Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1932, Page 11

CHICAGO LAWYERS 10 PROBE SELVES Plan Investigation of Charges f Incompetency and Cor- ruption in Profession. the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 14—The Chicago Association, aroused by charges of four over the caum and that many lawyers are “grossly incompetent, unreliable, apd unscru; puloul" are the first to come under investigation. Banks Are Interested. Another‘matfer is the handling of re- ceivership cases by the courts. Allega- tions have been made that judges, Fed- efi}nsnnd State, gave ‘“receivership fi " to certain favored firms and wyers, Mortgagé holders on real estate and tors in banks joined in the clamor for an investigation. Cases were un- ,earthed in which receivers collected ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees, leaving little or nothing for cred- itors. Records in hundreds of receiver- ship cases have been obtained by the Bar Association for perusal. Mayor Anton J. Cermak called upon the association to make the third in- quiry after a municipal judge freed two gangsters arrested with pistols in their pockets. The judge ruled the arrests ‘were illegal, even if the suspects were guilty of gun toting, because the police- men had no warrants. “Ambulance chasing”—solicitation of lm.omoblk accident victims for permis- to start damage suits—is the sub- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Wives of the Candidates MRS. HOOVER GRACES HER POSITION. TMJufluflnto[lmol per- sonality sketches of the wives of Presidential candidates. Next week there will be a sketch of Mrs. New- ton D. Baker. By FLORENCE DAVIES. Back in the nineties the ground around the grammar school ln wm:- tier, Calif, was so overrun [mlmtthnrewunophcehme school base ball team. 3 zé' t4 -3 . E the ground was no easy job, enry the school squads, captained one her- r the diamond and pitted ers against each other to would clear the largest ares IR Y ehyy g ik =ES en any one lagged or complained of blisters, Lou Henry coaxed or prod- ded -him on with the s promise of & treat from the loslna side. But finally, havingsfinished the dia- mond, she took her squad over to help the ranks on the -outfleld, and when it was done, gave the supper herself. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the only Republican candidate for the Presidency, like the home talent on the | evening’s program, is “too well-known | to this audience to need an introduc- | o " But though the main facts of her life are well known and her virtues have been extolled to the skies, she remains in a way & strangely aloof figure, This is not becauss she is un- 'democratic or col‘d It is more prob‘bw, radoxical as it may seem, Phe is exactly right. Being Just rum there is nothing to criticize and nothing to !oulvemmd so ashel has up‘fi l,’:;nke‘n" of pular imagination, S in Lo , as strongly as the part they had to p! Itp:u not wholly by chanae that the girl who cleared the field for the old Whittier School base ball team; who organized and directed a fan drill when that picturesque form of entertainment Jm of the other investigation. e TWO SENT TO PRISON FOR KILLING MOTHERS Beattle Dentist Gets 12 to 25 Years, + While Youth Receives Term of 5 to 20 Years. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, May 14—Dr. Al-, bert G. McKeown, Seattle dentist, and Leslie Barrett, 19, were sentenced to prison today for slaying their mothers. Dr. McKeown, who beat his 81-year- old mother, Mrs. Rhoda McKeown, of Muscatine, Towa, to death in the base- ment of his Bame here March 1, was glven a 12-to-25 year term by Superfor Judge Robert 8. MacFarlane on a con- viction of second degree murder. Barrett was sentenced to 5 to 20 years. He killed his mother, Mrs. Lucy mo’nnlelni during & dripking party here — N S LONG READS IN BED Senator Tells Trammell He Speech Perusing Record. 3 xm r-d- the Congressional Trammell, Demo- Saw THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Generally hki and somewhat warmer today and to-| morrow, followed by local thunder- | showers tomorrow night; gentle south- erly winds, increasing by tomorrow. Maryland and vxrmm—oeneuuy‘ fair and somewhat warmer today and | tomorrow, followed by local thunder- | showers tomorrow night and probably in extreme west portions tomorrow afternoon. ‘West Virginia—Fair and warmer to- day; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and night. Report Until 10 P.M. Saturda; Lowest, 58, at 10:00 a.m. yesterday. Year | ago, “Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. ‘Tomorrow. 3:23am. 4:19am. 10:00 a.m. 11:03a.m. . 344pm. 4:44pm, eeses 10:15pm. 11:12pm. The Sun and Moon. Sets. 7:13 7:14 | Moon, today... 2:01p.m. 2:06 a.m, Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches m the | Qapital (current month to date Month. 1932. Average. Recm’d January s.. X November. ,. . December .. 332 Weather m Various ClMu. ~Temperature. ~ Precipl- Max Min.” tatioa | House lbe husband's doad 18 every “y she could with propriety. China, Africa, or the big White Houge on Pennsyl- vania avenue.-. , It was not. chapce that she did any of these ngs, becauss she has | the habit of using her head and getting things done. A Gracious Mistress. The White House runs like clock- work. Its mistress is poised, graclous, cordial to the never-endlng stream of ests who are entertained at the dent’s table; regal on -state oc- and equally spontaneous and adaptive in camp. Here is a woman whoss clothes are invariably suitable, for she is never indifferently dressed at dinner or ovel for the street. "s:e is a at“m talkes, tkn;t n:v:]axr says e wrong hlnz or 8] out of turn. In short, Mrs. Hoovgruflr*t and fore- most, has brains and knows how to use them. Perhaps just because she is so exactly what she should be, with practically no shortcomings or idiosyncérasies, she goes about Washington, drives her own car, sometimes even goes on foot. with- Wt uuslnl any commotion, or flurry. Hoover mixes brains with her cmu never uses cosmetics and, save, !or:bmygoldarnflmchun dis<’ penses: with jewelry. And whereas Mrs, Coolidge, lovable tbe wife of the pastor or fe O chflxmn of the reception in a well-to-do church, Mrs. Hoover is a much traveled woman of the vmnn. Her Father's Chum. Just how much of her capacity for taking responsibility without —getting|& all a-twitter, this almost masculine habit of straight thinking, is due to her ear] association with her father no one wi ever know. But it is well known that her love of the outdoors was fostered by her father, who as a banker in the small town of Whittier used often to leave his office in the late afternoon. and take a long walk in the coumtry ‘uh his daughter. i Together they specimens for her geology nudla and it was with her father that she learned to ride horseback and handle & gun. It was then that she doubtless acquired much of the wood- land lore that has stood her in good stead in her work with the Girl Scouts of Americd. Mrs. Hoover: 'ent to the White determined lighten her , And so she took over the enormous task of greeting delegates, amnhtln: at tree plantings and pre- senting i It is nn ummul day indeed when she does not receive the school dele- gation from Eagle Cliff, or shake hands with the Ladies Fifth Order of the Yellow Daffodil, or make a pleasant and appre te speech, an art in which she is well versed, at some ceremony or convention where women are the pre- dominating guests. This saves the President endless de- tail and fatigue. Fond of Flowers. Mrs. Hoover is so fonnd of flowers that whenever it is possible she brings | a good deal of the outdoors inside. The ‘White House is therefore always bright with flowers, and Mrs. Hoover has transformed an upstairs drawing room with a sunny exposure into a kind of sun room filled with flowers, goenny and easy chairs to re lem of California’s sunny beauty. But it s at the camp at the Rapidan that Mrs. Hoover is as much to herself Established 34 Years Genuine Toric Glasses Far or Near Complete With Shell or Metal Frame near and far). made. Tuesday. £822283282 8232202 RR2BIARS B8z2ns822gReaRALRR e 8222 KAHN on 7th St Specials Monday and Tuesday MRS. HERBERT HOOVER. as it is possible for a person in so | marked a position to be. ce at camp, the rule is pretty much “do as you | please,” with breakfast to suit the in- dmdual rising hour of each guest, and family and guests to organize their ume as they choose. The only fixed aj pomtments in the day are before Junch- eon and dinner, when everyone meets in- the big lounge for a few minutes be- fore the meal is served. ‘The President is said to have gotten | enough horseback riding when he was | & mining engineer to last him for the |rest of his life. But Mrs. Hoover is never tired of the saddle, and if you choose to ride with her she mercifully warns you at a convenient point for a tenderfoot to turn back, because if you follow her you will be taken over the stecpest and rockiest of the trails and probably come back exhausted. Back in In short, whe?.her ln khaki at ump or recelving with. the President at state dinner, tbe present . mistress the White House has acquitted hersell with such marked distinction that if President Hoover remains there for an- | other term the entire country, regard- less of political leanings, may take gen- uine satisfaction in the knowledge that the present hostess at the White House is to carry on. (Copyrishf; 1932 by the North American per Alliance, Inc.) JOSEPHINE K. CASE IS SETTLED BY U. S. of Canadian Rum Runner Captured in 1931. By the Associated Press. A settlement has been made between owners, it was ed yuurd:y resulted in the settlement by entered recently in Ghb Southern New Yerk District Court. ne'mmlfihlovmmt utalt’e.red 3 e shooting of the cap- in, Wlllh:‘nnlll’ Cluett. What l&“!ude will be um in view of the settlement been disclosed. Under the seitlement the owners, the Liverpool Shi Co. of Nova Scotia, to forfeiture of the liquor— between 200 and 300 bags on the ves- sel, and more than 1,000 bags which been unloaded to a New York gar- scow—and the United States to take $500 against $10,000 bond, under which the vessel was re- shlpmdeuromuindnboutl’q es southwest of Ambrose Lightship, near the New York harbor. The Coast Guard spled it unloading liquor to the garbage scow, pursued and captured it. NAME GIRL CHAMPION SPELLER IN VIRGINIA Miss Cozette Gibson of Wytheville Wins Laurels in Annual Meet at University. By the Associated Press. . | Before winning the State champion- | ship, Miss Gibson' won the class B laurels. Miss Jean Umberger of Jeffer- son High, Roanoke, was the class B champjon, and Miss Avis Knighton of birds, | 'Orange ngh won the class C title. | N 'mind Cabell Hall, two debating . Tonight in teams and survivors in four other literary events are contesting for State championships. Established 34 Years Complete Outfit, With Case and Cleaner Included Genuine Toric KRYPTOK Invisible Bifocal Lenses First_and best quality. Toric Kryptok Bifocal (one pair to see Best lenses Sold regularly $15.. Special price Monday and 7 50 KAHN OPTICAL CO. 617 Seventh St. N.W, sBetween F and G. Streets . | ployment, proglhmon public or private the rest of the day left free for the |said, | Agreement Reached With Owners |geeq 1of -nvu { Nationally Famous D, C. 1932—PAR] Daring Girl Rider With Circus WILL OFFER THRILLERS AT SHOW mfl TOMORROW. MAY 15, GOVERNORS ASKED 10 GUIDE VOTERS Daughter of President Wilson Quizzes 48 on National Problems. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 14—Mrs. Jessie Woodrow Sayre, daughter of Woodrow ‘Wilson, yesterday sent to the Gov- ernors of the 48 States a group of questions, the answers to which would be for the guidance of the electorate in forming policies relative to national problems. ‘The questlmu dealt with nine sub- Jects, tariff, planned economy, unem- ownership of power and natural re- sources, foreign affairs, revision of the treaty-making power of the Senate, cl in methods of making con- mmuaul amendments and increase responsibility of parties - for lmhuve and constructive - policles. Mrs. Sayre said, in letters aeccm- | panying the questions, finltt ut:el lfl:{- est triumph for any political party would be to formulate and contribute policies and action which would help the Nation emerge successfully from the critical problems it now faces. party can hope,” Mrs, Bayre “to lead the Natlon out of '.hll of an intel- made.’ . Sayre submitted the questions ‘vflu as a private citizen.” — SHOWN NEW DEVICE TO STABILIZE SHIPS = Naval Engineers See Demonstra- tion of Thyratron Equipment for Large Vessels. DOROTHY HERBERT, who stars in the FREE LESSONS on the Piano Accordion Members of the American Society of Naval eers last night withessed a demo fon of the possibilities of mbmnn: large ships by means of a | new type of Thyratron-control equip- ment, utilizing vacuum tubes and & | small Evroscope A small lal tory model was used in the demonstration, which was nven by Dr. E: F. W. Alexanderson, sulting engineer of the General mc tric Co., in connection with the naval en(lneen ‘banquet at I.he WD.hrd With the model, Dr. Alexanderson imitated the rolll of a Iarge vessel and showed how his device would not only rectore a ship to an even keel im- mediately, but keep it stable regardless T L ¢ ¢ T His plan calls for the use of fins re- sembling stream-lined rudders and at- tached to opposite sides of a ship. or down, their movement being controlled by the gyroscope, which relays its tiny imj tg:hu. greatly ampli- fled by means of itron control, wires to mnwn built inside the nn.l Fins could be installed on exm.l.n( -mm without nuz expense, Dr. and u&e ed, and the flm re- sllhnn 'c water is so slight that ble of a 23-knot-an-hour ed"on]y 40 minutes ntic All Private Lessons Given by Radio Artist Teachers in Our Studios Join Qur Accordion Club Secure a band- piano Accordion with case, instruc- tion book and we teach you to play it with a course of private lessons in our studios. $100 Easy Terms HOMER L. in er be made up by the stabilizers keeping the ship on an even keel. —_— DR. H. E. WARNER HEADS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION| Principal of Hine Junior High School Elected District President to Succeed Dr. Powers. Dr. Harold E. Warner, principal of Hine Junior High School, was elected president of the District Education As- | sociation at a luncheon meeting in the | Kennedy-Warren _yesterda; He suc- ceeds Dr. J. Orin Powers. Other offi- | cers are Miss Grace Lind, vice presi- dent, and E. O. Harned, secretary- treasurer. A resolution was adopted commend- ing The Star for its stand against slash- ing of school appropriations. In another resolution the association urged that the school bou‘rgum wdn';tue of the op] e radio for ed\lunon mdvn:m‘.amcn"y in schools. Bpel.kerl at the meeting included Dr. > , membership director of the Nluml Education Association; Henry F. Gilligan, member of the Board of Education, and Mrs. Katherine El- liott, president o{ the A.-ochtlon of | Private School Tea: blzm‘tnx hn:nh hours tI{: X.onl:lons tele- phone exchange recently each ex: mr)humfledumhumm MALLORY STRAWS STETSON PANAMAS Other Panamas, $3.95 to s10 zzz? 774 W AsHiNGTONIAN 2-PANTS SUlTS those Far Famed—Fine Wmtod 242 WARING 2-PANTS 328& CIRCUS HERE TODAY FOR TWO-DAY STAND Canvas City Will lne This After- noon—First . Performance Tomorrow. A city of canvas is scheduled to Tise | this afternoon &t Florida avenue and | Fifth street northeast -with the arrival | of four bunnc'.bcd!m‘ M of Ringling | Iarn | wfllhthelcmo! lcuvma tory lQ fll! on-o' y. will be -nhm-mm, ts, and the me- (lmm circus rom _ Brooklyn, N.Y,'ha:unw-eflhn ‘week. ————— WORLD Y. M. C. A. CHIEF TO ADDRESS BOARD HERE‘ Francis S. Harmon, Recently Named to Succeed Mott, Will Speak Wednesday Night. | Francis 8. Harmon, Mississippl news- paper publisher, who recently became | general secretary of the International Committee of the Young'Men's Christian Association, will address the board of managers of the Washington Y. M. C. A. at a dinner next Wednesday night 6:15 o'clock, in the Central “Y™ Build ing, 1736 G street. Mr. Harmon retired as president of the National Council of the ¥. M. C. A. | to succeed Dr. John R. Mott as leader | of international work of the Y. M. C. A. He was editor of the Hattiesburg, Miss. American, and formerly was assistan attorney general of lflldutgpl He has t&lgdl with th M. C. A C. Chr‘ll?-\e. president of | the local association, will presid | FOR 4 REFR 1350 F St. N.W. WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS REACHES: IDE FRONT Pleas of Early Diagnosis Commit- tes Spread’ by jBadio, Press, Talkies, Girculars, Behools. The gospel of the Early Diagnosis Committee of the Tuberculosis Asso- clation is being preached through the radio, the newspapers, lecturers, sound pictures and circulars, Dr. Arthur C. Christie, committee chairman, sald in a report on the progress of the cam- paign made public yesterday. Pleas for better reporting of known cases by physicians and nurses and a wh‘hr mn:h for hitherto unknown broadeast through om‘ m !d in street cars, lnd other public places. peopl reached the pnudent of the uoochuon. teacher ‘assoclations have added Lheu' bo-op-num to the drive, which has been m with activities rmlhe May Day Health Com- mittee. SCOUT CAMPS TO OPEN Washington Boys Will Enter Upon Program There June 27. Numerous Boy Scouts will be t at the opening of the organization's | re_reation center, Camp Roosevelt, over-. lookini Chesapeake Bay, June 27. e boys will be taught water h;ndk:uft woodwork and other diver- sions. Special attention will be sfl; to_those interested in nature study. | Scouts will live in wooden patrol shacks vith board floors, waterproof roofs and uan.v.u sidings, They will sleep on steel cot Camp Roosevelt will be organized into troop groups named after In- dian tribes, such as the Apaches, Black- 1 Dakotas and Eries. STAR RADIO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS / LEONARD THE NEW IGERATOR (402-L) OUR TERMS ARE LOWEST THE LEN-A-DOR AN EXCLUSIVE LEQNARD FEATURE LEONARD REFRIGERATORS ARE PRICED FROM %1490 UP DELIVERED STAR RADIO CO. ‘All Stores Open Every Evening Until 9 O’Clock 409 1lth_S_t. N:Wi 3218 14th St. N.W. S