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i The Zv ITH SUNDAY MOKNING EDITION ening Stap WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, MAY- 21, 1931 DEFENSE DEMANDS DIRECTED VERDICT IN GALHOUN CASE Acquittal Plea Contends Five Defendants Were Entrapped by Justice Agents. JUDGE DELAYS RULING ON MISTRIAL MOTION Adkins Calls Arth's Attack on Tes- timony Waste of Time, but | | Lets Him Proceed. | Contending the defendants had been | entrapped by Department of Justice agents, Charles W. Arth of defense counsel today d>manded a directed ver- dict of acquittal in the case of five per- sons charged with a blackmail conspir- acy against Capt. and Mrs, Clarence C Calhoun. Meanwhile, Justice Jesse C. Adkins of District Supreme Court held in abey- ance his ruling cn a dsfense motion for | & mistrial made yesterday. Defense lawyers had charged Mrs. Emma J. Grouse, a Government witness, had been intimidated. “This is entrapment from the begin- ning to the end,” Arth declarsd “Mr. Bird began it so far as the Cal- houns were concerned,” Justice Adkins interposed. He referred to James F. Bird, one of the defendants. The other defendants are Mr. and Mrs. W. Clark Noble, Mrs. Anna Hillenbrand and Ste- | phen A. Armstrong, jr. Allows Argument to Proceed. Justice Adkins told Ar'h he was wast- ing his time in demanding, “That I mustn't take this testimony at its face value. When there is a conflict in testimony, it is a matter of fact for the jury to decide.” | Nevertheless, Justice Adkins per- mitted Arth to continue his argument. | The judge asked Arth why the Cal- | houns had been asked individually to | pay the Nobles a debt which the defense | said Noble was owed by the Woman’s | Universal Alllance. The attorney .re- | plied ‘the Calhouns had been collecling ‘money for the organization and should have met the demand. . dinarily | Adkins | 50 years ago; Dr. Max Huber, presiden: Miss Barton while she was in Dansville WILL ATTEND Fiftieth Anniversary Founding to Be Observed at Willard Tonight. Fifty years ago today a group of about a dinner table at 1326 I street, home of Clara Barton, and organized “The | American Association of the Red Cross.” | Tonight that event will be commem- | orated at a brilliant “golden jubilee” | dinner of the American Red Cross, with | addresses by President Hoover, head of “Is that the way a uwyer"or handles a legitimate case?” 1 asked, -after_citing testimony that Bird bad called Capt. Calhoun late at night and demanded a conference the next day. Arth responded Bird had been merely looking out for the interests of his client. Zurich, Switzerland, president of the International Red Cross. ) A prominent jurist, Judge William Lawrence, presided over the initial | mesting, and another distinguished | member of the judiciary, Chief Justice | Hughes, will prezide over the anni- versary dinner tonight at the Willard Hotel. The proceedings will be broad- cast by the National and Columbia radio chains. Congratuations Pour In. Congratulatory messages poured intp national headquarters of the soclety to- | day from all quarters of the globa. | They will be read tonight. From Lon- | den came a cablegram from the Duke of “York, presiding over the British | Red: Cross Council. Prince Charles of | Sweden, head of the Red Cross of his | country, sent his felicitations. Tokio forwarded the greetings of Prince Tokugawa, president of the Japanese Red Cross. Other messages, by cable end radio, came from Switzerland, ‘Turkey, Spain, Egypt. Estonia, China, Germany, Prance, Greece and many d called | ta the office of 1{;m Goldstein, 3‘\: prosecutor, durin, e noon recess day she first Lestihed and warned to tell | the seme story on the witness stand | she had related prior to the opening of the trial. “The woman quoted Goldstein as say-. ing: “You must not try to make & fook ouil of me. Unless you are ml!uL you ere likely to got into trouble.” Mrs. Krouse added she became so worried as & result of the conference | with the prosecutor she was unable to retain her lunch. The woman said Samuel W. Hardy, a Department of justice agent and principal Govern- | other countties. ment witness, was present when she | Miss Barton called the meeting at talked to Goldstein, She quoted Hardy | her home in 1881 when she felt tha: as telling her the case “must be won.” |a crisis confronted her long efforts to | Hardy previously had denied making |establish a branch of the Geneva Red such a_statement. Cross in America. She sought the ad- ‘Asked by Justice Adkins whether she | vice of her friends as to the advisability | desired to change, her original testimony, of continuing her campaign, and_they Mrs. Krouse replied in the negative. | counseled her to “carry on.” Thowe 5 present zigned a statement of or- ganization. Charter Granted in 1905. The association was incorporated in Beven Foreign Service Officers to July cf that year. The Senate rati the international treaty a year later, | Attend Trade Parley. as a result of persistent work by Miss Seven officers of the United Statés Barton. Congress granted a charter to Poreign Service have been detailed to | the organization in IW':."V i atiend the National Foreign Trade _ Dipiomatic represen es y Convention, to be held in New, Yorl k | nations will be among the 800 guests at -2 r the gen- | the celebration tonight. [embers | i poiisy o e ¥ the | the 3500 Red Cross chapters will listen development of American trade with 1o the radio m. foreign countries, Judge Huber was presented to Presi- They are: James J. Murphy, jr., dent Hoover at the White House yes- econsular commercial office; Harry A terday. Attaches there commented on McBride, executive assistant, Depart- s DETAILED TO SESSIONS the similarity of their names. It was ment, of State; Marlon Letcher, consul general at Amtwerp, Belgiam; L. H. Gourley, consul at Sao Paulo, Brazil: Fletcher Warren, consul & Barran- quilla, Colombia: Leroy Webber, consul at Cheefoo, China, and Walter A. Foote, consul at Sumatra. Dutch East Indies, now at the State Department. OFFICES INSPECTED Tospection of the District of Colum- bia division offices of the Salvation Army was begun today by Commis- recalled that genealogists clalm that the President’s ancestors came to America from Switzerland and that the original family name was Huber. It was pointed out that Judge Huber and President Hoover may be distantly re- Tated WIFE ASKS DIVORCE Mrs. Mary Gay O'Meara Enters Suit in District Court. An absolute divorce was asked in a suit filed yesterday in District Supreme Court by Mrs. Mary Gar O'Meara, 1415 Rhode Island avenue, against Arlle P. O'Meara, employed at Seventh and 1 streets. They were married at Balti- more July 9, 1924, and have one child. Mrs. O'Meara sald she filed suit for divcrce against -her husband February 28, 1930, but withdrew it on his promise 1> reform. Later he deserted her, the wife said. She is represented by At- torney Olive B. Lacy. NATIVES DI.NE TONIGHT . e annual dinner of the Society of : Natives of the District of Columbia will Admits Stealing Dress be held at the Shoreham Hotel tonight Said to be a singer in a New York at 7 o'clock cabaret, Jean Mlfll:L 22, pleaded guilty | Th:cre will be a program of enter- in Pofice Court today 1o stealing a | tainment, en address by the society's drest from a downtown depariment | historian, James H. Duhamel, and store, Judge Gus A. Schuldt postponed dancing. Fred A, Emery, president of sertence in the case until Saturday. the society, will preside UNEMPLOYMENT IN DISTRICT CUT IN APRIL FEDERAL AGENCY SAYS sloner Alexander M. Damon, command- ing officer of the Southern territory. Commissioner Damon was accompanied 10 the Capital by Maj. J. Arthur Flynn, fleld secretary, and Adjutant Sidney Ccx, secretary for young people’s work The inspection is the annual visita- tion made to all Salvation Army offices. On his arrival here, Commissioner Da- mon paid tribute to the work of Maj James Asher, commanding officer of the District of Columbiz division of the army. Every person with whom he d discussed the work of the local Salvation Army. Commissioner Damon declared, had commended Maj. Asher's 2bility | Central High School student, who was| Manufacturing Plants Maintain Forces—$2,206,600 in Building Permits Issued. Some reduction in the volume of un- “Favorable weather throughout the i employment was noted in the District | month resulted in some increase in out- | of Columbia during April, the United door work. Bullding permits recently | States Employment Service reported 10- | issued call for an expenditure of over day in its monthly industrial employ- | $2,206,600. The volume of building ment information bulletin. |underway increased and there was some A surplus of labor prevailed through- | improvement in the employment situa- out the past month, however, the bulle- | tion among building workers, 1in states, Including building workers, “'Additional street improvement proj- cles and professional help, sales per- | ects are soon to be started, which, added sons and unskilled Jaborers. -1 1o the work already begun, will provide “Pairly satisfactory operating sched- | employment for many men. Forces ules were maintained in most. of the | employed in mercantile establishments, ac establishments in the | hotels and restaursnts, were described of mbia throughout April” | as about normal fof this season of the the report continuzs, Practically all|year. There was a fair demand for of the 'rllnu that reported were run- | domestic help which was ily sup- ning, with their usual forces engaged. | plied in most instances. Left to right: Dr. Benjamin P. Andrews, one of a delegation of citizens | from Dansville, N. Y., where the first branch Red Cross Chapter was organized t of the International Commissicn, and | John Barton Payne, chairman of the Red Cross. Dr. Andrews was physician to recuperating from an illness. —Star Staff Photo. NEW YORK SKYLINE RED GROSS DINNER' IMPRESSION SLIGHT of Dr. Huber, International Red| | be located on the corner of Maryland | Cross Chief, More Sur- prised 30 Years Ago. A few scattered skyscrapers which Islsnd 30 years ago made & stronger impression on Max Huber of Zurich, Switzerland, president of the Intern: tional Committee of the Red Cros than did the colossal audscity of th New York skyline when he viewed it Sunday. “Then there were only a few tall buildings,” Dr. Huber said. “They stood the soclety, and Judge Max Hubr of | as things apart%nd towered encrmously | I over their surroundings. Now there are many—so many they dwarf each other; there is nothing to compare them with. “It is difficult for the visitor to com- prehend thelr size and numbers. 1 visited the topmost story of the Empire State Building and marveled at the change which 30 years had wrought. Sees Washington Different. “Washington, 100, has Perhaps it is more apparent to me, who was here last during 1900, than to the usual visitor. “This is & visual impression only, since T have been in America but a few days. When here last I made a leisurely tour as a student of political and eco- nomic problems.” . Huber is a guest of the Amer- fcan Red Cross for its fiftieth anniver- sary celebration today. He expects to remain in the United States for about three weeks and will visit various Red Cross chapters In the East and Middle West. Dr. Huber visited the White House yesterday and talked briefly with Presi- dent Hoover. He was introduced to the President by John Barton Payne, chair- man of the American Red Crcss. Although & busy schedule has been made out for Dr. Huber during his stay here. he found time to discuss many topics with reporters at Red Cross headquarters. Third Committee President. Dr. Huber, who will address the an- niversary dinner of the American Red Cross ai the Willard Hotel tonight, is the third man to hold the presidency of the Internaticnal Committee in the 67 years of existence of the Red Cross The first president was elected in 1864, when the treaty of Geneva, pro- | viding for the protection of wounded on | the battleficld, was drafted. Dr. Huber was elected 10 the post in 1928 on the death of the second president. Since 1921, he has been cne of the | judges of the Permanent International Court of Justices at The Hague, and presided over this court from 1925 tc 1927 As A member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration since 1923, he was sole arbitrator in several international disputes, REALTY BOARD TO FETE TENTH ANNIVERSARY Herbert U. Nelson of National As- sociation Among Speakers to Be Heard Tonight. The tenth anniversary of the organi- zation of the Washinglon Real Estate Board will be celebrated this evening at a meeting of members and guests of the board at the Mayflower Hotel Addresses will be given by Herbert U. Nelson, executive secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, and Judge Howard W. Smith of Alexandria, representative-elect from the eighth congressional district of Virginia. Special guests will be District Engi- neer Commissioner John C. Gotwals, officers of trade and professional bodies of this city and members of the Alex- andria-Arlington-Fairfax Real Estate Board. 3 A musical entertainment and buffet supper will follow ihe business meeting OFFERS $100 REWARD FOR RECOVERY OF BODY Uncle of John Drowned 3 in Canoe Posts Sum. Walsh, Who ! Accident, A $100 reward for recovery bedy of John J. Walsh, of the 18-year-old | drowned Tussday night when a canoe capsized in the Potomac River, has been offered by the boy's uncle, David Walsh, 3430 Pourteenth strect. Young Walsh was canoeing with two companions when one of them stood up in ths canoe, turning it over, Har- bor police have been dragging the river since. The drowning occurred near the Three Sisters Islands Thomas Russell, 16, of 1775 Cali-| fornia street, and Philip Pries, 16, of 1626 Hobart street, were Walsh's com- panions on the fatal canoe trip. Both swam to safety. French Plane Crash Kills Four. PARIS, May 21 (£).—A Havas dis- paich from Meknes, Morocco, says & Prench navy plane crashed today from |2 height of approximately 3,000 fect, killing four persons. changed. | ! be In architectural expression.” WORLD'S GREATEST CONSERVATORY 10 BEGIN HERE SOON Bids Will Be Opened Wed- nesday for Dominant Struc- ture of Botanic Gardens. LECTURE‘S TO FEATURE. EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE Electrical Ventilatars and Large Reflecting Pool Are Among Attractions. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Bids will be opened next Wednesday for the most modern conservatory in the world as part of the Capitol area development. This model conservatory, dominating the new Botanic Garden, is intended to be the center of botanical - | education for people from all parts of the country and from foreign countries, with special exhibits “of plant life nowhere else available in this country and with a series of lectures on botan- ical subjects. The bids are to be opened in the of- fice of the architect of the Capitol. One | hundred and thiry coples of the plans and specifications have been taken out by the bidders The conservatory will have aluminum ribs, ventilators electrically controlled and a large, inclosed reflecting pool. The main conservatory bullding is to and Pirst street of ! avenue | directly southwest, southwest, the Capitol Grounds and south of the present Bo- | | tanic Gardens which are to be improved | into “Union Square,” between the Capi- | i tol Grounds and the Mall Triangle. The ! | conservatory is to be approximately 300 | feet, in length, 200 feet in width and one 75 prominent citizens gathered around | rose to lesser heights over Manbattan story in height. with the principal front- ange on Maryland avente. Building Will Cover Square. Practically the entire square will be ’mverad by this building project. There | will be an east court and a west court. | | The main front of the building will b’: | g stone and approximately 40 feet in | height, so that the eonservatory fea- | es, such as the glass roof, will not | be seen on account of the height of | |this main front. This frontage will be ! plerced by 11 openings and the 11 doors will be of sufficient size so that plants | { which occupy the subtropical portions | | of the conservatory can be brought out |in the Summertime on the terrace and | thus form an interesting = exhibit of | | plant life on the north side of the build- | ing. This rectangular-shaped building, | covering nearly the entire area of | square, 300 by 200 feet, facing north, will form on its outer edge a series of rooms or sections encircling the entire | area of the square devoted to buildings. | In some of the buildings the tempera- | ture will be not lers at any time than 40 degrees, but in the great palm house, | which occuples the central portion of the square and is flanked on the east iand west side by an open court. the | | temperature will be kept up to 70 de- grees. | " George W. Hess, director of the Bo- | {tanic Garden, is planning a series of | | lectures to be given by authorities on various phases of plant life. Mr. Hess | { today explained some of the improve- | | ments in the layout cf the garden. | | To enter the palm house visitors will pass down & flight of steps, as the floor of the palm house is depressed below | the adjoining floor levels of any other | {portion of the building. The height | will be 80 feet, but as a portion of | this 1s below the poor levels of other buildings the roof of the palm house | will not be observed from the street. This simple projection of the palm house is octanguiar in shape, and of course, wider at the base, Mr. Hess | pointed out. The glass roof affords | {ample light for the.large palms which | will occupy this house, several of which | actually broke their way through the roof of the old conservatory. Suggestion for Birds. It is proposed that tropical birds be { placed In the palm house so that the | visitor upon entering it not only wil| see the folinge of the tropics, but will {also hear and ee the tropical birds { belonging to the sections of country where palms grow out of doors. Visit- | jors will also near the sound of small cascades and see the foliage reflected | ! in placid pools. | . The encircling rooms. or sections, will be devoted to various purposes, one {section being named the Bay Tree| House, another the Subtropical House, | the Orangery, Fern House, Tropical | Fruit House, Succulent House, Display | {House and the Lecture Hall, besides a | number of service rooms Visitors will be able to see to a much | better advantage than ever before, Mr. Hess promises, all of the steps in the plant life which are only to be found | in visiting the different countries in which these plants have their native habitat, or by visiting some of the world’s most famous conservatories. The {entire building will be heated and ven- tilated by apparatus of the latest im- proved methods. In the northwest corner of the con- servatory a Jarge hall will be dedicated 0 lecture purposes. Dirsctor Hess, “will afford an opportu- nity for students interested in the sub- | jects to which the garden will be de- votad far better than any other op- portunity existing in this Capital City for such' study, if not in the entire Unit:d States. In addition to its util ity, this conservatory building archi- tecturally will commend itself and form a pleasing note in this section of the | city o those whose larger interests may Outdoor Plant Space. Ths square to the south of the new | conservatory, between Pirst and Sec- ond streets, B and Canal streets, for- merly occupied by a stone yard, & col- ored school and & score or more of dwellings, will be lald out for the out- door propagation of plant and for land- scaping with the famous Bartholdi Fountain, now in storage, in the center of the square. AL the southeasi corner will be a new residence for the director of the Botanic Garden. The relocation of the Botanic Gar- den makes possible an improvement that has long been contemplated by giving to the Capitol Building an im- pressive setting on its western outlook, with & large area of ramshackle bufld- ings wiped out. The entire western front of the Capitol will be occupied by the Botanic Garden, the Mall and Union Square, and the area reclaimed by the extension of Constitution avenue a the horth side of the Capitol grounds, so that there will be no private enterprise adjoining the Capitol grounds on the west. The relocation of the Botanic Gar- den is being carried out under au- thority contained in an act n i& Plans were red by Wil- liam E. Parsons of Chicago, for trans- fer of the gardens to_the new site, south of Maryland lunue,’nd for new bufld~ | administrs | | | 1 | OP: Front elevation of conservat. ory 300 feet long and 200 feet wide to frent on Maryland avenue, between First, Second and B streets south- west. i Boftom: Area between B ern corner. Lower right: George W. Hess, direc i { | | I ANACOSTIA PLANS PUSHED BY NAVY Contract to Be Let Despite. Position as Tenant of War Department. Although the Navy is in the position of a tenant of the War Department at Anacostia, plans are being pushed for- ward on its $300.000 construction pro- | gram at the Naval Air Station there and a contract is expected to bz let about July 1 The plans call for construction of an jon_building, barracks and a mess hall, entailing a total expendi- ture of $275000, and $25,000 for & small central heating plant. Bids will b2 called for next week by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department. They will be opened about 30_days later The present structures at the Naval Air Station are temporary, having been | built during the war. The enlisted per- sonnel of the station is moving this week into new temporary quarters to be occupied, pencing completion of the new structures. . i Despite tie fact the Navy is merely a tenant officials do not believe the Naval | Air Station will have to be vacated, due to pressure from the .War Department. They believe harmonious relations will continue to exist, although Naval offi- clals conceded today that if the Navy should have to abandon the Anacostia post, the new buildings would become the property of the War Department. STEEL SMOKESTACK working for this improvement more than 15 years. = s and Canal streets and Second streets, with Bartholdi Fountain in center and new home for director in south- tor of the Botanic. Garden, who has been 'Boy Leaps to Side Of Runaway Auto To Avert Wreck Collision With Street Car | Prevented by 13- Year-Old Carrier. The presence of mind of Harry Miller, 13 years old, cf 4 Girard street north- enst, yesterday prevented a possible col- lision between an unoccupied runaway automobile and a street car. Young Miller was walking along North Capltol street, near Rhode Island ave- nue, when he noticed a-sedan, said to | belong to Mrs. Ethel Rabbitt, 414 Nich- olson street, cruising down the street. | Miller jumped on_the running board of | the car, only to find the doors locked. | Waving an approaching street car to a stop, and warning off automobiles, the | youth clung to the machine and drag- | ged his feet until the vehicle reduced its | speed. | “Near the intersection of S street, | Miller jumped off, kicked at the front wheels ‘and managed to turn the car into the curb. During its run, bystanders said. the machine was going approximately 20 miles an hour and veered dangerously | ¢lose 13 the street car. Miller is a_carrier boy for The Eve- | ning Star. BOY IS ON WAY HERE T0 FACE HOLD-UP CHARGE Detective Bringing Him Here From Baltimore After Surrender to Society and General PAGE B—1 COAL TEST TRIAL ON N POLICE COURT éDealers’ Counsel Argues Right to Sell 2,000-Pound Tons Under Law. | The test case to decide whether local coal merchants have been violating the District law for standard weights and measures by selling coal in 2,000 pound units instead by the long ton of 2,240, went on trial today before Judge P. McMabon in Police Court. James E. Colloflower, prominfiht Tocal coal dealer, listed as the defendant, was charged with selling twe 2,000- pound units of coal to an attache of the | District Government in violation of an act of Congress which sets the standard unit for coal as a ton of 2,240 pounds. | William A. Roberts, special assistant - | corporatibn counsel, appeared for the | District, with Attorneys Ringgold Hat | and Maurice Rosenberg representing the coal merchant. | Dealers’ Right Cited. | Judge McMahon, contended that a | dealer has a right to sell coal in 2,000- | pound quantities as long as he clearly designates to the purchaser the num- tains, and as long as the said unit is | not_called a ton. | “We are allowed o sell coal in smaller Quantities, such as 500 pounds,” Rosen- berg stated, “as long as the number of pounds the order contains is desig- nated. Why should we not be allowed to sell it in 2,000-pound quantities and charge for it by the pound if the pur- chaser is shown the number of pounds he is securing?” 2,000 Pounds More Conyenient. Rosenberg said that it is more con- venient for coal to be sold in 2,000- pound units and, showed that this quantity is recognized as standard in both Virginia and Maryland, as weil as when the coal is billed from tac mines. Roberts answered that the law clearly sets the standard unit as 2,240 pounds as a ton in the sale of coal, and any smaller amounts to be sold must be translated in terms as a fraction of this ton, either by weight or price. It is expected that Judge McMahon | will give a deeision this afternoon, and whether the District or the ccal mer- chants are declared the victor the case will be taken to the Court of Appeals | | Rosenberg, in an hour's argument in | which he cited a score of cases to| ber of pounds the unit of coal con- | STOCK OPERATIONS *OF HAYNES PROBED BY PROSECUTION Attempt Is Made to Link Them With False Book Entries. $5,000 MISAPPLICATION BY BANKER CONTENDED | Overdraft Taken Up With Notes Sanctioned by the Directors. The Government today continued its efforts to link up stock transaetions with the accusations against Harry V. Haynes, growing out of his alleged acts 83 president of the Farmers & Me- chanics National Bank. After presenting evidence in four counts of the indictment charging false entires in the records of the bank. to- gether with another count reflecting back to these, which alleges a false re- port to the controller of the currency. | the prosecution took up a count of misapplication involving $5.000. This is sald to have represented a transaction by the defendants with the | New York brokerage firm of Dyer-Hud- son in November, 1927. A stock pur- chase made in the name of the H. V. Haynes Syndicate, one of the designa tions the banker is said to have used, created an overdraft of $5,000 at the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank, which the prosecution contends in turn was offset in the records of the bank by a “cash item,” until 1 was taken up later in & group of Haynes' notes for $50,300. | Directors Sanctioned Notes. | H. Winship Wheatley of defense coun- | sel brought_out that the interest pre- | sumably had been paid on this item. | He also repeated that the notes for /$50,300 had the sanction of the direc- | tors of the bank. These notes have fig- | ured previously in the case. The various transactions are being detatled before the jury by E. J. Arm- bruster, an accounting specialist of the Department of Justice. It was said by U. 8. Attorney Rover, who is directing the prosecution, that Armbruster would likely -complete his presentation this afternoon Rover expects to rest &t noon tomorrow, which will likely mean that the defense will start Monday morning, which also will mark the be- ginning of the third week of the trial, Justice Peyton Gordon, who is pre- siding over the case in Criminal Divi- sion 1 of District Supreme Court, to- day complimented both prosecution and defense for the facility with which they have conducted the case. SOROPTIMISTS FETE MRS. MUSSEY AT 81 Members of Club and Guests At- tend Dinner on Lawn at Home of Miss Rosa M. Place. [ | | | | Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey was feted on her eighty-first birthday this week by the Washington Soroptomist Club, when a dinner was served on the lawn at_the home of Miss Rosa M. Place, 1857 Park road, attended by members of the club and their guests. Miss Grace Goodpasture, president of the club, presided, with the guests of honor, Mrs. Mussey and Miss Janet Richards on either side of her. Mrs. Mussey gave a short talk, following an introduction by Miss Katherine Pike, customs attorney, and Miss Richards spoke on the recent revolt in Spain. She was introduced by Miss Nora Hoff- man. The Soroptomist Glee Club pre- sented several selections. Members of the Washington club will go to Baltimore Saturday, where they will form a new chapter of the American Federation of Soroptomist Clubs. Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, imme- diate past president of the federation: Mrs. Mary Lewis, treasurer; Mrs, Neil Hysong and Mrs. Betsy Fisher, regional and perhaps to the United States Su- | representatives, and others wil go from preme Court for a final decision, | this city. The organization ::eefinx J"lil'l‘lbe held in the Lord Baltimore | Hotel. — 'LEADERS CONGRATULATED - = " ™" { ON FIELD MASS WORK" WILL HONOR POET Catholic Student Mission Crusade | Memorial to Iielr;;ichdfleine Con- | Group Praises Those Who Aid- | sidered in His Native City. ed Recent Service. DUSSELDORF, (N.AN.A), — Plans | for a memorial to Heinrich Heine here Resolutions congratulating religious | in his native city are under consider- | Workmen Begin Enlarging Heat- “The relocated Botanic Garden,” said | Police Yesterday. Detective Richard J. Cox and a boy |who gave his name as Joe Varella were to return here today from Balti- ! more, where Varella surrendered to po- lice yesterday. sayipg he was wanted | here for having participated in a hold- up. District police said ‘Varella, who gave TO GIVE WAY TO BRICK ing Plant of Agriculture Department. The big steel smokestack of the De- partment of Agriculture heating plant will come down, and & new one, made of | bery in connection with the hold-up brick, will arise in its stead, as part of | of Roy Johns, 832 Tenth street, on the work of enlarging the piant | February 21." Johns was alone in his Workmen of the firm of W. C. Spratt|room when two men entered. He was of Predericksburg, Va, who won the |stabbed, bound and gagged and his contract, today began the reconstruc- his age as 18, will be charged with rob- | leaders for their work were adopted | |last night at a meeting of the Inter- | Veteran Unit Council of the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade. The meeting, held at St. Cecilia's Academy, was the fust attended by other than elected delegates. Nearly all the veteran Crusaders of the Arch- diocese of Baltimore were present. Among the resolutions adopted was one extending praise to Rev. Louis C. Vaeth, direcior of the Crusade, for his work in behalf of the pontifical mili- tary field mpss, celebrated May 14 at the Catholic University stadium. Con- ation. The appeal for funds brought n over $8,000 and the many tiny sums | among the larger subscriptions showed how greatly this poet was loved. |, The Germany embassy in Moscow forwarded 10 marks sent to them by & German peasant working in Siberia. The city fathers of Dusseldorf gave $2,500 toward the memorial fund in honor of the famous poet. M. Herriot appealed for subscriptions in France and Prof. Atkins in England. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance, Ine.) gratulations also were extended to Miss | Nellie McCormick' and to the various | officers of the local council of the | Commissioned in Reserve. Arthur C. Meade, 3008 McKinley tion work. This heating plant is needed to fur- nish_heat to the enlarged facilities of the Department of Agricultire. PLAY TO DEPICT DREAM University Women to Be Enter- tained by Work of Capital Writer. “Sylvia's Dream.” a play written by Dr. Anna M. Ketcham especlally for the occasion, will be presented at the-an- nual picnic of the American Association | of University Women at the country home of Dr. Lcuise Taylor Jones Satur- day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The play tells the story of a modern young woman who is carried into the world of mythology after falling asleep while reading a mythological book. ings and equipinent, which will greatly Improve working conditions. apartment ransacked. RAIN DELAYS ENVOY | Ambassador Guggenheim was delayed by rain today in starting his return trip to Havana, The Ambassador conferred yesterday with President Hoover and State De- | partment_cfficials and planned to start ! back to Cuba in his private airplane at | daybreak oday, but & downpour kept all | planes at ihe Washington airports in | thelr hangars, Marriage Licenses. Marvin Hedrick. 28, this city. and ., 21, Maysvilie, W. Va.; Rev. Albert D. Bell ester, Pa., end givia 1. Roserer 217 ini§ Gty Rev. James vis, 24, this city, and Eve! M Fort Wasne, taa; Hev. Che 3 va, e L. L. Margaret 8. Morris, ¥ remae Bole, Md: e of ynn, 28, snd Catherine 4, Nellie F.F © 24 A, Cowan, iv. 28, Chatlo ‘ Ve, and_Anple Bell, 47 Ada B Mitchell, 23: T~ e L7 a5 Bl | Crusaders. | street, this city, has been commissioned Jerome J. Downey also was congrat- | by the War Department a first leuten- |ulated in a resolution for having won ent of Infantry, and Irving R. Trav- | from the National Executive Board of erse, 1900 F street, a second lieutenant |the Crusade in Cincinnati in an essay | of Engineers, both in the Reserve Corps contest. | of the Army. 'WESTERN TOPS LIST IN NUMBER | OF GRADUATES ENTERING COLLEGE Sends 90 Per Cent to Higher Institutions, With Eastern Second, Tech Third and Central Fourth. ‘With more than 90 per cent of its|S. Newton, its principal, explained, by | graduates entering college, Western High | Sertifying to colleges and universities Schol sen more. sudenis om 1o ot | 258 05 S e e’y T rnatates tutions of higher learning durl the | ported that the 256 college-bound West- past year hthln - sy other white Wash- | ern graduates are distributed this year . among 77 different coll = hldb‘m.'l E:r oe!;:ollh lr‘:- sities from eon.t‘ g g:‘u“s:dw!:;l , McKinley = borde -:dnmmzmmun Pl g cen uates tween