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Cwsivaron | @he Swundlay St [srorrs ews | WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY SHTOINSEN .. CONDER G Pl For st Feploce T IN FINAL HGURES REUUEST FOR CASH One-Eyed Horse Wins Court FACES BATTLE IN MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1934, * Minimum Priced Apartments | Found Scarce in Capital| - PAROLE ARREST 1S SECOND, WITH PROBE THIS WEEK Harry Yudelevit Is Held for Hearing on Violations Charge. 21 TIMES IN CUSTODY, BUT RECORD PRAISED ‘Wilbur La Roe, Jr., of Board Says Conditions Were Made Strict in This Case. Combatting the injunction pro- ceedings instituted in behalf of the Alcohol Tax Unit employes who face loss of their jobs December 1, the Treasury in District Su- preme Court will argue that the court cannot intervene, and that the relief sought “is grantable only by Congress.” tomorrow The case comes to hearing before | Chief Justice Wheat, who on last Monday issued a rule against Secre- tary of the Treasury Morgenthau to show cause why he should not be en- joined from making effective the ap- propriation rider which will oust more than 900 employes who did not qualify anew for the positions they hold by taking a second competitive Civil Service examination The defense position was made known yesterday in the return to the rule which will be argued by John J. Wilson, assistant United States attorney, Gen. Ansell Is Counsel. The action was instituted on be- half of all affected workers by Paul Sarlo of Brooklyn, one of their num- ber. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, former Judge Advocate General of the Army, is appearing as their counsel. Many of the salient points in the petition for the rule are disputed in the return. In particular is the con- tention questioned that Congress was not aware of the extent to which it was acting in passing the appropria- tion bill rider providing that no em- ploye of the aicohol tax unit who came from the old dry law set-up in the Justice Department could be paid in his new capacity after December 1, unless he had taken another quali- 1ying examination, Those caught by this rider have held that Congress mistakenly be- lieved it was hitting at employes who acquired Civil Service status by blanketing, rather than gompetitive test, and some members of Senate and House have led the Civil Service Commission to believe the same thing. The answer says that the Secre- tary of the Treasury has no informa- tion to support such supposition. Rider Is Held Unlawful. ‘The bill also holds that the rider “is a lawful and constitutional exer- cise of congressional prerogatives and powers, and within the scope of same, whether it stands alone or whether it amounts to, and operates as, a re- peal cr abrogation of the laws, rules, orders, customs, practice and proced- ure pertaining to the United States Civil Service.” In filing his petition. Sarlo set out that he represented all of the workers | facing ouster, who number more than 900, and the Treasury also challenges his right to speak for the others. The validity of a suit against the Treasury Secretary rather than the Government also is questioned. Sarlo is one of a large group of those to whom the rider was held to apply who declined to take the new examination to maintain their Civil Service status. The greater part of the 900, however, took it and failed, only about 300 out of 1,250 passing. FOOD SHOW CLOSES WITH LARGE CROWD No Injuries Mar Final Program, Though Both Floors Are Filled. The District Grocery Stores seventh annual food show closed last night after an evening during which the audience was so large it filled both floors of the Washington Auditorium. Although the crowd was great, there were no injuries, as there were last year when several women were pushed down. The principal gift of the show, an automobile, was awarded to James K. Van Bibber, 41 U street, a clerk in the Division of Loans and Currency at the Treasury Depertment. He told the audience through the microphone that he cannot drive an automobile, but intends to learn. Miss Audrey Rucker, queen of the show, presided over last night's cere- monies. There were numerous gifts of food, in addition to the automobile. MAN STEALS SUITCASES FILLED WITH LINGERIE Baggage of Newark Woman Re- moved From Car Parked in Front of Belasco. A parked car thief probably got more than he bargained for late yes- terday when he stole two suitcases from an automobile in front of the Belasco Theater. The police report said a man “with an attractive smile” stole a black crepe de chine negligee lined with purple and a pink negligee trimmed with pink feathers. Miss Elsie Helmers of Newark, N. J., who reported the theft, is wondering what a thief would want with her best lingerie. e Dance at Glenmont. GLENMONT, Md., November 24 (Special) —A Thanksgiving dance for the benefit of the Parent-Teacher As- sociation will be held in the Glen- mont School Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock by the young people of the Glenmont community. Miss Margaret Asheton is chairman of the commit- tfe in charge of arrangements fc: the affair, of City and Discovers Few Vacancies. Star Reporter Makes Extensive Tour . el l It has been estimated that not more than 200 apartments are vacant in Washington, which contains 38,000 apartment units. A Star reporter repre- senting himself as a prospective tenant for a medium priced apartment, “‘went the rounds” of the real estate offices vesterday. What he found follows. This being a tale of the actua) ad- ventures of two fictitious persons, let us make the acquaintance of J. Skef- fington Bassett and Mrs. J. Skeffington Bassett. Mr. Bassett is the new secretary of a new Congressman, just arriving in Washington with the determination | and expectation of a more abundant | life. He will find it. he expects, ln‘ and about the Capitol while Mrs. | Bassett does her part in a cozy little apartment not too far away. Both of them are young, their income is limited. Their first action upon reaching | | Washington was to register at a hotel | near the Union Station, and a few | minutes later to step confidently out | in their search for the “cozy little | apartment, not too far away.” Most conveniently at hand was a | | group of apartment buildings on Mas- | sachusetts avenue northeast, hardly | the proverbial stone's throw from the Capitol. Mr. and Mrs. J. Skeffington | Bassett entered the first one. ap-| proached the switchboard operator in the lobby and made known the reason for their presence. Everything Filled. rooms, kitchenette and bath. The Bassetts nodded wisely, a little large but promising if the rent was right. And what was that figure? Eighty- five dollars per month on year’s lease, with extra charges for gas and elec- tricity. Mr. Bassett swallowed an extra swallow, Mrs. Bassett blinked. A comparable apartment in their native New England was bringing $55 per month. Perhaps they would call back. Out on the street again, they de- cided perhaps it would be wise to | consult local rental agencies, a list of the larger ones having been given them by a friend. Swamped With Calls. During the next few Hours the | Bassetts visited 12 offices in the real estate area. Four of these had noth- ing immediately available. One of the four confessed he had been swamped with calls and requests from incoming members of the next Congress and their entourage. He offered to rent them a choice of two small houses in a suburban development for rents of $100 and $145, warning them that they probably would be taken before the week end closed. He could sell them a nice home for $12.500. A second member of this trio merely smiled and shrugged. Her firm handled three large apartment houses near the downtown section in which every unit was occupied. With The operator was sorry—everything | 30 days' notice required, no vacancies was filled. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett smiled, still confidently. and walked to the next building. Here the pro- ceeding was carried on by telephone with the manager, who did not feel | were expected before January 1, and | if there were some then, a waiting | list was conveniently at her elbow. Her firm also had a number of small | homes in both the Northeast and it necessary to leave his own apart- | Northwest sections, but all of these ment in order to inform the callers | Were occupied. that there were no vacancies, nor were | _ She would be glad to keep the any expected. The Bassetts smiled, | BAassetts in mind, but what the somewhat less confidently. | Bassetts wanted was an apartment— A third building attracted them | 2Rd at once. and they directed their question at| A representative of the third firm another switchboard operator. Yes, | Pleaded to a like degree of apartment indeed, a vacancy was available; three | tinue (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) PHONE REDUCTION TALKSTORESUME ' Commission and Company Officials Expected to Confer This Week. Additional conferences between the Public Utilities Commission and offi- cials of the Chesapeake & Potomac | Telephone Co. over a 10 per cent re- | duction in telephone bills are expected this week. Representatives of the company said yesterday thet its officers had been studying the details of a new schedule, ! designed to reduce bills 10 per cent, | {but were not yet ready to report. Nothing further has been done by the commision after it rejected the first offer of the telephone company last Thursday. Patrons Await Outcome. Telephone subscribers are watching the outcome of the conferences anxiously in the hope that a cash re- !fund of approximately $1,000.000 on | back telephone bills may become avail- able before Christmas. Negotiations have already been under way for more than a month with an offer of the company to drop its appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the District against the commission’s order of two years ago |for a 10 per cent reduction in bills for all service except private branch exchange service. There are about | 85,000 subscribers to the company, of | whom about 1,500 have private branch exchanges. Rate Agreement Needed. ‘There is no contest regarding the return of the $1,000000. The com- pany will do this as soon as a set of | rates for the future can be agreed on. | The last offer of the company, how- ever, was turned down by the com- mission on the ground that the new rates offered would not affect a hori- zontal 10 per cent slash of the rates for all of the affected classes of service The new rates, whenever they may be forthcoming, will be designed to reduce the aggregate telephone bill of all subscribers by approximately $441,- 000 per annum. S e Program Planned. COLESVILLE, November 24 (Spe- cial).—The Adult Missionary Society and the Girls’ and Boys' World Club will hold their “Week of Prayer Pro- gram” tomorrow evening at 745 o'clock in the Colesville Southern Methodist Church. THOMAS SUPPORTS D.C. BUDGET PLANS Commissioners’ Proposals Include Plea for More Federal Payment. ‘The suggestions of the Commission- ers as to the budget needs of the | District for the next fiscal year, which include a request for a more equitable Pederal lump-sum payment, will be favored by Chairman Thomas of the Senate Subcommittee on District Ap- propriations, he made known yester- day. Senator Thomas, who has just re- ) turned to the city, said he has not had time to study in detail the require- ments of the District for the coming fiscal year, but indicated his aim will | be to meet the views of the city offi- cials as far as possible. “My general policy will be to follow | the recommendations of the District Commissioners,” Senator Thomas said. “They are in close touch with the problem and with the city's needs.” In transmitting their estimates for next year to the Budget Bureau the Commissioners urged that the Federal share be increased from the present figure of $5.700,000 to $8,317,000¢ which would be the average of the various lump-sum payments the Fed- eral Government has made annually since it began in the fiscal year 1925 the practice of departing from 60-40 substantive law. The Commissioners found that the essential needs of the District for next year will require a budget substantially larger than current appropriations, and, believing that the District al- ready is paying fair and reasonable taxes, they have requested Federal officials to recommend that Congress restore part of the cut made in recent | years in the Federal share of the cost of maintaining the National Capital. The estimates of the Commissioners are pending before the Budget Bureau. BROWN STATUE ARRIVES OSAWATOMIE, Kans, November 24 (#).—A bronze statue of John Brown arrived at Baltimore today from Havre, France. The life size statue of the aboli- tionist who was hanged in Virginia December 2, 1859, is to be erected here in John Brown Memorial Park, which was dedicated by Theodore Roosevelt, August 31, 1910. The money for it was raised by the Womer's Relief Corps of Kansas through public subscription. Proves Fatal Captivity proved fatal yesterday for the Washington Zoo's prize bush- master snake, just two days after another of its kind expired in the Bronx Zoo in New York. Death was apparently due to starvation. Dr. Wil- liam M. Mann, director of the Zoo, reported the local specimen had for several weeks refused to take any nourishment. The deadly snake was in good con- dition when brought here six weeks secretary to Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island, the director said. It was understood that the only re- maining bushmaster in captivity, re- ported to be in the St. Louis Zoo, although it drinks lots of water daily, is on a hunger strike. Authorities say that unless it can be persuaded to eat it may live only a few weeks. ‘The one in the New York Zoo died Thursday of pneumonia induced by a parasitic infection. The reptile had been- obtained by Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, curator, and a world au- thority on reptiles. Arundel had obtained the local reptile in Trinidad after considerable difficulty. The Central American na- tives were afraid of the snakes be- use they are among the most deadly in the world, ago as a gift from Russell A. Arundel, | Captivity in Washington Zoo for Bushmaster Dr. Mann, who regarded the reptile as his most valuable exhibit, has turned it over to the curators of the Smithsonian Institute, who will pre- serve its skin. He had hoped that after shedding its skin, it would show characteristic hunger. But the most mfim tid-bits, however, were re- SOLE SURVIVOR WON'T EAT. St. Louis Zoo Specimen Still on Hunger Strike. ST. LOUIS, November 24 (#).—The St. Louis Zoo's bushmaster, deadly poisonous snake, tonight continued the hunger strike it has maintained since it was brought here two weeks ago. R. Marlin Perkins, curator of rep- tiles of the St. Louis Zoo, said the snake, which measures more than eight feet, has refused to eat any of the various foods put before it. He was not alarmed, however, because it drinks water daily. He pointed out some varieties of snake often abstain from food for six weeks. The curator said forced feeding, re- sorted to in some cases, would not be used on the bushmaster becausk of its fragile natures OF CHEST'S DRIVE Campaign Only 5 Per Cent Short of Goal, Lead- ers Say. POSSIBILITY OF SUCCESS BEFORE CLOSE IS HINTED Books Will Be Held Open Until December 10 to Receive Be- lated Contributions. Complete auditing of the Community Chest campaign returns up to the offi- cial close of the drive Wednesday night shows a slight gain over the | preliminary report and leaves the drive only 5 per cent short of its goal instead of more than 6 per cent, it was announced last night. The complete figures show a total of $1,578,801.28 received from 146.809 givers, or 94.853 per cent of the quota of $1.675.000. This leaves a “deficit” of $96,198.72 instead of more than $104,000 as estimated on the strength of the preliminary compilation. The audited figures issued last night do not include returns since the close | of the drive, which are expected to re- duce very materially the $96,000 short- | age and possibly to wipe it out alto- | gether. Chest officials are holding the campaign books open until about De- cember 10 for the receipt of belated contributions. The Special Gifts Unit alone is expected to turn in $25,000 or more in post-drive contributions, it has been announced. Large Number of Givers, The most striking feature of the campaign, which is the most success- ful since the beginning of the depres- sion four years ago, according to Chest officials, is the large number of people who made contributions this year. The largest previous number of givers was a little in excess of 117.000, which was exceeded by approximately 29,000 this | year, While the drive fell a little short of its goal, Chest officials said last night that they regard the increased interest shown by the large number of givers as a “very hopeful sign.” It is taken as “an indicatién of a more widely spread community spirit and a better understanding of the work of the 64 organizations affiliated with the Chest.” The new interest in the Chest this year also was made evident by the character of inquiries made at the Campaign Information Bureau. ac- cording to Mrs. Winifred McLain Shepler, who was in charge of the bureau. “The questions” she explained, “were not of the usual fault-finding variety, but were more of a real seek- ing for knowledge concerning the vari- | ous agencies and showed for the most part a desire to understand the work of these agencies and through them the work of the Chest.” It was announced that any person who was missed by a solicitor can still contribute to the Chest by calling Metropolitan 2284 or by mailing in a pledge card. Additional Contributions. Additional contributors of $100 or more to the Chest fund announced in the final audit of the last day of the campaign were $3.000, Miss A. M. Hegeman. $2,000, Mrs. Helen S. Devore. $1,600, Warner-Loew and Keith's. $1,500, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Gail- lard, the Washington Times-Herald. $1,200, Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Kauf- mann. $1,000, Cafeteria Association of the Quartermaster’s Department of the War Department, Griffith Consumers Co., Gen. John J. Pershing. $800, Eleanor C. Preston. $750, W. C. and A. N. Miller. $600, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Bright, Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Colladay, Manhattan Laundry Corp., Mrs. Brew- ster Marwick, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Short. $500, the Allies Inn, Barber & Ross, Inc.; J. Harry Covington, Hub Furni- ture Co., Irwin Laughlin, Mrs. Irwin Boyle Laughlin, Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Her plea for funds with which to purchase a new mount to replace the one-eyed horse which she now rides has won for Miss Margaretta P. Rowland, Social Registerite, a court order granting her an advance of $800 on an estate which is to be hers on reach- ing her majority. Miss Row- land, who is 20, also pleaded that she needed the money for a bridesmaid’s apparel. FOR APEX BUILDING Plans Finally Approved, Con- struction Awaits Allot- ment of Funds. 'WILL OCCUPY POINT IN FEDERAL TRIANGLE Archives Architect Denies Oppo- sition to Edifice in Front of Own Creation. A request for funds to construct lhe) “Apex” Building at the Eastern point | | of the great Federal Triangle in down-/ | town Washington is under considera- | | tion by the Public Works Administra- | | tion ! This structure has been held in' | abeyance for months. It is part of | | the original design of the Federal Triangle, as epproved by several | agencies of Government, which have! been endeavoring to keep all archi-! tecture in this important part of the | | city in harmony with what has been | called a “unified architectural com- | position.” | Plans for the “Apex” building have | | been finished by Bennett Parsons & Frost of Chicago. one member of which Edward H. Bennett, was chair- man of the Treasury Board of Archi- | | tectural Consultants during the plan- ning of the triangle itself. Bennett also is designing the “landscape architecture,” cventually to be worked out in the parkways of the Federal Triangle. Approved by Board. ‘The “Apex” building plans also {have received approval of the Fine Arts Commission, and would be ready | for use should money be made avail- | able The exact amount requested for construction of the building was not | disclosed at the P. W. A., where it was learned that the matter is under con- | sideration, | where that the allocation of funds { might be made so the building could |go forward and complete the im- | portant terminus of the triangle point- | ing to Capitol Hill. I John Russell Pope of New York, ar- | chitect for the Archives Building, | which now is nearing completion in a site adjacent to the “Apex’ Building location, is eager to have the “Apex” structure completed, it was reliably learned last night. Reports “Erroneous.” Pope has been surprised at fre- quently circulated erroneous reports that he is opposed to construction of the “Apex” Building on the reputed grounds it would shut off the view of travelers along Pennsylvania avenue from his Archives Building. Pope was represented as saying defi- nitely that the Archives Building was designed as part of the Federal Tri- angle, with a view to having it framed with buildings on either side. It faces south across the Mall, with its principal facade looking down what is known as the “cross axis” of the Mall. Eventually the cross aXis is to be developed with pools, foun- tecture to mark it as a definite feature The Archives Building is said to be designed to fit into the general scheme 50 that as a matter of fact it will look better with the lower “Apex” Build- ing directly to the east. Archives rests on the site of old Center Mar- ket betkeen Pennsylvania and Con- stitution avenues, Seventh and Ninth streets. Apex site is directly to the east, between Sixth and Seventh stree! Space allotments have not been®made for the Apex Building, although at varlous times in the past it has been mentioned es a home for the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Trade Commission, the former Public Buildings Commission, and others. The Archives Building probably will be finished in its present form so it can be occupied in part at least Reports were current else- | tains, or some kind of landscape archi- | W. Mears, H. B. Spencer. some time early this coming Spring. $400, Bureau of Engraving and Printing Restaurant Association, Clif- ford Lewis, Joseph Sanders, Mrs. Stella H. Stapleton. $350, Leonard P. Steuart. $325, Dr. and Mrs. James A. Lyon. $300, former Senator and Mrs. Hi- ram Bingham, Sherman Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington, Mer- chants Transfer & Storage Co., Dr. and Mrs. John C. Merriam, Miss Janet Richards, S. H. Rogers, Mrs. Katherine P. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Thrift, H. L. Wilkins, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt. $250, John B. Switzer. $250, Cherner Motor Co., Corcoran Fire Insurance Co., Mrs. Sadie Grosner, Randall H. Hagner & Co. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hamilton, Julius Lans- burgh Co., Lady Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. Breckinridge Long, Mount Vernon Seminary, National Capital Press, Inc.; National Fruit Co., Mrs. Frances J. Rayner, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, Western Electric Co. and S, Clay Williams. $225, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Herman and Southern Oxygen Co. $204, Fred L. Lewis and National Capital Memorial Park. $200, J. B. Bowling, A. C. Case, Col. and Mrs. W. C. Clephane, Miss Jean Dean Cole, Fidelity Building & Loan Association, the Howard P. Foley Co., Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Forbes, T. D. Geoghegan, Griffith Coal Yard & Service, S. H. Hines Co., Lewis Hotel Training School, Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Karl D. Loos, Lord Baltimore Filling Station, Inc.; Col. William J. and Mrs. Alice B. Lyster, Mrs. Malcolm 8. McConihe, Arthur F. Mullen, M. Philipsborn & Co., the Rockport Fund, Inc.; E. A. Scholl, Mrs. David Sellers. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Thaw, the United Clay Products Co., Mr. and Mrs. John E. Walker, E. C. Wallis Cafe and Mr. and Mrs. Waddy B. Wood. $175, Mrs. George Andrews and Miss Katherine T. Andrews and Carry Ice Cream Co. $150, Frank E. Altemus, Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Bishop, Elizabeth B. Bliss, Circle Amusement Co., Edward Costigan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Drayton, Frigidaire Sales Corp., Willlam A. Gruman, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hamilton, jr.; Hill & Tibbitts, Inc.; Jaffe-New York Dec- orating Co., Inc.; Mrs. beth I. "(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.), But an allotment of $3,000,000 has been made from public works to build an inside addition, within the courts of the building, to provide for more storage space for valuable documents. ! Plans for this are being drawn. NEWSPAPER GUILD TO MARK BIRTHDAY' Dinner and Dance to Be Held in| Press Club Auditorium on December 4. The first anniversary of the founda- | tion of the American Newspaper Guild will be celebrated by a dinner and dance in the auditorium of the Na-| tional Press Club, beginning at 8 o'clock Tuesday night, December 4.! Many guild representatives from out of town will be in Washington that| night to attend the hearing on hours and wages for editorial department workers before the N. R. A, set for ‘Wednesday, December 5. Heywood Broun, president of the American Newspaper Guild, will make the only speech. He will be introduced by D. A. de Souza, president of the Washington Guild. After the dinner, the attending newspaper workers will dance. Leon Brusiloff’s orchestra has been hired. The Rules Committee has decided that the newswriters must appear in street | clothes. ¢ COLORADOAN WINS PRIZE, Receives C. T. Main Award for Paper on Air Conditioning. NEW YORK, November 24 ().— The American Society of Mechanical Engineers announced today that its Charles T. Main award for 1934 had been won by Philip P. Self of Fort Collins, Colo., for his paper, “Air Conditioning—1Its Practicability and Relation to ‘Public Welfare.” The $150 cash award goes annually to the student of engineering writing the best paper on the general subject of the influence of thegprofession Miss Margaretta Park Rowland, who has been riding a one-eyed horse, can now buy a horse with two eves and attend the wedding of her “great- est friend” in the North. Justice Joseph W. Cox of the Dis- trict Supreme Court decided yester- { day that Miss Rowland, who is 20, is entitled to the new horse and wedding | trip. After reading a letter which she wrote to her guardian, he signed an order authorizing the latter to ad- vance her $800 from an estate which will be turned over to her when she becomes 21 Miss Rowland, who is passing the Winter at Middleburg, Va., pointed out in her letter that the horse she now owns has gone blind in one eye. | making it unsafe for her to ride. She also informed the court she is to be |a bridesmaid at the wedding of her | “greatest friend in the North” and { that she needs a new dress for the occasion | Her letter follows, in part: “The horse I now own has dovel- oped an unusually bad disease cpthalmia, in one eye, making it terrifyingly unsafe to ride, as it can- | not see. “My greatest friend is to be mar- ried in the North. I have the honor to be asked to be a bridesmaid. I| COURT TOMORROW U. S. Attorney to Answer Injunction Trying to Save 900 Jobs. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION IS HELD ONLY REMEDY Legal Interference Declared Not Justified in Language of Rider Barring Pay. While the whole system of parole from District penitentiary sentences was being shunted under the spotlight of investigation, an ex-convict, Harry Yudelevit, was arrested yesterday on a charge of violating his parole from a 10-year term for carrying concealed weapons. Yudelevit's arrest was the second in two days of an alleged violator of the parole law. and came simultane- ously with announcement of hearings this week by high officials of the Dis- trict Government who will conduct the inquiry into the parole set-up. The other man,.arrested Friday. is Albert Sutton, reputed gambler. Both he and Yudelevit were taken into custody on warrants issued at the request of Wilbur La Roe, jr.,, Parole Eoard member. Arrested 21 Times. Yudelevit, also known as Harry Udell. has been arrested 21 times, want the money to pay for my brides- | ACCOrding to police records. on vari- maid dress and the trip, both being |OUS charges, including assault, assault expensive. {with a dangerous weapon, fugitive “I am 20 years old now. Th:s‘rrr:m justice, concealed weanons, money comes to me on my 2lst|lransportation and possession of birthday, anyway. so I see no reason | liquor. disorderly conduct, manufac- for my not having it now. If I go|turing liquer and a number of min on riding my one-eved horse I willlinfractions of the traffic regulations The sentence from which he was be dead by then, and it wouldn't do| me any good. anyway. it please you and the court | be much relieved to have the money.” | The letter was presented tc the court by the guardian of the estate left by the young woman’s father. together with a petition pointing out that there is mere than $1.500 of un- invested income in the estate. Af perusing the letter and the petition, Justice Cox decided the request for the new horse and dress was not un- reasonable and should be nted. BOOKERHITS BACK PRAISNG DIVIDEND {Banker Says Attack Upon Capital Transit 1 Per Cent Split Not Warranted. The protest voiced by People’s Coun- sel William A. Roberts against the 1 {per cent dividend declared by the ! Capital Transit Co. last night drew a | sharp rejoinder from Y. E. Booker, | investment banker. | “Instead of being of benefit to the people of Washington, who want an efficient transportation system.” Book- | er said, “such unwarranted and un- | reasonable criticism’ is actually most | harmful to the future development of the city.” | Roberts, in a public statement last | week, argued that the money should | have been spent for improvements in | the service of the merged company | instead of for dividends. Long Statement Given. | Booker made public a long financial | analysis of the transit company in re- ply to Rebert's statement, which was | characterized as “a blast of wrathful | indignation against the declaration of the very modest dividend.” | Booker said the 1 per cent dividend | represented about one quarter of the | net earnings of the first year of the merger company operations, based on present depreciation charges. The ret earnings were estimated at $1.000,000. or about $4 a share on outstanding stock. “In other words,” he continued, “the stockholders will get $240,000 of the $1,000,000 earnings, and the remaining $760,000 is being held in the com- pany’s treasury for future use. Surely this would seem to be sufficiently con- servative to satisfy even Mr. Roberts.” Much Stock Controlled. The people’s counsel, in criticising the dollar dividend, emphasized that some 60 per cent of the stock of the transit company is owned by the North American Co., giant utility holding corporation. “Well, what of it>” replied Booker. | “Is the mere fact that another com- pany owns a part of the stock any justification for withholding dividends when earned? The North American stock, in turn, is owned by thousands of individuals who would like some return on their investment.” “Even if we agreed with Mr. Rob- erts that the North American Co. should receive no dividends on its share of the stock, would he mete out the same punishment to several thou- sand stockholders of the old Capital Traction Co., who now owns Capital Transit stock? “Most of these individuals, a large number of whom are women, and many of whom are well along in years, paid $100 a share or more for their stock and thought they were buying a conservative investment.” For many years the stock paid a reg- ular dividend of $7 a share. From July 1, 1932, to the present there was no dividend whatever paid, he said. - NEW DIVISION CREATED Federal Reserve Board Unit to Handle Securities Loans. ‘The Federal Reserve Board yester- day reported the creation of a new department, to be known as the Di- vision of Securities Loans under Dr. Carl E. Parry. This division will attempt to pre- vent the excessive use of credit for|date, the purchase or carrying of securities. Parry has been istant _director of the board’s Dlv‘n of Research and Statistics. Junior High Trio, Missing 2 Days, | Traced to Camp {Old Shack Near Chet Chase Lake Rendez- | | vous of Boys. The three junior high school stu- | dents whose disappearance Thursda night had caused their anxious pa: ents to appeal for aid in locating them, were found last night—camping out in an old wooden shack in the woods near Chevy Chase Lake The boys are Allison Brown, 13, of 3904 Legation street, son of Comdr. Melville S. Brown, U. S. N.; Billy Patterson, 13, of 3916 Legation street son of William J. Patterson of the! Interstate Commerce Commission, and Robert Worthington. 14. of 5328 Forty-first street, son of Mrs. Jane | Worthington. | They left their homes Thursday | night and were not heard from until | about 8 o'clock last night, when Mrs. | Patterson and Maryland police found |them in the woods. The boys evi- dently were well prepared for their | outing, for they had plenty of blan- | kets, had built a fire and were well |supplied with clothes and other necessities. AUTO THEFT RING paroled was for assault with a dan- gerous weapon. in connection With the shooting in February, 1932, of Policeman John Balon. John Ken- | drick, tri-State gangster, now serving me at Alcatraz, America's Devil Is- land, was arrested in the same gun battle in which Bacon was wounced. Yudelevit served 10 months of a one-year sentence in 1929 for trans- porting and possessing liquor. His poe lice record dates back to 1918. A statement issued by La Roe last night in connection with the arrest of Yudelevit said: “So far as the board knows Yude- levit has committed no crime or sub- jected any person to injury, but within the last few days information has reached the board indicating strongly that Yudelevit violated one of the conditions of his parole.” Strict Conditions Imposed. These conditions were made une usually strict by the board and in- f cluded the following: “l. That he would not be found outside of his home between the hours | of 10:30 pm. and 6 am. (This con- dition was imposed by the board be- cause most of his difficulties in con- nection with crime had occurred dur- ing the night hours.) “2. That he would not drink in- toxicating liquors, or use narcotic drugs. or frequent places where either is sold. “3. That he would not associate with persons of bad reputation. “4. That he would conduct himself honorably, work diligently, honestly and steadily. “5. That he would truthfully answer all inquiries directed to him by the board, or by its parole officer. “The board has information leading it to believe that one or more of these conditions have been violated by Yudelevit, and has decided to appre- hend him and bring him before the board for a full hearing. Whether or not his parole will be revoked de- pends upon the result of that hearing.” La Roe’s statement said Yudelevit's previous record “consisted of one case of forgery and four cases of trans- portation and possession of liquor.” “He served one year on the forgery charge.” La Roe aid ‘“one year for transportation and posession and paid three fines of $100, $250 and $300 BROKENUPHERE Cars Transported to South! and Vice Versa, Say Dis- trict Police. | An automobile theft ring. which | allegedly specialized in shipping to | the South cars stolen in the North and vice versa, has been broken up in the last few days, according to!| | Washington police. Three men were under arrest here last night and two others were held in Paterson, N. J., according to re- ports of District police and the As- sociated Press. Iy Three Are Arrested. Those arrested here gave their names as William E. Edwards, 31, & salesman, of 3409 Holmead place; Harding M. Dameron, 33, also a salesman, of 1316 Irving streef, and Curtis Money, 26, a mechanic, who, police said, lives in McLean, Va. Edwards was arrested Tuesday, Dam- eron Friday and Money yesterday. Under arrest in Paterson were John H. Coker, who said he lives in Wash- ington, and Philip N. Kadel, who said his home is in Clarendon, Va. Police here said the auto theft ring has been operating since last May. In the six months, police claimed, 25 tars have been stolen by members of the ring, 18 of which have been re- covered. Most of the cars stolen from Washington have been sent to Pater- son, while those stolen in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va., were shipped to the\ New Jersey city. Explaining how the ring worked. police sajd its members would obtain a wrecked car title and then change the numbers tq correspond with those on the title of the wrecked car. One of the men is alleged to have worked in a body plant here. * Police said he ‘would take a car out for a trial spin, pose as its owner and have a duplicate key made. At a later , palice said, the car would be reported ‘stolen. tectives Jake Wolf, H. B. Roby and Joseph of the automo- bile squad worked 6h the case here, for transportation and possession. ® * * “Strong pleas for the parole ‘of Yudelevit were submitted to the Pa- role Board by Mrs. Charles Gold- smith, secretary of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare; Harry J. Passett, presi- dent of the Atlas Home Improvement Corporation; Rabbi Abram Simon, Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Repre- sentative E. E. Cox, Rabbi G. Silver- stone, Franklin D. Mades, Paul Him- melfarb, Hymen Stern, and an espe- cially strong plea was made by John A. Korman, president of the Inter- national Distilling and Distributing Corp. Considered Good Risk. “The recommendation of the insti- tutional officials at Lorton reads as follows: “Consider him a good risk. “One of the Lorton officials in di- rect charge of Yudelevit at the re- formatory submitted a report to the board describing him as ‘trustworthy, friendly, faithful and a good worker,’ : adding ‘that his work and conduct has been satisfactory.’ “He was paroled by the present board on July 14, 1934, after serving a little more than 2 years of a 10- sentence.” The Parole Board will meet tomor- row to decide which of the three members will represent the board at hearings in the investigation. La Roe said former Corporation Counsel William W. Bfide, one of the mem- bers, still was sick, so only he and Dr. Emmett J. Scott of Howard Univer- sity will attend the session. Others on the board of inquiry include Com- missioner Allen, Corporation Counsel B. Barrett Prettyman and Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown. Deliberations of the investigators will be public and any one who has any evidence to submit has been in- vited to attend. No definite date has yet been announced, but it was ex- pected the first meeting will be early in the week. Tentative agreement already has been reached on two suggested changes —first, that in each parole case a recommendation be obtained from the Police Department, and second, that prior to each meeting & list of pris- oners eligible to parole be made public. Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sul- tan has made the suggestion that the names of sponsors for release of prisoners witii*bad police records be made public,