Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1932, Page 4

FA4 = STIDY ERADUATES Association to Continue Rat- ings Based on Work of Former Students. The Association of Military Colleges and Schools today voted to continye its study of college records of graduates of military preparatory schools. At the same time the association laid particular stress on_the confidential nature of the | results of the survey. For seven years the association, now holding its nineteenth annual meeting I has compiled statistics as to the work done in the first year of college by boys who have graduated from mili- tary schools. This study has contained a rating of the various military pre- paratory schools based on the scholastic attainments of their graduates. In voting to continue the survey the association issued a warning to mem- bers that the information furnished is confidential and must not be misused. ! It was decided not to prepare u general | 1ist rating the preparatory schools next year, but, instead, to furnish each in-| dividual school with its own standing. Against “Honor List.” Yesterday afternoon the a.ssoclnuon‘ recommended to the War Department that it discontinue its rating of military preparatory schools on the so-called “honor list.” In past years this list has been made public and, it was said, has caused considerable ill feeling between wvarious schools. An address by Maj. Ralph C. Bishop, director of the Foundation for Military Research, was scheduled for this after- noon. Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation's Business, also was scheduled to spenk, | Seeks House Seat FAVORS GOVERNMENT SALE OF LIQUORS. JOSEPH E. F. CONNOLLY | Of Portland, Me., former Superior Court judge, is & candidate for the House of Representatives from the second Maine | district. His platform favors Govern- | ment sale of liquors. —A. P. Photo. TWO CLAIM BODY | but had to cancel tht engagenvent be- cause of other business. | Yesterday afternoon the mair fopic | of discussion was the relationship of | the War Department with the military departments of the various schools. Lieut. Col. Ralph M. Parker, general staff corps, stressed the fact the War Department attempts in every way pos- sible to co-operate with the schools providing equipment and training facil- itfes. Others who spoke were Col Edward Croft, general staff corps, and Col. R. P. Davidson, chairman, North- western Military and Naval Academy. Annual Dinner Tonight. Col. Roy F. Farrand, president of the association and head of St. John’s Mili tary Academy, Delafleld, Wis., has pri sided at all sessions. Col. C. R. Ends- ley of the Tennessee Military Institute is chairman of the Committee on Col- lege Records. The annual dinner of the association is scheduled for tonight. The speakers are to be Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, commander of the 3d Corps Area, and Judge Harcld B. Wells of the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey. ‘The meeting will adjourn after the session tomorrow morning when officers will be elected. REVAMPING ASKED IN METER READING Chevy Chase Citizens Press Sani- tary Commission for Changes. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md, March 30— The complete reorganization of the meter reading, billing and information service of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission was urged in a resolution unanimously adepted by the Citizens' Association of section 8, Chevy Chase, meeting at the Bethesda- Chevy Chase High School here last night. Under the terms of the resolution it will be brought before the Montgomery County Civic Federation, the county commissioners, all of the incorporated towns and citizens’ associations in the western suburban area, and the Gov- ernor of Maryland. It was drawn uj by a committee consisting of P. E. Griffin, W. E. Pledger, J. Harry Welch and Dr. G. E. Grozer. The proposed renaming of streets where duplications occur, now before the committee of the civic federation headed by J. Bond Smith, was approved by the association. S. E. Stonebraker, chairman of the Public Utilities Com- mittee, was instructed to take up with officials of the railroad company the question of eliminating the smoke com- ing from the engines of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The association reiterated its stand as being unalterably opposed to fur- ther industrial zoning in the metro- politan area of the county after dis- cussing the new application for a change in zoning to allow industrial use of property of Helen K. Winfield in the Bethesda area. A letter from Greater Montgomery . Inc., publishers of the county was read and it was explained that the association had no funds to aid the work. Several donations were | received from members, however, and will be forwarded by the secretary, J.| W. Bulger, it was stated. CONVENTION OF IRISH IN AMERICA CALLED Election of Delegates by All Re- publican Organizations in Free State Fight. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 30.—Thomas J.| Ford, president of the Irish World, a! New York newspaper, today issued a call, through the paper, for an Irish race convention in New York “at a place and time to be determined at & | preliminary conference.” asked election of delegates vention by all Irish Repub- | nizations in the United States not believe the will be any declaration of war on Ireland by Eng: land,” the call said. “The oath of alle giance will go; the which belong to Ireland, will be re- tained. England will bluff and bluster, but England will back down when she finds that Irish Republicans are deter- mined to hold their own and when she Jearns that the Irish in America are giving every support possible to aid Ireland achieve full and complete inde- pendence.” A similar Irish race convention was held in New York in March, 1916, fol- lowing the same sort of call from Ford in the Irish World. The Easter week uprising in Ireland occurred six weeks later. INCOME TAXES DROP General Decline in Collections Over Last Year Continues. Income tax collections for March 28 were $680.572, as compared with $1,624,446 for the corresponding day of last year The day's receipts brought the total for the month to $191,304,729, against land annuities, | OF MURDER VICTIM One Woman Says He Was Her Husband, Other That He Was Her Son. By the Associated Press. EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 30.— Dispute over identity of a middle-aged man beaten and stabbed to death yes terday near Mount Vernon, Ind., today balked police efforts to find the slayer. Mrs. Albert Johnson of Evansville, told officers the body lying in a Mount Vernon morgue was that of her hus- band, age 32. Mrs. George H. Claibourne, also of Evansville, who last night said posi- tively she could not identify the body, early today said she had viewed it again and insisted the dead man was her son, Clifton Bruce Claibourne, 23. Confusion Increased. Adding to complexity of the case was the statement of Coroner John G. Newmann at Mount Vernon that Mrs. Claibourne had not seen the body since her first visit at 5 p.m. yesterday. Meanwhile the body of a second man found slain near here yesterday had been identified by a brother as that of Alfred Butts, 52, of Henderson, Ky., and Charles Hanniton, 37, colored taxicab driver whose name and address were found written on a card in Butts' Officers said they were convinced there was no connection between the two | slayings. Police investigating the Johnson- Claibourne mystery said the killing was done in an automobile reported stolen by Henry German, which was found splattered with blood and containing a shoe that matched one found on the body at Mount Vernon. Tells of $2,000 Policy. German, a suitor of Claibourne'’s sister said Claibourne had had access to his automobile. He told officers that Johnson and Claibourne had trouble over Johnson's wife, whom he said he had seen in the youth’s company sev- eral times recently. Mrs. Johnson how- ever, denied she had been with Clai- bourne. Police sald German told them Clai- bourne once had showed him an in-| surance police for $2,000 on Johnson's | life, naming Mrs. Johnson as bene- ficiary. —_——— HEARING POSTPONED IN M'BRIDE CASE Charges of Murder Against Peters- burg, Va., Man Now Set for Consideration April 12. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March | 3C.—A hearing on murder charges against Hugh G. Jackson of Petersburg, Va. suspect in the Barney McBride murder, was postponed until April 12 yesterday, at the request of the State. Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison, who arrested the man, told States At- torney Alan Bowie that a witness he wished to produce from a Western city was 111 and unable to come to Marlboro yesterday. The postponement will give the April grand jury time to act on the case. Jackson is represented by Attorneys | ohn Mudd and W. B. Munson. DIES AT WALTER REED Capt. Clifford H. Boyles Native of South Dakota Town. | Capt. Clifford H. Boyles, 44, died at | Walter Reed Hospital yesterday. He had come here for treatment from | Abingdon, I, where he was on duty | with the R. O. T. C. unit of the Illinois Military School. Capt. Boyles was a native of Blunt, s. Dak., and was commissioned in “he Infantry in 1917 and transferred to 1e Regular Army in 1920. He was retired for disability in line of duty in 1928. but had bewn from August 1, 19 d iis wife, Mrs. Leona . Who was | with him at the time of his death | Mr. pocket, was under arrest at Henderson. | 10 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932. MILIARY SCHOOLS | U.S.ACIVITIES || Thicir Home on Wheels | BYRDROADPLAN |["Coticee Queen | |PETITION ATTACKS CUT HELD VITAL Simmons Also Declares Num- ber of Federal Employes Must Be Reduced. ‘The elimination of certain govemn- mental activities and a reduction In the number of Federal employes are absolutcly necessary if sufficient econ- omy is to be effected with 'a view to balancing the budget, according to opinion expressed at the White House today by Representative Simmons, Re- publican of Nebraska, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. The Nebraskan said he called to confer with President Hoover regarding the tax situation and the efforts being made to reduce running expenses of the Government. Without attempting to reflect the views of the President on this subject Simmons sald after leaving the ‘White House: “I am at a loss to understand how the Congress is going to make & sav- ing of $243,000,000, estimated by the Ways and Means Committee as the amount necessary to balance the bud- gat, without eliminating some of the existing functions of the Government. “To do this it will be necessary to drop a number of workers now on the Federal pay roll. The people must realize that a real reduction in gov- ernmental expenditures cannot be made and. at the same time retain the present full Federal personnel.” ‘The Ways and Means Committee’s estimate of $243,000,000 as the amount to be cut in the total expenses of Gov- ernment is based on an estimated $990,- 000,000 to be derived from the new taxes. Representative Simmons stated that tomorrow or Friday he would make & public statement in which he would dis- | cuss the Ways and Means Committee's tax and economy program. In this statement he will raise the question of how to bring about a $243,000,000 sav- ing in Government expense thout curtailing and eliminating existing functions. CAPITOL HILL GROUPS T0 BACK ROOSEVELT Democratic Employes, Represent- ing Virtually Every State, Organize Club. A group of Democratic employes on Capitol Hill met last night in the office of Senator Dill, Democrat, of Wash- ington, and organized a club to work for the nomination of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New Yark as the Demo- cratic candidate Sor President. The club is to be kpown as the Men's Na- tional Roosevelt-for-President Club of Capitol Hill, ‘The following officers were elected: Frank T. Bell, secretary to Senator Dill, president; J. Austin Latimer, sec- retary to Senator Byrns of South Car- olina, secretary; Robert Chase, secre- tary to Representative O'Connor of New York, and Arthur J. Grimes, secretary Representative Rogers of New Hampshire, vice presidents; James C. McCeney, secretary to Senator King of Utah, treasurer; Willlam L. Hill, secre- tary to Senator Fletcher of Florida, | chairman of the Executive Committee, and Thomas L. Younger of Virginia, as- sistant custodian of the Senate Office Building, chairman of the Arrange- ments Committee. One member from nearly every State was elected to an Executive Committee. The club will co-operate with other Roosevelt clubs throughout the country. GARCIA RITES FRIDAY CONDUIT ROAD DWELLING SHIFTED FOR HIGHWAY WIDENING. RS. CHARLES BOWERS and her family, including three boys and two girls, continue to dwell in their Conduit road home as contractors go about the task of moving it back several feet to make room for the pro- posed widening of the thoroughfare. Photo shows Mrs. Bowars standing on the porch of their home with Garrett, Oar, Chester and Melvin Bowers, while her daughter Louise is standing in front of the house. The Bowers home occuples a corner ot at Conduit and Reservoir roads. It is being moved by Z. B. Groves of East Falls Church, Va. —Star Staff Photo, DEAD MAN NAMIED CHARGES CHIGAGO AT KIDNAPING TRIAL GANGS RULE UNION Abducted Baker Fails to ‘ Employers’” Association Identify Three Defendants | Quotes Labor Leader as in Denver Court. Citing Criminal Menace. By the Assoctated Press | By the Associated Press. DENVER, March 30.—With six wit-| CHICAGO, March 30.—The Em- nesses having testified in the trial of | ployers Association of Chicago yester- three men charged with kidnaping |day came to the support of Frank J Benjamin P. Bower, Denver bakery |yocesch, veteran head of the Chicago manager, the State sought today def- | (I (LIS, T R nitely to link Joseph C. Riley, former convict, with the accused men. | sertion that two-thirds of all unions Pl{llll‘)‘ SRD! alm(ll limfd ml‘{lfl:f “'Y}Cn of the city were controlled or paid police_attempted to arrest him for questiching in connection with the kid- ; tribute to the Cspane syndicate has naping. Bower, who was freed without pay- | leaders. mant of the $50000 ransom asked, | identified a police photograph of Riley | 1B & telegram to Senator Willlam E. 2s the man who held him prisoner in | Borah of the Senate Committee con- a shack for five days after his abduc- | Sidering the nominatibn of Federal tion January 19. Bower falled to|Judge James H. Wilkerson to the Cir- identify Joe Pannell, Art Taylor and |Cuit Court of Appeals, the assoclation George Reed, the defendants. quoted a former president of the Illi- Mrs. Bower testified that Pannell “re- sembled one of the men” who forced their way into the Bower home Lhe‘ unions against encroachment of gang- sters into their ranks. The labor official, Robert G. Fitchie, Retired Major to Be Buried in Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services will be held here Friday for Maj. Enrique Garcla, re- tired Army officer, who died at San Diego, Calif., March 23. He will be | buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Maj. Garcia was 52 years old and a native of Porto Rico. He served in the Porto Rican army from 1899 to 1916. When the United States entered the World War he was made a captain and then promoted to major in the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army. He was honorably dis- charged October 27, 1919, and a month later enlisted in the Army as quarter- master sergeant. He was commissioned & captain in 1920 and transferred to the Infantry. Later he was transferred back to the Quartermaster Corps and ;tu!!l;('d in 1921 for disability in line of He is survived by his widow, wh sides in San Diego. 2 MRS. MARY B0 Wife of Prominent WEN DIES Doctor Was Active at St. Albans. Mrs. Mary Wignall Bowen, wi Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen, pmmlnem“;h;‘)-! siclan, died yesterday at her residence, 3125 Cathedral avenue. Funeral gery- gc:x;"i}ll be(l;x;ld ;t noon tomorrow at . Alban's Church, followed in Oak Hill Cemetery. Py burial Mrs. Bowen was born in England and came to Washington as the bride of Dr. Bowen about 30 vears ago. She was active in the affairs of St. Alban’s plariish and prominently known in social circles. DAVIS SEES HOOVER After canvassing the disarm: N situation with President HOO\‘el?m:;é Secretary of State Stimson, Norman H. Davis, American delegate to the Geneva Armament Conference, said yesterday on leaving the White House that he had reported to the President he felt “more hopeful” as to the outcome of the Geneva parley: Davis expects to sail late this week to be present dt the reconvening of the conference on April 11, HUNGER STRIKER Among the things which Dr. Pred- eric F. Wolter doesn't want to do, | now that his hunger strike is 31 days | old, is to hike to Los Angeles, Calif. Even the pioneers, Dr. Wolter was | moved to recall, set out for California | on a full stomach, however little they may have found to eat en route Dr. Wolter, who grows a little weary row just remaining on his feet to shave, | said he would have to forego California, as suggested by a Los Angeles store keeper, despite “the golden oranges, the troad 'and beaming Pacific and the glorious climate.” And the next last thing which Dr. $330,741,438 last yvear. Income tax collections for the fiscal vear since last July 1 amounted to $849,426.071, com- pared with $1502,172,462 last year. Onmmmh 28 the oonmmnhhm s defici of $1,852,343,161, volter wants to do, he said today, is enter_the race for Vice President of the United States—the idea of & cor- respondent in Minneapolis, Minn, Dr. Wolter is a scholar and not a politician, and this latter suggestion TURNS DOWN BID TO WALK TO CALIFORNIA Dr. Frederic F. Wolter, Without Food for 31 Days, Still Hopeful of Getting Decent Job. wrung from him a somewhat bitter laugh. He has put it up to soclety, through his hunger strike—either & fairly promising job or Dr. Wolter will starve himself to death And society’s answer, if fan mail pour- ing into his little room at 119 Pennsyl- vania avenue can be called has been “hike to Californi “run for Vice President.” “become a missionary,” | “sell the ‘Little Giant Book of Essen- Something more specific, in the shape of & part-time library job, or & teacher's position in Utica, N. Y., the doctor had declined in the name of insufficient compensation. The doctor, a little bewildered and a | night of the kidnaping. The State hoped to introduce the testimony of Mrs. Alice Larkin, who held a conversation with Riley after Bower was abducted. Mrs. Larkin re- sided two doors from the shack Where | Bower was held captive. Charles T. Mahoney, defense attor- ney, objected to Mrs. Larkin as a wit- ness on the ground “a dead man can't testify.” The court took the malter under advisement. HYATTSVILLE PLANS MUNICIPAL ELECTION Voters Will Meet on April 18 to Nominate Candidates for Common Council. president of the Chicago Milkk Wagon Drivers' Union, last Fall was kidnaped and his organization is reported to have paid $50,000 for his release. The telegram to Senator Borah said that on September 18, 1930, Fitchie, addressing the Illinois Federation cf | Labor of which he was then head, said: , “Organized labor in Illinois and Chica- go in,particular is passing through the most dangerous period of its existence. There is an element trying to get into the unions to control treasuries. * * * Organized labor has freed itself from the menace of the extreme radical and now it faces its new enemy of freedom.” S e Officers Named by Club. WARRENTON, 'Va., March 30 (Spe- cial) —The Blue Ridge Club, at its an- nual meeting here, re-elected the fol- lowing officers: Mrs. Thomas Turnbull, president; Mrs. David B. Smith, vice president; Mrs. Burrowes McNeir, sec- retary, and Mrs. Charles Daniel, Teasurer. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. treasurer. HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 30.— The mayor and Common Council last night set Monday night, April 18, for | the nominating convention here, when | voters of the town will meet to make | nominations for four seats on the Com- | mon Council and for treasurer. A gen- eral convention will be held to make | nominations for treasurer, with voters | of the four wards later holding separate conventions to nominate councilmanic candidates. It was decided hold-over councilmen would preside at the ward gatherings. Corporation Counsel Ceasar L. Alello expressed doubt whether the town had authority to revise the ward lines as has been proposed and was to look further into the matter today. Should he decide that the town has the au- thority and does not need to get it from the Legislature, another special council meeting will be held tonight to pass an ?rdimnce providing for the revised ward ines. Councilman T. D. Jarrell presented complaints made to him that parking of cars on both sides of Park avenue at and near its intersection with Johnson avenue, when services and other gath- erings were in progress at the Presby- terian Church, created congestion, and | the matter was referred to the Police Committee, Councilman A. C. Moon, chairman, for report at the next regular meeting. Mexico has just placed export dutles on alligator skins. | — — | Miss Rachel Pitt of Falwick, Eng- | land, who took her first motor cycle ride after she was 100, has just died at 104 The Daly-Hopper Co., Inc. gest our 1802 11th St. N.W. North 5976 Gas Ranges Repaired and Refinished Estimates Furnished ALL WORK GUARANTEED Accouuting We have taught it for 28 yéar book, “HOW TO LEARN ACCOUNTIN FREE: write us for a copy of it. INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTANTS SOCIETY A division of AL ER HAMILTON o INSTITUTE. ironing. tional. dering again. Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every eve- ning and Sunday morning. The little amused by the response which his hunger-strike has evoked, was awaiting thin pdostmln today. ~ , being no cynic, he seemed hopeful over the prospect™ - s Route Agent will collect at the end of each month, at the rate of 1%, cents per day and § cents Sunday. aroused a storm of protest from lnbcr‘ 'ARLINGTON BUDGET nois Federation of Labor as warning | Here's REAL economy —to the home managers who are THRIFTY—may we sug- VOTE IS INDORSED Lyon Park Citizens and Mass Meeting Back Arlington Board. - BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Btaft Correspondent of The Star. LYON PARK, Va, March 30.—In- dorsement of the stand taken by the county board in favoring an election to give the people an opportunity to vote on the question of whether they will remain In the secondary State highway system created in the Byrd road act, or withdraw, was given last night, first by the Lyon Park Citizens' Association and then by the mass meet- ing that was being held here under the sponsorship of the association. The principal speaker was Senator John W. Rust of Fairfax, who ex- pressed himself as an enthusiastic sup- porter of the bill. Last night's meeting had been called by Arthur Orr, president of the Lyon Park Citizens’ Association, who relin- quished the chair following Senator Rust’s speech to offer the resolution. It was stated in the resolution that the Byrd road plan deprives the local au- thorities of the right to expend money on their own roads and lodges the right with State authorities “who are not answergble to the voters,” and that Arlington County has demonstrated its ability to exercise, “in a most efficient manner,” the functions of local self- government, which are claimed to be endangered by the Byrd plan. Committee Is Authorized. In an effort to assist the county board in the circulation of a petition calling an election, the resolution au- thorized thé president of the associa- tion to appoint a commitiee which would be placed at the disposal either of the county board or the Civic Feder- ation for this purpose. The resolution instructed the association's delegates to the Civic PFederation to endeavor to have that organization take the steps necessary to bring about an election. Senator Rust stated that he had not determined whether the Byrd plan would be best for Arlington County, but that he believed it the most progressive move ever taken by the State for the benefit of the counties as a whole. He asserted that the measure would pro- vide the local tax relief so badly needed in Virginia without in any way im- pairing the primary State highway system. Sees Aid to Taxpayers. ‘While the State would spend a mil- lion dollars less the first yerr on the secondary system than was spent last year by the localities, he expressed the opinion that more work could be done with the $5,500,000 available for this year than the $6,500,000 spent by the local authorities last year. While there was some doubt in his mind as to the effect of the plan on Arlington County, Senator Rust said that there was no doubt in his mind that it would be of vast benefit to the taxpayers and motorists of Fairfax County. Senator Rust sald that he had been advised in & letter from Highway Com- | missioner H. G. Shirley that resident! eers would be assigned to both| Arlington and Pairfax Counties and! that these would be empowered to act | for the commission in the granting of | permits for water and sewerage exten- sions and other matters. Others who addressed the meeting were Orr, L. C. McNemar and H, J.| McGrath. WILL BE ADOPTED | County Board Will Take Action at Special Meeting Tomorrow Night. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE. Va., March 30.—The budget for the coming fiscal year is to be adopted by the County Board at a spe- ial meeting that will be held here at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night. The meeting will be in the form of a public hearing and a large number of citizens have expressed their intention of at- tending. e n MAN GETS SIX MONTHS FOR LURAY JAIL BREAK Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va, March 30.—Melvin Campbell received a six-month sen- tence on the road yesterday in Circuit Court for jailbreaking. About six months ago he and a com- panion dug their way to freedom ;.‘ru'ough the walls of the county jail ere. His companion is still at large. NEW THRIFT-T SERVICE (just what the name implies) For only seven cents a pound you can have your ENTIRE week’s laundry immaculately washed—and all the bed and table linens ironed—the wearing ap- parel sent home just damp enough for proper and easy Shirts expertly finished if desired—12c each addi- We sincerely believe that if you try this service you'll never return to the fuss and muss of home laun- TRY IT THIS WEEK Phone Metropolitan 0200 WEST END LAUNDRY Launderers end Dry Cleaners 1723-25 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. WILL REIGN OVER MAY FETE AT HEIDELBERG, OHIO. MARIE BACHTEL Of Canton, Ohio, will rule as May day queen in ceremonies at Heidelberg Col- lege, in Tiffin, Ohio. —A. P. Photo. ANNIVERSARY FETE OBSERVED BY LODGE Knights of Columbus Here Take Part in Celebrating Fiftieth Year. Marking the fiftleth anniversary of the founding of the Knights of Co- lumbus, members of the order in Wash- ington, with their guests, last night attended a celebration at the Shoreham Hotel that was part of a Nation-wide demonstration, hundreds joining in the | event. The pfegram included speeches, en- tertainment and dancing, and at 11:30 there was a broadcast from New York and Chicago. Mrs. Clarence H. Mac- kay, the former Anna Case, sang from New York, and Charles Hackett from Chicago. From Chicago, also, Martin H. Carmody of Grand Rapids, Mich., supreme knight, addressed members of the fraternity over the country. Tells of Bicentennial. Fred J. Rice, supreme knight of the District of Columbia, the toastmaster, told of the Bicentennial program of the Knights, which will be marked by the national convention here August 15-20, | when 30,000 members are expected The day previous to the convertion the order will participate in the exer- ! cises marking the unveiling of the statue of Cardinal Gibbons, to be erected in front of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, at Sixteenth street and Park road. Mr. Rice also called attentjon to the field mass to be held at Catholic Uni- versity on May 30, which the Knights will attend Representative Speaks. Representative James M. Mead of | | New York and Fourth Assistant Post- | master General J. W. Philp, past grand master of the Fourth Degree, K. of C., of Texas, were other speakers. In his speech, Representative Mead denounced attempts to balance the budget by “slashing the salaries of the little fellows, the Government workers,” saying that if such a step is carried out it “will lead to wage cuts by every public and private employer in the United States” Ris talk was feceived With an ovetine. W. G. Peeley. pasv suprems kright of the Ttetrict, gire & Srief na‘,v:hgd! the order since the founding. On the entertainment program were George O Tonnor and Matt Horne, Joe O'Donnel]l Miss Kathleen Baker, Miss Gertryde Whiting and James Dugan. RELIEF IS STUDIED I C. C. Investigating Plen to Reach Snowbound Towm. Ways of getting relief ints snow- bound Silverton, Colo, are belng tn- | vestigated by the Interstate Commerce Commission at the request of Sesator Costigan, Democrat, Colorado. A service agent is at Durango to see what can be done by the Rio Grande & Western and if the railways the town have taken all steps neces- sary to open up the line Silverton, with a population of about 1,500, has been snowbound since Feb- ruary 5 or 6, with food now being brought in by pack train. ASSESSHENT ACT Silver Spring Residents Seek Injunction in Property Tax Dispute, BY HOWARD M. BAGGETT, Staff Corres; dent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. March 30.—The constitutionality of the 1931 act of the Qeneral Assembly ratifying and con- firming special front foot benefit assess- | ments against property on Bonifant |and four other streets in the Stiver | Spring area was attacked in a peti- | tion filed in the Circult Court here yes~ | terday on behalf of Kerfoot Plynn and 43 other plaintiffs. An ction pre- venting the county commissioners from collecting the taxes or selling the props erty in default pending the case was | also sought Judge Robert B. Peter elgned an order requiring the county commis- sioners to show cause on or before | April 8 why the injunction should not be granted. The suit was brought by | Attorneys Edward Peter and Vivian V. | Simpson. Attorney Peter stated that { e estimated about $100,000 in special front foot benefit taxes was involved in the action. | Act Held Unconstitutional. These plaintiffs in February, 1930, | obtained an injunction against the col- lection of the assessment, but on April 17, 1931, a special act of the General Assembly was passed ratifying and con= firming the assessments which had ale ready been made This act, the petition claims, is “con= fiscatory, arbitrary, discriminating and unequal and is a plain abuse of legis~ lative power and is therefore unconsti« tutional and void” The act attempts, the petition sets forth, to impose di- rectly a tax or assessment at & different rate on properties of the same class in the same taxing area, in t it as- sesses the property owners on the five streets in question for 100 per cent of {the cost of the work and on_other streets in the same section for 50 per | cent of the cost. 1‘ Five Streets Involved. ‘The action is filed against the wq:]fl commissioners and J. Forest Walker, | treasurer. The five streets in questiom are Bonifant street, Merrimac avenue, Cedar street, Montgomery avenue and Oak drive, all in the Silver Spring sec= tion, The plaintiffs are Kerfoot Flynn, Hazel W. Flynn, Hatton A. Waters, Robert I. Lyons, Claude W. Mitchell, Flora H. Mitchell, Elizabeth G. New= bold, Florence L. Newbold, William H. Thompson, John C. Cowell, Thomas B. Hammaros, Mary E. Hammaros, Wils liam E. Perry, Emily N. Perry, Sally N, Downing, Fred L. Lutes, Louise C. Lutes, . Mary K. Hawkins, Harry L. Strickler, | Bertha R. Strickler, Jobn H. Nicholson, Dorothy B. Nicholson, Roy M. Heizer, H. J. Hayden, John 8. Junghans, Mary C. Junghans, Charlées G. Nauck, James H. Barries, Margaret C. Barnes, Charles P. Barnes, Annie E. Van Horn, Alfred L. Ray, Joseph E. Marr, C. Carl Fink, | Bessie ' Meisenheimer, _trustees of the Silver Spring Baptist Church, Harry G. Howes, Ernest W. Carter, Emma C. Carter, Gerald F. Hubbard, Richard M. Osborn, Joanna B, Hubbard, Myron E. Houston and John W. Wood. FORMER PHILIPPINES COMMISSIONER DIES |Frank A. Branagan Sucoumbs im Los Angeles Due to Pneu- monig. Frank A. Branagan, treasurer and commissioner of the Philippine Islands | during the administration of President | Taft, died yesterday of pneumonis in | Los Angeles, it was learned here tofay. |He had just returned to this coun from Shanghail, where he was connect with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank & Trust Co. He formerly lived in Steubenville, Ohlo, Before his appointment to the Phil- ippines post, Mr. Branagan held official positions in both State and Justice De- partments. He is survived by his_widow, Madge Lamb Branagan, New York State; & son, Jack Branagan, Buffalo, N. Y. two brothers, Matthew of Washington, and John of Steubenville; a sister, Anne | Branaga#t, and a niece, Mrs. Lizzie B. Haines. both of this city. The place o burial has not been determined. = . i Irving Diener to Speak. Irei Diener, president of the Brotherhood of the Washington Hebrew. Oongregseion, will deliver the address &t a brotherhood service Friday even! at 8 o'clock. The service will be res by Sherry Stein a arold Strauss. IT STARTS FRIDAY! of Birthday Bargains T/he HECHT Co. F Street at Seventh NAtional 5100