Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1931, Page 17

The Foen * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL “MARDI GRAS'BALL TONET PRONOTERS A 60 PER CENT BUTE Police Post of Legion, Giving Affair, Would Get 20 Per Cent, Inquiry Reveals. CHARITY IS NOT OBIECT, OFFICIALS EXPLAIN Commander Declares Money Re- ceived Will Be Used to Pay " Unit's Running Expenses. Utilizing the prestige of a patriotic organization and the name of the Wash- ington police, ‘professional promoters expect to receive 60 per cent of the gross receipts from the sale of thou- sands of tickets to the Washington public. This is revealed by investigation re- | garding the purposcs of elaborate plansl for a “Columbia Mardi Gras"—adver- ! tised as “the greatest social event ever staged in Washington"—which will be held June 6 under auspices of the new- | ly formed Washington Police Post, American Legion. Hope to Make $24,000. Information from one quarter is that the promoters, who come from New York, hope to sell $40.000 worth of | tickets to the public. The promoters | will receive 60" per cent of the gross| receipts, the Legion post will get 20 per cent and those who salicit for ticket purchasers will be permitted to keep 20 per cent. As soon as the question was raised re- garding the purpose of the money-rais- ing campaign, officials of the Washing- ton Police Post of the American Legion came forward with explanations. William H. McGrath, post com- | mander, set at rest other repcrts that were getting about town, due to earlier plans for the affair, since changed, by stating positively that the “mardi gras,” “coronation ball” and ticket-sell- | contest are not for the purpose of raising s benefit fund for charity or for philanthropic work. Tickets will not be sold on that basis, he said. ‘Will Pay Post Expenses. The money which the post hopes to obtain, he said, is to be used merew and entirely for the running expenses of the post, such as buying stationery, | flags and the like. A misconception as to the ticket sale program probably was bruited about town, due to the fact that the first set of tickets printed for the “mardi gras,” according to Mr. MeGrath, car- ried the slogan: “Charity Ball” This, he said, is wrong. The mardi gras, he declared, is not to be given in the| name of charity or philanthropy. | Information that the affair was planned as a charity benefit, it de- veloped, had reached officials of the! Community Chest and the welfare de- | partment of the local American Legon, and -brought an immediate reaction. Cannot Seek Chasity Funds. Elwood Street, director of the Com- munity Chest, stated that while he was not concerned with purely social o business activities of the Legion posts,! the Legion could not solicit the public in any manner for funds for charitable purposes, since such work s cared for under the Chest budget, the Legion being a beneficiary of the Chest. “If the Legion post,” said Mr. Street, “sells tickets on the basis of charity or philanthropy, the rules of the Com- munity Chest, of course, would have to be enforced, and the local department | of the American Legicn be eliminated | from membership in the Chest organ- | ization.” One of the primary obj s in the | institution of the Community Chest, it | is explained, was to avoid duplication | of public solicitation of funds~ for charitable or welfare work. Promoters Pay “Overhead.” The mardl gras, projected as a *“gigantic” affair, is being organized by & group of New York promoters, who are in the business for profit. Out of the 60 per cent of the proceeds which they are to receive, it is explained, they must pay their “overhead” ex- penses, said to be large, While reports from one quarter have | it that the promoters hope to sell as many as 40,000 tickets, “$1 per ticket for a $5 ball,” Mr. McGrath said day, however, t he did not know | how many tickets it was planned to sell. He thought, howeter, that the $40.000 figure was too hi i The large local hotel v event is planned to be staged, has a capacity of about 1,600, but this will be no handicap, it is said, since other audi- | toriums could be rentcd, provided the one ball room will nct hold all comers. | Ticket Sellers Profit. Aside from the promoters and the Legion post, there are other prospe benefic! es 1 1 the ticket sale, it velops. Among these will be indiv Legion members, including policemen of Police or a profit of 20 Tort o, the advertising in red and biue type el of $10.000 in prizes to be given away free at the Columbi2 Mardi Gras. i The affair centers about the selecs | tion of a “Miss Columbia” to be chosen in a “popularity contest,” the girl to | be elected on the busis of votes accom- panying sale of ticki Prizes, it is 2 *“round-the-worl vacation tour,” a “round trip to Cal fornia,” in addition to automob diamond watches, radios and sums in ca Eond Posted for Prizes. all these the include a | “European | guaran Legion post announces, to cover the prizes valued a This, Mr. McGrath states, done, A letter from B. C. MacNeil, depart- ment commander of the Ame Legion, received by The Star, stat “I am informed that an being made to discredit the ‘Miss Colum- bia personality contest’ being siaged by the Police Post of the American Legicn and that irreparable damege already has been done. “T assure you that a thorough investi- gatien of the Police Posi’s project has been made 2nd has been approved by the judge advocate of the department, Warren E, Miller, and a'so has the approval of the Executive Commitiee of the Department of the District of Co- $10.000. has been | merce, | work from _cal | from 0 Méi:,’« : ‘Upper—Gaping hole in the roof of home near Bélling Field, onto which an airplane, being ¥ crashed from an altitude of 2,000 fect, Lower—Firemen at work among the debris inside the home at 1018 Sumner road southeast, where the pl: surprise landing. TEST PLOTS PLANE CRASH 1S PROBED " Commerce Dept. Learns Craft Had Not Been Accepted by Navy. Investigation of the crash of an ex- perimental plane during tests ye before naval officials at the Naval Air Station was begun today by the Aero- nautics Branch, Department of Com- nder direction of Joseph chief of the In: tion Ser plane 1 plunged th pilot, Paul ¥ of B: when t Aircrait Corpora was at the cor carried a a terrific vertical pow uninjured Bristol Jast ber of the Caterpiilar Club, th ical organization of thoe who saved their lives by emergency , Pa e wing from n of Commerce when it the wings of a metal cowli tor of the plan vertible type desig for observatior uisers and bat tleships. The ring is thought to have given away under the stress of the dive, during which the speed passed 200 miles per_hour. Workmen tod a house a dbris road made its was t cleared the southe spectac - reduced to & mas % on the ground floor of the battering its way through the roc second-story bed room, a celling and a pariition belween the dining room and the room. Harrlet all col- n ne e to 1o dwelling M. Y ored, were in the ar persons in the home were uninju WOMAN VOTERS PLAN T0 SUPPORT ng Star 16, 1931. * Fairy Visits Washington Wealth of Japanese Legends Associated With Cherry Blossoms—Ancients Likened Frail Flowers to Hu- man Beings, Religious Professor Reveals. tested for the Navy, red. ane made its —Star Staff Phot WITH COMPANY TOOLS aper Box Concern on First Street Robbed Seccnd Time Within | Six Months. | P | i | ng several of the concern's o Is te 1plish thefr purpos i a fe in the office Columbia Specialty Paper Box 228 First street, last night, but their netted them only $26. e robbers gained entrance to the | second-floor office by scaling a wall and reing a window at the rear. First they attempted to break open the safe | by banging it with a sledge hammer. | When this proved inadequate, they bor- rowed several tools from the company’s work room, finally succeeding in forcing th or from its hinges. The robbery was the second experi- enced by the cern iIn the six months. H: effrey, a member of the firm, ex i b FAIR TRIAL ASKED | FOR PARKING PLAN -— | Committee's Recom- ons Also for Space Under Parks. trial for rod by t Federation the new pa Commissicners, in pace in large build- c, and cr nder public e for their use, are of the Federa- | Associations _ special which will be sub- | d to the federation at its meet- aturday ght. | committee, of which Edwin S. of Chevy Chase is chairman, de in its report that the proposed g plan is worthy of an oppor- te its value. The small central zone ng is forbidden between 0 am. and limited to one fter; a second zone in which s limited to one hour, and a third in which 1t is limited to two hours. AIR “SHOT” 6F BLOSSOMS Dirigible Taking Picture at Tidal of Citize tion : committee. | been 9 008 COAL SALES LEGALTY STUDIED \"'eights Superintendent Asks Commissioners to Have Counsel Give Opinion. George M. Roberts, superintendent of weights, measures and markets, has asked the Commissioners to direct the orporation counsel to render an opinion as to the legality of abandonment of the ton basis of sales by the Wash- ington coal industry. Mr. Roberts had been directed by the Commissioners to investigate the sub- stitution of a 2,000-pound “unit” by the coal men and has been working on his igation for two weeks. His request t corporation hort preliminary report in w ated his office has besieged ymplaints and in- s regarding the new method of selling coal. Attached to his report as an “exhibit’ was a circular of a whol setting out prices at which retailers would be sllowed to sell coal, with a t they would be refused t different prices. tement as to this, ter report he would gs with respect to it. f a Church Rest Room for Tots, om for children has been St. Michael's Cathedral at England. Comfortable chairs ible, with books, e been provided, end on the walls are young. When tired of play, the chil- dren drop in, say a little prayer, then settle down fo read and rest. le coal dealer | for the little | pictures appealing to the | JOBLESS AGENCIES Co-ordination of U. S. and State Employment Serv- ices Recommended. RECOGNITION OF INDUSTRY NEEDS OF SEX STRESSED Mrs. Catt Speaks at Unveiling of Tablet Honoring 72 Pioneer Workers. The support of an effectively co- ordinated system of Federal and State | employment offices, in which system there is due regard for the interests of | wemen, was proposed as & modification of the program of work of the National | League of Women Voters at their morn- | ing session of the general council of the organization. : Dr. Dorothy W. Douglas of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the Committee on Women in Industry, presented the recommendation, explaining that State organizations of the League advocated such a change in the light of present conditions. “For a number of years now the | League of Women Voters has advocated adequate support of the United States Employment, Service,” she said, “but of | late it has become evident that in or- | der to function effectively the service | will have not only\to be adequately sup- | ported but to be reorganized internally |and to be closely co-ordinated with | State and local services. The whole | program hangs together; adequate State | services are absolutely escential 4o any | system of Stat= unemployment preven- | tion, but since unemployment is a prob- lem that extends acrcss State bordel tate services, in order to be adequal must be co-ordinated.” “Although it is not mow specifically stated,” continued Mrs. Douglas, “the | league’s interest and_emphasis has a | ways been in the effect of unemploy- ment on wemen in industry.” Scope of Discussions. A digcussion of finances, business and |plans for continued disseminating of | | information and education of woman | | voters occupied today's late morning | {and afternoon sessions. Mrs. W. W. Ramsay of Chicago, for- merly vice president of the league, who | for some time has conducted a “voters’ chool” and has visited local organiza- | tions throughout the country to aid in the establishment of “voters’ schools,” | spoke on the subject of educating wom- | en for participation in government. | Mrss Ramsay, an authority on the subject. invited questions from mem- bers sitting in at the general round table this morning. | _Last evening at the Wardman Park Hotel at a dinner given in honor of the | “Three Women Chiefs,” Miss Grace Ab- bott, head of the Children’s Bureau in the United States Department of Labor; Miss Mery Anderson, director of the Weman's Bureau, and Dr. Louise Stan- ,ley, chief of the Bureau of Home Eco- nomics, each “chief” explained the work done under her supervision, Mrs. Ros- coe Anderson of St. Louts, vice president of the league, presided. Pioneer Workers Honored. One of the principal events on the week's program of the meeting was the | unveiling yesterday afternoon at the league headquarters, of the bronze tab- | let, honoring the 72 pioneer workers for the nineteenth amendment. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, veteran suffrage worker, recalled those who had pioneered for the cause nearly a half century ago. Of those who had o*: inally started campaigning for women's | suffrage, only six are living today, Mrs. Catt reminded her audience. Referring to the women, who had against popular sentiment and throu; h mich dimeulty, worked fo. obtain_ the vote for women, Mrs. Catt said: “People who walk in the middle of the road make the Population of the country and people who get outside of it make its history.” President Speaks. Before the curtain was drawn, re- vealing the bronze memorial, Miss Belle Sherwin of Cleveland, Ohio, president of the league, explaingd that the erec- tion of the tablet marked the comple- tion of the league's anniversary and memorial plan designed in the tenth year of woman's suffrage to honor suf- frage and citizenship workers. “This tablet which we unveil today is in no way an_attempt to name the ‘greatest women’¥n the United States,” Miss Sherwin said. “It is a sincere me- morial, established with earnest expe tation by those who wish to preserve | for futuré generations the work that | these leaders and others unrecorded have done.” The curtain was drawn by Mrs. Mal- colm McBride of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the members of the Committee on the Anniversary and Memorial Plan. A small bronze plaque, commemorat- ing James Lees Laidlaw, retired banker of New York, and the National Men's League for Woman Suffrage, of which he was president frcm 1910 to 1918, also as unveiled at the ceremony. This evening at 7 o'clock & council | banquet will be held at the Wardman Park Hotel, at which the speakers will be Col. William J. Donovan, formér Assistant Attorney General of the United States; Miss Frances Perkins, industrial commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor, and Alexander Meiklejohn, preident of the | Experimental ~ College, ~University of | Wisconsin HE DEMANDS ‘JULI;JS BLEDSOE AN HOUR LATE AS Promoter Said to Have Taken Time Out to Raise $1,000 for Colored Baritone. PAY IN ADVANCE BY THOMAS R. HENRY, ‘The spirit of Ko-no-hana-sakya-hime, the celestial maiden, flutters over Wash- ton. T Japan, where the blossoming cherries on the hillsides are Spring's coronation robes, a wealth of fairy lore has come down out of the ages. Some of it is light and silken as the blossoms themselves. Some is loaded with sym- bolism of the fundamental mysteries of life and death. When the cherries came to Washing- ton they left their legendry in Nippon. 1t is revealed by Dr. Masaharu Anesaki, professor of the science of religion at the Imperial University of Tokio, in a {recent publication of the Archeological Institute of America. Legend of Two Sisters. There are two distinct cherry blos- som legends. The first is that of Ko-no- nana-sakya-hime, the “lady-who-makes- the-trees-to-blow,” one of the fairest of the great company of celest maidens who float tragically through all human mythology. She was the beau- tiful daughter of old Oh-yama-tsumi, the god of the mountains. Her ugly elder sister was Iwa-naga-hime, the lady of the rocks. This, Dr. Anesakl explains, undoubt- edly was a symbolization by the primi- tive Japanese mind of the Spring-time appearance of Mount Fuji, the sacred volcano, the prototype of the mountain god himself. The higher slopes are covered with barren, snow-covered rocks, the ugly elder sister. The lower slopes in Spring are burled under a mass of cherry blossoms. Chooses Frail Bride. Now Ninigi, the grandson of the sun goddess and the ancestor of the Jap- anese royal family, descended to earth and fell in love with the bloom lady. He asked the god of the mountains for permission to marry her. welcomed the prospect of a heavenly son-in-law, but warned Ninigi he had better marry the older sister instead. She had such a mean disposition, he sald, that otherwise he feared the mis- chief she would make. But Ninigi had no heart for the Lady of the Rocks. He persisted in marry- ing Ko-no-hana-sakya-hime. Iwa-naga- :flme was furious when she heard about t. “If you had married me” she said bitterly to Ninigi, “our children would be as everlasting as the rocks. Now your children will be frail and short- lived as the flowers.” Short-Lived Family. So it has been. The legend, Prof. Anesaki holds represents a rationaliza- tion of the fact that members of the imperial family have been short-lived. | They come into the world with the malediction of the Lady of the Rocks upon them. In other legendry the cherry blos- soms are symbolized by five fairies, fluttering over the orchards in the Spring moonlight. Back in the fifth century, so the story goes, the Em- peror Temmu was playing on a musical rument in his lace, when five falries appeared in the sky playing on similar instruments in harmony with the royal musician. Then they came down and danced before him. Ever since the music and the dance have | been a part of the festivities after each cororation ceremony. WORK ON NEW WAR MEMORILTOSTART Contractor to Begin Con- struction Tomorrow—List of Names Studied. While a special committee started to- day on the task of preparing the official list of names of World War veterans, to be included in the District of Colum- bia World War Memorial, it was learn- ed from the James Baird Co., contrac- tors, that first actual work on the site in West Potomac Park will begin to- morrow. A meeting of the special committee in charge of the preparation of names was held this afternoon at the office of Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command- ing the District of Columbia National Guard. Already considerable material has been prepared by several sources toward the list of names which will be honored by places in the memorial. The committee planned to go over the | preliminary phases of its problems, ars outline the policies to be followed in preparing and completing the list. Four Serve as Committee. Members of the committee are Maj. Gist Blair, Gen. Stephan and Dr. B. C. MacNeill,” department commander of the American Legion. With them will be associated tne architect of the temple, Frederick H. Brooke. The first actual work on the site will start tomorrow, when lumber will be hawled to the location in East Potomac Park, between the Lincoln Memorial Refiecting Pool ®nd the Tidal Basin. The site is located on the axis of Nine- teenth street. and about half way be- tween what is konwn as the Cinder| road, and Constitution avenue. The -emple will be in a grove of trees already growing on the site. ‘Want Representative List. Maj. Blair, for the committee, prior to the meeting today, said he thought the list of veterans should be “thor- oughly representative” of the veterans from the District of Columbia, within the meaning of the act of Congress au- thorizing the memorial. The names to be chosen, Maj. Blalr explained, will be compiled according to the language of the act, from those “members of the military and naval forces of the United States from the District of Columbia Wwho served their country in the Great War.” ‘The names of the heroic dead will be carved on the base of the memorial, while a complete 1ist of thoss who served will be placed in the corner stone, The father | What /happened at the Washington ance with his contract, before he ap- itorfum last night incident to the | peared. 2 LEAVES $113,060 Au ! year-old daughter of t arts, saw | eyt k] the plane falling as sh plane rocked the 1S of the house as it struck. 2 tewart, 3- | Basin This Afternoon. Washington's cherry blossoms, al- | ready photographed ~from virtually | every conceivable angle, are to be snaj | Ped this afternoon from an Army non- | ! rigid dirigible. The blimp, flown by | Lieut. Wilfred J. Paul, left Langley| Picld, Va. this morning on a cross counlry training fiight, with Washing- ton as its destinalicn. During the ‘trip over the city the| cherry blossoms will be photographic | t.|targeis. A landing is to be made at The engine cowling flew back and ripped | Bolling Field. away the wings. ‘They were found later | A new type single-motored hospital back yard and ran for shelter fore the impact. Hovgard's First Serious Clash. The test of the plane’s strength was started when Hovgard began diving st altitude of 10,000 f The trim it was diving ce #t about rd pulled | t just be- lumbia of the American Legion and other ion officials as well as myself. “We will appreciate your co-operation ignaoring any unwarranted attacks and attempts to ridicule a meritorious undertaking.” near the house where the ship landed. plane was & visitor at Bolling Field to- Hovgard released his safety strap I.Dd‘%?y l:{l route from ley Fiel appearance of Jules Bledsoe, colored baritone, is much a matter of conjec- ture, but certain sallent facts are out- standing. From &n artistic standpoint, the per- formance of “Ole Man River,” as the baritone sometimes 5 called, was a vocal succss, although it was approxi- mately an hour late in starting. But, jugiging from the vast array of emptw, LR et yamad. Tor patsors ss one spectator remarked, the show must have been a financial failure. It is estimated that less than 400 attended. 9 o'clock, half an hour after the show was scheduled to start, said the delay was caused on account of “pending business _transactions.” Investigation km 4 Dn;mn. was the first serious crash in|flown by Lieut. John D. which Hovgard had been involved dur- | Wright ~Plel ing seven years of flying,, adopted for tion of agitated ticket the information Mr. An_announcement fron the stage at | H. E. Battle, colored real estate man, of 1421 U street, promoted the show. Unfamiliar with the requirements of show people, he had presented Bledsoe with a check for $1,000 for the per- formance. The contract called for a certified check or United States cur- And that's what the artist necessary cash, and the Auditcrium manager had only the check which Battle had given him for the rent. The subsequent delay in the show's starting is attributed to the time taken to ob- tain $1,000. It is understood a substan- glnl portion of the sum was raised, and ledsoe agreed to appear. Battle, 'flh: was lflm lvembem sponsoring the per! for & fit, could not be reached at his custo- mary place of business today. Mrs. Ida J. Davis, who died March 14, left an estate valued at $113,060.29, according to the petition of her hus- band, Harry C. Davis, for probate of her will. She owned real estate valued at $22,321.25 ana personal property estimated at $90,739.04. Under the will the husband is named trustee and is directed to pay himself the net income from the estate for life. After his death one-third of the estate is to be distributed among the National Lutheran Home for the Aged, the Presbyterian Home for the Aged and the Society of the Covenant of the Church of the Covenant. The other two-thirds are to go to a grandniece, O. Hellsten of Brool , N. Y. ‘The Security & will act as gxecuton, ‘The event is described by a Japanese poet, quoted by Dr. Anesaki, as follows: ‘Music is heard in the sky, “Miraculous perfumes fill the air, “Petals fall from Heaven like rain- | drops. “Heavenly-sweet beyond all imagina- tion. “Sound and resound in unison. “Harps, guitars, flutes and bells. “A grand orchestra makes harmoni- ous the serene air. “To the accompaniment of heavenly music. “Celestial maidens dance, hovering in the air. “Fluttering their sleeves of feathers. “Flying and wavering among the cherry blossoms.” Mothered by Birds. Still another cherry blossom legend returns to symbolism to explain the | natural phenomena of Mount Fuji. In the distant past a poor, old farmer had |a bamboo grove at the foot of the | mountain. One spring night tyo night- | ingales made a nest in one of | boo trees. The next morning the old | man found a baby girl in the nest. He took her to his cottage and reared { her. She grew into the loveliest maiden |in the empire. The emperor heard of | her and desired to marry her, amply | rewarding her foster father. They lived together for seven years. | Then ‘she told the emperor she was a celestial being and the time had come when she must return to the heavens. |She left him a mirror to remember her by. She was going bock to her father’s palace on the moon, and on the night of a full Spring moon she de- | parted. Sets Fire to Mountain, | The grief-stricken emperor resolved to follow her and dashed up the slopes of Fuji, carrying the mirror in his hand. ‘When he reached the summit he could g0 no farther. He was so close to heaven when the sun rose that the mir- | Tor concentrated the rays and set fire 'Allnthe summit, which has smoked ever since. ‘The Emperor's celestial bride left by | the nightingales is believed to sym- bolize the brief-blooming cherries at the foot of the mountain, who glorify with their beauty; humble cottage and palace alike, but can remain on earth only & little while. with a thread of tragic symbolism run- ning through it, is that of the Lady Yaye-Zukuna, the spirit of the eight- petaled cherry. The prince of the grasses fell in love with her and they were married. This aroused the jeal- ousy of the flower brid='s sister, the | plum-blossom lady, who began organiz- ing the forest trees to make war on the grasses. They finally destroyed them by fire and the prince was killed. Ever since the eight-petaled cherry has worn a robe of black bark in mourn- ing for her dead husband. The plum trees and the cherry trees blossom at about the same time, and there is a continuous association in the legendary connected with each. In some of the fairy lore they are friendly, but in other tales they appear as bitter rivals. [ The plum blossoms are symbolized by | Rafu-sen, the fairy of the floating veil, who appears at night in the moon- lit orchards and scat the perfume of the blocoms over the world. REVOLVER SOUGHT IN LANE SHOOTING Warrant to Search Home of Alleged “Trigger Man” Will Be Asked. Efforts to obtain the revolver used in the fatal shooting of James H. Lane, 42, conductor-motorman' on the Con- | Bress Heights car line, were being made |today by Capt. William E. Holmes, | commander of eleventh precinct police. A warrant to search the Silver Hill, Md., home of Garry R. Owens, 26, al- leged “trigger man” in the attempted hold-up in which Lane, father of four children, was shot, probably will be ob- tained today, Capt. Holmes said. Meanwhile, Owens and his nephew, Charles A. Owens, 20, are being held at the eleventh precinct, where a written |confession was obtained from the | younger man last night. The statement, a repetition of the story he told when questioned by Sergts. Thomas Sweeney and Carlton Tally of the homicide squad and Detective Wil- liam Wright, eleventh precinct, was signed after the two Owens' had been identified by two witnesses. Questioned last night, Garry per- sisted in his denial of any connection with the shooting or the attempted | hold-up. At the time the shooting occurred, he asserted, he was at his Giesboro Point, |D. C., home with his wife, Mrs. Maude |Owens, 25. Mrs. Owens, who was ar- |rested with her husband, is being held at the House cf Detention. Garry's statements were corroborated by his sister, Mrs. Ruth Spear of Gies- boro Point, and his wife’s brother, | Leonard Long of Blue Plains, D, C, Pillsbury was arrested last night by Detective J. F. Boxwell of eleventh pre- cinct. He Jater was transferred to the fourth precinct, where he is being held for investigation. DR. sOHNSON THANKS THOSE WHO BACKED HIM Gratitude for the support he has re- ceived during the recent controversy at is bam- | Still another cherry blossom legend | g, General News PAGE B—1 DRY AGENT LINKS FOURTEEN ON TRIAL WITH LIQUOR RING Alleged Conspirators Taken by Surprise as Four Reverse Pleas to Guilty. ALLEGED “B0SS” NAMED AS KEEPER OF STORE Herbert Johnson of U. S. Force Tells of Tracing Suspects by Alcohol Deal. Testimony linking all the defendants with an alleged liquor ring was offered in District Supreme Court today as 14 men and women were tried on whisky conspiracy charges. Herbert Johnson, Federal prohibition agent, unfolded a detailed account of his investigation of the group. He testi- ftied Alfred Mendelson, said to live in he 1400 block of Spring road, was the boss,” who decided when and where the contraband should be delivered. ‘The agent said Mendelson was the proprietor of a store in the 3400 block of Fourteenth street, which was. stocked with large quantities of malt extracts, hops, gin extract, rye extract, kegs, crocks, jars and bottling paraphernalia. Johnson said he visited the store last January 24 and asked one of the defendants, Roy Ahern, a clerk, where he would be able to locate Roy Beasley, another defendant. Johnson said he was given a telephone number and im- mediately called Beasley. Alleged Order Filled. The witness testifiled he gave Beasley & fictitious name, told him he had dealt With him before and now wanted to buy half a gallon of alcohol. He said Beas- ley replied that he did not remember him, but told him to go to Newton street and Holmead place and wait for him, n after his arrival there, Johnson added, he was met by a man he later knew as John Dugan and was proffered a sack in which a half-gallon jar of alcohol was concealed. The witness said he tendered a $20 bill in payment and Dugan invited **m to get into his car with him while he went for change. Johnson testified that they drove to Mendelson's apartment, where Mendelson accepted the $20 bill and gave him $14 change. The agent declared Ahern once offer- ed to obtain a job for Johnson as & liquor runner at $40 a week. The wit- :ess q;l:’e}i Ahenl\du saying the man e worl for would pay the e: of his defense should - he be m Johnson said he expressed will to accept such employment, but never was approached on the matter again. Defendants Surprised. The other defendauts in the case are Ida Mendelson, Harty Kushner, Corbin | Shields, Milton J. Lerner, Thomes Me-~ Nichols, Jack Baum, Frank E. Baker, Eugene L. Sanders, Earl Harbin, An- drew Lebolo and Edward T. Craghan. The proszcution took' the alleged con- spirators by surprise yesterday when four of the defendants reversed their former positions and entered pleas of guilty. Previously they had pleaded not zu'lxl*ly wl'-hl:he %them 0se who changed their peas and indicated their willingness to testify for the Government were James P. Clarke and his wife, Nettie M., and Jerry R. Charteres and his wife, Elizabeth. Clarke was called as the first Gov- ernment witness. He told of operating stills in East Riverdale and Hyattsville, which, he said, were capable of turning out several hundred gallons of aleohol A day. He said the alcohol was secured by distilling disinfectants and perfume, | the refined product being brought into | Washington by truck. Clarke, in testi- fying, waived his constitutional im- munity. One defendant, Groghan, was found n‘cg. to mvi:fl;: attorney. Justice Luh- ring ap) George S. Naphen to defend , but ordered the man’s bond canceled. “If he can’t afford a lawyer he can't afford bond premiums,” the Justice said. st LR |AID WILL BE SOUGHT FOR FIELD WORKERS McReynolds Says Effort Will Be Made for Inclusion in Benefits of Classification Laws. Extension of the benefits of Federal classification laws to underpaid Gov- ernment field workers will be sought through legislation at the next session of Congress, William H. McReynolds of ihe Personnel Classificaticn Board told the Federal Bar Association last night at & meeting in the University Club, The speaker urged need of a uniform svstem of promotions under the classi= fication act. James Grafton Rogers, a newly ap- pointed Assistant Secretary of State, and Seth W. Richardson, Assistant Ate {torney General, also spoke. Guests included Chief Justice Fenton W. Booth of the United States Court of Claims, Dr. Ellery C. Stowell, profes~ sor of international law at American University; Maj. Wallace Streater of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Col. Thad Brown, general counsel of the Federal Radio Commission; William A. Roberts, assistant eorporation counsel, and Theodore Hostetler, solicitor of United States Patent Office. Howard University was expressed yes- terday by Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson, president. “I wish publicly,” he said, “to ex- press my thanks to all the members of ghe Howard University community, to the writers of the public press and to the citizeng of Washington and of the Nation for their recent expressions of confidence in the tion of Howard “These evidence! present administra- niversity. z of active good wil} toward the work which we are trying to do in developing Howard University for superior service to the people have been and will continue to be a source of in- iration and strength.” e MRS. WHITAKER BURIED Rites for Wife of Army Officer Held This Afternoon. Funeral rites for Mrs. Agnes H. Whit- c C. Whitaker, U. fho died Tut at her home, no road, were helliyat the resi- at 2 o'clock this afte B h Arl Na urial | its various Brief AFFILIATED UNITS’ WORK TOLD TO CHEST GROUPS Keymen’s Klub Elects Officers at Meeting With Boys’ Club and Government Uniteers. ‘Two organizations of Community Chest workers, the Keymen’s Klub and the Governmental Uniteers, met last night in the Boys’ Club, at 230 C street, to learn something of the work of the latter club as a unit of the Chest. Mem= bers of the Keymen's Klub elected offie cers as follows: Elmer Gray, president, and Miss Hor= tense Keables and Miss Beatrice Mule lins, vice presidents. The Executive Committee consisted of Charles E. Krey, retiring president; Miss Inez L. Cadel and Charles Claggett. The Uniteers did not elect officers. The meeting was one of a series to acquaint Community Chest workers with affliated