Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1932, Page 12

A—12 * KNGHTS TEWPLAR | READY FOR DRLL Third Annual Competition to| Be Held Tonight at Auditorium. ‘The six teams of Templar were ready today for their| annual competitive drill to be held tonight at the Washington Auditorium, for which they have been preparing for | months. The drill will take place in| conjunction with a grand ball and is the third affair of its kind. Arrangements for the drill are under direction of a committee headed by J. Fred Huber, while James Graham | is chairman of the general committee in charge. | Between 5.000 and 6,000 persons at- tended the drill and ball last year and seating facilities prepared for | an even larger crow year. | Massed Maneuvers Planned. l The drill presents a colorful spec- tacle as the uniformed and white- plumed knights go through intricate maneuvers. Each team consists of 24 men, with a captain and 2 licutenants. Contrary to the custom of previou years, the schedule of drill movement will not be given to the team com- manders until half an hour before they go on the floor, thereby testing the knowledge and presence of mind of the captains as well as the training of their men. Following the contest the | teams, representing each of the six| ‘Washington commanderies, will merge | and go through a series of massed | maneuvers. A feature of the competitions will be an individual sword contest. Medals| will_be awarded to the winner and| to the men given second and third places. | $300 in Prizes Offered. | Cash prizes totaling $300 will be awarded In the drill contest and in the | competition among the commanders for | general excellenct In determining the winner of the general prize attendance at the drill and at the local inspections of the commanderies will be considered | as well as inspection ratings. All| Knights attending the affair tonight in uniform will be counted in selecting the winning commandery. In order to| count those in attendance a registration booth has been set up and all must| register there in order officially to be Ppresent. | Following completion cf the compe- titions and demonstrations the evening will be devoted to dancing. | A number of Knight Templar offi-| cials from other present tonight, a most of the local ) ben A. Bogley, local Knights . Reu-| grand master of Masons | t of Columbia, is com- | mander of Washington Commandery of Knights Templar and will attend. Mexico, or “Los Estados Unidos Mex- | fcanos” (United Mexican States), owes | its name to the Aztec tribes, the Mex- Drill Head l J. FRED HUBER, Chairman of the Drill Committee for third annual competitive drill and grand ball of the Washington Knights Temp- lar to be held tonight in the Washing- ton Auditorium. POLI’S THEATER CASE IS AGAIN POSTPONED Attorneys for Poli Interests Ask Delay of Hearings on Claim for $268,666.32. ‘The legal controversy over old Poli’s Theater razed to make way for the new public park at Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street was postponed | again yesterday in the United States | Court of Claims, when attorneys for the Poli interests asked for postponement of hearings on their claim for $268,- 666.32. The argument went over to the April term of court. Sylvester Z. Poli, in his suit, claims the Government still owes him more than $250,000, because it took the theater, he claims, before his con- tract expired. Poli rebuilt the theater at his own expense after the Knicker- bocker Theater disaster had caused a strict examination of all public halls and orders to either abandon or rebuild Poli’s. The Government, which owned the building, claims that it fulfilled the terms of its contract and that Poli was ordered out under a icase Which ran only from month to menth. HELD IN AUTO DEATH Joseph Minton, 20, colored, operator | of an automobile which crashed into | another machine at_ Connecticut ave- nue and Q street on January 31, fatally | injuring Mrs. Clara Washburn, 36, of Alexandria, Va., was held for the grand jury by a coroner’s jury at the District Morgue yesterday. ‘Washburn died from her in- WAILE I'M THE EVE MRS. MASSIE STAYS FORATTACKRETRIAL Hawaii Victim Disclaims Ven- geance, but Feels Duty Is Clear. (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press). HONOLULU, February 9.—Mrs. ‘Thomas H. Massie will remain here to testify at the retrial of four men of mixed blood accused of attacking her, she sald yesterday in her first public statement since the alleged attack last September. “It is not vengeance I want,” she said, “but justice.” At the first trial there were five de- fendants. A jury disagreed. Then one | of the five, Joseph Kahahawai, a Ha- waiian, was lynched, causing the ar- rest of Mrs. Massie'’s husband, Lieut. Thomas H. 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