Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1932, Page 18

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D O, FEBRUARY 17, 1932—PART ONE PROGRAM FORFETE FEB. 22 COMPLETED Ceremony at Capitol to Start | Bicentennial Events; Hoover Will Speak. ‘The official activities here February country-wide ation of step-by-step program 22, opening day of the the 200th annis Wash yesterday by rSAry gtor the Dis George Dan (B from d fass . Accom} Capt. Taylor 15es of Con- seat at High Officials to The g G and gues nor ¥ Attend. Singi of “A erstate M of Clyde The Ir the directior Kover under £on ¥ess to Present President. by the invited e hall in rey torpd aud guests wil assemble Wreath to Be Put on Tomb. n will oc of t 1got mb Comnr celebr con Joseph essee and John Q. T and Senators Fes: Kansas and Carter son of C. Arthur Capper of Glass of Virginia SIX RUN FOR GOVERNOR Four Republicans and Two Demo- crats Enter Illinois Race, SPRINGFIELD, Tl February 6 (&) —Four Republicans and two Democrats took advantage today of the first date for filing primary petitions to officially initiate campaigns for the governorship Representative Michael L. Igoe of Chicago. minority leader in the State House of Representatives, and Bruce A. Campbell of Bellevilie were the Democratic filers Former Gov. General Oscar C Malone of Park Rid Maxwell of Chicago aspirants, Len Small, Attorney ristrom, William H and Willard A e the Republican i | RETIRING TREASURY HEAD ‘ Mellon Leaves SPIRIT BEHIND CAPITAL BUILDING. STORE IS ROBBED Impress t birth of Andrew head is to take Leaves Fnduring Monuments, jon as a the fiscal on park svstem ew municipal the Roosevelt the Mc- the orig- d George ~deral the co-operation from 1 from Congress. ded by Pennsyl- avenue and 1 composi- of the offi- Architectural and the Fine ge major to be Uncle the for ted to e public build- ic time he did figure over Gov- iations. He dug into for funds, and went Financed Entertainment. mous function in over administra- v great enthusiasm program, was financed by Mr picture tracing the rent and future pros- ston was made and | ire of two brilliant > then new Chamber the United States. Hoover led a distinguished peakers there on April 25 nd gathering was held the next night. with other speakers and a aifferent group of invited guests, but | with the ssme motion picture and music {by one of the service bands. Tremen- dous enthusiasm for further develop- apital was generated. It n several thousand dol I sion was_directed his specie David Edward Fin- upon whom Mr increasingly re- esident group of 9. an s conferred i 1r. Mellon there have been \able ants to carry forward his plans for Washington, notably the last | three assistant Secretaries of the Treas- ury in charge of the public building program: Charles S. Dewey. in office when ground was broken for the Fed- ngle; Carl T. Schuneman, and | e present incumbent, Ferry K. Heath. | ‘e same man has been acting super- | vising architect through a#l this period, James A. Wetmore. In referring to the public building ) program, Mr. Mellon likes the 1inguage | ¢ President Coolidge and President Hoovir. Coolidge said: “If our country shakes har OF §2,900 JEWELRY Three Young Men Disappear After Inspecting Rings at Garfinckel’s. Jewelry worth approximately $2,500 is said to have been stolen from the Julius Garfinckel & Co. department | store late yesterday | The robbery is reported to have been | discovered shortly after three well | dressed young men entered the jewelry department and asked to examine some | ings. Wrdile two of the men were inspect- ing an assortment of rings, their com- panion is believed to have opened i showcase g few feet away, removed| a tray of “Jewelry and slid it into-his, overcoat pocket. He left the store, it is said, while the others were still ex- amining the rings i After inspecting several varieties of | rings, the two other men left, saying they would return later in the event they decided to make a purchase Following discovery of the theft, n careful check-up of the stock was made |4t is reported, and the loss was osti- mated. Descriptions of the stolen | pieces of jewelry could not be obtained. however. The three men are said to have an- swered the descriptions of a trio who have staged several similar gem rob-| beries recently Headquarters detectives, in addition to operatives from a private detective | | agency, immediately began a search for the three. [RAINS OF PAST MONTH | |Exercises to Be Held Today CONQUER DROUGHT IN EASTERN STATES | st Page (Continued From whole of the month which owinarily is the coldest of the year | The excessive temperatures have ex- | tended north from Florida to Northern | Maine and West beyond the Mississippi City after city, from nville to m. reported el | cord was equaled or t slight excess over al W. Mellon ds with Treasury who has been Ogden Milis, Depar Wide World Photo appointed who has he o0 compete with others the support of armaments making of a ] 1s express the soi e was the t mperatt rees 4 th except the ge wae 3 degrees w t ge for many years. Day showed an excess over the than 1( above de every 31st rma day « which and archifecture imagin ation ride Wheat Ahead of Time. combination of Ja “Symbol of America.” rought said of a b not only is the symbol c dignity and archit Hoover two mont wth. Tt is onged col Past at e 8 PL great damage which ¢ of the new g the effect ) Mr. Mellon e future, eeds down Pennsylvania | On U : 4 anon et the repeated s into bogs opened imbia Co all place eral pl i i e same time. the M eser r l = e spectacle of a great ordered | {nv sein ne side by vears i abnormal phenome- wide parkway of rows of \d walks, statues and all arranged in such a 3 1ll be opencd ol one 1l is the most pecu of the b t Jan Y was of yinter months on record, while 1 just past was up for one of the wettest tion and of South Has Heaviest Rain. | The greatest precipitation was 1 the States just west of the with all ihe | Mississippl. ‘Through Louisiana, East | Texa: Arkansa: rainfall 0 400 p of norm rmined by age since records have bee: over the East rainfall averaged from | 50 cent above the normal. | ‘ or the District of Columbia it went | drives pools, heather over tood that ies to which 1, he w T al the great g program | se had a large part and will officials and friends re rep sgress of the t of the new Washington the aver- | kept. All rom de- per 4 per cent above average, and was the | Ja on since 1922. | HOME OF MAN HURT |7 i i il o IN BOAT FIRE BURNS 1 Both Ten nessee and Kentucky had twice iary rainfall Far Sout however, the great Damage to Residence of L. J. Mat- thews in Takoma Park Is Set at $6.000. ng started in December. when nfall was almost double the normal. | Th 1, Mr pointed out. | that great actually s | ken the first time. Rainfall gh 1931 merely provided a supply i the | of surface water. Wells which had kept | | for up through 1930 went dry last Summer. | The great drought took all of the water ut of the subsoil. Agriculture was op- erating on a shoestring A compara- tively short dry season would have heen | ruinous to crops because they had no reservoir of subsoil water upon which | to draw. s Winter’s excess, has put a good supply back in the subsoll, so that if there is normal precipitation for | the rest of the year there is little dan- | ger of dr- wells next Summer Rainfall Is Freakish. | The rainfall has been extremely freak- 1 in its distribution. During January. or example, Jacksonville, Fla., was very dry, with only 15 per cent of its nor- | m1 precipitation. Thomasville, Ga., & few miles to the west, had 208 per cent and has experienced one of the wettest Winters in its history. Del Rio, Tex ad only balf its normal rainfall during January. San Antonio, a few miles to the east. had more than 300 per cent of normal. These are distributions }\)‘.H'h the forecasters find it hard to From all over the East come reports, as related by the January journal of the American Meteorological Society, of the effects of the abnormal Winter on all sorts of business. Clothing deal- restaurants and gas and electric eht companies are seriously affected nly the soft-drink business reports much improvement Anomalies of nature are reported to the Weather Bureau from all over the East. Until the cold spell of the last few days there were occasional fruit trees in bloom in many parts of the area, and flowering shrubs in farm- house yards were mistaking January for April. T. L. VAUGHN, 85, DIES Father-in-Law of Bishop Dubose Was IIl for Montf. BUCHANAN, Va., February 6 (P).— { Thomas Livingston Vaughn, 85, died last night at his home, Oak Hill, in | Buchanan, after a month's liness. He was_the father of the wife of Bishop H. M. Dubose of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South. He is survived by his” widow, three daughters, Mrs. Powell Gllmer, Win- ston-Salem. N. C.. Mrs. Harwell Allen, and Mrs. H. M. Dubose, both of Nash- ville, Tenn.. and two sons, J. Vaughn, jr., of Buchanan, and Russell Vaughn of Charlotte, N. C.; a brother, L. A. Vaughn, of Winston-8alem, and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Blackborn, Bir- mingham, Mich, and Mrs. M. G Stockton of Winston-Salem. There are 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grand- children. Funeral services will b held in Win- ston-Salem tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Stockton and interment will be in that city. TAKOMA PARK, Md., February 6 The home of L. J. Matthes one of four persons of Washington and njured when his fishing vessel off Miami Beach, Fla s ago, was damaged by fire this Firemen placed approximately $6.000 The house, at 51 Takoma avenue was occupied by Mrs. Matthews' mother when the fire broke out. When fire companies from Silver Spring and Ta ark arrived they found the roof and attic of the large structure in a light blaze, but were able to confine the fi to the upper portion of the house. The firrmen worked about | hour, playing four lines of hose the flames were subdued Mr. Matthews, his wife, Mrs. Russ ' H. Armentrout, also of Takoma Park and Mrs. Armentrout’s husband were those injured in Florida. Mr. Matthews, who was not seriously hurt, was on his way here when the fire occurred GOV. POLLARD'S SON ENGAGED TO WED Daughter of North Carolina Su.! preme Court Justice to Be His Bride. who was viei burned Aft- ernoon at fore The engagement of John Garland | Pollard, jr.. eldest son of the Governor | of Virginia, to Miss Margaret Fullar-| ton Clarkson, daughter of Justice and | Mrs. Heriot Clarkson, of Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C., was announced here yesterday, Both Mr. Pollard and Miss Clarkson are frequent visitors to Washington and are well known her Mr. Pollard is a graduate of Wil- liam and Mary College and the Harvard School of Business Administration. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternit Miss Clarkson's father is a justice of the Supreme Court of North Caro- lina. She is an only daughter. After attending St. Mary's School in Raleigh she was graduated with first honors from Newcomb College, Tulane Uni- versity, New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Lee Boatright, brother-in-law and sister of Mr. Pol- lard, reside in Washington. Mrs. Boat- right is official hostess in the Govern- or's mansion at Richmond and fre- quently goes to Richmond to officiate at functions given at the Governor's mansion. | was for y | group of butldings | shooting Leonard, | was in the party | youth Leads Dedication REV. JAMES S, MONTGOMERY. OUSE OF WORSH 10 BE DEDICATED at New Metropolitan Methodist Church. The new Metropolitan Memorial M. E. | Chursh, erected in Wesley Heights at | Nebraska and New Mexico ave wi be formally dedicated at 11 o'clock to- | day. Bishop Willlam F. McDowell will deliver the dedicatory sermon and Rev James Shera Montgomery, pastor of the | church, will preside at the exeréises Vice President Curtis will be the prin- cipal speaker at exercises in after- | noon following an organ recital at 3:30 | o'clock. Memorials and gifts will be | presented and dedicated at this service At the morning service new members will be tendered a reception. Music will be rendered by the Metropolitan Choir, Mount Ver minary Choir, | Mrs. Carolyn Schoenthal, soprano: Har- | lan Randall, baritone and director, and Mrs. James Shera Montgomery. nues 1.5, LACKS FIGURES Donors Are Listed. The great west window o ft is a memorial gift of Mrs W Hannay in memory of her parents, Mr and Mrs hew Gault Emery. Th new pipe organ is the gift of Mrs W. ¢ Wash and Misses Abbie and J Graves in memory of their far The rose window above the reredos and the dossal cloth over the altar are gifts of Mrs in B. Madden and her daughter | Henderson, in memory of Martin B. Madden, for many s a member of Congress The Metropoli La. Association donated the tbree windows in the bap- tistry, depicting “The Baptism of | Jesus” as a testimony In appreciation fo Mrs Elizabeth Somers, founder of M n Seminary Mrs. Somers ars a Bible teacher of Metro- politan Church Scheol Carrillon Tower Planned. donors irs. E Arth Bisnop and Mrs ‘amily; lectern ye t Vi are and Mrs. altar cross and altar son Briggs: pulpit. Frank M. Bristol and Rev. and Mrs. L. I tamily: narthex, Mr Dewhirst and Mr ing: reredos window and Mrs. J. Q. Slye. and the ing. J. H. sons. Ad gifts are the altar, the aitar gates, the | choir ts and the Bible marker The b g is located on & triangl on which it is planned to construct a inciucing a massive the carillon | recreational to the r vestm memorial tower housing the educational and tnit. The present unit has an overall agth of 135 feet anc a maximum width of 70 feet. The nave rises to a height of 70 feet from the curb and is surmounted by a fleche, the silver cross of which towers 135 feet abov the street level 1 The nave of the church cet wide, will seat 450 persons. Th whole treatment of the interior is de- signed to lead the eye of the worship- per to the chancel PROSECUTOR ADMITS HIS PART IN KILLING Confesses Sheriff Slain in Strug- gle For Gun After Man Was Shot. and which_is By the Associated Press LEXINGTON, N. C. February 6 Solicitor George Younce today revealed that Sheriff James A. Leonard was fa- | tally wounded as the two grappled for the officer’s pistol here early yesterday morning, and not by Neal Wimmer, | voung Virginia truck driver, who had been charged by a coroner's jury with At yesterday's sesslon of the jury, both Younce and W. Fail Brinkley, who testified they did not know who shot Leonard and that there had been no drinking in their party Today they admitted there had been drinking. | Wimmer, in a_hospital here with a| bullet wound in his stomach. is said to have a fair chance of recovery The shooting occurred yesterday | rming_after Wimmer and his em ployer, E. F. Sullivan of Palatka, Fl. bhad brought the sheriff, the solicitor and Brinkley. county Democratic chair- man, to Lexington, having found them | in their wrecked automoblile. | Wimmer said Leonard shot him when | he demurred to submitting to arrest. | Younce today said he heard the shot and saw Leonard standing over the He tussled with the officer for the pistol and Leonard was shot twice, the gun remaining in his hands. WAIVES EXTRADITION Former Gotham Broker Will Re- turn to Face Fraud Charge. GULFPORT, Miss., February 6 ().— Augustine C. Kelly, former New York broker and ex-Army officer, under ar- rest here on a New York warrant charging $5,100 larceny, voluntarily signed a waiver of extradition today. He has been engaged in farming operations near Gulfport since last Sep- tember. New York advices said Kelly is al- leged to have defrauded customers out of $1,000000 in the operation of an alleged “bucket shop.” He was arrested early yesterday after 2 long chase in which shots were fired by officers. { Two Saved by Ship Identified. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, February 6 (#).—Radlo dispatches received here today from the U. 8. 8. Beatrice said she is proceeding to New York with two men rescted yesterday from a drifting launch about 150 miles east of St. Augustine, Fla. The men's names were given as Harry Powers and Joe Doyle of West Palm Beach. No details of the rescue were given in the messagt | democracy ONDRY LAW GOST Mitchell Says Wickersham Report Shows Disparities in Letter to Wood. By the Associated Press. Attorney General Mitchell said yes- terday the Government is without re- liable figures on the cost of prohibition enforcement He described the Wickersham Com- mission report, which made an estimate of over $34.000,000, as containing “dis- parities” where it attempts to apportion costs between prohibition and other law enforcement activities, but added “I have no doubt the commission did the best it could in an attempt to ap- proximate these costs.” Must Retain Agencies, Further, Mitchell said “It is also to be noted that the elimi- nation of prohibition cases from the Department of Justice and the courts would not reduce the expenses of all these agencies in_direct proportion to {he reduction in the volume of business, as most of these agencles would have to be continued for the transaction of other kinds of busihess.” Mitchell’s statement was contained in a letter to Representative Wil R. Wood of Indiana, ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee and former chairman. Wood had requested a statement showing total Federal pro- hibition enforcement costs The Wickersham Commission esti- mated that in the fiscal year 1930 it cost $34.828.550 to enforce the dry law or two-thirds of Government ex- penditures to administer criminal jus- tice. -Its Teport said the figure was based on estimates of Justice Depart- ment officials “I did not know that any such ma-| terial had ever been obtained from this department,” Mitcheld wrote “I have made inquiry from the solicitor gen- eral as to the basis for the estimate from his office and he was not aware that such an estimate had been made Rough Guess Attempted. “It appears that some member of his staff did attempt a rough guess at the proportion of their time spent on | prohibition cases, but the solicitor gen- eral advises me that he has no data which would-enable him to apportion the expense of his division between criminal and civil litigation or to make a further apportiénment between vari- | ous classes of criminal cases me situation must spect to other offices ing specifically to the Wicker- ures on the costs of activities { United States marshals in prohibi on enforcement, Mitchell said ention has been called to the | ty between costs in com- | districts stance of New be true it is said the eastern York charges 80 per | of the c 1al cases to prohi- | on, whereas the southern district of ‘ ew York charges 46.7 per cent: Maine rges 13 per cent to prohibition. | New Hampshire charges 93.8 per t and Vermont 33.8 per cent.” Report Showed Disparities. Mitchell said the Wickersham esti- | ities of district attorneys r disparities. g why reliable figures are ble, Mitchell said 1 The only way to apportion the ex- pense between the various classes of ch would keep an exact ccount from day to day of the num- of hours devoted by each of these and agencies to cases arising or indirectly out of the na- | rohibition act | A g of that kind has ever been | mpted and so as past opera- are concerned there is no ava information which would give a for computation. POLITICAL INEQUALTY HELD MENACING U. S Representative Beck Also Fears| Growing Federal Taxa- tion Powers. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 6.—Represent- ative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania today declared the Union was menaced | by inequalities in the political distribu- tion of power between the States and | the growing t wcy of the Federal | Government to assume taxing powers.” | He addressed a luncheon of the Na- tional Republican Club and contended that the Government is overlooking the source of revenue that would accrue from legitimate sale of light wines and beer. “I believe that the Federal power of taxation is slowly destroying our form | of Government. and that if its present unbridied exercise is not restricted it may one day be a positive menace to the perpetuity of the Union," he said “We have a distribution of political power in imposing taxes and making expenditures which is a travesty on 1 could mention 16 States whose combined population is less than that of Pennsylvania or of New York, and yet the 16 States have 32 votes in the Senate in imposing taxes and mak- ing appropriations, while Pennsylvania and New York have only 2 aplece “People must address themselves to the problem that our methods of raising taxes and spending money by the un- equal distribution of political power is not only a travesty on democracy, but it contains in itself what may ultimate- ly be the seeds of the dissolution of the Union.” EDUCATOR INSTALLED Dr. Walter Scott Athearn Is Hon- ored as New Butler U. 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