Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1931, Page 4

WL CHORDINE “RECREATION WORK District Heads Set Up Com- { ‘mittee to Bring Co-opera- ¥ tion Between Units. The District Commissioners yesterday | set up & committee designed to bring' about better co-ordination among the! various recreational organizations cI| the city. Their action was t>:a| jointly with the Board of Educat add the Office of Public Buildings and Piblic Parke, each organization nam- ing one member of the committee and two interested citizens, with no offi- clgl connections, being added. For some years the exact ramifica- tions of the recreational system have been somewhat baffiing. Some play- gounds are operated by the school system, some by the park system, some by the director of playgrounds. The same holds true for swimming pools. Pérsons desiring to make use of the facilities often have trouble finding out which agency to approach for permis- sion. Often there is some activity go- ing on inside a school house under the difection of the Community Center De- partment of the Public Schools while on the other side of the wall there is organized play under the direction of the director of playgrounds. The only resl unity about the system has been flf-‘t the same taxpayers pay for all o Just what will come of the new move {s;not known. Dr. Luther H. Reichel- fer, on whose initiative the new com- e was set up, contented himself y with a statement that “better co-ordination” would probably result. The committee chosen consists of Assistant Engineer Commissioner Don- A. Davison, nominated by the Com- oners; Steven E. Kramer, by the Board of Education; Lieut. F. B. Butler, by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Plrn‘ and E. C. Graham and Cal. West A. Hamilton, the two “citizens lthrn" Mr. Graham was designated of the eommtm DRY AGENT SLAYER IS ELECTROCUTED Fights Suit DE! ANT. IN FEND, Wll.l CASE INVOLVING MRS. CLAIR SMITH, Widow of William E. Smith, coffee sult over the $6,000,000 will cf her late husband. The suit is being brought in New York by Mrs. Beatrice Trenkman, & niece of the late Mr. Smith, who claims she was forced to sign away for $450,000 her claims on the vast estate of her uncle, on the threat she would be exposed after a raid on her apart- ment on Riverside drive. *Wlde Wurld Photo. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Concordat With Vatican Must | Be Ended to Terminate Church-State Union. By the Associated Press. MADRID, May 23.—A government decree guaranteeing equal freedom of worship to all religious creeds, generally regarded as the first step toward sepa- ration of church and state, was the subject of extensive comment today. Execution Ends Three-Year Court Fight to Avoid Electric Chair. the Associated Press. Ga., May 23 (). rley Adams was electrocuted at 1123 a.m. yesterday for the slaying nt ter Tolbert, a prohibition uem lumbia County in February, 1 execution ended 8 three-y to the State Supreme Court three and once to the United States Court. Three times he had been denied clemency by Gov. Hard- Ml?" unnu’:‘-&wuux Bascom S.'Deaver at Macon re- Mdtomnt-wmetmpfludu thuofi HUNT IS DEAD AFTER ILLNESS OF YEAR | troller of Currency Will Be Held Tomorrow. Hermon Hunt, 70, for many 8 clerk in the office of the Con- troller of the Curency, died yesterday at his hnme, 1438 Taylor street, after a Hunt a native of Indiana, came city of the National Bcvfln Memorial Church here. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mamie Hunt; a son, Maurice L. Hunt of Chicago, and two daughters, Mrs. Beatrice H. Wixon of Philadelphia and Mrs. Ada H. Eiseman of this city. Puneral services will be held at the residence, Monday morning, at 11 B'clock, Burial will be in Rock Creek tery. SEA SCOUTS TO CRUISE District Council Announces Dates Set for Each Two-Week Voyage. Sea Scouts 6f the District of Colum- bis will go on a series of two-week cruises this year, the first to be from June 22 to July 5 aboard the Argo, the Sea Scout craft, it is announced through the District of Columbia Council, Boy Scouts of Ameriea. The second cruise will be from Au- g‘.lwlfi and September 2 to 16 is uuvely named for the duration of d cruise. SBome 15 Bea Scouts vll be taken on each cruise. They will be selected in the order of the dates on wlieh their a) wfipllcmons for the cruises filed. preference accorded t.l'n&e who have served on the Argo. The dates of short week end cruises will be announced later, it is stated PARKING LAW AMENDED The District Comm: sa!nm-r( yesterday ted several amendments to the traffic regulations relating to parking. | e of the regulations removes the re- | striction on parking on the south side of H street between Massachusetts ave- | nge and Seventh street. on account of | the recent widening of the street. ‘Another prohibits parking at any time on Grace street between Wisconsin ave- | ;v and Potomac street. Parking is| idden at any time on the east side Sixteenth street northeast from Ben- | road to Rosedale street and on thy side of Fourteenth street fro rd to Newton street from 8 to 9:30 ajn. and on the east side of teenth street from 4 to 6 pm. " Going Somewhere for Sunday ’ Dinner? Why Not the ! 3 “Old Wyoming”? ¥ Col. Rd. and Calif. Street ' MENU Tomate Cocktal Fruit Cup sonetie" Clear Consomm: hes o1d- r--hlc-nl Hiolland Dressing Four- | Under the decree no cne shall be forced to state his religious conviction in connection with the service to the state of to attend religious functions, and all creeds are free to worship, publlcky or privately, without limita- eommlmon on religious problems is anmu a document which would terminate the concordat with the Vat- ican and provtde Xor absolute separation of church and stal Cites Ofllq Nations. Disavowing intention of wounding the feelings of any creed which has enjoyed lpechl privilege in the past, the states: “In the present at- mug“mut liberty all inborn feelings and confessional institutions 'hh:h exist or may hereafter exist in the country also enjoy the same rupec! and liberty.” ‘The same principle has been consid- ered in the League of Nations, says the ecree, and “has been fmg.ldapud by of mnehll Bavaris.” wide riots against Catholic property in which churches convents were destroyed by fire, monks and nuns were driven into refuge and sacred objects looted. years | These outbreaks have been the subject of several conferences between Presi- dent Alcala Zamora and Papal Nuncio Federico Tedeschini. Catholics Assail Move. ‘While the government claims that its only desire is to bring Spain into line with other nations in respect to re- ligious toleration, high Catholic circles affirmed today that the move was di- rected against them and was a clear step toward a am of ultimate sep- aration of chi and state, to finally decided the National As- sembiy. Officially. this program cannot be carried out until the treaty with Rome approves. Some observers say that the government must maintain its financial suppor of the Catholic Church until the question is decided, at the same time .nnung other creeds equal rights and liberties. The cfficial Catholic newspaper, E! Debate, accuses the government of overstepping its power in paseing the new measures, which are described as “violating both the Vatican concordat and the constitution.” EINSTEIN IS EULOGIZED BY ORATOR AT OXFORD Dr. Poynton Presents Professor to Vice Chancellor for Conferring of Degree. By the Associated Press. OXFORD, England, Arthur Poynton, Oxford University's “public orator,” eulogized Prof. Albert Einstein today in presenting him to the vice chancellor of the university for the conferring of & doctor of science degree. Describing how 12 years ago the planet Mercury was detected at the time of the sun's eclipse in that por- tion of the sky predicted by “this most { illustrious man.” from his study of the j transmission of light, Dr, Poynton said: “Would that that god-Mercury— | himself were present today with his | skill of speech to praise lhh seer.” He called Dr. Einstein “a_brilliant | ornament of our century.” Einstein’s doctrine, he said, is not unwelcome to Oxford men who have felt the want of a mathematical explanation of the universe more self-consistent and more in sgreement with realities.” May 23.--Dr. A beautiful home owes ranberries i Viceinia, Ham Pineasple Fritter ‘:',"r..:":: Mountatn Cake Fart I en, leed Bridge Luncheons. Teas and Dinners , Arranged Call Decatur 2000 for ations much of its charm to fresh, clean rugs. 1 | Call Mr. Pyle ... NAtional 3257.3291.2036 Sanitary Carpet & Rug Cleaning Co. 106 Indiana Ave. of the Rug Cleawers itute of Americe M, magnate, who is the defendant in the | GRANTED IN SPAIN = Is dissolved and the Naticnal Assembly | qe, PARKING PROECTS ARE DINNER TOPIC Interfederation Group Con- fers With Planning Com- Cherry Trees Most Beautiful Sight InU.S.; Prmce Says Japanese Royal Couple, in San Francisco, Praise Blossoms in Capital mission. J By the Assoclated Press. Advancement of several possible solu~ tions of the parking problem which will arise with the cumpled.lon of the buildings in the Triangle area featured a joint dinner meeting of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission | and the Interfederation Conference at the National Press Club last night. Use of three or four stories of some of the bulldings in the area for parking was one of the suggestions made. An- other proposal called for the erection of a bullding in one of the interior courts to be used exclusively for parking. Objection to this plan was voiced on the ground that it would cause severe traffic congestion on several streets at | rush hours. | Zoning Discussed. | By having several floor levels for indoor parking in four or five buildings | from the Capitol to Fifteenth street, it was said traffic could be handled more satisfactorily. Col. Frederick A. Delano, chairman | of the Park Commission, stressed the importance of co-ordinated zoning be- | tween the District and nearby areas Marked difference in zoning at the Dis. trict line, such as would permit apart- ‘ment houses on one llda and only allow dwellings on the . would | be undesirable, he pointed out. BAN FRANCISCO, May 27510 Prince and Princess Takamatsu of Japan, the moet beautiful things they AP' their tour of America were the blossoms in Washington, D. C., thd the scenery at Del uonn south of here. “The most impressive p.r‘ of our entire trip was crmtn‘ e great American continent,” said th¢ prince in an interview today. blossoms in Washington of Japan. The scen: Del Monte was marvelous.” Although the prince eschewd politi- cal ics, he commented on the rela- Monnh p of Japan and Ameria. e is not much dlfle‘unee be- Japan and Am ter all,” “But there is a Ufference 'l'he tween he said. between America and whole atmosphere is diffe: ica is going at a fast pace, Jaj “There is one essential the Pacific. I mean proper uiderstand- ing among them, an undershnding of each other's customs, chamcteristics and traditions.” The prince and %mcm bday were invited to inspect the Presidg here as guests of Maj. Gen. Malin Cralg, com- mander of the Sth Army Area. | The m al couple has just complted a tour America as a part of their polmn for the conference re- ;flnllltd’ : th.l":lu ;n line 'fl.h ciple repea civic bodies that t.he District line chould not be a point of change in either real estate development or public service The Cramton act was hailed as | plece of legislation of great importance to the suburban districts of Montgom- rry and Prince Geor(u cmmelu b) Nichols of the Parl who polnwd out the Munum ot p-rk development. Survey Outlined. ‘The proposed survey of md.u in the Capital and nurby mry- and Vi s was outli: by lAnlt Col. U. Grant, 3d. Col A B Barber, president of the conference, presided. Members of the Park Commission | who were guests at the dinner pre- | meeting were Col. Delano, | , Mr. Nichols, Lieut. Col. | . W. Eliot, Capt. E. N. Chisholm, jr.; 'G. A. Ricker and T. H. Morsell. Delegates to the conference who were present were Harry A. Fellows, Frank G. Campbell, Dr. C. 8. Semmones, Rob- ert N. Anderson, Mrs. Semones, Hugh J. McGrath and E. L. Bennett of the Arlington County Civic Federation; Col. Barber, W. B. Armstrong, Col. J. L. Gil- breth, Prederic P. Lee and Col. Thomas Hampton of the Montgomery County | Civic Federation, md E. B. Hege, James | G. Yaden, Maj. A. M. Holcombe and J. | H. Coxhead of the Federation of Citi- | zens' Associations of the District of Co- lumbia. BANKER DECLINES NEW BIG DEPOSITS | Jobless Dollar Problem Building Huge Idle Funds in —~ Vaults. By the Assoclated Prass. NEW YORK, May 23.—Dollars that ‘want to work these days must take in-| terest cuts. There sre not enough fobs for the huge army of funds that might like to engage in productive effort. Where the opportunity presents itself the dollars are quick to take a job, thotigh at nothing like their interest| income of a few months ago. | Already dozens of commercial banks | have reduced interest rates on thrift| deposits to 2 per cent, the lowest figure in years, and the president of one of the largest savings banks in New York expects many savings banks in this State and elsewhere to cut the rate to| a8 low as 3 per cent within the next few weeks. This bank president said he was| having difficulty in keeping money out | of his t instead of seeking | Yulu he 15 large sums away daily in the effort to keep out idle busi- ness funds. This is particularly true| now when call money on the New York Stock Exchange can be had for as little as 1 per cent. when sound State and Government securities bring only little mtge thnui D!’l' cent. | n April 1 interest rates paid by ganh in New York State gen-| erally were at 4 per cent. The bank | president believes that generally the | ! new rates will be around 3!; and 3% per cent. Dog Valued at 3100 Stolen. A black greyhound, owned by Pat-| rick J. Bligh and valued at $100, was | stolen yesterday frcm 1908 Penns vania avenue, it was reported to police. A man was sald to have been seen near Twentieth street and Pennsyl: vania nue, leading the dog away | was continued until Tusday morning, mund-lhe-worrld honeymoon trip. WASHINGTON GRL AGCUSES OFFICER | Miss Calvert Says Polleeman Cursed When She Profested Escort’s Arres:. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May 23.— A washington society gl told & Magisterial Court yesterda! afternoon that she was cursed and bld to “shut her mouth” when she protsted against actions of State officers tho arrested her university student cospanion. The girl, Miss Mar Calvert, and her sister, zleumr del of George H. torney, mtlfled lt the hefln( of !lln R. Baker of Montgomery, Ala., presi- dent-elect of the student body of the Law School at the Univesity of Vir- ginia, charged with trafficlaw vinlnlon and interfering with an dficer. 1 in turn, has sworn out waTants chu: ing J. Warren Davis, Stae prohibition inspector, with unlawful sarch and use of profanity, and J. Aldin/ Smith, State motor vehicle officer, Wth unlawful assault and use of abusie language. Hearing Set for Tiesday. Baker's case was not ompleted, but at which time chargé against the officers also are scheduld for & hearing. The various charges fTew out of an incident early Saturdaynight, when the two girls, accompanied by Baker and Thomas Dew of Freericksburg, Va. another law student, vere riding near the university. The two officers andSmith’s brother, Harold, who accompazied them, testi- fled that Baker drove lis car past them on a curve and then psisted arrest. Baker said that the urve was a slight one and the officers’ ar was moving so slowly that as he approached he thought it was parkd. Only one of the officers was in unform and for that reason he did not stop when first ordered to do so, buf did comply later when he saw the unform, he said. Miss Margaret Calert sald that when the officers pulled uy beside them “we thought at first tley were hold-up men” and that the! “grabbed” Baker and “yanked him ouw of the car.” When she protested agaiist this, she said, Davis told her, withprofanity, “to shut her mouth.” Miss fleanor Calvert said the officers were ‘““ough looking men” and that she thoight they were tempting a hold-p. Both girls said Baker did not resst arrest, and Dew’s uhu‘imony was alog similar lines to theirs. . s Sl T Deploring the lick of s legal aid bu- reau in Wash! for dependent peo- ple, the Counc Soclal Agencies, at a meeting yesteglay, emphasized the need for such a bureau in every com- munity. Hamilton H. Hnr:kney, director of the Baltimore Legal Ald Bureau, addr council members cited many cases in which serious los would have resulted to dependent clints had the aid of the bureau not been available. Japanese masufacturers of the na- | tive instrument, the samisen. s kind of banjo, have dedicated a brcnze statue 1! too. I ans to | 2Te | cement the good will of the peoples of | Maximum.” D. C, SATURDAY, ;BARUBH REASSERTS PRICE FREEZE NEED War Policies Commission Is| Told Excess Profits Tax Is Insufficient. Taking up in detail criticisms which have been leveled at his plan for “freezing” the level of prices at the outbreak of any future war, Bernard M. Baruch came before the War Poll- cles com.miukn again yesterda; ernoon and expressed anew con! in the desirabllity of his plan. Answering some of the testimony | nven vy other witnesses since he out- | his plan more than a month ago, )lr Baruch yemrdny afternoon told the commission “I do not su; the fixation of lny price. The effect of the statute is simply to say, ‘unless \‘er ad- Jjusted by the President upward, no price shall rise above the figure at/ Wwhich it stood at a certain named day.' In a word, we clamp & sealing down on the existing price structure. All prices free to fluctuate below that Scores Profits Tax. While recognizing that an excess | profits tax would be necessary in con- | nection with his plans in any future | war, Mr. Baruch em; at such & tax standing alone would have mno inflation and that, next to the loss of life, in- flation is the most destructive of the consequences of war. “Precisely because it accelerates and | in no wise checks inflation, the excess profits tax, withcut more, offers no cu;; at all for war evils,” Mr. Baruch sald. Asks Censorship. Discussing the need for controlling | Inrormlum and keeping up _public ! morale in time of war, Herbert Bayard Swope made two recommendations to the commission, as follows: Censorship, the suppression of all questionable informati and propa- ganda, “which, however naive at times, shall proclaim our virtues, sublimate our aims and accentuate our successes, and indict the vices of the enemy and vements. COURT CONSIDERING PITTS’ PLEA FOR BAIL| Counsel for Accused Financier Ask His Release if Ap- peal Is Granted. i An application for the fixing of bail | in one of the several cases pending against G. Bryan Pitts was taken under advisement yesterday by Chief Justice ::’:.'d A. Wheat of the District Supreme rt. Leon Tobriner and J. Wilton Lambert, counsel for Pitts, contended supported their plea that bond be posted | in case he should win his appeal of a | case under which he was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy. Neil Burkinshaw, special A.umm( United States Attorney General, con- tended the request ‘‘borders on thcl ridiculous” because Pitts already is in | custody in another case. He sald zhm separate courts already had refused to | permit his release. Today's hearing resulted from the recent action of Patrick F. O'Connor, | a professional bondsman, in withdraw- | ing as a co-surety on a $100,000 bail. | Milton Kronheim remained on bond and defense counsel sald W. W. Stewart was prepared to substitute for ©O’Connor. The case In question mmted‘ from Pitts’ indictment on 100 counts of em- | bezzlement. - Textile Merger Phlned LONDON, May 23 (#).—8ix of Lan- | cashire’s most important manufacturers of textile machinery, whose total capi- tal exceeds $36,500,000, are considering a merger. ‘WooDWARD & LOTHROP 107" U™ T ann Today—and All Next W eek A Tube Without With Defiance or in famous Buddhist temple to the cats and don vmch mde the strings nd drumheads Fifty-Dollar Suits These are fifty-dollar They are extraordinar taste, their h cosmopolitan smart st the order of the Will Stein-Bloch, internatio precise suits in price only. ily fine in their good their are cut to iard Shop by Messrs. nally renowned. and-needlework, yle. They Fifty Dollars Others from Stein-Bloch Clothes are sold The Willi $35 to §75 exclusively in Washington at ard Shop STONELEIGH CQURT 1031-1038. CONNECTICUT AVENUE ) CLOTHIERS.FURN lSle,S,HATT‘ERS Super Defiance Defiance Price . 3498 to From the Fr Reéviews and News of Wash “Donovan’s Kid” Presents an Emotional Juvenile. juvenile type. In “Donovan’s Kid,"” Richard Dix leads on its i e 10 d ramatic way in the of- fering now at R-K-O Keith's. two, in make good en- tertainment, al- though the gangster fea- tures show lit- tle originality, and the story itself, made from “Big Brother"” by Rex Beach, is of interest chiefly because it is derived from popular fiction. ‘The incidents are simply devel- oped, the production is notable for its wholesome gpirit, and the re- markable devotion of a gang char- acter and a waif for each other furnishes a al.ug{c in the emotional side of a life which is productive of e nel Gooper " present vole ackie T, in hi it accident of [ teristics. In his depiction of emo- tion he still has the whimsical traits that have contributed to his success. These are combined with Jackie Cooper. ther \rapid in its teiling m'gzlel at a few i i f § Done, 50 to h [0S, o o apesk. in Brosdwey Lave lost much of its hilarity® | .m.eu.h still posfssing the spirt of burban WAndinageg which was in- mw. for it in the ing. - { Bake# as thee sentiimental *umnbwhommmmrm ) ble, Which ‘irises’ out d m’ neighbor's deflre to dispose of a handsome ¢, The car, wafted into Mr. Baker's ckyudb-:m-m salesman, is disposed mediately after smney A Baker's screen wife—had cast s greedy %ye on it. m recreation of this newly-wed becomes s series of rides out fn - n- open with three persistent friands More Pff the Jeog, Civen Charge Tires Mounted Without Charge Super Defiance Price Sizes Proporlbnmly Low ‘Tuses, Fourt FLOOR. o e T and speakeasies 'hby‘ thewm-nt Wun ¥ ] nl"‘h’llby role/'h featured :t Warn~ Bros. Metropglitan Ther ont\Ro ington's mefleu. : HITS ARMS CHARGE Few Violations in D. C. of Act { Prohibiting Mail Shipping of i Weapons, He Says. | \ the back seat, fo might clubs nmm-nm hnm near theft, the loss\ of his Ynt apartment, Rl\ mmu and But in Horace J. Donnelly, Post Office De+ partment solicitor, took issue today \fllh the estimate that thousands of ‘mll firearms are obtained through { the mails each year by residents of the 'c-mul He contended there are very few violatlons of the law prohibiting |the sending of such firearms through | the malls to private citizens. Under the act of February 8, 1927, Mr. Donnelly asserted, not only is the shipment of small firearms to individe uals prohibited, but a severe penalty is provided for violations. The penllty;; a fine of $1.000 or imprisonment f no;’mmthlnt'om or both, he said. The act reads in part: “Pistols, revolvers lnd other firearms capable of being concealed on the per- son are hereby declared to be non-mail- able and shall not be deposited in or carried by the malls or delivered by any postmaster, letter carrier or other liperson in the postal service.” Military and naval officers and others officers whose duty it is to "nrve War- rants and make arrests,” are excepted Furthermore, it was #r the act. ted out, the act plvvides that fire- arms may be sent only in customary shipments between bona fide deal« ers)and manufacturers. have been few violations of the l‘. Mr. Donnelly said, pointing out #hefore & postmaster accepts a pack- : mafling he is required to ascer- hh lhlnnandl(!ndwbtc-n look M it. , he said, in the MISSI"G WlFE SOUGHT Police Asked to Help Find Mrss Mary E. McClanahan, 22. Police have been asked to aid in the o s ‘Teporied to hav eclxflr‘:h“’ o b ;{:l 2 we lef hef Teport was made D. it the woman took their 4-year-old child to the home of relatives before uhe left, taking all her clothing with ol McClanahan said he called at the of friends ’hom wife dmmumn(mm Barrymore, in the title than x.mm crabs Norf;lk coast of England WOODW‘ARD & LoTHROP gy, Monday—The Tea Room's 85¢c Noonday Luncheon Features, among other choices— Devilled Crab, Tarter Sauce and French Fried Potatoes, Hot Rolls, Choice of Beverage, Nut Muffins, Strawberry Meringue Pie. Also a la carte service, 11:30 to 2:30. Tea, 2:30 'to 5:30. THE Tes ROOM, SeveNrm FLooR. Hundreds of Gorgeous Blooms Form a Riot of Beautiful Color in 4 Our Annual Iris and Peony Show From the Gardens of Earl Wooddell Sheets Peonies will be on exhibition be"inmng Tuesday, May 26th It is our largest showing, featunng a great profusién of beautiful blooms—and en- , abling (L u to make rdot selections, for ' future delivery, from the actual blooms on display. Throughput the show, Dr. Sheets and other experienced flower growers will gladly assist you in making selechons Iris Roofs. 15¢ to $25 ~Reony Roots, 50c to $75