Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 16

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, WATER PLANT UNIT TRANSFER IS URGED sEfficiency Bureau Would Put Supply Branch in D. C. Control. (Continued Prom First Page.) sportion ~f the system under Federal «.control. The financial statement shows the amount spent for maintenance to 1930 | was $18,081,420.41, apportioned as fol- | Jdows: United States, $1,222,316.72; Dis- triet of Columbia, $955473.18, and wa- ter department, $15,903.630.51. For the United States the report also sets forth that before the supply system from Great Falls was begun in 1853 the Government had installed some spring | water mains, for which it made a total expenditure of $223.621.81, both con- struction and maintenance. ‘The Efficiency Bureau points out that the financiai statement includes all capital expenditures, with no deductions for obsolete or abandoned property. Little Revenue Produced. The report shows that only a little more than half the water produced is revenue bearing. This is because the private consumers are the only users who pay for water. The remainder con- sists of water used by the Federal and District Governments and water unac- counted for. The consumption table used in the ~ report shows a total water production for 1930 of 29.900,000,000 gallons, of which the quantity used and paid for by private consumers is given as 16.388,000,000 gallons. In the bureau's report the Federal Governmens consumption is placed at 3.629(00.000 vallons for_the year; the District government, 2,35¢ 000,000, and water unaccounted for, 7,587,000,000 gallons. The water department report for 1030 places rhe Federal consumpti-n at! 4.293,149,000 galions, ana the District government at 1,802,093,000 gallons. The Efficiency Bureau uses the same figure for total water production as con- tained in the annual report of the water department, but the cistribution is some- what different as between different users. For example, the bureau has reduced the Federal consumption and increased the District government fig- ures by transferring from the list of Federal consumers several activities re- garded bv the bureau as non-Federal in character. Again, the water depart- ment report estimates 558,294,600 gal- lons & year allowable leakage in the system. and 6.885.601.000 gallons unac- counted for. The efficiency table does not contain a separate listing of al- lowable leakage, but has a larger fig- ure for water unaccounted for. District Pays Bills. Since the year 1916 all of the annual operating expenses of the entire systam, including the Federally controlled sup- ply branch, have been met from the revenue of the District water depart- ment. In addition, almost the entire cost of extensions to the distribution system has come from the water rates and the general revenues of the Dis- trict. Two years ago water rates were increased to finance a program of ex- tensions and betterments. The bureau contends in its report that no accurate cost of water can be determined unti “a proper distribution | of the cost.is made, as between con- struction and maintenance, and & val atlon has been established for the sy em.” The bureau takes the view that a bet- ter plan is needed to obtain a more accurate accountability for the water used. There is included in the report. however, a table showing the unit cost of water, based on expenditures for maintenance. For 1930 this table places the cost at $32.42 per million gal- ; lons, based on the total quantity of 3, water produced. When based on the limited amount of water which is paid for the cost becomes $59.27 per mil- Commenting on the E figures, i lion gallons sold. , the report adds: ! Production Cost Estimated. “The cost per million gallons pro- duced, on a cash expenditure bg:l.!. ‘without giving due consideration to de- preciation, is little more than half the cost per million gallons computed on a basis of water sold. In other words. little more than half the total water preduced is revenue bearing. The bal- ance is water used without charge by the Federal and District Governments and water which is unaccounted for.” | While setting forth these facts, te re- port makes nosuggestion of any change in the practice that has been followed since 1916 of taking all operating ex- penses of the entire system out of the :;:nues :nllec'kd fr(;m private con- k ers, who use only slightly more tha half the water produceg. % o In advancing its proposal for transfer ©f the supply facilities from the Army Engineer Office to the jurisdiction of the District Commissioners, the bureau ‘eport states: Management Shifted. “The present dual system of opera- tlon came into existence with the o ganization of the Water Department of the District of Columbia, July 1, 1882, Prior to that time the entire water tem, both supply and distribution, w: constructed, operated and maintained by the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., and all expenditures for the extension of the water supply system were paid by the Federal Government.” “Since that date, however, the Dis- trict government has paid from general revenues a proportionate share of the cost of construction, and from water - Tevenues the entire cost of operating and maintaining the distribution system. Since 1916 the cost of oper- ating and maintaining the entire system has been paid from water reve- nues. In addition, almost the entire €ost of extensions to the distribution system, amounting to several millions ?{ dollars, :&shbePn paid from water | evenues and th- general funds of the) District of Columbia. i “There are several reasons why the present dual control should be discon- tinued and the water system of the District of Columbia should be con- solidated into one organization under the Commissioners. City Service Prime Purpose. “The prime function of the water system is to furnish a supply of filtered water to the people of the District of Columbia. At the time of its inception the prime purpose of the system was to furnish water for the Federal Goy- ernment’s activitie: At that time the District of Columbia was neither able nor inclined to construct or maintain such a system, so it was deemed advisa- ble to place this duty under the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. That condition no longer exists and the District of Columbia is capable of assuming full _ Tesponsibility for the operation and . maintenance of the entire system. the present time the water the District of Columbia is ing, the entire cost of operations and extensions being paid from water rev- enues.” The bureau also argues that consoli- dation of water activities would “un- doubtedly tend to increase efficiency and result in some economy in opera- tions.” ‘The supply branch, now under the United States Engineer Office. includes the two conduits from Great Falls and the two filtration plants. ¥ Other recommendations made by the bureau in its report included the fol- lowing: That unmetered business serv- ices be metered; that billing machines be installed for the preparation of water rent bills; that the water fund be CAPITAL'S OLDEST MUSIC CLUB AIDS NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday Morning Group Gives $5,000, Becoming One of Founders. Organization Subscribes to Box for Season of Com- ing Concerts. Washington's oldest music club the Friday Morning Music Club, which has | survived more than a half century of art “life” in this city, has become & “founder” of the new National Sym- phony Orchestra. Announcement of & gift of $5,000 has been made by Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, president of the club. | At a preliminary meeting held at the | residence of Mrs. Beale Howard, $2,500 | was raised with only two dozen mem- | bers of the club present. Subsequently | an equal sum was raised among the re- | mainder of the members. The club has | furthermore taken a season box for | the concerts, which is to be known as th> Friday Morning Music Club sub- scription box, and this will be supple- mented by blocks of seats subscribed for by the members at large. ‘This noted club is only one among many important local groups actively sponsoring the success of the new or- chestra. Many additional contribu- tions have been made by smaller organ- izations. The Friday Morning Club, however, has a particular link with the orchestra, since among the distin: guished soloists which have played a | its concerts, Hans Kindler, the new con- ductor, has been cne of the most im- portant. Back in the years when Mr. | Kindler was first cellist of the Phila- delphia Orchestra, he was asked to| come to Washington to appear as solo artist for one of the concerts which were being given then.at the Raleigh | Hotel. Then again last Spring Mr. | Kindler plaved a surprise concert be- | fore this woman's organisation in | Barker Hall, assisted by Mrs. Walter | Bruce Howe, who with Mrs. Reeve | Lewis is one of the two women mem- bers of the Executive Committee for the National Symphony Orchestra. The list of subscribers to the Friday | Morning Music Club $5.000 fund for the | National Symphony is as follows: ! Miss Mary B. Adams, Mrs. Beale R. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Leander Mc-| Cormick Goodhart, Frank Frost, Mrs.| M. de B. Richards, Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, Miss Alice Clapp. Mrs. E. J Dawley, Mrs. Karl Klemm (now Mrs. Mason Remey), Miss C. L. Dresser, Mrs. G. F. Polloch, Mrs. Allan Lard, Mrs. Miriam B. Hilton, Miss Gretchen Hood and Mrs. John H. Dwight. Mrs. Byrnes, Mrs. Isabelle S. Farring- | ton, the Misses Brickenstein, Mrs. J.| B. Kendall, Mrs. Agnes Wickersham, Mrs. H. A. Robbins. Miss A. C. Riley, Mrs. Riley, Maj Bitterman. Mrs. Franklin Ellis Miss Vera Bloom, Mrs. George Eckels, | Louis Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, Mrs. J. Davis Brodhead, Miss A. E. Edwards, Miss Katherine Riggs. Paige Burroughs, Miss Mathilda Hensen, J. H. Galliher, Miss May Dewing, Miss Maud Sewall, | Miss Katherine Lee Joncs, Mrs. George Cooper, Mrs. Flora Preighton, Miss Jean Stier, Miss Florence Farniworth, Mrs. Frank Anderson, Miss Bradley and Miss |ond vice president MRS. EUGENE BYRNES. Kate Bradley, Mrs. C. Bryant, Mrs. H. Clay Browning, Mrs. F. S. Bright, Mrs Hugh Brown, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer, Charles Trowbridge Titt- man, Mrs. Gordon T. Backus, Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Raymond M. Dickey, Miss Anita Schade, Mrs. P. Giles, John Saul Mrs. Hugo W. Hesselbach, Mrs. F. True, Miss Harriet Winslow, Mrs. M. N. Win- slow, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. A. W. Chi y ARKANSAS CALLS SESSIONON COTTON Special Meeting of Legis- lature to Open Wednes- day in Little Rock. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., October 3.—An extraordinary session of the legislature | was called late today by Gov. Parnell to convene at nocn next Wednesday to | enact cotton rellef legislation and give the State Highway Audit Commission power to conduct an investigation of highway department. affairs. The call specifies legislation “for the reduction of cotton planting and to compel conservation, preservation and development of the soil and the fertility thereof” and acticn to permit the audit board to subpoena wit: s and to re- quire them to testify relative to any contracts made by the Highway Com- mission in the expenditure since 1927 of approximately $100,000,000 in the road building program. A bill containing all the provisions of the recently enacted Texas cotton acreage reduction measure is ready for introduction. Gov. Parnell sald he expected also to see introduced a bill embodying provi- sions of Gov. Huey P. Long's “cotton holiday” plan. TWO GOVERNO! Russell of Georgia and Blackwood of | South Carolina Agree Parley Needed. ATLANTA. Ga., October 3 (#).—Gov. Richard B. Russell, jr. disclosed that he and Gov. Ira Blackwood of South Carolina informally discussed cotton | regulation for 1932 at a short confer- ence here today. Gov. Blackwood said after the con- | ference that he desired to obtain a uni- form cotton prohibition law enacted in all cotton-growing States. He also said a conference of cotton States Governors should be called to discuss the problem. The South Carolina Legislature meets in January in regular session and at that time ‘can enact legislation similar to any passed by other States which may act in the meantime. Such action, he ‘said, would supercede the bill re- cently passed in the South Carolina Legislature, similar to the Long “no cot- | ton plan.” Gov. Blackwood said he anticipated CONFER. Mrs' I Dunlap, Mrs. Gower, | Koonce, Mrs. J. F. Gaynor, Miss Blan. Mrs. che Polkinhorn, Mrs. C. Case; J P. Pu Hogan, Miss M. Deane, Mrs. G 5 's. H. G. Meem, G. H. Budd, Mrs. Carl Chindblom and H. A. Kers- lake. ‘The officers of the Friday Morni Music Club are: Mrs. Eugene Byrn president: Mrs. Agnes Wickersham, fi vice president: Mrs. Walter Hilton, sec Mrs. Hugh Brown reccrding secretarv: Miss Alice Elsie Edwards. corresponding sacretary: Mrs. Katherine Riggs, treasurer; Miss Lucy Brickenstein, director, and Mrs. Frank Howard, assistant music director. J. t GRANGE FARM AD PROERAM DRAFTED Broadened Taxation, Opposi-! tion to Sales Tax, Acreage Cut, Included. By the Associated Press. A new foundation upon which to rest the weakened erican cultural structure was proposed yesterday by the Executive Committee of the National Grange. It consisted of demands for a broad- ened base of taxation and opposition to | a general sales tax: acreage reduction and a sound land-utilization policy: use of the export debenture and changes in the Federal farm-loan system The committee also reiterated the Grange's opposition to a 15 per cent in- crease in freight rates on farm prod- ucts State Granges are planning a generai offensive against new taxes on real es- tate. Louis J. Taber. national master, | sald yesterday it would take the form | of a “militant” campaign to feduce the | farmers’ burden. Greater Returns Desired. What is sought are State income, gift and inheritance taxes, with greater returns accuring to local governmental | units. While the committee is opposed to a general sales tax, recently advocated, among others, by Senator Reed, Repub- lican, of Pennsylvania, Taber said the | Grange would favor a luxury tax. | The committee itsell said “it might | be wise to lower the exemptions in the Federal income tax in the hope the farmer may sometime be sufficiently prosperous to make this form of con- tribution to our Government.” All week the committee has been plumbing the depths of the agricultural depression, observing that it has been a major contributing cause to the na- | tional economic unsettlement and that | agriculture itself has suffered a cap- | ital loss of more than $30,000,000,000 | in nine years of low prices. ! But during the week it opposed the | return of beer as a means of helping | the farmer on the grounds that it| would do him more economic harm than good. Debenture Relief Plan. Of the export debenture plan of farm relief, the committee said yes- | terday if it had been in operation the costs to the public Treasury would | probably have been less than Farm Board stabilization operations and that the surplus wheat and cotton would | have been removed. i It added, however, that the ‘Farm | Board should be supported in its co-! operative marketing program. As for changes in the farm loan system, Taber said the committee be- ! lieves a revolving fund should be created to hold bonds up to par and provide additional rural credit. ! The grange has fought the railroads’ | plea for a 15 per cent rate increase be- | fore the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission. It contends it would cost | agriculture $150,000,000 and that the question is more important to farm- | ing than taxation H The National Grange will consider these problems at its annual meeting in Madison, Wis., November 1i. SAUK CENTER FINDS PRINT Gift of 14 Sacks of Cucumbers Puts Town in News. Jesse Rose of Sauk Center, Minn,, the town Sinclair Lewis put on the map in a big way, was stopped recently by a farm woman, who asked if he could use a busl He answered, “O. K. When he returned hcme he found 14 sacks of cucumbers in his yard. or so of cucumbers. K" Husband Pays Damages. | Because an English husband is held responsible for his wife's slanderous | utterances, Frederick Kendall of Bur- | ton, land, was compelled to pay hbor abot S Etndin el seped. " T King George Has 400 Clocks Reset As Time Changes Special Cablc to The Star LONDON, October 3.- Summertime today m Palace and le two of the places in the country. Windsor Castle contains more than 250 clocks, and Buckingham Palace has more than 150, all of which have to be put back one hour. The King is fond of clocks, and thinks no room is complete without one. He has plenty to choose from. The inventory in the Lord Chamberlain's office of Windsor Castle clocks alone fills two volumes. ‘The most valuable clock is a small one that Henry VIII gave to Anne Boleyn on their wed- ding day. The weights are en- graved with lovers' knots. This clock has been said to be worth $£50.000 ‘The end makes Wind- busiest . by the aper Al MOUZON DEPLORES METHODIST DRIFT Bishop Lauds Lutheran and Baptist Stand for “Some- thing Definite.” By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va., October 3.—Lutheran and Southern Baptists were commended for their stand for /‘something very definite and positive”’by Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon in the course of his remarks made on the report of the Quadriennial Committee on Spiritual Life here at this morning’s session of the 147th Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. “Modern Methodism is in danger of lapsing into modern liberalism not far removed from unitarianism. God help us!” Bishop Mouzon explained. “I had to tell the truth.” Silent Change Observed. “A silent change has crept over Methodism, until Methodism of today is different from Methodism of my childhood. We are not the better off, but the worse off for it,” he stated. Dr. Salwyn K. Cockrell, Roanoke pastor, and Dr. C. P. Clark, superin- tendent of the Mount Vernon Place, ‘Washington, Sunday School, spoke on the report, which recommended a deep: ening of spiritual life with three confer- ences to this end to be held this year at Washington, Harrisonburg and Roanoke, respectively. Bishop Mouzon's address was his second of the day, he having opened the morning session with a devotional talk on “The Spirit of Christ.” Bishop James Cannon, jr. who yes- erday took his “leave” o e confel >nce ‘with a short address expressing 1ls amazement at the discourtesy shown aim by the presiding bishop, who had | 10t invited him to sit on the platform, | was present, sitting at one of the secre- arfes’ tables, throughout the session. There was no indication that there would be further developments in the! | matter. Delegates Crowded Out. Overcrowded conditions in the confer- | :nce, making it impossible to place all | ihe candidates accepted “on trial” by ‘he conference on Friday, led to action 3y the conference allowing Hugh Edwin |Murphy of Washington to withdraw, and all record of his admission was ! ordered expunged from the minutes Bishop Mouzon expressed regret that *he action became necessary, but stated | shat Mr, Murphy was “worthy of a place n_anybody's conference.” The date of the next annual session | f the conference was changed to the| second Wednesday after the first Sun- day in &an’b!l’&y a vote of 76 to 71 The mo or the change presen! ad in the form of & ruolucr from the Baltimore preachess’ meeting. an automatic reduction of about 50 per cent in cotton grown in South Caro- {lina in 1932, even without legislative | restrictions. He said South Carolina | raised about 900.000 bales last year and | next vear the crop will not be more | than 500.0C0 bales. |~ Gov. Russell said he was well pleascd with the conference and added the pro- pesed meeting of Governors was in line with his suggesticn a_month ago. Ae- comparving Gov. Blackwood to Atlan | were Charles H. Gerald, his secretary; | Sam H. Cannon, State electrician, and 1 Smith, State bank examiner. | They took no part in the conference with Gov. Russell. FAVORS COTTON, BAN. Mississippi Farmers Adopt Resolution for Crop Prohibition. JACKSON, Miss., October 3 (P).—A resolution, requesting the State Legisla- ture to enact a cotton prohibition law for 1932, was unanimously adopted & mass meeting of farmers in the hall of the House of Representatives here today. Adresses were made by legislators, | Louisiana proponents of the Long cot- | ton holiday plan, and planters. 50 ahead and pass the no cotton pian and Arkansas and Oklahoma will follow.” W. K. Henderson, radio sta- tion owner of Shreveport, La., siid in the meeting. “Then Texas will back up and call back the Legislature to en- act our plan, which is favored by & majority of the Texas farmers.” E. C. Lane, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, which yes- terday unanimously reported favorably on the Roberts-Sillers cotton acreage reduction bill, said that “as a matter of expediency, both bills—reduction and prohibition—should be passed, and the State should then wait and see which was adopted by the majority of States.” | Lane said he favored the Long plan, | and believed 75 per cent of the Missis- sippi farmers and business men favored it_also. | The Senate has already voted for the reduction pin and it comes up for action in the House on Tuesday. |DEATH CLAIMS NOTED LITERARY FIGURE, 91 Dr. Rossiter Johnson, New York, Was Associate of Dana and ‘Writer of Many Books. By the Associated Press. EW_YORK, October 3.—Dr. Ros- siter Johnson, for the past half century one of New York's leading literary fig- ures, author, and editor of reference books, died at his Summer home in | Amagansett today at the age of 91. He was born in Rochester, N. Y., in | 11840, and until a few months ago was very active. His career as and editor began in 1864 as associate editor of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle after- his graduation from the University of Rochester. In 1868 Dr. Johnson became asso- clated_with Charles A. Dana on the New York Sun, where he continued until 1897. His newspaper work, how- | ever, was incidental to much work in other literary fields. Dr. Johnson edited more than 2,200 history, encyclopedia and collections of verse and wrote 21 books. | He wrote “Phaeton Rogers, a Novel of Boy Life,” when he was 40. Dr. Johnson was associate editor of the American Encyclopedia, and from 1892 to 1894 associate editor of the Standard Dictionary. He was the orig- inator and editor of the famous “Lit- tle Classics.” Mary Agnes Keyes Johnson, his sec- jond wife, whom he married in 1924, | and a daughter, Miss Florence Johnson, | survive. Burial will be in Rochester. |VIRGINIA NURSES’ HEAD RE-ELECTED AT MEETING |Miss Virginia TP L President Again—Scholarship Plans Are Told. volumes of ! By the Associated Press. BRISTOL, Va., October 3.—Miss Vir- ginia Flippo of the George Ben John- ston Memorial Hospital in Abingdo: was re-elected president of the South- west Virginia Nurses’ Association at a meeting held here today. The meeting began with a luncheon and was followed by the main address of the day by Miss Adelaide Mayo of the chair of nursing at the University of Virginia. Her talk centered on plans to establish scholarships at the university for purses seeking advanced study leading to the bachelor of science degree. Miss Mary Bachman of Bristol read a paper on “An Unusual Heart Case” and other talks were made nurses. representing Wise, Smythe, Wythe, Washington, Scott and Russell Coun- ties, Va.; Sullivan County, Sullins and leges. i e B Getting Even BUT MOVIE ACTRESS PICKS ON WRONG CAR. O'SULLIVAN. By the Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Calif., October 3.— Smiling Irish eyes did not mollify two policemen who said their automobile had been sideswiped by Maureen O'Sul- livan, youthful film star. s Officers F. W. Playmer and A. R. Baker, cruising on a boulevard, were hit by an automobile which did not stop. In pursuit, at times at 60 miles an hour, they said. they forced the driver to the curb. The actress was at the wheel. “I was just getting even with all the drivers who have hit my automobile and sped away,” she said as one officer shouted a “What's the idea” at her. She was booked on charges of hit- and-run driving and allowed to go home on her own recognizance. MILLERS JOIN PLAN FOR RELIEF WHEAT Will Co-operate With Farm Board by Grinding at Cost for Jobless. The Federal Farm Board's authoriza- | tion of the sale of surplus wheat to! various relief crganizations was lol-_ lowed vesterday by announcement that | the milling industry will co-operate by | grinding all such grain into flour at actual cost. : In meking the announcement, Her-‘ man Fakler, Washington representative | of the Millers’ National Federation, d?-! clared: “Our organization is for com- | plete co-operation. We shall obtain | from millers in all parts of the country | an agreement to mill all wheat secured under the Farm Board's purchsse plan. | In fact, such arrangements already have been made with mills in Minnesota, | North Dokato and Mcntana.” | ‘The plan, Fakler pointed out. “will | result in a very material saving of time and money. It will give every relief | organization _which purchases” wheat | from Farm Board agencies the advan- tage of having such grain made into flour immediately, and at the place of | purchase, thus eliminating freight and distribution costs.” Offer to Red Croms. ‘The Millers’ Federation, Fakler add- ed, made a similar offer to the Amer- ican Red Cross last January, when the relief organization was considering a plan to use the Government's wheat holdings to feed victims of the un- Frecedented drought. The Farm Board, in offering its stores of wheat and cotton to national relief crganizations to dull the edge of Winter's unemployment distress, said as much es is needed will be released to make food snd clothing for the needy. Sales will be for cash or on deferred payments, as the board has no authority under the law to give away its stocks, amounting’ to about 190,000,000 bushels of wheat and 1.300,000 bales of cotton. Only Congress can authorize free dis- tribution of the stocks. ‘There have been many suggestions that Congress reimburse the board. Should it do so, obligations of relief agencies would be adjusted by congres- sional action and the wheat and cotton would go into relief channels free of charge. For Deferred Payments. In the meantime, the board has agreed to accept deferred payments 50 that the surplus grain and cotton may be available immediately. Drought suf- ferers were mentioned for aid as well as_unemployed. Details for purchase and distribution will be worked out between the board and the agencies if the latter accept the board's offer. President Hoover's organization for unemployment relief, under Fred C. Croxton, assistant national relief di- rector, will meet here Monday to can- vass all proposals for helping the un- fortunate and will take up the board’s offer then. The board decreed the relief agencies must perfect arrangements for milling of wheat or spinning and weaving of cotton and that the commodities shall be distributed on a charity basis to those unable to help themselves before it will approve contracts for sale. Farm Benefit Seen. In this way, the board believes that wheat and cotton farmers, their mar- kets glutted, will not be deprived of prospective sales: rather, the consump- tion by the needy would be in addition to_amounts otherwise consumed. The Gifford Commission has set aside a five-week period, beginning Oc- t atlon-wide drive for 3 ‘These collections would be used to buy the wheat and cotton if the board's offer is accepted. The directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States today urged local chapters to support the campaign for relief funds. | PITTMAN SEES DANGER IN NO SILVER PARLEY Senator Says President Stands in ‘Way, With Virtually All Countries Favorabde. By the Associated Press. The failure of President Hoover to call an international silver conference ‘was charatcerized yesterday by Senator Pittman as “exceedingly dangerous to the commerce of the United States.” The Nevada Democrat on his return to the Capital from a tour of the Orlent said virtually every country expects and desires the United States to call such a conference and charged that only President Hoover stood in the way. OCTOBER 4, 1931—PART ONE. PRINGE WILL OPEN BOROUGH PAGEANT Ancient Barking, Now Inside London, Will Observe 20 Centuries’ History. Special Dispatch to The Star. LONDON, October 3 (N.AN.A).—On Monday Prince George will go to Bark- ing, that ancient town of some 50,000 inhabitants, now a part of East London, to present the royal charter which will make it & borough. ‘The occasion is to be celebrated by a pageant, lasting the whole week, to commemorate the 20 centuries of his- tory of the place and an exhibition which will display its present industrial activities, It is several years since a pageant has been held s0 near London and it is expected that this one will at- tract many people. Historieal Pageant Planned. Over 2,000 will take part in the pag- eant, which is under the direction of Frank Lascelles. The volunteer actors and actresses have made their own costumes from the 5,000 yards of - quality casement cloth, rich eordufoy velveteen and cretonnes, all made and dyed in Manchester. Mr. Lascelles has found a great deal of interesting material in the old record: of the town, and visitors will see the performers taking part in such scenes as the entry of Roman soldiers of the first century into Barking, and, after & jump over six dark centuries, the founding of Barking Abbey and the obsequies of the founder. Will Depict Viking Capture. ‘The motor boat that plies on the boating pool in the park is to be dis- guised as a Viking ship and 50 Vikings will sail up to a representation of the old abbey and take it by storm. After that William the Conqueror will receive the homage of Prince Edwin, Eliza- bethan townsfolk will gather in the market place and Charles I will come with his couriers. ‘The great Barking fair in 1746 will be reproduced and in the grand finale all Barking's great men and women will parade, including the abbey's seven saints, the Quaker, Elizabeth Fry, and Bentham, the great philosopher. (Copyright. 1931. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Vineyard Gave Napoleon Triumphs BASTIA, Corsica—A vineyard, it develops, was responsible for Napoleon's triumphs. The French government has classified the vineyard, stretching along the Bastia-Ajaccio road for 17 acres, as an historical monument. Bonaparte owned the vineyard, and the sale of it provided the funds which enabled him to start on his military and political life. Retires U. 8. EMPLOYE LEAVES CITY ON CALIFORNIA TRIP. EDWARD 8. WOOD, | Government employe for almost half a century, who left Thursday on a trip to California after retiring from the | Patent Office at the age of 68. Mr. Wood was retired at his own request on September 30. He was presented a | leather sult case by friends before leaving. Mr. Wood came to Washington in 1883, when he was appointed to the | Pension Office” After serving for 30 | years there he was transferred to the Patent Office, where he served more than 17 years. He was retired from the assignment division. PANTHER’S MANICURE UPSETS FIFTH AVENUE | Operation on Ingrowing Toe Nail 1 Puts Central Park Zoo in l Uproar. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 3 (NANA) — Ladies and gentlemen left their Pifth avenue beds earlier than usual when | sounds of confusion came from the Central Park Zoo, whose patrons usu- ally are more or less dignified. | Lions were roaring, tigers were | champing, and the monkey house was & bedlam. The police of this elite district, ac- customed to any sort of compiaint, were for the first time embarrassed. | Fifth "avenue was told that “Dirty Dick,” a bad-acting panther with an in- growing toenail, had been operated upon by a veterinarian, and had upset every inmate of the Zoo. Pifth avenue, moreover, was prom ised that it would not happen ain. | (Copyright. 1931. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) DEWEY WILL FIGHT IN COURT 1S SEF Son’s Contest of Stepmoth- er's Testament to Be Heard October 14. The court contest over the will of Mrs. Mildred McLean Dewey, which disposes of the valued collection of trophies and war relics of Admiral George Dewey without a bequest to his son, been set for October 14 in District Supreme Court. Admiral 'wey's will named as co- heirs his widow and his son, George Goodwin Dewey. The son, however, declined to divide his father's estate at that time, requesting that the collec- tion remain in his stepmother's home during her lifetime. It was something of a e. there- fore, when Mrs. Dewey's last will failed to make any provision for her step- son, Sword Disposal Provided, A former will, after a few minor be- quests to other relatives. left the bal- &nce of the estate to the son will also expressly states that sword geresenlefl by Congress to miral Dewel shall, after the death of the stepson, be presented to the Na- tional Museum. George Dewey filed a caveat last Spring, protesting against the admis- | slon of the last will of his step-mother. Mr. Dewey alleged testamentary in- | capacity at the time of the making of the last will. which he claims was pro- cured by fraud threugh undue influence from others It was learned vesterday that Samuel Untermyer of New York will arrive from that city to assist Attorney C. F. R. Ogilby of Washington in defending the interests of Mrs. Henrietta Bugher and Prederick McLean Bugher. named as beneficiaries in the last will. Attorneys Charles S. Baker and George R. Jackson will represent Mr. Dewey through his Chicago attorneys, Pyfle and Clarke. Seeks Other Gifta. In addition to the sword presented to Admiral Dewey by Congress and the cup presented by the people of the | United States, George Dewey will seek | to obtain possession of - innumerable | cther gifts bearing the name of his fllustrious father. 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