Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1932, Page 18

B2 . 17D. C. BILLS DUE FORHOUSE ACTION Time Set Aside Tomorrow for Consideration of Measures. ‘Tomorrow is District day in the House and Chairman Norton of the | House District Committee has promised actlon on some 17 bills awalting con- sideration on the calendar. She has asked all members of the committee to be on hand to help explain the merits of each. Most of these measures are non-controversial. ‘The District bills to be acted upon include: 1 The bill introduced by Mrs. Norton at the request of the District Commis- sioners for extension and widening of Michigan avenue between the Soldiers’ Home Grounds and the filtration plant and reservolr, to correct a bad traffic situation where several serious aceidents have occurred. The Schafer bill, reported by Repre- sentative Palmisano of Maryland, au- thorizing a 2!z-gallon measure for irgzen food containers. The bill introduced by Mrs. Norton at the request of the District Com- missioners which would require all insurance companies formed in the Dis- triet to maintain (heir principal offices within the District. Child Laber Bill Up. The bill amending the child labor law to permit children under 18 to participate in professional theatrical performances for a limited number of hours with safeguards for health, morals and education. Another bill introduced by Mrs. Nor- ton, at the request of the District Com- missioners, authorizing the appoin! ment of public school employes be- tween meetings of the Board of Edu- cation. The Black bill providing for estab- lishment of a board of intermediate sentence and parole for the District. ‘The Mapes bill requiring contractors on public buildings, or other public works, to give bond for faithful per- formance of contract. ‘The bill introduced by Mrs. Norton providing for punishment of false swearing before police and fire trial boards. ards. The bill to amend the code of laws relating to the condemnation of land for public use. This measure was one of the emergency bills which the Dis- trict Commissioners sought to have enacted Mrs. Norton's bill to regulate banks and building and loan associations in m-ernmmu’pmmm by Rej tative e 5 y Represen ‘Woodrum amending the charter of the Acacia Mutual Life Association so it may do a general insurance business. Weapons Curb Included. The bill introduced by Mrs. Norton, at the request of the District Commis- sioners, to control possession, transfer anu use of dangerous weapons. The bill already passed by the Sen- ate and favorably reported in the House providing for naming the Six- teenth street entrance to the District “The Montgomery Blair Portal.” Another Senate bill providing for ad- mission of pay patients to contagious disease wards Gallinger Municipal Hospital. A Senate bill authorising the con- struction, maintenance and use of cer- of DOUBLE-PAY SYSTEM OPPOSED BY CITIZENS ——— Brightwood Association Against Ex-Army Officers Holding D. C. Positions. Opposition to retired Army officers holding positions in the District govern- ment and drawing both active and retired pay was voiced Friday night at a meeting of the Brightwood Citizens' Association in the Paul Junior High School, Eighth and Nicholson streets. ‘The association indorsed the resolu- tion providing for the creation of a joint committee of the House and Senate to make a study of the laws and government of the District of Columbia. | W. E. Brown, chairman of a special | commitiee appointed last month to in- vestigate the advisability of the block- to-block employment campaign, report- ed adversely on the subject last night. ‘The removal of the trolley poles on Kennedy street from the center of the roadway will be requested of District officials by the association. A resolution was adopted requesting the director of traffic to equip the inter- section of Georgia avenue, Military road and Colorado avenue with automatic traffic lights. Mrs. W. E. Brown was directed by the association to confer with officials of the Washington Public Library on the subject of a branch library in the Brightwood section. A special committee will be appointed within a few days by President Charles ‘W. Ray to confer with the various citizens’ associations in the vicinity of Brightwood with a view to the selection of a joint committee to attend the next hearing of the Public Utilities Commission on the application of the Washington Gas Light Co. to erect & gas hangar on Riggs road near the Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad, At the suggestion of Vincent P. Russo the assoclation will start a campaign for new members at an early date, each member of the association constituting a member of the Membership Com- mittee. Arthur C. Aston was elected to membership. . The District Commissioners will be urged to extend and straighten Nichol- sofi street from Piney Branch road to Sixteenth street. The meeting concluded with an Hlus- trated lecture by G. C. Wiseman and J. P. Hicks, representing the Electric League of the District of Columbia, on “Interior and Exterior Home Lighting.” Charles W. Ray presided with C. E. Bogardus as secretary of the meeting. RESTAURANT PATRONS BLOCK LIQUOR RAID Delegates to Legion Convention Reported to Have Barricaded ) Agents. By the Assoclated Press. IAMI, Fla, April 9.—The Miami ly News today said five Federal pro- nce given by patrons when the agents lrlfd to make thier way from the urant. e pistol shot was fired, but it went | ihfough a window and did no damage. The News said that when the agents they could not reach the street, |on his throne. JUGOSLAVS MAY TO NEPHEW Delegation Said to Be Plan- ning to See Arthur of Connaught. London Paper Declares Alex- ander Is Preparing for Eventualities. By the Ass LONDON, ted Press. April 9—The Sunday | Express sald tonight it understood a delegation of Jugoslavian deputies, led | by a former cabinet minister, was com- ing to London to offer the throne of Jugoslavia to Prince Arthur of Con- naught, nephew of King George. The newspaper sald King Alexander of Jugoslavia does nof feel too secure He was understood to have placed £7,000,000 to his credit in London in case of eventualities, the story added. Worslav M. Petrovitch, former at- tache to the Serbian legation in Lon don, was quoted as saying the delega tion was headed by Svetozar Pribitche- vitch, a former cabinet minister. Discontent Rumors Spread. Rumors of discontent in Jugoslavia, some going so far as to say that Spring might bring serious trouble for King Alexander, have been current for some time. The King was reported to have lost many faithful supporters after the promulgation of the country's new con- stitution last September. That docu- THE SUNDAY STAR, “'A\SI:IIXGTO.\’, D. C, APRIL 10, 1932—PART ONE. OFFER CROWN OF BRITISH KIN _ ‘K.ING ALEXANDER OF JUGOSLAVIA. | ment presaged the end of the dictator- | ship which the King established in | January, 1929. | A new Parliament was assembled and | since opposition ies declified to take | part in the vot! the legislature was | 100 per cent pro-gevernment. Students Hold Demonstrations. Recently there have been student demonstrations in Jugloslavia led by | Serbs, Montenegrins _and Bosnans, | formerly among the King's most loyal subjects. Some of the people were aroused by | the speech from the throne which was read at the opening of the new Parlia- ment. It omitted any mention of a re- |turn of liberty, free speech and a free press, summing up the dictatorship by | remarking that the King was sure everybody had been glad to live under | his regime during the last three years. TWO PERSONS HURT IN CAPITAL TRAFFL Woman, 82, and Man, 70, Victims; Hospital Official Is Slightly Injured. An 82-year-old woman and a year-old man were seriously and a member of the board of Emer- gency Hospital was slightly hurt in traffic accidents last night. Struck by Aute. Mrs. Mary B. Hazard, 3319 Holmeade Place, vhile walking at Sixteenth street and Columbia road. The car was driven by Robert T. Stnes, 1301 Floral street A taxicab driver, C. W. Hamilton, 4 Channing street, took Mrs. Hazard to Emergency Hospital, where she was found to be suffering from severe head injuries and cuts and bruises about the y. Walter D. Burleigh, 70, of 1315 Clifton street, also suffered severe head and body injuries when caught between two street cars and hit by one of them at Fourteenth and Clifton streets. He also was taken to Emergency. Hurt in Car Crash. Dr. Willilam A. Clark, 40, staff physi- cian at Emergency, as well as a board member, received slight head injuries when his automobile was struck from the rear by a car driven by James Smiley, Newton Square, Pa. cident occurred at Seventeenth and M streets. FEDERAL AGE.NTS SMASH DRUG-SMUGGLING PLOT Tapped Telephone Wire Leads to Seizure of $322,000 Worth of Narcotics. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 9.—Customs agents announced yesterday they smashed an elaborate plot to smuggle narcotics into the United States with the seizure of five packing cases, labeled toys, which were carried across the Atlantic on the Ile de France. Simultaneously, they said, French po- lice seized seven similar packing cases in Havre. The packing cases seized here contained narcotics with an esti- mated value of $322,000. Agents tcok Joseph Frankel into custody as he was about to board a train. The cutoms men said an agent had been following the activities of the smugglers in Ger- many and France for two months. In- formation on this side was obtained from the talkative wife of a suspect by means of a tapped telephone wire, the agents sald. RESTAURANT OWNERS WAR ON PHARMACIES Hardware Dealers Urged to Sell Drugs as Retaliatory Measure. 70- By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 9—The proposi- tion was advanced yesterday to sell drugs in hardware stores. The purpose would be to make pharmacies quit sell- ing sandwiches. Restaurateurs sponsor the idea. Samuel Rotherberg, president of the Allied Restaurant Owners' Guild, which was organized yesterday, said the guild was formed to war on chain drug stores operating lunch counters | only selling food, but also had hardware departments. The guild plans to cam- paign’ among hardware dealers, urging them as a retaliatory measure to put in 8 line of drugs with their lawn mowers 1 and 10-penny nails. e - 90 Degrees in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, April 9 (#)—A tem- |perature of 90 degrees was recorded here | today. The pre-seasonal heat was at- | tributed to winds sweeping coastward from the desert. injured was_struck by an automobile The ac- | He said many drug stores were not | NATION'S ATRLINES BETU.S. APPROVAL }Interstate Airmail and Pas- | senger Service Operated in Conformity With Rules. Following the most rigid inspection ever made of American air transport organizations, four crews of Depart- ment of Commerce inspectors have | given the interstate airmail and pas- senger lines in the United States clean bills of health. The inspections, the first of regular examinations which will be conducted in the future, have resulted in findings | that the lines are conducting their op- | erations in conformity with Depart- | ment of Commerce regulations govern- ing airline operations. | | to the airline regulations, the depart- | ment explained today in announcing | the results of the inspection. Five | others are not involved because their | operations are not interstate or be- cause they do not carry passengers. Four Crews Cover Nation. For the purposes of the inspections which have just been completed, the 12 airline inspectors of the Depart- ment of Commerce were organized into four crews, each crew being responsible for the airlines in an area of approxi- mately one-fourth of the country. For future inspections there will be | three crews of inspectors, operating in the Eastern, Central and Western parts of the country. These crews will re- inspect airlines from time to time and also will pass upon the equipment, per- sonnel and operations of any new lines that may be organized. The first step in each case of the work just completed was the checking of the route flown by the line, the in- spectors fly! the entire route in a Department of Commerce plane, land- ing at every airport, intermediate, aux- iliary and emergency landing field along the line to make certain that the field facilities are adequate. All radio sta- | tions along the route were visited, both the radio communications stations and the radio range beacons, and teletype- writer stations and weather observation stations were checked. “In short,” it was explained, “every aid to air navigation along the route is examined to make certain that it is adequate and efficient, and if any changes seem necessary or desirable, the inspectors make notes of them, so that they can be written into the report on the airline and recommendations made to the proper authorities for action.” Competency Is Observed. The inspectors also rode with the air- line pilots on their regular runs to de- termine the competency of each pilot. ‘The trips with the pilots also enable the inspectors to recheck with them the air navigation facilities. The pilots were asked just how efficient the bea- con lights and radio stations have been over an extended period of time. The maintenance inspector inquired | closely into methods of inspection, | maintenance and repair at the terminal, check the system of daily |and periodic inspection of fiying equip- ment, watch the repairs being made in the shop and observe the work of personnel assigned to these duties, both administrative personnel and the mechanics who actually do the work. “It has been the experience of the airline inspectors,” the department an- nounced, “that operators have been eager to make ANy necessary correc- tions whenever discrepancies have been discovered.” BUILDER DIES IN PLANE ROCHESTER, England, April 9 (#).— Eustace Short, famous aviator and a partner in the firm of Short Brothers, airplane manufacturers, was found dead in the cockpit of a seaplane he was piloting here yesterday. | The ship had descended after a normal flight. Occupants of a launch which came alongside found Short had collapsed and died in his seat at the controls, The airman, who was 62 years old, learned to fly in 1928, Previously he made hundreds of balloon ascents. | By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Minn., April §.—A general | application of Christian principles shouid benefit a government, in the opinion of Austin’s preacher-mayor- elect, Rev. Harry Poll. ‘While Rev. Mr. Poll planed no radical changes in city affairs and believed that church and government should re- main separate, he said today he held that opinion with a slight qualification. “1 do not see why the application | of general Christian principles should y locked themselves in the restau- rant and telephoned Miami police head- quarters for hlep. A truck load of agents arrived soon thereafter and evacuated the besieged officers and five prisoners, the Jatter employes of the d cafe. v not be a benefit in government,” said Mr. Poll. “If they are of no value, either there is something wrong with government or with the church.” But Mr. Poll, pastor of Christ Church, won't “preach” to the city councilmen two-jyear term which starts ) ADOPTION OF CHURCH PRINCIPLES FOR GOVERNMENT IS ADVOCATED Pastor Named Mayor of Austin, Minn., Won’t Preach | to Councilmen, However. “It would not be my place to preach | to the city councilmen any more than |it would be for me to harrangues on poléuul subjects from the pulpit,” he i said. The minister entered the race for mayor in last Tuesday’s election at the | request of several citizens who wanted a change in the city’s law enforce- ment policies. Mr. Poll favored “a common-sense policy of law enforcement and will fol- | low the wishes of the majority.”, He was brrn in England 32 years o and came to the United States | when he was 12 years old. Six years later he enlisted with the British Army and served a short time overseas dur- ing the World War, After the war he became a United States citizen. ‘Twenty-four companies are subject' |LARGE CITY FOUND IN YUCATAN RUINS Little Known Coba Area Had Congested Section 1.2 Miles Square. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A lake-shore city almost half the size of present-day Washington flourished in ancient Yucatan. Carnegle Institution archeologists have located rulns of its demolished bulldings over an area of more than 17 square miles, without taking into ac- count nearby suburbs, with which it was connected by hard-surfaced roads, according to a report on the project just issued here. Later researches may extend much further the limits of the great metropolitan area now covered by the tropical jungle. Covered 17 Square Miles. ‘This is the little known Coba area, into which the Carnegie Institution has sent several expeditions. As described in the report of J. Eric Thompson, Car- negle archeologist, the district consisted of a thickly settled area about 1.2 miles square, which constituted the heart of the city, around which radiated numer- ous settlements within the approximate 17 square miles. Then there were sub- urban sites at distances of about 3 miles in different directions. Beyond these suburbs the exploration has not been pushed, but there is some reason to believe that the sites extend much further into the country. “One of the most striking charac- teristics of this era,” he reports, “is the network of raised, artificial roads con- necting the various groups about the lakes and running off, north, east, south and west to more distant sites. They are all appnmntlg built with ver- tical side walls of roughly dressed stone inside of which is a loose fill of large stone that probably was mixed with mortar and supported a fine plaster surface, now totally weathered away. These roads apparently were built across the water at several points.” Further study of this metropolitan area is believed by the Carnegie archeol- ogists to be of vital importance in un- ravelling the history of the Maya pop- ulation of ancient Yucatan, who were sufficiently advanced to construct such an engineering masterpiece. Suggests Use of Sea Plane. Exploration is rendered difficult, however, by the nature of the country and the distance from supplies. Thompson suggests in his report that the easiest way of operating at Coba on a permanent basis would be with the aid of a sea plane. When flying over the ruins several years ago, he points out. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh suggested that it would be ible for such a plane to land and take off from the largest of the lakes in the vicinity. He believes that in this way an expe- dition could be kept in supplies. ‘Throughout the region more than 50 monuments have been located, all made {rom limestone of a rather poor quality. Dr. Thompson believes that Coba, with its environs, constituted a very old :Maya population center and a cultural point of considerable importance, evi- denced by the raised roads and the gen- eral excellence of the architecture. EVIDENCE IN LIQUOR CASE HELD ILLEGAL Solicitor General Files Memoran- dum Declaring Search of Bal- timore Garage ‘‘Unreasonable.” By the Associated Press The evidence on which John Vance Taylor, of Baltimore, was convicted of violating the prohibition law was held yesterday by Solicitor General Thacher to have been fllegally obtained. He filed this memorandum in the Supreme Court where Taylor is seeking to have his conviction reviewed. The evidence was obtained by Federal prohibition agents who, without a war- Tant, searched Taylor's garage at the rear of his residence on Curtis Bay. They found in the garage 122 cases of white corn whiskey. Solicitor General Thacher had op- posed a review of the case by the highest court on account of certain technicalities. The Department of Justice did not believe, he stated, the prohibition agents were legally justified in searching the garage without a warrant. ““We believe the search was unreason- able, and the defendant’s conviction unwarranted,” the solicitor general stated, “but do not formally confess error because we feel that where a con- viction of a criminal offense has been affirmed 1n & circuit court of appeals, Jjudgement of conviction should not be reversed except by this court, after examination of the record. Accordingly we submit the case for decision.” DE VALERA DENIES OATH IS CAUSE FOR QUARREL Replies to New Zealand Note Pleading for Free State Peace ‘With England. By the Associated Press. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 9.—President Eamon de Valera of the Irish Free State informed the New Zealand government today that his ad- ministration does not consider Great Britain has the right to regard the proposed abolition of the oath of al- legiance to the crown “as a cause for quarrel.” The Irish President's note was in re- ?{ponxzto]ndcommummtmn from the ew Zealand government expressing the hope the Irish Free St-ltep woulg take no steps prejudicial to the con- tinued association of the Dublin gov- ernment “as an equal partner in the commonwealth.” Similar communications con the oath of allegiance have xufifimlg? dressed recently to the Free State gov- rnment by the Australian common- X:x.‘)lc!:l and by the Union of Soutn - TO CONFER WITH CAROL Decides Today Whether to Re- nounce Marriage or Royal Rights. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, April 9.—Prince Nich- olas, who aroused the displeasure of his brother, King Carol, by marrying a com- moner, arrived from Parls by airplane and was greeted at the airport by a Tepresentative of the King. They mo. tored immediately to the palace. The return of the prince was a com- plete surprise except in court circles, where it was revealed that & council of ministers is to be held in the morning at which Nicholas will decide either to renounce his marriage to Mme. Jana Deletj or formally to relinquish all his royal rights. There was no hint today about which course he will select and Bucharest awaited developments with intense interest. Recently the King sent Gen. Con- descu to Paris to talk with Nicholas, apparently with the object of effecting a reconciliation. SRS Scotland now has nearly 26,000 miles of public highways. Wins Honor STUDENT IS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP. EDWARD SHIPPEN, Son of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Shippen 3007 Q street, who has been awarded the annual four-year scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania which is given to a Washington student by the university’s District of Columbia club. Young Shippen is a student at St. Alban’s National Cathedral School for Boys, where he is senior prefect, presi- dent of the Student Council and a leading athlete. HURLEY DENOUNCES CRITICS OF HOOVER President Has Kept Faith, War Secretary Tells Indiana Editors. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, April 9—President Hoover was lauded in an address bere tonight by Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley as having kept faith with the people in carrying out his major poli- cies. “We have escaped social upheavals,” the War Secretary said. “We have taken care of the needy. We have averted a panic. The economic war is not over. Battles are still raging on a hundred fronts. But the tide has turned. Our forces have stopped the enemy. Now, we should all get to- gether and drive depression from our shores.” Secretary Hurley spoke before the Indiana Republican Editorial Associa- tion. He came here by airplane. Sees Basis for Optimism. Secretary Hurley told the editors in his speech that “we have every reason }o feel optimistic about the country’s uture.” The speaker declared that Democrats had accused President Hoover with be- ing responsible for everything from the World War, revolutions in 10 countries, the Mississippi floods to the taking of | Mahatma Gandhi’s pants. “If you don't believe it, tune in on your radio and listen to that noble and eloquent sophist of the Democratic party, Jouett Shouse, or any of his in- ired sycophants,” Secretary Hurley “Charles Michelson has been tell- ing the same things to you every day jfor two years in news releases from Democratic headquarters at so much a word, paid by John Raskob.” Scores Democrat Appeals. ‘The War Secretary declared that “in- telligent Americans know better. They are not misled by those who would cap- italize on a world calamity for political purposes. The propaganda campaign of the Democrats has been based on an appeal to ignorance.” ‘World-wide economic dislocations were blamed on the World War by Secretary Hurley. LOADING PLATFORMS FOR CARS ARE ASKED | Mt. Pleasant Citizens' Association Would Supplant Safety Zones for Traction Patrons. Traffic problems and the taxicab sit- uation here were discussed by the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association at its regular meeting last night, with the result that it indorsed a movement to supplant safety zones for street car patrons with raised loading platforms, but did not go on record in the matter of metering taxis. Debate on the Public Utilities Com- mission’s order that meters be installed on cabs was precipitated when Dr. A. A. Chenay, chairman of the association’s Public Utilities Committee, offered a Tesolution in support of the order. After lengthy discussion, the resolution was referred back to the Executive Com- mittee for consideration. Indorsement was accorded efforts of Representative Bowman of West Vir- ginia to bring about construction of loading platforms at points where safety zones are now indicated by painted areas on the pavement surface. The assoclation held that pedestrians should be further protected by more adequate and clearly defined safety zones in locations where loading plat- forms are not indicated. Members of the association were ad- vised to report to police violations of the city smoke ordinance, when it was brought to the attention of the meet- ing that such violations had occurred in the Mount Pleasant section. MRS. DOYLE IS SPEAKER Western High School Association Meets Wednesday. The Western High School Home and School Association will hold its final meeting for the term in the school li- brary at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle will speak on “The Sense of Security in the Lives of Our Children.” Mr. Charles V. Imlay, president of the association, will preside, and Dr. Newton, principal of Western, will also speak. Selections will be rendered by the school quartet. GIRL SUES HOWARD U. FOR $25,000 DAMAGES Ruth Downing, West Philadelphia, Pa, has flled suit in the District Su- preme Court to recover $25,000 dam- ages from Howard University for al- leged personal injuries sustained when a bottle exploded while she was work- ing in the chemistry class May 28, 1929, She charges negligence against the professor for failing to warn her of the mox.;ummum-mxe *ebe save b6 b copimiad e says e and the glass entered her hand and ca to suffer the loss of her on the left hand and the mld& lll’l’fl rALz m POLITICAL PARTIES 10 BE ‘ORGAN-IZED Convention Hall Will Resound to Stirring Theme of “Hoover There.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 9.—The “organ"- ization of the Democratic and Repub- lican conventions at Chicago this year is already in the bag. Just why the builders of the Chicago Stadium, where the conventions will be held, installed a pipe organ was never made entirely clear. The stadium was built primarily for boxing, not Bee- thoven; for hockey, not Hayden, and for basket ball, not Boccherini, An_organ opus, explained some o New York's cauliflower students today, is poor fare for box fighters. A heavy- weight who has just been bashed on the beak by a blow is in no mood for Mendelssohn. Box fight customers, too, balk at Bach. The only music they wel- come is that raucous voice from the gll:‘;try screaming: “Sock 'im wid the right.” Musicianship Scarce. ‘There was little doubt in New York political circles today, however, but that both parties would take full ad- vantage of the organ. What worried some of the master minds, however, was the scarcity of musicianship among the political leaders. Outstanding among political figures from a musical standpoint is Charles G. Dawes, whose composition, “Melody,"” i widely heard. Republicans made no ef. fort to conceal their delight in the ad- vantage this seemed to give them musically. New York Democrats, however, de- | They | clined to surrender any honors. pointed out the popularity of the aria, “The Sidewalks of New York,” in con- nection with the presidential candidacy of Alfred E. Smith in 1928. Nor did they overlook the fact that the Demo- cratic Mayor Walker once wrote a song which asked the pathetic question, “Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?" Theme Songs Suggested. It was felt by some politicians of the Times Square sector that each conven- tion should adopt an official theme song. One of the more fertile minds suggested that much of the convention business would be carried on by music cues. For instance, the roll call. When it got time for Alabama to cast its votes for something or somebody, the organ could break into _the tune: “When That Midnight Choo-Choo | Leaves for Alabam” (Alabam’, Ala- bam’).” The other States would have their musical themes—"Maryland, My Maryland,” “I Was Born in Michigan,” “My Old Kentucky Home” and for ‘Texas they could use the “Rangers’ Song,” by Romberg, with, of course, due credit to the copyright owners. The idea, some thought, might even be carried to the point where the actual nominations could be announced musi- cally. In the event President Hoover were nominated, the organ would break to “Hoover there, Hoover there, Send the word, send the word, | poin, Hoover there.” The possibilities, the political servers confessed, are boundless. And lafter all, they pointed out, the organ | is there. WO0O0DCOCK ACQUITS YALE OF BEER CHARGE Prohibition Director Writes Meth- odist Board Results of In- vestigation. By the Associated Press. Prohibition Director Woodcock has written the Methodist Board of Tem- perance, Prohibition and Public Morals that an investigation showed “no real beer was ever sold” at the Oyster Club of Yale University. The student resort was widely re- ported last January as having dispensed 4 per cent brew. Under the slug, “Wet ‘News' and the Truth,” the weekly clip- sheet of the Methodist board yesterday | announced the inquiry and findings by the Federal Prohibition Bureau. “I have had this matter investigated,” said a letter from Woodcock to the board, “and find that, so far as any information is available. no real beer was ever sold at this club. When its | operation was brought to the attention the authorities on January 28, in- vestigation disclosed that it was selling .45 per cent near beer. John Sherman of the class of '33 and president of the club, denied that real beer had over) been sold.” Reprinting a newspaper account say- | ing the club was providing beer while university authorities were “closing bne eye,” the board commented: “We do not believe it is unfair to say that such stories are intended to ‘build up’ & sentiment in Tavor of law violation. It is an attempt to destroy the prohibition law by inculcating con- tempt for it.” WILL ADDRESS STUDENTS “What a Tourist Sees in Eight Days’ Travel Through Mexico" wi be the subject of an address by Dr. Enrique Jimenez, secretary of the Mexican em- bassy, before El Club Espanol of George Washington University, in Corcoran Hall, Thursday night at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be illustrated with motion pictures taken in Mexico. FREE! ob- | “Washing” of Air In Libraries May Save Books’ Wear Impurities That Rot Ex- pensive Bindings Would Be Eliminated. By the Associated Press. Air can wear out book bindings, Gov- ernment scientists have discovered, and | this may force libraries in the future to have their air “washed.” The “washing” would be done to re- move impurities that rot and ruin beau- tiful and expensive leather bindings on books even when they undergo no other wear and tear. The impurities are especially damaging in cities and large industrial centers. They are part of the “smoke nui- sance” that affects city dwellers in a variety of ways. The smoke nuisance for books consist of the acids from snioke or factories, power plants and locomotives. Absorbed by Exposed Parts. ‘The acids are absorbed by the ex- | posed of leather bindings, and | literally tear them to pleces, The same | thing happens to leatl upholstery on | furniture and wkm&her articles ex- | d to polluf air. [m,':n u&"mem that lasted eight | vears, just completed by the Depart- ment of Agriculture, shows definitely | that the acids from the air, as long sus- | pected, are the cause of the trouble. The results are reported to the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement | of Science by R. W. Frey of the Bureau | of Chemistry and Soils. A set of dummy books, bound with | various kinds of vegetable leather, were placed on a shelf outside a window of an office in Wasl n. was directly in the path of the prevail- ing winds and within half a mile of several Government power plants and the main line of a steam railroad. The books stayed there for more than eight years. Meanwhile samples of the same leathers were kept in a protected place. At the end of the eight years the physical condition and chemical composition of the exposed and protected leathers were compared. Contrasts Are Shown. The exposed leathers were powdery | and easlly scuffed, torn and cracked, while the protected leathers were sound, | smooth and strong as in the beginning. Still more significant was the chem- ical condition of the e: leathers. They had accumulated 2.1 to 83 per cent of sulphuric acid from the air, enough to account readily for their decay. The acid had reacted chemi- cally on the leather, breaking up its structure and causing loss of strength, palverizing and decay. * Such a reaction would be aided, says Frey's report, by the high temperatures that exist in many library stacks. Discovery of the effects of this “gas attack” on book bindings shows that | air conditions are an important factor | in design and location of libraries, he points out. It is desirable to find loca- tions where the air is relatively pure, protect the books by placing them |in ‘mhl compartments whose air is purified. The discovery also may lead to de- velopment of new ways of trea of air acids, or to prevent them from g absorbed by the leather. PRETENDER TO ROYAL BIRTH DEAD, AGED 71 | Claim Edward VII of England Was His Father, Made by John de Guelph. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 9.—John David de Guelph, 71, who wrote a book in 1910 entitled “The Memories of Prince John he was the son of King Edward VII of England, is dead here. He claimed royal parentage by a e e ®recognized cithe never was officially either by King Edward of any of the British royal e | _ Guelph was a bishop of the Wesleyan | Episcopal Church. He was educated in India and came to California in 1900. Several years ago he married Miss Jennie Wards Hayes, daughter of a San Francisco physiclan. They had one son, Lionel. In the early part of 1910, Guelph wrote twice to King Edward, pressing his claims, and informing the monarch of his intention to publish the book. | No response came from the King. FIRST SOCIALIST MAYOR OF RACINE QUITS PARTY Says He Was Forced to Veto Lo- | cal Measures Against His | Judgment. By the Associated Press. RACINE, Wis, April 9.—Mayor William Swoboda, Socialist, announced his resignation from that party at a closed meeting of the City Council | last night. i | "He said he was out of patience with Socialist party in the State. i He resigned, he said, because Mil- waukee Socialists had forced him to | veto local measures over his judgment offer him full co-operation. | Swoboda, | veteran of the World War, became the city’s first Socialist mayor a year ago today. ‘The resignation came after Socialists had named two more members to the City Council at the April 5 primary. for a li The sensation of portunity to get a INVESTIGATE! ‘The window | or ing been hackers. . Anof coating leather to neutralize the effect | de Guelph,” elaborating ms ciaim that | but the claim | | the dictatorial policies pursued by the | | and because the party had failed to | wholesale grocer and & TURE “SPECIALS!” NEW TAX] HOLD-UPS KEEP POLICE BUSY vFour More Victims Reported as Detectives Comb City for Bandits. Taxicab bandits, who have kept the police on the jump for several days, continued their activities last night, despite the diligence of three squads of detectives ordered by Police Chief Pel- ham D. Glassford to make every effort to capture them. A bandit, who held up one taxi driver and robbed him of $4, was chased sev- eral blocks by park police, but eluded them when he abandoned the stolen cab. |, The robber hailed the taxi driven | by Henry M. Hardee, 27, of 3320 Six- teenth street, at Tenth and F streets shortly after 9 o'clock and asked to be driven to Washingtotn-Hoover airport. The cab was near Highway Bridge when the “fare” drew a revolver and ordered Hardee to hand over his money. Pocketing the $4, the bandit forced Hardee to drive into Potomac Park. | There he ordered Hardee from the cab | and drove off. | Officer Qutdistanced, A short time later a park policeman saw the stolen taxi and pursued it, but the robber outdistanced him. The taxi was found at Fourteenth and B streets southwest. Witnesses said they saw the bandit speed away in another car. Raymond P. Nickun, 28, of 826 Madi- | son street, reported he was held up and robbed of $3 by two colored men who asked him to take them to Forty-fifth | street and Sheriff road northeast. They | overlooked $25 in one of his pockets, he said. Edward Thomas, 718 A street north- east, was robbed of $4.50 by three col- |ored men, who lured him to a lonely road near the Beaver Dam Country Club. After forcing Thomas to hand | over his money, the bandits drove away |in his taxi. Constable Earl Blackweil | of Capitol Heights immediately began & | search for the trio, Rezzy Ezams, 30, colored, was slashed with a knife by one of two colored bandits who held him up after engag- ing him to drive them to the 4900 block of Meade street northeast. Slashed With Knife. Ezams, who lives at 1308 Montello street northeast, said the pair hired him at Seventh and Q streets. When the cab neared Forty-ninth and Meade streets northeast, one of the men drew & gun and forced him to surrender $9. While he was handing the bandit the money, he said, the other man slashed his face and ear with a knife, and the two fled. He was treated st Casualty Hospital. . The activities of bandits during the last week have kept the police busy, as many as eight such robberies occurring in a single night. Taxicab bandits have been especially active, six of the Fri- day night's eight hold-up victhns hav- cab driver, John H. Cole, was shot and seriously wounded during a hold-up earlior #\ the week. e 3 TALL CEDARS MARK SIXTH ANNIVERSARY Entertainment Program Follows Ritual—Class of Candidates Is Initiated. The sixth anniversary of the found- ing of Capitol Forest, No. 104, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, was celebrated last night at a full form ceremonial staged at the Raleigh Hote! with several hun- dred members attending. The occasion also was marked by a grand visitation by Harry W. Wen- ninger of Wilmingtan, national head of the Cedars, who was accompanied by James g Knott of Trenten, N. J., his Junior deputy. ‘The mpu onial was ritualistic, based on Masonic principles, in keeping with the objectives of the organization. A class of eandidates was initiated. Par- ticipating in the program were the Cedar Band and Cedar Rangers. There also was a program of entertainment. | Thomas C. Havel, grand Tall Cedar for the District of Columbiaa, who is assistant director of the General Land Office, presided, assisted by the official divan, including Charles R. Brill, J. Fred Huber, Frederick R. Steffins and John Harvey. Thomas Urspruch, District repre- sentative of the order, also officiated in the anniversary ceremonial. Arrange- ments were made by Hamlin M. Van« dervort, George H. Whiting, William C. Heider, Thomas F. Franklin, Frank: A. Birgfeld, Pierce M. Rice, Harry E. Rieseberg, Alvah W. Patterson, C. A. Ferguson, John A. Slys and William McDougall. MUSIC HOUR ENDS ;Friendship House Will Give Last Program Today. ‘The 5 o'clock hour of music at the Friendship House, 326 Virginia avenue southeast. today will mark the last of the children’s programs which have featured these musicales recently. Taking part in the program will be the Lucky Friday Boys' Glee Club, the Sing Song Girls’ Glee Club, the Baden Children, Miss Esther Morton Smith and Miss Marion King. ited time our APRIL FURNI- Here is an op- fine radio FREE ... and at no extra cost . .. no red tape . . . 8-Tube Cabinet RADIO With every purchase of $100, or more, we are giv- ing FREE a handsome 8-Tube A. C. Cabinet Radio! 5-Tube Table RADIO With every purchase of $50, or more, we are giv- ing FREE a 5-Tube A. C. Baby Grand RADIO! Arranged in Weekly or Monthly Payments TWO STORES 827.9 Seventh St. N.W. Branch—1213 Good Hope Rd. S.E. | | DELIVER ANY SUITE