Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1932, Page 5

B T ROOSEVELT NAMES FARLEY SUCCESSOR Tammany Leader Is Selected to Replace Ousted Sheriff in New York City. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, March 1.—Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt has named a Tammany leader to succeed the ousted Tammany sheriff of New York, Thomas M. Farley. The new sheriff is John E. Sheehy, Tammany leader in the fifteenth as- sembly district and first choice of the Wigwam’s chief, John F. Curry, for the place. Gov. Roosevelt announced the ap- pointment last night. Beyond the bare announcement as to his choice there was no word from the Governor. Probe Funds Voted. Later the Assembly passed the bill appropriating $250,000 more for con- tinuation of the investigation of New York City, which uncovered the facts on which charges were filed against Farley. The Governor ousted him for failure to explain his huge bank de- sits. The cost of the investigation was brought to $750,000 by the Assembly's action, as the Senate had acted pre- viously. Gcv. Roosevelt will sign it, on the principle that if the Legis wishes to investigate it has the right to do so. The entire “Farley case” has been viewed as having possible far-reaching influence on Gov. Roosevelt's presi- dential candidacy. Anti-Tammany ele- ments in New York City have been out- spoken for the selection of a sheriff from outside the Tammany ranks. Tammany Leaders Delighted. At the capital, the Governor's action was viewed as recognition on his part of the Democratic organization's su- premacy in New York. Tammany leaders were reported de- lighted at the selection and political observers in Albany believed whatever sting there was to the removal of Far- 1y had been soothed by the selection of Curry’s choice for the place. Tammany controls & big block of wotes and there had been considerable question as to where the Tiger's sup- aort would go at the Chicago conven- jon of the party. FISH FOR COMMERCE AQUARIUM ARRIVE 01d Exhibits to Be Novel as First Consignment of 71 Reaches Here. were placed on exhibition in 3 of the 40 _exposition tanks. ‘The consignment, numbering 71, was donated to the Goverment by the John G. Bhedd Aquarium and was brought here by Fred G. Orsinger, fresh-water curator of the Chicago institution. Mr. Orsinger will remain here for one month to supervise the opening of the department’s aquarium. Immediately upon receipt of this shipment Bureau of Fisheries officials ordered Spencer, the famous sturgeon, and 124 other fish now on exhibition at the old aquarium at Sixth and B streets, be prepared to be transferred to the new 4 This will not be done for a few days, officials explained, because each fish must undergo physical examination. One casualty occurred shortly after the Chicago allotment was placed in the tanks. A beautiful quillback, a rare species in this section of the country, toppled from almost the surface of the 5-foot tank to its sandy floor, It died several hours later as its mate looked on. Included in the shipment were five dog fish, two huge mud-cats, two chan- nel cats, six bullheads, twenty blue- gills, eight short-nose gar, four war- mouth bass and twenty-two beautiful brassy striped bass. Within the next 30 days the Bureau ©of Pisheries will bring to Washington a carload of fish for the aquarium. PASS BILL SETTING FEE IN RUM CASES rginia House Reconsiders Meas- ure—Northern Delegates | Retires After 41 Years ‘ THE EVENING ! POST OFFICE EMPLOYE WAS NEVER LATE DURING LONG SERVICE. i presenti flowers in the nd a w of Uncle Sam. employe of the mail lock repair shop, ization of ma’l locks and keys through and the mail lock division were conso the mail equipment branch of the po Assisting in the efforts of the Post Office Department to take over the standard- unit he served as a Loolmakers until 1917. of the new unit, which post he held until his retirement yesterday. ht), is shown | a bouquet of irement yesterday af 41 S It was from his fellow emploves in office Mr. Clark was a charter in which he began his career in 1890. establishment of its own manufacturing 7. At that time the mail bag repair shop lidated and Mr. Clark became foreman —Star Staff Photo. PLAQUE UNVELED 1063 WAR DEAD Department of Agriculture Staff Honors Co-Workers Who Fell. With colorful ceremony, a marble tablet bearing the names of 69 mem- bers of the Department of Agriculture staff who died in uniform in the World War, was unveiled yesterday afternoon in the central court of the administra- tion building, in the presence of rela- tives, friends and co-workers of those to_whom it is a memorial. Secretary Hyde accepted the tablet clared it should serve as a perpetual inspiration. Ambassador Claudel of France was a guest at the ceremony, as was John Flanagan of New York, the sculptor whose work the memorial is. Robert M. Reese welcomed the as- semblage and presented the tablet. He dlso read the report of Walter S. Hen- derson, chairmaffi of the committee which arranged for the memorial, which showed that 3,000 employes of the department had served in armed forees during the war. The tablet, of substantial proportions, shows the figures of a sailor and soldier at attention on either side, with the names of the 69 in the center. It was unveiled by Doris Demaree, daughter of H. J. Demaree of the department. Following the presentation the roll was called, and Sergt. Frank Witchey, 3d Cavalry bugler, sounded “Taps."” Just before the unveiling Miss Anne L. Wilson sang “There Is No Death.” A concert was given by the United States Marine Band Orchestra. Members of the Marine Corps and Coast Guard attended the colors, under direction of Maj. George O. Weld. The invocation and benediction were by Chaplain Victor O. Anderson of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. BILL WOULD PROVIDE D. C. PORT AUTHORITY Delegates Reid and Birrell Spon- sor Measure Introduced in Virginia House. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. Vote Favorably. By & Stafl Correspondent of The Star, RICHMOND, Va., March 1.—Upon reconsideration, after having defeated the measure once, the House of Dele- gates yesterday passed the Page bill re- ducing State-paid fees in prohibition cases to the status of fees in murder and other criminal cases. The recon- sideration vote was 57 to 39. The measure received the favorable vote of all Northern Virginian Dele- gates except Delegate R. A. Mclntyre | of Fauguier County, who was not pres- ent. When first voted upen, the bill was defeated, 56 to 36 In addition to reducing the State- paid fees, the bill removes the manda- tory jail sentence and automobile con- fiscation clause for transportation of a quart or less of liquor where the per- son transporting it can show that the liquor was for personal use and not for sale. It was defended on the floor as an sconomy measure to reduce mounting criminal costs, largely due to prohibition fees, and supporters denied that it was an attack on the prohibition law. The Jees, in case the violator and not the State pays them, are not changed by the bill. One of the chief sponsors of the meas- | ure was Delegate J. Fred Birrell of Alexandria, who declared that there was no logical reason why a Common- wealth's attorney should receive twice as much for the prosecution of pro- hibition cases as those involving murder and other serious felonies, Another Northern Virginia delegate who supported the measure was Wilbur C. Hall of Loudoun GCounty, who asserted that the question of prohibition enforcement was not paramount to the 'question, which, he claimed, was one of Feconomy. 4 “As & member of the Governor's ad- /{wisory board on the budget,” he de- Jclared, “I wish to say that unless this ) measure which was recommended by {the Governor’s crime commission passes tyou will face a deficii-of $700,000 at ithe end of the biennium. The budget which you have passed is predicated upon the reduction of these fees. Un- less you reduce the prohibition question to a basis of common sense it will be attacked in the future much more seri- ously than it is in this bill.” Hall asserted that the Governor had called the attention of the Assembly to the report of his commission on crimi- nal costs and declared that “if he does not approve of this bill he will have an opportunity to veto it." Acts to Cut Church Rivalry. TIRANA, Albania, March 1 (#).—The official press said yesterday the govern- ment was pla to reduce the num- ber of deputies by a half and to press all non-state primary cndv.holi&:’ ;nd Mohammedan alike, in order 0 away with rivalry among Jelizious sects. for the establishment of a port authority for the District of Columbia, Arlington County and Alexandria was provided in a bill which was introduced in the House of Delegates today by Delegate Hugh Reid of Arlington County and Delegate J. Fred Birrell of Alexandria. The bill, it is said, is a ccmpanion measure to one that will be introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Howard W, Smith of the eighth district. in behalf of the department and de-| the | RICHMOND, Va.,, March 1.—A plan PLAY TOURNAMENT “WILLOPEN TONEHT, Community Center and Drama Guild Sponsors of Annual Competition. Contests in the annual District of Columbia one-act play tournament will fopen tonight at East Washington Com- munity Center, Seventeenth and East Capitol streets, under the joint aus- | pices of the Community Center De- partment and the Drama Guild of Washington. | In the opening play, “The Trying “Time.” which is laid in the Winter of 1778, in a Colonial home in the South, William_Hayghe will appear as Judge | Alden, Frances G. Donovan as Janice |Alden, his daughter; Helen Foley as Penelope Lincare, Hummer Acton as Capt. Forsythe, and Mynor McIntyre as | John Meredith. and drected by Frances Donovan. Donovan. The Women's City Club Drama Unit will present “The Rest Cure.” by Ger- trude Jennings, under the direction of Mrs. Blanche M. Foote, with a cast comprising Margaret Moorhouse Graham as Muriel, servant in a nurs- ing home; Ruth N. Snodgrass as Alice Palmer, “dark cat”; Thelma Schmidt as May Williams, “fair cat”; Howard | Whitfield as Clarence Reed and Violet | Ann Hambleton as Olive, his wife. | The Jewish Commanity Center Dra- matic Society presents Alice Gersten- berg’s * Overtures” with Dorothy Abrams as director, and a cast includ- | ing Lillian R. Spector as Harriet, Edythe | Lazaroff as Hettie, her overtone; Jan | Barnette as Margaret, Billie A. Sachs as Maggie, her overtone, and Pearl Abrams as a mald. ¥ The Woodlothians Will offer “De- ceivers,” by William C. DeMille, directed by Robert Halsted, who will appear in the role of Amos Littre, with Lucile Cohan as Flora Little and Brad W. Holmes as Phil, the Mink. Tickets may be obtained at the door for all preliminary contests, which will be held also tomorrow and on March 8 and 10, with finals on March 15, at | McKinley auditorium, Second and T streets northeast. | TWO DELEGATES CHOSEN | Hoover-Curtis Men tend the Republican National Conven- tion ‘The first congressional district party convention here elected State Senator J. B. Lower of Washington, Kans., and James B. Kelsey of Leavenworth. Two Hoover-Curtis _delegates were named ac the second district convention at ! Ottawa Saturday. Memorial Unveiled A] PLAQUE in memory of the World War dead of the. Department of Agri- culture was unvelled yesterday Participants in the ceremony included (left to right) Secretary Hyde, Parking—Drive to Miss Demaree agg Paul Claudel, From Kansas Named. | HIAWATHA, Kans. March 1 (®.— Two more Hoover-Curtis delegates from | Kansas were chosen yesterday to at- at the department by Doris Demaree. the Prench Ambassador. —A. P. Photo. The play is written | STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., BICENTENNIAL HELD! LESSN N HSTOR Bloom Takes Exception to Recent Works on George Washington. The George Washington Bicentennial celebration 1s giving the United States | its greatest history lesson. Representa- tive Sol Bloom, national director of the Bicentennial Commission. declared last night at a celebration of the 200th an- niversary of the birth of the first Presi- !dent, held by the North Capitol Citi- zens' Association in McKinley High School. Dr. George C. Havenner, executive di- rector of the District Bicentennial Com- mission, and William Tyler Page, au- | thor of “The American Creed,” also| spoke, and Canon G. Freeland Peter of | the Washington Cathedral, a great- | great-great-grandson of Mrs. George Washington, delivered the invocation. | Mr. Bloom told the audience of ap- | proximately 1,500 persons that the cele- | bration has resulted in more informa- | tion being compiled about George Wash- ington than ever before has been made | available on the life of any other char- acter in history. | | Condemns Recent Books. This information, he said, is being furnished teachers in publi~ schools throughout the country and should in- crease greatly the general knowledge of the first President Representative Bloom took exception to three recently published stories con- cerning George Washington. The first | was regarding the date of his birth; the second alleged that he was not the first President, and the third, published in a magazine, claimed that if Washington were alive today and did all the things | he is reputed to have done, he would be in jail. The speaker condemned the last | charge as conveying an erroneous im- pression since, he said, Washington was not a lawbreaker. As to the date of his birth, Mr. Bloom said. the Bicentennial Commission will publish an explanation of the allegation that he was born on the 11th and not the 22d of February. The commission also is preparing a refutation of the claim that Washing- ton was not the first President, Mr. Bloom declared. Used Garner’s Gavel. Will P. Kennedy, president of the as- sociation, presided and used the gavel with which Speaker Garner opened the | official Bicentennial Celebration in the House of Representatives February 22. Frank C. Daniel, principal of Mc-| Kinley High School, opened the exer- cises with an address of welcome. Henry Gilligan, past president, led the assembly in singing “Pro Patria,” and Miss Mary O'Donoghue, accompanied by Miss Evelyn Thomaides, sang two solos. A number of selections were played by the McKinley High School Orchestra. Dr. Havenner delivered an address, eulogizing George Washington and tell- ing of the high spots in the celebra- tion here throughout the year. William T. Pierson sang the “Bicen- | tennial Toast,” of which he is the author. With the auditorium dimly lighted, Tefft Johnson, official impersonator of Washington for the National Bicenten- nial Commission, gave Washington's admonition and Mr. Page recited his | Appointed Teacher. FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 1 (Spe- | cial) —Miss Jeannette Luther of Dan- ville, Va., has been appointed by the Falls Church Town School Board to teach the third grade for the balance of | the school year, in place of Mrs. Dorothy Ball Cloud, resigned. DRAPERIES.....RUGS. LAMPS TUESDAY, Steamer on Final Run MARCH 1. 1932. ANNE ARUNDEL GIVES WAY TO BUS AND TRUCK. Eun T aanan At My ograpitlt HE last of the combination freight and passenger boats which for years have plied between here and Baltimore, touching at every river landing, left V\lnsmngmn1 on its final trip yesterday. - The old Anne Arundel, still river- worthy, will be tied up at Baltimore and there will remain unless purchased for some other service—a monument to the develcpment of | automobile, the bus and the truck. The old boat loft her Cock of Seventh street 4 o'cloci, carryi at the foot and only a handf: of passengcrs, where once she was a favcrite pleasure crafe and her cabins were always full. Skipper May Also Retire. The passing of the Anne Arundel also | probably marks the end of the seafaring days of her 64-year-old captain, Her- bert A. Bohannon, who has sailed lhc‘ river, the bay or the ocean, man and boy. for half a century. “I didn't want to retire,” Capt. Bo- hannon said yesterday as his boat was about to sail. “I wanted to keep on run- ning these boats as long as they would have me, but it looks like its over now. In these times, I don't know where I can get another berth.” Capt. Bohannon has been a sailer since he was 14 years old. when he shipped before the mast of the old bay schooner, William Henry. Then he sailed as a deck hand on a Norfolk freighter. He entered the river service in 1886 as quartermaster on the old steamer Wenonah, long since retired from service. The Wenonah made the run from Baltimore up the Patuxent River to Bristol and return. Since 1898 the old sailor has spent most of his time on the Potomac. Carried 3,700 Passengers. He reminisced yesterday of the boats which have plied the Potomac. “Along back around 1907 and 1908 was the heyday of the river service,” he said. “Once in the month of August I carried 3,700 passengers on the old Calvert. It was the usual thing then for us to be forced to turn down people who wanted to travel on our line. “In order to be sure of a cabin, people would make their reservations a month in advance. And there has been many a gay time on boats I have run. But now that's all gone. During the last year we have made several trips with not a passenger and with less than $50 worth of freight. though we stopped at every landing on the river.” The Anne Arundel was built in Balti- more in 1904 and was immediately started on the Potomac run, which she continued without a break until 1910. Then followed a series of changes, with the boat seeing service on the Patuxent, the Rappahannock and then again the Potomac. Her last stay on the Potomac has been brief. Until last October she was LIEETIME] B8 ¢ RNITURE BEDD TS | The steamer Anne Arundel as it left | the Washington Wharf yesterday on its | last run. Below: Capt. Herbert A. Bo- | hannon, her commander, —Star Staff Photos. on ‘the Rappakanock. During that month she was switched over to the | || Potomac and the Dorchester and the | Talbot, which were on the river during the. Summer. were retired from service, All three vessels belonged to the Bal- | timore & Virginia Steamboat Co., a | subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Rail- |road. Before being taken over by the | raflroad. the river line was owned by | the Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Steamboat Co., and originally was the | Weems Steamboat Co., which owned | the first steamboat to sail Chesapeake y. Until last October the boats left | Washington and Baltimore on Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays. With the inauguration of the one- serv- ice, however, th> Anne Arundel left | Washington on Monday nights and | Baltimore_on_Saturday nights. A 4 STAREVENT kK SEARS’ e 7 STRA DEMONBEGINS THURS DAY See I//ea’neifl'fly»%f ! 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