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APACHE SAYS GIRL BATTLED SLAYER Incidents of Miss Schmerler’s Meeting With Seymour Told at Trial. By the Associated Press. GLOBE, Ariz, March 12.—Detalls of s reputed fight between Henrietta Schmerler, Columbia University co-ed, and her alleged slayer, Mac (Golney) Seymour, Apache herdsman, arising from her hysterical demand for mar- riage, were related today on the eve of the Indian’s murder trial. John P. Dougherty, counsel for the defendant, said that Robert Gatewood, young Apache range rider, had broken an eight-month silence with the story. Gatewood has been held incommunicado in jail at Tucson, Ariz., as a material witness, but was permitted to talk by order of Federal Judge Albert M. Sames. Girl Disarmed of Knife. Gatewood was quoted as saying Sey- mour had told him the girl, who was mum‘ anthropolotical studies on the te River Reservation, had threat- ened him with a knife. Seymour was said to have related that he took the knife away and then “got into a fight” with the co-ed. The disagreement - was = reported to have occurred the night of July 18, the last time Miss Schmerler was seen alive. Her body later was found in the desert. She apparently had been beaten to death with a rock. Thirty-eight witnesses have been marshaled here in preparation for the trial, scheduled to start Monday before e B ert Mi chmerler, 23 years old, had been living in a loriely cottage, against the advice of officials, several miles from the reservation headquarters, for about & month before her death. Gatewood said he, Seymour and an- other Apache, Jack Perry, were riding in the vicinity of Miss Schmerler’s house on the morning of July 18, and saw the girl standing on the porch. ‘They brought their ponies to a halt and she offered them & drink of water. They accepted. Seen Walking to Dance. He and Perry, Gatewood said, then went on their way, but Seymour re- mained at the house with Miss Schmer- ler. Half an hour later, as he rode by again, Gatewood said he saw Seymour and the girl still on the porch. Again that evening, he asserted, he saw them together, proceeding from the glxl's house toward Fort Apache, where ere was to be a dance, which Miss Schmerler previously had expressed a e Apache witness was declared to have related that he saw Seymour alone later that night, and Seymour told him he had had a fight with the girl when she demanded he marry her. The fight ly occurred when Seymour told ;lf;hz was married and refused her Gatewood was quoted as saying that Seymour the next told him “I act- ed bad last night.” TUBERCULOSIS HEAD ANNOUNCES PROGRAM Bducational Work Proposed by Chairman Dolph to Check Mortality Rate Here. A plan of action for checking, through education work, the inmux:mm Won‘g» ington's tuberculosis mortality rate was announced yesterday by John Dolph, chairman dy Committee o the on Indus- trial Health Service of the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Which recently was called into special B e prorore to ‘We propose do in the face of this evidently increasing tuberculosis death nte“ln ‘Washington,” Mr. Dolph declared, “is to arouse the men and women in active industrial and com- mercial occupations to the possibility of keeping well by pmylng attention to a few simple rules of health. Good health Fpas e 1o B rerome g P “h“;hue " ized as an 2 ot lessening our efforts alon, established lines of caring for both enil. dren and adults known to be suff, from “tuberculosis In' active. form. we ere convinced that a most important and constructive service may be ren- dered at compartively small initial cost to our association and to the public by Presenting practical suggestions for the development and maintenance of health and by co-operation of all employers u‘;g De;qplvyeu in this worthwhile under- FOOD SHOW CLOSES, PRIZES ARE AWARDED Record Crowd Jams Auditorium on Final Night; Most Popular Baby Picked. A record crowd jammed the Wash- ington Auditorium’ last night as the first annual United Food Stores Ex- Pposition came to a close. Presentation of prizes marked the concluding pro- Caroline Cynthia Jackson, 4-month- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jackson, 4510 Connecticut avenue, who won the first of the series of six baby popularity contests, was voted the “most popular baby of the show” at a contest in which the week’s winners participated. - A twin babies contest was won by Charles and Frederick Wilson, 3-year old sons of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wilson, 730 Willett avenue, Waverly Hills, Va. | ‘The prizes given away last night in- cluded an automobile, 3 electric refrig- erators, 2 radios, silverware, dinnerware and foodstuffs. show was the first of its kind sponsored by more than 90 independent grocery merchants affillated in the United Food Stores, Inc. More than 100 exhibitors participated in the ent. LIQUIDATING AGENTS TO BE GRANTED LOANS By the Associated Press. President Charles G. Dawes of the Reconstruction Corporation said yester- day in a letter to Senator Brookhart that the corporation is “ready and will- ing” to loan momey to legally consti- tuted liquidating agents of closed State banks to permit depositors to receive some of their money. This corporation is ready and willing to recognize applications from liquidat- ing agents of all closed State banks where the liqu! Dawes in re- lying to an inquiry from the Iowa Re- “Tt would seem advisable that since the :nomg&ennerd of the State of Jowa is of opinion that your State banking commi can legally qmmy”um. every M:m should be made to encourage to ap) ::h\ to this ration for loans, benefit pli- of would of the closed State THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 13 “Schools and Colleges Euents of Interesting Student and Faculty Activities in Washington's Leading Educatio nal G. U. to Meet Hopkins. EORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S first varsity intercollegiate debate of the season, with Johns Hopkins Uni- versity as an opponent, will be held this evening at 8:15 o'clock in Gaston Hall at the College of Arts and Sciences. et on previous occasions when fresh- mPA: !2!?\15 have debated with other colleges this Winter, the subject of tonight's contest is “Resolved, That the several States should enact legisla- tion for a plan of compulsory unemploy- ment insurance.” The Georgetown team, one of two varsity teams coached by Rev. John J. Toohy, will comprise John S. Leahy, jr., '33, of St. Louis, Mo.; John Slattery, 2d, '33, of Boston and Raymond E. McNally, 2, of Chicago. During the intermission between re- buttal Parker Luongo, violinist, who gave such a creditable performance at the recent Mi-Careme concert of the Georgetown Glee Club, will play several selections. He will be accompanied by George Benz on the piano. The judges of the debate will be Rear Admiral William S. Benson, retired; Justice Charles S. Hatfield of the Court of Customs Appeals, presiding Judge William J. Graham of the Court of Customs Appeals, Commissioner Patents, Thomas E. Arthur J. May, Washington man. Dennis E. Hendricks of New York was announced last week by the dean of the college. Rev. John J. Mc- business Quicksall medal contest, an oral exami- nation in three plays of Shakespeare. Mr. Hendricks is the editor-in-chief of the Hoya, official weekly newspaper of the university. Last year, in his junior course, he was managing editor. The al, awarded =annually, will be presented at the June commencement exercises. Fifteen of the twenty-four George- town candidates who successfully the recent Bar examinations in the District of Columbia were members of the present senior class who will not graduate until next June. A special medal is being struck in honor of the Gaston Debating Society, named after William Gaston of North Carolina, Georgetown’s first student, in connection with Founders' Day, which will be observed next month. President Nevils will bestow the medal as a decoration on this occasion. ‘Two prominent speakers before the Gerard Hopkins Society of the College at its last meeting, were Caroline Gilti nan, editor of the poetry mmgazine, Carilon, and Rev. Speer Strahn, pro- fessor of English, at the Catholic Uni- versity. The Mask and Bauble Club of Georgetown is planning to present second production of the current ye: ‘Capt. Applejack,” at the Wardman Park theater iIn May. Dennis Connell is directing it, the tentative cast already having been chosen. The Dramatic Club is preparing ailso to participate in the intercollegiate play contest, which will be held in Philadelphia this Spring. Prof. Gerard F. Yates, 8. J,, is moderator of the club. A, U. Plans Eastern Institute. AL plans are being made for one of the most important affairs of the year for American University, the Institute of Far Eastern Affairs, to be held Mareh 21 and 22 at the Grad- uate School, the College of Liberal Arts, the Cosmos Club, and the Brook- ings Institution. cakers, "The. Japancse Ambisador, speakers. The. Japanese Amba: or, Katsuji Demfl, and the Chinese charge d'aff: , Dr. Hawkling Yen, have accepted invitations to be guests of honor at the evening meeting March 21. ‘The institute was founded by Chester D. Pugsley of Peekskill, N. Y. and other officers are: Honorary chairman, Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of American University; Dr. Walter M. W. Splawn, dean of the Graduate School, and Executive Committee, Dr. Ellery C. Stowell, Dr. Irvin Stewart, Dr. Charles C. Tansill of the Graduate School faculty, and Miss Helen Bra- brook, secretary. College of Liberal Arts of American University presented an instructive and oratories in Hurst Hall on the campus Friday afternoon and night. Much interest was shown in the curious ex- hibits in several branches of science and members of the faculty lectured in | both afterncon and evening. The pro- |gram was in charge of Dr. William B, Holton and Dr. Edward W. Engel, of the chemistry department. Dr. Glenn F. Rouse of the physics department, and F. A. Varrelman of the biology de- partment. The local telephone com- pany presented an exhibit at chapel Friday morning. Flans are being_made for & trip by the American University ~debating team, consisting of Robert Marcus, Earl Masincup and Arthur Murphy. They will leave March 21 to debate Rutgers, New York University and Syracuse University. Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the College of Liberal Arts; has returned from a trip to Pennsylvania, where he spoke at chapel at Dickinson Seminary and presided at a high school oratori- cal contest at Roaring Springs, Pa., the home of Russell Lambert, a student of the college. Lambert’s father and mother presented two silver cups at the | contest. Special speakers are being obtained | for the Easter program at chapel March | 21, 22 and 23. Dr. Frederick Brown | Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist | | Episcopal Church, will speak at chapel | Tuesday morning | | Debates Prominent at Columbus. | O important a place has public speaking assumed in the studies of Columbus University Law _School students that Assistant Dean John R. Fitzpatrick has engaged the services of | Prof. Arthur Deering, also of Catholic University, to direct the activities of | the Freshman and Columbian Debating societies and give instruction to such other students who voluntarily attend | his clasces, which will be held once a week at the conclusion of the regular Monday night classes. Mr. Deering will conduct meetings of the Preshman Soclety every first and third Monday of every month, and of the Columbian group every second and | fourth Monday of the month. Those students who are not members of either of the socleties, but who desire the | benefits of Mr. Deering’s instruction, | have been invited to attend. | In his first class last week Mr. Deer- | ing told first-year students of the man- | ner in which debates should be pre- | pared, laying particular stress upon the | necessity of knowing definite sources of | information, gathering material with | which to refute arguments of opponents and the method of recording informa- | tion for future reference. In the meantime judges have been | selected for the intercollegiate debate to be held at the Carlton Hotel March | 16 between Columbus University and .Pllohn Marshall College of Jersey City, J. They are Mary Norton, Willlam W. Bride, corporation counsel for the Dis- | trict, and Willlam H. Collins, assistant United States attorney. | The Columbus University team of | Vincent A. Sheedy, jr.; Jerry J. O'Con- nell and Raymond J. Walter, alternate, will uphold the affirmative side of the subject “Resolved, That a tribunal of three judges shall replace the present jury system.” Harold J. Ruvoldt, Patrick A. Kiley | and Harry A. Penchansky, alternate, o(théxew.m-.qnchool.wmhnthe ve. - = of | Robertson and | Laughlin, S. J., as the winner in the | The scientific departments of the | entertaining “science show"” in the lab- | | ood Institutions. Brookhart to Speak. ENATOR SMITH BROOKHART of | ™ Towa will be the”principal speaker at the first annual “father-and-son” banquet of the Woodward School of the Y. M. C. A. next Friday night at 7 o'clock in the assembly hall of the school at 1736 G street. Senator Brookhart will be present as one of the fathers. His son Joseph is a popular student at the school and is prominent in athletics and other ac- tivities. Fathers of all students have been invited to attend the banquet. It is expected Senator Brookhart will discuss the relationship that should exist between parents and their boys. He will be introduced by J. J. King, headmaster of the school. The boys are arranging to give 2 novel toast to “dads.” There will be an entertainment program, including music and a comedy play by students. G. W. U. Plans Events. N informal dance recital will be | given in Pjerce Hall under the | auspices of the Department of | Physical Education for Women at | George Washington University Thurs- day night. Eighty students will par- | ticipate in the recital, which will be a demonstration of the work done in the | dancing classes during the year. The |recital is in charge of Miss Ruth Aubeck of the staff of the department. The annual interfraternity prom will take place on Friday evening at the Shoreham Hotel. President and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin head the list of patrons and patromesses. John T. Vivian is chairman of the prom. Also on FPriday evening will take | place a basket ball game between the | women's honorary varsity and the | alumnae. ‘The honorary varsity | basket ball team is made up of the best players selected from each of the intra- | mural teams. Usually it does not par- | ticipate in any games as a group, but the game with the alumnae Has been arranged this year as a special feature | of the schedule of the Department of | physical Education for Women. On Saturday afternoon, March 19, | the annual scholarship luncheon given by the Pan-Hellenic Association will be held at the Hay-Adams House. The luncheon is in honor of the active member and pledge of each sorority | who has attained the highest averages of their respective groups and the high- est ranking non-sorority freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. | Saturday evening a woman's debate team composed of Elizabeth Reeves, | Hilda Haves and Louise Bruce will meet | a visiting woman’s team from the Uni- | ersity of Pittsburgh, upholding the negative of the question: “Resolved, that collective ownership and operation of the means of production and distri- bution is preferable to private owner- ship and operation.” During the past | week the woman's team visited New York and Boston, meeting New York | University and Boston University in debate. Two of the student honor societies have announced the selection of new members. Hour Glass honor society, which recognized achievement in ex- tracurricular activities and scholastic excellence, has elected Louise Berry- man, Edith Brokhart, Ruth DeVane, Evelyn Eller, Cecile Harington, Louise James, Ruth Molyneaux, Pauline Schaub and Kathleen Watkins. For outstanding work on student publica- tions, Gamma Eta Zeta journalistic so- rority, has extended bids to Marian Boyle, Edith Brookhart, Kathryn Dille, Evelyn Eller, Gwendolyn Folsom, Eve- lyn Iverson, Elizabeth Rees, Pauline Shaub and Marie Seigrist. Students and alumni of the Law School joined last Saturday in holding their seventeenth annual dinner. James Grafton Rogers Assistant Secre- tary of State (on leaves of absence as dean of the Law School of the Univer-~ sity of Colorado), was the guest speaker The School of Engineering has an- nounced April 9 as the date for its' annual dinner. C. U. to Hear About Driving. L 'HE History of Deep Sea Diving and Modern Safety Devices” will be the subject of a lecture at the Catholic University by Lieut. Norman S. Ives, commander of the Deep-Sea Diving School, Washington Navy Yard, on Wednesday at 8 pm., in McMahon Hall suditorium. The lecture will be given under the auspices of the Catholic University student branch of the American So- clety of Mechanical Engineers. The | meeting will be the contribution of the students to the Bicentennial observ- ance and will be dedicated to “George Washington—the engineer.” Lieut. Ives traces the history of deep- |sea diving from ancient times to the present. Homer refers to it, the Romans had a diving helmet and | Francis Bacon developed a diving bell. Several pieces of modern equipment will: be exhibited during the lecture, including the Navy's leather lung. The invited guests include the Wash- ington section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the heads of the mechanical departments at the Catholic University and the members |of the student branches of the A. 8. M. E. from George Washington J&'chonl of I FRE\_NCH LANGUAGE 2 ative Paris Graduate BEST RESULT SHORTEST TIME __#908 1ith St. N, MEt. 1832 L W. MEt. 1882 __° 0T CE Why Be Unemployed? Learn shorthand, type- Complete course writing, business letter be 1- Position guaranteed graduates. Posi writing. good er. New, ea average time s that held by average new g o any business school. Start immediatel mited. BOYD SCHOOL, “Accred 0 15 years) 1533 P51, TR 2q5CB00IS 10 other citie ABBOTT ART SCHOOL Landscape Painting Commercial Art Spring Term, March 15th Summer Session, June 15th 1624 H Street National 8054 For Practical Paying Results Study at The Master School Register F i 3 Noe. 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The junior prom of the class of 1933 will be held at the Wardman Park 5. H(::'t:;::ncf\g;&’lls' vice president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co,, will speak Tuesday, March 15, in Mc- Mahon Hall auditorium at 8 o'clock in the evening. This will be the second of a series of lectures sponsored by the Economics Club on vocational guidance. Howard Honors Physical Culturist. R. MARIE READY, associate spe- D clalist in the Department of the Interior, nndd\?:fi E. Mnxfe'llowdog erican Re TOSS Were awarde ;}Len;;nw keys in physical education and swimming at hflownm University esday night. l“l;rw%dy gns shown great interest in the founding and development of the Physical Education Forum. Dr. Ready spoke briefly concerning the growing importance of physical educa- tion. Mr. Longfellow, who for four years has co-operated with John H. Burr of the physical education department in the life-saving institutes conducted at the university, urged the hundred stu- dents present to spread the information and training which they had received. The institute, which is now in ses- sion, was founded and has been di- rected by Prof. John H. Burr of the department of physical education, who is demonstrating scientific methods of analyzing swimming strokes. Thirty-five students in the under- graduate division of the university will complete the course of study leading to the bachelor’s degree at the end of the Winter quarter on Friday. The de- grees, however, will not be conferred until the commencement exercises in June. Final examinations for the Win- ter quarter will take place next Thurs- day and Friday. Registration for new students and former students returning will take place on Monday, March 21. National Begins Sixty-third Term. IGHTEEN new courses will be pre- sented at National University dur- ing the sixty-third Spring term, which begins tomorrow in both the law school and the school of economics and government. Besides the new courses, five of which will be available to stu- dents in both schools, the law school's 1932 ses- sion of its moot court of appeals will be conducted. Dr. Hayden John- son, dean of the school and chan- cellor of the uni- versity, will be the “chief justice.” Particular inter- est is centering about the new course in Federal tax laws and that in the District of Columbia government by virtue of the proposals being made weekly for drastic changes in both these fields. ‘The course in Federal tax laws, which will be administered by Prof. H. B. McCawley, will embrace a history of the Federal revenue system. It will in- clude also a study of constitutional law governing Federal taxation and cover a discussion of leading cases on taxation. Prof. McCawley will present lectures on procedure and practice be- fore the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Board of Tax Appeals and the courts themselves. Students of the economics and government school will be permitted to take this course, as well as those in the law school. Prominent among the other new courses scheduled for the term begli ning tomorrow is “practical exporting, which Dr. Amos E. Taylor, professor of foreign trade and international eco- nomic relations at National and assist- ant chief of the investment division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, will present. The debt which modern civilization owes Rome will be studied in Dr. Charles P. Sherman’s new course on “Roman Civilization in Modern World.” Dr. Sherman also will present a new course in “Religious Societies’ Laws.” The courses in political science and jurisprudence which Dr. Charles Per- gler, dean of the Graduate School, is presenting, while already under way, Will_recelve_students during the new ITALIAN THE MosT RAPID pleasant method by a native expert teacher. Moderate terms. 1429 21st ST. N.W. No. 5615. Dr. Hayden Johnson. One Lesson FREE A free trial lesson will prove how k any r:nodemal;nfi guage. teachers. a) classes forming all the time. Learn French, German, Itallan or Spanish, the Bertliz conversational way—suc- cessful for 54 years. Clip this isement for free trial lesson BERLITZ : LANGUAGES 1115 Connecticut Avenue Telephone Decatur 3952 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Schools of Law and of Economics and Government Spring Term Begins March 14, 1932 Summer Term Begins June 15, 1932 Registrar's Office 818 13th St. N.W. Tel. Nat. 6617 Open_for_reistration 9 a.m. to 7 pm. Temple School Meets Individual Requirements ln‘ | Business and Secretarial Training Beginners’ Class, Grege Shorthand, March 7. 7 P.M, FREE TUITION IN FRENCH Beginners, intermediate, advanced anda conversational classes (under auspices of Washington Salon since 1916 evers evening at 7:15 o'clock at the FRENCH LANGUAGH ECH F_WASHINGTON, 1206 18th st. n.w__ North 5236. COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF DRAFTING Branches 21st” Successful Year Columbia Tech Schools Paul J. Leverone, Prineipal 1319 F St. NW. Send_for_Catalogue New Class Starts April 5 Gain One-Half Year Meets Tuesday and Thurs- day Evenings, 7:30 to 9:30, Until May 19. Southeastern University (Coeducational) 1786 G 8¢ N.W. Na. 8250 = FOR HEATING PLANT Unit for Northwest Area to Fit in With Rest of Program. The new $750,000 heating plant for the so-called northwest building area, bounded by Constitution and New York avenues and Seventeenth street, will be 50 built that the new War and Navy Department buildings or other struc- tures can easlly be built around it. This was revealed today by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Bulldings and Public Parks, whose office is now preparing specifications for the plant and will call for bids in the next few weeks. Col. Grant said that should the Treasury Department officials decide later that the so-called “open view" treatment should be adopted for the national defense group in the north- west building area, the projected heat- ing plant would have to be placed else- where. The new plant will be so con- structed that it will supply heat to the State, War and Navy Building and the Interior Department when heating ar- rangements for those structures become obsolete. The plant is to be located at New York avenue and C street, under tentative plans drawn up by Col. Grant and his associates. The new heating plant will be of simple design and so constructed that it will not detract from new structures lombe erected in that area, Col. Grant said. The present heating plant for the northwest area is adjacent to the Fed- eral Trade Commission Building, at Eighteenth street and Constitution ave- nue. Col. Grant said today that he would salvage from this plant and place in the new building, as a measure of economy, all avallable heating machin- ery, except the pipe lines and boilers, which are obsolete. term. Dr. Pergler is about to discuss law as a science in the jurisprudence course and this subtopic in itself is virtually an individual course. Sim- ilarly, in his course in political science, Dr. Pergler is about to make an analy- sis of the modern governmental states. Other new courses scheduled for the Law School include: Private corpora- tions, by Prof, George P. Barse; in- surance, by Prof. Vernon E. West; land, mining and irrigation law, by Prof. Thomas E. Robertson; legal ac- counting and auditing, by Prof. Herbert L. Davis, and wills and administration, by Prof. Eugene R. Woodson. Besides those already named, the new courses in the School of Economics and Government include: Business administration, by Prof. William H. S. Stevens; advertising construction, em- bracing layout and copy preparation, by Prof PFrancis Campbell; transporta- tion economics by Dr. Edson L. Whit-| ney: banking practices and services | and credit and collections, both by| Prof. Frederick P. H. Siddons, and| trusts and monopolies, by Prof. Everett ! Haycraft. man, 1932—PART ONE. = 1. S. PLANS SPEEDED New Embassy in Paris UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ERECTING OFFICE STRUCTURE. Architects’ drawing of the new building being , the United States consiulate and the other agencies of the Government having business in the French capital. chancellery of the American Embassy, erected in Paris to house the It occuples the site of the old Cercle de I'Union Artistique, which subsequently housed the Russian and Turkish embassies. NE of the last acts of the late Ambassador Herrick was to persuade the United States Government to buy the site for the building which is to house the Chancellery of the United States Embassy, the Consulate and the Govern- ment commissions having business in France. This site, one of the finest in Paris, is at the corner of the Place de la Concorde, at the angle formed by the Rue Boissy d’'Anglas and the Avenue Gabriel. The site has been occupied for many years by a famous old club, the Cercle de I'Union Artistique, famili- arly known as the Epatant. The build- ing was erected more than 150 years ago by M. de la Reyniere, and was subsequently occupied by the Russian embassy and the Ottoman embassy. On this site is now rising the new building, which will naturally conform in its exterior architecturally to the famous buildings adjoining it on the Place de la Concorde, which were de- signed by Gabriel in the eighteenth century. It balances in mass, in cor- nice heights and in general character the Hotel Saint Florentin owned by the Baron de Rothschild, situated on the corresponding eastern corner of the Place de la Concorde where the arcades of the Rue de Rivoll begin. The ex- terior is of carved French limestone. In front of the building itself is & forecourt inclosed by a wrought iron grille and entered between two pylons statues of the American eagle by C. E’ Jennewein. On the ground | floor are the public halls and offices of the Consulate, and also the private | entrances of the Ambassador, who, from his motor, can enter directly the pri- vate stair leading to his main room, on the second floor, which occupies the | center of the front overlooking the Place de la Concorde. ‘The other rooms of the embassy oc- cupy the rest of this floor, while above are the Department of Commerce, United States Treasury offices, offices for the naval and military attaches and various commissions. There are two basements, the upper one devoted to archives and the lower to a garage which will house during the day 50 cars for those working in the American Government Building. ‘The architects are Messrs. Delano & Aldrich, who are both graduates of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. FIRMS WIN POSTERS AS CHEST LEADERS Business Organizations With Do- nations from 80 Per Cent of Per- sonnel Receive Awards. Honor posters for contributions by 90 per cent or more of their personnel were distributed among numerous Washington firms last week by the Community Chest. The business or- ganizations were canvassed by the group solicitation unit, headed by Lloyd B. Wilson. Posters were sent to the following: Edgar Morris Sales Co., District of Columbia Committee on Employment, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, Nunnally Co., Byron 8. Adams, The Evening Star, Associated Charities, Palais Royal, D. J. Kauf Inc.; Washington Rallway & He couldn’t have felt WORSE with no sleep at all Its ASTHENIA tribute to Asthenia,* a condition usually traceable to improper elimination. ‘“‘But how can that be,” you ask, “‘when I'm as regular as clockwork?’’ Unfortunately, it is easily possible— if your daily elimination is not suffi- He went to bed at ten last night— slept a full eight hours—yet morning finds him limp as a rag and blue as And how he dreads to face indigo. another day! 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Until in time you find yourself in the half-alive condition known to science If you have it, get rid of it immedi- Electric Co, Washington Gas Co., House & Grocery Stores, Little Taverns, Terminal Ice & Fuel Co., Sterrett Operating Service, R. P. Andrews Co. National Capital Press, Christ Child Soclety, Thompson’s Dairy, Smith’s Transfer & Storage, Episcopal Eye, and Throat Hospital, Boss & Phelps, Rust Co., Cafritz Construction Co., Shoreham Building employes, Charles G. Stott & Co., Olmstead Grill, Prudential Life Insurance Co., 1319 F street; Julius Garfinckel & Co., Sidney L. Hechinger, Carry Ice Cream Co., A. | Loffler Co., Inc. ‘Thompson Bros,, Loew’s Palace The- | ater, Stone Straw Corporation, Connec- ticut-Copperthite Pie Co., Washington Home for Foundlings, Eagle Laundry, Peerless Laundry, C. & C. Coat & Tow- el Co., Mayflower Hotel, Capitol Towel Service, Emile, Inc.; Electrical Workers' Benefit Association, H. B. Leary, jr., & Bros, American Security & Trust Co., Riggs National Bank, Mount Vernon Savings Bank. T The Rayon Association of Japan will restrict production by 25 per cent. RODSEVELT RGES REFORM OF COURTS Swifter and Surer Justice Se- rious Need, Governor Tells New York Bar. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—Reforma- tion of the courts to make justice swift and certain was urged by Gov. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt today in an address before the bar association. Citing the “use of legal delays to impede justice” as the basis of many ills, Mr. Roosevelt, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, pleaded for the elimination of subterfuge and red tape. Reform, said he, must come from within, but with the co- operation of the laity, “who have a direct interest.” The whole problem, he added, in- volves fundamental procedure and no mere alteration of rules will suffice. He praised the higher courts as a “credit to New York and the Nation,” but said administration of justice was unsatis- factory in the inferior courts. Laymen the Sufferers. Stressing the point that the laity must participate in reform, he said: “In the last analysis it is the laymen who suffer most from slow-moving courts, They have no vested interest, and, moreover, the intelligent layman is able to cut through cobwebs that in some way frustrate the efforts of us lawyers.” Many times, said the Governor, the use of the court’s delays tend to further the interests of those who “do not want the truth to be found,” and, he added, that the “only way to attack the proo- lem is by rigorous application of judicial efficiency.” Pointing to the fact that 12 new Jjustices recently were provided in tb» metropolitan area, he sald, none- theless, that the mere provision of more manpower would not solve basic problems. Problem of Public Money. “With taxes mounting in all the sub- divisions of government, the time nas come for a veritable searching of heart with regard to the cost of public service, and new demands should be most care- fully scrutinized in the light of this problem of dollars and cents.” “Stripped of frills,” he concluded, “the problem becomes one of adminis- tration. The core of the matter, after all, is earthly fact, and no manner of theorizing and of the invocation of precedent is going to solve the essential issue.” Gov. Roosevelt was introduced by John W. Davis, association president and chairman of the Democratic victory campaign, who earlier in the day had announced a total of $555,000 had been | received in the campaign up to yester- | day from 45,817 men and women. In the first 11 days of March, said Davis, the committee received 22,624 | gifts ‘and_additional pledges _totaling | $46,455. 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