Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1932, Page 4

P COVERNMEN Japanese .at Changchun and Mukden Caled Out to Stop Rebels. By the Associated Press CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, March 29. =The regime of Henry Pu-Yi, heir of the old Manchu Emperors and newly made dictator of federated Manchuria, | was threatened today by the march of 7.000 Chinese rebels, advancing upon ©hangchun. Japanese forces here and at Mukden, | the old, capital, were called out today | to stop the revel march. . Japanese airplanes roared out with their bombs and machine guns and pounded the rebel ranks at Nungan, only 35 miles from here, in Eastern Kirin. The rebel troops, sworn to overthrow | the new government of the federated state, which they have charged with usieping the power in Manchuria under tuteiage of the Japanese are led by Gen. Li Hai-Tsing. Japanese Ask Help. They apparently had defeated the regu- lar troops of Gov. Hsi Hsia outside the town of Nungan which was reported on the verge of surrender. The small Japanese detachments sent from here radioed for help, sayingthey had suffered heavy casualties in.the fighting. The rebels have established their headquarters at Fu-Yu and are in con- trol of the territory south of there as, far as Nungan The belief that Nungan had fallen to Gen. Li's forces was strengthened | when the radio through which the city’s defenders heretofore have maintained communication with Japanese head- quarters here became silent at 2:30 p.m. The staff of the Japanese branch con- sulate at Nungan and the remainder of the Japanese residents of the city were believed to have escaped before the pre- sumed occupation by the Chinese. Constitutes Formidable Threat. ‘The last message received said & band of Japanese civilians, with the aid of air bombers, was blasting a path through the surrounding rebel lines in the hope of proceeding to the Yaomen, a station on the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, 50 miles north of here. Gen. Li's army has dubbed itself the *anti-Japanese army for the salvation of the country.” It is equipped with light artillery and numerous machine guns and constitutes the most formid- able threat to the stability of the new Manchurian regime since Gen. Jiro ‘Tamon captured Harbin. Since occupying the city of Fu-Yu March 16, the rebels have seized the tax office, begun collecting revenues and sttempting to administer the govern- ment over a considerable district around Fu-Yu. Small bands of rebels have occupied the villages along the southern branch of the Chinese Eastern. NEW ROW FACES PARLEY. Chinese Negotiators Accused of Shirk- ing Responsibility. SHANGHAI, March 29 (#).—A new rupture in the Sino-Japanese armistice negotiations was threatened tonight with the issuance of a statement from the Japanese consulate ascribing ihe repeated delays in the conference to “the fact tkat no Chinese delegate seems to be in a pasition or to be will- ing to assume responsibility.” . The statement, which was described as coming from a “Japanese spokes- man,” accused Quo Tai-Chi, the Chi- nese representative, of attempting to terminate the negotiations “with the intention ol charging Japan Wwith re- sponsibility -for breaking up the con- fercace.” “Mr. Quo,” the statement said, “has wunnecessarily opposed the Japanese proposals of & military nature, thereby greatly impairing the progress of the conference. We wonder if he is not trying to avoid responsibility on the pretext of opposition to the Japanese | proposals from the Chinese people.” Major Obstacle Cleared. ‘The proposals to which this state- ment referred were those regarding the method of withdrawing troops of both sides still in the field. The first of the major obstacles| which have confronted the negotiators was cleared away when a definite| ‘-fvrempm. was reached on the section | the proposals dealing with cessation of hostilities, Expect Sniping to Subside. The sniping problem was one of the| hurdles that had to leaped in achieving the agreement on ending hostilities, however, and the negotiators expressed the belief sniping would sub- side as spon as a truce agreement is| signed | Withdrawal of the Japanese troops, | the great stumbling block to all peace efforts heretofore, was no nearer set- tlement. Adjournment was taken to give an| opportunity to both sides again to re- fer matters to their respective govern- | ments. In the meantime a military | subcommittee will again take up the| troop withdrawal problem and try to work out some plan of gradual reure-‘ ment of the big Japanese Army that will be satisfactory to both sides. The time limits for the withdrawal now have developed into & moot point, & conference spokesman said. CHIN REASONABLE." Blamed by Tokio Officials for Blocking Partial Troop Withdrawal, | TOKIO. March 28 (#)—Differences between the Jjapanese and Chinese at Shanghai over the question of with- drawal of the Japanese Army forces warrant only a pessimistic outlook for the peace conferences there. in the opinion of official quarters here today The tendency among officials was lay the blame on the Chinese for not accepting the Japanese proposal 1or partial withdrawal of troops. They said | Japan had offered to brin back to a line roughly ma towns of Woosung, Kiangwer Chapei. The Chinese, they said, espe- | cially objected to the continued occu- pation of Woosung A telegram to the foreign office from | Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Minister o China, said the size of the Japanese expeditionary force at Shanghai neces- sitated more space than the Chinese were willing to allow it following the first proposed stage of the withdrawal He said there were now 50,000 Japa- Dese troops there, with 5,000 horses, 150 guns and 50 airplanes. It was understood, however, that not all of these were combat troops. HANKOW VISIT IS NEXT. League Probers Decide Against Imme- diate Trip to Manchuria, NANKING, China, March 29 (#) — The commission sent out here by the League of Nations to investigate the 8ino-Japanese conflict decided tenta- tively today to visit Hankow despite ef- forts in certain Chinese quarters to per- suade them to go to Manchuria at the earliest possible moment. The Nanking government's conten- tion is that the commissioners were sent here primarily to examine the Manchurian_problem snd the sugges- tion for a visit to Hankow originated with the Japanese. It is believed here the Japanese are to have the visitors learn as much Hankow as the former was handed back to China in {sought | who Group Pressure Federal (In this, the first of a series of 12 articles on balancing the budget, David Lawrence states the problems and notes the absence of a formula in cutting expenses.) BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ‘The demand of the Nation is to cut Government expense — to eliminate waste, to rid the governmental estab- lishment of extravagance and useless sctivities. But how? It is one thing | to make a broad | criticism of Gov- | ernment on the | basis of an iso- lated or conspicu- ous case of gov- ernmental super- fluity or bureau- cracy and it is quite another to find a practical and effective way | to perform the ] | surgical operation on Government budgets, Federal, State and city, by an aroused and cash-poor public opinion. The Federal budget is a sensational example—it is nationally felt, hence it is the first to bear the brunt of criti- cism. This, notwithsianding the fact that only $4,000,000.000 out of the country’s $14,000,000,000 of annual ex- pense for Government are spent by the central Government and notwithstand- ing also that in the decade before 1930 | the Federal debt had been reduced from $26,000,000,000 to $16,000,000,000 | while the States and cities, coincident- | ally, were increasing their debt.bynur-' ly $10,000,000,000. What Washington does in a fiscal | sense is, nevertheless, of transcendent | importance to State and city govern- ments, for & national sentiment is more quickly reflected there than in sep- arate sections or localities. Who Is to Blame? | Anybody who has studied the Federal budget is at once impressed with its multiplicity of activities and lack of | classification of items of expenditures. | Only in the last year or so has any progress been made toward a statement | of expenses that could be understood | by research students, much less the public at large. It is a_hodge-podge of | expenditures grouped by departments and bureaus, but hardly co-ordinated s0 as to permit of a penetrating analy- | sis on the effectiveness or ineffective- | ness of the dollar spent in relation to | the object sought to be accomplished. Nobody in particular is to blame for this except the people who permitted it to grow like Topsy into & government establishment that felt it had to keep David Lawrence. | | pace with group demands and group desires. Powerful lobbies, ranging from | welfare workers and soldiers’ organiza- | tions to construction companies and | local Chambers of Commerce, have all | intimidated and persuaded members of Congress to do their bidding. To unscramble the Federal financial puzzle, it is necessary to have a formula. | To cut expenses blindly without regard to the powerful groups that originally put the items in the budget is to fight | against congressional tides not easily | reversed. Even members of Congress who admit the unwisdom of multifari- | ous expenditures insist that the public | assume full responsibility for the Frank- | enstein that has been built up. Mincrity | groups have put expenses in the budget | not now removable without repudiation | of what may be called fixed commit- ments. Now the time has come to prune ex- | penses and Congress is in a quandary how to do it. The other day a Senate resolution directed that a 10 per cent cut be made in a particular appropria- tion bill by a Senate committee. This involves u knowledge of the details of appropriations not always possessed by committees. The idea of a horizontal slash of appropriations is excellent in theory, but ultimately the pruning hu‘ to be done by the agencies which administer the funds. It means that| the Budge: Bureau and its representa- tives must tackle the job. ‘ Powerful Group Opposition. When the executive departments sub- mitted their estimates to the Budget Bureau in December they were cut down. Now that the budget is submitted to | Congress, public opinion wants further | cuts. Committees on appropriations | know the pressure, but all through Con- | gress are powerful representatives of powerful groups. What excuse will the agricultural Congressman give his con- | stituents for cuttipg down money for the farmer? He might argue that he | thought it wasn't benefiting the farmer, but he is timid about taking the chance against the rural constituents. If it be assumed that the Federal Government could be run like a private business, then the method would be simple. The query wouid merely be as to the effectiveness of the dollar spent. In Government there is no such check, except a vague, indefinable reaction from groups usually so diversified as to | prevent a collective impression. Also | the question of whether an activity | should or should not be maintained has hitherto rested on what the sponsors of | the activity thought about it. Once | policies are laid down by Congress, the | question turns on how faithfully and efficiently they are executed. Usually executives are appointed and they may or may not be efficient. The political and office personnel carries out the in- | ‘ scrutinized YHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON T Many Items Are Paid by Government Because of Rather Than of Duty. structions of these executives whether they are efficient or not. So any curtailment on & major scale can hardly be carried out by merely submitting to a congressional committee the problem of whether a bureau has or has not carried on its duties efficiently or whether the objectives of the legisla- tion are worth while. Some general formula to aid Con- gress in mapping out a policy of economy is absolutely essential if permanent improvement is to be made in the matter of keeping down Govern- ment expense. Such a formula might well include a definition of the Federal function. What activities properly belong to the Fed- eral Government and which ones ought to be carried on, if at all, by the States? For nearly 150 years there has been agitation over State's rights, but the Federal Government has gradually been intrusted with more and more power because it had the means of raising large sums by taxation. Periods of prosperity lead to increased spending. If the formula required that the Fed- eral Government should devote itself entirely to the administration of tasks of an interstate character, that might furnish one definition. But the truth is that many of the present activities of the Federal Governmert are those which properly belong to the States and which for one reason or another they have avoided. Tradition and precedent have much to do with it. And because the problem of Federal ®nd State over- lapping has never been so vital and has never been =0 much of a pocketbook issue, nct much progress has been made toward solving it. With a $2,000,000,000 deficit, precedents are broken. The Federal Government spends $1.000,000,000 a year out of its $4,000,- 000,000 budget for veterans' care pensions and allowances and there are signs that the veterans organizations EJ‘I’I ask for more. There are 8,000,- persons unemployed and it has been insisted that their care is not a Federal but a local responsibility. If the money spent for veterans on ac- count of economic distress had been in- cluded under a general classification of care of citizens and each locality had handled its own problem, the present Federal expense would have been trans-. ferred to the States and cities. Had this becn done a decade ago there would have becn less extravagance in other directions on the part of local governments. The obligation to care for the veterans would have taken prece- dence over other expenditures or would have been materially cut down. If aid to the citizens, whether in dis- stress or not, whether veterans of wars | or not, is a matter for the public treas- uries, the sooner the determined where F begins and State responsibility ends the sooner this item in the Federal budget will cease to be the big obstacle 3uegonomy that it is today. Fear of ching any veterans' a) riati seizes members of congreagp::g lhl: n!: because the veterans gre posed to be more powerful back home than the general group of taxpayers, There are various activities of the Government that are not in the public interest in the sense of being useful to the whole country, but are kept there by group influence. A definition of how far the Federal Government should B0 in aiding any group would aid in keeping the budget from being extended to special activities that are sought Ly ?{le:r&?!lgfirbgt which might be car- o y 5 Helonien y States or private or- Unless eve: question finally is ederal responsibility VAr‘{hlv.em md“‘m: budget is some definite idea what the Federal function is or shous be, any material reduction in expenscs Is going to be difficult if not impossible to achieve. Congress may find itself forced to adopt such a formula in these years of deficit and if any general principle for cutting the budget can be evolved it would at least apply to further appropriations or to new activ- ities, which would have to stand the test of conformity to a basis plan for the use of Pederal funds. Such a plan or formula is now lacking. It is a pre- requisite to intelligent curtailment of Government expense. Copyright. 1932, (Tomorrow's article answers the ques- tion, “Where Does Our Money Go?" An analysis of the Federal Budget.) EDWARD E. COLLADAY WEDS AT CUMBERLAND Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 29— Miss Ruth G. Lynn, daughter of Mr. end Mrs. John G. Lynn, Cumberland street, and Edward E. Colladay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Colladay. Washington, D. C.. were married at noon today at Emmanuel Episcopal Church here by Rev. Henry F. Klo- man, rector. Easter decorations were much in evidence. The bride had as her attendants Miss Evelyn Claybrook, Baltimore, maid of honof; Misscs Elsie Warfield, Mary Alice Coulehan, Anna Whiting James and Louise Finan, this city, and Marjorie Snyder, anton, Pa., bridesmaids, and Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes. David Colladay, Washington, tended his brother as best man ushers were John Hall Forbes, York; Philip Becker, Erie, Pa.; Roger A. Black, Mansfield, Ohio; Howard Hamm, Chicago; Guy Dove. Washing- ton, and Mayor-elect George Hender- at- The New system plays its part. But the clerical son, Dr. John Gallowav Lvnn and | George Minor Lynn. He Didn’t Have to Work e Assoclated Press ‘ AWHUSKA, Okla, March 20— Osage logic s illustrated by gut- turals that rolled from the tongue of Chief Bacon Rind ar-old Indian leader yesterday—Wah-She- )ple—grunted at the mighty. Interpreters translated. Take the congressional committee which came to Pawhuska to zather in- | formation about tribal affairs. Chief Bacon Rind, made rich by ofl, was called as a witness Where do you live?” one of the Con- gress members asked “Live on farm,” he replied “Do you have horses?" “Yes. many horses.” “Do you work your horses?” “I have race horses.” “Do you work on your farm?" “No.” The chief was bored. “Why?" “I don't have to work. You don't work. You don't plow in your field. I probably have more horses and money than you. I don't plow in my field.” The witness was dismissed FARMERS’ CLUB MEETS Montgomery Group Is Entertained at Jones Home, Near Olney. Special Dispatch to The Star SANDY SPRING, Md., March 29— The Montgomery Farmers' Club met on the farm of Joslah Jones near Olney. Dinner was served by the host's wite and daughters. Yellott Canby presided and a Nomi- nating Committee of R. Bentley Thomas, | Thomas Hyde, 4th, and Morris Cisst was appointed to present the names for delegates at large to the annual of 'the Community Council imd- to recommend a mem- Byt P died Hah to hi BACON RIND GRUNTED AT U. S. MIGHTY. next ber to represent this organization in the council for one year, BACON RIND, Osage Indian leader, [STUDENTS HEADED HERE FROM MINES Plea for Federal Probe Kentucky Planned by Ousted Party. in { By the Assoclated Press. FRANKFORT. March 20.—A op in Washington to urge a congres- sional inquiry into conditions in the a | Southeastern Kentucky coal flelds was announced today as the next step eof the group of approximately 70 East- ern College students. Leaving Frankfort, they said they | would travel via Ashland, Ky.. Hunt- {ington and Parkersburg, W. Va, to the National Capital Defeated in their intention to visit mining camps ih Harlan and Bell Counties, where labor troubles last year | resulted in numerous deaths and where the students claimed a “reign of ter- ror” existed, they succeeded in unfold- ing to Gov. Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky and Gov. Henry Horton of Tennessee their story of alleged mistreatment by Tennessee and Kentucky officers yes- terday. Refers Them to Courts. After listening to statements by dele- gations of the students, both Governors told them in effect there was nothing | they, as chief executives of the border- ing States, could do about their case and were advised that the only course for their alleged mistreatment was with the courts, Visiting ~ Gov. Horton yesterday morning after traveling from Knox- d | ville, the students continued into Ken- tucky, arriving at Frankfort last night by way of Louisville. Gov. Lafloon received their spokes- man in his private office in the pres- ence of State officials and newspaper men. After listening to their claims that they were treated harshly, several of their group injured and their consti- tutional rights denied by officers who turned them back three times at the Bell County border line, the Governor told them they were “applying to the wrong person.” do not even have authority to lssue & warrant,” the chief executive said, “but the courts are open to you.” “You have my permission to have any one arrested,” the Governor continued, “and if any one is convicted I'll not extend them any benefits of this office.” “Bluffed,” Says Governor. ‘When the students told the Governor how they had been ejected from Bell County, he remarked, “You're too easily bluffed.” Grimy and weary from the long bus ride from Nashville, the students de- cided to spend the night here to rest before starting the return journey to their respective schools back East. They were ejected from Kentucky last Friday night and again Saturday, and four of them again were put out Sun- day and started to Frankfort that day. The four, who had not been heard from after reaching Corbin Sunday night, joined the main body last night in Frankfort, explaining they had car trouble. Bell County authorities, explaining why they would not allow the students to enter the coal fields, said they had information the students had been in contact with Communistic organiza- tions. The students denied this, claim- ing their only intention was to study conditions among miners. D. C. MAN GIVES BOND ON DRIVING CHARGE Accused of Operating Car Under Influence by | of Liquor Montgomery Police. By a Staff Correspondent of The St BETHESDA, Md. March 29 —King Richardson of the 1400 block Chapin street, Washington, was released on bond yesterday following his arrest by county police on charges of driving while under the influence of intoxicat- ing liquor. He was arrested by Officer | ‘Thomas B. De Nell of the local substa- | tion after being chased from Wash- ington by Officer C. R. Murphy of No. 8 precinct, according to police. Richardson, according to police, was the driver of a car which collided with the rear of the automobile of Edwin L. Powell of 5425 Connecticut avenue when the latter stopped for a red light at Connecticut avenue and Albemarle street in Washington. Richardson is alleged to have sped from the scene of the accident with Mr. Powell and Offi- cer Murphy in pursuit. . The Washington officer chased the |car to Kirke street in Chevy Chase, where he was joined by Officer De Nell, who made the arrest. Richardson was treated by Dr. E. G. Bauersfeld of Bethesda for a cut on the head and bruised knuckles, said to have been received in a fight in Washington. The case was set for Thursday in Police Court at Rockville. DISTRICT BOXING BOUTS ARE BARRED Prince Georges Commissioners Re- fuse Permits for Title Matches This Week. | By a 8taff Correspondent of The Star | UPPER MARLBORO. Md, March | 20—By a scant majority of one vote, the Prince Georges County Commi sioners yesterday refused to grant pe mits for the District of Columbia A A U. boxing championships originally carded for tomorrow and Saturday nights at the University of Maryland The commissioners voting to refuse the permits declared they considered it a dangerous precedent to sanction the bouts, for if this were done, they could not consistently bar other ~boxing shows. Last week the Maryland attorney general's office informed H. C. Byrd, assistant to the president of the uni- versity, that under the law, permits would have to be obtained from the Prince Georges Commissioners and the State Athletic Commission to hold either amateur or professional bouts. This opinion confirmed the advice given the county commissioners by States Attorney Alan Bowie, who had interpreted the law in the same way. In a letter explaining the univ ity had received a request for the use of Ritchie Stadium for the bouts, Mr. Byrd yesterday told the commissioners high State officials assured him there was no intention to prevent amateur bouts when the law was passed. Arrangements were made last night to hold the A. A. U. championship af- fair at Alexandris. JAILED FOR ALIMONY CHICAGO. Ill.. March 29 (®.—Dr, Maurice E. Mesirow, widely known eye specialist and husband of Mme. Ircne Pavloska, opera singer, last night was in the county jail for failure to pay almony to his first wife. His former wife, now said to be ill in California, said. several months ago he was $1,115 in arrears in alimony mmenu and her lawyer said the biil since grown by $1,000, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932 Three Killed in This Train Wreck MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS DERAILED BY BANDITS. { of the train guard repulsed the attack. ‘Wreckage of the Mexican International Express, which bandits derailed 200 miles north of Mexico City. Three were killed in the wreck Soldiers —A. P. Photo. | CEETERY PROJECT Bradley Hills Citizens Decide to Make Personal Protest at Rockville. By a Btafl Correspondent of The Star. The personal appearance of members of the Bradley Hills Community League to express their opposition to the proj- ect at the hearing before the Circuit Court on the injunction asked by Pul- ton R. Gordon to restrain the county commissioners from preventing his us- ing property on River road for ceme- tery purposes, was decided on at the meeting of the league held at the Congressional County Club last night. ‘The league has already filed notice of its protest with the county com- missioners, it was announced. Among those who stated that they would be present at the hearing to express oppo- sition if allowed to do so were Joseph H. Cranford, Walter R. Tuckerman and Col. A. B. Barber. Mr. Tuckerman &!-o stated that he expects to have a letter of opposition from the Burning Tree Golf Club. Committee to Study Site. A committee was authorized to study {the matter of suitable sites for a ceme- tery somewhere in suburban Montgom- ery County west of Rock Creek. When this committee reports, it was pointed out, the sites picked out could be pointed to when applications for ceme- teries or mausoleums are made in terri- tory where there is opposition to such use of property. The committee, named by President Charles H. Merryman, con- sists of Col. Barber, George A. McGarvey, Mr. Cranford and B. R. Parker. President Merryman announced that the board of directors of the league had adopted a resolution again re- Commission to complete the shoulder- ing of the remaining 1'; miles of Bradley boulevard in 1932. Attention ailso was called in the resolution to the dangerous curve east of the Na- ticnal Women's Country Club. Will Appeal to Commissioners. Following a discussion on the ques- tion of the improvement of this road and also the Potomac-Rockville road. it was decided that the Roads Committe> of the league should meet with Maj. E. Brook Lee of the State Roads Com- mission, Commissioner Robert D. Hag- ner and Dr. Benjamin C. Perry and vrge the allocation of money for the improvement of these projects during the present year. President Merryman Teported that the county commissioners state they have no funds at present to continue the Seven Locks road work. The com- pletion of this road from the end of the Seven Locks road to Bradley boule- vard, which would cost about $10,000 for a 12-foot road, should be urged, the president said, as it connects two State highways and would be taken over by the State after its was constructed Parkway Survey Completed. A report on the Cabin John Valley parkway project stated that the Mary- land-National Capital Pa and Plan- ning Commisison had completed its sur- vey in that area about & month ago, but that it had not referred the matter to the National Commission for checking. It was decided to again urge that the work in this parkway be p ./ Contributions to the league's Social of furnishing lunches for undernour- was urged by Mrs. Merryman, reporting for Mrs. Edward A. Keys, chifrman of the committee. About 25 children have been provided with lunches at this AUDITORS READY TO GIVE TESTIMONY Montgomery Account Probers Pre- pared to Explain Clark Shortages. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 29.—Two of the auditors who recently completed the 16-year survey of Montgomery County’s accounts were here this morn- ing, prepared to go before the grand jury if called to testify concerning their findings which reported Berry E. Clark, dismissed clerk to the county commis- sloners, about $24,000 short in his ac- - | zounts as county treasurer prior to 1922, ‘When the jury met this morning after their four-day recess they again took up the consideration of scheduled cases, but were expected to consider the audit report some time today. Clark is at liberty under $5.000 bond following his arrest Saturday en charges of embezzlement which were preferred by Chief of Police Alvie A. Moxley after the audit report had been received. Charles Y. Latimer of Takoma Park, who was appointed clerk to the com- missioners at the meeting Saturday, gave bond in the sum of $10,000 yester- day and was sworn in by Clayton K. Watkins, clerk of the Circuit Court. C. A. Korbly, named assistant clerk, will not take office until April 1 and has not yet been sworn in. The first p! ice put into effect by the new clerk when he took office yes- terday was the ¥rning over of the cash of his office daily to the county treas- urer, DRAS OPPOSTON BRADLEY HILLS, Md., March 29— | Mr. Tuckerman. | questing the County and State Roads | Service Committee to aid in the work | ished children at the Potomac School | school, she said. but the money has ncw | DR. CHARLES L. PARSONS. IR, PARSONS WINS CHEMSTRY MEDAL Washington Man Is Credited With Building Up Scien- tific Society. By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, March 29.—Award of the Priestly Medal of the American Chemical Society to Dr. Charles L. Par- sons, Washington, D. C., was announced | | last night. | | Dr. Parsons is one of the best known | chemists in the United States. A native | 0f New Marlboro, Mass., he is a Cornell graduate and for 25 years was secretary of the American Chemical Society. He is credited with much of the work in building up its 19,000 membership, said to be one of the world's largest scientific societies. | Dr. Parsons, who lives at 3414 New- | ark street, was chief chemist of the Bureau of Mines irom 1911, when he | came to Washington {rom the New| Hampshire State College, to 1919, when he left the Governiment service to build up a private consulting practice. | He has been associated with numer-| ous Government activities as a consult- | ing chemist and has received numerous | honors, including & medal for research on beryllium in 1904. CITIZENS TO ASK CHARTER CHANGE | Chevy Chase, Section 4, Group to| Seek Amendment for { Improvements. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | CHEVY CHASE, Md., March 29.—An amendment the organic act of sec- tion 4, Chevy Chase, will be asked to |§ require improvements to property under the front foot benefit assessment plan when the majority of members of the | community favor the improvements, it was decided in a resolution adopted at a general meeting of the citizens with the Section 4 Citizens’ Committee last night. The amendment, which the General Assembly will be asked to enact at the next session, would enable improve- ments to be made even if some of the | property owners affected were opposed. | About 70 property owners of the section | were present with the Citizens' Com- mittee at the meeting and discussed the | | amendment at length. The meeting also indorsed the action of the Citizens’ Committee in opposing | the rezoning of property of the Chevy | Chase Land Co. niear Chevy Chase Lake | | to allow the construction of stores and tapartments expressed “regrets” that other com- munities whose property, it was stated, would npt be affected by the zoning amendment were indorsing the project. William R. de Lashmut, president of the Citizens’ Committee, presided. CHILD IS KILLED IN VIRIGINA STORM Eight Persons Injured by Tornado in Essex and Goochland Counties. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 29.—A child was killed and eight persons injured when a tornado struck portions of Essex and Goochland Counties yesterday. Leslie Dishman, 8 years old, lost his life when the twister demolished his home near Loretta. His parents and | two brothers were injured. Four colored residents of Centerville, in Goochland County, were injured when the storm swept through that town. Two of these were a woman and her new-born infant, the tornado strik- | ing the house two hours after the birth of the child. The two communities in the path of the gale were isolated until late yester- fternoon. day . mémmoumm:; 50 miles of Rich- mond. Many houses were reported ‘wrecked or badly damaged by the storm. The resolution, as adopted, | | ‘The section swept by | MAN, 74, FOUND LYING INJURED ON HIGHWAY - e Picked Up Near Berwyn—Believed | Hit-Run Victim—Skull Is Fractured. By & Staff Correspondent of The St: BERWYN, Md., March 29.—Believed | the victim of a hit-and-run driver, Samuel Brown, 74 years old, was found | lying on the Baltimore Boulevard here | last night. At Casualty Hospital, where | he was rushed by the Bladensburg res- cue squad, it was found he had a frac- tured skull. His condition is said to be critical @he Foening Star ADVERTISENENTS o ReceivED HERE MILTARY TEACHERS 0PEN CONFERENCE Reserve Officer Training As- sociation Is Topic for Today. The nineteenth annual cor | the Association of Military Co Schools of the U way this morr ited States got the Washington | Hotel with the disposal of routine busi- ness matters A mili session was schedu this afternoon, when the work of the Reserve Officers’ Training Association will be the chief topic of discussion. Raling Issue Faced. Some time during the c ention, the association is expected to vote on the advisabllity of the War Department's rating of military schools. This long has been a subject of dispute among members of the organizatiof. Last | year the association voted to support the rating system These to speak this afternoon cluded Lieut. Col. Ralph M. Parker, Maj. Ely P. Denson, Maj. Herbert E. Marshburn, Maj. Albert E. Brown. Maj. Leland S. Hobbs and Col. R. P. David- son, chairman of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy round table. At this morning’s session Col. Roy F. Farrand, president of the association, St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wis., made his annual report. Other officers also reported. The session was executive. Report Will Be Heard. Tomorrow morning there will be a re- port of the Committee on College Rec- ords, which will present statistics cov- ering seven years of study of scholastic attainments of military school grad- uates, The report will be presented by Col. C. R. Endsley, Tennessee Military Institute. In the afternoon, Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation’s Business, will deliver a talk. There will be a dinner tomorrow night. The convention will end with a session Thursday morning. ‘Twenty-five outstanding military schools of the country are represented at the meeting here. in- The untouchables of India, even to- day, are not allowrd many of the rights of humanity; although they are some- what better off than the days when even their shadows were shunned. 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