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BOOM AS REST LAG Jones-White Act Contracts Make Construction Future Rosy-Hued. \ By the Associated Press. NEW YORK March 14.—One of the seeming paradoxes of the times is the sctivity in American shipyards in & pe- riod when thousands of tons of shipping le idle in world ports. The greatest economic disturbance the world has experienced in a gen- eration or more brought a sharp con- traction in the volume of goods carried across the seas, with consequent decline in revenues. American shipping interests suffered with others, but whereas the rest of the world curtailed construction to conserve their financial strength, domestic ship- yards ring with the greatest activity since the war, U. S. Shipbuilding Booms. Contrasting with the drab outlook for shipping, whose fortunes turn on the trend of world trade, which has shown little improvement, the future of Ameri- can shipbuilding is rosy-hued. Contracts for a large number of passenger and cargo ships placed under the Jones- White act have been the saving grace of the shipping industry, enabling it to show a 19 per cent increase in construc- tion last year over 1929. Shipbuilders attribute the increase solely to the stimulus provided by governmental aid in the form of loans and mail con- tracts. Tonnage under construction or for which contracts had been let at the beginning of the current year was somewhat under the peak of 1930, but| &till 2bove any year in the decade pre- ceding 1930. Ships contracted on the ‘Ways or under contract include 27 ocean or Jake steamers and 122 miscellaneous vessels in addition. Income Shrinks. Not in many years has there been such a shrinkage in the income of shipping interests as in 1930. The re- ports of 11 domestic companies show thelr business dropped 60 per cent Irom It is unofficially estimated that 15 per cent of the world shipping fleet was tied up in docks at the end of 1930, and Department of Commerce figures from the ports of the principal maritime na- tons indicate that the idle tonnage was 1.57 per cent greater than on December 31, 7929. There was a 28 per cent in- crease in the tonnage of American shipping tied up at docks in the same period. PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 25 CONVICTED AS KILLER “Three-Fingered Jack' Appeals 14- Year Term for Slaying Officer. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 14—William J. ‘White, known as “Three-Pingered Jack” to labor racketeers and as number 25 on Chicago's list of “public enemies,” was convicted a second time today of murdering & policeman. Evading & peralty of hanging de- n.anded by the State, the bald beer boss and gang robber was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison. A jury in Judge Joserh Sabath's Court deliberated throughout last night on the charge that White slew Policeman Edward Pflaume of Forést Park while resisting ;;‘r’e;t at Mannheim Inn in December, White was sentenced to be hanged upon his conviction for the slaying five' years ago, but the State Supreme ; Court reversed the decision on the ground that the State had not proved that it had grounds for arr him. The charge was later dismissed but the State _exercised an option granted by ‘White's counsel to reopen it and White ‘was again indicted during the drive to fldArChicagO of its criminals. guments on a motion for trial will be heard March 28 S Conclusion of the White trial cleared the way for the case of Leo V. Brothers, St. Louis gunman, charged with killing Jake Lingle, Tribune reporter. Judge Sabath called the Brothers trial for Monday. TWO MEN CONVICTED IN SHOPLIFTING CASE Father of Four Children Gets Year in Jail, Comparion Given 60- ighbors Will Build Home for F T FUNDS ARE BEING RAISED TO CONSTRUCT DWELLING NEAR FORRESTVILLE, MD. from fighting a forest fire. Mildred, Hilda, Dorothy and Marjorie, construction of a home for the family. ages 16 years to 14 months. Members of the family of the late Elmer Padgett of Forrestville, who dropped dead recently after returning home In the group are Mrs. Ruth Padgett, his widow, and her seven children, Phylous, Cecil, Albert, Residents of the section are raising funds for the —Star Staff Photo. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ORRESTVILLE, Md., March 14— More than $200 has been raised to date by neighbors of the family of Elmer Padgett of near Ferrestville, who dropped dead about two weeks ago after returning home from fighting a forest fire, to bufld a home for his widow, Ruth Pad- gett, and her seven children, who were left'in destitute circumstances by their husband’s and father's sudden death. ‘The home in which the family now | lives must go to satisfy a mortgage. It is planned to ccnstruct a small house | for the widow and her children on three acres of land which they own.| Besides gifts of money, neighbors have offered their. services in building the | house, while materials have been offered at cost. A petition signed by 29 residents of | | the section was presented the Prince| Georges County commissioners last week | sking that aid be given the family by a special appropriation until they could beccme re-established. Neighbors have aided the family by gifts of provisions until the commissioners reach a deci- slon. The fund for the building of the home is being collected by W. D. Gold- smith, in charge of the Episcopal Church at Forrestville, which® the de- ceased attended and which the children have attended regularly. FUTURE RAINFALL TO CUT DEFIGIENCY Nature Will Eventually Equal- ize Drought of 1930. Sometime in the uncertain future there will come plenty of rain to offset the big drought of 1930, but the defi- ciency of moisture is so marked that nothing short of a long deluge could wipe out the debit during the coming year, according to Charles L. Mitchell, weather forecaster. Suggestion of a Maryland farmer, in Virginia and Delaware are getting per- manently arid was characterized as ab- surd by the Government meteorologist. “Certainly, we are going to have lots of rain in this section some day, but just when that time will come is im- possible to predict right now.” Mitchell said. “The elements alw adjust themselves to a normal state, despite dezp fluctuations from normal now and then. Conditions Will Be Equalized. “At the present there is a marked deficiency of moisture in the ground as a result of last year's drought. It will take a lot of water to make up for that deficiency, but eventually it will come nd conditions will be equalized.” 1In the letter to the editor, the farmer, residing in Laurel, told the weather an: ““We, the farmers and would-be farm- ers of this eastern portion of Maryland, would appreciate it very much if you would give us your honest, scientific opinion on the subject of this long- continued drought, We would very much iike to know if you do not think that all of this section through here— commencing with Virginia and rtnning through Maryland and up into Dela- ware—is becoming a permanent arid section of the United States “Do you think there is any likelihood of this section ever again being visited with what has heretofore been consid- ered a normal, average rainfall? Not Presently Optimistic. “These are very serious questions with us. We certainly do wish that you would favor us with your views on them. {Will it be worth while to plow and plant, seeing that the ground is so dry so far down, even if we should happen to have a shower or & rainy day now Day Sentence. Convicted in Police Court yesterday on eight counts of shoplifting, Edward ' G. Smith, 45 years old, was sentenced to €nough to give us your personal opinion.” | ploded. gerve one year in prison on one charge, | end then? This is a life-and-death matter with us as farmers, so we would appreciate it if you would be kind Forecaster Mitchell was not very op- Weather Forecaster Says! a letter to The Star, that Maryland,| Indians in Gloom When Death Halts Tomahawk Rites | First Ceremony in 28 Years on Arapahoe Res- ervation Disrupted. By the Associated Press. ETHETE, Wyo.. March 14.— Death cast an ominous shadow today over the Arapzhoe Indian Reservation and dis- rupted the first tomahawk ceremony to be held in 28 years. The red men were reluctant to speak of their troubles, but it was learned | Catherine Morris, wife of Crook Mor- ris, prominent member of the tribe, had died yest:rday at the open.ng of | the final ritual in"the tomahawk spec- tacle As the tomahawk ceremony embodies the dence of health and is a supplica- | tion to God for physical strength and | power, the Indians were awed by the advent of death as & climax to their | ceremony and looked upon it as an | omen of the Great Spirit's wrath. A council of the older Indians of | the tribe was hastily called, and it was | |decided to abandon the tomahawk ceremony. The dance probably will be held | |again next week. In the meantime the !Indians are camped on the sun dance grounds and will hold elaborate cere- | | monies in connection with the funeral | |of Mrs. Morris. She was a niece of | Henry Lee Tyler, chairman of the | Arapahoe Council. . | | e S 0IL COMPANY SUED FOR CAN EXPLOSION Husband Files Action Against | Standard for Death of Wife and Child. | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | | FREDERICKSBURG, Va, March 14 Two sults for $10,000 each are being instituted against the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey by J. Philip McNeal of | Lively, Lancaster County, whose wife | and infant daughter died as a result | of burns received at their home on | | January 21, when an oll can is alleged | to have exploded as supper was being | prepared. |7 Mrs. McNeal, acccrding to neighbors, used kerosene to start a fire in a stove in her home, when the oil can ex- Both rhe and her 2-year-cld | daughter, Hazel Jane, received fatal while Judge Isaac R. Hitt allowed sus- | timistic over the immediate prospects burns, tre child dying en route to the pended sentences i) o in each of the other had a wife and four children Isaac S. Lazarus, who was arraigned | jointly with Smith on one of the for heavy rainfall. Conditions so far less abnormally heavy precipitation for long periods visits the country during | hospital here, while the mother suc- The man informed the court he this year have not been conducive t0| cumbed shortly after being admitted at | drought relief, he pointed out, and un- | the institution. ‘ The suits are being brought in the | name cf J. Philip McNeal, adminis- charges, was convicted and sentenced to | the remainder of the year, the hope of | trator and will come before the court serve 60 days for larceny. According to Policewoman Cecelia G. Clarke of the Women's Bureau, Smith | has been operating in all of the large department stores here since last No- vember, during which time he is al- leged to have stolen clothing estimated to be valued at between $400 and $500 His method, Mrs. Clarke testified, was 1o steal & suitcase first and then niace the clothing in it. More than half a| dozen suitcases were exhibited in evi- dence in Smith's case. “CRIME WAVE” ENDS Jowa Town Burns Jeil, Worn Use- less by Lack of Inmates. CORALVILLE, Iowa, March 14 (#).— ‘The “crime wave" is over It began back in 1880 between which time and now six men were imprisoned in the town jail, which got to be such & useless thing for lack of inmates that | it was turned into a warehouse Yesterday Mayor Edward Koser put the finishing touches to what remained 2s a yeminder of the town's crime. He touched a match to the place to burn & down, No one seemed to remember exactl; ;h;:“lh! last of the six culprits wi ly as Man Faces Forgery Charge. NEWARK, N. J, March 14 (P).— compensating for the aridity this year is slim The ‘Weather Bureau, he explained, does not attempt to forecast for more than a wesk in advance. On complet- ing his studies yesterday of probable conditions during the forthcoming week he announced that “nothing very en- couraging” in the form of rain looms on the weather horizon. THREE MEN ARE INJURED AS TRUCK AND CAR CRASH Two Army Privates Hurt—Colored Driver Arrested After Re- ceiving Aid. Three men were injured last night when a truck crashed into an auto- mobile at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. The injured are Pvt. Edwar 32, and Pvt. Raymond Estes, 20, both of | the Army War College, and Reed Harris, 26, colored, 1716 Tenth street. Kearns, who was driving the car, suf- fered a dislocated shoulder and cuts (about the head, while Estes, who was jriding with him, was cut about head | ment at Emergency Hospital, they were removed to Walter Reed Hospital Harris, who was cut on both knees, was arrest>d by Policeman A. P. Houch of and rignt hand. After receiving treat- | the sixth precinct after receiving | | March 18, at which time a date will | be set for the hearing. State Senator R. O. Norris, jr.. W. B. Sanders and F. V. Watkins are counsel for the plain e, | Attend Wardens’ Conference. | LAUREL, Md, March 14 (Special) — | | . F. Winslow, district forester of the | Western Shore, has announced that more attended the annual forest ‘wardens wardens’ conferences held this year than | crowd of men and women who attended | ever before. The conferences were re- | cently held at Charlotte Hall, Annapolis and Laurel BEVERAGE AGENT 5 SENT TO L Committed on Non-payment, of License Fee Fine. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 14 —Failing to pay a fine of $50 and costs imposed by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police Court here yesterday on charges of failing to reglster with | the State Department of Health, non- alcholic beverages, Rex Ward, agent for the Columbia Bottling Co., alias the Columbia Orange-Kist Bottling Co., was ordered committed to jail in de- fault. Total fines of $125 and costs were assessed against Noble Garfield Man- due of 1015 Sixth street southwest Washington, D. C., on charges of driv- ing while drunk and reckless driving. Mandue, who was arrested March 9, was committed to jail in default of the fine. Collateral Forfeited. David Moses Worsham of the 1200 block of Penn strect nortteast, Wash- ington, forfeited $112.90 on charges of driving while drunk and reckless driv- ing by failing to appear in court. He was arrested by State Officer W. A. Rogers. Frederick H. Strobel of Baltimore, Md., arrested several days ago by Officers Prince, Dutrow and Nichols in a raid on a store opposite the Bow racetrack, was committed to jail in de- fault of a fine of $50 and costs on & | yige plans for placing a bronze tablet charge of possession of one-half gal- lon of alleged whisky. W. P. Plumley of Capitol Heights, arrested Pebruary 28 in a raid on his home, led by Sheriff W. C.-Hopkins, was fined $50 and costs on a charge of on of one-half gallon of alleged Charges of setting up gam ng against him were dismissed. Other Cases. Orpin T. Whiting of Washington, D. C.. was fined $10 and costs on & charge of reckless driving. Charges of driving while drunk and failing to stop after a collision were dismissed. Bradford R. Glasscock of Washington forfeited $11.45 on charges of reckless driving. He was arrested February 23. PHILADELPHIA MAYOR BACKS SAFETY DIRECTOR| Lauds Sch tivities and Absolves Him of Blame for Illegal Raids. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, March 14.—Mayor ofield’'s Enforcement Ac- Harry A. Mackey yesterday replied to | demands of two members of City Coun- cil for the immediate dismissal of Di- rector Lemuel B. Schofleld of the De- partment of Publiz Safety. The mayor issued a statement lauding the director's | | law enforcement activities and absolving him of blame for illegal police raids. Councilmen Charles B. Hall and Wil- liam W. Roper demanded dismissal of Schofield in a three-hour hearing before City Council’s Public Safety Committee Thursday on the activities of Phila- delphia police in making liquor raids. A the hearing booed and jeered at Direc- tor Schofield’s defense of th: police raids. 'REDWOOD FOSSILS ON ISLAND HINT AMERICA-ASIA LAND LINK Bering Sea Once Was Bri | By the Associated Press | | Discovery that giant redwood trees | once grew on & Far North island, may | show how ancient tribes crossed from | | Asia to America dry shod. The Carnegie Institution of Wash- ington announced today that redwood fossils found on St. Lawrence Island, in the Bering Sea, between Siberia and 4 xeams, | Discovery of Leaves Held “Missing Link” in Proof ! dged Between Continents. wood cones bearing live seeds usually do not float, he explained. The fossils, which are imprints of redwood leaves preserved in stone, were found by Henry B. Collins, jr., of the Smithsonian Institution while studying Eskimo tribes. The fossil l>aves corre- now found only in California. HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 15, amily !I | bridge bearing the names of all the men | and a fashion show is scheduled for {gs | spond to the leaves of living redwoods, | {error in the court’s decision that there | PLAN TABL | Eastern Shore Legion Post Would | Special Dispatch to The Star. | chester Post, No. 91, American Legion, STATE TO SELL PROPERTY TALO-FRENCH PLAN SEEN AS REAL WA Grandi Sees Actual Disarma- ment in Following Accord Methods—Gibson Praised. i By the Associated Press. ROME, March 14—The world can disarm its forces of land and air by fol- lowing the methods embodied in the Italo-French naval accord—actual re- duction of armaments as well as limi- tation of them—Dino Grandi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, told the Italian Chember of Deputies today in reporting to it the details of the naval agreement. That such disarmament of aerial and military units may be agreed upon at the general disarmament conference next year has been made more probable, the foreign minister said, through the in- fluence of the present agreement. Signor Grandi called the arms con- ference which meets in February, 1932, under League of Nations auspices the most important since the war and said tremendous 'preparations for it were under way. Political relations are be- ing improved in anticipation of the coming _parley, he said, governments are exchanging viewpoints and public opinion is being given voice in the na- tions which will have a part. Signor Grandi spoke for an hour and a quarter before a distinguished gather- ing, which included Premier Mussolini. All’ the cabinet ministers, undersecre- taries and most of the members of the diplomatic corps were crowded in the galleries and joined in the enthusastic applause which greeted the forelgn minister at the conclusion of his ad- dress. He said the Italian principles in the problem of disarmament were two: Re- duction of armaments to the lowest possible limit, but parity with the most heavily armed power of continental Europe. No naval agreement which results in a five-power treaty is a victory for any one, he said, but it is “a victory of com- mon sense.” To Hugh S. Gibson, United States Ambassador to Belglum, who visited Rome unofficially during the naval pact negotiations, the foreign minister gave credit for bringing about a resumption of conversations after tney had reached a seeming impasse, POMERENE APPEALS ELK HILLS OIL CASE Asks Reversal of Decision That Leases Lacked Fraud by Fall and Doheny. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 14.—Atlee Pomerene, special assistant of the United States Attorney General, filed an appeal here today asking a reversal of a decision by Fed:ral Judge Prank H. Norcross of Nevada upholding valid- ity of three Elk Hills oil leases. Although he filed it here, Pomerene said the appeal would be ruled on by the Circuit Court of Appeal in San Francisco. Pomerene’s appeal charged was no fraud or collusion between former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny. former head of the Pan-American Oil Co., who secured the leases. ET AT BRIDGE TO HONOR WAR VETERANS | S | Enshrine Names of Dead Heroes. CAMBRIDGE, Md., March 14 —Dor- has appointed a committee to confer with the citizens of Vienna and the Legion in Wicomico County to de- on the Dorchester approach to Vienna in this county who lost their lives dur- ing the World War. A similar tablet on the Wicomico side would list the | names of all the men from that county who made the supreme sacrifice. As a result of a membership drive. which is now in progress, the Legion hes outgrown its quarters and a move- ment is on foot to buy a home. More uniforms and equipment have been or- dered for the drum and bugle co: part of this month. latter AUTO_ HURTS VIRGINIAN Held After Car Clarendon Man. Louis Withers of Clarendon, Va., was injured last night when he was struck by an automobile while standing beside Bls car, ‘which was parked in front of 1572 Thirty-third street. John Dove, 30, colored, driver of the machine, which also hit Withers' auto- mobile, and Sam_Cooper, also colored, who was riding with him, were arrested by Policeman P. O. Mangine of the seventh precinct and held for investi- gation. The colored men said they live in_Rockville, Md. Withers, who suffered an injury to his left leg, refused to go to a hospital. GIRL RUN DOWN BY AUTO Miss LydiuAWA 75:\125, 19, in Seri- ous Condition in Hospital. Run down by an automobile at Four- teenth and Belmont streets, Miss Lydia W. Gates, 19 years old, of 1315 Bel- mont street, suffered injuries to the spine and was reported in serious con- dition at Garfield Hospital last night. The girl crossing _Fourteenth street when an automobile operated | by Clarence Lucas, colored, 31, of 2511 | Fourteenth street, felled her. Lucas was arrested on a charge of reckless driving by Policeman T. A. Davis of the eighth precinct after he r:m;.wed the injured girl to the hos- pital. Two Strikes was Two Million Dollars in Real Estate Goes on Block for Taxes. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 14 (#).— More than $2,000,000 worth of property was to go on the auction block here today to satisfy city, county and State tax assessments amounting to $421,- | Amella Weinberg, defeated New York 1931—PART O Schools and Colleges News of Interesting Student and Faculty Activities in Washington’s Leading Educational Institutions. G. U. Class Orator Chosen. EORGETOWN COLLEGE seniors have elected John C. Hayes of Chicago as the Cohonguroton orator in connection with arrangements for the June commencement week. He was selected in a close competition over two other seniors, Willlam A. Sullivan of New York and Richard Hungerford, also from that State. Mr. Hayes is president of the 101- year-old Philodemic Debating Society and a member of the varsity debating team. Being selected Cohonguroton | orator is the equivalent to being named valedictorian of the class, for that is really what the oration is supposed to be. It is the Indian name for the Potomac and is translated as “River of | Swans.” Plans for the annual class day exercises at the Hilltop are in charge of David Fetts, president of the senfor class. He is being assisted by a committee comgflsed of Gerald Burger, Florence D. Cohalan, C. De Witt Coff- man, Walter Gallagher, Thomas Hickey, Lawrence J. Mehren, Paul Moore and ‘Willtam A. Sullivan. Theodore L. Cogswell, register of wills in the District of Columbia, was a recent speaker before the Butler Law Club. During the year a number of legal of ficials, attorneys and &ubllc men ad dress the club on various subjects in law with resulting benefit to its mem- bers. Mr. cogswell was graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1916. Fri- day night the club was addressed by Mr. Cotter, secretary to sAssociate Justice Plerce Butler of the United States Supreme Court. He spoke on Supreme Court procedure. The Catholic Poetry Society of America recently elected as its vice president, Dr. Theodore Maynard, pro- fessor of English at the School of Foreign Service and the Arts and Science Department. Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell of Notre Dame University was elected president. Two valuable volumes on Germary | have been offered as prizes at George- | town by Dr. J. De S, Countinho, mem- ber of the executive faculty ot the For- | eign Service School. The awards will be made to students of Germany in the college and foreign service departments. National Offers New Courses. ATIONAL UNIVERSITY will enter | upon its sixty-second Spring term | tomorrow when it launches five of 14 new courses scheduled for presenta- | tion during the next t'o-lnd-:\-h:l"‘ months, Five other new courses will| be begun Tuesday, while Wednesday and Thursday each will witness the begin- ning of two more. Final examination for the sixty-sec- ond Winter term were concluded yes- terday, bringing to a close a strenuous week of vital testing. Judge Frederick L. Siddons and Judge Jennings Bailey, both of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, are presenting two of the courses which be- gin tomorrow. Judge Siddons will con- | duct & new course on consutullonnl‘ law and Judge Bailey will teach equi- | table trusts. | Prof, Thomas C. Havell, chief of ‘he law division of the General Land Of- | fice, will begin a new course in land, mining and irrigation law. Prof. George P. Marse, counsel in the Treasury De- partment, begins his new course in pri- | vate corporations, and Prof. George E. | Edelin, attorney, will jaunch his instruc- tion in bills and notes. Other new courses to be taken up later in the week follow: Tuesday— Torts, Prof. Roger O'Donnell; wills and administration, Prof. Eugene R. Wood- son; moot court probate, Prof. H. Win- ship Wheatley: moot court equity, Prof. Julius I. Peyser, and Federal tax laws, Prof. H. B. McCawley. Wednesday-- Bailments and carriers, Prof. O. L. Mo- | hundro, and trusts and monopolies, | Prof. Everett F. Haycrait, and Thurs- day—Private corporations, Prof. Barse, and District of Columbia government, Prof. E. E. Naylor, most recent addition to the faculty. Examination of the list of 173 suc- cessful District of Columbja bar exam- ination candidates revealed that of the total number, hailing from seven differ- ent law schools, 5¢ were products of National University Law School. Of the nine successful woman candidates, four received their legal training et Na- tional. Daniel C. Roper, recent appointee to | the District of Columbia Board of Edu- | cation to fill the vacancy caused by the | death of Dr. Charles F. Carusi, the board's president and chanccllor and dean of National University, received his legal training at Nations ere | he took the degree of bachelor of laws in 1901. While examination week curtailed student social activities, the social sched- ule will be resumed with the freshman class prom, to be held at the Carlton Hotel, April 11. A. U. to Meet Carleton. ARLETON COLLEGE, Minnesota, | will be the next opponent in de- | bates of American University, when | a team from the Western State appears at Hurst Hall on the local campus next Friday night at 8 o’'clock. The question will be “Resolved, That | the several States should enact laws providing for compulsory unemployment | insurance.” The local team consists of Arthur Murphy, Hylton Harman and Robert Marcus. The next two debates will be witn | Rutgers University, on March 26, at Bethesda High Schodl, and with Bates College at Hurst Hall, on the campus, Saturday, March 28. On their recent tours the varsity men’s team defeated Colgate University, debated to a no-decision with Syracuse University and lost to New York Uni- | versity. The women's team, consisting of Mildred Sweet, Ethelwyn Hine and University, Elmira College for Women and Temple University. They also de- bated Temple University here at Hurst Hall las¢ Thursday night. The most important social event on the campus this week is the reception to be given next Wednesday night at the Women's Residence by the Women's The annudl dinner of the university's School of Engineering, the second ma- jor function of the coming week, will be held at the same time at Meridian Mansion. | Dr. Eliiott P. Joslin, leading authority |on diabetes and a member of the Har- vard medical faculty, will speak at the banquet of the George Washington Uni- versity Medical Society. Approximately 500 medical alumni and & number of prominent laymen will attend. The list of honor guests for the banquet includes Dr. Cloyd Heck Mar- vin, president of the university; John Bell Larner, Harry C. Davis, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.; Dr. Charles R. Mann, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor and Clarence Aspin- wall of the board of trustees of the university; Dr. D. Kerfoot Shute, Dr. | Willlam Kennedy Butler and Dr. Ster- ling Rufin, emeritus professors of the Medical School; Dr. Joel T. Boone, the President’s personal physician; Surg. Gen. Meritte W. Ireland, Surg. Gen. Hugh Cumming and Admiral C. E. Riggs, surgeon general of the Navy. Dr. Willam Thornwall Davis, presi- dent of the George Washington Uni- versity Medical Society, will preside at the banquet and will introduce the speaker. The Committee on Arrange- | ments is headed by Dr. Cline N. Chip- man and includes also Dr. Daniel Leroy Borden, past president of the society; Dr. Arnold McNitt and Dr. W. Ray- mond Thomas. Alumni, faculty and students of the School of Engineering will attend the banquet on Saturday evening at Merid- ian Mansions. Comdr. H. N. Frost, U. S. N, will be the principal speaker. Acting Dean Arthur F. Johnson of the School of Engineering, will preside, Twenty-five girls from each of the Washington high schools will partici- pate in the annual high school play day to be held under the auspices of the department of physical education for women and the Women's Athletic Association of the university at the Y. W. C. A. on Saturday. The girls will engagein a program of sports which will include various gymnastic stunts. Columbus U. to Stage Debate. EEKS of preparation will culminate Wednesday night in the annual Sefton-Darr extemporaneous de- bate at Columbus University School of Law. The subject will not be announced until the night of the debate. The participants will be given 10 minutes each in which to prepare their speeches. The judges will rate them upon their delivery and their clarity of tnought. Sefton Darr, assistant dean, will pre- sent a $25 prize to the winner at the commencement exercises in June. The award is one of the most coveted honors to be earned by any student. The pro- spective competitors have been trained by Judge Nathan Cayton of Municipal Court and Robert E. Lynch, an assistant corporation counsel, faculty advisers of the school debating societies. The annual dance of the Pi Chi Sorority will be held Tuesday night at the Wardman Park Saddle Club. A series of weekly talks will be given socn by Daniel J. O'Brien, president of the Mayflower Hotel, before the Venetian Society of the School of Accountancy. Plans for the speeches will be outlined by Robert E. Findlay, president, at a meeting tomorrow night. Judge O'Toole Sits in School Court. UDGE MARY O'TOOLE of the Mu- nicipal Court of the District of Columbia presided over the law court of the Washington College of Law Moot Court last n'ght and Prof. Lucien Van Doren sat on the bench of the equity branch of the Moot Court. senior counsel, including Leona W. Gil. ham Goldstein, Elizabeth Gerber and Mansel A. Gray. . Seventeen of the 24 Washington Col- lege of Law candidates in the recent District of Columbia bar examination were successful, according to an an- nouncement by Dean Grace Hays Riley. Of the total number to pass the ex- amination, 13 were graduates of the college last June and 4 are members of the present senior class. Dr. Higbie Due in April. R. EDGAR C. HIGBIE, recently ap- pointed president of Wilson Teach- ers’ College, will take over the ad- ministration of that school prior to the middle of next month, according to the latest information from Madison, Wis, where he is president of the Eastern State Teachers’ College. The Wilson Teachers' College Glee Club entertained at the meeting Tues- day evening of the Buchanan School Parent-Teacher Association. Mrs. Ber- nice Angelico directed the singers and Miss Ruth Hobbes presented a group of violin solos. Ten of the club members sang in a Red Cross program over Radio Station WOL Wednesday. Robert Fulton, fcrmer associate of Tony Sarg, widely known artist and puppet show craftsman, will present puppet shows at the college Tuesday, March 31. Mr. Fulton will stage “Ch derella” and “Puppet Revue” at 5 | p.m. and “Jack and the Beanstaik” and “The Three Wishes” at 3:30 p.m. Howard Registers for Spring. EGISTRATION for the Spring quar- ter at Howard University in all schools and colleges except medi- cine, dentistry, pharmacy and law will begin next Friday and continue until March 27. Next Saturday will be devoted to psychological tests for freshmen in the undergraduate division. Students re- cently completing their high school work may register in the colleges of lib- eral arts, education and applied science, and in the school of music for both day and evening courses. New students also will be admitted to the graduate divi- sion and the school of religion at the beginning of the Spring quarter. Conradi, pianist of Peabody Conserva- tory of Baltimore, Md., will be presented in the annual lecture-recital series in Guild in honor of Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of American University, and | Mrs. Clark; Dr. George B. Woods, dean | of the College of Liberal Arts, and Mrs. | Woods; Dr. Walter M. W. Splawn, dean | 2 lof the Graduate School of American | University, and Miss Mary Louise Brown, dean of women. The Guild Committee in charge is headed by Mrs. Howard Nichols. An elaborate program of entertainment is being planned. The dramatic interpretation class of Mrs. Hilda Minder French presented a recital last Friday night at Hurst Hall, on the campus. The students heard in Shapespeare and poetry included Mary Daub, Cornelia Kirby, Mrs. Eleanor Allyn, Mildred Harris, Ruth Belden, ! John Houston and Carleton Ayers. Herman Hagedorn, author, of Wash- ington spoke to students in the voca- tional chapel session last Wednesday from the subject, “Writing as a Pro- fession.” Grege and Pitman shorthand, typewriting and complete secretarial cour: days and nights each w Begin today and get tire tuition. $5 per month. The Civil Service Prepuratory School. S.E_ Cor. 12th and F Sts. N.W. Met. 6337. - PREPARE NOW For_Civil Service Examinations. The Civil Service Preparatory School, 8.E. _Cor. 12th & F N.W._ Met. 6337. [ Statistical & Editorial Courses —Preparing for Civil Service Examina tions. Classes start Thursday evening, April’ 2. Register now. | MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL/ FOR SECRETARIES ‘ 5 ent TIVOLI THEATER BUILDIN! 5313 Fourteenth Street. Col. 3000, 3001 Cases were presented for trial by i bert, John F. Edwards, Jane Dyer, Abra- ! COLBY WILL SPEAK AT BANQUET HERE Former Secretary of State on Friendly Sons of St. Pat- rick’s Programu Bainbridge Colby, former Secretary of State in the Wilson administration, will be the speaker at the third annual esday z Many high Governmens ® oficlals, headed by Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley and including numerous Senato~s and Representatives, are to be guests of the affair. The other speaker of the evening will be former Representative Swagar Sherley of Kentucky. This is one of the oldest organizations in the world comprising persons of Irish an- cestry. It is non-sectarian and non- political. The annual banquets are considered among the most _colorful af- fairs of this nature held in Washipgton. ‘The entire garden of the Mayflower will be transformed into an Irish coun- try scene through the use of stage scenery. An Irish musical play will be presented from talent of the crganiza- tion’s membership. Those takirg part include George O'Connor, Daniel J. O'Brien, Thomas W. Brahany, Andrew “Cy” Cummings, Willlam P. McNally, Matt Horne, Fred East, Jack Bowle, E. J. Walsh and Willlam Raymond. The play will be produced under direc- tion of Dennis Connell. Col. Arthur O'Brien is president of the society and Joseph P. Tumulty is chairman of the Executive Committee. Centenarian Gravely Ill. LYNCHBURG, Va, March 14 (Spe. cial) —John M. Burch, Lynchburg's oldest resident, who celebrated his 100th birthday anniversary February 14, is critically ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. G. Costan, here. Andrew Rankin Chapel Tuesday at 8:15 pm. Arthur Garfleld Hays, New York at- torney will speak on “Freedom of the Press” next Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the law school audi- torfum. This is the last in a series of lectures by Mr. Hays on “Civil Liber- ties Under the Law.” V. D. Johnston has been appointed as budget director on the staff of the ° secretary-treasurer of Howard Uni- versity—the second responsible posi- tion created in the office of Dr. Em- mett J. Scott during the present schodf year. Maryland Plans Services. ITH Dr. Henry H. Crane of Scran- ton, Pa., and Bishop William F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Washington g the principal addresses, a series of re! us exercises will be held tomorrow, day and Wednesday at the University of Maryland for students, facutly members and residents of the com- munity. Dr. Crane, who is pastor of the Elm | Park Methodist Church of Seranton, will speak Monday at 11:15 in the morning and 7:30 in the evening, and on Tuesday at 11:15. Bishop Me- Dowell will speak Wednesday at 11:15. ‘The Pan-Hellenic Council of the uni- versity has petitioned the officials of the institution to have a traffic light placed at the Washington and- Balti« more Boulevard and College avenue, the main entrance to the campus. The petition signed by Ruth Miles, president; Geraldine -Perry, - secretary and Elizabeth Mims, treasurer, The freshman law “prom” of South- eastern University was held last night in the Blue Triangle Hut of the Y. W. C. A. cn B street. There was a card perty in connection with the dance. Tangements were in charge of a ial committee appeinted by be held March 28 at the Ma: Hotel. ’ Dr. Richard T. Ely was re-elected president of the Washington School for Secretaries at the annual meet! of- stockholders. Other officers elect in- clude Frederick C. Lloyd, vice presiden Mrs. Adria C. Beaver, vice president; Hugh V. Keiser, treasurer, and Miss Edith F. Burnslde, secretary. FREE TUITION IN PRENCH, BEGINNERS, intermediate, advanced and conversational classes (urdér susnices of Washingion Saion since . every evening at 7:15 o'clock st the - PRENCH LANGUAGE SCHOOL " OF A 206_18th st. n.w. » NASHINGEON, 2 it “Allq By Signora Chiaventonl. native expert teacher. 1429 21st St. N.W. No. 5615 conversational method; TApid_progress. 908 14t} "NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Schools of Law and of Economics and Government Term Begins March 16, 1931 15, 1931 Spri Summer Term Begins Ji Registrar's Office, 818 13th St. N.W. Tels. Natl. 6617, Met. 7964 Open for registration 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Temple School, Inc. Beginners’ Classes in Gregg Shorthand 7 P.M. Class Now Forming 1420 K St. NA. 3258 sssss0ee Felix Mahony’s National Art School Color, Interior Decoration, Costume Design, Commercial A Posters and Children’s Saturday Class Work 1747 R. L Ave. North 1114 The Master School Register of For mmn Interior Decoration Specializing in Interior Decoration and offering an Accredited, s and Professional Training Course. Ex- pert Teachers. & Instruction. Rudolphe de presenting Arts & Zay Director nu’-’;’n.‘.. New York Wi e E - igt— alter Kolb, 29, sald by poiice o be | treatment at Emergency. Kearns was | ) t0e BFUOg B strong evidence that & 154.26. s““‘"pl!" and Typist 1206 Conn. Ave. wanted by police in Los Angeles and other Western cities, was arrested today on a chargs of forgery. Police said he admitted opening ac- counts in several Newark banks with small amounts of cash, then d ting large forged checks and withdrawing the. total amounts. Kolb is believed to have been known to Los Angeles police as Walter Wright. hnlfing Hall Is Opened. PARIS, March 14 (#).—Pershing Hall, & grandiose mansion of a half a cen- tury llflu,’ w‘tl;::h wnh:uwnd “m‘ me- morial American Expeditionary Forces, was given an informal house- today. Its formal inaugura- tion take place later with American other A, E. F. or- the memorial. summoned to appear in Traffic Court tomerrow on a charge of driving with- out & permit. ‘The automobile was demolished and the truck was badly damaged. . PARTY TO OUST REBEL LONDON, March 14 (#)—The West Belfast Unionist Association has called upon W. E. D. Allen, former Conserva- tive member of Parliament, who has jolned the new perty of Sir Oswald Mosley, to resign his seat. The Dpdley section of the Labor party has asked Oliver Baldwin, Social- 18.:1 'l::l:l‘dfl%wm:l': t be- n] 5 seqt be- of decision to follow Sir Oswald into ‘Young Bald- win sits for Dudley, land bridge once connected the two continents. Presence of the fossils on the island shows it must have been formerly con- nected with the mainland, lained Dr. Ralph W. Chaney, the institution’s expert on fossil plants. He said he be- lieved the first men in America may have crossed by this route. 000 Years Ago. It was already known that redwood | forests grew in Alaska and Siberia about fifty million years ago, Dr. Chan- ney said, adding that the fossils on St. Lawrence Island seem to be the “miss- ing link” indicating the two forests were Bones Link Continents. Many scientists long have held that Asia and North America once were connected, because the bones of dino- saurs, or giant reptiles; titanotheres, ancestors of the rhinoceros, and other prehistoric beasts have been found on both continents. Some believe the human race orig- inated in Central Asia and spread to America over a land connection. “Surely the dinosaurs could not have been blown across or carried by birds,” said Dr. Chaney. “Their fossil occur- rence on both sides of the Pacific sup- ports the evidence. given by the fossil redwoods that here in the Bering Sea I.fnmum across a continuous strip of Dr. sald he belle¥dd it was unlikely oOr ocean currents car- ried redwood seeds to the island. Red- is an island once joining the two con- tinents, the hl’hwly by which not only many !ypelh of Journey from ‘made In 1906 the late Col. W. A. Collier started fighting taxes, questioning the city annexation act, alleging assess- ments were too high and making other claims. When he died in 1929, his son, Thomas B. Collier, Memphis attorne; carried on until the State Supreme Court denied his final plea and au- thorized the sale. Auto Theft Admitted. CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 14 (). Danfel C. Roper, who has been ap- pointed a member of the Board of Edu- cation of the District of Columbia, is secretary of the board of trustees of American University. G. W. U. Announces Dinners. HE alumni of the George Washing- ton School of Medicine will hold its annual reception and banquet Saturday night at the Willard Hotel. MUSICAL _INSTRUCTION. | Harold Dissell of Jacksonville, Fla., ar- rested as a suspect in the robbery of the Clemson College, S. C., post office recently, confessed today, {)oucl said, that he had stolen an automobile in JAZ ) PIANO PLAYING IN 20 LESSONS fossil life, but ‘haps Thelma Huett of ancestors, oA _'lg: Elois ot Jacksonville, December 24. Danville, Jackson' Positively Taught Any Person SAXOPHONE, BANJO, rivet, T) le. o inin were Christensen Scheel 918 114h St. N.W. Civil Service Classes Now Forming Register Not Later Than.March 17 MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL FOR SECRETARIES TIVOLI THEATER BUILDING 3318 Fourteenth Street. Columbia 3000 "Art—Advertising Interior Decoration—Costume Design | Poster_Class—Children’s Saturday Class Saturday Afternoon Classes North 5236 NATIVE TEACHERS 1 rt thets n, Spanish