Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1931, Page 2

NCREASEDENAND “FOR WHEAT 5 SE ;"Cimada Expects Own and .- U. S. Stocks to Be " Drawn Upon. { B¥ind Associated Press. ¥ " OTTAWA, November 18.—A report of .. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics to- declared the ‘entire surplus from he 1931 wheat crop in exporting coun- tries will be insufficient to meet import fequirements and that accumulated #tockX will have to be drawn upon be- fwo countries that have been holding e largest accumulated stocks for the ast several years, will benefit and will nerge from the present crop year with donsiderably reduced holdings in the ay of surplus Wheat,” the report said. Russian Bulk Moved. i The' bureau estimated world import fequirements for the present cereal §2ar Will amount to at least 825,000,080 bush- t, compared to actual shipments of 5,000,000 bushels during 1930-31. i Russia, (e report indicated, would Re at best an in-and-out exporter. It ;‘a.\ regarded as certain the bulk of e grain movement from the Soviet 1§ over for this year. The early move- ment of Russian wheat in volume, dis- quieting at the time, has turned out to a buoyant factor and the supplies Canada, United States, the Argen- ne and Australia will' be heavily drawn upon during the balance of the 1931-32 cereal year. i Canada wes reported in a particu- Jprly favorable position because she 1os only moderate supplies of rela- vely high-grade wheat. i Favorable Factors. Dufting the first quarter of the cereal ypar=August to October—North Amer- ie; ipments dropped sharply com- with last year, from 114,800,000 1s to 85,100,000 pushels and in n ents. otal world shipments for the quarter $Hwore 212,000,000 bushels, as compared “Bwith 204,600,000 bushels during the same period ‘of 1930, Russia being a cading exporter with 36,300,000 bushels. The chief factors which’ the bureau ifound favoring the North American exporter for the November-December period were: Russia, A minor exporter; Australia_holdings very small; Argen- tine supplies moderate and of reputed = low grade; Eutopean 931 uction f wheat of milling quality below that f last year. — s BILLION FOR RELIEF IS LA FOLLETTE PLAN Benator Drafting Two Bills, One for Immediate Aid, Other for Public Works Program. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., November 18.—Ap- ?sprwfiltwn of approximately $1,000,- :53000,000 of Federal funds for the relief {#of unemployment and an eftensive ublic works pt B, of ywo ibills Senator Rt )‘WI:F‘!NA., ‘Wisconsin, today sald he was drafting. “I'm going to introduce .two bills for Junemployment. relief,” he said. %15 to take care of the immediate emer- ter by appropriating th the existing local welfare agencies and charity organizgtions. "\ “The other is to provide for an- ex- tensive program of public works, Fed- buildings, highways, waterways. don‘'t know yet what appr ition ‘Il ask for, but it probably will be close to_$1,000.000,000.” Scnator La Follette was en_route 3 from Denver do St. Plul,h where ;.e will % speak tonight. He said he would com- £ piete work on his two bills upon his 4 arrival in Weshington Friday. it L‘i PRINCIPAL ON TRIAL 5 Improper Relations With Teacher. By the Associated Press. MORGANTOWN, W. Va, November | 18 —John T. West, principal of- the i Morgantown High School, today took {iithe witness stand in his defense.at his| rial on a charge of misconduct With Hone of his teachers. West was indicted as a result of an | !Zinvestigation launched by Chatles E. {SMcCorkle, former superintendent of igpublic schools. The principal was ac- %cused of committing improprieties with {I'Misses Esther Williams and Blanche | chers, but is being tried the indfctment naming i § g teas n ilams, 1" The crux of the State's case hinges Jion a “peephole” on the principal's Foffice through which three janitors, un- [gder the direction of McCorkle, spied on alleged ‘indiscretions between West and Zthe teach West_ started his testimony with a recital of his professional relations with {iMcCorkle, who defense attorneys claim “trumped up” the case against West branded charges made against by Percy H. Smith. one of the “peeping” janitors, as ‘e demnable lie.” he principal said Smith had told of “prowling” around the school at night, seeking student ad that he (Smith) “en- 1g his flashlight on couples d Sy idiiiadidi Joyed he discovered. Concerning his professional relations with McCorkle, West said that Mc- 3 H h i§ i@ after assuming the superintendency and | i3 told him that he understood the princi- Pl was trying to take his job away fZfrom him. “West said: 3 “I told him he need have no fears % of my having ambitions of ascending to i3 bis position.” $“AMONG MY ‘SOUVENIRS” LANDS EX-MATE IN JAIL Former Wife Calls Police to Cli- g max Mouth Organ Serenade § by Divorced Husband. & “One | sald. Corkle had come to his office hortly | *6, Police Chief Goes to Work ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON ‘GEN. GLASSFORD AT DESK AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. RIG. GEN. PELHAM D."GLASSFOI B lice precincts and reassigning offic organization. Gen. Glassford had planned to attend a session of the Police Trial Board today to observe its operations, but beca there were no policemen facing charges, the board did not meet, B.0.P.IS WARNED T0 TAGKLE ISSUES Butler Fears Pussy-Footing for 1932 May Sound | Party’s’ Doom. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 18.—Assert- ing the year 1932 “will not be a good | year for shirking issues for sonorous| platitudes, or for what is called pussy- footing,” Nicholas Murray Butler last night offered to Republicans of the Nation & 14-point program upon which | to build their next national platform. | The Columbia University president compared the present position of the Republcan party to that of the Whig party of 1852-56. “It_has a fine tradition, it has a| splendid constituency, but just now it| appears to lack both unity, capacity, | and courage to deal with the gravest problems of the moment, n whose s, Lemat et o | y a ess of people, and even the Munu of ouf fopmu of government may well depend,” he “The Whig party failed and the Re- publican party was born of its faflure. Let us ponder well the lesson which that happening ‘has to teach.” Urges Definite Program. Dr. Butler, in presenting his program | in an address before the National Re- | publican Club, warned that “he who/| tries to carry water on both shoulders may end by finding that no water has| been entrusted to him to carry | ‘The 1932 Rpublican National Con- | vention, he said, should offer “a pro- | gram so sound and so definite that even if thousands of those who at pres- ent cal Ithemselves Republicans leave the party ranks there will be tens of thousands who are not now Republic ans who will come in to take thel Briefly stated, Dr. Butler's 1d-point program was: 1. Prompt and unconditional repeal of the eighteenth amendment to allow each State to deal with the liquor prob- lem *in its own way.” 3. Reconstruction and reduction of the existing teriff schedules to develop American industry, trade and transpor- tation, maintain the standard of living, reduce unemployment and aid agricul- ture. 3. Balancing the Federal Qo Cites Huge Deficit. He quoted figures to show “the pres- ent total indebtedness of the country is | nearly one-third of the amount of the country’s total estimated wealth,” and asserted that unless remedial measures were taken the United States mighi face “the same grave financial crisis” as were now confronting Germany and Great_Britain. 4. Steady continuance of the support which has recently “been given” to the League of Nations, the Permanent Coutt of International Justice and the Bank for Inte*national Settlements. 5. An immediate international con- ference to examine ancw the “whole question of reparations and so-called intergovernmental war debts.” | 6. Immediate st-ps to disarmament “In | order to mak> the practice of the civil- | ized nations accord with the professions of their governments and with public | opinions of their several peoples.” 7. Submission to the States of the pro- posal to amend th> Unitzd Btates Con- stitution so as to bring a newly elected | Congress into sessizn within two months | of its election, instead of after an In-| terval of 13 months, as now. | he annual budget of rnment. Favors Social Insurance. 8. Speedy establishment within the Siat°s of a system of social insurance, | primari'y at the instance of industry, V)i safeguard men and women against such | risks as unemployment, illness and old | 3 | 9. Development of publicly owned natural resources 10. Enactment of legislation to protect the railways from competition in inter- | state commerce by agencies which use | publicly built roads without supervision or regulation. 11. Prompt study of the whole matter of present-dav indv “{o enzbl: in dustry to adjuct it-elf t> the new con ditions.” 12. Immedia‘e calling of the interna- ! tional conference provid-d for by the act | of March 8, 1897, to examine “the effects {of the piesent severe international ! pressure upon the world’s supply of er or not an international remonetiza- tion of stlver is desirable.” 13. Special consideration (unspecified) ‘ By the Assoclated Press. . ' CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 18.— & John Carlo is & sentimental man, also i & virtuoso on the mouth organ. In the small hours of yesterday morn- i Ing John, overcome with marital mem- % orles, said it with music on the front & stoop of his divorced wite's home. The ex-Mrs. Carlo, aroused, listoned and smiled tenderly. Then John burst Qinla one last serenade to dear wedded ¥ bliss. TMrst astonished, then angry at the melody, his one-time mate called a %m g the eity una;nd “Among My Sou- for farming. ! 14. Curbing and simplifying of the “huge, costly and wasteful buraucracy v own up in Washington” . ‘Tom Thumb” Wedding Arranged. | AURORA HILLS, Va. November 18 (Sneaial “Tom Thumb” w will b2 held by the 7 adies Ald Sor | of the Calvary Methodist Protestant Church on Fridey and Saturday eve- nlnrl. One of the features will he a ) junior, vested choir. Mrs. Owen Wil- ‘imm is of the committee of Ar- rangements, and Mrs. Hugh A. Allen has charge of the music, intendent of police, shown yesterday at his desk as he began tackling the problems of reorganizing the Detective Bureau, revising territories of po- monetary gold. and to determine wheth- | RD, Washington's new major and super- ers and men to make for a more efficient use for the first time since October 21, GEORGE W. BARNES SUED FOR DIVORCE Wife Charges He Squandered ! Share of Legacy—Asks Allowance Be Stopped. CORNER STONE LAID FOR GIRLS" HOME $98,000 Structure to Replace C Street Building Taken Over by Government. The corner stone of the new $98,000 building of the Young Women's Chris- | tian Home, 235 Second street north- | east, was laid at noon today. | he home now is located at 311 and 315 C street, which premises are being | | taken over by the Governmerit as part | | of the Community Center site. The change will be made to the new build- ing_ when it is completed next Spring, | Miss K. E. M. Dumbell, preSident of the board of trustees of the home, | presided at the exercises, lnlroducln[‘ the speaker, Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, | 8t. John’s ‘Episcopal Church, and low- | ering the cornet stone. | n the corner stone were placed copies of yesterday's Evening Star and of this morning’s ‘Washington Post, & history of the home, this year's annual report of the of trustees, a photograph of the .{wo houses now occupled by the . home, - which will be vacated; a | copy -of the act of incorporation, consti~y tution and by-laws, a photograph of Miss Jenhle M. Roberts, house mother since 1905; and United States coins of | this year's mintage. - | Tells of Home's Value. | Dr. Johnston opened the ceremonies with & prayer and an address in which'| he told of the home. its work and its value to the city of Washington. ‘The articles placed in the stone were named by Miss Ethel Bagley and placed in a receptacle by Miss Georgla Pills- | bury, chairman of the Building Com- mittee. Miss Bagley and Mrs. George W. White also are members of the commititee. Rev. Alvin Gurley of Philadelphia blessed and dedieated the stone which was lowered into place by Miss Dumbell. Mr. Gurley is a grandson of Rev. Phineas Gurley, pastor of the New York Avanue Presbyterian Church during President Lincoln's administration, who conducted funeral service for the assassinated President, ith Mr. Gur- ley at the ceremonles was his mother, | Mrs. William B. Gurley, who was presi- | dent of the board of trustees of the | home for 20 years during its most seri~ ous struggle for existence. Miss Mary P. (‘-Dddlng has been sec- | retary of the home for 28 years. Founding Is Retold | Buried in the corner stone was the | story of the founding of the home. Aboiit 50 years ago the story of a girl | stranded in a railroad station here was | heard by 3 1 ~ry G. Wilkinson, who, a short time beiore, had lost her daugh- ter, She determined to found a home for girls, and, with the assistance of friends, | Alleging that her husband, George W. | Barnes, a grandson of the late George | W. Wise of Cfeorgetown and a bene- ficlary under his will, has deserted her and their 10-year old son and had dis- | sipated $5,000 received from his grand- | children’s estate last April, Mrs. Hadde L. Barnes, 1219 Thirty-third street, has filed suit for & limited divorce. | Through Attorney Frederick Stohl- | man, the wife asks the court to_enjoin | William F. Taylor and B. Agee Bowles, trusteés under the Wise will, from pay {ing to the husband a monthly allow- | able quarters at 404 Sixth street. ance of $100, provided in the will, nnd‘ to order it _turned over to her for the | s t of herself and child. A further | | payment of $15,000 to the grandson is, sent>d her residence at 311 C street to provided in the will, in April, 1836, (the{ court. is informed. ‘The wife tells of her marriage Sep- tember 18, 1920, and of the birth of the | child, George W. Barnes, jr. now 10y years old. Prior to April, 1926, Mrs. Barnes states, her Hhusbard was em- ployed by his grandfather, but resigned and remained idle until December, 1928. He refused to work, she avers, and it! was necessary for her to seek employ- ment. When the husband received the | $5,000 legacy, she says, he gave her $1,000 and proceeded to squander the| remainder. After his portion was gone'| he prevailed on her to surrender the $1,000 on his promisé to make a home for_her and the child at Atlantic City. When she met him there, October 9, after resigning her position, she says she learned he <did not have any pesition and had been paying atten- ton to a girl throughout the past Sum- mer and had taken trips with her to Philadelphin and Frederick, Md. 8he declares she is convinced that he has | deserted her and the child and asks the | court to award her $150 monthly ali- | erhe husband’s address is given | a i SCHOOL MAN KILLED; MURDER SUSPECTED Kansas Executive Found on Campus | With Bullet Wound in Head. By the Associated Press. WINFIELD, Kans, November 18.— W. W. McConnell, 53, superintendent of | Winfield schools, was found shot to death on the high school campus here | late last night. Officers believe he was | slain. The fatal bullet wound was in_ the back of his head. A revolver, which friends said he had never possessed, lay nearby. McConnell's motor car was parked near the curb. Investigators were at a loss, however, as to other circumstances_of the shooting. McConnell had taken his wife and two children home from a motion pic- ture show earlier in the evening and departed, saying he was going to do some work at his office. Shortlv before his body was found he called Mrs. Mc- Connell to tell her he was ready to re- turn home. LUPE VELEZ EVASIVE ON ROMANCE RUMOR Thinks Jobn Gilbert “Marvelous,” but Prefers to Talk of Dog on Arrival From Europe. By the Associated Press. cstablished the first Young Women's Christian Home in a littie house rented | on Fifth street. On February 23, 1887, Congress granted the home its charter. There were 16 members of the first| Board of Trustees During its early existence, the ladles | of the board tock turns staying at the | home, caring for the girls. The mer- chants with whom they dealt furnished provisions without charge. Congress later passed & bill providing for an annual appropriation of $1,000 | for the home, which continued for six years. This enabled the trustees to en- large the work and move into more suit- Donated C Street Home. B In 1892, Miss Bessie J. Kibbey pre-. thehome, < - ~JIn 1912 the need for additional quar- ters became so great the house adjoin- ing at 315 C stieet was purchased. At the same time an infirmary was added to“care not only for convalescent resi- dents of the home, but also for young women recently released from hospitals who were without money or work and | needed a place to recuperate During the Summer after the acquisi- tion of 315 C street, the girls of the home raised enough money by a lawn pdrty and plgy to screen the house. Every vear a Christmas tree i3 pro- vided for the 85 or 90 young women. There also is a New Year dance and other entertainment throughout the year. The young women who live at the home pay what they are able, ranging | from nothing, when they are unem- ployed, to $30 a month. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | C0-EDS’ SMOKING BANNED | Action Will Be Taken Against Woman Students Found Smok- | ing on Campus. LOS ANGELES (#).—Women at filej | University of Southern California are | determined to stamp out co-ed smoking | on the campus. They have issued an | ultimatum and violations will be dealt with by summons from a campus “court,” where penalties will be in- flicted. The action was taken by the Women's Self-Government Assoclation, arbiter of campus_problems of the co-eds. | It will provide the court and the | Amazons, a disciplinary organization of upperclass women, will provide the | police. Capital Sketches included in| Exhibit to Be Shown Over Country. J. B. Himmelheber Is Rankedj With Fambus Artists in New York. J. B. Himmelheber, 28-year-old stu- dent of architectural design at ONMi Washington University, whose illustr: tions of the Capital's landmarks and NEW YORK. November 18 —Viva-! 4 Mexican Gilb: cra, clous Lupe Velez, dark- screen ectress, thinks lover of ths pr b Let me tell you ebout my dog.” she insisted as she prepared to leave the liner Maurctania on her return yester- day from Burcpe. Both Miss Velez and Gilbert, who also was on board, were non-committal | about _their reported romance. | "I don't wish to say anything right | now,” Miss Velez remarked. “My final,” supplied Gllbert. Told that Gary Cooper, a one-time | suitor, had gone to Africa in disap- poin‘rent, Miss Velez sald: “I hope he brings me back an ele- | phant. Gary is one of the grandest | men I ever mat. Our friendship is like {* habit.” n lkie . = | Mexican Priests Limited. | MEXICO CITY, November 18 (4. — The Btate Department of Queretaro Announced lyfiul’fll}' it would enforce a 1028 law. iimiting the clérgy to oné priest for each 8,00 abitants in that state | divorce from Ina Claire is not beauty spots have been featured for more than & year in The Sunday Star's | rotogravure section, has bren invited by the Americen Federation of Arts to enter 10 of these drawings in a national taveling exhibt embodying the work of some of America’s best known crafts- ) in the field of architectural illus- ation, Mr. Himmelheber’s work in the “Our | Washington” series was singled out as | distinctive and has attracted widespread | attention throughout the country. Famous Artists Included. The Federation of Arts, which was established 22 years ago and maintains seadquarters in the Barr Building, will | exhibit Mr. Himmelheber's illustrations |along with others in the same field by three well known New York artists, Hugh Ferris, Chester Price and Otto R. Fegers, ‘this exhibit will be shown in various | architsctural clubs, departments and schools throughout the country, begin- ning this week. American Federation of Arts catalogue as “a series of about 40 renderings | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1931 NAVAL ECONOMY PLANS OUTLINED “Rotation” Scheme to Keep Ships Seaworthy Starts With Destroyers. ‘The “rotation plan” of Admiral Wil- liam V. Pratt, chief of Naval Opera- tions, to keep ships in seaworthy con- dition and at the same time effect economies in the service, will start with destroyers and submarines. The Navy Department announced today that the plan will be initiated next June and preparations will be imade by com- mencing work about January 15 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to recommis- slon 15 destroyers there. About June 1 4 of the 15 destroyers, when commissioned, will proceed to the Mare Island, Calif, Navy Yard to join & destroyer ‘“reserve squadron” con- sisting of 10 destroyers. Six destroy- ers will come from the Asiatic Station ahout March 15 to Mare Island to form the first units in the squadvon. Distribution Fixed. ‘The Navy Department said that 11 of the 15 recommissioned Philadelphia destroyers will be thus distributed: Two to flll vacancies in the Training Bquad- ron, Bcouting Force, to be created in January when the U. 8. 8. Wickes and U. 8. 8. Phillp will report to the com- mander, Special Service Squadron, for duty. Nine are to be assigned t0 a de- stroyer “reserve squadron,” to be based at the Norfolk, Va. used as a reserve rotating force for de- stroyers assigred to the Scouting Force and Special Service Squadron. Put Subs in Reserve. With reference to submarines, fhe U. 8. 8. Baracuda and U. G. S. Bonita, submarines of the flect type, with Sub- marine Division 12, Battle Force, will be placed in_ reserve commission at Mare Island about June 15. Admiral Pratt announced that ships in" reduced reserve status will carry about_one-fourth of the normal crew and these men will be specialists. Later, a rotation plan for cruisers and battleships will be announced. pralsgecuin Cuban Chief Executive Promises Election Free of Fraud Soon. By the Associated Pres HAVANA, Cuba, President Machado Monday November 18.— indicated | that a presideniial election would b2 | called before long in Cuba. “The census has been taken,” the | President said, “rcorganization of the| Pohtlcnl parties ‘s coming and I take t ) myself to announce general elections for the near future. “I can guarantee that he who takes my place in th- presidency will not do 50 by fraud nor by ‘papelitos’ (little papers or agrerments) nor by revolu- tion. He who has the most votes will be_President.” His statement was made after he had opened “cordiaiily week” by liberating five more political prisoners, raising to more than 40 the total of those st free stnee their arrest for alleged partici~ pationin the August revoit. INTERNATIONAL BANK CONTROL IS BLAMED McFadden Says New York Group Holds Key to Difficulties. Representative By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, November 18.— Representative Louis T. McFadden, Re- publican, of Pennsylvania, yesterday termed control of international finances by a group of New York bankers the crux of the Nation's difficulties. Eflenling at the National Convention of the Farmers’ Union, he assailed what he termed centralization of banking in the New York Federal Reserve Bank, contrary to the principles of the Fed- eral Reserve act, and charged that the Federal Reserve system was more con- cerned with financing “big business” and Europe than individual banks. The speaker maintained that the Federal Reserve system was planned to take care of the ups and downs of business and to provide funds for all banks. Instead, he said, the Federal Reserve system has become woven into the fabric of international banking. Pilot Killed, Passenger Hurt. KANSAS CITY, November 18 (#)— George W. McGee, 25, was killed and Loren G. Stock, 22, was injured late yesterday when an airplane, piloted and owrled by McGee, struck a flag pole at Swope Park and crashed. Both were Kansas City residents. Stock suffered a skull fracture and other injuries 98.YEAR-OLD ARTIST OF STAR WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION' J. B. HIMMELHEBER. abstract manner, the great skyscrapers of the metropolis of th!: !uturv’.’ & “Himmelheber represents well known buildings and views of the Nation’s Capital with a suggestion of sunlight and shadow. Price and Eggers are well known to students of architecture throughout the country.” Popular Works Cited. Among the better known works of Ferris are the cement series, of Him- melheber, The Sunday Star “Our Wash- ington” series; of Price, a Book of Ten Country Homes, and of Eggers, the Renderings cf the Work of John Russell Pope, architect. Himmelheber portrays buildings and struciures with "faithful attention to It is described in the | the more characteristic detail, but with- | police or other forelgners into these out any hard, photographic rendition of unessentials. The young illustrator, a -the werk. of four m\vfly different {n style. is interprets imaginatively in & somewhat i of el e the last eight years, Navy Yard and | 5 Rilqys' Go Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newman Riley neys to plead to an indictment charging counsel, Bertrand Emerson, jr. JURY CONPLETED | IN MINE SLAYING Judge Warns Stiff Penalty Awaits Gun Carriers At- tending Trial. By the Assoclated Press. H MOUNT STERLING, Ky., November 18.—Twelve jurors were accepted tenta- tively by both the prosecution and de- fense today 17 minutes after the trial {of Willlam Burnett, Harlan County miner charged with murder, had begun in_Circuit Court here. Burnett's casc is the first resulting from labor disorders in the Southeast- | ern Kentucky coal fields, where several | men already had been killed and where | Theodore Dreiser and his committee re- | cently investigated what Dreiser termed “a reign of terror.” Burnett is accused | of having fatally shot Deputy Sheriff Jesse Pace last Spring. His trial and the trials of 11 other men charged with murder in connection with the labor disorders - were transferred here from Harlan County on change of venue, Mount Sterling, in the Blue Grass re- glon, is approximately 200 miles from the Harjan coal flelds. ‘Warns Against Disorder. A warning that he would tolerate no disorder w2s issued by Judge Henry R. Prewitt, who is presiding. After posing for photographers and arranging sccommodations for the bat- tery of newspaper men from all parts of ‘the country, Judgs Prewitt opened court. He sald he would not order spectators searched when they entered tEe court room, but intimated that if any seatch were made it would be when the spectators leave. “I want you to know I don't go in much on this pistol business,” Judge | Prewitt sald. “I don’t have much to do with them because I don't like them. | I haveh't had sny one searched for | pistols and I promise you when I do have them searched it will be when | they leave, not when they enter. If| any of you have a pistol, you better keep out of this court house and that includes the court house yard. Tha court threatened imprisonment for any one caught with a weapon dur- ing the trial, . Defendant Is Nervous. Burnett entered the court room with his attorneys, chief of whom is B. B. Golden of Pineville, representing the Qeneral Defense Committee of Chicago. The defendant, a giant in stafure, was noticeably nervous as he took. his seat. His wife sat at the counsel table with him. ‘The first 12 men summoned for juty gervice were tentatively accepted by both sides. However, each side has a number of challenges which it can ex- ercise to exclude possible jurors. Defense questioning of the jurors was centered on two points: Whether they alteady had formed an opinion of the case and whether the fact that the de- fendant was accused of slaying an offi- cer of the law would prejudice them against him. Golden led the defense interrogation. Commonwealth Attor- ney W. C. Hamilton, heading the prose- cution, questioned them for the State. ‘The bell in the court house tower was sounded as court opened, but its peals were practically useless from & standpoint of attracting spectators, as the court house was crowded at an GANDHI DEMANDS @ives Government Until December 1 to Do Something for India. Plans New Fight. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 18.—Mahatma Gandhi today gave the British govern- ment until December 1 to do some- thing for India and announced that if (it falled to do so he will sail for | Bombay December 4 to lead a new ! end more intensive civil disobedience | movement throughout India. 1f Gandhi's fight against England is renewed, it Was authgritatively stated hete, the Mahatma may even order & social as well a8 a commercial boycott inst the British, which would mean that no Indiah servant, clerk or other mpufiem"tglr‘ th':m for nn:u.n indi- vernment. would involve a £ walkout of Indian worl but Gandhl said he would not allow Indian servants to withhold food or water from their British masters, nor would he permit them to abandon sick or infirm British citizens, ‘The Mahatma elso may order the temples and mosques in India to be used as places for nationalist political meetings x‘{ n:tel 1Bnrmxsh sovernment forbids suc ering in public places. ntrance of British soidiers, offciin. religious shrines would be resented bitterly by the Hindus, Moslems and Sikhs and 18 18 believed serious clashes would be inevitable if Gandhi should take such & step. year-old Edith Riley, shown as they came to court this morning with their attor- Left to right: Attorney H. R. Stephenson, Mr. Riley, Mrs. Riley and chief defense | from | elalists are continuing ACTION BY BRITISH |- to Court (center), father and stepmother of 12- them with being cruel to the little girl. RILEYS DENY GUILT IN“TORTURE” CASE Stepmother Prepares to Use Christmas Cards in Dis- proving Charges. Elsi€ M. Riley and Harry N. Riley, stepmother and father of 12-year-old Edith Riley, pleaded not guilty in Dis- trict Supreme Court today to an ine dictment, charging them with “felon- fously torturing” the child, who police claim, was incarcerated 4 years in & drug. closet. ‘Their attorney, Bertrand Emerson, jr., was granted three days by Justice F. D. Letts in which to examine the indictment and enter such plea as he may deem advisable. Riley and his wife entered the court room several minutes before Justice Letts took the bench. Unnoticed, they took seats in the back of the room. Center of All Eyes. But when the clerk of ‘the court read their namhes and asked them to.step forward to enter their plea, every eye in the court room was on the pair. Mrs. Riley, tall, angular and towering above her husband, was the first called. “Elsie M. Riley,” intoned the clerk, “you are charged with violation of section 814 of the District of Columbia code. How do you plead, gullty or not guilty?” guilty,” responded the 40-year- old stepmother in an even voice. Th same rrocedure was followed in the case of Riley, and after Emerson's re- quest was granted, the couple left the court, accompanied by their- attorney. Mrs. Riley, who is assembling evi- dence for the defence of herself and | “TASTE BLINONESS” FOUND IN HUMANS Dr. Blakesiee of Carnegie In- stitution Describes Discov- ery to Scientists. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. NEW HAVEN, Conn., November 18.— Discovery of widespread “taste blind- ness” among human beings was re- ported to the National Academy of Sclences at Yale University yesterday. Another discovery, also reported, gives promise ,of taking the poisonous effects out of powerful medicinal drugs, with- out losing curative properties. The taste blindness was reported by Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee of the Carnegie Institution, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., and Dr. Arthur L. Fox of the Du Ponl company. It has been identified thus far in confusion about the various sour, bitter and salty phases of taste. Many tests were given to persons of all ages with a distinctly bitter substance phenyl thio carbamide. Describe Taste Differently. “A few,” sald Dr. Blakeslee, “cotld not detect the bitterness. Some said it was sour, some called it peppery and others described it as astringent, like alum.” One man was so completely taste blind that he could not distinguish the difference between quinine sulphate and hydrochloric acid. 8till more varied was the amount of taste substance required before a flavor could be recognized and named. Some persons detected strong taste in amounts of flavoring substances which to others were merely plain water. Dr. Blakeslee pointed out that pre- viously reported experiments have shown similar differences in ability to e ize odors and said: “Evidence is thus given for the belief that humans are born with innate dif- ferences In respect to all their senses and that different people live in dif- ferent worlds therefore so far as their sensory Teactions are concerned.” Differences Hereditary. ‘The differences, he added, are so largely hereditary that parentage can be ’gxuud by some of them. e drug discoveries were reported by Dr. Treat B. Johnson, head of chemistry at the Sterling Chemistry Laboratory at Yale. The substances are all hormones, or mnear hormones. ‘The hormones are the peculiar chemi- cals produced by endocrine which regulate growth, energy sometimes even complexion of human h diagrams Dr. Johrison showed how atoms of mlrhur, carbon, hydro- gen, hlcmg: oxygen are strung " and form the di %mmym common’ to all the drugs could iifted out bodily, rearranged by alter- ing its atoms, and then replaced in the chemical without destroying the of Yale reported to prove that the minimum s vitamin B néeded by a 154- between six and George R. experime) amount pound man daily s seven grams. Dr. Oscar Riddle of the Carnegle In- stitution showed with ring dove and pigeon experiments that sex differences are partly based upon metabolism, the rate at which the body produces energy. Male bodies produce energy at higher rates than female. New Map Aids Moon. Stedy. ‘The sides of the 's face, now dis- torted to hlfl.'l‘ln ;l‘ r mt'l;i u'iell:h‘s " just a Dettet viey by a new kind Man sees fully only”a small part of the middle of the moon’s face, that curvature, little into of of ton, is equivalen! to o T e Y s a 8 downweard to see what the lunar um' m&m looks like if directly husband, today turnied over to Emerson | ne: @ number of birthday and Christmas cards which Riley’s older children, Louise, 20, and Francls, 15, had given | their stepmother. : Prociaims Girl's Love. 1 The latest of the lot, dated August 20 of this year, was & birthday card uise to Mrs. Riley and it pro- claimed poetically the girl's love for her_stepmother. There also were cards from Francis, which spoke of his affection and love for his stepmother, contrasting vividly with his testimony in Police Court two weeks ago, when he declared he and his older sistor were mistreated along with little Edith. The cards probably will be offered in evidence by Emerson at the trial of the Rileys expected to be set for some- time next month, Meanwhile, Gallinger Hospital spe- the drafting of a report on the condition of Edith, who has been under treatment there since she was taken by police from a closet in the Riley home, 1110 Rhode Island avenue, nearly two weeks ago. - MRS. GENE TUNNEY GIVES BIRTH TO SON Wife of Former Champion and Baby “Doing Nicely” at Hos- pital in New York. By the Associated Press, [EW YORK, November 18.—A son | M was born today to Mrs. Gene Tun- ney, wife of the former heavyweight boxing champion, who before her mar- e was Miss Polly Lauder of Green- wich, Ccnn. The baby boy was born at 9 am. in the Sloane Hospital at Columbia University’s medical center, Mother and son were reported “doing nicely.” Mrs. Tunney is the daughter of a socially prominent Connecticut family. Bhe and the former champion were Projected on Ball. This seemingly impossible trick feasible becawse of the moon's zn::lnn,v scigtifically called its side the 100«inch telescope reduces thi “lifetime” to a few hours. A phowfnp projected like & movie “still” upon a screen which is a found, white ball, ;ggit halt m size of an luwm?btl- This 2 miniature, artificial moon. S Under Carnégie Institution. By use of some unique devices the ph h can be varied to produce exactly the same views on this moon screen 4s would come from flying about the moon to look straight down from ::nc'l': & few degrees to one side of the The resulting map will be the first exhibiting accurately ail the informa- tion available from the views which have 'n visible at one time or an- other to man’s eyes, but which never ::tvo.n been put into one complete picture The work is in charge of the Com- mittee on Study of the Burface Feature of the Moon, appointed by Dr. John C. erriam, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. MERGER OF METHODIST CHURCHES IS POSSIBLE Unity Commissioners of Episcopal and Protestant Bodies Report Fa- married in Italy following Tunney's retirement from the ring in 1928. The retirement of Tunney, July 31, 1928, caused considerable upheaval in the prize-fighting world because he still was the undefeated heavyweight cham- pion of the world. Finally, however, plans were worked out for an elimination tournament to esteblish the successor to his title. Mr. and Mrs. Tunney came back to thé United States after their honey- moon and then set out again on a fours month tour of the Near East, Russia, and Europe, from which they ‘returned this Summer. FUGITIVE IS ARRESTED Prisoner, Erroneously Released, Again Taken in Custody. The apprehension of Jesse Watts, 23, colored, wanted here for manslaughter. in connection with the death of Marie King, 48, colored, from injuries received May 31, 1930, was reported today by Officer R. F. Selby of the United States Park Police. Watts was erroneously released after he had been committed to jail for fail ure to make bond. He has be:n at large since June 9, 1030. Officer Thomas M. Poland of No. 4 precinct rearrested the fugitive last Baturday. Selby. original arrest in the vorable Action at Conference. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, November 18.—Possi- bility of the ¢ombination of the Meth- . u":’ ::“\n zht ougho e wotld was fnnounced as favordble here last night at the conclusion of « two assembly of unity ccmms- slons the chirches. Bishop Charles L. Mead of Denver, Colo, chairman of the sestlon ead head of the Methodist Episcopal dcle- tion, sald the plan was unhampered opposition. ‘The results of the local assembly’s study of the proposal will be submit- ted to general conferences of the churches. DEMOCRATS OPPOSED Declaré Davis Proposal Would Da. prive Michigan of Eight Votes. nrnwr% November 18 Michigan emocratic State tral Committee yesterday adopted a resolu- tion protesting the proposal of John W. Davis that rcpresentation in the 1932 national conventicn be baced on the bersh: Congress. :u.n rugu‘t:;n:he ";:;:}rlm it :mul " to deprive eight additional votes wh‘fi:fi come from use of the ’