Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1932, Page 16

"B—2 = 2,000 TAXIS READY T0INVADE CAPITAL Big Fleet Is Reported Waiting at Philadelphia Pending Sale of Company Here. Reports of an invasion of Washington by a fleet of 2,000 additional taxicabs, operated by uniformed drivers on a flat 15-cent zone rate, reached traffic offi- cials yesterday as Willam A. Van! Duzer, director of the department of vehicles and traffic, took steps to break up the exclusive taxicab parking con- cessions_around leading hotels. The 2,000 new cabs, said to be owned by one of the country’s large: taxicab oOperating companies, are sup- posed to be in Philadelphia, awaiting orders to proceed to Washington. Thc order will be given, according to infor- mation received by traffic authorities as soon as negotiations are completed ] 1 for the sale to the taxicab combine of | one of Washington's oldest taxicab com- panies | Brown and Roberts Hear of Plan. ! Rumors of the impending upheaval in | the taxicab situation were heard by | both Inspector E. W. Brown, director | of the Police Department Traffic Bureau, and Willlam A. Roberts, a l sistant corporation counsel, who, as member of the legal staff of the Public Utilities Commission, has been active ! in the preparation of new rules and | regulations to govern the operation of ! public vehicles. Credence was given the information because of the source. The coming of 2,000 additional cabs, operating on a 15-cent flat rate—5 cents under the existing zone cab rate—is ex- pected to renew the taxicab rate war which District officials sought to pre- vent by the order requiring cabs to operate on a meter basis, beginning January 10. Enforcement of ihe order has been delayed, however, due io legal developments and the action of Justice Adkins of the District Supreme Court in remanding the meter case to the Public Utilities Commission. | Van Duzer to Curb “L.” Tags. Traffic Direc an Duzer’s entry into the muddled taxicab situations was inspired by Corporation Counsel Reberts make an issue of the use of tags by taxicabs. In a letter to owners of cabs now carrying “L” tags, Mr. Van Duzer in- formed them that their vehicles hert after would be required to carry or hackers' tags unless they are to be dispatched from a private garage “for a previously specified service.” Cabs stationed at parking concessions around hotels now carry “L" tags. These ve- hicles are not supposed to pick up fares on the street, Vehicles using “H" tags are not permitted to use the hotel parking spaces but are required to park on public hack stands. Would End Parking Monopoly. The effect cf Mr. Van Duzer’s order, it was said, will be to open up hotel parking stands to all taxicab com- panies and to end the monopoly which | one concern has enjoyed for many years. The plan of Mr. Van Duzer is to issue “L” tags only to motor busses and vehicles engaged in a sightseeing or hourly service contract business. “Any person desiring “L" tags, except for busses,” said Mr. Van Duzer, “must, under oath, give a statement that the service to be performed is exclusively livery service under which the ve- le is dispatched from a priv for a previously specified and service terms and con- ditions established prior to such trans- portation These vehicles do not hack stands and do not sengers otherwise e public | ept pas- than specified—that the vehicles are used exclusively in contract carringe in the nature of a sightseeing service on hourly rates, and | that the vehicle is not employed in an | ordinary taxi or hacking business.” Independents Oppose Fee. The exclusive taxicab parking con- cessions around hotels long has been a target of criticism. chiefly by the Independent taxi operators. The United States Bureau of Efficiency also con- demned the practice several years agp in a special report to the District Cond- missioners based on an exhaustive sur- vey by its experts of taxicab parking conditions. The bureau was particular- | ly bitter in its condenmation of the | action of the hotels in charging the taxi company a fee for an exclusive parking privilege on the public streets, MRS. D. D. ZIRKLE T6 BE BURIED HERE Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow With Rev. Dr. Montgomery Officiating at Rites. { Mrs. Dorothy Douglass Zirkle. 37, who died Pridav at her home, 4500 Lowell street. will be held at Gawler's funeral chapel, 1750 Pennsylvania avenue, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, pastor of Metropolitan M. E. Church, will cfficiate. Burial will be in the family lot at Oak Hill Ceme- tery Mrs. Zirkle, a native of this city, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Boone Douglass, Who survive her. After graduating from Eastern High School she attended Cornell University where she was president of women and vice president of the entire class dur- ing her senior year. She was a mem- ber of Delta Zeta Sorority. Upon completion of her college work she married Joseph Claiborne Zirkle, 2nd, Washington real estate dealer, who survives her. She was active in social circles here. and was an officer of the Colleze Women's Club, which later merged with the University Women's Club. She was also a mem- ber of the Daughters of the American Revolutign, American Order of Pion- eers and the Boone Family Associs tion. Besides her husband and par- ents, she is survived by two children, Joseph Claiborne Zirkle, 3rd, and Al- Vira Douglass Zirkle; two sisters. Mar- guerite Luckett, Palo Alto, Calif. and Maude Hubert, Charleston, S. C., and s brother, William Boone Douglass, ir., vice consul at Malaga, Spain. Funeral services for pi i 1 e R Consul General Assigned. W. Roderick Dorsey of Baltimore, United States Consul at Tsingtao. China, who is now here on lcave of absence, has been assigned to duty as consul general at Genoa, Italy, and will proceed to his new post at once. Births Report;d. llowing births have been reported toT ke “Henth® Depariment in the last 24 Tours 4 Mildred E. Buechling, girl. Cotrle T dnd Madeine H. Rives, §irl Chatles "W, and Madeline R. Donaldson, 15l Welch, girl. ooper, @irl Poulos. irl. girl ®homas G. and Mabel E Wilson 1. and Carmel C. Theodore’ P. and Madge P. Thomas_E. and Naom{ L. Middleton Henry F. and Elsie E. Sonnabend. girl. Joseph A. and Donna Becker, girl g, Eric D. and Jane Plauer, girl Julius C. and Callie N. ‘Anderson, boy. e. ert M. and Jane O'Lone. boy. Mark J._and Mergaret J._Golibart, boy. B Mary V. Evans, boy. Thomas H. and M. Shoemaker. boy. Point. crash. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, H Disabled Destroyer Arrives at Base ISABLED in a collision with the collier Lemuel Burrows off Montauk Point, N. Y., Friday, the Coast Guard de- stroyer Herndon was photographed as she was towed into New London, Conn. tub Acushnet, the latter boat having taken her over from the Lemuel Burrows five miles inside of Montauk The helpless destroyer collided with the Lemuei Burrows in a heavy fog, none being injured in the The huge hole in the Herndon is clearly shown here. yesterday by the Coast Guard —A. P. Photo. HERNDON SKIPPER SAYS WERE LUCKY Describes Ramming hy Col-| lier as Worst Accident of Experience. By the Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn., January 16, —The Coast Guard marked down a vic- tory today for the destroyer Herndon in 'a 22-hour battle against dense fog | and a choppy sea after a jagged hole had been torn in its port side. The destroyer, rammed Friday noon by the collier Lemuel Burrows in & “pea up” fog 80 miles southeast of here, while patrolling for rum runners, was tewed into port this morning. Not a man was missing. Four of the destroyer's complement of 99 men L ightly hurt C. G. Roemer, the Hernden's gray-haired skipper, watched the cutter cuchnet pull his boat alongside the Coast Guard>pier in New London har- bor. Fatigued by an afternoon and night of duty in rough water, he squared is shoulders and said: “We're lucky to | be here—alive.” | Worst Accident of Experience. Never in his 27 years of Coast Guard work, the veteran commander asserted, had he known of an accident whose | consequences might have been serious vet which actually entailed so little in- | Jury, The whole thing was a matter of | " he said. “Another instant might have been more seriousl; Five seconds more and we might have been out of line. “If the Burrows had caught us at any other angle, we probably would not be_here to tell the story.” But Comdr. Roemer did not minimize the damage to the Herndon. A 15-foot hole gaped in its port side near the bow. The ward room, pantry and part of the bridge were torn away as far back as the No. 1 fire room. | The ship listed heavily to starboard | as it was towed in, stern first. Only the top of its 10-foot insignia, “CG-17," was visible above the water line. All forward quarters were flooded. | Tow Line Was Lost. | Once yesterday afternoon the tow | line to the Burrows, which started to | bring the Herndon to port, was lost. | It was recovered and early today the fog lifted, the water quieted and the Burrows turned over the line to the Acushnet, and proceeded to Brooklyn, which 1t reached during the afternoon. “The sudden impact came while about 35 of the men were in the for- | ward quarters just finishing their | chow,” said Lieut. A. C. Richmond, | executive officer. { “About five men were in the front | engine room and a mess boy was in | the pantry, but miraculously all es- caped injury. “Many of the men were knocked down. We started to lower the boats at once, but then we found we could get a tow line to the Burrows. About | half the crew was transferred to that | boat, so that enough life boais were | left for"the rest of us on the Hern- | on. | The men on the injured list, none | of whom had to leave duty, were Carl | F. Hockendorf of Chicago, boatswain's | mate; Edward P. Simonault of San- | ford, Me. chief water tender; Jos- eph M. Burns of Providence, R. I, and Manson D. Morton of Roxbury, Mass., firemen. NORMAN PRUITT RITE SET FOR TOMORROW | Services to Be Condueted at Home | With Burial in Congressional Cemetery. | Funeral services for Norman Pruitt, | who' died Thursday afternoon at his residence, 105 Sixth street northeast, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, with interment in Congressional Cemetery. Mr. Pruitt, who was 76, was born in King George County, Va. His first wife, the late Margaret Rozelia Murray, died November 28, 1882. Mr. Pruitt was in the plumbing and heating business here for more than 40 years. He was a member of Metropolis Lodge, No. 16, I. O. O. F.; Columbia Encampment, No. 1, I. O. O. F.; Wash- ington Lodge, No. 15. B. P. O. E, and Decetur Lodge, No. 9, K. of P. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hattie Pruitt; a son, Norman Pruitt of Mount Rainier, Md., and four daughters, Mrs. Daisy I. Chouteau of Cincinnati, Mrs. Violet E. Prichard of San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs. Rose L. Palmer and Mrs, Harriet Brooke of this city. AKRON PASSES CAPITAL Dirigible Continues for Maneuvers at Hampton Roads, Va. The U. 8. S. Akron, the country’s| largest dirigible, passed over Washing- | ton at 11:30 o'clock last night, bound | for Hampton Roads, Va., for mooring | mast maneuvers. | The Akron left Lakehurst, N. J. at| 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The maneuvers at the Roads will be con- Boss aniel and Laura Linkins. boy. bert C. and Mary J. Dalrymple, boy. ‘marles E. and Josephine M. Gal'iher, boy gab.rl W. and Annie B. Willlamson, girl orge and Frances Tyer, boy. eorge R. and Bernice Hughes, boy. catur_and Bernice Trotter, boy. 1l F. and Alicebelie Allen, Y. awrence E. and Bertha E. James, boy. farles and Louise D. Johrison, Sifl. Jemes_and Mary Cephas, bo¥. ducted with the U. 8, 8. Patoka. NORFOLK, Va., January 16 (#).— A contact between the U. §. 8. Akron and the naval tanker toka is scheduled to take place st sunrise tomorrow morning off Plantation Fiats, ear Cape Charles, From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. “The Mad Parade” At the Metropolitan. 114 HE MAD PARADE" is | Paramount’s little discus- sion of what some of the gals went through during the great war. And while some of the acting is passing fair and some of the shots likewise, it must be set down as one of the less- er screen dramas—a drab, theatric recounting of Red Cross ladies at the front. with men as a side, but positive issue. It is shown at the Metropolitan, Distinction lies in thit only through the fact that no male is ton gives a characteristic program as the headliner at the Earle The- ater. Orchestra conductors who rise above the mass in concert efforts always evolve a philosophy which gives originality to their product and makes appeal to both the culti- vated ear and to the thoughtless or superficial hearer. To the latter it has the magnetism of forceful ac- tion, constant variation and impres- sive execution. To the person who looks for distinction in orchestral work it is the more impressive be- cause the leader has trained his mu- sicians to speak a language which, in jazz, is all its own. This colored organization, pre- sented in an engagement at the apparent either at the beginning or in the middle or at the bitter end—and it is a bitter end. As Evelyn Brent lies deed in a dugout, and her girl friends hear that sudden freedom {rom noise in the air, the audience has been through a complete fe- male drama— with love and death and jealousy and hate rampant—but no men. And, strangely enough, while man is & necessary quantity on this earth, you don't miss him much—some- ow his presence wouldn’t have done much to shatter the gloom which is 50 pervasive. The story concerns & corps of girls during the war who are quar- tered together somewhere near the front and play their own little part —without the assistance of so much as half a man. While they are busy with fighting the good fight against the enemy they are also busy fight- ing among themselves—there being a “cat” among them—a real honest- to-goodness villainess—who is 50 un- pleasant that the heroine ends by throwing a German grenade at her. This pretty little business, plus lady who is always drinking out of hot-water bottle (not water—please) and a comic strip supplied by Louise Fazenda, is about all to this plot— which is s thin as dishwater and ef- fective only when there is a lot of nose. Other than Evelyn Brent as the lady who does a one-night-out act and is threatened with home there- for, and Lilvan Tashman as the hot-water bottle addict, the cast shows signs of boarding school train- ing—Pritzi Ridgeway, for instance, as the spiteful villainess playing her role as she might in the annual Christmas pageant—which isn’t her fault, but Director Willlam Baudine's. In other words, this is grim and not too invigorating drama on a sub- | ject which isn't particularly neces- sary these days. E. de 8. MELCHER. Evelyn Brent. Edna May Oliver Scores In “Ladies of the Jury.” O to R-K-O Keith's this week and see Edna May Oliver turn in one of the most amusing per- formances of the year. In a film called “Ladies of the Jury” (which Mrs. Fiske played in her touring Tepertoire when last seen here), she at last emerges in a long and silly role which is just the kind of thing she has been waiting for all these years. As Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane, matron of vast prestige in a small town, who eventually solves a murder, Miss Oliver is an absolute riot—and the kind of riot that sits well in this depression. This film, which has been directed to great advantage by former cinema actor, Lowell Sherman, is as pleasant a comedy as you will find. Its theme is original and its delivery flawless— and all the members of the cast are quite up to what is expected of them. While it is not meant o be a great opus, it is certainly funnier 4han most advertised ‘“‘comedies,” and it may be viewed with utter satisfaction by every member of the family—from the ground up. Miss Oliver plays Mrs. Fiske's role of the woman who says “not guilty” in a jury which is composed at the beginning of 11 “guilties,” but which eventually, through the adroit maneuverings of the former, comes around and votes exactly as Miss Oliver has pointed out it should. While this sounds like a slender story—and perhaps is—there is much humor in the first court room scene and enough sprinkled through the rest of it to keep the audience in continual laughter. The cast. besides Miss Oliver, plays its little game perfectly, such troupers as the stuttering Roscoe Ates, Ken Muray, Andre Beranger, Cora Witherspoon and Kitty Kelley being specially amusing. This is one of those surprise films which manage to be excellent without any unnecessary advance ballyhoo. On the stage, for those who like vaudeville, may be seen that phe- nomenal trickster and “seer” Koran, who specializes in ghose parties, and presents one of those psychic acts which might puzzle even a Houdini; Charles King, one of the real singing gentlemen of the musical comedy field, singing some new and in par- ticular some of his old favorites: the Diamond Boys in an amusing “Free and Easy” skit; Joe Marks in some- thing called “Then the Fun Began” (it hadn’t begun at the time we left), and the Chase Brothers, who are really agile on the wire. E.deS M. Duke Ellington Orchestra Leads Earle Program. ATURATED with music s a raw material and skilled in the - tce of creating jazz, Duke e Earle, is controlled by a musical philosopher, who marshals the tones that might make discord, but under his direction are harmonized and made to challenge those who would contend that this form of music has passed its zenith. Perhaps only the best remains. It is certain that in the program which had its first per- formance yesterday there is a new- ness that must be impressive. The accessories in sound production are numerous, and with the richness of the background. give excellent shad- ing to the numbers In addition to the band or or- chestra, the company has the aid of singers and dancers, who ap- parently have been chosen because of their achievements in their re- spective forms of entertainment. The picture presented on the Earle screen, “Under Eighteen,” has less claim to credit for its appeal to the senses, It is the first star- ring medium of Marian Marsh, and fails to utilize her recognized talents as & person of sensibility and re- finement. It places her in a series nes which lack any form of inspiration and even approach the realm of extravaganza. The human mind, generally assumed to be gov- erned by experience, here passes too readily from the things that are admired to the lower level and back, while the climax comes in the midst of a most extravagant exhibition of more or less depraved conditions. Eliminating the plot and consider- ing characters, it may be said that Miss Marsh offers a commendable bit and is well supported by Regis Toomey, Anita Page. Warren Wil- liam, Emma Dunn, J. Farrell Mac- Donald and others. The remainder of the stage pro- gram is excellent, including Britt Wood, popular comedian, singer and harmonica player; Marcus sisters and Carlton brothers in dancing and acrobatics of conspicuous merit and Al Bayes and Harvey Speck in good comedy. Miss Maxine Doyle served as mistress of ceremonies. C. C. HEARING SET ON BILL Selling Over Capacity to Come Up Wednesday. trict Senate Committee will hold a hearing at 2 o'clock Wednesday after- noon on the Carey bill to prohibit theaters from selling more tickets than there are seats available for any per- formance, and making it an affense for any employe to misinform a patron as to the availability of seats. The subcommittee is composed of Senator Carey, Republican, of Wyo- ming, sponsor of the bill; Senator R. Austin, Republican, of Vermont, and Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois. Several requests to be heard on the bill have been received by the commit- tee from theater managers, and from | the Motion Picture Operators’ Protec- | tive Union, Local 224. 16-YEAR-OLD BOY HELD FOR SHOOTING OF CHILD Young Vietim of Gun Fray Is Treated for Wound in Shoulder. Accused of having shot an eight- year-old colored boy, Bernard R‘;g', 16, colored, 605 L street southeast, was held by fourth precinct police last night on a charge of assault with a dng;(emus ‘weapon. larence Jackson, 728 L street, southeast, was treated at Casualty Hospital for a wound in his shoulder and then was sent home. Rilsy, ar- rested a short time later, claimed Jackson and his brother, Richard Jack- sor;'i 14, n%tacked him, e went home, he said, & gun and aimed it at Richard, gl’(:'é hufl;t striking Clarence by mistake. The weapon, a .45-caliber revolver, was said to belong to Riley's father. HOOVER DEFENDED |Morrow, Kentucky Ex-Governor, Addresses G. 0. P. Banquet. CHARLESTON, W. Va. January 16 () —The administration of Pre!in;en! Hoover was defended last night by Ed- win P. Morrow, former Governor of Kentucky and now a member of the !‘dernl Railway Board. ‘Addressing a Republican banquet, N:m;::w K‘!‘n‘d lth‘t the faith and counig of the lerican people would serve retain Hoover in omepe. Jouett Shouse, Democratic National Committee executive chairman, will be the principal speaker at a Democratig banquet February 5. TO CURB SEAT SALES | | Measure to Prohibit Theaters from A special subcommittee of the Dis- | JANUARY IBANDIT IS SOUGHT FOR TWO HOLD-UPS Lone Man Wearing Goggles Robs Chevy Chase Store. Pedestrian Is Attacked. 4T District and Maryland police were searching early today for a man weaw | ing goggles who held up a delicatessen store on Georgla avenue and & drug store in Chevy Chase, Md., last night and escaped on a motor cycle. He got away with a total of $20. Peter Chaconas, 7307 Georgla avenue reported to police that a tall man wear- ing goggles entered his delicatessen last | night and asked for a soft drink. Whilc | Chaconas was preparing to serve him the robber drew a pistol and demanded | money. Overlook $100 in Second Hold-Up. Chaconas handed over $2 he had in | his pocket, and the man took an addi- tional $13 from the cash register. A/ youth about 16 years old was in thel store during the hold-up, but the robbe; kept the boy and the proprictor covered | with the gun. A similar hold-up by a man answer; | ing the description given by Chaconas occurred at the Brookeville Pharmacy, | 6423 Brookeville road, Chevy Chase. Md. | Dr. Thomas Schwartz was forced be- hind a counter while the robber rifled | a cash drawer, obtaining $5. In a second cash register. Dr. Schwartz told police, there was $100. Two Men Rob Pedestrian. Leon Turner, 927 Westminster street, reported to police that his watch and fountain pen were taken from him by | two colored men who attacked him | from behind as he walked from his home last night. Turner sald the men held him and took a watch valued at $23, and a fountain pen, valued at $3, from him An attempted hold-up of Louis Rosenberg, proprietor of a grocery store at.400 K street northeast, by two colored men last night, failed when the men became alarmed and ran, he reported William E. Leese, 2938 Twenty eighth street, told eighth precinct po- lice his home was entered yesterday and robbed of clothing and jewelry worth $288. Among the articles stolen | were two fur coats, valued at $75 an $100, a piece of jewelry worth $35 ani other articles of clothing valued at $75. U. S. CIVIC LEADERS | WILL CONFER HERE to American Association Heads Meet Wednesday—Display of Billboard Evils to Be Opened. Officers and executive board members the American Civic Association will hold their annual meeting Wednesday, at which problems of civic planning, roadside and park improvements will be_considered. Models will be exhibited for the first | time in Washington at the association’s headquarters in the Union Trust Build- ing, presenting a graphic demonstration of the beauty of a “billboard-less” countryside. One model will show a typical country roadside fenced in be- tween glaring advertising displays. The other will show the effects on the same road after the boards are removed The_exhibits will- be brought here b Mrs. Edward H. McKcon of the Fed- erated Garden Clubs of Marvland They were exhibited recently at the Maryland State Fair. | Frederic A. Delano, president of the Civic Association, will preside at the business session. 'On Tuesday evening preceding the meeting, the executive board members will be Mr. Delano’s | guests at dinner in the Cosmos Club. Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported to the Health Department in the last 24 hours | Norman Pruit. 79. 105 6th st. n.e. | Georsianna ~ Sherrer. Casualty Hes- | pita |~ Virginia_L. Miller, Mami K sts. n.e Graham B. Nicol, 56 Garfield Hospital h A. Laws. 48, Emergency Hospital & shead, 46, Casualty Hos- Clara_Norbeck. 45. 707 6th st. . 44, St. Elizabeth's Hospital M. 'Harvey, 41, 3rd st. and ave | 5420 Connnecticut ave. | 28 Siblev Hospital Mildred Anderson, 28, fleld Hospital. Grace T. Wilson, 10, 425 13th st. s.e. Infant of Stephen J. and Mary B. Borow- 1,8 hours. Sibley ‘Hospital | Fred Newman, 62, Gellinger Hospital. | Martha Nixon. 61. 4653 Haves st. n.e. | Ida L. Duncan, 57, 1100 Mount Olivet rd. e Essie Dent. 21 months, Freedmen's Hos- ital. Garfle n o | often doesn’t grow up as well as the | one 1932—PART ONE. Strenuous Athletics | Stunt Boys’ Growth, Physical Head Says| Check on Development in Cleveland Schools Re- veals Difference. By the Assoctated Press. CLEVELAND, January 16.—The boy who goes in for strenuous athletics vho sits in the stand and cheers, Floyd A. Rowe, director of physical welfare in Cleveland schools, said today. A careful check on the development of athletes and non-athletes in junior high schools has convinced Rowe the more athletic boys fail to keep step physically with their classmates. l Reports of athletic supervisors showed that while the average junior high school boy gains 4.2 pounds in weight uring a year, the boy playing soccer or competing in basket ball gained only 3.4 pounds. In the same ‘time the athletic boy gained 02 of an inch in eight, but the average gain was 0.34 of an inch. Rowe has decided to replace soccer y touch foot ball, which involves no heavy bodily contact, and cut basket ball periods down to six minutes, in- stead of eight. 6. 0., ARRANGES LINCOLN BANQUET Beck Wil Speak Over Na- tional Hook-up—Fess to Be Toastmaster. Plans are being completed for the Lincoln day banquet of the National Capital Republican Club, to be held at | the Willard Hotel Pebruary 12. | Representative Beck of Pennsylvania will speak over a national radio hook- up. Senator Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Republican National Committee. | will preside as toastmaster, accordig | fo announcement by Thomas P. Little- | in cbarge of the Committe on| Speakers. The membership of the committees with a few places yet to be filled, was announced by Edward P. Colladay, na- fional committeeman and chairman of the general committee, as follows General Committee —Mr. Colladay, | chairman; Luther Linkins, secretary chairmen of all subcomm Dinner Committee — Fdzar Morris, -hairman; Maj. Charles Demonet, ' Joshua Evans, Jr; Mart H. Ritten- house, Frank S. Hight, Edwin M. Gra- ham and John Scharf Reception Committee—Representative ee of California, chairman; Mrs. F. Mondell, vice chairman; John Lewis Smith, vice chairman; Mr. Littlepage, vice chairman; Robert H. Lucas, execu- tive director of the Republican Nation- al Committee; Robert V. Fleming, Jos- eph H. Hines and Frank Hogan. Committee on Speakers—Mr. Little- page, chairman. Invitation Committee—Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman; Robert Cottrell, Mrs. Henry D. Pry, Mrs. Harry K. Dougherty, Mrs. Paul Linebarger, Renah F. Camalier, Milton F. Barrett, Mrs. Samuel Kimberly, Mrs. Ailene Evanson, Margaret Helmke and Mrs. Fulton Press Committec—Edgar C. Snyder, chairman: Ira E. Bennett, Edmund F. Jewell, John Russell Young, James L. West, Richard C. Dyas and Mrs. Mal- colm Edwards Music Committee—Carl Droop, E. H. Droop and O. J. De Moll | Program Committee—Charles F. Crane, chairman. and Alney E. Chaffee. Seating and Floor Committee—Har: Hayden, jr. chairman; James Tawney, secretary. Tickets and Printing—Douglas Whit- lock, chairman. Decorations—Mrs. Frederick A. Bal lard, chairman, and Mrs. John Mock Budget and Auditing Committee— Raymond M. Florence, chairman. | | | F | | GLEE CLUBS SING Three Groups at American U. Give Concert in Auditorium. A large audience last night heard the joint concert of the American Uni- versity's Men's ‘Women'’s Glee Clubs at the gymnasium auditorium on the rganizations, under direc- tion an Randall, presented a program of varicty in seven parts, as- sisted by the Male Quartet, consisting of Leon Bryner, Barrstt Fuchs, Robert Fuchs and Richard Tuve. The entertainment was sponsored by the Student Council of American Uni- versity. [Earl Masincu was accom- panist for the Men's Club and Eleanor Johnson for the Women's Club. REBORN, SEEKS in 1 ‘The Eastern Star Benevolent Society of America, which has been “caring for | the sick and burying the dead” for 34| years, would be entitled to receive $2,-| 276.70 if it could prove it really exists. ‘ The society was incorporated in 1898 with the announced purpose of caring | for the sick, lame and disabled and | burying the dead. ‘The charter expired in 1818, but the society, ignoring this technical demise, went forward with its benevolence, In October, 1928, the District of Co- lumbia decided to widen Benning road northeast and condemned a plece of property upon which the society's home was situated. This led to a cash award of $2,276.70 by a condemnation jury to the owner of the property, presumably the society. STEAMSHIPS. “DEAD” BENEVOLENT SOCIETY Condemnation Award on Property After Legal Demise 918 Object of Action. RIGHT TO $2,276 Search of the title records, however, brought out the disconcerting fact that in so far as the law is concerned the society died a legal death in 1918. A meeting of the entire membership was hurriedly called and a new certifi- cate of incorporation drafted and filed 10 days ago. Yesterday, through Attorney L. Mel- endez King, 47 members of the society asked District Supreme Court to rec- ognize them in the name of the society as legal owners of the property so they might receive the award, which had been placed in the registry of the court. Justice Joseph W. Cox signed an order authorizing Margaret M. Murray to hold hearings and determine the party entitled to receive the mone; STEAMSHIPS. of the DUCHESS OF when BEDFORD FROM NEW YORK FEB. 10 28 pavs $300 v» or C. g PEAK-OF-SEASON CRUISE WEST INDIES @ This cruise is the annual climax down there. All the high-spot ports. Note the: ‘Bermuda, Porto Rico,Martinique,Bar- bados, Trinidad, Venezuela, Curacao, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas. Bargain rates. Book at once. Also March 12, 12 days, $140 up. March 26, 14 days, $160 up. Reservations from your own agent, Ave. NW.,, Wash, D. C. Natl, 0758. West Indies season. You go it's worst at home, merriest E. Phelps, 14th and New York WORLD DELEGATES ATG. W, SESSIONS Platform Meeting of Foreign| Division of National Board Set for Today. Delegates from all parts of the United States and many foreign countries are attending meetings at the Y. W. C. A. in connection with the annual sessions of the Foreign Division of the Nationa. Board of the association. A platform meeting is scheduled for this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in Barker Hall, to be opened by Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, with Mrs. John H. Fin- ley presiding. The speakers will be Mrs, James 8. Cushman of New York and Miss Anne Guthrie, continental secre- tary in South America. Tea will be served later in the board room. Sessions yesterday afternoon followed by a “fiesta” last night. were The sessions are devoted generally to for- mation of policies for the ensuing year The committee in charge consists of Mrs. Cusiiman, chairman, New York; Mrs. John H. Finley, New York: Miss Elizdbeth K. Lamont, New York; Mrs Philip Le Boutililer, New York: Mrs. E. C. Carter, New York; Miss Henrietta Gibson, Albany, N. Y.. Mrs. Robert Lansing, Washington; Mrs. Edwin B. Parker) Washingto: Mrs. Fred E Wright, Washingto Miss Gertrude Nickerson, Baltimore, and Miss Julla | G. Moore, Richmond, Va. | ~Following Monday morning’s session out-of-town delegates will be enter- tained at luncheon by the following |.hostesses: Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown, | Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs. Willlam Hurd Hill, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. S(llwm B. Parker and Mrs. Willlam M. tter. ’ b SRAL el Magnolias Bloom in South Carolina COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 16 (#).— The Japanese Magnolia trees on the State house grounds are in full blossom s a result of the unusually warm weather. ‘Women Plan Card Party. The American Women's Legion will hold a card and dancing party on Saturday night, January 30, at the Marine Barracks. THE WRIGHT CO. More LOTS FOUND DURING INVENTORY ON SALE MONDAY UNHEARD-OF AT LOW PRICES! Only 18 to Sell Monday Only! Poster Beds Regularly sold up to $25 1§ (1 Only) $150 3-Pc. Bed-Davenport Overstuffed Suite in F An Odd A number of hand- some styles from which to choose y High posts and low posts Jenny Lind Spool Beds . Sim- mons poster beds . . . Mahogany, Walnut or Maple double or single size. riezette Group of Chairs to sell at one sensational price (5 Only) $65 Odd Sofas 00 Occasional Chairs Boudoir Chairs Bed Room Chairs Bed Room Rockers Fibre Rockers , in Denim or Tapestry Upholstery Exactly 33 Mattresses Regularly $16.50 to $21 (3 Only) $110 4-Pc. 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