Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1931, Page 4

) ORR A OMCEY, RN DS {Was Known Internationally as Expert on Forage Crops and Diseases. Dr. Russell Arthur Oakley, senior sgronomist, in charge of the Divi-y sion of Forage Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Asriculture. died in Monrovia, Cali! yesterday after lnn( illness, accord- ing to word received h: Dr. Oaklcy had been ™ “failing health | for several years and about 18 months ' 1ago went to California to rseain his health. Dr. Oakley was internationally known for his knowledge of forage crops and diseases und was the author of various scientific articles on those subjects. He wag widely known in this city, whe g' o& Uli A. .M’ {he made his home until recently. ran eunion || Served on Many Missions. Born in Marysville, Kans., September |7, 71880, Dr. Oakley was educated at Kan: Agricultural College and st the University of Chicago. He became con- Aug. 8, 1931 ‘neflrd with the Bureau of Plant ln- Special train Baltimore & Ohio dustry as scientific aide in 1903 snd became senior agronomist in 1926. Dur- leaves Washington Union Station 8 am.; arrives Pen Mar 10 .m. |ing his many years of service he had Return leaves Pen Mar served on many important scientific arrives Washington 10:30 p. missions. $2.50 ROUND TRIP For a time Dr. Oakley was editor with the late Dr. C. V. Piper of the MUSIC—DANCING PROMINENT SPEAKERS bulletins of the greens section. United For Tickets See States Golf Association, und had served (lll everal important Lulllllllll( es of the | jon in . e with the | | 1523 U St. 8. E. Phone Lincoln 4412 Pongiae Exsen 1525 15th St. N W. s50¢ wl,udv and improveme m of grasses on oIl greens. Funeral Plans Pend. At the time of his death he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Plant Quarantine and Control Admin- Istration. He was a fellow of the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science, & member of the American So- clety of Agronomy, the Americ Genetic_Sociely, the Washington Bo- tonical * Society and the Washington Academy of Sciences. He wlso was s member of the Cosmos Club and an ionorary life member of he Washing ton Golf and Country Club, Dr. Oakley married Bessie Clark Bell this city, October 23, 1912, He is sur- vived by his widow. Funeral arrangements were Lo be an- nounced later. JURY GETS LURAY DEATH CASE TODAY Herbert J. Minor Says He Was Drunk and Doesn't Remem- ber Killing. o No Commission Charged You can take 12 vears to ‘pay off your loans without the expense of renewing. $1.000 ifor $10 per month, including ‘interest and principal. Larger ‘or smaller loaus at proportion- ‘ate rates, Perpe. tua 1 Bulk.hn.g Association Established 1881 Largest in Washington ‘Assets Over $25,000,000 Cor. llli n'nd E N.W. Special Dispateh (o The Star, LURAY, Va., August 7—The trial of | Herbert J, Minor, jr., for the murder of | James Lucas the morning of May 28 was begun here yesterday in the Circuit | Court, with Atlorney Walton, assisted by Charles Hammer of Harrisouburg, for the prosecution, and Lynn Lucas, assist- by H. V. Strayer, for the defense. A jury was secured in 30 minutes. The prosecution put Mrs. Lucas, the widow and only evewitness: her father and others, including Dr. Waff of Shen- andoali and Dr. Wright of Harrisonkburg, on the stand. Testimony showed (hat Minor visited the Lucas home the eve- | uing before, again that night end at about 4730 a.m., when the shooting took | place. Minor was drinking, it was said, ] and Dr..Wafl stated that Minor seemed ,dnzd. and did not seem to realize what he~had done when he arrived on the 1$cene. The tion rested and Minor was put on the stand. He stated he was drinking with Lucas and knows nothing of the shooting: that if he killed him he knows nothing of it. as he was very gnmk. The case will go to the jury to- Y. AUDIT FIRM HIRED FOR MONTGOMERY _ | Commissioners Authorize Study of Expenditures for Last 16 Years. ROAC DEATH CRACK < SHOT ’ By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Mdl. August 7.—The flnn of R. G. Rankin & Co. of N(\&\ York was yesterday named to make the | - iy audit of the books of Moutgomery . in of » i ik 51 liever th ';l‘n,'* o mivera Icoum) for the past 16 years at a cost| Ifl(hl‘ Ax‘und Ia~‘ wlrr\vl I not W <xceed $20.000, by unanimous g e asex woreit ret | action of the Board of County Commis- | ;“l"\‘l‘rl? n teaspoonful nl“\lumrl POPIT. ou suffer with »| ThiS firm was one of the five sug- headache sicn ' inte .'L..‘.;‘.,.'.Y' » | gested for the work by each of the two | commitiees, one of the offic.rs and Bx- | | ecutive Committee of the Montgomery | County Civic Federation and the other | . | compas'd of bankers of the county, at { the Tequest of the county commission- e1s. The bankers submitted 12 names and the Civic Federstion 7 names, and | | the firm of R. Rankin & Co. was among th- five firms which appeared on both Jists, MAN FOUND SLAIN, WIFE TRIES SUICIDE Farmer Ne«r Sykesville Killed by 1‘ Shotgun—Woman Tells ! of Shot. = Sate e shi STOPIT nc‘ Fir HEADACHES ROUND-TRIP Excursions SUNDAY, AUG. 9-23 $3.50 Philadelphia | $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington Leave Washinglon 7:40 AM. Returning Same Day Tickets Good in Convhes Only Snecial Dispatch to Phe Star MOUNT AIRY, Md., August 7.—With his neck mangled and his spinal cord evered by a shotgun discharge, the lifeless bedy of Duniel H. Arrington, { 61-year-old farmer who lived two miles cast of Sykesville, was discovered ye } terday by his wife and & neighbor. Ar- | rington’s hands were folded mcross his | chest and the shotgun was found lying | across his stomach. pointed toward the | gaping wound in his neck. Mrs. Arring- ton attempted suicide after being ques- | tioned by authorities, it was reported. Carroll County Sheriff Ray Yohn, State’s Attorney Theodore F. Brown ind Acting Coroner George E. Benson Vieited the scene and after a short in- vestigation declared that be hid come to his_ death from a sholgun wound by parly or parti's unknown. Aller boing questioned by authorities. Mrs. Hattie Arvinglon, wile of the de- teaced, stlompted suicide by siashing Ler neck with a ravor. In her stale- | ment 1o Carroll County suthorities, the woman deciared that she wes on her | ¥8Y 10 & spfing for water early in the m&\ “hen she heard g sholgun re- ihout returning (o lnvestigate, libe widow stab: d that she went to the home of John Jae cger, o neighbor, and they then rewurned to the scene and {found Arrington dead. Mrs. Arringion | was removed to St. Agues Hospital, Bal- timor -, unty gmbulance. SUNDAY, AUG. 8-23 $4.00 to Atlantic City Leave Washington €:15 AM. Returning— Reave Atlantic City 7:00 P.M. Tickets Good la Conches Ouly WEEK-END EXCURSIONS $8.50 to New York AND RETURN and incladios 1:00 P Jersey Cily Termnal. ANl Times Shown Siandard Ge s:lu Carroll 3 . { Contusles ago there was in Burope a gvme in which th: players danced to ] {the sound of their” own voices while mmtu a ball |o one another. |grading of that portion of the THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, DR. R. A. OAKLEY. RAY AUIT BARES §2471 SHORTAGE Checks Must Be Noted Be- fore Details of Expendi- tures Can Be Revealed. By o Staff Correspondent of The Star. KOCKVILLE, Md, August 7.—A shortage of $2477.73 4n county funds ! in the Recounts of the late Preston B. Ray, clerk of the Montgomery County Circuit Court, is shown by a report submitted to the county commissioners | spectal | yesterday by N. F. Rabner, auditor named o go over the county | funds handled by Mr. Ray. The shorlage occurs in handled by Mr. Ray, according to the re- port. one of these being a fundof $4.140.17 on hand In equity cases and court | orders and th: other a fund of $14.373.88 | covering money on hand from tax sal unredeemed. ‘These two funds totaled £18,514.05, Mr. Rabner’s report shows, while _the bank balance which closed Mr. R accounts he iy $16.0%%. leaving - $2477.93 unac- countd fo Ray Killed by Gas. Mr. Ray was found dead from gas poisoning In_the kitchen of his home April 16, He was found to be more thsn $12,000 short in State funds, an wecumulation of 16 years in office, when his State accounts were audited at the | time of his death, ‘The audit, Mr. Rabner stated in his report to the commissioners, covers all | tax sales unredeemed, beginning with sales of property for taxes dated May 8, 1908, up to and including April 25 1931, the date the bank balance of | $16036.32 closed the accounts of Mr Ray, in so far as the accounts of the Circuit Court are involved.- In the course of the audit, Mr. Rabuer Te- ports, it was found that several items had been lundvertently entered in dif- ferent sccounts, and these items have usferred o their Checks in Bank Loft. Willlam F. Prettymdn, sttorney for Mrs. Ray, Issued s statement last uight. in_which he said that the audit re- port “had been made without thé pro- duction to the auditor of the cfh- celed checks or other vouchers, and that the statement had been made by the auditor to Mrs. Ray that every item with which Mr. Ruy's sccount was | chargeable was actually deposited to his account.” It is said that these vouchers are in the possession of the bank, but are in a loft of the bank. where, because of the hot weather, it is almost impossible &t this time to check them, Mr. Pstlerson stated. ‘These vouchers,” the attorney said. | “would demonstrate Where the money went, and until these checks are duced an sudit 1s valueless. The only thing the aumlol can show,” Mr. Pret- tyman said, “Is whether the funds been collected and drlmslh‘d PART OF NEW BRIDGE ROAD TO BE GRADED Work to Be Started Immedmely on Section of Proposed Wash- ington Street Approach. By & Stafl Correspondent of The Star ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT| HOUSE, Va., August 7. —Supervisor M. Hedrick of Arlington district an- nounced last night that the actual Wash- ington street approach to the Arlington Memorial Bridge that lies between the roads will be started immediately While the final details of acceptance | of this portion of the right of way have not been completed. he said, there is| two_ funds | proper | B.| NAVY CUT REPORTS | DENIED BY JAHNCKE: Acting Secretary Unaware | of Any to Reduce Roster < | Under Present 79,800. ‘ | | Reports published today tbat the en- | listed strength of the Navy would be cut to 75,000 men In an effort to slash | $30,000,000 from the 1933 naval budget re denied this afterncon by ' Acting ' Secretary Eifest Lee Juhncke in formal statement. [ “I am not aware of any plan at present on the part of the Navy or &2 administration to slash enlisted | | personnél strength to 75,000 men," Jabncke asserted. “Tie Navy's weesed | enlisted strength approximates 79,800, | and this represents a reduction of 4.800, | | effected by a new fleet operating plan | announced by the Navy last October. “This new fleet operating plan pro- vides for wbout as low a limit of operating strength as was compatible | with efficiency. It was a voluntary re- duction, with a subsequent saving of about $11.000.000. The personnel re- duction wis made with the hope that us new ships might be commissioned we would be permitled to add to our operating personnel s the necessity requires.” | The opinion that the Navy's person- | nel would have to be |end of the pre pressed: today by | pointed out that 110.000-ton cruisers Portland and In- | diznapelis will be ed in commission They will be followed in 1933 by the | New Orleans, Astoria and Minneapolis, and in 1934 by the Tuscaloosa and Sun Francisco, BRIEF CABINET SESSION IS ATTENDED BY THR‘EF: Only Hoover, Mitchell and Doak | Present for Conference; Others | | naval officials; who next August the Absent on Summer Trips. ! The bi-weekly cabinet meeting at the White House today Was brief and stimly attended, Inasmuch as all but two of the cabinet officers are away from Washington. | About the large cabinet table with President Hoover toduy were only Al- o [ Wrney Genersl Milchell and Secretary of Labor Dosk. ‘The meeling lasted {less than &n hour &hd for the most | part was devoted to wn informal chat Secrblaries Stimson and Mellon are on vacations In Europe; Secietary of War Hurley is on his way to the Phili | pine. Islands: Secretary of the Naj | Adams is at 1 Summer home in Mas. sachuseits; Sccretaries Wilbur., Lamont and Hyde are on governmental inspec- | tion trips in the West, and Postmaster Genersl Brown s en route to San Prancisco, 'WAR DEPARTMENT WIN$ | SECOND OF POLO SERIES ‘l-‘auqmu -Loudoun Second String | Bows Atter Crack Players Capture First Tilt. ! Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., August 7.—The | second polo match of a two-game series between the War Department team and the Fauquier-Loudoun team was | nlayed on Welbourne Field yesterday afternoon with _score of 10 to 8 In favor of War Department. The first | same resulted in 10-to-8 favor of Fau- quier-Loudoun, making the series a | tie score. In the first game Fauquier-Loudoun's |first team played—William Hulbert, { Baldwin Spilman, John Hay Whitney and Richard Kir‘patrick. In the sec- ond game the visitors defeated the sec- ond team—Charles Sabin, Henry Frost U and Hubert Phipps, very HIC pro- | have D. C, FRIDAY, UGUST 7, 1931 Carried 22 to Death BUS PLUNGED THROUGH OPEN DRAWBRIDGE. bridee gates into the Negroes. Above T,,,,, C., while the | victims were near Georgeltimie . Photo, | CAPITAL MAGAZNE 15 LEFT $22000 Economic Geology Company| Gets Share of Large Penrose Estate. | By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 7.—Specific bequests of more than $175.000 wer mude in the will of Dr. F. Penrose, who left the residue of his estate, valued at $1.000000, to the American Philosophical Society and the Geological Society of America. Gives to Chicago University. Dr. Penrose, who was & noted geolo- gist und & brother of the late Senator Boies Penrose, died last weck. He was a bachelor. The University of Chicago recelves $50,000, to be used for the benefit of the Journal of Geology, of which Dr. Penrose was one of the editors for many ye: The ~ Ecobomic Geology Publishing Co., incorporated in the District of Co- lumbis, IS given $25,000 to be used for the benefit of its journal, Dr Penrose left $25000 to his sec- retary, Miss Marion L. Ivens, and $3,000 0 the assistant secre Feeney. All his servanls also were re membered. One Brother Remains, Twenty Lousand dollars was left to each of three cousins in Carlisle, Pa. Dr. Penrose devised to his brother, Dr. Spencer Penrose of Colorado, his inferest in the estates of their father Elec. Fans! Telephone Your Order! % MUDDIMAN § 911 G St. Nat’l 0140-2622 AGO MARKET (O, 31 7 SENW . 146 M St NW. MGR. (l'lr! LITYEON All U. S. Government Inspected Meats | Hams—~Hams little left to be done in this respect and | there is no objection on the purt y owners o the starting of the Racer Sued for Divorce. LOS ANGELES, August 7 (4% Clff Bergere, nationally knowh autoniobile race driver, was defendant in a divorce suit today. His wife, Rawona, charged the driver with saylng she had hindered hig success in_his_prol Glasses Fitted Eres brnmined DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone Natienal 0721 409410 Melschien Bide.. 10th and G Sis. N.W. Back to Pre-War Prices Balttmore and Return Sday Bmit Saturdays and Sundays $ 1 .25 Good retu I«"urfri Medieal LIQUID OR TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, ehecks a Cold the first day | | VEAI. \ bBrle;.‘c Ib. 1 sFresh Dressed Fowl Broilers, 35c Two Markets to Serve You | Friday and Saturday Fort Myer and Georgetown-Alexandria | & 19¢ 26¢ Pork Loin Roast b 20%¢ Roast Chops 6c |Ib. 174¢ Cutlets Ib. 32¢ Butter Pork l 21/2 c Sluuge Pure Rose Brand Creamery Boiling Beef Lard—Lard™ " 10¢ Smoked Beef Tngue Ib. 2zc| Breast | Im& | Lamb Ib. 1 RED BAG COFFEE Shoulder SPARE RIBS b 9@ Chops dc| . 19¢ | 1. 22¢ Steak~Steak.25¢c GREEN LINKS » 16€ Boneless M Stew | BACON * ar Cured, piece iced 1b. 22¢ Richard A. | ry, Miss A. M, ARLINGTON VOTE 2, 400 Canvass Shows Rust Reccived 817 to Jesse's 1,583. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star ARLINGTON, CCURT HOUSE, Va. August 7.—The \total vote in Arlington County, in the Demoeratic primary held this_week, was , of which John W. Rust of Fiirf Coumy received 817 and Charles T..Jesse of Arlington County 1,583. ‘This was made known yesterday after an official canvass of the vote by the | commissioners of el , Mrs, Gl'lce A. Donaldson, Mrs. Mary Moore 'lnwsh lnd Henry Pllk CITY N‘EWS Il xmr TODAY. Festival Program, Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, 8 p.m. Outing, Southern Social night. Ooncert, Third Baptist Church, Pifth end Q streets, 8 p.m. Card party, benefit St. Francis de Sales’ Church, Auditorium, Twentieth street and Rhode Island avenue, north- east, 8 p.m. Club, to- and mother and interest in certain Pnilade:phia real estate. Dr. Spencer Penrose is the sole survivor of four brothers who gained unusual distinc- tion in various fields of endeavor. eWASHINGTON V.F W PLANSPLER FOR BONLS N FUL 'Request to Congress Will In- clude Removal of interest and Refund of m:-aq‘.x By the Associated Press. Ko BALTIMORE, August '%-—Paul C. ‘Wolmen, national commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars, last | said his oTnl-uon would urge pay- ment in full of adjusted compensation to veterans, when Congress convenes in December, ‘The removal of all interest charges on money obtained by the veterans and already made to the National Govern- ment, will be inclutled in the request, | | Mr. Wolman said. ‘Wolman revealed the contemplated & ek mua g Reprntache oy speech made ntative | C. Johnson, hn‘w | chauman of the House Wurlfl er Vet~ | | erans” Committee, before the Iowa con- WENTY-TWO persons Dhnwld to death when this bus crashed mrougnrvenflon of the American Legion Wed- | Sampit River, bridge was open to allow a boat to pass. Twenty of t is the bus after it hmd been dragged. from. the river. —A. P, ne | n‘% address the Representative pre- licted that full payment of the adjusted compensation would be demanded of | | his committee when Con, meets, and | said, “I am convinced that it wouid be | an impossibility to flmnce the complete | payment of adjusted compensation or | the bonus at the present time.” Mr. Wolman charged the remarks of the Representative were a faint attempt | | to distort the mind of the public, for | the fear the boys will attempt to get through the bonus legisiation to which be referred. Mr. Wolman challenged the state- ment made by Representative Johnson | that w: plete payment of the adjusted compensation or bonus would require n l.otll expenditure by the Government of $5,086,000000. He put the cost at $3,500, ooo 000. ININE COMMUNISTS TAKEN ; BY MEXICO CITY POLICE |Officials Disperse Meeting With Tear Gas During Funeral of Red Killed in Demonstration. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August Communists were arrested De\'dg when police dispersed a meeting wif tear gas. The meeting took place in connection | with the funeral of Benjamin Jimenes, Communist, who was killed by pnfice in breaking up -n anti-war day ing on August 1 Menmbers of the funeral are said to_have shouted of znsel w 7.—Nine President Ortiz Rubio and remon- | strances against the Culu ‘monetary pll{; which was placed in effect re- cently. - FI ST MEN’'S ] the refunding of any interest payments | | Kenney and Trammell Given_ Places on Auto and Cloth- Ing Squads, James E. Kenney, recently promoted hmwlmflmm& yesterday Prank S. W, BIIY"::.?}IK! z mm | to the automobile squad. He is to serve with Detective Frank M. Alligood, Handicapped by Eyes. Alligood, suffering from trouble with his eyes, has been severely handicapped in his work, having been unable to drive a car for the last few months, In spite of his disability, hnvem. he re- covered 73 automobiles during ‘the last Quarter, while other mémbers of the squad averaged 20 each. Another change in assignments an- nounced yesterday was the detafling of Detective Curtis E. Trammell with the |clothing squad to succeed James E, Kane, recently returned to street duty. ‘Waldron May Be Shifted. Another change contemplated by the | inspector involves the transfer of Josep> | Waldron from the homicide to the ger.~ eral assignment squad. In this duty | Waldron _ would serve with Thomas ‘s-mey his plt}ner of many years. names of Dennis J 2wep! | Robert J. Barrett and Vnn‘b i | have been mentioned as pmh-ble e }cessors to Sweeney, Waldron and | another member of the squad who is likely to be shifted to another assign- | ment. A hand-woven Pernhn carpet, 11% feet long and 9 feet wide, was sold in | London recently for $3,000. Why Suffer With Painful CORNS { Lift Them Out With Fingers NO PAIN! NO BOTHER! ° com! | tal corns. Eases the Pain Removesthe CORN] WEAR STOREe >"2-Hour Sale Saturday 8:30 AM. to 2 P.M. fl Clearance of broken assortmen ts. Be early Saturday morning for best selection MEN’S Shirts & Pajamas *1.29 Were $3, $2.50 and $2 162 shirts in sizes 14 to 1614 only. Pajamas in all sizes. 10 Sweaters for men. 8 Men's 187 Neckties. Were $3.50, $2.5 . 43 KNOX Panama Hats. Regularly $10 $1.00 Men's Sitk Hose. (6 for $3) Men's RALEIGH8 Ve 18 Jansen Bathing Sui 1 42, Were $6 and S r Trunks. Were $4 and $3... 15 Palm Beach 18, Were $18.00.. Linen Knickers: pluids, Were $3.50 33 Tweed Knickers. Were $7.50 and $10 14 Sport Coatss 38; longs 37 brawns. Were $25 31 Raincoats: El h style; tan, brown or gray; all Men’s Riding lrel'tfial' whipcord. Were 36 . 9 regular 22; 20; $16.75. 17 Silkk P and $19.75. =) Were $29.7: 6 Skirts: Were $5.95 an 9 Flannel Jacket Were $10.75 silks, linens and cot- tons, Were to $16.75, Silk Frocke. Wm} 3875 Frocks. Were §16.75 Boucle Women’s DRESSES 3575 aulina 5107 31 475 Suits. 5. ¢ cordureys_and flinnels. d $7.95 5. 14 Navy Untrimmed Coats. Were $20.75 12 Siik Blouses. Were $6.50 8 Bathing S Were $3. 12 Bathing Suits. Were $5.95 sizes. Suits; sizes 46 .?'ave $20, $15 or $10 N An “Ra_ Thrilling new and thrilling Reserves t and 38; hilues -nd sizes vlhi\e or Charge it. your Extended Payment Plan, Sale of Women’s h” COATS values, §5 coat, use All Sales Final—No Refunds or Exchanges Now on-—-Scmi-Amuwl‘Sdg ‘of Men’s { HART SCHAFFNER. & MARX SUITS ‘27 0 » Use Your Charge. Account VALUE 1310 $60 & $50 $37 S