Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1931, Page 18

B2 PRESIDENT AT END OF EVENTFUL WEEK Leaves for Rest at Camp After Toiling With Press- ing Problems. | "President Hoover last night reached the end of ore of the mest eventful Mjoeks. of his presidency. by Making ready for a brief rest at his| Biue Ridgs Mountain camp, the Chief | Executive looked back over a period of seven days crowded with momentous | happenings of national and interna- tional importance. 5 It began last Sunday with a hurried | yeturn from the Rapidan to join a group of prominent bankers in 2 con- ference at Secretary Mellon's Juxurious apartment There was sorrow in the presidential household on Monday at the death of his friend, Dwight Morrow. who passed on suddenly. The Hoovers were at- tending a world series base ball game at Philadelphia at the time, Credit Plan Unfolded. ‘Then came the historic White House ! eonference of Tuesday night, at which the president's credit plan was un- folded. There was planning, too, for the impending visit of Premier Laval of France, bound to be studied with -talks on disarmament moratorium and debt. As machinery for the credit exten-| sion plan was taking shape, the Presi- | dent plunged Wwith his cabinet into consideration of the Sino-Japanese rifi in Manchuria. Pinally, there was a study of means of stabilizing railroads bonds and helping many small savings banks, | which Mr. Hoover interrupted yester- | day to accept an invitation to open the | Olympic games at Los Angeles next | July. The day, too, saw the President assuring a large delegation of women of his complete support for a program of world disarmament. ‘The invitation to the Olympic games was extended by Louis B. Mayer of the Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Corpsration, representing the Governor of Cali- forpia. It was handed to the Chief Executive on the back lawn of the * orately bound red leather volume. Accepts Invitation. Accepting it he said simply: “I wish ycu would inform the Gov- ernor of California that I accept his invitation. These words cpened the way for what may prove a dramatic imcident in his career. Mr. Hoover wzs in California | when he accepted formally in 1928 the presidential nomination. His coming visit will be just at the start of the 1932 campaign. Secretary Lamont, cne of Mr. Hoover's advisors on the railroad situation, con- ferred with the Chief Executive early in the day. No final decision was reached on m-ans of ralsing the status of the car- | i bonds, many of them held by savings banks. While the plan was | the Washington Board of Trade to be Former New York Police| Commissioner Will Be Guest of Honor. District Officials Also to At- tend First Meeting of Fall Season. Grover A. Whalen, former police com- missioner of New York City, and gen- eral manager of John Wanamaker's, will be the guest of honor and princi- pal speaker at the first Fall meeting of heldl‘rhursduy night in the Willard Hotel. The board has extended invitations to the District Commissioners and other high public officials to be its guests at the dinner meeting at which Mr. Wha- len will speak. Those invited include the Assistant Engineer Commissioners of the District, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d., director of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- lice; editors of the leading Washington newspapers and the presidents of the following organizations: District of Co- lumbia Bankers' Association, District GROVER A. WHALEN TO ADDRESS BOARD OF TRADE ON THURSDA , GROVER WHALEN, | turers’ Association and the Washington | Chamber of Commerce. George Offutt, president of the Board of Trade, will preside at the meeting. Mr. Whalen, one of the outstanding citizens of New York City, has been decorated by the British, French, Ital- ian, German, Rumanian, Venezuelan and Hungarian governments. Entertainment for the program Bar Association, Washington Real Estate Board, Merchants and Manufac- Thursday night will be furnished by Fred East and Bill Raymond. Urges people to ‘The National C: what depression is. But instead cf being thankful for our Jot. in the opinion of Robert J. Csttrell, executive secretary of the Washington Board of Trade, we are sitting around with long faces and bemoaning & non- existent condition in sack cloth and ashes. Cottrell expressed his cpinions in a vigorous radio address broadcast last Thursday by station WMAL, in which he cited bank and business statistics showing “our general good fortune and callgd upon Washingtonians gen- erally to cease talking deprestion. His address follows: Take Complete Flip-Flop. “One would hardly expect the peo- ple of Washington to be accused of be- ing victims of mass psychology. With & reputation of being rather cynical and undisturbed, and particularly un- awed by great natlonal and interna- apital hasn’t any idea represented as still in a nebulous stage, | it was sald authoritatively that investi- | gation was going steadily fcrward. H In the course of speculation as to | what may be done, it was recalled Dy | those close to the White House for | many year, that in 1921, when there | was talk of a downward revision of rates, President Harding dealt directly | with the Interstate Commerce C-m- mission. Needs Good Rest. Harding’s position was based upon | his belief that, since the commission | was created by Congress as one of its branches, he could go to it directly as | well as to Congress itself. The ccmmis- sfon is now considering a petition for increased freight rates submitted by | the carriess. | At the White House it was said that | after Mr. Hoover’s strenuous week he | desired as much rest and relaxation as | possible over the week end. Guests at | the camp will be old friends, many of ‘whom were neighbors when he, as Sec- retary of Commerce, made his home on S street here. Chief Justice Hughes and Mrs. Hugh-- | will motor to the Rapidan tomorrow fc. | luncheon with the presidential party. Director Roop of the Budget Bureau conferred with the President for more than an hour prior to his departure for the camp. Deals With Budget. Much of the conference dealt with | regular budgetary matters which the | President had not had time to consider at the regular Thursday afternoon budget conference. The President and Mrs. Hoover drove away from the White House during the late afternoon, accompanied by their! 12 guests. The President planned to| remain at the Rapidan camp until| Monday morning. Those who accompanied him were Justice. Harlan Stone of the Supreme Court and Mrs. Stone, Dr. and Mrs, Vernon Kellogg: Mark Sullivan, ne | paper correspondent, and Mrs. Sullivan; Miss Alida M. Henriques, Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, William McCracken, for- mer Assistant Secretary of Commerce, iand Mrs. McCracken: William Hard, ! newspaper correspondent, and Mrs, Hard. All are residents of Washington. LANHARDT ESTATE WILLED TO WIDOW Hyattsville Man Provides for Dis- tribution to Children After Death of Mother. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October 10.—The entire estate of George H. Lanhardt. prominent Hyattsville bank- er and civic worker, is left to his widow, it was revealed when his will was filed for probate here. The will specifies that upon Mrs. Lanhardt's death, the estate shall be gjvided equally among her five children, e will was made five years ago and specified just how the property sho-ld be divided. stating that the division jpet forth would give each child about {815.000. i The court has issued lotters testa- jmentary to G. Edward Lanhardt and iCharles G. Lanhardt, after they filed Jond of $20,000. Mary E. Pumphrey has been ap- ointed administratrix of the estate of aria L. Pumphrey, bond of $100 being Tequired. Letters testamentary were granted to Margaret E. Dent following the probat- ing of the will of John A. Weiler. Her bond was -t at $500. Simila 3ond was asked of Helen M. 8. Buckley, executrix of the estate of John £. Suckley. BN R |1 & By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 10.— Millions of dollars of liquid assets in Ohio banks will be released for new ,purposes under a ruling_today from Attorney General Gilbert Bettman that ¢ real estate mortgages may be pledged to secure funds of county, municipal and school districts. Heretcfore, banks have been required | to post bonds, securities znd surety bonds to protect the funds. real estate mortgages were inel- igible. The attorney general's new ruling said real estate mortgages bearing not more than 6 per cent intercst may be pledged to secure public funds not exceeding one-half of the face value of the mort- gages. . 2 o | BY SECURITY RULING ticnal events, by reason of the fact that ‘we are participating in them daily, we seem to have taken a complete flip-A:p in the matter of ‘depression.’ With the rest of the country ficing many problems and difficultics, we are sitting amid a comparative environment of plenty, with long faces and bemoaning a non-existent condition in sack-cloth and ashes. “While it is perfectly true that we are not_tripping along in the merry and carefree manner of four or five years ago, it is nevertheless a fact, thai as far as the National Capital is con- cerned, in comparison with other large communities—it hasn't any idea what depression “Of course, T am in no way attempt- ing to state that people here have not felt hardships. But in Washington it is is a problem of individual cases, and generally speaking, a diminution of profits rathersthan, if I may use the | vextnncular, ‘whole industries going to “It is twie that certain conditions which have brought about unpleasant notoriety have arisen in a few cases in the business field of our city. Yet it is equally true that the depression has had little to do with it, that these con- ditions were unavoidable under any cir- cumstances. As a matter of fact, the community is better off with the re- adjustment than if they had been al- lowed to continue rolling up even to & | sreater size with the inevitable resuits. “No city in this country—in fact, n city in the world—is so peculiarly situ ated as Washington, in that it is prac- tically impossible for it to know depres- sion in the real sense of the word with- cut a ccmplete ruin of our entirc na- tional and governmental -economic structure. “Planted in the middle of our city is, an industry—that of the Federal Gov- ernment—which continues on, and must continue on, regardless of conditions outside, and annually pours into the community nearly $180,000,000, or ap- - | proximately $7,500,000 every two weel | Rain or shine, good, bad or indifferent, this gold clinks out into the hands of pay roll. Have No Cause for Alarm. “I wonder what Baltimore and Phila- delphia, Chicago, Detroit, or any other city. would feel if they knew their basic industries could not fail; their employes in their main factories would always have their jobs; that conditions pre- clude any wage cuts in the outstanding economic activities of their community! I am not oblivious to the fact, of course, that some branches of national organi- zations in Washington have recelved cuts, but these are more or less isolated cases, and we must bear in mind, in speaking of this situation, that we are doing s0 on a comparative basis with conditions as they maintain in other communities. Certainly, with the atti- (tude of the administration, from the | President on down, in their public statements opposing wage cuts and the cutting of personnel, persons on the Government pay roll really have no cause for alarm as to any lessening of j their income. As a matter of actual ‘economlc condition, those on the Fed- eral pay roll are, or should to be, better {off as to income and purchasing power ithan they were two or three years ago. Salary increases have been effective | since that time and the cost of living dropped tonsiderably. here are the individual cases of | misfortune, those are existent at all i times. There is a Government build- | ing program, costing scores of millions {of dollars, in progress in the com- | munity. Tt is providing work for local employes, in many instances it is creat- ing business for many local building supply houses, etc., and it is certainly paying out money to workers who are living here and spending their wages in Washington. s will continue many years to come. _“It is quite true that our local chari- ties have had a problem on their hands nearly 80,000 persons on the Federal | WASHINGTON IS “BRIGHT7$PO’I:" IN DEPRESSIONM, SAYS COTTRELL | Board of Trade Secretary in Radio Address| Cease Talking of Non-Existent Condition. | during the past Winter and, no doubt, will have one during the coming seaso; | yet it is largely not the result of con- !ditlons in Washington, but, on the other hand, it is the result of hun- dreds of men and women out of em- ployment in other communities who | have learned that Washington is a bright spot. These people have flocked to Washington only to find the jobs already filled. “If I may be permitted to defer gen- | eralizing and refer for a moment or | so to cold-blooded statistics, dull and | uninspiring as they may be, I urge | your ‘indulgence in order to prove a | point. Naturally, when discussing the | prosperity of a community we look to | the banks. No one knows here what a bank failure is and, what is more, | we are not likely to. In fact, one could harly conceive of it here. Ac- cording to the report of the Office of the Controller of the Currency of the Treasury Department, in June, 1929, the total resources of local banks were $331,797,000; for the same period in June of last year they were $324,684,000 and for the same period this year they are $340,180,000. Resources of our local banks, therefore, are greater than they were last year and greater than they were in 1929 before depression was heard of. “According to the same reports of the same dates, the savings accounts. including time ' deposits, which, to a great extent, indicate the reserve of the private individual, have jumped from $95,032.000 in 1920 to $100,120,000 in 1030, to $110,003,000 in 1931. Here again we are better off than before the depression. Real Estate Healthy. “Next to banking institutions there is, perhaps, no business which acts to a greater degree as a fair weather and storm warning or general econom!ic | conditions than that of the real estate business. Real estate business in the District of Columbia today is in a healthier, more sound condition than it has been for years, and its outloosk 1 by far brighter than it was four or five years ago. Whatever slump the real estate market was in, it is rapidly com- ing out of, and, as a matter of fact, the slump was brought about not by depres- ion, but by overoptimism in boom- time conditions. Statistics will show hat gone is the oversupply of houses. There are fewer apartment vacancies than there, have been for some time. As far asfhe general business is con- cerned, it is certainly a buyer's market. Generally, investors in real estate have found their price vaiues maintained largely because of the stability and splendid economic conditions of the National Capital. Many real estate men | have personally told me, in the last | several weeks, that they have never had 50 many people come to purchase | houses who either want to pay all cash or large sums of cash down. It is a healthy indication. “The last apartment house survey shows a vacancy percentage of 7 per cent on all types of apartments. An analysis of these figures indicate of the 7 per cent of vacancies from 1 to 3 per cent is of the smaller type apart- ment and from 13 to 17 per cent of the large type apartment. Indicating, as & matter of fact, a shortage in the num- ber of small apartments. “The mortgage finance business is stable, with plenty of money available here from reliable sources for legitimate development. There are comparatively few houses for rent in Washington. Increase in Tourists. “The Board of Trade in its activities through its Greater National Capital Committee has analyzed the situation in respect to conventions, visitors, and tourists. ‘Tourist travel in some of the larger cities has fallen off as much as 35 to 40 per cent. While in Washington there has been a considerable increase. For instance, the total nymber of tour- ists during the last month, September, for 1930 at several buildings in Wash- | ington was 119,422; for the same period of this year it was 139,947, an increase of 17 per cent. Bear in mind that these }reflcct only a check-up of some of the more interesting sightsezing points in all the tourists. On the day of the | Firemen's parade, an increase over the | same three-day period last year, over 9 | por cent was shown. On Memorial day an increase of 20 per cent over last year; on the 4th of July an increase of 18 per cent over the previous year. Perhaps this is an answer to some of ‘thl:nionl faces that we meet once in a | while. ““The board, through its bureau formed i this year, has publicized in over 3,000 r | newspapers, and put in all out-of-town communities over 2,500,000 words of publicity. In other words, the need was felt for redoubled energy, the spending |ATTEMPT TO ROB By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ill, October 10.—An at- tempt to rob the Atlanta National Bank today was a failure, almoct any way you ccnsider it. Ore of the bandits saw his reflection in a lerge mirer in the ILLINOIS BANK FAILS AS BANDIT FIRES AT MIRROR Shoots at Own Image, Then Flees, and Officers Giving Chase Round Up Possemen for “Suspects.” saw an automobile parked beside a ! highway near Waynesville and noticed | me men in a eornfield. Dozens of med men gathered, belleving capture of the bardits was imminent. But it devcloped the auto belonged ! | Washington, and by no means represent | OCTOBER 11 GRAND JURY GETS [HALLOWEEN PLANS ALL CANNON DATA Verdict ‘in Election - Fund Probe Is Due Within Ten Days. ociated Press. All facts that will tell whether Bishop Jaraes Cannon, jr., overstepped Federal iaws in fighting Alfred E. Smith's pres- idential campaign today were assembled before & grand jury. The completion of its job, to indict or dismiss, was promised “within & week or 10 days.” The 23 jurors agreed just before noon that the score of witnesses who have filed to the stand since Thurs- day morning had supplied the testimony needed for a finding. Records Surrendered. ‘The jury must tell the District of Columbia Supreme Court whether it found, from a score of witnesses, rea- sonable evidence the clergyman and the treasurer of his 1928 anti-Smith organi- zation, Miss Ada L. Burroughs, violated the Federal corrupt practices act. ‘This law requires the filing of re- ports on political contributions and ex- penditures with the clerk of the House of Representatives. That official, Wil- liam Tyler Page, was the jury's last witness, He surrendere%ho original financial returns made by the Southern Method- ist churchman. His fiist protest that to do so would violate prerogatives of the House was overruled by Justice James Proctor. When the jury met at 10 o'clock this morning, with only two hours before the week end legal holiday began, Page, with E. J. Armsbruster and L. P. Oliver, Justice Department agents, were the only witnesses awaiting call. Transactions Explained. Armsbruster, expert ditor, was longer on the stand than any other wit- ness. He explained transactions that mingled eight political and private bank accounts which the bishop was shown in testimony before the Senate Cam- paign Funds Committee to have main- tained in 1928. Page presented his reports to the jury, and then was allowed to return them to his files at the Capitol. Assistant District Attorney John Wil- son announced the conclusion of the jury’s investigation, and said a report would be filed within a week or 10 days. Tuesday is the regular indictment day of the District Supreme Court. Its three woman members led the way out of the smoke-filled jury chamber where testimony was taken. Bishop Cannon’s was the first case of this grand jury. newly selected for a three-montn term. ON INDEPENDENCE DAY People of Nation Stay at Home on Usual Day of Festivity. 110 Prisoners Freed. By the Assoclated Press. HAVANA, October 10.—One hundred and ten inmates of the Isle of Pines Prison recelved commutations of their sentences today as Cuba observed her sixty-third independence day. Newpapers printed ancient photo- graphs of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, first President of Cuba. who led the | uprising at Yara in October, 1888, which initiated the futile 10 years' war for_independence. There was none of the popping of firecrackers, military parades and gen- eral festivity that, in the past, have gu&]flnwlshed the island's urth of uly. The greater part of the people stayed quietly at home or stood in front of scoreboards where the last game of the world series was depicted. | TAXI DRIVER ROBBED. Lindell Lewis Smith of 412 H street, a driver for the Bell Taxicab Co., re- ported to police last night that he had been held up by three colored men and robbed of his money, watch and iden- tification tag. According to his story a colored man, whose description he gave to police, and asked to be driven to 1408 Colum- bla street. On arriving at this ad- dress, Smith said, the man stuck a gun in his'back and forced him to drive into an alley in the rear, where two other men joined in the robbery. One { of the men struck him several times in the face with a pistol butt, 8mith sald. His face was cut and bruised when he reported the hold-up. but he | refused hospital treatment. The rob- bers got $7.50 of Smith's money, all he had on him at the time. Epey ‘Will Sell Farm Supplies. RICHMOND, Va., October 10 (Spe- cial).—A charter has been granted the Winchester Co-operative Service of ‘Winchester, authorizing it to engage in the business of buying, , marketing, handling and selling farm supplies or farm products, with maximum capital of this city, obtained the charter. G. A. Jackson of Richmond was listed as president. of more money in building up. The re- sults I have just stated speak for them- selves. “With the exception of isolated cases, Washingtonians have no business talking of depression. They have no grounds, and in fact they ought to be expressing their gratification at living in a com- munity untouched by the problems which are evident everywhere outside. “Department stores report an increase in sales, many businesses are doing bet- ter this year than they ever have. Many of them are not making as much profit, that is true, but if that is all that Wash- ingtonians have to complain about they are very fortunate. “In addition to our general good for- tune, what a prospect for the coming year with the Bicentennial celebration, of which this city will be the center, facing us. Conventions coming by the score, religious, national, fraternal or- ganizations, to make pilgrimages here, tourists coming to the seat of our na- tional Government during this great event. Was there ever a city so fortu- nate? Storekeepers, houses, instead of a year of wondering and disquieting apprehensions ahead of them have prospects of what ought to be the biggest business year in the his- wr{ of the city to contemplate. “It is well time we shook ourselves out of this bemoaning attitude and came to realize now that we have some- thing to be thankful for in living in Wi , and in view of that spend cur money liberally within our means. Talk down depression, which Merle The editor of Nation's Business, has said is the dmto: advertised had disagree with the general bright out- look which I have outlined, but I again repeat I am talking of the community as & whole in comparison with the rest of the country, it is a bright spot. “But apart from Washington there are already signs throughout the eoun- try of a greater confidenge in the fu- ture. The severe prcblem of reducing on and uncalled-for values over extended credits have bezn made, indi- vidually, nationally and internationally. bank and fired two shots at his own (o ¢ne of the pursvers and the men ins) The worst has been known, we feel bet- image. Then, frightcned, he and his companion fled with a third man who was waiting outside in an automobile. A short tirpe later pursing officers | the cornfield were possemen. | ‘There was no loss in the robbery at- |kmw. Neither was there reward money for the pessemen. | ter for it, and we have jumped from sands of uncertain the shifting of ty to the lower, firmer and more comfortable rock of sounder economic values.” hailed his cab at Seventh and K streets | $50,000. John C. Goddin, attorney, of | hotels, wholesale | ton, | NEAR COMPLETION Main Attraction to Be Street Parade, W. A. Roberts Announces. Plans are nearing completion for the first city-wide Halloween carnival in ‘Washington on October 31. William A, Roberts, chairman of the carnival committee, yesterday an- nounced the main attraction, a colorful treet parade. The carnival is being sponsored by the Greater National Cap- ital Committee, Washington Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Assoclation |and the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions. | Practically every public-spirited 'or- ganization in Washington will be rep- resented in the parade, which will pro- ceed from Seventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, ending at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue. An out- door Halloween dance will climax the celebration on the broad pavement of Constitution avenue. There will be a stand for the judges of the floats, dec- orated cars and costumed marchers. An elaborate lighting plan has been tenta- tively planned, with E. C. Graham as chairman of this feature. All along Pennsylvania avenue, from Seventh to Fourteenth street, colored flares will light the line of march. A C. Case, chairman in charge of music, is arranging for the appearance of a large number of bands. Organiza-| tlons and groups dgsiring to do so may furnish their own music, he sald. The Community Center Department, headed by Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peples, is cooperating with the Malloween commit- tes in conection with preparations for the parade. Experts in costuming and decorations will be on duty at the Com- munity Center Department every Tues- day morning and_Thursday afternoon until Hallow Six prominent stcres, Goldenberg’s, Hecht's, Kann's, King's Palace, Lansburgh's and Palais Royal, are cooperating in this feature of the plans and have sent catalogues and cos- tume sketches suitable for Halloween designs. Many other organizations are prepar- ing for the carnival, including the Par- ent-Teacher Assoclation and the As- soclation of Oldest Inhabitants. ‘The committe: on prizes, A. K. Shipe, chairman, has already received seven silver cups, donated by citizens of the Capital, and a handsome trophy, to be awarded to the outstanding floats, dec- orated private cars and costumed march- ers in the parade. These awards will be given as follows: For the most ef- fective commercial float, for the most effective non-commercial float, for the most effective out-of-town float, for the best local costumed participant, for the best out-of-town costumed participant, for the most effectively decorated pri- vate car. There will be approximately 40 other smaller awards and possibly some addi- tional Jarge awards. The committee in- cludes, in addition to Mr. Shipe, B. A. Bowles, Mrs, Clara Wright Smith, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Dewey Zirkin and C. A. Lavergne. ‘The general committee will hold its next meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the District Building, when further important plans will be decided \‘IPTEDMONT CONVOCATION | TO OPEN AT MANASSAS | Plans Made by Rector of Host Church for Entertainment of Delegates October 19. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va. October 10.—Rev. A. Stuart Gibson, rector, and member: | of Trinity Episcopal Church are pre paring to entertain the Piedmont Con- vocation of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia, which will hold sessions here from October 19 to 21, in- clusive. The Right Rev. H. St. George Tucker, D. D., Bishop of Virginia, will attend the convocation, as will the rectors of the churches in the Piedmont Convo- cation and lay delegates from the vari- ous parishes and the Theological Semi- Alexandria. Rev. George Fiske D. D., rector of St. Stephen's and the Incarnation Church, Wasting- | ton, will be the officiating clergyman and speaker at the “quiet hour,” which | will be held cn the closing day. i i Boy Captures Live Octopus. Special Dispatch to The Star. SHOREHAM, England (NAN.A).— Inhabitants here were recently brought en masse to the beach by the cries of two small boys, who had captured a live octopus. (Copyrisnt, 1, by the North American paper Alliance, Inc.) | NAVY ORDERS | | _ Lieut. James H. Chadwick, detached Bureau of Engineering, Navy Depart- ment, to U. 8. S. Stoddert as executive officer. | _ Lieut. Robert E. Mason, orders issued | by commander in chief Asiatic modi- fled; to Navy Yard, New York, N. Y, instead Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. Lieut. Thomas W. Mather, detached U. 8. 8. Sirius, to U. 8. S. Maryland. Lieut. Harry E. Rice, Jr., discharged Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C, to await orders. 2 Lieut. Morton B. Sterling, discharged Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash.,, to U. 8. 8. Maryland. Supply Corps. Lieut. Comdr. Charles G. Holland, detached U. S. S. Arkansas, about De- cember 1, to Navy Yard, New York, N. Y. Lieut. Percival F. Patten, detached staff aircraft Scouting Force, about November 1, to Navy Yard, Washington, D. . C. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Alfred P. Ran- dolph, detachei Naval Supply Depot, Hampton Roads, about November 7, to Training Squadron 1, to Training uadron 1, Base Force. jeut. (Junior Grade) Clinton J. | Thro, detached Naval Supply 1 Brooklyn, N. Y., about November 10, to U. 8. 8. Texas. Medical Corps. Licut. Comdr. Herbert L. Barbour, detached Naval Egcrumng' Statior Louisville, Ky., to U. S. §. Northamp. Chaplain Corps. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Edward B. Harp, jr., detached U. S. S. Relief, about November 5 to Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Llll‘:: (Junior Grade) John Doyle, detached U. S. 8. Henderson, to tempo- rary duty recelving ship at San Fran- cisco. ‘Warrant Officer, Boatswain Percy D. Generous, orders August 7 further modifi continue %umm Battle Force, pending f instructions. Lieut. Comdr. Adolph P. Schneider, detached with a t, Battle Force, to _VJ Squadron 1-F, Base Force. Lieut. Comdr. George C. Hawkins, detached as division engineer officer on staff commander submarine division 10, to U. 8. 8. Canopus. o Lieut. (Junior Giide) John C. Broach, detached <. 8. S { makes it into bats for quilts 8-32, !o‘ 1931—PART ONWY. Boom at Post Office Explained by Still Found in Building By the Associated Press. CROSSONS, Colo., October 10.—Business has been rushing recently at the post office of thi isolated mountain resort. The in- flux of visitors attracted more than local attention. Federal agents said they found some of the reasons yesterday in a 1931 model still in the cage of Postmistress Minnle P. Dix and several gallons of whisky and wine distributed among the mail sacks. Mrs. Dix was missing. A wal rant was issued for her on charge of violating the prohib! tion laws. Her son, Milton G. Frazier, and his companion, G. Wuetherick, were arrested. MEGAN LLOYD GEORGE SHUNS FACE POWDER Goes About Campaigning in Busi- ness-like Way, But Keeps Hold on Flapper Vote. Special Cable to The Star. LONDON, October 10.—Miss Megan Lloyd George of Mynddednyfed steps | g e i e R DISICIPLES' SESSION URGES JOB RELIEF Congress Petitioned to Au- thorize Program of Pub- lic Operations. By the Associated Press. ‘WICHITA, Kans., October 10.—Con- | gress was petitioned today by the In- ternational Convention of the Disciples of ,Christ to authorize “a program of public works, flood prevention, refores- tation, and other vital enterprises, to | provide employment for our millions of unemployed.” The resolution was one of several | passed at the closing business session | of the convention. Devotional services | tonight and tomorrow will complete the five-day program. Court Ratification Urged. Another resolution called upon the | United States Senate to ratify the | World Court protocol as quickly as | possible after it convenes in December. ‘The convention also re-affirmed its “profound ~ conviction that national prohibition is the best method yet de- YOUTH IS FREED - - INFAMILY SLAYING /Son Goes Unconvicted Three Trials of Killing Parents and Five. in By the Associated Press. EL DORADO, Kans, October 10.— Murder charges against Owen Oberst, farm boy, accused of killing his parents and five brothers and sisters in 1928, when he was 17 years old, were dis- missed toda: County Attorney R. C. Woodward said he believed it would be impossible to obtain another jury following three trials which ended in disagreement as to a verdict. Once Pleaded Gulilty. Oberst pleaded gullty several months after the seven bodies were found in the ruins of the Oberst farm home, which was destroyed by fire the night of April 20, 1928. He was sentenced to life imprison- ment and served several months, but the sentence was set aside by the State Supreme Court, which held that con- Vvised or proposed for the control of | the beverage alcohol traffic. | right into the British Government with no make-up. At 29, her school-girl complexion has carried her far and, campaigning in Wales, she attacks the ruling British triumvirate without evism a dash of powder on her small, up- turned nose. Smartly tailored, with no foolishness except a pair of Frenchy looking shoes, she is the foe of cos- | metics. | With all this, she had no trouble in rounding up the flapper vote in 1928‘ and getting herself elected to Parlia- | ment. She has looked after Papa Lioyd George for years. He calls her “my counselor.” “In Parligment she takes the humanitarian drift, concentrating on welfare and soclal betterment mea- sures, St - e Not Concerned With Long Plan. ROCKWOOD. Tenn. (&) —Rock- wood's only cotton grower is not con- cerned about the Long plan or any Il of the cotton farmer. R. W. Andrews has a small patch of plants waist high and 24 bolls to the stalk. Mrs. | Andrews cards the picked cotton and Reg. $195 Bed Suites On Sale Monday BARGAIN Set of Dining Chairs Sturdily T SIS0 side chairs. A manufa turer's close. o bullt dressers of walnut veneer; large mirror and deep drawers. BRIEFS Monday Only! e $§3 Dressers outs; :ell $]‘9.75 L Studio Couch Roomy, comfortable couch, with Layer Felt Mattresses those requiring a ing. All sizes. comfortable rock- End Tables $ 1 bles, with shaped tops. size nisces, ar- in several wanted colors. top kitchen tables, constructed. Conveniently U. 8. 8. 8-31. Chief Boatswain Groer C. Gittins, 8. 8. Lar: Cctober 1, to hospital in United States. Death. Lieut. Joseph Peaster, jr., U. September 24, 1931, 8t Na o Sy wah s e Yard, denim or cretonne upholstering; with three pillows to match, eI $4 05 new mattress; . covered with good grade art tick- Bed Rom’r Rockers Extra large an ers, with damask $3-95 upholstered seat. Sturdily built end ta- 5.Pc. Breakfast Suite Five full- 7 5 Kitchen Tables Porcelain B $5.95 BUDGETED TERMS The Supreme Court of the United States was requested to Teopen the case | of Douglas C. Macintosh, professor of divinity at Yale University, who was denied_ citizenship because he refused to subscribe to that part of the oath pertaining to the bearing of arms in time of war. Biennial Date Rejected. A proposal that the Disciples of Christ meet biennially instead of an- nually, as in the past, was rejected. It was resolved “That the members of our churches | everywhere give earnest and prayerful use of the Bible in the public schools.” Acceptance of the German Evan: gelistic Soclety as an affiliated organi- | zation of the Disciples of Christ was | voted unanimously. | Because of lack of details as facilities for the holding of the next convention, invitations of several widely scattered cities were referred to a com- mittee for further study. Ants were observed in Europe re- cently to set broken legs of injured companions in a kind of plaster. Exceptionally large, well de- signed pieces, of walnut with burl fronts and mahogany in- terior. Dresser with large mir- ror, Vanity, Bed and Chest cf Drawers. Plenty of d spaces, a quite necessary site these days. fessions had been extorted from him and that he was not given proper legal representation. In the subsequent trials the youth denied the killings. He said he found the house on fire when he returned from a motion picture show in Flor- ence, Kans. Bullets Found in Bodies. In the alleged confessions he was represented as saying he had quarreled with his father over the use of the family motor car and killed the family one by one, then set fire to the house to cover the crimes. Bullets were found in several of the charred bodies. Disposition of the estate of W. P. Oberst, the father, which is estimated | consideration to the problems of the | between $20.000 and $50,000, remains to be decided in court. City Washes Garbage Cans. BERLIN, Germany (Special) —With the completion of its new plant for gar- bage removal, Duesseldorf washing and disinfecting the cans in which the city's garbage is collected, according to word received here the other day. They arc washed in hot and ~='4 water and then sprayed with a dis- hiecting solution befrve being sent out with the wagons again. 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