Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1935, Page 16

TREK T0 CAPITAL IS BEGUN BY 3000 AAA. SUPPORTERS Farmers to Call for Contin- uation of Benefit Adjust- ment Plan. DAVIS ISSUES WARNING FOR STRICT NEUTRALITY Department Arranges Reserva- tions for Those Coming In. 4,000 May Arrive. ‘Three thousand farmers were on their way to the Capital today from the corn, wheat and hog sections of the country to demand continuation of the Government's agricultural pro- gram. They planned an all-day meeting in the Labor Department auditorium Tuesday “to demonstrate to the ad- ministration and to the country that we favor the benefit adjustment plan.” Secretary Wallace has been asked to address them. A. A. A officlals spent yesterday making reservations at hotels and tourist camps for the visitors, who are coming from as far West as the Rocky Mountains. First groups of the huge convention will arrive Monday and all are ex- pected to be here Tuesday. Prodding Is Denied. The A. A. A. denied it had influ- enced the farmers to hold this meet- ing, which comes after a month of sniping at the processing tax by cot- ton textile interests. The demonstration is, however, a fulfillment of the recent prophecy of Chester Davis, agricultural adminis- trator, that “when the processing tax fight gets hottest we will hear from its supporters.” C. H. Day, a cotton farmer living near Dallas, Tex., organized the meeting, according to the A. A. A, and is leading 500 farmers from his State to Washington. Trains will bring 50 from the Da- kotas, 250 from Arkansas and many more from the South and Middle ‘West. Some A. A. A. officials esti- mated perhaps 4,000 would come. The farmers are paying their own way or coming on contributions donated by their neighbors to voice the opinion of the benefit-payment supporters. Income Loss Feared. Repeal of the tax would seriously curtail income of Cotton, corn-hog and wheat farmers. The latter, espe- cially in the drought areas of the West, have signed contracts that will bring them payments for wheat de- stroyed by drought. Day is a leading member of the Texas Cotton Advisory Committee, an unofficial organization. His State is the largest cotton-growing section in the country and has benefitted more from A. A. A. adjustment payments than any other State. The A. A. A. was cautioned yes- terday by Administrator Davis to maintain strict neutrality toward the group, the cautionary word being in- terpreted by other A. A. A. officials as predicated on a belief the farm agency might be held responsible for any action by the assembled farmers, particularly in view of the A. A. A's plea for farm support for the pending A. A A amendments. The A. A. A. officials argued, not for quotation, that the corn-hog and wheat farmers were rallying because they had decided that if repeal of the cotton processing tax is obtained the attack on the A. A. A. will spread immediately to other existing pro- grams, MAJ. SCOTT FUNERAL TO BE HELD MONDAY Graveside Service for Retired Army Chaplain Will Be in Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services for Maj. William Reese Scott, United States Army chap- lain, retired, who died at his home in Doylestown, Pa., Wednesday, will be held at the grave in Arlington National Cemetery at 1 p.m. Monday, with Bishop Phillip M. Rhinelander and Dean G. C. F. Bratenahl of the Washington Cathedral officiating. Maj. Scott retired from active serv- ice in the Army in 1928 and since that time has been rector of St. Paul’'s Episcopal Church in Doyles- town. During the World War he served as chaplain at Fort George G. Meade and later served as chap- lain at Fort Myer for four years. For a time he was attached to the office of the chief of chaplains in ‘Washington. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. ‘Mary Bringhurst Scott; one son, Wil- liam Reese Scott, 3d, and two daugh- ters, Mrs. Jacob B. Van Wavern, Manila, P. I, and Mrs. Samuel W. Hamilton, Shanghai, China. —_— BUREAU LESSENS COUNT OF HOSPITAL PATIENTS Central Admitting Group Has De- terrent Effect Upon April Hospitalization. Operation of the Central Admitting Bureau for Hospitals is having the effect of lessening the number of patients treated at Gallinger Muni- cipal Hospital, Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent, reports. ‘The daily average number of pa- tients during April was 800, as com- red with 839 in March, he said, The Admitting Bureau, operating in co-operation with the permit office of the Board of Public Welfare, re- quires a more thorough check of the applicant’s needs and ability to pay for service. —— PANSY BEDS LIGHTED West Potomac Park Flowers Can Be Seen at Night. For the first time this season, C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital parks, announced today, the pansy beds in West Poto- mac Park will be illuminated tonight. The schedule calls for turning on the lights at dark, and the multi- colored blooms will be available for public view under the electric light bulbs until midnight. This program will continue as long as the floral display lasts, which, with favorable weather, will be until early next wmonth. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Mrs. Olga Bayne Sturtevant Weds James P. McCormick Socially Prominent Pair Visit City on Short Wedding Trip. Ceremony Performed at Ellicott City Attended by Relatives. RS. JAMES PENDLETON Mec- M CORMICK, the former Mrs. Olga Bayne Sturtevant, was today on a short wedding trip to an unrevealed spot with her husband of a day. The socially prominent daughter of Dr. Breckenridge Bayne, Oxon Hill, Md., physician, was married in Ellicott City yesterday, less than a year after being awarded a Reno divorce from Charles L. Sturtevant, jr., of Wash- ington. McCormick, 28, is' a fox-hunting scion of an old Middleburg, Va., fam- ily, which has lived at its estate, Do- ver, since 1810. Eleanor Pilson Castle and Bayne Castle, the latter a cousin of the bride, who eloped last March to Catonsville, Md., were present at yesterday's cere- mony, performed by Rev. Allen An- drew of the Ellicott City Presbyterian Church. Dr. Bayne, Mrs. G. W. 8. Castle, aunt of the bride and mother of Bayne Castle, and Miss Betty Mat- tingly, a friend, also attended the MRS. JAMES P. McCORMICK. —Harris-Ewing Photo. wedding, which was planned several weeks ago and originally was to have been held in Baltimore. Mrs. McCormick, 24, is a distant cousin of President Roosevelt, through her mother, who was Olga Roosevelt, a first cousin of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. She is now, Mrs. Sidney Graves, 2401 Foxhall road. Mrs. McCormick was married to Sturtevant in 1931. They had one child. Divorce was granted on grounds of cruelty. BLANTON DENIES BOY ScouT SLUR Answers Dickstein Charge in Row Over Admitting Boys to Jamboree. Representative Blanton, Democrat of Texas, denied in a statement today that he had compared foreign Boy Scouts with Emma Goldman, noto- | rious anarchist, as charged yesterday by Representative Dickstein, Demo- crat of New York. The New Yorker made the asser- tion in complaining of Blanton’s ac- tion in blocking a House decision on the former’s proposal to admit for- eign Scouts free of visa fees to at- tend the international Scout jam- boree here in August. Blanton emphasized today he did not object to the alien Scouts coming to this country, so long as provision was made “to insure their prompt re- turn after the jamboree.” Dickstein, chairman of the Immigra- tion Committee, assured him the reso- lution carried such provisions, but Blanton refused to withhold his ob- | jection until all of the resolution could be read. “What I objected to was the provi- sions in the resolution that in addi- tion to giving this privilege to the alien Boy Scout participants themselves, it provided for alien officials, and alien members of delegations, and alien members of the immediate families of all of the foregoing, under which at least 100,000 foreigners might come into the United States,” Blanton’s statement said. “I did not in any way compare alien Boy Scouts with Emma Gold- man or Alexander Berkman, but said that when our Immigration Bureau allowed Emma Goldman, a notorious anarchist, who was the dangerous pal of the anarchist Alexander Berkman, to come here at this dangerous period, after our Government had spent a tremendous sum to deport them fol- lowing the World War, I did not want | to leave the matter only in the hands | of such a bureau.” CHURCH GROUPS’ ANNUAL MAY PARADE TOMORROW | Holy Comforter School and Other Units to March—Girl, 13, Elected Queen. The annual May procession of the Holy Comforter School and the Holy Name Society and Sodality of the Holy Comforter Church takes place to- morrow at 3 p.m. Mary Wilcox, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melville Wilcox, 1445 East Capitol street, has been elected May queen by her eighth grade classmates. She and the boys’ band of the school will lead the procession, which will form in front of the school, at Fif- ;z;n;th and East Capitol streets, at Marching up Fifteenth street to Thirteenth and over to Massachusetts avenue, the parade will then tura back to Fourteenth and East Capitol streets to the church. About 1,200 persons are expected to participate. The first holy communion service also will take place in the church to- morrow at 8 a.m. CHAIN REACHES FARLEY “Send-a-Dime” Letter Lands on Postmaster General’s Desk. Postmaster General Farley has an idea he is being kidded. A chain letter he received today ex- 4plained it was being circulated “in the hope of bringing the United States Post Office Department out of the hole.” It contained a dime in cash, how- ever. More than 1,000 employes and friends of the Department of Justice staged & lively birthday party last night in ‘honor of Attorney General Cummings, who was 65 years old on April 30. Employes engaged in the business of catching criminals, prosecuting them and putting them in prison mingled with lawyers defending the New Deal and performing sundry other legal services for the Govern- ment at a unique banquet and dance in the Willard Hotel—first funetion of its kind ever tendered a cabinet officer by his employes. Heads of the principal divisions and bureaus of the department sat with Attorney General and Mrs. Cum- mings at the head table and, in a series of witty speeches, paid tribute to their chief. Presentation to Cummings of a gold platter prompted him to remark that he is “not an authority on gold.” The gift was presented by William MOTHER SERVICES 10 BE CITY WIDE Churches Arrange Pro- grams—Mass Meeting Set for Arlington. Mother’s day will be widely observed throughout the Capital tomorrow, with services in many churches dedi- cated to mothers, and Wwith a mass meeting at Arlington National Ceme- tery tomorrow afternoon under aus- pices of the American War Mothers. Pastors throughout the city planned generally to speak at some time dur- ing their services on the subject of motherhood, according to announce- ments. At the amphitheater at Arlington, beginning at 1 pm. colorful and musical services will ‘commemorate the day. Woodring to Speak. Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, will be the principal speaker. The services will be presided over by Mrs. William E. Ochiltree of Connersville, Ind., national president of the American War Mothers. Tonight at the Knights of Colum- bus club house there will be a special Mother’s day bingo social, beginning at 8:15. Mothers of all members of the order are invited to attend. Spe- cial gifts will be featured, with floral tributes. The entertainment will be under direction of John B. Coyle. At American University tomorrow mothers of students will be special guests at a Mother’s day dinner at the college dining room, when cere- monies will be held to pay tribute to these mothers. Mother’s day and National Hospital day will be jointly observed tomorrow by nine hospitals affiliated with the Community Chest. Hospitals Open House. Although no regular programs are planned, open house will be held at| Children’s, Columbia, Emergency, Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat; Gar- field, Georgetown, George Washington University and National Homeopathic Hospitals from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 5 p.m. Freedmen's Hospital also will ob- serve National Hospital day, opening its wards, X-ray rooms, laboratories and other units from 2 to 7 p.m. 3.2 BEER BANNED IN DRY DISTRICTS | Attorney General Rules Beverage Cannot Be Sold in Mont- gomery Areas. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md. May 11.— Thirsty residents of the four Mont- gomery County districts that voted dry in the recent local-option refer- endum will not be allowed to buy even 32 per cent beer, according to a ruling of Attorney General Herbert R. O'Conor. Announcement of the ruling, re- ceived yesterday in a letter to the County Liquor Contror Board, re- verses the board’s ruling of a week ago that although the four districts— Colesville, Clarksburg, Darnestown and Laytonsville—had voted dry, the sale of 3.2 per cent beer was legally permissible because a Federal statute had ruled it non-intoxicating. The attorney general's decision holds that whether or not the bever- age is intoxicating is beside the point. He points out that the Maryland law, enacted by the General Assembly in 1933, prohibits the issuance of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in dry areas. 1,000 Honor Attorney General With Lively Birthday Party Stanley, assistant to Cummings, on behalf of the department. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, de- clared the name “Cummings” is wide- ly feared in the underworld, and San- ford Bates, director of prisons, com- mented there are thdusands of his “wards” who regretted they could not be present to “pay their respects.” Among other speakers were Solicitor General Stanley Reed, Assistant At- torneys General Harold Stephens, Joseph B. Keenan, Frank J. Wideman, George C. Sweeney, Harry W. Blair and Joseph R. Jackson; Assistant So- licitor General Angus D. MacLean, Administrative Assistant Charles E. Stewart, Special Assistant Henry Suy- dam, Will G. Beardslee, director, Bu- reau of War Risk Litigation, and Joseph Lawrence, chief of the taxes and penalties unit. President Roosevelt sent a message of felicitation. Following the ban- quet there was a program of profes- sional entertainment. Dancing com- pleted the evening. i SHRINERS SEEKING T0 EASE PROTESTS ON PARADE ROUTE Merchants on Pennsylvania Avenue Negotiate With Officials. TWO BLOCKS INVOLVED, SMITH ANNOUNCES Convention Arrangements Head Hoping for Compromise With Objectors. ‘The route for the spectacular parades during the Shrine convention June 9 to 15 hung in the balance today as officials of Almas Temple went into conference at the temple with repre- sentatives of merchants in two blocks on Pennsylvania avenue who bad ob- jected to the Shrine Committee's erecting stands in front of their places of business. After protests by the mer-hants, Shrine officials had virtually decided to teke the parades off lower Penn- sylvania avenue and run them up Fifteenth street, but both merchants and Shrine leaders were still trying to work out a plan whereby the origi- nal route along the historic oid thor- oughfare could be used. Two Blocks Now Involved. Robert P. Smith, protentate of Al- mas Temple and director general of the Shrine Convention Arrangements Committee, said only two blocks were now involved in the protest, between Ninth and Tenth and between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. “We will have to change the route of the parade and start it from the Sylvan Theater, near the Monument,” said Director General Smith, “and go up Fifteenth street, turning left into Pennsylvania avenue, past the White House, unless this matter can be worked out. In that case, we would probably remove all the decorations from Peace Monument to Eleventh street and move them over onto Fif- teenth street.” These decorations, ajready in place, include tall poles on opposite sides of the Avenue between which is being strung a steel cable for festooning the avenue, “J am hoping, however,” said Direc- tor General Smith, “that we can reach an agreement which will be satisfac- tory both to the Shrine and to the protesting merchants. “Personally I would like to see the parades kept on Pennsylvania avenue, where I think they belong. We hope this matter can be adjusted. The merchants are the ones who will profit financially from this convention and not the Mystic Shrine. “The Shrine is paying out money to bring this convention here, but the money that is spent in Washington will go to the merchants of the city.” Asked about the nature of the agree- ment hoped for, Smith indicated it might be in the nature of a compro- mise. “It would not be necessary for us to put stands solidly along the complete route,” he explained. Details Not Revealed. ‘The nature of the negotiations under way at Almas Temple was not | disclosed as to detail, nor were there any revelations as to what kind of concessions are being sought by both sides to the disagreement. ‘The merchants, it is understood, protested against the Shrine Com- mittee’'s erecting large stands along the sidewalks of Pennsylvania ave- nue in front of their places of busi- ness. Three great parades will pass along the line of march, the site for which was up in the air today. One of these will be a pageant on Thursday night consisting of spectacular and elabo- rate units which will provide enter- tainment from place to place as they proceed. The two other parades are by the gayly costumed Shrine bodies themselves. BOY, 4, IS RESCUED EXPLORING CONDUIT Child’s Legs Become Crossed Un-| der Water Pipe—Aided by Neighbor. Inspired, possibly, by Admiral Byrd's example, 4-year-old Johnny Little went exploring late yesterday in an underground ccaduit near his home, at 149 Adams street, and got stuck so tightly he had to be rescued after considerable time and difficulty. Johnny, an enterprising youngster, pulled the lid off a man-hole cover and proceeded at once to investigate what lay beneath. He let himself down ead started on a lone tour, but his feet became crossed in some man- ner under a water pipe. His cries were heard by his fellow adventurers, who had remained behind and could not at once reach him. Neighbors telephoned police and the fire rescue squad. 3 In the meantime, Mrs. Patrick Cas- sidy. who lives across the street from Johnny, clambered after him. Her hands were smaller than those of the men wno had sought to liberate John- ny and she was able to reach under the pipe and uncross the young ex- plorer’s legs. ‘Today Johnny had regained his old- self-confidence, his mother said, and was inclined to jest about his ex- perience. FALL FATAL TO MAN, 65 Victim Dies in Gallinger of In- juries to Head. E. Righter, 65, of 1604 Eames place northeast, died yester- day in Gallinger Hospital from a head injury suffered Wednesday when he fell from the top step of the porch at his home, striking his head on the pavement. Righter was taken into his home and regained- consciousness after the fall. He became worse Thursday and was taken to the hospital then. A certificate of accidental death was issued by the coroner. $211,300,000 Exchange Record. The Securities and Exchange Com- mission announced yesterday that the 75 registrations which became effec- tive during the first three months of the year totaled $311,300,000, 1 C., SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1935. Getting Ready for Annual Shadbake occasion. Cliff Evans of the fish boat Virginia Estelle. Here is one of the final touches of preparation for the Washington Board of Trade’s forty-first annual shadbake, to be held at Quantico next Saturday. The committee in charge is shown ordering shad for the Left to right are Harry P. Smith, Gray Dawson, Robert Davis, J. Hawley Smith, chairman, and Capt. —=Star Staff Photo. HOMESTEADS HIT BY MCARL VIEW Ruling on Work Relief Fund | After June 16 Blow to Subsistence Plans. In his first decision under the $4.- 880,000,000 work-relief fund, Con- troller General McCarl held today | that the money eould not be used for subsistence homesteads unless these | involve farming. Concurrently, he said the present | subsistence homestead project must be suspended on June 16, when the na- tional recovery act terminates. This latter holding is in line with previous decisions of the controller | general, who has held consistently | that unless a new law is enacted, all emergericy projects die with the ex- piration of their authorizing legis- lation. Ickes Asked for View. The homesteading question was | raised by Secretary of the Interior | Ickes, who asked that the new appro- priation would be available after June 16, “for making loans for and other- | wise aiding in the purchase of sub- sistence homesteads.” This program is being carried on under the N. R. A,, which specifically provides for “subsistence homesteads.” In response, McCarl said: “I have to advise that not only will the subsistence homestead agencles and activities provided for under section 208 of the national| industrial recovery act cease to exist | as such on or prior to June 16, 1935, but the specific authorities granted in section of the emergency relief appropriation acts of 1935, ‘loans or grants or both for projects in States, Territories possessions, including sub- divisions and agencies thereof; municipalities and the District of Co- lumbia and self-liquidating projects of public bodies thereof and for mak- ing loans to finance in whole or in part of the purchase of farm lands and the necessary equipment by farmers, farm tenants, croppers or farm laborers’ would seem to pre- clude the use of said funds for the making of any other loan.” There was no statement immedi- ately from the Interior Department on the effect of this decision, but in view of the time that will elapse before the present homestead funds— $25,000,000—are tied up, it was thought likely the matter would be corrected to whatever extent may be necessary by legislation in the EMPLOYES COMPLAIN OF TRAFFIC HAZARDS Safety Committee Told of Condi- tions at Several Busy Intersections. Members of Labor, Commerce and Internal Revenue Lodges of the American Federation of Government Employes have addressed a letter to the Special Committee on Safety, pointing to the traffic hazard on Four- teenth and Fifteenth streets, between Constitution avenue and E street, and asking remedial action. Commissioner Hazen has put police- men at the intersections, but no pro- tection is offorded in the intervening stretch, it is pointed out, and Traffic Director Van Duzer has declined to establish a cross walk on the-ground | it is against public policy. “Thus abiding by a mere technical- ity,” the letter adds, “he continues daily to endanger the lives of those who must cross either Fourteenth or Fifteenth streets, especially to board north-bound street cars.” Raised loading platforms have been asked of the Public Utilities Commis- sion. Commerce Lodge will take up the matter further at a meeting in Mount ::elunt Library at 7:30 p.m. Thurs- y. 5 g o REED TO BE HONORED Army Service Officers to Give So- lcitor General Dinner. Officers of the Army Service Corps, Judge Advocate General's Department, who served with Solicitor General Stanley Reed during the Worid War will tender him a dinner this evening in the Carlton Hotel. It will e a re- union for many of the veterans. Local lawyers who served in the corps and will attend include H. H. Chapman, H. A. Dawson, Leo P. Har- low, Camden R. McAtee, James P. McGovern, R. P. Parrott, John D. Rhodes, Robert T. Scott, Charles T. Tittmann, Aubrey B. Fennell, William J. Hughes, jr.; Woodson P. Houghton, Hugh Fegan and Edward F. McMahon. t Boy Editor Banks On Baby Contest To Revive Paper Editor Joe Dunigan of the Daven- port Gazette will seek salvation for his two-page mimeographed weekly by promoting a beauty contest at 4 pm. today on the lawn of his office and home, 4817 Thirty-sixth street. The contestants must be between the age of 6 months and 4 years and are warned not to go temperamental if they fail to carry off the loving cup. The contest is nothing but a pub- licity stunt, 10-year-old Editor Joe admitted under pressure, and is in- tended to keep his paper before the public. ‘There is some excuse for the con- test, however, according to the editor, since his paper has temporarily folded up until it gets back its presses. The presses, a borrowed mimeograph ma- chine, were taken back by a rival publication when Editor Joe's paper jumped its circulation to nearly 100 copies. Anxious to keep from losing his public, Editor Joe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Dunigan, is relying on the city’s other newspapers to put his beauty contest over. But the unsympathetic editors prob- ably will ignore Joe's plea and won't | send more than a dozen photographers and reporters to cover the affair. LAW GROUP ENDS SESSION TONIGHT Three Speakers to Address Banquet—Judge McDer- mott Is New President. Members of the American Law In- stitute today prepared to close their thirteenth annual session with a ban- | quet tonight at the Mayflower Hotel. Justice Fletcher Riley of the Su- preme Court of Oklahoma, former Gov. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, and John Dickinson, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce, are to deliver ad- dresses. George W. Wickersham, president, will act as toastmaster. ring the morning and afternoon sessions, the members devoted their time to further studies of the restate- ment of the law. This morning a re- port was submitted on restitution and unjust enrichment. Yesterday 10 members of the coun- cil were re-elected and one new mem- ber added for terms of nine years. Judge George T. McDermott of the Circuit Court of Appeals at Topeka, Kans., was chosen to succeed Newton D. Baker, who resigned. Those re-elected were Elihu Root, | honorary president and a prime mover in founding the institute; John W. Davis, Atlee Pomerene, former United States Senator and head of the Re- construction Finance Corp.; William | V. Hodges, Denver, ex-treasurer of the Republican National Committee; Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson of the Texas Circuit Court of Appeals, Henry Upson Sims, former president of the Amer- ican Bar Association; Victor Morawetz, George Welwood Murrhy, Thomas L Parkinson and Cornelius W. Wicker- sham, all of New York, and Robert G. Dodge of Boston. HOUSE POSTPONES ~ DISTRIGT BILLS i Consideration of Important Legislation Deferred by Mrs. Norton. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. District day, with the most impor- tant batch of legislation for this ses- sion pending on the calendar, has been postponed indefinitely and Dis- trict bills will not be considered in the House Monday as planned, it was an- nounced today. | Instead, the legislative appropria- | | tion bill will be reported to the House |and taken up immediately. | | This change was made at the re-[ | quest of Chairman Norton of the | House District Committee, who is ab- sent from the city and will be unable | to return due to the fact she is mak- ing a Mother’s day address Monday. | Her wishes were conveyed to the | House leaders by Representative Ran- | dolph, Democrat of West Virginia. Hurrled conferences with the Speaker and Chairman Buchanan of the Appropriations Committee re- sulted in substitution of the legisla- | tive appropriation bill. Chairman O’Connor of the Rules Committee also was consulted. It is expected that the appropria- | tion bill will consume the time of the | House for practically the entire week with unlimited time given to gen- eral debate. MT. VERNON GROUP PICKS VICE REGENT| Mrs. De Courcy Thom of Balti-| more Named—Memorial Services Held. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT VERNON, Va., May 11.— The election of Mrs. De Courcy Thom of Baltimore as vice regent for the State of Maryland was announced at | the session of the Mount Vernon La- dies’ Association Council here yester- day. Following the afternoon meeting, memorial services to the following vice regents who died during the past year were held in the banquet hall: Mrs. Antoine Foster of Delaware, Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer of Massachusetts Mrs. Mary Mason Scott of Kentucky, Mrs. Robert D. Johnston of Alabama, and Mrs. Eliza F. Leary of the State | of Washington. In addition to reports by special committees, the landscape architect, Harold T. Abbott submitted an ac- count of what has been accomplished during the past year in improving the gardens and grounds. —_— WAREHOUSE IS LOOTED ‘Thieves last night stole $3,355 worth of cigarettes and $25 in cash from the warehouse of the District Tobacco & Cendy Co., 432 Eleventh street southwest. Entrance to the building was gained by cutting iron bars from a side window. A bolt cutter used by the burglars was found nearby. The cigarettes, numbering some 55 | cases, were believed taken away in & truck or automobiles. Former Members of Congress To Revive Memories Tonight Down along the water front, songs of yesterday—both sad and gay—will ring out tonight as 100-odd men who were once members of Congress but are now on the outside looking in, gather to celebrate memories of “the good old days.” Hall’s beer garden, an old-time water front favorite, has been chosen as the scene for this dinner of “The An- cient and Honorable Order of Ex’s.” The assemblage will include Senators and House members who withdrew from public life voluntarily and men who got out willy nilly. Originally, the affair was meant to be a private dinner in honor of a small group of “ex’s.” However, the guest list has grown until the restau- rant’s capacity has been reached. Royal C. Johnson, former South Da- kota Congressman and now- a Wash- ington lawyer. said today about 100 men would be present. They will in- clude Edward W. Goss of Connecti- cut, Robert H. Clancy of Michigan, Ed. Hull and Fred Britten of Illinois, and others. “No politics will be discussed,” said Johnson, “and both Democrats and Republicans will be there.” Some former members of Congress are coming from States as far away as Nebrasks, Johnson gmid. An elaborate entertainment has| been prepared for the occasion, with | skits and songs—and burlesque ses- sions of Congress. The theme song of the occasion will be “The Last Roll Call,” a parody on “The Last Round Up,” with a rollocking chorus, “Git Along, Little Ex-ie, Git Along.” Ed Steffe, well-known Washington singer, will chant, to the tune of “The Old Spinning Wheel,” the following chorus: “There’s an old Congressman in the corner, Telling tales of the long, long ago, When an old Congress plan was a ‘warner’ Of the way that the votes ought to go. He is telling tales of Congress in its glory, ‘Telling tales of Speaker Reed and ‘Uncle Joe. And it sounds like ‘a whale of a Like 8 whale when it starts in to blow.” O’Connor and Matt Horn, who have sung at congressional affairs for yeass, will lead the list of singers, among whom are Fred East, Bill Ray- mond, George Wilson and Ed Steffe. \ { ( POLL OF BEARD JURY ON “PLANT" CHARGE IS ASKED Defense Counsel Calls At- tention of Court to Con- flict in Statements. NEW TRIAL MOTION WEIGHED BY JUDGE Three Jurors’ Affidavits Tell of Influence in Conviction of 13 in Gambling. A post-trial poll of the jury which convioted Sam Beard and 12 associates on gambling charges was proposed to- day by Defense Counsel John J. Sirica while Justice Joseph W. Cox had under | advisement evidence produced yes- terday that the verdict was influenced by the jury foreman’s statement that | there was a “plant” on the jury. With two women and one man on record with affidavits that they were influenced by intimations of a jury “plant,” and at least two other jury members denying that the word “plant” had been used, Sirica sug- gested that Justice Cox summon all 11 jurors and personally question them to determine the truth of the defense charges. The 13 men were convicted on all three counts of the indictment Monj day after a trial which lasted a weel in District Supreme Court. With regard to the post-trial poll, Sirica said: | Matter of Fairness, | “In view of published statements this morning to the effect that some | of the jurors deny that the verdict | was influenced by fear of some 0 them that they would fall under sus- picion if they voted for acquittal, it | is only fair that all the jurors should be questioned by the court.” “These persons who said they were influenced are reputable people and the court should clear them ot any suspicion that they are not telling | the truth. | “It isn't necessary to question the | jurors about the evidence, but they | could properly be examined as tc | these outside influences which swayed | them; whether they saw the newspa- | per headline stating ‘Gamblers Bet | 10-to-1 Beard Will Go Free’ and whether there was any discussion in the jury room of a ‘plant’ placed on the jury by gambling interests.” Denial by Two Jurors. Two of the 11 jurors in the Beard trial today denied they had heard any talk of a jury “plant” or jury “fixing” during their brief deliberation of the W. M. Moore, a grocer, of 521 H street, said: “It looks like there was some funny business somewhere. I am positive that the word ‘plant’ was not used at any time. Those affi- davits did not tell the truth as I understand it.” With regard to allegations that the foreman, Carl W. Hauf, made the im- putation on the basis of a newspaper headline he saw while taking & bus ride with the jury, Moore said: “I never saw & newspaper refer- ence to the trial at any time, nor did I hear one mentioned by members of the jury.” T. J. Culhane, 1303 Buchanan street, declared he had never heard the word “plant” mentioned or any intimation along that line while he was locked up with the jury. He also said he had seen no newspaper ref erences to the case while on the jury. Both jurors insisted the verdict was “honestly arrived at.” Glimpse of Headline. It was a glimpse of the headline which allegedly caused the jury fores man to assume there was a “plant” among the jurors, the defense con- tends. The jurors, whose affidavits sup- ported the motion for a new trial wera Mrs. Geraldine Q. Wilner, 27, of 2729 Connecticut avenue; Mrs. Mildred Beyer, 32, of 3731 Jenifer street, and F. J. Kraus, 29, of 933 L street. —. DRAMATIC CLUB IN SPRING PLAY American University Group Pre- sents “Much Ado About Nothing.” The Dramatic Club of American University last night presented its Spring play, “Much Ado About Noth- ing,” in the gymnasium on the campus before a large audience. The pro- | duction was a bit too slowly paced throughout, though the players | warmed up after a rather sluggish | first act and put some life into their roles, increasing in their effective- ness as the play progressed. For the | most part they read their lines faith- fully, though the acoustics of the large room are not exactly conducive to | eloquent Shakespeare. All in all, though, the Dramatic Club provided, an entertaining evening. Among those taking part, Miss Betty Gray. playing the role of Beatrice, the willful young lady who said she could not get married because she would hate to look at a husband with a beard and would not have one without a beard, stood out head and shoulders above the others. She read zest and will power into her lines. Beatrice’s cousin Hero also was neatly played by Ruth-Martin Simpson, an- other young lady who can read Shakespeare. Most notable performances on the male side of the cast were delivered by William Thompson, as Don Pedro, the prince who played Cupid, and by Duane Covert, the confirmed bachelor who had a penchant for insulting the fiery Beatrice. Randall Book, playing Claudio, lover of Hero; Eugene John- son, playing Leonato, Governor of Messina, and Albert Hana'valt, as Don John, brother of Don Pedro, were three actors who did well. Other players in the cast were adequate in their roles. Eight girls, under the direction of Miss Louise C. Morse, participated in a graceful dance number during the second act, which was one of the hits of the show. The play was directed by Will Hutchins. Music between the acts was furnished by the college orchestra, under the leadership of James M. Thurmond, jr. H M. Choral Concert Tomorrow. § The Choral Soclety of the Jewisly Community Center will present its sec- ond annual concert tomorrow at 8:3¢; p.m., under direction of Samuel Bu<& gatch. The guest artist will be Miltory Schwartz, violinist, and _soloists be Dr. Charles Gordon, Rose Krucoff 8ills, Sylvia Shappirio, Patricia Levin and Nettie Sadle.