Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1930, Page 2

ENING STAR, WASHI) SENATE 70 VOTE JEWELRY ROBBERY |SENATE COST TAG | [rmees oesecraten o Lanciex noaD row wor sizsoxnos .~ ONPAY NEXT WEEK Treasury Position Made Clear by Undersecretary Mills, Hearings Reveal. ‘The Senate will have its first op- portunity to vote on the question of whether increases in Government em- ploye salaries within grade of the classification law are to be allowed next | year, when the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill is taken up for action early next week. The Senate Appropriations Committee has cut out the House limitation and put in the necessary funds to permit these normal increases, but the Senate ‘will not take up the question until Mon- day or Tuesday. The hearings hl]d’ veral days ago by the Senate appro-| ;hmns zubcommmee became avail- | able today and show that Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of the Treasury, made clear to the Senators the position of the Treasury Department on this question. Mr. Mills testified, in part, as follows: ! +"“The Department takes the posmon‘ that it was our duty in the first instance, and the duty of the President and of the - = . to_submit to you tlemen of both Houses the amounts that would be actually needed to carry out the provision of the classification act enacted by the Congress. If, in its ~ wisdom, the Congress decides to suspend some of these provisions for a givin fiscal year, we, of course, are not going to question your judgment in the matter.” Action for Increase. After hearing the testimony of Mr Mills the Appropriations Committee | voted to allow the increases the Presi- dent had recommended in his budget X muh told the Senate committee that the House restriction would have prevented departments from using money left over as the result of resig- nations of persons receiving the higher salaries within a grade in order to increase remaining employes who have been receiving lower salsries. Priends of the Government employes in Congress feel very certain today that the fight has been won against the Wood amendment which would pre- vent any salary increases within grade during the fiscal year, beginning July 1 mext. House members realize that the Senate will insist upon striking this provision out of each and every appro- tion bill as it is brought before . There is a growing majority in the House who believe that the Gov- ernment employes who have been suf- fering an injustice in the salary scale fér years should not now be denied the Ancrease which the administration pledged to give them under a three- year program to bring under-average salaries up to the average. ‘While Chairman Wood of the House Appropriations Committee, who is the suthor of this proposal to prevent any salary increases during the unemploy- ment emergency, is not ready yet)to ~ Chairman Wood does admit that his should not stick in any of the tion bills unless it sticks in all He believes that when the -Post Office appropriation bill, his m&:mem was included passed stricken ouf il 8 8§ g5 ita n, who is that i not with Chair- ‘Wood on amendment and did | with him when the matter p on the Treasury-Post Office Chairman Wood, however, claims one member of the Appropri- ns Commit! of bill, his E§§§ g 3588 tee is not in favor of the that mem- | , Dem-' LA La Guardia Confident. Representative' La Guardia, b- lican, of New York is leading the fight in the House against the Wood amend- ment and to raise the issue when that section in the Interior bill is reached today. Representative La Guardis expresscd confidence today that he will be able to defeat the Wood amendment. Other members of the Appropriations cam-‘ mittee were ready to admit that the vote in lufiron of Chairman Wood's will not be as s as it was on the Treasury-Post O bill since members of the House have come administration's pledge to the employes ' that it also rejects President Hoover's own recommendation. Whether Representative La Guardia ‘wins his point today or on some subse- t appropriation bill, the friends of Government employes in the House feel certain that eventually the Wood vision will be stricken out on some 1, and that it is the height of ridicu- | lousness to have such a prohibition apply to any one department and not to all, and that it is farcial to continue & constant wrangling on this subject on each of the big supply bills. For this Teason particularly they are inclined to give as decisive a vote as possible to- day on Representative La Guardia’s ef- fort to strike out the Wood limitation. -——— — | NEW FEDERAL J0B ASKED BY BONNER | AFTER CHALLENGING (Continued From Pirst Page) | would not want him to sit as a jury- man on questions affecting the public,” Danziger said. “His background is such that it is doubtful whether, in a conflict of in-/ terests between the general public and the power concerns. he would be in a position to do full justice to the public.” Garssud _testified yesterday * that SENATOR CAPPER. CAPPER TO UPHOLD WORLD COURT PLAN Speaks Tomorrow Night in National Radio Forum. Johnson Week Later. Radio listeners throughout the coun- try will have an opportunity to hear the arguments in support of American adherence to the World Court when Senator Arthur Capper, Republican, of ansas, presents the affirmative side of the question at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow night in the National. Radio Forum, arranged. by The Evening Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting System. ‘The speech will be heard in Washington | Agnes through station WMAL. A week later, on Saturday evening, December 20, the oppesition to entrance of the United States into the World Court will be laid before the radio audi- ence by Senator Hiram Johnson, Re- publican, of California. The World Court protocol has become & timely topic since its transmission to the Senate for ratification by President Hoover a few days ago. The President recommended that it be given considera- tion as soon as possible after thbuzncr- gency reliet and appropriation are disposed of. SUSPECT IS CAUGHT Man of Many Aliases Wanted in Toledo Believed Local Thief Also. Sought by police of Toledo, Ohio, since | May, 1929, in connection with a $250,- 000 jewelry robbery and the shooting of two men, and believed to have partici- pated in & numbsr of local burglaries, Benjamin Myerson, alias Joe Berger, alias Joe Jacobs, alias J. W. Bertson, alias Edwin Fox, alias D. Cohn, 38 years old, was held under $75,000 bond in Police Court today pending the ar- rival of officers from the Ohio eity. Thre: Ohio warrants have been served on Myerson, charging him with robbery and assault with intent to kill. Myerson was arrgsted Saturday at Fourteenth and E streets by Policeman J. L. Rinker after fourteenth inct police had issued a lookout for him in connection with a series of robberies in the Cleveland Park district. Grand Jury Indictment Claimed. ‘The man, according to police, was in- dicted by a Toledo grand jury in 1929 on charges of robbing a store of a quarter of a million dollars in jewels May 7, 1929, and with assault with intent to kill. Karl Irwin, the jeweler, was shot through the mouth. ~ Myerson, police said, is also charged with assault with intent to rob Irwin, and with shooting & Toledo man’s eye ouf upon another oc- casion. Myerson admitted, according to Capt. E. J. Kelly, being arrested in Los An- geles last year, and boasted that he “jumped” a $50,000 bond after paying “fixers” $12,500 to get him out of jail. The man reported that he had lived at a Jocal hotel since June. Kelly sald that he admitted participating in two local burglaries and is suspected of having taken part in_many more here. He was charged in Police Court with breaking into the apartment of Miss Marlow, 3024 Tilden street, and removing $180 worth of Iry. A complete set of ’s tools is sald to have been found in his hotel roomsmllll automobile cl(rrlue‘: Nfl:‘.‘{l Carol tags af time, of arrest. The lining of the front door had been cut and a large revolver, wraj in a towel, had been inserted into the pocket. Rinker said the handle of the revolver otruded from -the pocket as if it had n placed in readiness for use. A man who gave the name of Michael Goldberg of New York, whom potice designated as a friend of Myer.on, was arrested at the same time and is being Senator [Capper, who will present the reasons in favor of adherence, is a member of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee, to which the question has been referred. Semator Johnson, who will: give the other side of the problem next week, also is on the Foreign Relations Committee. PRESIDENT ASSURED SUPPORT OF W. C. T. U. FOR RE-ELECTION (Continued Prom PFirst Page.) could adapt themselves to the new con- ditions which must be successfully met if our cause is to win. If change must take g!m," he said, “the quicker the Stewart is president of the Fiying Foundation t in the Senate, ' Whic Mrs. Boole's authority to speak for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was not questioned. It however, that any implication {erence of Ovyartsations Busserting the lerence of anizal the Eighteenth Amendment to m‘?rul- dent or to any other possible candidate would defeat what many of the leaders hoped was an effort to divorce their cause from political partisanship. Respects Pald Woodcock. spokesman, ir support to the Government's enforcement effort. Advised of Mrs. Boole’s statement, Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, charac- terized it as “funny.” Mrs. Boole was not pledging the conference of organiza- tions to President Hoover, he sald. “We are not in partisan politics,” he asserted. “We are supporting a cause. ‘We supported Mr. cause he stood for that cause and his|a opponent did not. “If the Democrats should nominate & dryer candidate in 1932 we wouldsup- port him.” Dr. Wilson, who is & mem- ber of the “board of strategy” named by Mrs. Boole, she should declare such a position. ——e. TYRONE BANK CLOSED TYRONE, Pa., December 12 (#).— The doors of the Farmers and Mer- chants’ National Bank here were closed today, and notice was posted that action was taken in the interests® of depositors. A controller from Washing- ton will audit the institution’s accounts. ?n'x:; banks of the town were not af- ected. November Circulation Daily.. 111,679 Sunday, 118,215 Digtrct 2l Columbla, s i 2 v Business Manager 5 NG AND BUNDAY STAR. does solemnly swear that the actual number of copies of ibe paper named sold and aistrtb- h of November, A.D. Hecht had recommended him for gene- | eral manager of the New Orleans Dock Board, He said, however, he did not know of Hecht’s connection with power interests. Danziger also questioned Garsaud's administration of the gock board, con- tending that while he was in office the board paid larger bills for electric power than 4t should. Chairman Couzens read to the com- mittee & letter opposing confirmation of Garsaud from OF A. Gotion, Louisiana State manager of the Hoover Campaign Committee. Not Criticism of President. “I do not wish this to be construed as a criticism of the President, as I . 4 | Washington net_circulation. e daily nef race etc, was said, that her | i . expressed surprise that | been confined held without bond for investigation. Prison Sentence Alleged. Capt. Kelly declared Myerson was sentenced to- serve a year and a day g convicted ~in " Distrct_‘Supremms con’ preme +Oourt in 1915 on & grand . He also served time in Mich- igan State Penitentiary for a crime liom“l;.\lmd in Detroit, according to elly. ; Michsel Kehoe, assistant District at- torney, announced that due to the seri- ousness of the charges in Toledo Wash- in be“%fl Judge Ralph Given. NEW JERSEY MAN NAMED TO SUCCEED D. C. FIRE.MARSHAL (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) service test, but Lauber passed at the top of the list, and consequently was At the time the Commissioners an- nounced that they would use the Civil Service eligibility list for selection of yes, fear was expressed ht result in the a) it- against those who are residents. At that time Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer,y president of the Becard of Commissioners, sald great care would be exercised to see that no discrimina- tion occurred. No Appointments Under Order. Up to date there have been ho ap- B;Inmnu made under this order of ‘Commissioners. Mr. Lauber, who will take office Jan- uary 3, was born in 1894, in Ulster County, N. Y. He served in the-United :"‘n‘:l Carps‘l; l'l'l“all.ll ‘:r:‘-: om 3 and since the service he has been d today thav c new fire mar- shal by civil service tests was based on lesire to obtain some one thoroughly qualified by engineering training and experience to cope with *he many intri- cate problems of fire prevention work now confronting city fire departments. He sald for several years the work has to uy(n( o keep rubbish rom under wood ste) and king activities, and that while these are important there are difficult tech- nical problems that come up. requiring the services of & competent expert. o —e REPAIRS OF OLD IRONSIDES TO BE FINISHED IN JUNE Rear Admiral Rock Reports Res- toration of Celebrated Frigate Con- stitution Is Nearing Completion. ‘The work of res the celebrated frigate Constitution will be completed next June, Rear Admiral George H. Rock, the Navy's chief eonstructor, re- ported to Secretary Adams today. He explained the work remaining to be finished consists primarily of interior Joiner work, the manufacture of nordge for standing and running rigging, the design and manufacture of boats, guns and gun carriages, the installation of ground tackle and fresh-water tanks, |anvas work and the fitting out of storerooms, magazines and other spaces below the berth deck. He said $626,781.46 of the $645,889.30 available for the work had been spent. ADING BICENTENNIAL Ad Club Names Promotion Commit- tee of 80 Business Men. Eighty advertising and business men have been a ted to the George icentennial Committee of the Advertising Club of Washington, accordaing to F. Roger Miller, chairman of the committee, Mr. Miller was elected chairman of the committee last “Jin.e7s | Tuesday and he has just completed the am sure he acted in good faith,” Cotton ' added. A. L. Shusham, president of the New . Orleans Levee Board, told the committee several members of the Board of Ad- ministration of Tulane University, which employed Garsaud, were connected with power interests. “Do you maintain that Tulane Uni- versity is dominated by the power ‘Trust?” Senator Hawes, Democrat, Mis- “' moting the bicentennial cel ‘Total SBunday net circulation. Vi et 4 Sunday ei) AV‘ of coples Average Sunday net circulation... . FLEMING NE! Business !“HKH? sworn, 12th da; s (Beal] 4 res for serve L anager. re me this orars Peble, { before the body at its first 9,075 | be held soon. personnel of the group. o s S S B the comm! 's worl 2 . M‘r’:flm 0 that a tentative schedule may be placed meeting, to hel President Names Army Cadets. The President has appointed John l,-'nmmd!lg NnAYuro c:’n:‘lf this city, ane eorge x 3 Teavenworth, Kans, cadets at large at the i Academy, sub- ‘West it Military Ject to qualifications ab o=~ i Tagpe BEING PREPARED Toilers in Office of Nye Tab- ulate Sheet Showing Cam- paign Expenditures. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. Toilers in the office of Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the Select Committee on Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, are working on a sheet which will be a sort of cost tag for the United States Senate. When the figures are all added up | they are expected to Show just how much it costs to man the Upper House of Congress. It will set opposite each record of expenditures the number of votes obtained for this amount of money, thus allowing computations of the ratio of money and votes.- The total of expenditures for the last - mary and general election camj will run into many millions. No final estimate is now possible, as the in- lete records show only what the candidates say they spent. The com- figures is compiling additional bwn. Legisiative Remedy “Planned. ‘The writer, noting on Senator Nye's sheet entries all the way from Senator Glass' 2 cents to Joseph R. Grundy's $420,701, asked Senator Nye what was {to be dome about it, if am whether this summary of heavy spend- ing would constitute a possible chal- lenge of the direct primary law, in- strument of democracy and the doom of the bosses. “We are working on constructive remedies,” he said, “and no matter how many millions the total shows, it will give no ground for an attack on the direct xrl.mlry. Nobody wants the old boss-ridden convention back.” Senator Nye was asked whether the remedy would be legislative or edu- cational, . “Legislative,” he said. “After we have-finished our computation of 1930 expenditures in the primary and gen- eral election campaigns, 1 will intro- duce at the next session of ess a law with teeth in it, governing pri- mary expenditures. It is perfectly feasible to do this, and it is my opinion that the hugh expenditures of money and the supposed advantages enjoyed | lz rl';h mend I.n':lnpu(nm[ for the nate are due inad of the present law. T Ask New Primary Law. “We will fight for a law to put a decent limitation on emnugflru. not only by the candidate himself, but by others in his behalf. We hope to| make it possible to tell where the money comes from to elect candidates and just how it is spent. There is ample legal and constitutional basis for legislation.” Senator Nye said a number of polit- ical economists on the faculties of American universities were ©co-operating with the committee in preparing the forthcoming remedial lation. The committee is still holding ses- It probed the Pennsylvania rions. campaign in an executive session today. N was given out as to total ex- ditures in that, State, but it was from s reliable source that | about $1,500.000 had chalked up. rado will be taken up Monday. The committee, in its travels and its probing. has turned up money machi- nations which sound 1 the Populists. loose purse strings about evenly divided as between the Republicans and Democrats. G. 0. P. Gets Money’s Worth. ‘There are many interesting deduc- tions to be made from Senator Nye's huge sheet of foolscap. One of is that the Republicans seem to know more about getting their money's worth than the Democrats. The writer ex- amined the records of 20 States in which there were contests in both par- ties, making possible s comparison of money spent and votes in each m:ua In the 1930 prlm-rz th:d l::- pul tap lgmdm- was return e winner in 10 States out of the 13 for which returns are in; with only 3 high spenders losing. Jn the Democratic p 5 top spenders won and 10 lost. the Republicsns scored 76.9 per cent victories with their high-money candidates and the Democrats 33.3 per cent This, of course, might be construed as demonstrating the superior economic efficiency of the Republicans, if good ‘economics means getting more for your money, but Senator Nye is not gunning for either party, and no such compar- isons will trpur on the big sheet. But, all in all, it will be a unique expense | account, from which all sorts of con- | clusions may be wn. Copyrisht. 1930.) EINSTEIN PASSES TIME ON VESSEL Scientist Will Lunch With Editors| Today—Official Welcome Tomorrow. [ By the Associatd Press. NEW YORK, December 12.—Dr. Al- bert Einstein returned to his metaphys- ical world of time and space today aftef| & finite hour in the public gaze. The father of relativity is most of his time aboard the liner Bel genland, which bore him from An werp yesterday, in spite of countless invitations to see America now. With him are Frau Else Einstein and Prof. ‘Walter Mayer of Vienna, his assistant. Only one appointment was scheduled for him tod: He accepted an invi- be the guest of Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, at a luncheon of his editors. ‘Tomorrow he will be officially re- ceived at City Hall by Mayor Walke: and a citizens' committee. The cere- monies will be radiocast. Later in the dsy he will speak on Palestine over a National Broadcasting network. He will talk in German, un- der the auspices of the American Stu- dent Zionist Federation, and his s h will be translated for American lisfen- ers. The address will be transmitted to e tales of sock- |t group | whether the administration has au- Germany and England. Nature made this Virginia trall to ax and billboard advertiser is leaving beyond this curve on the same road. C the highways leading into the National Capital. Chain Bridge one of the scenic routes around Washington, but the work of the in its wake destruction on both sides. Lower picture shows how Ilrl'.e‘lef'n.: placed signs and fillin, forces are campaigning GONSULAR JNVOICE RULIAG DUE SO Customs Bureau Takes Un- der Advisement Plea of Im- porters Against Practice. Decision whether to reimpose con- | sular invoices on' duty free and specific duty merchandise entering this country probably will be reached about the first of the new year, ft was stated today by Commissioner of @ustoms Prank X. A. Eble, !u\lnyln‘( & hearing yesterday at he Bureau of Customs. On representations from several d partments of the Governmeni, the Bu- reau of Customs reopened the hearing to hear protests from an array of im- porters, shippers, newsprint companies and newspaper managers acainst the reimposition of the consular* invoice. This invoice, which formerly was ap- them plied to all shipments, was taken off of duty free and specific duty merchandise last August by & Treasury decision isd sued under authority of the nev tariff law. The charge for a consular invoice 1s $2.50, and still remains on ad valorem duty merchandise. Careful Study Promised, ‘The. proposal now o reimpose the invoice on duty free and merchandise will be considered care- fully, Capt. Eble said today, in the light, of the lengthy testimony presented yes- terday. At a previous hearing several representatives of Government depart- | minders of the service he was called | upon to render during the war period. A: ments interested in the reimposition of the involce told why the invoice was needed, for obtaining statistics on im- ports, for protecting the source of pure food, preventing the smuggling of nar- cotics” and other purposes. ‘The questions of whether the con- sular invoice could be reimposed on limited of merchandise d thority to relmgme the consular in- voice without charging the $2.50 fee were ral An informal proposal was made to place the invoice back in ef- fect, with a more nominal fee, such as $1 or without a fee at all. The au- thority of the administration to do this will be investigated by .the Customs Bureau, Capt. Eble said. Situation Is Reviewed. In closing the hearing Capt. Eble re- viewed some of the advantages which certain Government departments feel accrue from the consular invoice. He pointed out that the important and valuable work of the Department of Commerce in preparing reliable records of imports and exports would be ren- dered increasingly difficult and less reliable by the elimination of the con- sular invoice. By the Treasury decision of last August the Invoice is removed from roughly 65 per cent of all merchandise imported, the commissioner said. During the hearing it was explained by Capt. Eble that Bureau of Cus- toms was inclined to leave Canada and Mexico in the present status, without the inveice on the two groups of mer- chandise. But several questions of au- thority and international equity and law will have to be looked into before decisions are reached. Deon; V:tenn l{;mred. Posthumous award of the Distin- guished Service Cross, has been made to Braxton B. Harville of Edgewater, Ala,, former corporal, 167th Infantry, 42nd Division, A. E. F, for extraordinary heroism in action at Georges, France, October 15, 1918. The medal will be de- livered to his next of kin, a brother, Liewellyn B. Harville of Clinton, Tenn. DEPORTATION FACES GANGSTERS LACKING NATURALIZATION PAPERS Labor Department Co-operates Quietly With Crime Suppression Agencies—Capone Is Citizen. By the Associated Press. ‘The Government is thinking of pre- senting free tickets for ocean voyages to certain gentlemen much in the public prints. The idea is one more relief p: extended primarily to benefit the nel bors of these candidates for f excursions of the one-way variety. he some foreign: the technicality of becoming cif and swearing to uphold the Constitu- tion and laws of the Nation they are in for some inexpensive travel. ‘To be sure that none entitled to free tickets get overlooked, experts of the de) t condu lographical partment are tb:"l?t'b Chicago's “public enemies' and lists of rominent “pineapple-and-rod” men of "l"’h York nkuduofl;:{nl'-rn “.‘uf" - e worl push e g Wlllllmul:. Doak, new Labor Secref but was initlated his predecessor, now Senstor Davis oI Pennsylvania. It is one of the quiet ways for Federal ©0-0] tion in the suppression of crime w] the department found usable without infringing on States’' rights. 1 maneuvering.. They do not.step up and ask for the free ticket. Incidentally, the number one man on Chicago’s famous list is apparently not among those entitled to Government- travel. The best information is financed of | that Al Oapone did take the oath to up- hold American jaws, fic duty | | two veteran Senators from North LEE 8. OVERMAN, SENATOR OVERMAN DIES AT AGE OF 76 AT APARTMENT HERE (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) | man of the Senate committee to in- advocacy of the espionage act are re- Ranking Committeeman. At the time of his death Senator Overman was ranking Democrat on three important committees—Appropri- ations, Judiciary and Rules, Because of the length of his service, he had served on 16 major committes during his senatorial career, including Military Affairs, where he rendered valuable service in the days when preparedness was a live issue. Born in Salisbury, N. C., January 3, 1854, Mr. Overman was graduated from Trinity College, North Carolina, in 1874, taught school for two years and then became private secretary to Gov. Z. B. Vance. He remained with Gov. Vance's successor, Thomas Jarvis, for one year, after which he resigned to begin prac- ticing law in Salisbury. Overman was a member of the North Carolina 1893 and 1899, during which time he served as Speaker of the House. In 1895 he was the choice of the Demo- cratic caucus for the United States Sen- ate, but was defeated. He was presi- dent of the Democratic State conven- tion im 1900 and in 1911, presidential elector for the State at IIH! in ’::WV and was elected to the United States Senats in 1903, to be re-elected in 1909. He began his third term in 1914, when he was the first United States Senator to be elected by a direct vote of the people of his Stale. He was re-elected Jdn 1920 and in 1926. One of Overman's first acts on be- coming a Senator was to obtain an ap- propriation for lpnlntment of com- mercial agents to sent abroad for the exploitation and extension of Amer- ican commerce, espscially cotton. From time to time he obtained additional ap- propriations for this work. Interested in Education. In the House of chresaphuvn Over- man's work attracted wide attention. He seldom made long addresses, but ex- pressed his convictions eloquently, for- cibly and at times vehemently. His fterest in_education endeared & bill for an annual appropriation for the State university. The met keen opposition, but the eloquence and tact of the legislator was successful and his bill became 1“1:‘;. 5 the hott ed another hotly ative battle which cen- the lanin‘lol the North road, in which the State held a majority of stock. The question of leasing the road divided the party. of leasing, despite severe criticism of many newspapers. He ly won his battle and was elected president of ‘the Overman was a descendant of Maj. James Smith, who fought with the American forces in the H:volunm. In 1878 he A o ited Btates Senator A B! daughter Me He was for m years a member of the boards of ity Col- lege and the University of North Caro- 1ina, both of which institutions honored him with the LL. D. degree. CAREERS NEARLY PARALLEL. Overman’s Death Three Months Be-*! fore Simmons' Retirement. By the Associated Press. The almost parallel careers of the |lina_ended with today's desth of Lee 8. Overman just three months before vestigate German propaganda and his | 1 . | thelr efforts to tear ture in 1883, 1885, 1887, | Of him to the State. In 1885 he brought in | £ Overman clung tenaclously to the policy | said toda; g stations hide from the motorist the beauty that lies to remove these evidences of commercial ugliness from P —Star Staff Photos. ARGHTEETS FAVOR BANONBLLBOARI Local Chapter to Support Any Plan to Clean-up Nearby Roadsides. (Continued From First Page.) portrayal of thess unsightly scenes around the approaches to Washington. n came to Mrs. Lawton after the meeting, which was held at the Y. W. C. A, and volunteered to act as committees of one in using the stickers xh‘?eulu‘:ln Aml;rl::: Civic Association cl ating campai ainst the billboards particularly. Tm l‘!’mu are a rumndg:d that the user “favors the land- Jennings, president of the Asceelated Charities, who was also & speaker at the meeting, spoke on “The Adventure of Social Service” ufi that young people should be taught Joy of giving themselves to this service, Mrs. Lawton is leaving Wi next week to make simi | roadside conditions in other sections of the country. Before her departure she will describe the distressing conditions affecting the Washington entrances at the luncheon meeting of the Women's National Press Club next Tuesday at the Willatd Hotel, one of the few hotels in Washington that has refrained from farlean Jume‘-, ex- the American Civic tion, is going_ahead with plans e et m”.}%’a’n Lo ington nearby Maryland and Virginge " >0 Nearby Road Is Cluttered. Again she stressed toda; - portance of public w-opern’lol:h i.h ‘&c Temoval of ‘“illegal” signs recently erected on private property without, the |.consent of the owner. Many such signs ::mc.lumnn. l::': highways and are ‘numerous close ul t residents and o clations co-operate with the highway officials of Maryland and Virginia in down these signs, mich headwa A::uu'uu mide Ta tnis a, iy y made in this The Star yesterday sent a photog~ -flm. the beautiful lt-reur?c‘h as the Langley road, through the Virginia hills to Chain Bridge. He discovered workmen cutting down trees on one paint of the huge billboards that add lomeration of signs that K ly are cluttering up this scenic highway. Most of these billboards, it was learned, were erected when it was :nm“n“l: v,h:t‘otm Virginia Legisla- ure would act Testrict the erection of roadway signs. e the retirement of Furnifold Simmons. Simmons ¥hd Overman were born in January, 1854, in North Carolina; were graduated from the same uni- v-‘h.mlty,' ’g‘:lnlty (xl:,o.v Duke), and for as years have served in the Senate, where both utm preceded Overman to the Senate by two years, entering in 1901, but Overman was the older, having been born January -3, and Simmons, January 20. Two years ago this close union parted politically. Simmons declined %o support the presidential candidacy of his party’s nominee, Alfred E. Smith. a t defeated or renomination for a sixth term. He leaves the Senate on March 4 after 30 years' service. Overman supported Gov. Smith’s candidacy in 1928, but their differences over this contest failed to break the firm bond of friendghip. .w:«'flrl was !cmtxh &em‘l diver- “He got to the office about 9" o’clock He led a Smith, but ashington surveys of | g INEW YORK MOVES T0 SAVE DEPOSITS Bank of United States Is Closed With $1,500,000 of City’s Money. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 12.—The City of New York moved today to recover by legal action deposits of $1,500,000 in the Bank of United States. After a conference of city officials yesterday, Mayor Walker directed Cor- poration Counsel Arthur J. W. Hilly to exhaust every resource in the matter, The bank has been closed by Joseph A. Broderick, State superintendent of banks. \ City Chamberlain Charles A. Buckley revealed that the city had about $5,000,- 000 in the bank within the last month, but most of it had been withdrawn to meet current expenses. The $1,500,000 is needed to meet a $40,000,000 issue of short-term notes, but other funds will be drawn on to carry over the emergency. Post officials said $164,927 in postal savings was deposited in the in- stitution, but it is protected by $220,080 collateral, secured by Government bonds. bank has no connection with the Government. McFADDEN EXPLAINS BANK NAME. Emphasizing that the Bank of United States is a New York State bank, operating under the banking laws of the State of New York, and is in no wise connected with the United States Government, Chairman McFadden of the House Committee on Currency and Banking today warned other countries of the world that they should under- stand this fact. “I want to make it perfectly clear and definite,” he said, “that the Bank of United States is incorporated under the laws of the State of New York and is a State bank. As a State bank, it holds membership as a member bank in the Federal Reserve system. Its name originated when the charter was mmmnmeumma the City of New York, since which time it has grown from a very small beginning to a bank with assets in excess of $200,000,000, with 86 branches operatin in the lmit of the CONFESSES THEFT OF MILLIONS FROM LOAN INSTITUTION (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) fermined until exhaustive audits had been made. ‘The confession Beesmyer's ture sald he made statement it coercion. It said that since he became m: tries of depdsit, all ‘withdrawals. n The confession said: “I fasther knowls the association, falsified and altered to the extent of several million doli loans, Native of Hollywood, Beesemyer 18 & native of H ood, ha been born in the fllmonz:pltll in He attended local schools an- California He is the father of one son, N vteriag ihe Bekihy and fn e | an ance hullnm%zs: ter completing his studies, Beeserayer began to special- ize in building and loan association work in 1931, A civic and social leader of Holly- :lu:. Beesemyer is a member of many lubs. The Guaranty Bull & Loan As- sociation operated in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Beverley Hills, Santa Monica, Pasadena and Glendale. COMPOSITION CYLINDER WILL IS PLACED ON FILE By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, December 12.— A composition cylinder used in & re- [ machine on which were repro- duced the spoken wishes of the testator was among the wills on file in the Polk County Court clerk’s office. The will was dictated by Theodore ?flfi:t:l. Des Moines .wv)vrl'tl)'\y'n}nndlx’“' ollowing an argument ends as to its validity. The cylinder- also re- corded-statements of witnesses. P PUPILS GIVEN SERVICE In an article in 'The Star on Tuesday, in which was outlined the mml tc establish an experimental bus for the school children of Bradbury Heights, it was incorrectly stated that at present there are no ‘;guhuc transportation facilities” by which they may reach the Randall Highlands School, more than two miles away. — The Wi , Marlboro and An- napolis Motor e, Inc., states that its coaches provide 15-minute service on the route which the Bradbury Heights children m!rhl take to the nearest ex- isting school EXPECT AIRPORT REPORT will be under the chairmanship of Col. A. B. Barber.