Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1933, Page 15

CHEVY CHASE BANK SALE RELEASES 60 PER CENT OF FUNDS Purchase by Riggs Is Ap- proved by Directors and Treasury Officials. | i BRANCH IS EXPECTED TO FUNCTION JUNE 'I5i Assets Not Taken Over Will Be, Liquidated to Best Advan- | tage by Conservator. Purchase of the Chevy Chase Savings | Bank by the Riggs National Bank, | which has been given full approval by officials of both banks, as well as by the Controller of the Currency and | other Treasury officials, means that de- positors in the Chevy Chase institution | will have 60 per cent of their deposits | made available to them on June 15, it | was announced today. On .that date Riggs National expects to reopen the savings bank as a branch office and offer the people of that section com- plete banking facilities. The bank has been closed since the Nation-wide bank moratorium when 13 local banks failed to receive Government licenses to carry on 100 per cent operations. The sale of the Chevy Chase Savings Bank to the Riggs National came as the result of numerous conferences held during the past 10 days between Presi- dent Robert V. Fleming of Riggs and John C. Walker, president and conserva- tor of the Chevy Chase Bank. Follow- ing failure to get the suburban bank open as an individual institution, the directors heartily approved a proposal to Join forces with Riggs. The Treasurv ‘was in complete accord, as Government officials have frequently expressed the opinfon that there are too many banks in Washington. Buy Building and Assets. Riggs National is buying the bank building and other assets from the Chevy Chase Bank, the purchase being made under the widely known “Spo- kane plan.” The assets not taken over by Riggs will be liquidated by the con- servator to the best possible advantage of the Chewy "Chase 'depositors and stockholders. John C. Walker, the conservator, stated today that the negotiations really mean” that 65 per cent of the bank's deposits will be liberated. In ‘addition to the 60 per cent which Riggs will free when the bank is reopened. there will be another 5 per cent avail- able. When the bank went on a re- stricted basis on March 1, 5 per cent of the deposits were set aside in a bailee account for the benefit of de- itors, which, in many cases, has not e iwn“and is still available at_ahy fime, Mr. Walker added that the new Chevy Chase branch of Riggs will have the full co-operation of the Board of Di- rectors and it is expected that an Ad- visory Board will be selected from the present Chevy Chase membership. “Consummation of these plans is a source of great gratification to me and other officials as it makes available to the Chevy Chase community complete banking and trust facilities of the larg- est bank in the city,” Mr. Walker said. “The Riggs National is glad to have the opportunity to restore unrestricted banking facilities to the importani Chevy Chase community,” President Fleming said today. “Riggs will follow its custom of having an Advisory Board made up from the present directorate of the bank,” he added. Seven Active Branches. Absorption of the Chevy Chase Bank will give Riggs seven active branches in excellent locations. Riggs National was established in 1836 when its founder, William C. Corcoran, organi the firm of Corcoran & Riggs, so that the bank will soon round out a century of service. Riggs first established branches in 1922, when it pur the Hamilton Savings Bank in order to strengthen the banking situation in ‘Washington. The bank now has re- sources of $75,000,000 and reported de- posits of over $62,000,000 at the time of the last controller’s bank call. The Chevy Chase bank is capitalized at $100,000 and at the call of the con- troller of the currency on December 31, 1932, it had total assets of $1,091,760. Liabllitles of the bank, in addition to its capital stock, were listed as follows: Surplus and undivided profits, $14,260; deposits, $890,040; other liabilities, $87,460. The assets were listed as follows: Yoans and discounts, $478,000; bonds and securities, $351,720; miscellaneous Tesources, $154,820; cash items, $107,220. HUSBAND AND SISTER FIGHT DUNMIRE WILL Charge “Unknown Persons’ Exer- cized Undue Influence and Seek to Have Document Made Invalid. Alleging that the late Edna Shflw“ Dunmire was subjected to undue influ- | ence by “unknown persons” in makifg | her last will, her husband, Roy F. Dun- | mire, and his sister-in-law, Harriet H. Shaw, joined yesterday in asking the | District Supreme Court to declare the ! will invalid. i The will disposed of an estate valued | roughly et $30,000. | Mrs. Shaw was given $500 under the will. After specific bequests, the bal-{ ance of the estate was left in trust to the husband Upon his death, one- third of the income is to g0 to the | trustees of the Baptist Home for Chil- dren and the balance of the income to; the trustees of the Baptist Home for the | e T i DETECTIVES RETIRED Charles Mullen and Robert A Sanders to Leave Force. Two veteran detective sergeants of | the Metropolitan Police Department today were retired from the force by the District Commissioners in approv- ing findings of the Police Board of Surgeons that they were incapacitated for further active duty. The officers are Charles Mullen, 60 years old, Who has served in the depart- ment for 36 years, and Robert Sanders, 59 years old, who has been in the service for 35 years. Physical examinations looking to ble retirement were ordered re- cently for all members of the Police and Pire Departments having reached the age of 55 years. The Commissioners found that the following police officers were physically fit to continue their duties and should not be retired: Lieut. Warren O. Embrey and Detective Sergts. Joseph F. Waldron, George S. Weber and Howard W, Smith, DR. CLOYD HECK MARVIN, President of George Washington Uni- versity, who yesterday was elected pres- ident of the National Parks Association. 1.S. SAVINGS GROUP HOPINGFORMERGER |Col. Wade H. Cooper, Major- ity Stockholder, Reported Blocking Action. Minority stockholders of the United States Savings Bank are largely in fa- vor of joining the new bank merger, the Hamilton National Bank, despite efforts by Col. Wade H. Cooper, presi- dent of the bank, who owns more than half the stock, to preserve its identity. ‘This developed at a meeting at the bank attended by a large percentage of the minority stockholders. No quorum was present, so a formal vote on joining the Hamilton National was not presented. Col. Cooper did not attend the meet- ing. He was understood to, be out of town. Government officials declined to make any comment today on the situation in regard to this bank. Early Relief Stressed. In other financial circles, however, it was pointed out that the only method now available for the early relief of depositors’ money in the bank is throug] the merger which will make available per_cent of s’ money. Col. Cooper, in resisting attempts to have the bank join the merger, has reiterated his majority ownership nn‘g ted to the large dividend paid ?l“;em past. The United States Bank, hoftever, was not given a license to reopen after the bank houdag and since March 14 has been in the hands of a conservator. With six banks already in the mer- ger, and the campaign for selling stock at $25 a share well under way, reports in the financial district today men- tioned again the possibility of the Franklin National Bank uniting in the consolidation. The Franklin has con- tinued in vigorous effort to reopen on its own, as an individual bank. But the opportunity of joining the merger is still held before this institution, and it was predicted in certain reliable quar- ters that eventually the Pranklin may become & member bank of the Hanfilton National. The six banks already in the merger, the Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co., the District National Bank, the Potomac Savings Bank, the Wash- ington Savings Bank, the Northeast Savings Bank and the Woodridge-Lang- ized | don Savings & Commercial Bank today pushed forward their plans for selling stock in the new Hamilton National. Launched at Meeting. ‘The stock selling campaign of the Northeast Savings Bank was launched last night at a mass meeting at Stuart Junior High School. explained the plan for setting up the new Hamilton National, of which Northeast Savings Bank would be a branch. ‘The meeting was largely attended, and was followed by action on the part of many depositors, signing up for stock in the new bank in place of their previous subscription for stock to re- open the Northeast Bank as an inde- pendent_institution. Depositors were asked to subscribe of their depasits, which was only half of what had been asked before. In the original plan the depositor signed a waiver on 25 per cent of his deposit, for stock at $25 a share, $10 to go to par value, and $15 to surplus. Under the new plan for the Hamil- ton National Bank stock the depositor is asked to subscribe for only 12!, per share, $20 of which goes to par value and only $5 to surplus. Under ‘the new plan the depositor would have 50 per cent of his deposit made available, and from that would be deducted the cost of his stock. It was predicted, however, that another dividend would be payable soon to de- positors as the conservator of the bank realizes on the other assets of the old bank which have not been turned over to the new Hamilton National. Praises Bank Officials. Major W. to the officers and directors of the Northeast Savings Bank. He character- ized them as showing a “splendid spirit of co-operation” with the Government. The main purpose back of the plan of the Hamilton National Bank, Maj. Shuman explained, is to protect the interests of depositors first. He out- lined the entire plan for setting up the new bank, and assured the depositors {that back of the assets of the bank there still remained the liability of the stockholders for an assessment. Maj. Shuman referred to the finan- cial support which the directors already had given to bolster up the northeast bank. He characterized Edwin C. Gra- ham, who is to head the new Hamil- ton National, as a “splendid citizen.” Mr. Graham called on the depositors to support the new bank because it was the best plan devised to help the depositors themselves. “We propose to release $10,000,000 throughout the city,” he said, “when A.|we make available 50 per cent of the deposits in each of the member banks.” He promised that the Northeast Sa lings Bank would be the northeast branch of the Hamilton National Bank. Leonard P. Steuart, president of the Northeast Savings Bank, explained that stockholders of the hank previously had put in over $200,000 and that five big depositors were ready ta put up another large sum in case mm’:vi‘% v:;le fia! stock to reopen the lually had been completed. He said, however, it was more advisable for the bank to become part of the larger big Hamil- h | a resolution expressing the disapproval Several speakers | Angel for stock to the extent of 1212 per cent | cent of his deposit for stock at $25 a | Irving Shuman of the | Treasury Department paid high tribute | CThe WASHINGTON, D. C, E. W. U. PRESIDENT ELECTED T0 HEAD PARKS ASSOCIATION Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin Named at Annual Meeting After Luncheon. DR. NICHOLAS M. BUTLER CHOSEN VICE PRESIDENT Plan to Build Dam Across Lake in Yellowstone Park Is Told by Federal Director. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University, was elected president of the National Parks Association at the annual meeting of the association yesterday in the cosmosl Club. The meeting followed a luncheon at the club in honor of Secretary. of In- terior Ickes, who said he hopes to de- velop the Nation’s parks safely and sanely. He stressed the educational and recreational value of the parks to the people of the country. Dr. Marvin succeeds Dr. Wallace W. Atwood, president of Clark University, ‘Worcester, Mass, who resigned. Dr. Atwood is an internationally known geographer. Wharton Vice President. William P. Wharton of Massachusetts was elected first vice president, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University; John Barton Payne, chairman®of the National Red Cross; George D. Pratt and David White, vice presidents; Robert Sterling Yard, general secretary, and Joshua Evans, jr., treasurer. ‘The new Executive Committee con- sists of Dr. Wallace W. Atwood, Albert W. Atwood, Morse A. Cartwright, Henry W. de Forest, Charles W. Eliot, 2d: F. M. Goodwin, Caspar Hodgson, Dr. Mar- vin, Henry Baldwin Ward, Mr. Wharton and Mr. Yard. Members of the association heard Horace M. Albright, director of the Na- tional Parks Service, tell of a plan afoot to build a dam across Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, which would supply water for irrigation in Montana. Secretary Ickes has pro- tested against the proposal to the Gov- ernors of both Montana and Wyoming, Mr. Albright declared. He said the plan would have to be indorsed by the Legislatures of both States before it could reach Congress. After his report a commitiee, con- sisting of Mr. Wharton and Dr. John C. Merriam, was appointed to draw up | | | of the association of the dam project, which, it contends, would mar the beauty of the park. Committee Is Chosen. A second committee was appointed to study the uses for people to which the Shenandoah tlonal Park could be put. This committee con- sists of Frank L. Reed, chairman; F. E. Matthes and Mr. Yard. Dr. Marvin presented a report on the placing of the National Park Service in the governmental reorganization. Dr. Merriam made a report for a commit- tee which he heads and which is com- pleting a two-year study of the problem of preservation of primintive areas in relation to their use by the people. The development of parks and legis- lation affecting them during the past year was related in a report by Dr. T. S. Palmer, chairman of the Projects Committee. SUSPECT UNDER BOND IN THEFTS MISSING Man Wanted in Los Angeles Was at Liberty on $15,000—Faces 48 Charges. Kenneth J. Hines, 39, wanted in Los les on charges involving the al- leged theft of more than $30,000 as head of an oil company there, be- came the object of a widespread police search today, following his disappear- ance while at liberty on $15,000 bond. ‘With 48 grand theft charges against him, Hines was arrested here early this ‘month by Detective Sergts. A. D. Mansfield and Richard J. Cox, acting on the request of the Los Angeles dis- trict attorney’s office. He was released on bond when ar- raigned before Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt, declaring, according to the detectives, that he would waive extra- | dition and return to Los Angeles. | " Today, however, when W. D. Seay, investigator attached to the Los Angeles district attorney's office, came here for Hines, the former oil company execu- | tive could not be found. Hines' bonds- man offered the explanation, the de- tectives said, that the erstwhile pris- |oner had left for Los Angeles last | Friday. Seay said he would remain here until his office either informs him Hines has | shown up in Los Angeles or else orders him to return. | BANKRUPTCY BILL OUT | Favorable Report Ordered on Mu- nicipal Insolvency Measure. The municipal bankruptcy bill was ordered favorably reported to the | House Judiciary Committee today by a subcommittee after an executive ses- | sion at which Representative Wilcox, | Democrat, of Florida, its author, was heard. Wilcox has sald the administration has no objection to the measure, which | permits subdivisions such as _cities, towns and school districts to seek | financial relief in the courts with agree- | ment of their creditors. | ton National, pledged he would sub- | scribe heavily to its stock and urged | depositors to subscribe. Conservator Speaks. conservator of the bank, explained the plan in further detail, and answered a number of questions from the floor. He was straightforward and frank in dealing with questions, which were asked by both men and women. He made it clear that if depositors invested in stock to the extent of 121, per cent of their deposits, that would be subtracted from their 50 per cent made available, so that they would have & net amount available of 37% per cent at first. He predicted, how- ever, that, as conservator, he could pay another dividend to depositors shortly. ‘The bank’s Subscription Committee will meet tonight and decide probably on holding the at nights George F. Hoover, vice president and | posse: TUESDAY, MAY 23, Receive Chemical Award FEDERAL SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED STRUCTURE OF ROTENONE. Left to right: Dr. F. B, La Forge and Dr.. H. L. J. Haller. —Star Staff Photo. HE Hillebrand prize of the Chemi- cal Society of Washington has been awarded to Drs. F. B. La Forge and H. L. J. Haller of the Department of Agriculture for their discovery of the chemical structure of rotenone, a new and power- ful insecticide. The discovery has received world-wide recognition, not only for the important | part it is expected to play in agricul- ture, but because the Washington chem. ists won a four-cornered international race between Germany, England, Japan and the United States to discover the structure of rotenone as a basis upon which to synthesize this substance for large-scale manufacture. Announcement of the discovery was made by La Forge and Haller only a | short time before the structural for- mula was announced by a German sclentist and a few weeks prior to a similar announcement in England. They found the active principle of rotenone in derris, a plant used for poisoning fish by the natives of Su- matra. The work has resulted in the plant- of several thousand acres with rotenone-producing plants. One of the great advantages of the substance as an insecticide is that, although deadly to many insects, it is harmless when eaten by warm-blooded animals. The Hillebrand prize was established in memory of Pr. W. F. Hillebrand, for- merly chief chemist at the Bureau of Standards. b SPRING IRIS SHOW 1S OPENING TODAY Classes for Peonies and Roses Also Held at Carl- ton Exhibition. The Spring Iris Exhibition and Flower Show of the National Capital Dahlia and Iris Soeiety opened at the Carlton Hotel today with hundreds of brilliant-hued irises, roses and other hardy flowers on display. Fifty-six classes of flowers are provided for, made up of 24 classes of irises, 1! classes of peonies, 5 classes of peren- nials, artistically arranged in baskets, bowls and vases, and 15 classes of roses calling for exhibits of an individual bud in a vase to sprays of climbing roses 3 feet or more in length. Among the special awards to be made will be a silver medal offered by the American Iris Society to the exhibitor Wwinning the most points in the irs classes, a bronze medal to the exhibitor scoring the second largest number of points. Three awards will be made to exhibitors in each of the classes speci- fied in the schedule, Thirteen Groups Shown. In the iris classes provision has been made for exhibits in 13 groups where competition is open to both large and small exhibitors; another group of ex- hibits is provided for calling for a col- lection of 50 or more varieties, collec- tions of 25, 12 and 6 distinct varieties, respectively, and exhibitors in these classes will be excluded from compet- ing with the amateur growers in a third class where prizes are offered for collections of 10 distinct varieties, one stalk each; collections of five distinct varieties, three stalks each, and exhibits of single stalks, each classified accord- ing to 15 color combinations. A special class has been provided calling for the award of a certificate of honorable mention by the American Iris Society for iris raised from seed by the exhibitor, but not yet introduced to commerce. Peonles, always a popular flower at shows, have been amply provided for in 12 classes, which call for exhibits of collections of note more than six varie- ties; collections of seven to twelve named verieties; a group calling for three blooms to a vase, in shades of light pink, dark pink, red and white. respectively. A sweepstakes prize is offered for one specimen bloom double or single, representing the best flower in the show. Fourteen Classes for Rbses. Collections of Japanese varieties, singles, seedlings and for a vase, bowl or basket of peonies complete the peony groups. Rose exhibits in 14 classes may be made in classes calling for one bloom to a vase in red, crimson, white, yellow and pink shades, respectively; best vase, large and small; best basket of roses, large and small, and for best collection of roses. Similar classes have been provided for sprays of climbing roses 3 feet or more in length in shades of white, red and yellow. The judges of the show will be John C. Wister, president of the American Iris_Soclety of Philadelphia, Pa., and B. Y. Morrison of the United States Department of Agriculture, and the ex- hibits will be staged under the direc- tion of Earl W. Sheets of 1831 Lamont street, president of the local Iris So- clety. The exhibition will be open to the public from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. today and from 9 am. to 10 pm. on Wednes- day, the closing day when prize winners will be announced. 30 Garden Clubs Compete. ‘The 30 garden clubs in the vicinity of Washington will compete for a beau- tiful silver trophy offered by The Evening Star for the most artistically arranged vase or basket of hardy flow- ers with iris predominating, to be awarded by popular vote of the visitors to the show and retained by the win- ning club for one year. The first or- ganization to win this trophy three times ’wlll be entitled to permanent ssion. A public lecture.in the ball room of the Carlton Hotel, at 8 o'clock tonight, will be given by John C. Wister on the subject of the iris, followed by an illus- trated talk by B. Y. Morrison. e FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY Countess Grace de Benque Enters Voluntary Petition. A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in District Supreme Court to- day by Countess Grace de Benque, 2430 ‘Wyoming avenue. Her petition, filed through Attorneys Rush L. H fdepo:z;?t'howuhl.mwn TUBERCULOSIS EFFORTS IN SCHOOLS DISCUSSED Association Directors Urge Closer Co-operation in Combating Disease. Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad and Miss Anita Turner, physical education di- rectors of the Washington public schools, were speakers yesterday at & meeting of the directors of the Associa- .| tion for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. After hearing the speakers outline the present status of child health work in the schools and its results, the board directed its Child Health Committee to confer with the public school authori- ties as to ways and means of closer co- operation between the Tuberculosis As- sociation and the schools. ~Wallace Hatch is chairman of the Health Com- mittee. Dr. Stoneroad discussed the new plan adopted by the schools whereby pupils are given detailed health report cards to enlist the active help of parents in upholding their children’s physical standards. 6. W. U. TO RETIRE SIX FACULTY MEMBERS Veteran Instructors and Professors Come Under School’s Annn- ity Plan. Six veteran members of George Wash- ington University’s faculty will be re. tired at the end of the current school year in accordance with the univer- sity’s retirement and annuity plan, it was announced last night. ‘The full-time instructors who are re- tiring are Hiram Colver McNeil, pro- fessor of chemistry, who has been on the faculty since 1910; Harry Grant Godkins, associate professor of mathe- matics and a member of the faculty since 1899, and Owen Bert French, pro- fessor of civil engineering, who has taught at the university since 1922. ‘The part-time members retiring are John Paul Ernest, professor of law, who has been on the faculty since 1903; Albert Burnley Bibb, professor of art and architecture, who has taught at George Washington since 1904, and ‘William Jackson Humphreys, professor of meterological physics. The retirement plan was adopted by the board of directors and calls for re- tirement from active service of faculty members at the age of 65. This age may be extended to 70, however, on mmt imendation of the university pres- ent. PO WIFE STARTS SEARCH FOR WILLIAM KELLER Says Husband Had Had No Finan- cial or Marital Difficulties to Cause Disappearance. Mrs. Edna Keller, 3704 Macomb street, today appealed to The Star to aid in the search for her husband, Wil- liam Keller, 33, who mysteriously dis- appeared from their apartment Sunday morning while Mrs. Keller and their two daughters were at'church. ‘There had been no marital or finan- clal difficulties, Mrs. Keller declared. ‘The man was last seen by his family when Mys. Keller and their ' two daughters, Margaret, 10, and Eleanor, 8, left home about 8:45 a.m. Sunday to go to church. He was in bed when -they left, Mrs. Keller said, and when they returned he was missing. ‘The wife said none of Mr. Keller's clothes or baggage was taken. Satur- day night, she related, Mr. Keller had complained of pains in his back and legs, but until that time had been in perfect health. He was employed as & meat cutter in the University Market, 3236 Wisconsin avenue. Mrs. Keller said she has been mar- ried for 11 years. He came to this city before their marriage from Naugatuck, Conn. VETERINARIAN - HONORED Dr. Mohler Elected to Internation- i al Congress Committee. Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, was elected vice president of the Permanent Com- m m: lnteml:lonlluvneuflwy at a recent meeting of the committee in Paris, it was learned here. He succeeds Dr. Emmanuel Laclainche chief of the government veterinary services in Paris. Dr. Laclainche was olland | chosen president. As vice president, Dr. Mohler will take an active part in the Twelfth International Veterinary Con- to be held in New York Oity ugust 15-19, 1034, Foening Star 1933. JEWS URGE WORLD RELIEF PROGRAM IN SESSION HERE Plan for Boycott of German Goods Smothered in Com- mittee of Congress. dekk DR. S. S. WISE RECHOSEN HONORARY PRESIDENT One Resolution Asks U. §. to Make Public Its Position on Ger- man Situation. An international program to deal with emergencies facing Jews through- out the world as a result of persecution of members of the race in Germany, was urged by 1,500 delegates to the American Jewish gress in & series of resolutions adopted at the closing gs:‘lzlm late yesterday in the Willard otel. A resolution calling for boycotting by American Jews of German goods was smothered in subcommitttee because of the bellef of leaders of the Congress that it might lead to international con- troversy which would imperil their ef- forts to improve conditions for their fellows in Europe. ‘The Congress adopted seven resolu- tions embodying a plan of action for alleviating the plight of German Jews. It was admitted by convention lead- ers, however, that the only hope for permanent solution of the Jewish prob- lem in Europe lay in the development of Palestine as a national homeland for the Jew. Rabbi Wise Re-elected. Dr. Stephen S. Wise of New York was re-elected honorary president of the congress by acclaim. Deutsch of New York was elected presi- dent for his fifth term. Other officers elected are Nathan D. Perlman, Louis Lipsky and Dr. S. Margoshes, all of New York, vice presidents, Joseph Tenenbaum of New York, chair- man of the Executive Committee. The plea of several speakers that the United States Government make | known publicly its position with regard | to the German-Jewish situation was incorporated in-a resolution introduced by former Representative Meyer Jacob- stein of New York. which was unan- imously adopted. This resolution called upon the President to intervene in be- ;m‘lt{,o{ German citizens of the Jewish aith. Mobilize Public Opinion. ‘Through other resolutions the dele- gates, without waiting for any action on the part of this Government, laid | plans to mobilize public opinion of the world against the anti-Jewish policies of the Hitler government. Other resclutions adopted provided for setting up an American bureau to ! stimulate response to the World Jew- ish Congress to be held next year in Geneva, for the election of delegates to the international congress, for con- certed support of the development of Palestine to make possible “the solution of the Jewish problem throughout the | world,” voicing protest,against Jewish persecutions in Germany and thanking ! | countries which have offered refuge to German Jewish refugees. 'BILL TO REGULATE | STOCKS IN DISTRICT | Measure Nearing Enactment Would | Control Securities Wholly Within Capital. A ‘The bill to regulate sale of securities | throughout the country, now in the last stages of enactment, also would apply to traffic in securities wholly within the District of Columbia, as finally agreed to in conference. The conference report on the measure was approved by the House yesterday and needs only the sanction of the Senate to send the bill to the White House. The conferees retained a Senate provisjon making the bill applicable to securities wholly within the District, as well as between the District and other Jjurisdictions. In its final fofm the bill defines the term “interstate commerce” as meaning | trade or. commerce in securities among i the several States, or between the Dis- | trict of Columbia or any territory and |any State or other territory, or between any foreign country and any State, territory or the District of Columbia, or within the District of Columbia. The Federal Trade Commission is designated to have charge of the measure. The bill outlines the requirements for registra- tion of security issues and also lays down certain requirements that would apply to any prospectus relating to | issues of securities. FLYER TRANSFERRED Lieut. Comdr. Ralph S. Barnaby, Con- struction Corps, United States Navy, who pioneered in flying a glider from a dirigible, soon will leave his. duties in the Bureau of Aeronautics, the Navy De- partment announced today. Orders ,direct him, about June 1, to assume duty as inspector of naval aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin Co.s plant at Balti- more, Md. Comdr. John H. Magruder, jr. was ordered detached as naval attache at the American legation at The Hague prior to June 30 and ordered to duty in the office of naval intelligence, Navy De- partment His place at The Hague will be taken by Capt. Chester H. J. Kep- pler, U. 8. N. Bernard 8. | and Dr.| |and a probable reduction in pe: March Manuscript Facsimile to Mark Sousa’s Memorial A -facsimile of the original manuscript draft of the famous “Stars and Stripes Forever” march will be carved into the gray mamble surface of a memo- rial to be placed over the grave of John Phillp Sousa in Con- gressional Cemetery, to be dedi- cated during the Summer. The design, submitted by Hans C. Volz of New York, will be erected by the J. F. Manning Co. of this city, it has been an- nounced. The inclusion of the manu- script of the world-known march was at the suggestion of Mrs. Sousa, now a resident of Port ‘Washington, Long Island. Around the ledger over the grave will be an exedra, or semi-circular carved seat, and, beneath, a carved lyre, symbolic of the “March King's” lifelong devotion to music. The monument proper will record the date of his birth in Washington, November 6, 1854; his rank as lieutenant commander, United States Naval Reserve, and his death date, March 6, 1932. GAS MERGER LEFT FOR SENATE ACTION {House Committee Will Take No More Steps Until That Time. | Unless the Senate pesses the bill | authorizing a merger of the Washington | and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. the | House District Committe, it was announced today, will make no further effort to get House approval of the | measure at the special session of Con- | gress. | Twice Chairman Norton of the House | Committee made attempts to have her group make a favorable report on the bill, but each time action was blocked by several new members who declared they desired more time to study the various provisions. She now believes it would be futile to seek House approval in the few remaining weeks of the special session. Rests With Senate. However, if the Senate should pass the bill in the near future, Chairman Norton said she would again -t'en:g: to get her committee to have measure placed on the House calendar. Mrs. Norton hoped to get House ap- proval of the bill at the special ses- sion because.she considered it emer- gency legislation. Gas company officials had told her that the merger would result in the employment of between 200 and 500 additional men. Several members of her committee take an opposite view. They believe the merger would lead to a consolidation of the forces of the Washington and Georgetown companies rsonnel. Died at Last Session. The merger bill died on the Senate calendar in the last after passing the House without opposition. The chief opponent in the Senate was the late Senator Howell of Nebraska, who wanted the measure amended to prevent the use of “going concern” as an element of value for rate making purposes. Richmond B. Keech, ple’s coun- sel before the Public Utilities Commis- sion, sought to have the Subcommittee on Public Utilities of the House Dis- trict Committee include such an amendment in the new bill, but failed. COMMISSIONERS LIMIT USE OF DEALERS’ TAGS Restrictions Ordered to Prohibit Placing of Plates on Autos for Hire. On the recommendation of William A. Van Duzer, director of traffic, the District Commissioners today amended the motor vehicle title and registration regulations with a view to preventing promiscuous use of dealer tags, possible un%gnr former r:\;l‘;l]li e new tion provides that dealer identification tags issued to au- tomobile dealers may be used by a dealer or his employes on vehicles owned, held or used in the dealer's business, but not for any other purpose. It is specifically stated that.such tags may not be used on cars used as service cars or rented for hire or for delivery of merchandise for hire or for g}::e transportation of passengers for —_— EVIDENCE IS ICED Postponement of Kosher Meat Act Case Causes Alarm. The prosecution was & little worried today in the case of Frank Miller, 800 block of Kennedy street, charged with a violation of the kosher meat act. When Miller demanded a. jury trial on his ar- raignment in Police Court this morn- ing. Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb expressed some anxiety lest exhibit “A” in the case—a slab of lamb—might become defunct before the matter came to trial. Miller is accused of selling as kosher meat not duly authorized in accordance with the orthodox Hebrew ritual. Judge Gus A. Schuldt at first named May 31 as the date for the jury trial, but the complaining witnesses, who include three rabbis, announced that was a Jewish holiday. At a conference it was decided to put the evidence in the ice hox and set the trial for June 7. VOICE FROM GRAVE GROWS TIRED LISTENING TO T Slim Jones Asks Company Even Slim Jones, who never had him- self buried to shun public attention, gets enough of a telephone that rings 24 hours 2 day and night. Slim hoped he wouldn't be foggotten | when they laid him 6 feet under near lt.ha Peace Cross on Baltimore pike at Defense Highway—but that was before t.h;{ pubé\fi got his number. - ow Slim's cheery greeting, “A voice |from the grave speaking,” sounds a trifle weary, even hollow. After 24 days of it Slim has asked the telephone com- ! pany to plug him out at 1 o'clock each m rest and 3 tele- e e, D 1 O’Clock in Morning. ELEPHONE’S PEAL to Plug Him Out After in his “coffin” until a newspaper printed his number. o PAGE B—1 BONUS MARCH ENDS AS J0BS AND TRIPS HOME CLAM MEN Approximately 400 En Route to Other Cities as Rest Take Up Forestry. FREE TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD ARE GIVEN One Goes to Alaska, Another to Los Angeles—Big Body Going to Conditioning Camps. With approximately 400 bonus marchers en route home and the rest enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps for forestry work, the bonus ex- peditionary force of 1933 today passed out of existence, Those sent home were given free rail- road transportation and 75 cents a day for food by the Government, the money being provided out of general funds of the Veterans' Administration and not to be deducted from adjusted service certificates. Of those who left Fort Hunt, Va., to return home—the bonus marchers who spurned President Roosevelt's offer of work in the forests for $1 a day—about. 300 were evenly divided between New York, Chicago and St. Louls, the re- %fl;‘ld&l‘ going to the South and Far est. One Philadelphia resident, John Al« fieri, who came here at the last mo- ment after refusing to be associated with the bonus march, was given a rallroad ticket to_Los Angeles. Vet- grans’ Administration officials explained their only check on the homes of the marchers was from “convention regise tration cards” and, if these were false- ly filled in, many men given transportation to cif their homes. Alfieri delegate from California. was sent to Alaska, 2,500 Being Organized. ‘The more than 2,500 ex-B, E. F. who accepted the administration’s offer of jobs were being d today into companies for assignment to reforesta- tion training camps. They will be di. vided into three Fronps. to tentative plans, /and sent to Fort gumphre]n._’ mm” Va., nn‘d mth. eade, prepared for, S snon as_the registration soon as of the forestry recruits has been completed at Fort Hunt, the men will be turned over to the Army and the Veterans’ Administration- will be relieved of its responsibility. Many of the men may be evacuated from the abandoned Army post by nightfall. Meanwhile, the Communist-controlled “left wing” of the bonus army laid plans for another siege of Wi probably in July. Emanuel Levin and Harold Hickerson, repudiated leaders of the Veterans’ National Liaison Com- mittee, with headquarters at 1410 H street, announced confidently the next march on the Capitol would be the greatest yet. itor, issued night, simultaneous with the departure of the homeward bound marchers, as- suring that all honorably veterans whose disability claims are sub- ject to review will be continued “as service-connected conditions unless such service connections upon the record are clearly unwarranted and unjustified.’ not the result of misconduct, may be assured of a pension.” sald his statement was misconceptions regarding ‘which regulations pursuant to the econ- omy act were being applied and “to al- lay a growing fear expressed by vet- erans that their status as war veterans suffering from service-connected disa- bilities were being too rigidly pre- scribed. t FORMER U. S. ENVOY TO RUSSIA CRITICAL George T. Marye, 84, Has Small Chance of Recovery.as Health Fails. George T. Marye, 84, who was United States Ambassador to Imperial Russia to within a few months of the abdica- tion of Czar Nicholas, is in a critical condition at his home, 1800 N street. ‘The former diplcmat has been in failing health for the past year and little hope is held for his recovery. Mr. Marye had maintained a home in Washington for the past 30 years, spending almost every Winter here, gl.?“ot.het home was in Burlingame, alif. Born in Baltimore in 1849, he is the youngest son of George Thomas Marye, of pioneer Virginia stock of French Huguenot descent, and of Helen Tucker Marye, daughter of one of Baltimore's foremost business men. Treasured highest among his memo- ries of ambassadorship is the Czar's bestowal of the Order of St. Alexander the honor was confirmed. Marye is the author of two books, “From 49 to '3 in California and Nevada,” which traced his father’s career in the events on the Paeific Coast, and “Nearing the End in Im- perial Russia,” an account of his am- bassadorship. LIMITS PHONE USE D. C. Economy League Would Re- duce Annual Bill. A definite plan designed to stop Dis- trict employes and visitors to the Dis- trict Building from making f‘lhuhmudmby ict telzplhmn is form a special grou District Economy Committee n’.’ a move It was no joke to Slim any more than tmd; it was to the automobile salesman who called, under the impression Slim was a prospect for a snappy little job at last, cnly to head: “A voice from the grave " Slim couldn’t say, “Mr. Jones has or “Mr. Jones is in confer-