennial awards, including sec- ond, third and fourth prizes, were an- mounced by the director on behalf of & distinguished jury of artists which has ‘beén sitting in judgment of o large ar- 74y pf paintings submitted in the com- First Prize §2,000. o first 1s $2,000 it the w I Drominent New York painter ew g Glrul"' for his figure study, prize of $1,000 and the Cor- bronze medal were awarded to m Archer of Richmond, Va, for ‘work, “SBhow Girl,” also & prize of $500 and the Corcoran tion certificate went to and carrjes [and any medal. THE GARY QUIET AS PRINCE OTTO "ATTAINS MAJORITY AT 18 YEARS Attempt to Get Throne Is Thought Unlikely Unless Officially Invlged. }.egiflmlsts Attend Mass and Hold Celebration to Aid Unemployed. By the Associated Press. \ Hi , November 30.— Hungarian legitim today celebrated the eighteenth and attainment of majority of Prince Otto, last of the direct male line and pre- tender to thl{‘a u;u!mm'l throne. jungarian aristocracy this forenoon in the Basilican a brilliant pontifical mass in honor of the day. The church square, filled with Budapest’s curious, was garlanded and ornamented at great cost for the occasion, but entirely at the expense of the legitimists, Two Principals Absent. There were two notable absentees at the ceremony—young. Prince Oftto, who is in school at Steenockerzell, Bel tative for the govern officially at least took no at ladies. There were no incidents of any sort in Budapest and the populace appeared entirely tranquil, almost indifferent to the happenings. Quiet Observance. A deputation consisting of the Hun- legitimist counts, Zichy, eon“:r‘:whdm:he of hll';un. adhe: u) E‘l‘n o pon occasion of | s s e PRINCE OTTO OF HUNGARY, However, it was not felt that anything whlc); m:;flht ‘hlppen 8o far away could eat] ect Hungary, both govern- :ent ylnd lace of which do not 1 | geem to re! the idea of a King. Coup de’Etat Unlikely. The impression here is that Prince Otto will not make any attempt to re- turn to Budapest unless invited by the regency or the government, and neither seems likely. A coup d'etat, such as that which recently re-established King Carol of Rumania, certainly is not ex- pected. At a feast organized by the Legitimist Union of the Holy Cross 1,000 unem- Y, | ployed received gifts in the name of the Archduke Otto. Although Hungary nominally is a monarchy, the government is admin. istered by the regent, Horthy, and no move has been made, outside of nor- mally royalist circles, to bring either Otto or another to the throne. S DOCUMENTS SEEN R I i B 3 ! i January D TRAIL FOUND IN CLERK’S DEATH | Calored Boy Held After Chase Near ‘White House Grounds. «y RENO | CHARGE PURSE-GRABBING! Officials of Baltimore Ware- house Expect Third Official Visit to Be Made. B theAssociated Press. iu.'nu.ou. ** November 20.—Of- apparently, and 14 - portfolios, containing Cum. den, sald X A e e | Twice the place has been visited, S i §*§ : i : I ; ¢ F . | sylvania avenue terday the es- blisment. 5 ‘There was no search resterday, how- ever, and Ca) Gwz. beyond been The visit of Capt. ash, shortly after 3 o'clock, was followed by a report | that Mr, Fish, who is chairman ofthe {Bouze Committee investigating Com- munist activity in the United States, would u':ll':hvillt the warehouse. Ac- ington. UNCES HER TITLE T0 BE CITIZEN AGAIN Italian Countess, Born in Ohio, Is Naturalized Today in District Supreme Court. Renouncing ber title of nobility to become again an American citizen, | Countess Prieda Prasch Costantini, wife of Count David A. Costantini of . | §arbed in traditional OF JONOR LEACLE Society Girls Manage Hotel for Benefit of Children .in Local Hospital, Members of the Junior wi storage warehouse where, somebody belleves 2¢ trunks | other documents or Hterature, is hid- pital. , commercial Washington be- g into the hostelry for Junch- lunlc-nember‘wu cap and apron, pa-~ orders, carried trays and relief to the “tired . Mrs. Carl Kurtz, as chairman of the waitresses, kept, busy directing her staff of 40 girls. This same personnel was to be employed also at the tea dance later in the day and at the ial dinner which the tion about almost anything & Richara Bafty, whe pre: , Who pre- ¥ street booth, and Miss who desk. ‘This afternoon’s tea dance was being featured by a fashion show, in which league members displayed the latest odes. Day Ends Tomorrow, And if the are tired later of “running” the Willard got- underway, she soon found herself the acting “manager” of the hotel. SIX TRAFFIC 'FATALITIES REPORTED FOR OCTOBER 8ix persons died in traffic accidents in this city during October, according to & repart submitted to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, by In- spector E. W. Brown, assistant superin- tendent of police in charge of the Traf- fic Bureau, today. ‘The report shows a total of 783 ac- cidents. Three hundred and twenty- one sustained minor injuries and there were 493 accidents in which only property resulted. Arrests for tions of traffic laws d the month totaled 3,700. In- cluded among the arrests were 476 for overtime ., 334 for miscellaneous parking regulations, 235 for parking abreast, 1 for one-arm driving, 310 for passing signals, 300 for disobeying offi- clal signs and 550 for 3 col:;.r:d'v‘d.fi: Ociobes of tast S snd r year and three less than for October, 1928, m in the num:’er of wdtg‘mu‘du;; e corresponding months of t] Ppast two years also is shown. —_— MAGICIAN TO LECTURE John Mulholland to Speak on Com- munity Institute Program. John Mulholland, an officer of the Soclety of American Magiclans, will de’iver his illustrated lecture, “The Sci- ,” at Central Com- In addition to iting feats of magic, Mulholland lecture on the possibllities of foretelling the future. PLAN CATHOLIC SERVICES De- | testing EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. WINNER IN ORATORY RESCUED CREW DUE| C., THURSDAY. 'HONORED BY BOARD IN U. S. TOMORROW Edmund Gullion, Champion of World, Given Letter by School Heads. Edmund- Gullios the Western High . | Race, N. which the full student body packs self into the comj vely m'nll audi- necessary for some girls to stand about Liner Mauretania Bringing 27 Men and Woman From Freighter Ovidia. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—The liner Mauretania was steaming toward New York today.with an extra comple- ment of 27 men, & woman and a ship's cat—wrested from an angry sea off Cape Capt. 8. J. 8. McNeil sent word that he would arrive at Quaran 11 am. (Eastern Standard Time) to- morrow and disembark his passengers, including Capt. Carisson and his wif and a crew of 26 who abandoned the Swedish freighter Ovidia after she sprung a leak and foundered. The Mauretania outdistanced the - | iner America and the freighter Endi. ‘The Amer- as to one of its out- students, so L er 8. principal, has let down all make & real Western party Letter From Board. With Dr. Carusi, as he presents the engrossed letter from the Board of Education to Gullion, is Mrs. Philip Sidney _Smith, board member; Dr. Prenk W. Ballou, superintendent, and Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superin- tendent in of schools. The letter which the board addresses to the forensic champion of the world follows: ‘My dear Mr. Gullion: 5 Board of Education of the District of Columbia wished to take of cial cognizance of the fact that in the recent Fifth International Oratorical Contest you had the honor of being declared ‘the winner. The board is greatly pleased that in the close rivalry among speakers from eight nations & representative of the United States was the victor. It takes especial pleasure, however, in noting that this enviable distinction was gaincd by a student of one of the schools falling within its jurisdiction, the Western High School. Signed by Board Members. “The Board of Education sends yo its hearty congratulations on the vic- tory which has brought renown to you, credit to your school and your city and honor to your country. The board also m&h;ym that your Mmlgflly mar] other especially mer jo ous and successful achievements. (Bigned) “CHARIES ¥, CARUST, - “LENORE W. SMITH. “F. 1. A. BENNETT. “HENRY GILLIGAN. “H. BARRETT *|$125,000,000 SOUGHT FOR ROAD CONTRACTS 355 Congress Will Be Asked to Make 1932 Sum Available Ahead of Schedule. By the Associsted Press. . | hero”of two cott in answer to an SO 8. ica. in command of Capt. George Pried, vious rescues, stood by ready to aid lifeboats on their half- mile pull to the Mauretania. When the Mauretania after a 216- mile run reached the scene, about 400 miles off the cape, the freighter's decks e of ngers lininy un, passe; the ralls of the Mauretania saw two‘ life- boats put out across the mountainous waves with their human cargoes bobbing high on the crest of the cascades and then sinking from sight in the troughs. As the Mauretania pulled away from New York, the Ovidia could be seen sinking slowly toward her watery grave. BRITISH LINER UNDER WAVES, 537 Safe Ashore and Three Persons , Believed Lost. LONDON, November 20 (#).—Its masts alone protruding from the swell- ing waters of the Atlantic, the Nelson Steam Navigation Co.'s new liner, High- land Hope, Iay beneath the waves off th:” Mthghmfl'l Islands, Ponun;. today. passengers and crew aboard the boat, which was en route three 'ltre safe in hotels at Peniche, Manuel Pe emigrant died aum: "u:'e .nl:gv. from The two others, a woman cmigrant and her g were beteved Captain Is Distressed. The saddest of all the survivors was Capt. T. J. Jones, 75-year-old com- mander of the vessel. vivors 'd_his saving of passen- ' | gers and crew in life boats as a per- sonal triumph, he was dvercome with B, e had 3. ba , he had to supported two of his officers. He had grenvlal:z reputation for navigation which made m.un.fi;'umeu' contest for places on Authorities learned today 1lh Congress will be asked to make the |y $125,000,000 allotted for Federal aid in road construction in 1932 available im- mediately on enactment of the Agricul- | Roads. ture Department's supply bill. Chairmen of State Drought Relief Committees, meeting with the National Committee, were so advised today by ©. W. Warburton, secretary of the Na- tional Committee. Secretary Hyde and The victims were members of her crew, five others, including Capt. Scott, being tight by a squall as it was tryin ot B, e oue a8 Bov) Bt g 3 e cke! from Folkstone was driven on a°sand the Budget Buresu will join In the | high recommendation. If agreed to, Warburton explained, the road funds for the fiscal year i932 would be available vrob‘bl{ before March 1, rather than on July 1, the ing of the 1932 fiscal year. ‘arburton inted out that during September October $16,740,000 in Federal funds for highway construction were used, as compared with $8,826,000 in the same two months last year. This acceleration was to stimulate employ- ment to help farmers suffering from | the drought. Contracts made against the 1932 lotment, for road construction are e pected to represent aggregate expen: by State and Federal Gover ures | ments of $30,000,000 prior to the 1st of January. PROTESTS USE OF POLICE Attorney Objects to Officers Being Assigned to Insurance Probes. Harry 8. Barger, local attorney, today asked President Hoover to prohibit:the practice of using metropolitan police- men to conduct investigations for the United States Compensation Commis- sion. Barger last month wrote the President that & policeman from the first precinct had called at his office in the Press Bullding to inquire whether he was covered by compensation insurance on stenographers and employes. The police- man, Barger said, told him the canvass was being made at the request of R. G. Hoage, deputy commissioner for the District of Columbia ©ompensation The sttorney sald he then com- municated with Mr. Hoage, who “readily admitted his responsibility for the then wrote the President pro- action. agamst the 3 ‘The letter was referred by the White House to the Dist who wrote municated Mr. Hoage and had received an explanation satisfactory to the Commissioners,™ Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, . The unemployment situation is lightening up, Bobby Jones is go- ing to work. | ment, the I trict Commissioners, that “they had com- | J U. S. CONCENTRATES AGENCIES IN DRIVE ON CHICAGO GANGS (Continued From Pirst Page.) Xfl‘tr ts this e ear. ™ e to pay $30 a car to the representatives of the racket before the door of any car of juice grapes could be opened. Refusal 'to pay resulted in disappear- ance of truckmen or their mistreat- paper sald. n New York, the article stated, the system was different. The racket was f::xt]roued b{n ;ruhc.n?en who charged oading ul $100 & car. R Grape men estimated the reasonable | value of the service at $40 a car, leav- ing $60 paid as tribute. STRATEGISTS MAP PLANS. Chicago Conference Includes U. 8. State and City Officials. CHICAGO, November 20 (#).—Strat- egists of the war against crime in the metropolitan area pooled their plans to- day at a general coaference of Federal, State and munic law enforcement agencles with leaders of civic and pri- vate anti-crime bodies. A great radio net that would bring into close communication police forces in a broad crescent-shaped area around lower Lake Michigan, comprising 15 counties in Illinols, Indiana, Wisconsin mg! ‘:lc , Was huln'efl. an iwyers, invited versity o cago, dis- recommendations for simpli lure.. John H. Alcock, acts commissioner fifm"‘“ m;u. suggesf s :‘I::Hunn of grand system an tedious E:eelhodl of brining the criminal to jus- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SALE TO BE TOMORROW losis Hospitals to Be Shown at Mrs. Clark’s Residence. tine about from London for Buenos Aires, all but Upon landing at | that a light 068 llhugda Conte, Rothgeb - | the worst rats and racketeers in Eastern | bel Chicago, receivers were compelled | in Handicraft of Naval and Tubercu- | "NOVEMBER ' 20, 1930. ACCUSED MILK “RACKET” RICHARD CONTE. TRIO IN MILK CASE FACE ACCUSATIONS OF POISONING FOOD (Continued From Pirst Page.) block of Fourteenth street and Conte at Sixth and H streets. All three defendants are married. Rothgeb is 27 years old and lives at 51Randolph street, Conte is 35 and lives at 1414 V street, while Rayford is 29 and lives at 1508 E street southeast. ‘The headquarters detectives assigned to the case, Ses . Thomas Nally, Frank Alligood and L. M, Wilson, were as- sisted in their investigations by a Burns detective agent, Ben Gunner, who had | been retained by the milk companies. Container Recovered. Rayford told detectives that the Taxi Drivers' Unjon, with which he was as- sociated, was merely a sister organiza- tion and had no interest in the dis- pute among the milk drivers. Conte admitted that he the plan to Rayford. “We bought a sub- stance with a very offensive odor,” he said, “s enough that no one would if any of it were the gallon of disin- fectant with kerosene. Rayford ad- mitted that on last Tuesday night he drove with his wife to a point abou ;| three miles on the other side of Aceo- tink, Va., and there hid the can which had contained the disinfectani in the woods. He later took detectives to the spot, and the empty container was re- covered. Detectives said today that a $200 reward, offered by the Chestnut Farms Dairy and Thompson's Dairy, woul uawmww-mmmme Tp Rayford’s Statement. the police, follows: “Well, it came about after a long dis- our organization in 3 of our discussion was to the’eff members fast, due to thé action of the companies. We discussed ways and means of int‘midating different scab drivers in hopes that by this would f to a Wi We drove around town in my and myself hunting for on milk wagons. We ran into two milk wagons just off Connecti- [lbiolwtolmyurwlmmeun. and I couldn’t see from where I was what he did with it. He came back in put it in the car. “I kept the can until last night, No- vember 18, when I drove down to about 4 miles the other side of Accotink, where I threw the can in the woods. My wife was with me when I drove to Accotink. That is practically the end of the chapter. “Q. What did you and the others ex- pect to accomplish by that? “A. It would just make him late with his deliveries, and we knew that he would have to go back and get some more milk, and to start up public senti- ment against non-union drivers and their firm. I knew the wagons were nolr(\)-unlnn‘,o but did not know who they “Q. What interest does Rayford have e Milk Drivers' Union? | “A. None at all. It is just a sister | org#nization.” H Tells of Disinfectant, Conte made the following statement |to_the police: “Rayford asked me of some method that we could use to help organize the milk drivers, as they were in & bad way, and he asked me to suggest some method by which a load of milk could be destroyed without any gglllhmly of injury to anybody, some substance with & very offensive odor, and I suggested buying this disinfectant, as the odor was o strong that they would not dare use the milk if any of this substance was placed near it. “So Rayford and myself purchased a can of it on Saturday night, Novem- less than $2 for it. the exact amount for the gallon, and we met & man connected with the milk drivers, the secretary of the milk drivers, about 1 o'clock in the morning of last Sunday at a place on Webster street. We were in Rayford's car. The secretary of the milk drivers and myself were in the car. “We cruised around in Petworth, then | cut over to Qonnpotieut avenue |tn§l{l " saw two wagons parked in front 8] ent house on Cathedral avenue. | kerosene. This the contents of the can into both milk wagons, then came back with the can and drove away. We took Rothgeb to his home on Randolph street. ‘Then Rayford took me home. That's all I kpow about it.” Statement by Rothgeb. Rothgeb's statement, as given out by the police, follows: “gaturday, November 15, at 12 o'clock, yford called me up and said, An " exhibition and sale of articles and also will be a display of work tients of Naval Hospital, p"fll-h T Eafgs %fi%:&é i e 2 5 g £ Rayford's statement, as announced by about three minutes with the can and ai name is, got out of the car and poured | in H stract dream trol. DRY CHIEFS REVIEW ELECTION RESULTS IN CONFERENCE HERE (Continued From First Page.) but to several unfortunate espects of the campaign of his opponent, Ruth McCormick. In demonstration of this claim, it was pointed out that the dry Republican candidate for Representa- tive at iarge, Richard Yates, won in the same State-wide election. Agree on Slight Changes. our international in this city was losing | ages allowed to ‘without any tmm‘m consciences. _Some. of other the Srl e e o e should bs made less onerous. 352 g §. éiifissg; [ il § cut avenue on Cathedral avenue. Roth- | 0§ &‘pflred‘ -6m¢m their ability to take account of recent devel It was argued other walks of life. Plan Rival Organization. ‘The specific point was made that the drys have no equivalent for the wets’ “Association Opposed to Prohibition,” which includes many men of wealth and standing such as the Du Ponts, who are willing to give their names as well as money to the wet cause. Incidentally, the dry leaders conferring here have heard rather authentically that a new and additional group of wealthy men similar to the Association Opposed to Prohibition has come together in New York and has pledged $10,000,000 for a five-year anti-prohibition cam To offset this kind of support to wet cause and to fill & gap in the dry forces there is being organized from Chicago an organization described as & “business men's prohibition group.” The drys at the conference believe they will. get a representation of business men more impressive than that of the wets. Practically everybody in the recent conference was confident that the wets cannot now, nor for many yu’:. com- 3 e d P f 5 ) Nye Carries Nebraska Sen- ate Inquiry Into lllinois—In- volves Power Firms. ——gei CARRIER BOYS SEE HOW BREAD IS MADE Employes of The Star Are Enter- tained at Plant of Gemersl . WOMEN BADLY HURT IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH Mrs. Gertrude Nownes, 48, and Mrs. Lyla Fletcher Taken to mand the support of the 36 States which | the skull, ble to the - are indispensal tion amendment. T:u x:;u be! among those present, however, urged that '!u drys cannot afford to rely upon the mere veto Fawer of 13 States, and that public sentiment would be unsym- pathetic to their falling back to that stand. Whether the drys should make an ture in the way of welcoming & vote Congress or other form of referen- dum was left open.. A majority of those present was in favor of welcoming some such test. Regardless of thif, the drys the Senate next month will call upon wet leaders, such as newly elected Sena- tor Morrow of Ne evils, and, on the other of another (Copyrisht, 1930. kind of con- t | was INSURANCE MEN ELECT A. J. Voorhees Chosen Again as President of Local Club,