Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1931, Page 14

A—14 = WORKERS DISBAND WITH VICTORY WON INCHEST CAMPAIGN Oversubscription of $7,000 Reported as Pledges Con- tinue to Come In. POOLE PRAISES GIVERS AS HIS FAITHFUL AIDES Drive One of Greatest Feats of Large Organizations, Street Declares. Another battle won—Washington's Community Chest “army” was musleredl out today. The 1931 drive, the biggest in the history of the organization, drew to & successful close yesterday. Audited re- turns glisclosed the goal of $1,950,154.40 had been exceeded by approximately 7,000 The total continued to soar as additional pledges filtered into head- uarters today. O his victory,” John Poole, president, declared, “belongs to the citizens of ‘Washington. We thank and credit our faithful workers, who, without compen- sation, trudged the streets, seelng every possible prospect and laboring hard to make their quotas, giving not only time, but money as well, and even pay- ing toward their own luncheons. “We thank and credit the nearly 110~ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, |PRESIDENT'S GARDENER LOSES HIS FIGHT TO Must Bow to Retirement Law After Career Be- gun in 1886. Charles Henlock Will Leave| | Horticultural Office on March 31. Even President Hoover's gardener | must bow to the requirements of the new Government employes’ retirement | law, for the Civil Service Commission | has’ declined to grant an extension for | Charles Henlock, who has been grow- | ing flowers for many Presidents. Mr. Henlock, who is chief of the Horticul- tural Division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public_Parks, will be separated from.the service, in which he has spent some 45 years, on March 31. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, unsuccesstully endeavored to persuade the Civil Service Commjssion to grant Mr. Henlock a_furthef extension of service, but the best that could be done was a three months’ extension, so that supervision of this Winter’s floral deco- rations for White House functions might be carried out as expertly as heretofore and so that Mr. Henlock's service would not be broken off in the middle of the season. Col. Grant is considering the merg- ing of the horticultural division with the park division of his office, but the de:afls of this remain to be worked out. Started as Laborer. Mr. Henlock started his career with Uncle Sam as a dollar-and-a-half-a- day laborer, but his keen knowledge of plants and flowers rapidly brought him to the forefront. Grover Cleveland was serving his first term in the White| House when Mr. Henlock became an 000 contributors who welcomed our workers, their neighbors, and gave gen- erously because they knew that more yelief was necessary. We ‘credit and thank the community spirit engendered by the Community Chest, which ‘went so far toward making all this possible and we feel that every citizen of our Capital City will feel a pride in this achievement.” Street Hails Achievement. Completion of the drive was charac- terized by Elwood Street, director, as in many respects one of the greatest ‘achjevements by any of the large chest organizations in the country. He point- ed out the workers had attained a goal of 25 per cent more money than Was ised last year. nMr. Streer praised the thousands of solicitors for the manner in which they had overeome every obstacle in their determination to cope with the unpre- cedented situation resulting from unem- loyment and the drought. He also Jaled his staft workers for remaining on duty about 15 hours a day during ive. ‘hfri‘m: campaign proved conclusively,” Mr. Street said, “that Washington has # heart and that it beats in sympathy with the less fortunate who need help. The people of the Capital, once aroused to the relief sltunim:i s:hhrougn:e:b::t unemployment and other cau: - :yz'ered the challenge with a_shower of dollars_and pledges that today has made Commuaity Chest history.’ Leaders were particularly enthusias- tic in their praise of the two new groups, the wernmental and school units, which far exceeded their quotas. The former was headed by Gen. John J. Pershing, while Sidney F. Taliaferro, @ former District Commissioner, was chairman of the latter. Taliaferro Praises Students. Students of private and special schools displayed an unusual willing- ness to aid in the movement, Mr. Talia- ferro reported. He also expressed pleas- ure at the countless contributions of pupils in the public and parochial stitutions. “In view of the fact that many of the contributors are young people who are but temporary residents of the com- munity, here only for their school years, they made a remarkable showing,” Mr. Taliaferro remarked. N “Their home interests,” he added, “are elsewhere, representing practically all the States in the Union. Since their gifts have come out of their allowances, their contributions represent a most ‘commendable spirit of sacrifice.” Included among donations from these sources were Mount Vernon Seminary, $1,001.25; National Cathedral School for . Girls, $575; Sidwell's Friends’ School, $8¢?30; Holton Arms, $125; | Miss Madeira’s School, $547.76; St. Al- ban’s School for Boys, $313; National Radio Institute, $285.25; Devitt Pre- paratory School, $89; Potomac School for Girls, $155.79. Thomas W. Sidwell was chatrman of the private schools section and Miss Al- berta Wilson, secretar: WOMEN WILL ATTEND “LITTLE CONGRESS” First Time They Have Been Ad- mitted to Dine With Male Employes of House. The feminine hand is held thzeten- ingly over the working force atWt the Capitol Building today. Th's is the night the Little Congress, composed of secretaries, clerks and other employes of the legislative body, holds its annual dinner. For 11 years the women em- ployes have been insisting that they should be allowed to attend. This year they won their victory and will be con- spicuous at the dinner for the first time. They threaten a fitiing celebration and have been so secretive about what they propose to do that the men are decidedly concerned. Nevertheless, the males under the leadership of Kenneth Romney, who pays off all the House employes as well as the Speaker and House members, are going ahead with their arrange- ments for a characteristically distinc- tive Littie Congress dinner. Representa- tive Lanham of Texas, who grew up about the Capitol while his father was a member, and who subsequently was on the stage, is to be master of cere- monies, with Representative “Bill” Con- nery of Massachusetts, another vaude- ville star, as a feature attraction One of the events of the evening will_be to introduce present -nembers of Congress who were formerly secre- taries, clerks or other Capitol employes, as a visual demonstration of the fate that awaits some members of the pres- ent Little Congress. ESKRIDGE RITES HELD Army Colonel Buried With Honors in Arlington Cemetery.* Military ceremonjes marked the funeral in the Arlinglon National Ceme- tery this morning of Col. Oliver S. Eskridge, U. S. Infantry, who died at the Walter Reed General Hospital Thursday morning after a long illness. Born in Roxbury, Mass, October 12, 1876, Col. Eskridge served as a cadet in the Navy and as a sergeant in the 18th Infantry, before his appointment as a second lieutenant of Infantry in 1899. He afterward was graduated from the Army Staff College and the Army School of the Line, and reached the grade of colonel in September, 1923, For several years he was in command of the Tank School at Fort George G. employe of the Office of Public Build- ings and Grounds, which was then under the United States Engineer office of the War Department, on May 1, 1886. In September of the following year he was promoted to gardener, and llisntwcame head gardener on August 1, When the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds and the office of the su- perintendent of the State, War and | Navy Departments Building were con- solidated, qn February 26, 1925, Mr. Henlock became chief of the horticul- tural division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the Na- tional Capital. In this capacity, as theretoforey he has had charge of the White Houie greenhouses, and likewise the propagating of plants for the city's parks. ‘The President’s greenhouses were lo- STAY IN SERVICE CHARLES HENLOCK. __—Underwcod Photo. cated around the west terrace of the White House, bout where the execu- tive offices now stand, for about half a century before they were moved in 1902, in President Roosevelt's adminfs- tration, to near the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing, where they now stand. ’ More Flowers Used. Mr. Henlock said today that the re- quirements for the bowers at White House functions have increased con- siderably in recent years, although he does not see much difference in the types of flowers. As friend of the men who have served in the White House during his service, Mr. Henlock remembers them all kindly. Mr. Henlock has a host of friends in Washington and else- where, among the lowly, as well as among the great, and they are sur- prised to learn that he is old enough to retire from the Government serv- ice, he is so well preserved. In recent years Mr. Henlock has been serving as a member of Col. Grant's Park Committee and always has taken a keen interest in the development of the beauty of the National Capital. TWO HELD IN CHASE AFTER COLLISION Alleged Hit-and-Run Accident in Which Youth Is Hurt Being Investigated. Two colored youths, halted by_police shots, after a chase through the North- east section of the city, are being held | at_the ninth precinct station while police investigate a hit-and-run_acci- dent in which Jack L. Jett, 18 years old, of 1026 Fourth street northeast, escaped with minor lacerations when hurled from his car a block from home early ay. 'rfi'e prisoners, Sylvester Holmes, 21, of 1650 B street southeast, and Tom Chesley 19, of 1525 A street southeast, were taken into custody by Policemen L. G. Gentry, one of two officers who | witnessed the mishap, and L. C. Wise and C. M. Hughes, who entered the pur- | suit when Gentry fired into the air in an effort to intimidate his quarry. Thrown by Collision. Jett was driving across the intersec- tion of Fourth and K streets northeast, when a car occupied by two young col- ored men collided with his automobile, throwing Jett into the roadway. Police- man E. C. Ratsau, who with Gentry saw the accident, ran to Jett's assist- ance, while Gentry commandeered the machine of Clarence Richardson, a Washington Boys’ Club director. The motor chase ended when the col- | ored men'’s car crashed into a gasoline station at Bladensburg road and Eight- eenth street northeast. The occupants then raced away on foot but were halted a few moments later when Gentry fired several shots in the air. Policemen Wise and Hughes, patrolling nearby, heard the gunfire and cut off the men’s es- cape, Jet was given first-aid treatment for his cuts at Casualty Hospital. Mrs. Lillian M. Philp, wife of John W. Philp, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, was iftjured yesterday when her car was in collision with another machine while she was returning from a reception at the Japanese embassy. Collision With Bus. Mrs. Philp suffered painful bruises of the face when the Philp limousine, | driven by William P. Felton, colored | chauffeur, ran into the rear end of a bus which stopped abruptly for a red light at Fourteenth and K streets, ac- cording to police. Mrs. Albert E. Car- ter, wife of the Representative from California, who was riding with Mrs. Philp, was uninjured. The Philp car_was not badly dam- aged, but Mrs. Philp was shaken up when thrown from her seat. She was treated at her apartment in the Me- ridian Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth street, bv Dr. J. C. Wynkoop. Six-year-old ~Marjorie Conn, 1807 California street, suffered severe hurts yesterday afternoon when a truck oper- ated by A. S. Ackerman, 18 years old, of 1833 California street, knocked her down at Nineteenth and California streets. She was taken to Emergency Hospital with a possible skull fracture, a broken left leg and cuts about the face. TRADE BOARD DINNER T0 FEATURE DIRIGIBLE Guests Will Be Given ‘“Ride” Aboard Reproduction of Air Vessel in Ball Room. ‘The annual Midwinter dinner of the Washington Board of Trade at the Willard Hotel tonight will be featured by an imaginary flight in a dirigible. ‘The ball room of the hostelry has been transformed into a reproduction of a giant dirigible, and a description of its “flight” will be broadcast,to the guests, who will be waiting ante- room, prior to the dinner. When the ship “lands” the quests will be per- mitted to board it and the dinner will get under way. Nobile Giacomo de Martino, Italian Ambassador to the United States; Gen. John J Pershing, Col. Eddie Ricken- backer, members of both houses of Congress, heads of Government depart- ments and District officials will be am the honored guests. George Plitt, president of the trade board, will ‘Meade, and more recently was stationed at Baltimore on duty with the Organ- ized Reserves of the 3d Corps Area. w" Mrs. Ella P. ge, preside. T ey Approximately 25,000,000 gallons of molasses were shi the United States ipped from Hawall to last year, SCOUTS' BIRTHDAY PAGEANT TONIGHT -More Than 1:000 Boys From 7175 Troops Expected to Take Part in Fete. Boy Scouts from approximately 175 troops in Washington and nearby Vir- ginia and Maryland—more than 1,000 of them—who have been pr:paring for their anniversary celebration for months, will celebrate the twenty-first birthday of the Boy Scouts of America with a pageant at McKinley Tech High School at 8 o'clock tonight. “Scouting With Washington,” the pageant, in which the uniformed and costumed Scouts portray scenes from the life of the Father of His Country, was written and directed by Commo- dore W. E. Longfellow of the American Red Cross, and will be staged with the assistance of the Scout leaders Troop 12, affiliated with Sherwood Presbyterian Church, held a preliminary celebration of the anniversary last night at the church, when Scoutmaster V. E. Howard cut a “birthday cake,” with 21 candles. Boy Scouts of Washington will join with those all over the Nation Sunday in special “troop-church” “attendance. The day has been designated as Scout Sunday as a further anniversary ob- | servance. According to Ray O. Wyland, church relations director of the organization'’s national council, more than 50 per cent of all troops are directly affiliated with "churches or other religious or- ganizations, such as the Y. M. C. A, Knights of Columbus, Y. M. H. A., or like ‘groups, despite the fact that the organization itself js non-sectarian, Nearly all Washington churches have planned speclal services for the Scout anniversary, with either the morning birthday. CARRYING TOY PISTOL BRINGS MAN FINE OF $1 Lee Garner Convicted at Marlboro on Concealed Weapon Charges. Other Cases Heard. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 7—A toy pistol yesterday caused the conviction of Lee Gardner, colored, on charges of carrying a concealed weapon. Gardner was originally accused of as- sault with a dangerous weapon on John Suesen of Pohick, Md., who claimed the man pointed a revolver at him. When Police Court Judge J. Chew Sheriff dis- missed this charge the concealed weapon warrant was immediately issued and Gardner fined $1. The toy pistol was found on.the man at the time of his arrest by Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins. Willlam Butler, colored, of Clinton, was sentenced to a year in the House charge of driving while drunk. The man was fined $45 on three other traffic charges, all preferred by State Police- man W. A. Rogers. Conviction on a charge of assault and battery on J. J. Hebron brought James E. Fleet, colored, of Bowle a sentence of six months in the House of Correction, ‘Temple Biggs of Jenkins Corner asked a jury trial on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and was released under $250 bond. Jessie Oliver and Adrian Butler were the complainants against Biggs. — e MISS TERESA M. FOLEY DIES AT RESIDENCE HERE Funeral Services for Native eof Capital to Be Held Here Monday Morning. Miss Teresa Marie Foley, 50 years old, died at her residence, 725 First street, yesterday after a long iliness. She was a lifelong resident of this city and_the daughter of the late Mr. .and Mrs. Bartholomew Foley. She is survived by three brothers, John, William and Thomas Foley, and four ‘sisters, Mrs. Chtherine Humble, Mrs. Thomas Gallagher, Miss Mary E. Foley and Miss Alyse Foley, all of this city. Funeral services will be conducted in st. Aloysius Catholic Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock, Intermént will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, NEW VETERANS' AID IND. C. PLANNED IN; SINMONS MEASURE Agency Would Assist Former Service Men to Present Cases to Bureau. $6,000 APPROPRIATION ADDED TO DISTRICT BILL Unit Upder Commissioners quested by Head of Legion Rehabilitation Group. Re- A new welfare agency in the District government would be established, with a $6,000 appropriation, to look after the interests of the war veteran residents in the District under an amendment made to the District appropriation bill Just before it was passed by the House yesterday. This action was taken on motion of Chairman Simmons of the subcommittee in charge of the bill and was at first stricken out on a point of order by Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas that it was new legislation in an appropriation bill, but Mr. Blanton later or evening services dedicated to the| of Correction following conviction on a | withdrew his objection. Text of Amendment. ‘The amendment is as follows: “For personal service, without refer- ence to the classification act of 1923, as amended, to enable the municipal gov- ernment to aid and advise war veteran residents of the District of Columbia and their dependents as to their rights and privileges under Federal legislation of which veterans and/or their depend- ents may be beneficiaries, including as- sistance in presentation of claims to the veterans’ Administration or other appro- priate Federal agencies, $6,000, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia.” Chairman Simmons explained the purpose of this new agency as follows: - “For & number of y:ars the American Legion has maintained in Washington, due to the fact that this is the head- quarters of the Veterans' Administra- tion and the Veterans' Bur a staff of men whose job is to pi t claims of service men of the country in the appellate boards in the Veterans’ Bureau. At the present time th> situa- tion in that office under the direction of Mr. Watson Miller, who, my opinion, is doing more, next to Gen. Hines, than any other man in the United States for the service men— three or four of his staff are engaged in work entirely for the benefit of veterans resident in the District of Columbia, and this amendment is pre- pared at the request of Watson Miller. He asks that it be done in this way in order that he may devote the tim> of his staff to the veterans of the States as they should. Asked for by Miller, “We were trying by this language at the request of the chairman of the Na- tional Rehahglitation Committee of the American Legion to give to the veterans of Washington the type of service that is now given to the veterans of some 36 or 37 States in the Union, who have set up at public expense under the admin- istration of the States these service offi- cers, whose job it is to care for the service men in their States in the pre- sentation of their claims. “This was asked for by Mr. Miller. It was not asked for by the national organization. I am asking for it be- cause in my judgment it is one of the most important things carried in the bill for the service men in the District.” OFFICIAL OPPOSES FILLING ROCK CREEK Oram Declares Plan to Supply ‘Water for Stream Would Cost District $18,000 in Year. Assistant Engineer Commissioner Hugh P. Oram said today he would not allow water from the District water supply system to be used for keeping up the flow in Rock Creek. Referring to a suggestion, credited to A. H. Horton, Geological Survey engi- neer for Washington, that the District pump 10 feet of water per second into the creek. Capt. Oram pointed out that would add a burden of not less than $18,000 per annum to the Water De- partment’s_expenses. €apt. Oram’s opposition to the scheme is not based on any lack of water in the District’s supply system, but solely on the expense involved, which the finances of the Water Department should not be called upon to meet. He said that if the Federal Government desired to buy water for the purpose, he thought there would be no objection, if a fair price were paid. 'MRS. E. C. ABBOTT DIES Widow of Former Senator From North Caroliua Was 81 Years 0ld. Mrs. Ellen C. Abbott, 81 years old, widow of former SenatorJoseph C. Ab- bott, died in the Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park, Md., yesterday after a long fliness. 'Mrs. Abbott resided at 1351 Irving street. Her husband served in the Senate from North Carolina shortly after the Civil War. Funeral serviogs will be conducted in the Church of the New Jerusalem, Six- teenth and Corcoran streets, Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Paul Sperry will officiate. Mrs. Abbott is survived by a number of cousins. Deaths Reporte—d. Jane Riser, 90, 36 K st. n.e. Elizabeth McCann. 85. 321 ist st. n Mary s 3: 0 North Capitol. 162 17th t . se. 67, Homeopathic Priscilia P. Reinmuth. 65, 3248 N st. Stephen Frank. 54, 601 B s.e. George W. Wal 52, 1833 Kalorama rd. Alice I, M. Davi Susan Pierson, 50, William J. Lillie, 47, Soldie: pital. David Steimar, 45, 813 4% st. s.w. Marguerite Claplin - Warner, 39, George Washington University Hospital. Kovert N. Covington, 35, Uiilted States al lis, 34, Gallinger Hospital Joseph L. Jeflries. 12, Providence Hospital Willlam Joseph Dobbs, 1 month, Children's Hogpital | | Charles A. Mattimore, 59. 1113 11th st. Maxie Scott Ellington, 47, Curtis Sanl- 1024 3rd st. s.w. 1015 Marion st ough, 33, 1431 Q 'st. James Thomas Dark, 35, GAUinger Hos- pital Leons Banks, 20, Garfleld Hospital. Loutte Johnson, 18, Casualty Hospiial. Clark W. Frasier, 10 months, Children’s Hospital. nnison, ome Hos- Veterans' Hosy John 8."Ca Births Reported. The following births have been reported to tfe Health Department in the last 24 hours: William A. and Anne Ludwis, wirl. wil ompson, boy. Victor and Helen Beauchamp. Dewey and Margaret Whall Henry A. and Wilheliminia Xand Stanley J. and Grace Bladen. boy, James and Magsie Briscoe, eirl, . D. C., SATURDAY, Above: Capt. George Trader’s picturesque “bugeye” of the Chesapeake Bay which, after many years, still brings regularly its cargo of bivalves oysfer trade, to the Capital market. " Left: Capt. Trader, grizzied veteran of more than 60 years on the bay, who finds the broad waters of the .bay little changed in the passing years and who FEBRUARY 7, 1931 . ’ IGEN. BUTLER ADDS DYSTERMAN HOLDS TRADE 62 YEARS Regular Trips Started as Boy to Continue Some Time, Says Capt. Trader. Aloof, and perhaps a bit disdainful of the complexities of modern life, Capt. George Trader yesterday rounded out his sixty-second year as an oyster- man on the Potomac River. As he moored his oyster “bugeye” to the wharf at the foot of Eleventh street yesterday, the veteran riverman recalle that it was just 62 years ago when he, as a boy of 8 years, made his first trip up the river with his father, Capt. Julius Trader. He has made the trip regularly since that day, he said, and expects to con- tinue for some time to come. Trade Little Changed. Other things have changed, but the bay and river trade haven’t changed much. The captain, master of one of the oyster fleet's larger craft, still gath- ers bivalves in season below his home, in Westmoreland County, Va., and still finds a ready market for them here. During the warmer months he manifests grain, potatoes ard other farm commodities. For 52 years he has captained his own boats. Back in Westmoreland County the captain has raised a family of ceven sons and a daughter. The latter, Mar-~ garet Trader, is the wife of Robert Mason Cannon; son of Bishop James Cannon, }' River Life Healthy. ‘The captain himself is hale and hearty at 70. His life on river and bay apparently has been a healthy one. Bearded and genial, he stood aboard expects little change in the mode of “oystering” and transporting bivalves in | his boat yesterday and chatted with his the years to come. ZONSTS CONVENE WITH 550 PRESENT Leaders Attend Session De- voted to Palestine Land Problem. About 500 delegates, representing every party and group with the Zionist movement in this country, will attend an all-day conference of the Jewish | National Fund of America, which opens tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the ‘Willard Hotel. This is the arm of the Zionist movement dealing with the acquisition and reclamation of the soil of the Holy Land with a view to estab- lishing there the Jewish national home, in accordance with the terms of the mandate of the League of Nations en- trusted to Great Britain. ‘The sessions will be devoted to a discussion of the Palestine land prob- lem. They will be under the chair- manship cf Emanuel Neumann of New Xork, president of the Jewish National Fund of America. Among notable Zionist leaders who will attend are Dr. Stephen S. Wise of New York, Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago and New York, Abraham Gold- berg, Mrs. Archibald _Silverman of Providence, R. I; Mrs. Irma Lindheim, former national president of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America; Mrs. Edward Jacobs of Brook- lyn, N. Y., president of the Hadassah; Louis Lipsky, president of the New York Zionist region; Rabbi Wolf Gold, Rev. Z. H. Masliansky, noted Yiddish orator and preacher; Solomon Lamport, treasurer of the Jewish National Fund of Ameri- ca; Philip M. Raskin, well known An- glo-Jewish poet, and Ephraim Caplan, Jewish writer of New York. Several of the groups will caucus to- nighe. Preliminary to the conference, a joint session of the National Ad- visory Council of the Zionist Organiza- tion of America and the National Zion- ist Executive will be held tonight also at the Jewish Community Center. MAN, AFTER ARREST, TRIES SUICIDE LEAP Police Block Move of John E. Green, Held on Charge of Embezzlement. Arrested yesterday by Arlington Coun- ty police on a charge of embezzlement, John E. Green of the 1300 block Perry street, Washington, is reported by police to have attempted to jump from the eighth-story window at 10 Eighteenth street, but to have been restrained by Policemen Ray Cobean and Roger Orrison of the Arlington County police. Green is charged in the warrant with the embezzlement of $70 from the Vie- tor Adding Machine Co., of which he was district agent, the specific charge being that he sold a used adding ma- chine to the Rucker Lumber Co., Rosslyn, Va., on October 6, without using the regular sales blank of his company, and had the check made payable to him. His accusers claim that he cashed the check on October 10, but did not turn in the money. ‘The accused was arrested in the of- fice of George Robey, attorney for the adding machine ?pan}n He was re- leased last night on bond of $2,000, 15,70 REPLENISH Treasury Orders 2,000,000 * Gallons of Rye and Boyr- bon Whisky. By the Assoclated Press. Orders for the manufacture of 2,000, | 009 gallons of medicinal whisky in 1931 are being sent to distillers in Pennsyl- | | vania and Kentucky by the Industrial | Alcohol Bureau of the Treasury Depart- ment. The action is in compliance with the | prohibition law which requires the Gov- | ernment to keep an ample stock of medicinal whisky available. The Pro- hibition Bureau last year started to re- lenish the dwindling supply of the legal whisky, which had decreased to approximately 8,500,000 gallons. Manu- facture was stopped in 1920. About 1,500,000 gallons of medicinal liquor are’ used in the United States each year and the law requires it be aged four years before it can be sold. When the stock dwindled down to a possible supply for only four years and enough for six years at the outside, the order to replenish was issued. At present there are approximately 6.500,000 gallons of the old stock of liquor still on hand. There are 2,000.000 gallons of new whisky manufactured in 1930. The permit for the new manu- facture will be issued by the supervisor in the district where the whisky is dis- tilled, but the Prohibition Bureau here allots the quotas to the various distillers. ‘The amounts to be made by each are not made public, but 70 per cent of the whisky is bourbon and is manufactured in Kentucky, while 30 per cent is rye and is manufactured in Pennsylvania, —_— B Mother of Seven Ends Life. Special Dispatch to The Star, HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 7.— - MEDICINAL LIQUOR visitors. But the captain was busy—there was the unloading of his oysters to see to, wind and tide to watch in anticipation of the down-river jaunt. He waved a hand. “I'l be back soon,” he said. “I always have.” FORT TELLS WAR AID BY ARKANSAS IN 1918 ‘Recalls Privation of Now Needy State in Shipments of Food to France. ‘The war-time history of Arkansas, termed ‘“one of the finest stories of mass self-sacrifice in all our history,” should be remembered by the Nation now when appeals are being made for drought sufferers in that State, Repre- sentative Franklin W. Fort of New Jigr;eg. declared in a radio address last ni Fort, who represented the Federal food administration in Arkansas 1918, told how the people of the State denied themselves so that food might be sent to the armies. He told how the State during November, 1918, shipped 1,000,000 pounds of the Arkansas sugar allotment in the form of candy to France. The pe(:fi]teh of Arkansas, Se ?nld. had \}:éy a over a pound of s e for the month of November‘.j‘l-;!a,p Drawing a comparison with the war days, Fort said the present situation in Arkansas should be met by voluntary contributions of the American people instead of a Federal appropriation. That State, he said, asked “no law, no tax, to stir the generosity of her people.” SCOTTISH SAVINGS GROW Famed Thrift Merely Bolstered by Business Depression. By the Assoctated Press. Scott thrift, famed through the ages, merely braced up to greater intensiveness by dull world business con- ditions last year. Austin C. Brady, American consul at Edinburgh, reports to the Commerce Department that 211 new mutual sav- ings asosciations were organized in Mrs. Lizzie A. Itnyre, mother of seven, died at her home last night a short time after drinking a quantity of poison. Coroner John H. Bitner gave a.cer- tificate of suicide. Police attributed the woman's act to melancholia. Scotland during 1930, the largest num- ber ever called into existence in any one year. At the same time Scottish people made their largest annual purchase of government savings certificates, the to- tal amounting to $19,529,000. for Tests and By the Assoclated Press. An artificial indoor waterfall, with a channel able of carrying 300 cubic feet of water per second, are amon facilities Government contractors wil presently begin constructing for the Bureau of Standards. ‘These devices, together with sundry pumps and water channel shapes of un- usual size and conformation, are the equipment for the mewly designed Fed- enlnflydrlu“c Laboratory. Dr. George approved the plans to spend $350,000 in blishing the laboratory. “*“We' hope to find the answers for several engineering problems of fixst-" ‘e 30-foot head and an imitation torrent | Dr. urgess, director of the bureau, has | Pof INDOOR WATERFALL TO SOLVE | FEDERAL ENGINEERING TASKS Elaborate Facilities to Be Built at Bureau of Standards Observation. class importance which come up in the use and of water resources,” 3 said.” “In dam and conduit construction it is advisable to determine dex' varying conaitions of pressuse, bnd T Vi o o 3 we consequently have had to work out a method of imitating cascades. We shall have & main flume 12 by 10 feet in upply the channels, e the laboratory flow of water e the Wi tomac River carries p In low-water stag es. 3 Since the water will be over and over againg there will be nf§ drain on THREE 10 COUNSEL FOR PENDING TRIAL Former Ambassador, Bar Leader and Service Man to Aid Marine. |NAVY IS PREPARING ITS PLANS FOR PROSECUTION Charges Continue Secret Until Court-Martial Is Openes at Philadelphia. Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, U. S. M. C., who faces court-martial for re- marks derogatory to Premier Mussolini, has added to his defense three out- standing men in civil and military legal circles. The names of the assisting counsel were announced yesterday following a conference of Butler, Maj. Henry Leo- nard, his chief counsel, and others, in Ph'lsl‘]‘dclphh-fi.o . ey are wland S. Morris, former Ambassador to Japan; Col. A. M. Hold- ing, one time president of the Pennsyl- vania Bar Association, and Lieut. Col. Jesse F. Dyer of the Marine Corps, now on duty at the Naval War College, New- port, R. I. Maj. Leonard spent yesterday in Phil- adelphia completing the list of defense attorneys. ‘Washington Notified. News of the selection was sent to Washington yesterday afternoon by Leonard from Philadelphia. Leonard’s statement said: “I have assoclated with me in the defense of Gen. Butler: “Rowland 8. Morris, who is a member of the well known firm of Duane, Mor- ris & Heckscher of Philadelphia, and vice chancellor of the Law Association. Mr. Morris has been active in public life and was formerly our Ambassador to Japan. He also is professor of in- ternational law at the University of Pennsylvania and is engaged in active practice at the Philadelphia bar.” Mr. Morris also is a former president of the Contemporary Club, before which Butler made the remarks about Musso- “Col. A. M. Holding, who is the ac- d | knowledged leader of the bar in Chester He is | County, home of Gen. Butler. president of the Pennsylvania Bar Asso- ciation, He is recognized throughout Pennsylvania as one of the outstanding trial lawyers of the State. “Lieut. Col. Jesse F. Dyer of the /| United States Marine Corps.” Preparing Prosecution. Meanwhile, preparations for the pros- ecution twenr. ahead at the Nayy De- ent. It has declined to make the charges public pending their announcement un- der usual procedure at the opening of the court-martial. They grew out of & speech Gen. Butler made in Philadel- phia in which he n:ade remarks about Premier Mussolini, for which the Amer- ican Government apologized to Italy. SOLDIER RECOGNIZED AFTER 13-YEAR WAIT Herman L. Chatkoff, Injured in ‘World War, Fought Long for Action Now Taken. For 13 years Herman Lincoln Chat- koff, his body smashed in World War # service to the allies, had no country to his sacrifice. Today, Chatkoff stands adopted as a “soldier of the United States,” a bill gantlet of legislative enactment hav- ing been signed by President Hoover yesterday. % Chatkoff is an American citizen, born in Boston, Mass. At the outbreak of the World War Chatkoff joined the La- fayette Escadrille, flying his way through one heroic engagement after another. Decorations for valor came to him. Then he took the examination for transfer"from the French service to the American Army. Before his transfer could be con- summated, however, he was crushed in a plane wreck. He was disabled for further military or civil service. Further- more, hé found no country ready to acknowledge him as its soldier. He sought aid here and several bills pro- viding relief for him were introduced in Congress. The measure signed by Mr. Hoover yesterday recognizes Chatkoff 2s a soldier of the United States and pro- in | vides a pension of $100 a month. Chatkoff is now living with friends on a farm near Manassas, Va. F. E. SCOBEY, FORMER MINT DIRECTOR, DIES Appointee of Harding, Who Re- sided Here Several Years, Paral- ysis Victim in Texas. Word has been received here of the , death yesterday of F. E. Scobey, former ! director of the Mint, at his home in San Antonio, Tex. Death resulted from paralysis. - 7 which took seven years to run the » ! ¢ Mr. Scobey resided for several years /| here in Washington while se: director of the Mint. He ;v::‘.“ pointed to the it by President Hard- ing, a persol friend, in 1921. He resigned following the President’s death and was succeeded by the present director, Robert J. Grant. HORTICULTURIST DIES William George Was Former Com- missioner of Allegany County Special Dispatch to The Star. LONACONING, Md., February 7.— William George, 76, who served a terny as commissioner of Allegany County and Tis_ gardens. navig ‘heen show. Binces; ving been show died Thursday. He was an wv?h‘amy on botany. He worked in the coal mines many years. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs, Matthew Muir, with whom he resided, and two sons, Willilam and Jame George. He was a brother of Rol Thomas, W. Va, and Edward George, ‘Wilkinsburg, Pa. RITES FOR MRS. McKINLEY Funeral to Be Conducted at Resi- dence Tomorrow Afternoon. Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Wheeler McKinley, who_died at her residence, 1338 R street, Thursday, will there tomorrow afternoon Rev. T. J. Brown and Mrs. MeKinley was the wife of White- field McKinley, former collector of the of Georgetown. She is survived by husband and two daughters, Mrs. Flagg and Mrs. Ethel Ratt- U