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he bening StaP WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WA SHINGTON, D. C, TU ESDAY, AUGUST 18, 31, 19: PAGE B-1 WIFE IS RECOVERING FROM GUN WOUNDS; HUSBAND SUICIDE, Estranged Spouse, Failing in Reconciliation, Attempts Slaying at Hotel. DIVORCE PLEA HEARING WAS TO BE HELD TODAY George Fusco Runs From Room Gulping Poison After Shoot- ing Woman. Mrs. George M. Fusco, 33 years old, was believed recovering today from bul- Jet wounds in the neck and wrist in- flicted at the Cavalier Hotel last mid- night by her estranged husband just before he ran fram her side with & phial of polson at his lips, to die in an upper hallway. Fusco, 26 years old, a photoengraver at the Government Printing Office, had | sought his wife, on the eve of a hearing on her application for divorce, to plead Jor a reconciliation. Mrs. Fusco is believed to have been stanch in her refusal, for the two had been closeted together about an hour, when two shots rang out and Fusco was seen to run from the aj o ment, gulping the contents of a bottle of poison. | Suicide Certified. Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy coroner, issued a certificate of suicide and at- tempted murder following an investiga- ton. Mrs. Fusco, mother of two children by a former marriage, went to the Cav- aller about two weeks ago to live with her sister, Mrs. John D. Mothershed, after a dispute with her husband, dur- ;lnxwhlchhewuuldwmvenm er. After Fusco called to see his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Mothershed retired and were asleep with their two children in an- other room when awakened by the shots. Maurice Greenbaum, who occupies an gun. grappling ‘knocked the half-filled bottle of poison drom his hand. Fusco, however, wrenched free and dashed down the corridor. The shoot- ing occurred on the nd fioor, and 4t was some 20 or 30 minutes later be- ‘Jore headquarters detectives, searching for Fusco, found him sprawled in the north end of a fifth-floor corridor, near few_mo- the | b upon the recommendation of the to|on & vacation. in May of 1930. Mrs. Fusco met her busband when she came to Washington from her | home in Durham, N. C.. to visit her | were married several Mrs. Pusco's two chil- 12, and Peter, 9—are | retary Wilbur was still in office, Will Retire After Septem- *ber 1 to Live in Texas. Veteran Non-Com Has Fought in Pacification of Cuba and World War. Corps orderly to Secretary Adams, was jubllant today, for today marks the rounding out of his 30 years' service in the famous fighting outfit. .Tomofrow he will put In his request for retirement, and shortly after September 1 this right hand man of the head of the Navy will be on his way to Houston, Tex., where he will make his home and resume the study of law. Scrgt. Maj. Baust is a native of Bal- timore, but he likes the Texas country, its people and climate, and that's where he is going into retirement from the service. He has been on duty as Marine Corps orderly to the Secretary of the Navy singe November 7. 1928, when Sec n he’s had the job continuously since. Fought in Five Engagements. He went through five major engage- ments in France in the World War. His five-starred victory ribbon that h> wears with the Cuban Pécification badge and Sergt. Maj. Walter E. Baust, Marine | MARINE, ORDERLY TO ADAMS, ROUNDS OUT 30-YEAR SERVICE | - | |Sergt. Maj. Walter E. Baust| SERGT. MAJ. WALTER E. BAUST. Brocklyn, the Newark, the old battle- ship Texas, with the Cuban Pacifica- tion Force in 1906 and on recruiting duty in the South.. Relief Sergeant Sought He went overseas with the 6th Ma- ;rines in September, 1917, and went through the five major engagements in which that outfit participated. escaping unscathed and returning from France |four days after the armistice. While fon duty in Tennessee he read law for his good ccnduct medal, tell mutely of a | two years with Thomas F. Lyons of the career that has taken him to various |University of Virginia, a retired Marine parts of the globe. | Corps officer, back in 1912 and 1913, Sergt. Maj. Baust enlisted in the Ma- rine Corps on August 31, 1901, but his 30 years’ service is reached today by reason of credit for a short pericd of double-time duty. When he actually retires on September 1, however, he will have spent 30 calendar years in the outfit. He has served on ships and far- flung shores—aboard the old cruiser No relief man as orderly to Secretary Adams has been announced by the Ma- rine Corps, bur it is_understood that Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, the com- mandant, is circularizing the organiza tion to pick a ranking sergeant with more than 35 years' service, but with two years still to do before retirement, for this coveted post. HOOVER MAY DELAY NAMING OF JUSTICE Siddons’ Successor Choice Is Likely to Be Held Up Until Late in Fall. President Hoover is likely to post- pone appointment of a successor to the late Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the | District Supreme Court until the Sen- | ate is again in session or at least late in the Fall, it was learned today. Although a score or more names have been suggested for the appoint- ment, it is known the President has given little thought to the matter as yet and that he sees no for any haste The names of the various aspirants | for the bench have been sent by the President to Attorney General Mitchell for in tion and consideration, and it is ble the appointment will { cabinet officer. ‘The Attorney General has given some study to the in the cases of the , but he has not the point where he is ready to make any recommendation. Mr. Mitchell now is away from Wi SR e POLICE MARKSMEN T0 60 TOMATCHES 115 to Compete in National Contests at Camp Perry, Ohio, Next Week. ‘The Metropolitan Police Department's 15 best marksmen will leave Washing ton Priday for Camp Perry, Ohio, compete with crack shots from all parts of the United States in the annual pistol | matches of the National Rifie Associa- tion. The pistol team will remain at Camp Perry until while there also will attend the rifie association’s Police School. The 15 men composing the team were as the result of a series of | elimination contests. Lieus Callahan, instruetor of i | School, is captain of the team, and A. | C. Poulsen is the coach. The other members are: A. M. Stewart, H. E. Brodle, E. L. Warden, R. L. Decker, S. R. McKee, M. L Bridges, G. R. Waldrodt, W. M. Mc- Ewan, P. G. Alter, B. F. Bean, K. G. McCormick, A. Richitt and J. R. Birch. Just before the team leaves for Ca: ) ner Luther 1. Reichel. derfer will receive the members in his office in the Dristrict Building Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Maj. H G take part in the farewell ceremonies. SCHOOL TO BE USED | FOR COLORED PUPILS| Seven of Nine Board of Education Members 0. K. Smallwood living in the North Carolina city. Notes Found. i Two notes found on Fusco’s person | Transfer. indicated he planned desperate meas- | ures when he called at the Cavalier| With seven of the nine Board of last night. Education members definitely approving. One was addressed “To whom it may | the transter of the Smallwood School concern” and containea a detalled ac- . I street between Third and Four-and- count of his unhappy married life. He | a-half streets southwest, from white #et_down a number of grievances. | to colored divisions. will go into effect The other began | with the opening of the schools next “Dear mother, I am sorry I ever |month. Jeft. Especially coming to Washing- | Following the recent compilation of ton to take this Government job. I census figures on the whit~ and colored ghould have written for advice mure[mhwl populations of Southwest Wash- often * * * she must forgive me” |y , Robert Haycock, then acting «apparently referring to & former |superintendent, recommended the Small- sweetheart) “for leaving.” | wood School be turned over to colored Mrs. Pusco was given first ald and | puplls rather than the Greenleaf School, yemoved to Emergency Hospital in the | 1239 Four-and-a-half street south- ambulance of the fire rescue SQUad.|west, which first was proposed for the Doctors there today said she passed a | transfer. “fair” night and was conscious today, | The two board members who have with every indication of an early re- |not yet been heard from on the poll covery. { taken by mail are Rabbi Abram Simon One bullet took effect in the right | and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. Their part of the neck and the other in the | replies are expected soon, although such right wrist. | a majority favors the transfer the re- Fusco's body was removed to the|plies will not affect the decision morgue and his mother, Mrs. Frances = Work of rehabilitating the building Fusco of Brooklyn, notified. No inquest | and effecting the transfer of property will be necessary, Dr. Rogers said | will begin at once, it was said at the - iP‘nnklln Administration Bullding today. ARCHITECT FOR CITY JuDGE AUKAM FINDS CENTER FACES SUIT NEW ROOMS OCCUPIED Municpial Taken by D. C. Weights Offices, Ordered Vacated Court Quarters, Return of Part Payment for Re- jected Design Will Be Sought in Action. | | Many eviction cases have been han- Judge George Aukam of | Municipal Court. but none has drawn Echoes of the difficulties experienced | his attention more than the situation he by the District Commissioners in_ob- | faced today. aining a_model for the Municipal Cen- | ring to move from the present ter were heard today, when Willlam W. | Municipal Court Building on John Mar- Bride, corporation counsel, was ordered | shall place, Judge Aukam discovered to institute suit for $1,700 against Eliseo | that two rooms in the Harper Building, Ricco of New York 400 block of C street, which he intended The District last vear entered into & |to take over, already were occupied by contract with Ricco under which George M. Roberts, District superin- agreed to design the model and he was | tendent of weights, measures and mar- paid $1.700 of a stipulated $6,000, it |kets. Mr. had moved from the Wwas sald. He was supposed to have the | District Building because his quarters design finished by January 1 last, so it | there were m night be exhibited to members of the | Luther H. Reichelderfer. Benate and House. | _So Judge Aukam protested to the Dis- , Ricco failed to make deliv- |trict Commissioners. They promptly #ry until March, and then his work | ordered Roberts to the basement of the Jolled to satisty. It was submitted to | Harper Building. the District architect for improvement. fThe architect was unable to remedy the design and 1t was returned to Ricco. WIFE SUES POLICEMAN Mors. lkidm;. Chlrg;‘ Cruelty in Asking for Limited Divorce. Charles M. Skidmore, a policeman, of | 1850 Potomac avenue southeast, was| | dled by CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Card party Thirty-eighth street and Rhode avenue northeast, 8:30 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Monarch Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow noon. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamiltcn , tomorrow noon. Dinner, Washington Credit Men's As- Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow. | . Oarlton ‘Commissioner TODAY. | . benefit St. James' Church, Island 15 ENTERTAINERS ENTER HOME TALENT CONTEST) Juvenile Amateurs Seek Place in Fall Festival Sponsord by Kallipolis Grotto Fifteen juvenile amateur entertain- ers of Washington already have en- tered the contest for the best talent in the city and vicinity sored by the Kallipolis Grotto. The winners are to appear in the Fall festival of the organization at Wash- ington Auditorium October 2 The contest is in charge spon- of Miss Edith Reed, Washington producer, and | registrations are being made at Grotto | Festival headquarters, 1417 G street. Entrants to date include Izetta Simon, Efie Lambadakis, Hazel Reck, Sarah Le Rue Menherz, Thelma Lor- raine Plerce, Anne Webster, Louise Robey, Jesse Mann Ward, Rosel Thompson, _Louise Peake, Ruthdell Kendrick, Wilton Mendelsohn, Walter Doe, Norman Demeze and Lawrenge Alsop. POLICE HELP FAMILY, BROKE ON LONG TRIP Raw Funds to Repair Car and Buy Food Playing once again their familiar roles of good Samaritans, Washington police came to the aid of another party of destitute tourists last night and helped speed C. W. Heiden of New York and his family on their way to Florida. Helden. his w d four children arrived here broke on their way to Florida, where Heiden hopes to find employment. Their car, badly in need of repairs, ground to a halt near Police Headquarters and refused to go any further Motor Cycle Policeman Pred Rawlin- son of the Traffic Bureau treated them to a dinner and gave Heiden five dollars upon hearing of their plight and then went to Police Headquarters, where he passed his hat among police- men and detectives and collected $40. Refreshed by a good night's rest and thelr car in working order afiain, the Heidens left for Florida this morning. Patrolman son LIEUTENANT RETIRED J. C. Holmes, 64, on Police Force Since December, 1892. Retirement of Lieut. James C. Holmes of the tenth pplice precinct was au- today by the District Commis- sioners, effective August 31. Holmes, who is 64, was appointed to | the police force on December 2, 1892, .'"I;'Ad has s:rved continuously since that me. retrement pay. He was placed on the Inactive 11t uncer a mandatory order raquiring all policem-n to retire upon reaching the age of 64. 1,000 Red Unions Suppressed. GPO! August 18 | HELSINGPORS, Finland, | . —More than 1,000 “Red’ under an or- District Court of for dissolution of upu-nu-- | y. Id:r issued by | the | thon. to} September 4, and | Pratt, superintendent of police, also will | home | lee | cejved average about 400 a day. Collects | He will receive $127 a month | PROBE OF ARMAIL CONTRACTS MY Bt SOUGHT BY LNES Independents. Charge Post Office Department “Freez- ing Them Qut.” DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL DEFENDS U. S. POLICY Ludington Line's Offer of Cut Rates Reported to Have Been Rejected. Dissatisfaction of independent air- |lines over airmail contract policies of |the Post Office Department may be {brought to the attention of Congress |at the next session. Discontent developing among the in- | dependents, who claim they are being | “frozen out” by the Government in the | expansion of airmai} service, is ex- | pected to culminatg in demands for investigation. Critics of the postal authorities de- clare that, in the face of a huge de- partmental deficit, airmail officials are favoring air transport companies al- ready under contract in extending air- mail lines, although other companies | have offered to carry the mails cheaper. Cut Rates Rejected. | It is reported that one of the inde- | pendents, who is willing to carry air | ton Line, which operates a passenger | service between Washington and New | York. The contract over this route now | is held by Eastern Air Transport. Pos- tal officlals have stood by the latter company because of its long experience, ment. Under existing law the Postmaster | General is authorized to extend air mail Toutes without going through the for- mality of asking bids. Independent aviation concerns contend this gives the Postmaster General arbitrary power that has resulted in a virtual monopoly in_the airmail business. Most of the airmail contracts are | held by United Aircraft, Transcon- tinental and Western Air Express American Airways and Eastern Air Transport. Last year the Government paid out more than $15.000.000 for | domestic airmail service, 90 per cent of which went to the four companies | named. Defends Present System. Defending policies of the Post Office | Department, Earl B. Wadsworth. super- | intendent of airmail, likened the air- mail contract to & public building con- tract. “The Government does not oust a | contractor on a Federal building when some other contractor comes along and offers to do the job at a cut price,” Mr. Wadsworth explained. “Nor do we feel justified in severing relations with com- Ppanies who have proved efficient in the airmail service merely because some newer line thinks it can do the work at less cost to the Government. In { awarding contracts there are other factors to consider than price alone. | Experience, facilities and other qualifi- cations are important.” 'AUTO TITLING SLOW DESPITE WARNINGS Applications Average 400 a Day With 1,000 Necessary to End Work This Year. | Despite repeated warnings that a de- { lay in proouring a title for motor v hicles may force hundreds of District automobile owners to be deprived of the use of their cars after January 1, ap- plications for titles are still coming in slowly, according to William A.,Van | Duzer, director of traffic. The traffic department is equipped to | title 1,000 vehicles a day, Mr. Van | Duzer ‘said, but the applications re- He ay average all cars re to be titled prior to January 1 | Under the new traffic act, automobile | identification tags cannot be issued un- | il vehicles are properly titled. | POLICEMAN SUSPENDED | i Pvt. Carroll Zepp of the first pre- cinct station, was under suspension to- day on a charge of intoxication after being found in an allegedly drunken condition while on duty yesterday after- noon on the grounds of the stranded 101 Ranch Wild West Show Zepp was suspended from the force by Inspector Ogden T. Davis, com- mander of the third police district, and | probably will be cited to appear before the Police Trial Board next week | mail at cut-rate figures is the Luding- | it was explained today at the depart- IBLAMELESS D. C. MAN JAILED 121ST ENGINEER BEGIN TRAINING AT VIRGINIA BEACH Extended Order Drill, Anti- Aircraft Firing and Demoli- tions to Comprise Course. 300 POUNDS OF TNT ORDERED FROM BOAT | Crew, However, Fails to Notice Electric Caps Used for Deto- nating Explosive. Special Dispateh to The Star VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., August 18— After moving yesterday into a camp left spotlessly clean by the outgoing Virginia National Guard, the 121st Engineers, District of Columbia National Guard, today began a two weeks' in- tensive training period by participiting in extended order drill, anti-aircraft fir- ing, erection of barbed-wire entangle- ments and demolitions. The latter subject, comprising the blowing up of abutments, mine craters and trees, and proving in the past to be the most spectacular and intercsting /of the various courses of instruction, | had some of the “kick” taken out of it because officials of the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co. rendered a last-minute decision Sunday_afternoon and ordered Lieut. Joseph F. Fitzger- ald, Headquarters and Service Company | transportation _officer, to remove 300 | pounds of TNT from the District of | Columbia, which transported the local | regiment and its impedimenta. Overlook Electric Caps. ‘While it is well known in military circles that the TNT can be chopped with an ax, shot at with a rifle or |pounded with sledge hammers without any danger of detonation, it still ap- pears in popular fancy that the mere | utterance TNT will shatter one'’s nerves. However, the boat crew falled to no- | tice five small innocent boxes, each of | which contained 100 electric caps, which are used for the detonation of the TNT blocks and which really had to be han- dled with care, so the training of Com- ny C went today as scheduled. Capt. William F. Jorgensen, command- ing the company. madz the best of the situation and instructed his men in the use of the various demolition tools and the methods of wiring the detonating caps to the explosive. The wind-up was accompanied by the loud reports of the caps, but lacked the explosion and “fireworks" caused by NT. Company F, commanded by Capt. George W. Johns, is receiving a lecture on and practice in anti-aireraft firing, a phase of infantry training never be- fore attempted by the local engineer vegiment. First Lieut. Edward A. Mc- Mahon, in charge of the instruction, was giving his men preparatory exer- cises in triangulation work, and firing with “leads” at parallel, vertical and oblique stationary targets. Before the period is over the men will have an op- portunity to fire at a horizontally mov- ing target, which travels 11 feet per | second, at a vertically moving target, which travels 7 feet per second, and at a swinging target, which trav- erses an arc of 180 degrees, reaches a maximum height of 40 feet and travels at an average speed of second. Finds New “Wrinkle.” ‘The soldfers find a new “wrinkle” in anti-aireraft marksmanship _because they are shooting &t a moving bulls-eye which 1s the silhouette of an airplane traveling from 85 to 100 miles per hour, rather than at the customary circular | bulls-eye of the ordinary rifle range. Training in the latter, of course, is an essential step and has been received by the men at Camp Simms, Congress | Heights, during the past few months, All of the men who have done any duck shooting will no doubt make the best shots, because it is necessary to “lead” the moving bulls-eye a given number of lengths. This is not zo difficult on the horizontal moving tar- get because the airplane is always in view, but on the vertical moving tar- get, which moves from the ground to a height of 35 feet in 5 seconds, the shooter must align his sights on the rudder portion of the airplane, move them up to the nose portion, and then out into “space” a given number of airplane “lengths.” All firing is being done on the 1,000-inch range with .22 caliber gallery rifles. The targets and equipment necessary for this work is being provided through | the efficiency and industry of Capt Just C. Jensen, Ordnance Department State Staff, and the following mem- bers of his detachment: Staff Sergt. {Alex J. Thill, Sergt. Theodore L. Har- rell, Pvt. Eugene A. Ross and Pvt. Louis F. Pannerton. At the beginning of the drill period this morning the entire regiment was given a lecture on camp sanitation by Lieut. Walter R. Stokes, Medical De- tachment. Chicagoans See Pope Pius. VATIGAN CITY, August 18 (@) Pope Pius today granted an audience to Mrs. Gertrude Regan of Chicago, sister of the president of Railroad, Michael Igoe Kelly, also of Chicago. the Rock Island and Mrs. | IN PENNSYLVANIA AUTO CRASH ' How a Washington motorist was arrested in Pennsylvania in connection | with & non-criminal highway collision and held in jail nearly two days under a century-old statute was disclosed today by the American Automobile As- sociation. M. J. Coakley and his wife, of 1217 G street northeast, were motoring to their home Coakley’s car collided with a machine driven by Mrs. Helen Blose Paxton of Washington, Pa. According to the A. A A. eye-witnesses absolved Coakley of blame for the accident, and on this assumption he arranged for repairs to his car through an insurance com- pany carrying labiiity for Mrs. Paxton. On the following afternoon, however, Coakley unexpectedly was arrested by the sheriff of Washington County on the basis of a suit in trespass in the amount of $2,000 filed by an_attorney Mrs. The Capital man deicea % here last July 29 when | A. A. A. Bails Out Driver Held, as Suit Is Filed, Under | Century-Old Law. ‘The Pennsylvania law in the case of damage suits brought against non- residents provides that the court may order the arrest of the defendant and force him to post bail guaranteeing his appearance in court. In Coakley's case, he offered to put up his automobile, but this was refused and he was not | released until the A. A. A. came to his aid. In » letter to Gov. Pinchot, Ernest N. Smith of the motoring association characterized the law as “an amaszing example of legislation that serves to creste disrespect for all law and savors of oppression as outrageous as the old debt laws of England. “It is apparent that the ancient statute involved can be used to hold in prison a visitor in Pennsylvania until he can be coerced into an agreement to pay civil damages in an instance | where his liability 1s doubtful, or unt:l bond 1 to | presence in | | Pinchot stricken that the law be from the st the earliest moment.”" WOMEN IN D. C. LAG IN LEAD N OVER MEN derance Of FC The female population in the United States is increasing more rapidly than the male, except in the District of Co- the Census Bureau announced The report. based on the 1930 cen- sus, shows that in the District there are 90.9 men for every 100 women, as compared with 87 men for every 100 women in 1920. There are a total of 254,986 women residing in Washington, as against 231,883 men, which gives the women a majority of 23,103. In 1920 there' were 30,485 more women than nen, revealing that the men have gain- ed 7,382 during the 10 years. The censts tabulation shows there are 170,652 white women in Washing- ton, against a total of 153,330 white men. There are 7,618 more colored women in the District than there are colored men, the figures being 69,843 and 62,225, Foreign-Born Men head. The men are on top of the scale here only in the foreign-born population, with a total of 15,652, against 14,280 women Women outnumber men in 11 States, as compared with 7, counting the Dis- trict of Columbla, in the last census. “‘Ehcwhcre inU.S. M Falls Off, 10 States Having Prepon- CENSUS REVEALS ale Population Ratio males in 1930. | years ago, the males now eutnumber |the women by only 140.3 to 100. No |other State even approximates the ilng with 123.8 and Montana with 120 are reminders of the days of the old | West. Back in 1880 Montana had 2566 | males to each 100 females, Wyoming had 213 and Nevada 207.5. More Men in All United States. ‘The new report shows there are 1.- | 499,114 more males than females in the }122;175,046 population in the United | ~'The population of native white par- entage includes 48,010,145 males and | 47,487,655 females, a 101.1 ratio, as | compared with the 101.7 ratio 10 years ago. The | 5,855.669 colored population comprises males and 6,035,474 females, or 97 males per 100 females, as com- pared with 99.2 in 1920, | Sectional Ratios Differ. Chinese, Japanese and Mexican males far outnumber females. The Chinese population is 22,588 males to 3,289 fe- | males, a 686.8 ratio. pa ratio is 276.3 and the Mexican, 165.6. Sectionally, the North has approxi- mately the same sex ratio as the coun- | Nevada preponderance, though Wyom- | New Hampshire, Connecticut, Tennessee | try at large: the South has a relativel; and Louisiana have been added to a higher proportion of !!mlle:s and (!hz list which already included Massa- | West a relatively higher proportion of K. OF C. OUTLINES PLAN FOR SESSION HERE NEXT YEAR Annual Convention to Be Held in Capital Due to Bicen- tennial Fete. STATUE TO BE UNVEILED TO CARDINAL GIBBONS 10,000 Members of Order Attend This Year's Meeting at French Lick. Plans to hold the next annual eon- vention of the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council in Washington in August, 1932, were outlined today in French Lick, Ind., at the forty-ninth session of the national organization, according to Associated Press dis- patches. The announcement was made by Martin H. Carmody, Grand Rapids, Mich., supreme order, in 11 feet per ! chusetts, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, South Caro- lina, Georgia and Alabama. Throughout the United States in 1920 there were 104 men and boys to each 100 women and girls, and that sex ratio now stands at 102.5. Even in Nevada, which had a ratio of 1484 men to each 100 women 10 | males. The Northern colored population | numbers 101 males per 100 females, the | Western, 104.1 males per 100 females, |and the Southern, 95.9 males per 100 females, indicating that in the migra. tion of colored persons from the South males have been sorewhat more numer- ous than females. ANSIWERSCHARGE OF ABOR UNCN Sears-Rocbuck Official Hits Accusations Made Against D. C. Projects. ing of the Central Labor Union last night that Sears, Roebuck & Co. was | planning to adopt anti-union methods | in construction work in the Capital, Theodore J. Morgan, manager of the local home ccnstruction division of the i firm, stated today that it is a set policy of Sears, Roebuck & Co. to employ all { local Jabor for actual cohstruction proc- | esses in any community, supervising and | engineering the work with their own | personnel. home construction division of Sears, Rcebuck, which h:s no direct connection with the retail store here, | makes no exception to the regulation | concerning the use of local labor, and nons whatever is imported, Mr. Morgan | stated. The charge made by the union that | the building firm was endeavoring to interest local bankers in financing He said_that $105.000,000 resources of Sears, Roebuck & Co. provided the backing for the 15-year plan of financ- ing adopted by the firm. Union Meeting Protests. | The Central Labor Union, in charg- | ing the concern with planning to em- | ploy non-union labor exclusively on a house-building program in Washing- ton, adopted a resolution vigorously protesting such a plan. The union, which met in the pany of planning to bring so-called “knocked-down” type housss into the city and set them up with factory crews. Answering the charge made at a meet- | ‘Typographical | ‘Temple, also accused the building com- | SHIMA CONSENTS TOPROBATEOF WL 'Secretary Files Formal | Agreement in Settlement of Henderson Estate. Jesse S. Shima, Japanese secretary of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, widow of for- | mer Senator John B. Henderson of Mis- | souri, today filed formal consent to the iproblu of the latest dated will of the deceased, which had been filed for pro- bate by Attorney George E. Edelin, the ,executor named therein. The will {named him a beneficiary of $100,000 in | cash and a trust fund of $100,000. | United States Marshal Edgar C. Sny- beneficiaries will of April 8, 1931. The citations re- quired that the named show cause by Al should not be said he their plan was denied by Mr. Morgan. | int he sonal service on Henry N. Frances Arnold of New_ York, the residuary legatees, by their attorney, Edward B. Burling. 1 service was also had on Henry A. Seay, C. K. Hosegawa and Willlam Carter, rney Jullus I. Peyser, repre: Edelin, asked the couyr! for plnu‘:rt:i';g of publication against Mrs. Beatrice Henderson Wholean and the superin- tencent of the National Gallery of Art to show cause why the will should not be probated. The advertisement runs | further steps will be taken in the in- terval. | for three weeks, and it is expected no! his annual hu.m‘: i '.hm: Suprem e of outstand! events the 1932 convention, whicmh' wul“b: hefi because of the in the Capital I George Wash! Park : memorial will stend on A triangular piot in front of the 10,000 at Convention, The present convention in Prerc! Lick has brought more u.:: 10,000 members and from all :::-mfnl the \le-ltul o An“nn annual s, Mr. reviewed the charitable activities of tae order during the last year. “In compliance with a resolution adopted last year,” he sald, “substan- in drought- stricken areas of Kentucky, Missourl and Montana. From three other juris- dictions. applications were presented, but in these cases, after investigation, it was determined to the wtisfaction of h’é‘g lmLoflnr':dM ?t: emergency 1e- contemplaf 2 was not nvpllcnhl:’ i Promptly Cared For. “While every request was properly In “v;auhlm Iam to report that emergency relief were promptly cared CONVENTION UNDER WAY. Immense Throng Gather for K. of 0. Field Mass. tates, from Cans - da and Mexico to kneel before & hilliice altar, where the celebration of a solemn ntifical fleld mass inaugurated the orty-ninth annual convention of tre order's Supreme Council was perhaps the largest outc! gathering of Roman Gatholics stnee e <. TO ATTEND HARVARD Eucharistic Congress brought e toge the immense thre 4 o ong in Soldiers' Fleld, nt » Thf’ o:lebArln! of th ev. John A. Floersh, Bishe - ville. Right Rev. Ji hopcg:rzx‘:ll.\;. osepl Bishop of Indianapolis, b polis, preached the Delegates to the convention ha ‘ fln.mc Xho“:n' lh!r! “:or two l;lyu?' “hhe al sess| nged lal'lg.vn !‘:e field mmn, g e v J. Carmody of Grand Rap Mich., supreme knight, had fi.o-n:ul {hwn for the past year for preser a- |WAR HERO TO TEACK - | D. C. SCHOOL CADETS [ carrier, arrested last night for investi- | Capt. Robert W. Norton, Who ( ap- gation in connection with the slaying | that the $100,000 monument to be erect- | tured 20 German |ed at Tenth street and Massachusetts Of Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes, Garden-T- | 5 Blese 1 Ordered From Kansas Citr In_connection with the latter charge Mr. Morgan said today that Sears, Roe- | buck & Co. never had and did not plan | to build “knocked-down" type houses. Charles Young, secretary of the | Washington Building Trades Council, | declared at_ the unjon meeting last 193: | night that Sears, Roebuck & Co. had | refused to commit themselves to the | use of union labor in connection with | | their building activities here. % susPECT OUEST'ONED | e sonseenene e smpoyment o | IN T SHOPPE SLAYING union help, Mr. Morgan said that union | | labor had been used exclusively in the | construction of the Sears, Roebuck store building on Bladensburg road northeast last year. He said a number | of other local jobs now being handled | by the concern were employing local | | union labor. | " Secretary of Labor Doak's recent rul- | ing establishing the prevailing wage for | painters at $11 per day was indorsed by the labor union last night. A committee of the union reported | Harry L. Rust and Ralph B. Fleharty, recently appointed collectors of the es- tate by Justice Joseph W. Cox, today directed publication of an order on all creditors of the estate to file claims against the estate prior to. August 17, e mass was Rigat Police Obtain Little Information From Ralph E. Aiken on Death of Mrs. Jaynes. was later wounded by the of & shell in action, and was disability on November 10, 1922, BUS ROUTES REMAIN Public Utilties Order Readopted After Expiration. avenue in honor of Samuel Gompers |Shoppe cashier, was questioned for | would be dedicated on Labor day, 1932. | more than an hour today, but police Aiken was arrested at his home, 3601 | fantry offi e Bunker Hill road, Mount Rainier. Md. | of military science and tactic. o fon Atlantic City Prida, No charge has | professor of milita been placed against Aken. oyt - ) - 4 o ; ; . |road, on April 3. Since then more ! vate in 1914, Last to Study in Capital Uni- | than 30 suspects have been questioned | World War he was comreak of the versities. as_captain. He received the Distinguished Sery- the present, it was learned today, of | ° % i 3 {| "By the United States Soldiers' Home sending all its law students to the 1aw | 5oy 4hic evening, at the bandstand, at | captired 20 Germans st thé point of tional Capital | Officials of the Judge Advocate Gen- | jof Suppe de A 11 t 1?}23&“ v‘ld:‘s):lrn:mmgrfl?!rfltylwhg:g | Patriotic fantasia, “Reminiscenses of hoos George- ' w ¢l 4\n; George Washington or rge: , "“The it Vet Under the new policy, the officers ;, Simons % . “Ensueno Seductor” (Im- Dreams) Rosas der” . ‘Waltz suite, i | admitted they obtained no important after police questioned Thomas | high schools of Kansas City, Mu.. has Mrs. Jaynes was killed during & hok Capt. Norton was born in Newark, and released in connection with the |ond lieutenant of Infantry, later sery. e | A ice Cross for bravery in the Bois-de- school of Harvard University. instead 530 o'clock. John Zimmermann, band- | his pistol. maste! March, “The Royal Australian Navy' eral's office said today that the 10 will complete their courses in Wash- | the Boys in Blus | will spend their whole time studying | information. Capt. Robert W. Norton, retir ¢ Jordon, 28, taken into custody at | been ordered to this eity to be asustant Ten Now Taking Course Will Be up of ‘the T shoppe, 1835 Columbla | N. J' and entered the Afmy as ‘a pri: death. ing in France with the 36th Iafantwy The Navy has adopted a policy for BAND CONCERTS. Foret, where on Ociober 11, 1918, be of permitting them to enroll in the Na- Lithgow CHters ot the Navy and Marine Gorps |Overture, “Franz Schubert Songs' 1l ington. Officers have had the option of | Scenes from the ope 1aw, as is the case in other post-gradu- val are leretofore, officers have gone either to day or night school in Wash- ton, worl time mr.fihe office has been criticism throughout the serv- ice, it was learned, because law student | officers were reviewing courts-martial, | leade: {but now the Navy plans to have only graduates do this work in Washington. 3 o il Caddy House Robbed. BETHESDA, Md., August 18 (Special). | ~—The caddy house at t.lumChev’ Chase By the United States Marine Band this evening at Fourteenth and Upshur ts, at o'clock. Taylor Bran- Arthur Witcomb, second |Chilean dance. | Solo. for picco (M las