Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1931, Page 3

WETS NOW ADMIT - DRYLAWLEGALITY Decision of Supreme Court Turns Fight to Outright Re- peal of Amendment. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. There's significance in the decision of the Supreme q,oun of the United States, unanimcusly rejecting the idea sdvanced by Judge Clark that the eighteenth amendment had not been properly ratified, in that the decision | SWeeps away attempts to bring about a | change in the prohibition status by legal subterfuges. The Wickersham Commission took its stand emphatically on the proposition that onuly a change in the wording of the eighteenth amendment itself, for- mally ratified as a new amendment, could change the present situation with wespect to the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages. For a while the thought that by tech- nicalities the eighteenth amendment could be nullified was a weapon of the wets, but now they are advocating out- right repeal or revision of the amend- ment. The decision of the Supreme Court corroborates the view that funda- mental changes in the Constitution it- self afford the only method of basicly sltering prohibition as it exists today. While the Clark opinion thus has been swept aside, the incident has given publicity to another method of propos- ing and ratifying ccnstitutional amend- ments, namely by the action of a con- stitutional convention. This has been very little discussed at any time in American history, but it is recognized even by the Supreme Court of the United States as a legitimate method of | amending the Constitution. It is up to Congress, however, to de- cide by two-thiras vote whether the | method by ratification by State Legisla- tures or by constitutional conventions ( shall be used. The Supreme Court lay down the rule that Congress has fin1 | authority to decide on the method and that all the amendments heretofore adopted were properly ratified because Congress did specify the exact method. It is believed that the Clark case will be _the last of the efforts to attack the validity of the eighteenth amendment. Several cases have been tried during the | last decade, but the Supreme Court h upheld the constitutionality of the amendment on every occasion. The fact that there was no divié>d vote in the latest case and that the entire bench s recorded on the proposition is expected to dispose of any further discussion on technical points. Justice Roberts, who rendered the de- cision, spoke of the Clark ruling : document in “political science contends that no matter how d it might be to ratify the Constitution, the choice of mode rests solely in the discretion of Congress. The drys are naturally pleased over the decision, while the wets realize that all their efforts hereafter will have to be concentrated on the merits of the| eighteenth amendment rather than any | ambiguities in the Constitution or the | Volstead act. MAN AND WIFE FOES | IN CITIZENS’ DEBATE Logan-Thomas Circle Meeting Op- | poses $30,000 Congress Aid of { Undernourished Pupils. The question of the proposed appro- | priation of $30,000 for the feeding of | undernourished school children in this | city, which is now before Congress, sep- | arated the unity of man and wife last night before the Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens’ Association for a brief period, ‘when Horace M. Fulton, secretary of the association, took the affirmative side of | the question and Mrs. Horace M. Fulton, delegate to the Federation of Citizens’ | Associations, took the negative | Mr. Fulton favored the measure be- cause, he said, if children are underfed they should be cared for. Mrs. Fulton expressed her opinion in the debate that the situation should be met by the | Community Chest and other civic groups, rather than by the Governfient Following the discussion, however, the | vote on the question revealed that the | association was largely opposed to the | Aappro] ition by Congress; SPECIAL )TICES. STEAMFITTER, EXCELLENT REFERENCES, plenty tools, will install heating plant 39.00 per rad. compicte, or work by the day. | Atlantic FURNACE AND PIPE REPAIRS, PARTS FOR | every furnace: heating systems installed; 2¢-hour service. ROBEY HEATING CO. 1395 Flors e. n.e._Lincoln 1440 3 BANKRUPTCY SALE OF 37 AUTOMOBILES | 8t Weschler's Auto Auction. 613 G <t nw. er Buick WALTER N. Tuptey of Washington-Cadiliac CERTIFICATE OF CAPITAL STOCK NO. | 95 of Co-Operative Restaurant Corp ioh, | in name of Kwong Wone, has been lost. | Notice is hereby given that this certific: is Dot _negotiable WANTED—LO DELPHIA, k and ship by 3343, | OM CARE- | &, “on-time” al and low | costs on moving housenold goods from points | Siithin 1, ust phone- and e w TIONAL DELIV- ational 1460, FLOORS SCRAPED AND machine or ha NASH FLOOR n miles. giadly, aiote our rater RY ASSN.. INC. tand forcibly remove | Pulitzer Jeritza in THE EVENI Gay Mood donna’ of the Metropolitan Opera Company, were too much for her vesterday afternoon at Constitution Hall. Before Mrs. Herbert Hcover and a vast audience she broke down—not, with Iturbi temperament but with laughter. She had scarcely reach- ed the halfway mark in a song when the spirit of merriment that had been pursuing her for some time came to the surface and she gave way to an out- burst of laughter. “I beg your pardon,” she said, when she had partly mastered her mutilated feelingw “I beg your pardon.” And with | that such a wave of sympathy and ap- proval went through the hall that the applause that came seemed almost the | most fervent of the afternoon. Mme. Jeritza explained all this after- ward. You see,” she said behind doors which had been locked to keep | away the large crowd of autograph seckers which had assembled, “I had | begun the wrong words of a song, and Mr. Ruhrseitz’—the accompanist—"in- | stead of stopping went right along, and | somehow it seemed so funny, that—| Well, I was te.ribly ashamed. And the | audience was so nice. All I could think | of to say was ‘I beg your pardon’” And | with that, still smiling and evidently in | HE genial emotions of Maria Jeritza, blonde Viennese prima personal attendants, she ran down the corridor and disappeared. | As a matter of fact, the afternoon had | been replete with amusing interpola- tions. Mme. Jeritza, after her first number, started to walk through the wall, far from the stage entrance—that is, she headed straight for thc massive tapestry which covers the righy side of | the stage and might have tried to force | her way through if Mr. Ruhrseitz hadn't | steered her right. This started the re- | pressed laughter, for in her next num- | ber she was seen to be struggling with | somewhat _hilarious emotions, which | gave way not so long after. And then during a number played by the assisting artistYLeonid Bolotin®, an arm—which obviously belonged to the famous diva— | was seen to reach out from the side door | an attendant who | had stationed herself just outside. | In no way did all this, ‘however, de: tract from the singing of the great ar- | tiste. 1In fact, as though wishing to atone for the impediment in the prog- ress of her recital, Mme. Jeritza con- tributed probably the most brilliant en- cores of the year after it was all over. | An audience that stood around and | DIVA’S GENIAL EMOTIONS OVERWHELM HER. the best of spirits, and surrounded by | [ MME. MARIA JERITZA. cheered in its efforts to hear a little more of her forced her to sing again and again, and also made her bow straight to the ground, which is one of the deftst and most gracious of her | mannerisms. Undoubtedly the most pleasing of the selections which she offered were the German songs, one of which, “Hat dich die Lieb: beruehrt,” stood out most emphatically on the program. It wasn't really until she reached this number that she seemed to be giving her very best. But there was little question of the warmth of her voice and her tech- nique at that moment. And thereafter all went well—barring the time out. Leonid Bolotine, violinist, assisted with some solo selections, of which the Dinicu-Heifetz “Hora staccato” was eas- ily the most noteworthy. And Kurt Ruhrseitz was the very disinguished ac- companict of the afternoon, playing for both artists, and leading Mme. Jeritza off the straight and narrow with little or no sign of contrition E. de S. MELCHER. NEW YORK WORLD SALE 15 SOUGHT Brothers Petition Court to Save Newspapers From Collapse. (Continued From First Page.) fight for progress and reform, never tol- erate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare. never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically in- dependent. never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty* Joseph Pulitzer died in 1911. His will ' provided for the continuation of the newspapers “forever” upcn the same ideals. ‘The three newspapers have employes. CLAUSE IN WILL CONTENTION. 2,867 By the Associated Press. | from the prohibition issue at the March RASKOB 1S WARNED| TOAVOIDDRY SSUE Discussion of Policies Is Ex- pected at March 5 Meet- ing, However. ‘When Chairman Raskob of the Dem- ocratic National Committee arrives here shortly he will be advised urgently by congressional leaders to steer away 5 meeting of the committee. In fact, the congressional leaders of the party are almost united in their determination that the committee is without authority to adopt a platform for the party on any issues. Whether Mr. Raskob has had any intention of bringing up prohibition or other issues at the special committee meeting_has never been established, but such a plan has been rumored widely. Jouett Shouse, executive director, failed to shed any light on it upon his STAR, WASHI HEH COURT CALN INLIQUORDEESION Amendment Upheld by Jus-| tices With Usual Poise in Crowded Room. BY MARK SULLIVAN. Tuesday's event in the Supreme Court | had a curious kind of atmosphere and elevation. The court was passing upon a decision of a lower court, which Iat- | ter court had ncld the prohibition amendment unconstitutional. If the Supreme Court should now sustain thi decision it would be about the most ex: plosively revolutionary thing that has happened in legal or political circles for a long time. On the other hand, if the Supreme Court should reverse the de- cision of the lower court, then the status would be that nothing whatever had_happened. The particular kind of expectancy that such a situation may give rise to was in the minds of the spcctators and lawyers who filled the room as the Su: preme Court resumed its sittings after three weeks of recess. It had been felt | throughout Washington that the court | would probably have used the leisure of its recess for studying the question and that it would take account of the im- portance of the question by handing down its decision at its first sitting after | rccess. Consequently the court room was crowded and a long line of hope- ful spectators trailed along the corridor outside. Court Has Usual Calm. If, however, there was this kind of | anticipation, or any kind of tenseness | whatever among the spectators, there was nothing whatever unusual in the | attitude of the court. With the usual | solemnity the crier gave his “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” The members of the | court, black-robed, all with faces re flecting power, filed in and took their | seats with a dignity which makes these events the most elevated ceremonial | now existing in America. ‘With no unusualness of manner what- ever, the youngest and most recent member of the court, Owen J. Roberts of Pennsylvania, began to speak with the even though very powerful reso- nance that is the habitual quality of voice. Presently the spectators real- ized that he was giving the deciston of the court on the prohibition case. That this decision was given first was the only possible sign of unusualness con- | ferred upon it. On the other hand, the decision was being given by the most | junior member of the court. The one incident canceled the other, and the truth is the court handled this case precisely as it would have handled any other appeal on any other kind of ques- tion from any other jurisdiction. The court had not the faintest sign of self- consclousness or unusualness. It became apparent, after Justice Roberts had spoken a few sentences, that he was reversing the decision of the lower court. In other words, he was holding the prohibition amendment to have been validly ratified. This was really what the spectators, what all ‘Washington, expected. Probably there was not in yWashington any person of any thoughfYulness who believed that the Supreme Court could possibly sus- | tain the sensational decision that was handed down by Judge Willlam Clark of the District Court of Northern New Jersey 10 weeks ago. Reversal Was Expeeted. expectation that Judge Clark would be reversed was literally uni. versal. The expectation prevalent in Washington is_illustrated by a story | current here. The story was premised | upon the theory that if the prohibition | amendment is invalid, then for the | same reason the thirteenth amendment outlawing slavery must be likewise in- | valid. Into this setting, Washington fitted a story about an_ancient colored | man born in slavery who found things | going badly with him in this Winter's | depression and who walked into Judge | Clark’s court in Newark, N. ‘The article provides tion between those two methods. were regarded as equivalents. as good as the other. | ber WEDNESDAY, Lost in Blizzard BUT PET IS EXPECTED HOME. RITZI, the police dog of Frank T. Gartside, chief of the park divi- sion of the Office of, Public Buildings and Public Parks, is lost in a Massachusetts blizzard, but her owner believes she will find her way back to Washington, unless appre- hended or killed. A short time ago Fritzi went with Mrs. GaTtside to Whit- and on Friday morning the from the house and fol- nt of her mistress in the 8 g5t aw lowed the sce SNOW. The animal has not been found, al- though a thorough search of the town has been made. Mrs. Gartside is re- maining in Whitman in an effort to locate the pet. Fritzi is 3 years old, weighs about 65 pounds, is of medium size, gray and black in color, with light saddle and light tan under the throat. She has extremely large ears and is exceedingly gentle, Mr. Gartside says. The dog was bred in Bethesda, Md. |and has been raised from a pup by Mr. and Mrs. Gartside. On one occa- sion Fritzi saved Mrs. Gartside when she fell overboard from a small boat at a nearby Maryland seaside place The dog has been trained to play ball and is a great favorite around 3816 Van Ness street, her home here. decision of the Supreme Court on Tues- day to be what it turned out to be The technicality which created so much furore in December and which is now reduced to nothing. arises out of article 5 of the Constiution. That two ways in which amendments to the Constitution may be ratified. “by the legislatures of three- fourths of the several States or by con- | ventions in three-fourths thereof. One Method Always Used. Until the New Jersey judge made his startling gesture in December, no one, had made any distinc- They One was In practice the first method, by Igislaturs, has always been used. Every one of all the 19 amendments to the Constitution, from 1790 to 1921, has been ratified by the method of legislatures g The other method, by State conven- tions, has never been used. No court until the New Jersey judge in Decem- raised any question about the method of Legislatures being perfectly equivalent to the method of State con- ventions. No one raised any question about ratification by Legislatures being perfectly binding for all amendments The New Jersey judge, going into ground utterly new, invented the theory that there are two kinds of amendments to the Constitution. One kind has to do with the form of Government. That kind, the New Jersey judge said, can be ratified by State Legislatures. The prohibition amendment, however, ac- cording to_the New Jersey judge, different. It has to do with the per for 140 years, FEBRUARY 2 | ganizations Supporting the Eighteenth | jers to provide a unified command upon { Judge Reserves Decision on Appeal of | {my stock |of said stock, or any part thereof, at|ten services to be held at Washington return to the Capital yesterday, only remarking that the call for the meet- | ing was broad enough in scope to per- | mit discussion of any policies. Alarm in the congressional wing of the party that issues were to be acted upon was noted in a new warning issued from Southern democracy in the Senate yesterday. Senator McKellar of Tennessee declared the Democrats cannot win in 1932 “on a wet and high, | tariff platform.” The Democratic drys are confident of defeating any attempts to open up | the prohibition” issue at the special meeting, basing their fight solely on the ground that the national commit- Pulitzer Brothers. NEW YORK, February 25 (NAN.A). —The sons of the late Joseph Pulitzer, Herbert, Ralph and Joseph, appeared before Judge James Foley of Surro. gate’s Court here yesterday afternoon to get permission to set aside a.clause in their father's will which prohibited the sale of the properties of the Press Publishing Co., the Evening World, the World and the Sunday World. Judge Reserves Decision. NAmr thrcedhours of argument, Judge ley reserved decision, but is expected | G " to make an announcement within 48 e oialoony Suthdtiy i L;:"“)’:n; ours. | The clause which was the subject of | O matters of policy. contention is herewith quoted in full: ’ . = “Seventh: I further authorize and empower my execttors and trusees 19| SF EAKS AT CATHEDRAL whom 1 have hereinbefore bequeathed e in_the Pulitzer Publishing | Canon Anson Phelps Stokes of Washs Company of St. Louis, at any time, and | ington Cathedral will deliver & sermon from time to time, to sell and dispose | on “The Meaning of Lent* at the Len- public or private sale, at such prices | Cathedral this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. | and on such terms as they may think | This service is one of the series of best, and to hold the proceeds of any | services to bz held every Mondoy, Wed- stosk sold in trust for the beneficiaries | nesday and Friday at the Cathedral for whom such shares were held in lieu | during Lent. thereof, and upon the same trusts. This | The speaker for Friday afternoon will power or sale is not to be construed as| be Canon Raymond L. Wolven, chaplain in any respect mandatory, but purely|to the Bishop of Washington, who will discretionary. This power of sale, how- | speak on “The Teaching of the Prayer ever is limited to the said stock of the | Book.” Rev. John W. Gummere will Pulitzer Publishing Company of St.|speak Monday. Louis, and shall not be taken to ai Following the services members of ths thorize or empower the sale or dis clergy staff will conduct pilgrimages sition under any circumstances what- | through the Cathedral crypts and to ever, by the trustees of any stock of | pther points of religious interest. the Press Publishing Company, pub- ————— — = lisner of ‘The World’ newspaper. I particularly enjoin upon my sons and my descendants the duty of preserv- ing, perfecting and perpetuating ‘The World' newspaper (to the maintenance and upbuilding of which I have sacri- | ficed my health and strength) in the 181 nd work. N 1016 20th st. West 1071 —ot any nature promptly and c. after by practical roofers. Call Roofin 19 3rd St B.W. Company District 0933, This Million Doflar .. .. ..| Printing Plant is at vour service with vesult-getting public | The National Capital Press| 1210-12 NW. one National 065 Wood Veneer Panels | in Stock rch, Red Gum, Plain White' Quartered White Oak, Ma- White apably looked | ] us up Oa hozany, Black Walnut, Pine, Fir. No_order too small.” Sudden Sercice, J. Frank Kelly, Inc. mitiWonk 2101 Ga._Ave. NW North 1343. _ ALLIED VAN LINE SERVICE 2-Wide Long-Distance Mo JRN LOA! LUMBER | ing. 2nd 3 Tst . MAR . 2nd MAR. 5th PEB. 28th Regular weekly service for part louds to and from Washington, Baitimore, Philadel- Phia and New York | STATES STORAGE CO.. INC. | 418 10th St_N.W. fet. 1845 | ~ New Majestic Radios and Refrigerators —sold on convenient payments the new models here Nathan Goodman Co. %1 %5 ihe Renovation of Bedding Than ™ Picking the Filling Sanitary Treatment Is Necessary, ! " Even Though You Have { BEDELL’S FACTORY . S0 E ST, NAT. 3621, Money toLoan (First Mortgages) L.W.Groomes 1719 Eye St. same spirit in which I have striven to create and conduct it as a public insti- | tution, from motives higher than mere gain, it having been my desire that it should be at all times conducted in a! spirit of independence and with a view to inculcating high standards and pub- lic spirit among the people and their official representatives, and it is my | earnest wish that said newspaper shall hereafter be conducted upon the same | principles.” \ Brothers Agree to Sale.' All three of the Pulitzer brothers, it was testified, had agreed to the sale of the World papers, because they felt that the interests of the infant owners of the property wculd best be protected by such a sale. The Pulitzer brothers do not own the World papers, but hold the properties in trust for Joseph Pulitzer’s | grandchildren. } The clause of the Pulitzer will pro- | hibiting the sale of the Press Publish- | ing Co.’s properties disclcses the great- | est ambition of Joseph Pulitzer—the founding of a newspaper dynasty in New York City. There have been four of these ambitious attempts within the last | 50 years and none has succeeded. | First on the list of these failures is | the passing of the control of the Times from the Jones family. | The next dynasty to fail was that of | the Danas. While Charles A. Dana | never really owned the Sun himself, he was able to control the paper | through the help of his great personal friend, Thomas Hitchcock. | ) ‘The Herald of the Bennetts lasted for | two generations. During that time it became one of the outstanding newspa- ‘Dfl’s in the world. Its “stunts” were | sensational, its revenues enormous and its reputation intgrnational. The Great ‘War came, “the younger Bennett,” now an old man, seemed to lose all ambition and the Herald was stuffed out. And now the Pulitzers enter court with the hope of ‘abrogating the clause that showed the ambition of the father to make the World a monument to the itzer name. ’ . lf our friends were your friends there’d be no need of us telling you about our excellent service and moderate prices. They’d do it for us. 4 418 10th Street X ask | sonal liberties of the citizens of the the judge for some kind of ‘writ or|various States other variety of potent paper which| This kind of amendment, according would restore the venerable Negro to |to Judge Clark's New Jersey decision, the comforts of slavery with mo rent 'must be ratified by State conventions to_pay and food free. | called specifically " for this purpose This feeling that, the decision of the | Since the prohibition amendment was New Jersey judge could not stand was | actually ratified by State Legislatures, practically universal. The writer of |the New Jersey judge held that there- this dispatch includes in his acquaint- |fore the prohibition amendment was ance the wettest lawvers—wettest in | not properly ratified the political not the bibulous sense—in | This, very roughly, was the decision Washington. They are lawyers who, | of Judge Clark in New Jer: So brief during 10 years past, have explored |a summary of Judge Clark's decision cvery legal road, lane, blind alley or | necessarily does injustice to the learning rat-hole to find a tenable means for |and the exploration into history and arguing that the prohibition amend- | political sclence upon which he sup- ment is invalid. Even such lawyers did | ported it. In any event, the Supreme not believe in the decision handed down | Court now reverses Judge Clark and in January by the New Jersey judge |sustains the validity of the prohibition and all such lawyers fully expected the | amendment. YOU CAN'T KEEP a good thing buried. That'’s why Marlow's Famous Reading Anthracite is mined for us to deliver to people who insist on heat- ing satisfaction—order. today. Marlow Coal Co. 811 E St. NW. NAtional 0311 Dependable Coal Service Since 1858 Coffee Freshness Guaranteed OCKED in the new vacuum sealed tin, Orienta can remain until used— fresh as the day it was roasted! Vacuum Sealing protects the rich oil O?éwLBEENs;S that provides Orienta’s good- ness—you release it ' when you #‘SaéRTg'jl-gg wish, with a key. * Yim, P— T4 R FOREVER FRESH TheNEW VACUUM DOES IT ( Dy GENTRALED DY GROLPS APROVED Units in 48 States to Have| Headquarters in D. C. for National Strategy. 1931. By the Associated Press. Organization of well centralized po- litico-temperance fighting units in each of the 48 States bore the indorsement today of the National Conference of Or- | Amendment, Dr. Ernest Cherrington, president of the dry conference, said the decision to form these units, reached last night, was pointed uirectly toward the next presidential election. He asserted it was the most significant step vet taken by | the assembled leaders of the 33 organ- ized prohibition groups. | As the third day of secret sessions opened, the conference began considera- tion of a proposal to form a board dedi- cated almost solely to placing dry planks | in the 1932 platforms of both political | parties. There was, however, some ob- | Jection to the measure. Other Changes Planned. Approval of the plan to set up State temperance conferences, each to be rep- | resented as a unit in the national con- | ference, was not gained until shortly | before midnight last night. It was part | of a drastic rewriting of the organiza- | tion’s constitution. Other highlights in this unprece- | The establishment in Washington of a national headquarters for the Nation's combined dry groups. The creation of a committee or “board of strategy” of 15 outstanding dry lead- all matters arising between meetings of the national conference. An opening up of the organization to permit the election of nationally prom- inent men and women not members of any dry organization. Expects United Front. Dr. Cherringon said today it was | hoped the effect of these provisions | would be to create an overwhelmingly strong national temperance group, mo- | bilized to present a co-ordinated front | upon all prohibition matters. In the organization to be initiated | immediately ~throughout the United States, he said, the State units of the | Anti-Saloon League, the W. C. T. U Good Templars and other national groups would be invited to join State conferences similar in organization to the national conference. Other local units not affiliated with | the national dry organizations now | members of the national conference likewise would be invited to join the State groups. . Each State conference would be rep- resented in the national body by two | elected representatives, so the head- quarters to be established here would | stand at the point of a fgurative | pyramid. I Duchess Seeks Divorce. LONDON, February 25 (#)—The | Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati, Ohio, | has served the Duke of Manchester with | a petition for divorce, a statement by | the duke said today. The duke was married to Miss Zimmerman, daughter of the late Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, in | 1900. They have two sons and two | daughters. dented revision were: | 1o | Duchess of Manchester, the former Miss Ch Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The is called the President has what “pocket veto” | I a bill is passed it comes to him, and he it over, got 10 days to go, so he can’t “pocket veto any more, for his pockets are full now. Mussells Shoals is one of ‘em. If the Government runs it, we lose money. If somebody runs it, they make money. So lets keep it as it is, a tribute to our engineers, a con- stant argument to our statesmen, and a nightmare to our taxpayers. ‘WILL ROGERS. (Copyright, 1931.) THREE_SUITS ARE ;ILED FOR ALLEGED DAMAGES Woman Who Fell From Union Sta- tion Loading Platform Asks $30,- 000 for Remuneration. Elizabeth Dennett, 1615 Q street, has filed suit to_recover $30.000 from the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Washington Terminal Co. for al leged personal injuries. She says she ell from a loading platfornt in front of Union Station and was more than seven months in a hospital. William B. Wood, 7 years old, through his father, William Wood, 1118 Twenty- third street, has filed suit to recover $25,000 damages from James T. Baggett & Son, coal dealers, 1019 Twenty-second street. The boy was injured February 24, 1930, when struck by a truck of the defendants while crossing at Twenty- first and L streets. Damages of $25,000 are asked in a suit by Ebba Van, through her father, Jef- ferson Van, 1226 Twelfth street, against Willlam C. Bond and his wife, Rachel Bond, 1445 Park road, owners of the Twelfth street property. The child says she was injured while riding in an auto- matic elevator at the Twelfth street ad- dress. . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting Executive Committee, Na- | tional Capital Federation of Garden | Clubs, Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, 7:30 p.m. | Banquet, American Patent Law Asso- ciation, Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Argo Lodge, B'nia B'rith, Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets, 8:15 p.m. Unemployed benefit ball, veterans of the District, Willard Hotel, 9 p.m. | Mecting, Anacostia Citizens’ Associa- tion, Masonic Temple, Fourteenth and | U streets southeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Geological Society, Cosmos | ub, 8 p.m. ‘ FUTURE. Benefit dinner, Community House, Chapel and Carmody roads, Seat Pleas- ant, Md., tomorrow, 5 p.m. | Dinner, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Third and A streets southeast, tomor- row, 5 pm * A3 GRANGE N ALCOOL RULES AWAT 0. K. Distilling. of Brandy and Al- lowance of Liquor to Den- tists Also Planned. By the Associated Press. New regulations to further prevent the flow of industrial alcohol into boot~ |leg channels and to permit wholesale distilling of high-proof brandy awaited today the signature of Attorney General Mitchell. They are d ed to go into effect March 1, but Mitchell said there might be some delay, since he intended to study them thoroughly. The signa- ture of Secretary Mellon also must be obtained. Under the revised regulations dentists will be placed on a par with physicians in the amount of liquor allowed for of- fice use—six quarts annually. Commis- sioner Doran of industrial alcohol said they did not include, however, any reg- ulation of physicians’ medicinal liquor prescriptions. The authorization of large-scale brandy distilling, Doran explained, will principelly affect the California fruit and grape interests. The brandy making was provided for under the Smoot-Hawley tariff act. Distilleries would be set up in connec- tion with wineries and the product placed in direct competition with indus- trial alcohol. Strictly for non-beverage purposes, it would be issued only to holders of alcohol permits. CANNON OPENS MEETING 3 Missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church South today studied its prob- lems in foreign countries. A preliminary session last night heard Dr. Fletcher S. 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