Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1931, Page 17

Washington News WASHINGTON, D. C, he #Fp ening Star ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1931. General News Ll L PAGE B—1 (RATORY WINNERS 0 HAVE WIDE TOUR ON EUROPEAN TR Varied Itinerary to Acquaint Students With Sections Little Known. VESSEL BEARING- PARTY WILL CARRY U. S. FLAG Finalists in Contest to Sail }'rum; New York July 16—Return in September Planned. The winners in the National Ora- torical Contest this year will be given, s in the past, a really comprehensive European tour, and will travel, as here- tofore, on ships flying the United States | flag, according to Randolph Leigh, di- | rector-general of the National Oratorical Contest and the International Oratorical Contest. “We have Leld to two basic ideas in connection with these trips,” Mr. Leigh said, in discussing plans for the prize tours today. “In the first place, we have given genuine European tours, lead- ing well into the heart of the continent, and never merely popping into and out of one or_two countries on the Western edge of Europe. In the second place, we use ships fiying the United States flag for transporting United States win- | ners in the contest. | Tours Slightly Varied. | *“These basic ideas seem to me to be of particular importance in connection | with prize tours for students. A traveler, | and particularly a youthful traveler gets a very inadequate idea of Europe | if he sees only one or two of the na- tions with which, through their high school training, American students are already more or less familiar. We, therefore, go well into Central Europe, in addition to devoting considerable time to England and France. “Each year we vary the tours some- what. For 1931 the chief emphasis, outside of visits to England and France, | will be placed on Italy and Switzerland, | with additional sitops in Holland and | Belgium. The Italian portion of the | tour is particularly noteworthy. Last year the party used a comfortable char- tered motor bus for its entire tour of Ttaly, and the experiment proved so satisfactory that the plan will be re- ted this year. Particular emphasis the Italian portion of the tour will be | placed on Florence, Milan and, above all, Rome, that bedrock of European ‘history. Ttinerary Is Diverse. “Ot course, the usual French and | English trips, always delightful and in- structive, will be included. In England the students will be taken to the lake district, the Shakespeare country, Ox- ford, etc., with other side trips from London, which will be the headquarters of the party in England. In France, Paris, the inevitable and fascinating, will be the base of the party, with side trips to the Chateaux County, Fontaine- bleu, Versailles, the battlefields, etc. There will, thereafter. be a trip to the south of France, Avignon, Cannes, Nice, etc. | “The prize tour will differ from the | ordinary sightseeing party in many re-| #pects. Oné of these is the arrange- ment whereby, except for a few basic stops, the itinerary is kept flexible. If some particular village proves - cially enchanting to the party, the stay there may be lengthened. "If it de velops that more points can be visited— for which most tourists have not the strength—the itinerary may be expanded accordingly. “In short, it is more like a tour by & family or a group of friends than by clients of a travel bureau. No tour de-| tails are intrusted to such an agency.| everything being provided for by the| director of the tour, with a view to the | needs and interests of the party itself. | U. S. Ships Thought Best. “When we began giving these foreign tours to United States students as prizes for patriotic orations, it seemed obvious that the winners in this country should travel on ships flying the United States . ‘That was particularly evident, in view of the Government's praiseworthy efforts to educate its citizens to support the American merchant marine. “Purthermore, the responsibility of safeguarding young students made the United States ships all the more desira- ble for these tours, in view of the fact that they are the only ones that do not serve liquor. Whatever one’s per- Historic Storehouse Closes ! Deposit & Storge Co., Inc., which is to the public building program. worth about half & million dollars. L ment of Justice, will go out of business, it was announced today by the presi- dent, George Spransy When the heavily reinforced-steel- and-concrete vaults are emptied of val- uables, heirlooms and silver and the Government takes over the property for wrecking, the company will “liquidate,” Mr. Spransy said. institution at 916 Pennsylvania are now taking them out for storage elsewhere. Under the program for destruction of old buildings on the Department of Justice site, all structures in the area bounded by Ninth and Tenth streets and Constitution and Pennsylvania ave- nues are to be vacated by next Wed- nesday, but on account of the unusual nature of the safe deposit company, with its many boxes of valuables, extra time has been allowed. The historic vaults have been used by some of the first families of Wash- ington during the last quarter of a century. According to Mr. Spransy, the big vaults were the first of their kind made available to the general pub- lic before the banks began to offer safe deposit boxes. The large boxes in the vault have held the valuables of the wealthiest citizens in the Capital. Ncw these boxes are being emptied as rapidly as the renters can arrange to transfer their valuables. When the Government. tock over the property the storage company notified all its box- holders, who are widely scattered, and they began some time ago to remove their treasures. ‘While the exact nature and value of the contents are known to the owners only, it is belleved the lock boxes, vaults, treasure chests and big family silver boxes contain priceless heirlooms, ccl- lections of silverware and valuable pa- pers of all sorts. In the storage rooms are planos, furniture and property of many kinds. There are 3,000 safety deposit boxes SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES YIELD HALF MILLION. Herbert Guggenheim is shown removing the valuable papers of the estate of the late Milton Hopfenmaier from their strong box in the Washington Safe The box is understcod to contain valuables HE Washington Safe Deposit & in the large safe, and all have been Stcrage Co., Inc., whose historic Owners of the yaluables stored there | be torn down by the Government under —Star Staff Photo. emptied but about 200 It is hoped the owners will either call | avenue will be torn down to|in person or authorize an agent with|and Gen. Longstreet, Col. Longstreet's | make way for the new Depart- | power of attorney and the prcper key to | plan would call for erection there of a | take out the vaiuables In case there are a few boxes left, unopened when the time comes for| the Government to tear down the build- | ing the company will have to drill .open the remaining boxes, President Spransy | said. It will transfer the valuables to ! another institution for safekeeping or | until the owners claim them. | In the meantime a dispute exists | over the ownership of some of the! | property in storage, notably a huge | warlike painting of Gen. U. S. Grant, | on horseback, in company with a large | number of officers. According to Mr. | Spransy, the future of this big paint- | ing, which was rumored to have been | painted for the Capitol Building, re- mains uncertain. It hangs on the wall | in the main office of the company. The original building was_erected in | 1885, according to Brooks Cross, man- | ager, who has been with the concern | 34 years. Additional space was added | | next door and finally two new stories were put on top of the enlarged build- |ing in 1905. ‘The present board of | directors includes Mr. Spransy, presi- | dent; Watson F. Clark, vice president; | Albert W. Howard, Prof. George C. | Henning and Erskine Gordon, secretary- treasurer. Among 'those who called today to withdraw their boxes of securities was | Herbert Guggenheim of 221 Tenth street | northwest, who took out a big box of | | papers in’ his capacity as trustee for | | the estate of the late Milton Hopfen- | maier. Mr. Guggerheim said the headquar- | ters of the estate were being moved | | from 221 Tenth street to the factory at | Thirty-third and K streets in George- | town. The huge reinforced steel and con- | crete vaults are expected to prove one | of the mozt difficult pieces of wrecking | yet confronting contractors in the pub- lic building program here. W OF JEWELER VNS FINAL DEGREE Mrs. Von Steinner-Goltl Gets Absolute Divorce From Husband. Another chapter in the troubled matri- sonal tastes may be as an adult, it is obvious that there is much less like-| lihood of difficulty with a youthful group | on s dry than on a wet vessel, during | the long ocean voyage. | “Incidentally, we have found that United States students, particularly on | the return trip, prefer to be on an| American ship. Most of them are aware ©of the importagee of shipping in @& | nation’s development, and they take a | pride in being under their own flag. | ©On entering a foreign port they always Show keen interest in comparing the | number of American and foreign ships | in the harbor “The students also like American | service and apparently have not suc- cumbed to the propaganda which! would make an American believe that, | once on the high seas, he is already in Europe and must have an European atmosphere, as if there could be such| a thing in midocean! i Orators Sail July 16. | “But, the fact that the winners like to travel under their own flag has not been the determining factor in the lection of ships for the party selected the vessels of the United States lines for the past six years because they have seemed to be the best from the standpoint of the welfare of the student, as well as from the patriotic standpoint. Of course, when the winners in for the International Contest by eign governments or groups, we expect and encourage them to use ships flying their respective flags. The German gov- emnment, for instance, sends its speak- ers to this country on a German ves- sel—naturally and properly.” ‘The seven finalists in the Natlonal Oratorical Contest will sail from New York on July 16 on the America of the United States lines. The return, in September, will be on the George Washington of the same line. DR. PUTNAM RECOVERS Librarian is Back at Desk After Collapsing on Street. . Dr. Herbert Putnam, librarian of the Library of Congress, who collapsed on the street Saturday night, was back at his desk today feeling no ill effects, ac- cording to word from his office. He left Emergency Hospital yesterday morning, after an overnight stay, and returned to his home. Dr. Putnam had a sudden fainting azell in frent of the Cosmos Club, We have | indic montal life of Mrs, Alma von Steinner- Goltl and Albert von Steinner-Goitl, manufacturing jeweler, was written to- day in Equity Court when Justice Adkins awarded the wife a final decree of absolute divorce. von Steinner-Goltl filed _suit August 14, 1928, through Attorney Ray mond Neudecker, charging her husband with misconduct with a corespondent. After the filing of this action Von Steinner-Goltl brought a suit for di- vorce against his wife in the Corpora- tion Court of Alexandria, Va. A restraining order was issued by the local court prohibiting him from prosecuting the suit, but on July 31, 1929, he ob- tained a decree of divorce from the plaintiff in the action here and six months thereafter married Miss Bonnie Love in Baltimore. When the suit was tried here last Fall, the court refused to give full faith and credit to th: Virginia decrce and declared the proceedings to be a nullity. The decree to the wife followed, because of the second marriag-, and the order signed today brings the litigation to a close in the lower court. It has been icated that counsel representing the | defendant will carry the cas: to the Court of Appeals. WOMAN’S LEG FOUND i ca Creek, in Brooklyn. {DIRIGIBLE DRbPS | | NEW YORK, March 30 (#).—The dis- other nations are sent to this country | membered leg of a woman was found for- | today washed up on the shore of New- |Cabinet Members and Reporters Share First American Paper Received Since Trip Began. The Evening Star was the first news- | newspaper to reach paper President Hoover received upon |leaving Washington, 10 days ago. POLICE GEF RIGHT TO REMOVE BODIES Dr. W. C. Fowler Lifts Ban During Hours Permit Of- fice Is Closed. Following his order revoking the au- thority of the police to issue reraoval permits for bodies, Health Officer Will- jam C. Fowler today granted authority for the issuance of such permits at police headquarters between the hours of 11 pm. and 9 am. to meet emer- gencies during the time the permit of- fice of the Health Department is closed. ol Dr. Fowler's action followed a con- ference today between Commissioner Luther \ H. Reichelderfer, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, the health officer and Albert J. Sardo, manager of W. H. Sardo & Co., under- takers, who appeared as a representa- tive of local undertakers who operate under the Maryland State Funeral Di- rectors’ organization. Permits had been issued at any of the precincts between 11 pm. and 9 am Today's action was decided upon in view of the inconvenjence that delay in removing a body might cause the undertakers. ‘The permit office of the Health Department will continue to is- sue all removal permits from 9 am. until 11 pm His original order, revoking the au- thority of the police to issue the per- mits, ‘Dr. Fowler said, was based on | carelessness displayed by police and funeral directors recently, which re- | sulted in the burial of one body with- out any permit having been obtained, and the removal of the body of another perscn who had died of a contagious dise e, without taking proper precau- tions COPY OF STAR the party since The LONGSTREET SEEKS | day's opening performance, LARGER ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE PLOT Son of Southern Leader Asks Burial of Father in Cemetery. FOR PICKETT BURIAL Proposal Receives Sympathetic Re- ception at Hands of Army Officials. Authority to bury Gen. James Long- street, Confederate hero, in Arlington National Cemetery will be asked of the War Department, his son, Col. Robert L. Longstreet, Officers’ Reserve Corps, | U. S. A, announced today. | Col. Longstreet said this would be in line with a plan he has formulated for expansion of the Confederate section of Arlington. He said the proposal already had met with sympathetic con- sideration from Army officers who granted permission for Lieut. George E. Pickett, 3d, grandson of Gen. George E. Pickett, to remove his grandfather's body from & Richmond cemetery to Arlington. The Pickett controversy arose after the Hollywood Ladies’ Memorial Aso- clation refused to permit the burial of | Gen. Pickett's widow at his side in the Richmond cemetery. Lieut. Pickett then obtained War Department approval of a plan to bury both Gen. and Mrs. Pickett in Arlington. In addition to the removal to Arling- | ton of the bodies of both Gen. Pickett | memorial to Gen. Robert E. Lee, either | in the form of a statue or a temple. Other Confederates, principally the commanding officers, would be buried in the enlarged Arlington section, under the Longstreet plan. He explained, however, he thought it would be im- practical to attempt a general removal to Arlington of the bodles of Confed- | erate veterans. He pointed out that the expenses of such reburials would | ave to be borne by the families. The area which would be added to the Confederate section now is used as parking space for automobiles, An ad- ditional plot which might be available lies hear the east or Confederate gate. ‘The body of Gen. Longstreet now rests in a cemetery near his Gainesville, Ga.,, home. Gen. Lee was buried at Washington and Lee University, 250 SEEK 16 JOBS AS THEATER USHERS| Fox Employes’ Rush Hour Strike Causes Temporary Importa- tion of Staff. More than 250 young men applied | at the Fox Theater yesterday and to- | day for the 16 jobs as ushers which | the management is filling as the re sult of an ushers’ strike Saturday night. Over 150 applicants presented them- selves at the theater prior to yester- and 100 more were on hand this morning. ‘The strike grew out of what was described by the new manager, David }V.( Idzal, as “trivial” misunderstand- ng. Several ringleaders, 1t was sald, per- suaded the ushers to walk out during the rush hour because it was supposed the management would bring men from out of town to replace them on the promotion list, Mr. Idzal sald only one man was brought here from New York to teach the ushers a less formal technique in showing patrons to their seats, Nine ushers and a doorman were | imported from the Fox Theater in Philadelphia for yesterday’s perform- ances, since the Quaker City is a six- day-week town, but they have returned to their original posts and the vacancies v:lll be filled wholly from local applica- tions. ‘Twenty-one ushers and doormen join- ed the walkout and five are expected to get their jobs back if they apologize for having embarrassed the manage- ment. The new staff will be selected and organized in time for today's opening performance, The changes planned in- clude elimination of heel clicking, sa- luting and other military gestures on the part of the ushers. WOMAN IS GRANTED STAY OF PADLOCKING ORDER Appellate Court Approves $1,000 Bond in Case Inplicating For- mer Tenant of Premises. The District Court of Appeals today granted a stay of the padlock order of Justice Luhring which was to_close the first floor of premises 1246 Wisconsin avenue, owned by Mrs. Hilda Wise, April 1, for a term of four months because a former tenant had been adjudged guilty of violations of the national prohibition law. Mrs. Wise, through Attorneys Brandenburg & Brandenburg, asked the appellate tribunal for an mandamus against Justice Luhring to require him 10 allow a supersedeas bond or for the granting of a stay by that court and the fixing of & bond there. The court adopted the latter alternative and will approve a bond of $1,000 to act as a stay of the padlocking. Mrs. Wise pointed out that her appeal was made nugatory by the action of the trial justice because the four months will have expired before the higher court can pass on the appeal from the order padlocking the first floor of the premises. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Harold W. Orcutt opposed the granting of the mandamus or the staying of the pallocking, holding that a bond staying the order was in the discretion of the trial justice and should not be interfered with by the appellate court. DEATH WINS RACE ‘William Fortier, 21 years old, made a his return from his Caribbean cruise. |President glanced over the front page It was delivered to him aboard the|with unconcealed interest and quickly U. 8. 8. Arizona off the Virginia capes | skimmed through the interior pages, yesterday at noon in a pouch dropped | when he passed it on to Secretary of from the Army blimp C-52. Interior Wilbur, who stood nearby. He This Star was of the 5:30 edition of | in turn scanned the paper quickly and last Saturday and was the only news- |passed it on to Secretary of War Hurley. paper contained in the pouch. The |This lone paper passed the rounds dur- other articles in the bag were letters, | ing the course of the next hour and including one from Mrs. Hoover, who is | before it was halfway through the ranks in_Asheville, N. C. | of newspaper - COITe dents, it had The Star was the frsfg Am> 2221 divided inte sections, - an futile race by automobile from Chesa- peake Beach to Casualty Hospital in this city yesterday, in an effort to save the life of his father, Paul Fortier, 72 years old, who was stricken with itis. Death claimed the father before the hospital was reached. Dr. Louis Jimal, resident physician at Casualty, pronounced the man dead. The deceased, & native of Canada, had been- & resident of Chesapeake Beach for the last few yegrs, - Signs for Boy MOTHER GIVES RECEIPT FOR LOST CHILD. LAWRENCE CARLISLE. —Star Stafl Photo. A park policeman yesterday delivered 5-year-old Lawrence Lee Carlisle to the correct address and got a signed re- | ceipt for Lawrence, thanks to some tact and vanilla ice cream. Lawrence turned up late in the aft- ernoon in Franklin Park, lost, but with no particular desire to discuss his plight with Officer C. E. Rabbitt. Lawrence explained he was traveling incognito or words to that effect, but he broke down and confessed when a woman came along and suggested an ice cream cone. When Lawrence saw the ice cream, he described himself fully, and it wasn't long before Rabbitt délivered Lawrence | to 900 M street and got this receipt from his mother: “March 29. Received of Officer Rab- bitt, U. 8. P. P., my son, Lawrence Lee Carlisle. (Signed) “MRS. WREN CARLISLE." B. & 0. PUTS 1500 ON DAY WEEK Plan Adopted Temporarily in Several Departments at Baltimore Main Office. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 30.—Adoption of the five-day week, affecting about 1,500 employes of the accounting, claims and similar department of the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad's main office here, was announced today. ‘The announcement was made by P. X. Milholland, assistant to the road’s senior vice president, who explained the action was taken “with a view to avoiding the strict application of the senority rules.” Enforcement of those rules, he said, “would have resulted in a decrease in the number of employes” of the main office. “An understanding has been effected with_representatives of the employ Mr. Milholland continued, “whereby the number of employes wili not be ma- terially decreased as the curtailment of traffic calls for less service.” The five-day week will become effec- tive Saturday, Mr. Milholland said, “and the entire force will be assured steady employment of five days a week.” The new schedule is expected to be only temporary, he said, adding: “This arrangement constitutes a very definite contribution to the unemploy- ment situation by the older employes, who, under seniority rules, would be entitled to full time, even though the curtailment in activities would call for a material reduction in the force.” EGGS RAINED ON STREET WHEN TRUCK OVERTURNS Produce Scattéred Over Pavement After Collision With Coupe at Eleventh Street and Avenue. Pedestrians ducked a veritable shower of eggs at Eleventh and Pennsylvania avenue this morning when a truck loaded with produce overturned in a collision with a coupe. No one was in- Jured. The overturning vehicle strewed dozens of eggs and quantities of butter and dressed chickens over the pave- ment. The truck was operated by Leonard Jackson, colored, of the 2400 block of Seventeenth street, while the other ma- chine was driven by Victor Lougheed of Corcoran Court Apartments, Lougheed had started a left turn north into Eleventh street. The truck was going west on Pennsylvania avenue, 200 MAKING ANNUAL TRY T0 HATCH CONDOR EGG Last Lear's Effort Came Closer to Success Than Any—Big Bird Nearly Extinct. ‘The National Zoological Park is mak- ing its annunal attempt to hatch a con- dor egg. ‘The North American condor is practi- cally an extinct bird, the pair at the zoo being the only ones in captivity. Hence a condor chick would be almost price- Every year one Or more eggs are obtained, but thus far, according to Dr. William M. Mann, Zoo director, it has been impossible to hatch any of them. Last year, however, an embryo formed in the egg, and it is felt that by con- tinuirg the efforts year after year one may be hatched. SEPARATE ACTION IN TWO GAS ACCOUNTS IS URGED Keech Would Forbid Company to Turn Off Service on Paid Meter. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech today wrote the Public Utilities Com- mission asking that where gas consum- ers fail to pay their bills for gas used for house heating, and the company de- cides to turn off the gas supply, the commission forbid the company to turn Off any other metered gas service the consumer may have if the bill has been paid for the other service. ‘The system at present, he explained, was that where a customer uses gas for M“u‘: rhel.:tur and also, on m:;kn meter, for other purposes, both supplies will be shut off if the customer fails to ?}' for either. He said he thought u::: 3 account should be treated sepa- Tately. BANDIT DISARMED AND CAPTURED BY WOULD-BE VICTIM Delicatessen Owner Seizes Weapon, Grapples With Assailant. “FELT SORRY” FOR MAN, WHO ASKED FOR FOOD r Overturn Chairs and Tables| in Struggle c1 Tvelfth | | Strect. Bests Bandit JOHN KHOSROFIAN. —=Star Staff Photo. A bandit who attempted to hold up | John Khosrofian, proprietor of a delica- | tessen at 1107 Twelfth street, last night was disarmed and turned over to the | police by the store owner after a strug- gle in which the robber was severely beaten. Chairs and tables were over- turned and a showcase was smashed in the fight. Khosrofian, a small man, was alone in the store when the roober entered. “I'm hungry,” the man said. “Will you give me a sandwich?” . | “I felt sorry for the fellow,” Khos- rofian related, “and I had just started to make the sandwich when he drew a | revolver and jammed it in my ribs, or- dering me to give him all the money I Grabs Robber’s Gun. Khosrofian obeyed the bandit's order to “stick ’em up,” but raised his hands no higher than the pistol, which he grasped and tried to wrench from the | robber’s hand. | The bandit retained his grip on the gun, however. Keeping the weapon pointed_away from his body with one | hand, Khosrofian pummeled the robber { with ‘the other. The struggle was fast, the men pull- [ing and shoving each other from' one side of the delicatessen to the other, [ crashing into tables and chairs and | falling against a showcase, Khosrofian_finally wrested the re- | volver from the robber's grasp. “I told him if he didn't get outside,” the store- | keeper sald, “that I'd shoot him.” Fires to Summon Aid. With Khosrofian behind him, the | 1 bandit left the delicatessen. Once out- side, Khosrofian held the robber with one hand, while he fired the pistol into the air with the other to attract at- tention. Meanwhile, the fight had been seen by a passerby, who notified police. Khosrofian retained his grip on the bandit until Policemen J. G. Austin and W. Rice arrived and took the :l,u.n to the second precinct police sta- jon, ‘There he identified himself as David Weiss, 59 years old, 300 block Pennsyl- vania avenue. He was taken to Preed- men’s Hospital, where a cut on his head was dressed. He then was re- turned to the police station. i A GIRL IS RECOVERING FROM FOUR-STORY FALL| Drops to Concrete Drive in Attempt } to Flee Receiving Home, but Escapes Broken Bones. A 16-year-old colored girl, who drop- ped four stories to a concrete driveway when she attempted to escape from the Recelving Home, at Potomac avenue and Eighth street southeast, last night, was recovering today at Gallinger Hos- pital from the effects of her fall. ‘The injured girl is Edna Johnson of | 4823 Forty-first street, who had been arrested by a fourteenth precinct po- | liceman on a charge of incorrigibility. | She was being detained pending ar- raignment in court. | Physicians at the hospital declared the | girl suffered no broken bones, although she may have sustained some internal | injury. $1,375 THEFT REPORTED Jewelry, Apparel and Bonus Money Among Stolen Property. ‘Theft of a diamond ring valued at $1,250 and a $125 watch from a trunk and bureau_drawer in the home of Elmore F. Flelds, 501 Twelfth street northeast early Saturday night was re- ported to the police yesterday. Entrance to the home was made by means of a duplicate key. Other jewelry and a Au;n of money was overlooked by the lef. | | James Blackstone, 313 L street, who | recently obtained a soldiers’ bonus loan | from the Government, reported that | $370 of the money had been stolen from a pocket of his trousers while he slept last night. A $75 diamond pin was stolen from the apartment of John H. Sheridan, 27 H street, he reported to the police, while wearing apparel val- ued at $75 was taken from a trunk in the home of Leroy Cleveland, 933 N street. By the Associated Press. | Gov. Long of Louisiana can—when | he wants to—dunk his cornbread in his potlicker to his heart’s content in at | least one eating place in the Capital. Mrs. Hugh Fred, whose little tea house on Capitol Hill is known for its Southern cuisine by virtually every finicky eater in town, wrote to the Senator-elect today to ask for his pot- licker recipe. “If he wants to dunk,” she sald in her gentle voice, “he can, and I reckon he will. TNl make his potlicker, and TNl let him dunk. But I'd prefer to crumble my cornbread.” All the other nationally prominent Southerners whom Mrs. Fred serves crumble their bread. But, she explained, they never ask for petlicker, even when they respond to the announcement cards she sends out that she is going to have her famous dish, turnip greens cooked with hog jowl. “I'll have to write and ask Gov. Long about his potlicker,” she decided. “That liquid that comes from the greens is potlicker—and apparently that was what he was talking about when he had that discussion with the newspapers, about whether it was right to dunk the cornbread or crumble it. “But as a matter of fact, we always thought of real potlicker down South as the water and juice from boiling & nice: big would, make him tha it; but it would be e be 8 lot of trouble, but then, it's trouble get the greens; we have to send into the country for them.” country | shall be 2,240 pounds to the ton. COAL TO BE SOLD BY SHORT TONS District Merchants Announce Plan to Abandon Long Ton, Effective Wednesday. Effective Wednesday, the “long” ton of coal sold by District retailers will be substituted by 2,000 units, or the “short” ton, in their deliveries, under a newly adopted system of mer- chandising announced today. According to spokesmen for the coal merchants, the price of such fuel will be “corre- spondingly reduced.” Coal merchants here have decided to bring the District into line with other sections by abandoning the sale of coal | by long-ton measure and by selling the fuel by the 2,000-pound measure. The District law provides that when coal is sold by the ton measure there This is done under an act of Congress of 1921 revising standards of weights an measures for the District. The 2,000-pound ton, however, has been the unit of measure elsewhere throughout the country. Maryland and Virginia have used the short-ton meas- ure for several years. This, it is claimed, has served to create confusion due to the extension of business of local retailers into sub- urban sections of Maryland and Vir- ginia and the sale within the District of coal from the suburbs. To the coal consumer “a ton is a ton” and the difference in price, District merchants say, has led to widespread confusion. beTodl&"'s lwn::fil‘lm;ement stated that g esday coal cers 10 el o G ens of the short ton, and to simplify the operation, dealers plan to sell to con- sumers on the same basis. Due to the District law, however, this can be done only by repudiating the ton basis, and using the 2,000-pound meas- ure instead. Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, said prices for 2,000 pounds would be proportionately lower than for the long ton. George A. Roberts, superintendent of weights and measures, took official cog- nizance of the plan, but deferred any study of the matter until the plan actually has been put into effect. “We will watch developments,” he sald, “and if we find there is any viola- tion of law, proper steps will be taken to correct the matter.” TWO FIRES IN HOUSE Firemen Recalled Within Hour to Put Out Second Blaze. ‘Two fires were extinguished at the home of James H. Crandell, 1521 D street northeast, within a period of an hour last night. At 8:46 p.m. firemen extinguished a blaze in an attached . Rugs, awnings and screens, valued at $125, were destroyed. An hour later firemen were recalled and put out a small blaze originating in a box on the back porch. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, All-Comérs’ Class, Covenant Church, 7:45 p.m. Lecture, Mrs. Herman Hollander, “The Jew in Literature,” Jewish Com- munity Center. Meeting, Temple Club of Master Ma- sons, 419 Seventh street, 8 p.m. Card Party, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Meeting, Alumni of Frelinghuysen niversity, 2117 I street, Wednesday, m. Ui 7 pi Wants Potlicker Recipe CAPITAL RESTAURATEUR WRITES LONG. MRS. HUGH FRED. —Star Staff Photo. ARPORT OFFIGALS TRAP SUSPECT IN MARYLAND HOLD-P {Edwin M. Monroe Captured as Result of Flight With Wife and Child.” BANK PATRON IDENTIFIES PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAN Prisoner Fails to Put Up Fight When Picked Up in Arling- ton County. Alertness of officials of the Washing- ton-Hoover Airport resulted in the ar- rest yesterday of Edwin M. Monroe, allas- Edwin M. Buck, for whom Mary- land authorities have been searching since the daring daylight hold-up of the Glyndon Bank, near Baltimore, last October. Monroe was arrested by Virginia motor cycle policemen, aided by District detectives, as he waited at the airport to board a plane for Cleveland. He was taken tb Arlington County Jail, booked as & fugitive from justice, and turned over to Baltimore police, Wh took him to Baltimore last x?x.}hv.’ 5 Traced Through Tickets. Monroe's arrest resulted from a flight he made from Cleveland last Friday with his wife and child. The woman and child came through to Washington- Hoover Afrport, but the man is said to i have left the plane at Pittsburgh. Bal- timore police learned the woman and child had come here and asked air- port officials to find who purchased their tickets. They found the tickets had been bought by a man who gave his name as Edwin Buck. ‘When Buck phoned the airport Satur- day morning and asked for a reserva- tion on the Cleveland plane, the police were notified and a trap was laid for him. The Saturday flight was can- celled because of bad weather, but the man was captured when he appeared | to make the trip yesterday. The arrest caused no excitement and few of the more than 100 passengers and sight- :e!eg in the airport waiting room knew Offers No Opposition. Monroe offered no opposition, though it had been reported hepel!u armed lgd would fight. The arrest was made by Headquarters Detectives Howard Ogle, Robert Barrett and O. W. Mansfield, Lieut. H. D. Secrest and Arlington | County Motorcycle Policeman John R. | Burke and Hugh Jones. ‘When Monroe's photograph was shown to Benjamin Gorsuch, a patron who walked into the Glyndon Bank as the bandits were coming out, he told de- tectives he was sure Monroe Was one of the bandits. Edward Hughes, cashier of the bank, also said the photographed man looked like one of the pair, Men to View Suspect. Both Mr. Hughes and Mr. Gorsuch will view the man today in the office of State’s Attorney James C. L. Anderson at Towson, Md. Monroe's wife was located in Balti- more by Charles H. Burns, captain of detectives, but she refused to make any statement. The capture of Monroe speeded up the police search. for the bandits who held Hughes at pistol point, forced him to open the bank vault and escaped with their loot in an automobile. Police say they have the name of another man believed to have participated in the robbery, and that a :lolll:?};t who acted as lookout, is being YOUTHS ADMIT PLANNING ROBBERY OF NEWS RACK {Two Found Prowling Around Po- tomac Park With Auto Wrench Are Sent Home. Locked out when they returned to their homes early yesterday morning after a visit, two youths narrowly escaped being arrested when they were found prowling around Potomac Park, armed with an automobile wrench and bent, according to their own admis- slon, on breaking cpen some news rack money boxes. The boys were taken into custody by Park Policemen J. B. Edel- kamp shortly before 2 a.m. According to the police cfficer, the youths adigytted taking the wrench from the au#ymobile of William P. Bur- roughs of €37 Fourth street, as they walked from their homes toward town, “in search of something to do.” They became hungry, they confessed to the officer, and planned to obtain some pen- nies from news racks to buy food. The wandering youths were escorted home and placed in the custody of par- ents, who promised to take corrective measures. SALVATION ARMY ASKS FOR DISCARDED ARTICLES ‘The Salvation Army today asked housewives to co-operate in utilizing old clothes and furniture during clean-up week, April 6-15. In making the plea, Brig. John G. McGee, head of the local bureau, em- phasized that the collection of discarded articles will result in work for a number of the District’s unemployed. The Sal- vation Army Social Service Bureau is located at 102 B street. Telephone com- munication may be established by call- ing District 8023, PHONE WORKINGS SHOWN Subscribers Invited to Inspect Op- eration of Exchange. All telephone subscribers served by the Cleveland exchange are invited to witness the operation of the exchange tonight, tomorrow night and Wednes- day night, from 7 to 10 o'clock, it is announced by Col. E. Goring Bliss, general commercial manager of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. Guides will show the visitors through the entire plant, explaining in detail the various operations necessary to furnish telephone service, it is stated. SHOOTING VICTIM DIES Stanley Jones, colored, 28, of Clay street northeast, who was shot in the chest the afternoon of March 7, while [ 1l | engaged In an altercation in a in 4200 block of Benning road northeast, died at Casualty Hospital last night. Boyd Bennett, 36, also a resident of Ullym.'ulflmdlndllfl bypouel‘whneldmmedm a & Y