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A—2 %% ROCKVILLE BUSSES 10 REPLACE GARS Bethesda Chamber Told of New Transportation Plans for Area. BY JACK ALLEN. Modern bus service soon will be| substituted by the Capital Transit | " Co. for the electric railway line that now serves Bethesda, Rockville and | other communities in the southwest- ern section of Montgomery County. officials of the traction firm disclosed today. Detailed plans for the change are still in the e=gtative stage and were not made public, but it was said they call for “early elimination” of the rail sérvice and the inauguration of bus operations by Midsummer. The decision to abandon the railway was voluntarily reached by the trac- tion company in response to an appeal from the Bethesda Chamber of Com- merce to co-operate in a movement to eliminate a dangerous and un-| sightly ravine assuming form along | Wisconsin avenue as & result of cur- | Tent paving work. Full Paving Now Sought. Officials of the Maryland trade body—assured of the railroad’s assist- ance in their campaign—now plan to urge the State Roads Commission to complete the improvement of the | thoroughfare by bringing the entire | surface of the avenue to even grade and paving it to a width of 75 feet. Contractors for the State Roads | Commission are engaged at the pres- | ent time in raising the grade of the traffic lanes on either side of the Capital Transit Co.’s tracks and pav- ing them to a width of 30 feet. The railway right-of-way, as a result, is being left in a ditch as low as three feet below the new street level in some places. i W. B. Bennett, assistant to John | K. Hanna, president of the traction firm, made the announcement of the | impending change in service today after a conference with C. Melvin Sharpe, executive assistant to the president, and Chamber of Commerce officials at Bethesda last night. Planned for Some Time. Bennett and Sharpe first made known their firm’s decision at last | night’s session and told the trade body representatives the Capital Transit Co. has had the plan under consideration for some time. They said the traction executives withheld making their final decision until they definitely determined that the substitution of busses for the railway was desired by a majority of residents in the affected area. Public opinion has now crystalized to the point where the company is convinced that a vast majority of the people affected favor such a move, they added. | " Bennett and Sharpe discussed the ! detailed plans for the change in serv- fce with members of the Chamber of Commerce last night but pledged the latter group to confidence until the arrangements are in shape for public announcement. Public Indorsement Expected. “It is our unanimous opinion,” the | trade body officials declared in a formal statement made to The Star, “that the plan of procedure proposed by the transit company will meet with the entire approval of persons living in the area affected by the present rail service and will meet with the in- dorsement of county, State and Dis- trict of Columbia officials having juris- diction over these services.” The statement was issued by Wil- liam Buckley, president of the Cham- ber of Commerce;: B. W. Parker, Samuel E. Stonebraker, former presi- dent of the chamber; George P. Sacks | and A. R. Townshend, jr., directors of | the Bethesda organization. Bennett told The Star this morning | the Capital Transit Co. will prepare | for the change in service as soon as the Wisconsin avenue and M street connections, now being constructed, are completed, and that the bus serv- ice probably will be inaugurated by mid-Summer. The railroad has been in operation between Washington and Rockville since 1892. . 75-Foot Highway Promised. ; Surfacing of Wisconsin avenue to a width of 75 feet between the District Bine and Old Georgetown road was first promised by the State Roads Commis- &lon when civic associations in the affected area selected that plan from §mong several proposals submitted by | the highway group. | . A contract calling only for paving the dual traffic lanes was awarded, However, after the traction company expressed its inability to share in the Gost of the work. i The chamber now plans to send a cdommittee before the Roads Commis- s‘on and urge that the work be car- ed out as originally planned and that a Federal appropriation, if neces- sary, be obtained for the project. An- dther committee will urge the Board of County Commissioners to indorse the plan. S.S. Jacob Ruppert, Now at Quantico, Is Floating Zoo | Expedition’s Dogs and ' Cows Vie for Space with Penguins. ‘The 8. 8. Jacob Ruppert, “pack tmule” of the Byrd Antarctic Expedi- tion, now tied up at the Marine Corps , Quantico, Va., is a floating zoo. All over the Ruppert’s decks, chained to wooden platforms laid on the steel plates, are the expedition’s sledge dogs—huskies and malemutes and cross-breeds. There are 67 dogs, and they cover most of the ship. ‘There are 13 “good” puppies, of more or less standard breeds, and a number of pups classified as “odd jobs.” Just off the forward well deck is the cow barn, in which are the two sur- viving expedition cows and a yearling bull, Iceberg, born aboard the Ruppert December 29, 1933, near the Ant- arctic ice barrier. ‘There are a number of penguins, occupying & pen with a big galvan- ized iron swimming pool in the rear well. There also are several iguanas from the Galapagos, picked up on the way back, and a cage full of tropical love birds and other pets from various points along the way. The dogs apparently did not ap- preciate music. When a Marine Corps band, on the Quantico wharf, began serenading the Byrd party early in the morning all the dogs sprang to at- tention and such a chorus of barking arose that the band scarcely could be heard. there What’s What Behind News || In Capital Bonus Bill Delay Seen Move to Enlist Cough- lin’s Help. BY PAUL MALLON. T APPEARS Father Coughlin has become the Nation’s greatest fur- nace man of all time. At least he is gaining that reputation, rightly or wrongly, in circles where it will do him the most good in Washington. For ezample, even the bonus lobbyists, who know all there is to know, were aghast wh'n Senator Thomas made a moti:n in the Senate the other day w hold up his own Patman inflationary bonus bill. It looked as if Thomas intended slaying his own child. That is, they were aghast until they dashed downstairs to associates of Senator Thomas, who explained with | & wirk: ‘He is just holding the bill up for | a few days so Father Coughlin can turn the heat on President Roosevelt to sign it." Official Excuse. | The excuse officially offercd was that the American Legion and Vet-| erans of Foreign Wars were to in-} crease temperatures both inside the | White House and Congress. This was | really an afterthought. Every one| connected with the show knew Father Coughlin was the man. He nas out- | moded the tactics of the veterans’| lobbies, which were preeminent in the | Washington field until he discovered the radio. He is supposed to have influence which reaches higher than they ever hoped to. The reason is not entirely clenr.} It appears to be founded on cfmms-‘ sional suspicion that the priest is the one who forced the administration into the silver policy against :ts bet- ter judgment. Also, Congressmen | have seen for themselves what ne can do when he turns the heat on them. They concede he defeated the World | Court, although, of course, they ad- | mit he caught the administration off | guard on that issue. It will be denied, but it is neverthe- | less a fact, that Coughlin ed not change a senatorial vote on the in- flationary bonus bill. His radio heat warmed up the telegraph wires with vossibly 70,000 messages from voters to Senators. But the original private polls made by the veterans’ lobbies before Coughlin spoke showed the ex- act numerical line-up later disclosed | in the official roll call. This shows the result would have been wrecisely the same if he had not spoken | However, this will not shake Cough- lin’s reputation as a furnace man. One element of leadership is to ind out where the army is going and then ride out in front of it and take it | Helping Andrew Mellon. Imagine the New Dealers trying to save Andrew Mellon from unfavorable publicity! It may be incredible, but | is confirmable. The facts seem to be that the eagle eyes of the Federal Trade Commission detected a wviolation of the coal code, involving sale of five cars of coal slag at below code price, by a Pennsylvania mine man who would call Mellon boss if the two ever met. The F. T. C. brought the matter privately to the attention of the N.| R. A. for action, but the N. R. A. pro- | tested. In conferences between the | two agencies, N. R. A.-ers have stated that, since code violations are wide- spread anyway, this seems a small one to press. To complete the enigma, the labor representation within the N. R. A. is siding with Mellon, probably for the first time in history. | | | | | 7Y Tuanks | S, '8 1kvew You &7 WeRe AGo0D & FELLOW HAVE A $TOGIE, ANDY The answer to this soft heartedness of the N. R. A.-ers toward Mellon has ramifications. The United Mine Workers, who now have representation on the N. R. A. board, also have wage contracts with the so-called Mellon coal interests. These contracts expire in June, and the labor group wants to renew them. Furthermore, the prose- cution of Mellon on a charge of in- come tax trickery has worked out less than half-well. But perhaps the best answer is that only a picayune sum is involved and Mellon never heard anything about it anyway. Two Tests Remain ‘There will be only two more tests of the New Deal in the Supreme Court this session: (1) the Prazier-Lemke farm mortgage law, and (2) the chosen N. R. A. case. Odds are heav- ily against the court fully approving either law. A change of opinion on the bonus has been noticeadle for months in Wall Street quarters. A majority of the best minds are said to have been in favor of paying it and getting it over with. They have been thinking about what it would do for the automobile industry and not for the Treasury. ‘Workers for the Wagner Labor Board bill (and there are many) are jubi- lant about prospects of getting it through the Senate, but not through the House. That was done last ses- sion. Chances of final enactment are no better. One of the largest magazines is now sending rejection slips to Cabinet of- ficers and high New Dealers on all articles submitted. A year ago, maga- zines were clamoring for such big- name articles, most of which were prepared by press agents acting as ghost writers. (Copyright 1935.) KILLER IS HUNTED Police today were seeking a colored man who last night shot and killed Mildred Wheeler, 30, colored, 120 block of Fifth street, and slightly wounded another colored man with a bullet which grazed his head. The shooting occurred in a house in the first block of Plerce street. Samuel Rouse, 34, colored, occupant | proved a bill which permitted banks | the banks can still get the interest | crack of German rifles and endure | stop me,” Tydings shouted aggres- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 193 DEMOCRATS FAVOR BONUS, SAYS LONG Cites Jesse Jones’ Leanings as Indicating Trend for Patman Bill. (Continved From First Page.) Louisianan refused to discuss fit, Tydings said that he wopld. What stirred Tydings' ire was a statement by Long that Mr. Roosevelt received $10,000 as Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy duriug the war, without facing a gun. With the usual galreries, the Loui~ siana Senator hurled sharp criticism at the President and Senators oppos- ing the Patman bill, declaring Mr. Roosevelt was “leading the Demo- cratic party to slaughter” by advo- cating “various contradictory meas- ures.” » He said the President and a large majority of the Senate in 1933 ap- to get new currency for bonds not yet due. “The only difference between that bill and the bonus,” he said, “is that on the bonds and the soldiers wouldn't get any interest.” Stages Imaginary Interview. Long said if he were advising the President he would ask Mr. Roosevelt how much he made during the war. “He would tell you he got $10,000 for that year's work,” Long said. “How many cannon did you face, sir?” Long asked, repeating the imag- | inary interview. | “None.” ] “How many nights did you sleep on | the ground, sir?” | “None.” “How many nights did you hear | the rain on the tents? How many days and nights did you hear the| the smell of poison gas? How many } times dig you see the flames of burn- | ing fires of Hell and destruction and carnage searing the lives and souls of men?” “He will say ‘none.”” “And yet you got $10,000, Mr. Roosevelt, for the patriotic services which you gave to the country in the sourge of that war. It is not going to do well, Mr. President, for you to- | day to say to these men who bled and fought and who died that they cannot exchange the little flimsy, ne- farious, puny, putrid obligation that the Government has given them, for the circulating money of the U. S, when you have given that right to every banker in the country.” Asks for Long’s Record. Tydings interrupted to suggest that Long give his own war record for comparison. “I have covered that to the satis- faction of my people many, many times,” Long replied. “Let me cover it a little bit for the Senator,” Tydings offered. “In the Senator's own time he can cover it,” Long replied. “You bet I can, and nobody can sively. “I will not try to stop the Senator,” Long said. “You had better not try,” Tydings warned. “You may have to make an argument and it won't be vocal” Long, who had started his speech in the front row of the chamber, had gradually edged back close to Tydings’ seat in the rear. Long Turns Away. Turning away from the angry Marylander, Long said: “Oh, well, I'm talking about the Senator’s record on the banks.” “I am talking about the Senator's | record in war,” Tydings retorted. | “I am going to talk about the Sen- | ator's record on the banks,” Long | insisted, “then he can talk about my record in the war.” Later Long said he hoped Tydings | was not offended, but the Marylander | rejoined that he “always became | offended when I hear the President of the United States, no matter whether he is a Democrat or a Republican, belittled.” LAVAL IN WARSAW TO WOO POLAND Seeks to [Ease Apprehension! Aroused by Franco-Russian Pact. | By the Assoclated Press. WARSAW, May 11.—The relation- ship between Poland and France— slightly cooler since the signing of the Franco-Russian pact which has wor- ried Warsaw—will be discussed be- tween Polish statesmen and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval, in- formed sources said today. Political circles said a discussion of a general security pact is projected, and it is expected that Laval would explain the meaning of the Franco- Rusisan pact of mutual assistance. The pact does not formally affect Poland, but Warsaw has interpreted it in various ways, some of which appear to be detrimental to Poland. The newspapers asked editorially for a solution of the Franco-Polish difficulties, and some demanaed a correction of what they described as a French belief that Prance has helped Poland greatly in a financial way. One of the newspapers said: “The main mistake is that France wants to direct polish policy, not realizing that Poland has become a strong country with which France should co-operate.” ‘When Laval arrived last night to be the guest of Foreign Minister Joseph Beck, it was learned that Marshal Jo- seph Pilsudski, the dictator, was il — NEW FACILITIES ASKED Additional athletic and recreational facilities in the District were called for in a resolution adopted last night by the board of representatives of Local No. 2, National Federation of Federal Employes. It also named delegates to the District federation as follows: Joseph Stansfield, William E. Sanger, Henry G. Nolda, Archie C. Edwards, Elmer Thompson and Mrs. Rebekah Pedigo. The local will hold a bingo and card party at headquarters, 710 Fourteenth street, at 8 o’clock tonight. of the house in which the shooting occurred, was the man wounded. | for Crash Baby 5. Recovering Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Little Dorothy Metzger, who, W transport plane crash at Atlanta, Mo, in which Senator Cutting lost his life, is shown above with her aunt at Port Washington, Long Island, where she is recovering. ith her mother, was injured in the PIGTURES PICKED FOR ART CREUT 48 Chosen by Federation to Stay at Corcoran Till May 26. At the request of the American Fed- eration of Arts, the Corcoran Gallery | of Art has retained for display through | May 26 a group of 48 pictures selected | by the federation from the recently | closed Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition | of Contemporary American Oil Paint- | ings for a circuit of art shows. | The pictures were chosen through | co-operation of C. Law Watkins of | the Phillips Memorial Gallery and | Frederic Allen Whiting, president °x.ud the American Fedgration of Arts. | The pictures, divided into two | groups for tours now being arranged, have teen installed in two rooms to | the west of the Clark wing of the Cor- | coran Gallery, where they will be available for inspection by delegates to three art conventions to be held here the waek of May 19. Organizations which will hold thelr annual meetings here that week are the American Federation of Arts, the College Art Association and the American Association of Museums. Prominent directors of galleries and | museums attending from various parts of the country will have an oppor- tunity to “book” the selected section 0; the Corcoran's famed biennial show. The group of paintings will be open | r inspection by the general public from now until May 26, it was an- nounced at the gallery. The gallery today opened a special exhibition of 24 water color “portraits of Florida flowers” by John Gee, well known illustrator, of Sarasota, Fla. This exhibition also will continue through May 26 The exhibition of 48 miniatures by American artists which was opened recently at the gallery will continue indefinitely, it was stated. A number of paintings, tapestries and sculptured works have been lent to the gallery for exhibition, also. “I AM A FAILURE,” SUICIDE NOTE SAYS Richard Voight, 28, Virginian, | Hangs Self in Woods Near Bridge. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MCLEAN, Va., May 11.—Leaving a note saying “I am a failure,” Richard Voight, 28, of West McLean hanged himself this morning in the woods several hundred yards from Chain Bridge. Voight, an awning hanger at a Washington department store, had been despondent for some time, police say. After eating breakfast with his family at 6:30 this morning, he is believed to have driven directly to the woods and ended his life. He fashioned a noose from a clothesline and stepped dff a stump. The body was found by Officer Carl R. McIntosh of the Fairfax County police shortly after 7 o'clock. Voight is survived by his father, William Voigt; two brothers, ane sister and his mother. ‘The note, scribbled in pencil and WALLACE PLEADS FORA.A. A FIGHT In Domain of Long, Cabinet | Mémber Says Farm Tariff Works. By the Associated Press. ALEXANDRIA, La, May 11.—Sec- retary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal- lace, addressing a State-wide agri- cultural rally here today in the domain of his frequent critic, Senator Huey P. Long, called upon the farmers of the Nation to stand firm in their support of the agricultural adjustment act. “It is time for farmers to get up| on their hind legs and fight for what they know to be simple justice,” he | Two weeks ago Senator Long fired | a blast against the A. A. A. and the New Deal policies in Secretary Wal- lace’s home city, Des Moines. Pleads For Unity. | “The next few weeks will be crucial.” said the cabinet member. “If the | ranks of agriculture hold firm we have | some chance to improve the agricul- | tural adjustment act and come closer to winning for agriculture its fair share of the national income, but if | the ranks of agriculture are divided it is almost a certainty that what LEESBURG YOUTH CAPTURES TROPHY Stanley Green, 2d, on Queen of Sheba, Judged Best Rider. BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr., Staft Correspondent of The 8tar. BRADLEY FARMS, Md., May 11— Young Stanley Green, 2d, and his champion gray pony, Queen of Sheba, almost invincible combination around the Virginia and Maryland show cir- cuits for the last few years, stepped into the limelight again -this morning as the junior riders had their inning at the National Capital Horse Show. ‘The Leesburg youth really fared bet- ter than his horse today, for he cap- tured the trophy for children cver 12 and under 16 years, while the Queen merely provided transportation in this class and later had to bow to some of the coming juvenile talent ir the events for saddle ponies and pony jumpers. Family Strain Strong. Tne family strain ran strong in the competitions today, practically every rider being a chip off some well-known equine block. The list of exhibitors included such names as Mary Blunt, daughter of the one-time master of the Riding and Hunt Club hounds; Miss Douglas Padgett, daughter of a prominent Maryland sportsgan; Miss Jean Arnold, who boasts a polo-play- ing father and hunting mother; little Reuters, Roths, Palmers, Hoffmans and others from notable sporting fam- ilies in Virginia and Maryland. No matter how badly beleaguered it may be by bad weather in the open- ing days, the National Capital in- variably manages to draw a pleasant Saturday. This season a more auspi- clous day could not have been ar- ranged. A sizable crowd strolled into the sunlit grounds by 10 o'clock, when the first class began, and as each hour passed scores more were joining them for a look at the pony rides, the mar- ionette shows, the puppies and novel- ties displayed under the management of the Junior League. Jumpers to Perform. This afternoon two major stakes of $500 each, for hunters and jumpers, the vivid hunt team class, the working hunter sweepstakes and other major | trials were to bring the meeting to a close. Results of the morning classes: Children’s horsemanship class, for children under 12 years—Pirst, Ann Sherman, Washington, D. C.; second, Mary E. Miles, Washington; third, Joan Arnold, Washington: fourth, | Carolyn Wilkins, WasHngton. Children's horsemanship class, for children over 12 and under 16—First, Stanley Greene, 2d, Leesburg, Va.; second, Edna Roth, Rockville, Md.; third, Turner Reuter, Aldie, Va.; fcurth, Ethel Hoffman, Owings Mill. | Md. | Saddle ponies, over 12.2 and under 142—FPirst, After Me, Marjorie L. McLeod; second, Two Step, L. R. Col- | bert; third, Raign Bau, Howard Nor- ton; fourth, Queen of Sheba, Stanley Greene, 2d. Saddle horses ridden by children under 16—First, Sweeheart, Willlam R. Padgett; second, Behold Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Law; third, Mag- gle, Paulina Longworth; fourth, Mount Ruth Hamilton, Joan Arnold. Jumping ponies, over 122 and under 14.2—First, Busy Bee, Robert Palmer; second, Queen of Sheba, Stanley Greene, 2d; third, Lady Peggy, Edna Roth; fourth, Polly Anna, Mar- garet Hill. Open jumping classes for horses not farmers have battled for for 15 years | will be lost.” Secretary Wallace declared the farm situation changed when President Roosevelt came into office. “Since the farmer has to buy in a protected market, the farm program | of the New Deal found a way to help | him sell in a protected market. For | the first time, through the device of the processing tax, the majority of | farmers had a tariff that actually | worked for them. “The agricultural adjustment act borrowed the centralizing power of ‘Government so that agriculture might at least begin to win back a little of its fair share of the national income. * ¢ * Now that these governmental powers have been used by millions of farmers for two years, thé cry has arisen that they must be taken away. I do not hear this cry from any large number of farmers.” Defends A. A. A. ‘The agricultural chief vigorously de- fended the A. A. A, declaring repre- sentatives of business have no right to | complain about production control | under that program. “Those who charge the A. A. A. with inducing scarcity simply do not know the facts. The American farmer always has produced enough food for every man, woman and child in the United States and I am sure he will continue to, given a chance to stay on | his farm and in business. The ad- justment programs have cut down | productions for an export market | which no longer exists. They have not deprived the people of one ounce of necessary food " GETS DIVORCE AT 90 LOS ANGELES, May 11 (®)— Superior Judge Ben B. Lindsey yes- terday granted an interlocutory decree of divorce to Mrs. Julia A. Friedrichy 90-year-old great-grandmother, from August Priedrich, 71, whom she charged with cruelty. “He called me names and made me go out and milk the cow,” Mrs. Pried- rich testified. “My husband gave me the cow when it was a calf. Later. he sold the cow and kept the money.” unsigned, was found on the floor of Voight's automobile. ONLY ONE at The Evening Star Business Office. or by mail, postpaid The Euvening Star p———— NGMB eeevesvesnescnssnscosascnee 1 SIreel ciiceeeccesescscecsccccnns s it The couple had been married 48 years. Mrs. Friedrich is almost blind. MORE DAY This Offer by Closes Saturday If you have not secured your copy of this great book. order it today. Don’t delay longer. Know your Government! Order Form— === ] ] 1 ] ] exceeding 12.2, to be ridden by chil- | dren—First, Bean Beetle, \ Stanley | Greene, 2d; second, Bashful, John De- vereaux: third, Trinket, Kitty and | Ethel Hoffman; fourth, Voodoo, Es- ther Allen. Pair clase for children under 16— | First, entry, Edna Roth and Robert | Palmer: second, entry, Charles and | Thomas Beach; third, entry, John | Devereavx; fourth, entry, Stanley Greene, 2d. Pony Corinthian, to be shown in full hunting attire by children under | seccnd. Queen of Sheba, Stanley Greene,_2d; third, Brunette, Mary Miles; fourth, Lady Peggy, Edna Roth. (Photo on Page A-13). 2W. & M. TEACHERS HURT IN ACCIDENT Dr. Inga 0. Helseth and Miss Mildred Kidd Were on Way to Falls Church. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 11.—Two women instructors of the College of William and Mary, received undeter- mined injuries this morning when their automobile and bus collided at Woodlawn, on the Richmond High- way, 8 miles south of here. None of the occupants of the bus was known to have been hurt. The women, Dr. Inga O. Helseth, professor of elementary education at the college, and Miss Mildred Kidd, an instructor, were removed to the Alexandria Hospital. Both received head injuries and lacerations and Dr. Helseth sustained a fractured arm. They were en route to Falls Church to attend an educational meeting. | GREEK COURT-MARTIAL SENTENCES 33 TO DIE By the Assoclated Press. ATHENS, May 11.—Thirty-three naval officers, all but two of whom have fled the country since the recent unsuccessful revolt, today were sen- tenced to death by a naval court- martial, but President Alexander Zai- mis commuted to life imprisonment the sentences of the two who appeared for trial in person. The two, Papazoglou and Trighy- rakis, sat through the 17-hour session of the court-martial. The absentia death sentence of the 31 others re- mained in force. PRIEST DISAPPEARS Consul in China Fears Mission- ary Held by Bandits. By the Associated Press. The American consul at Swatow, China, notified the State Department ung Province and was thought to have he had made | 16—First, Busy Bee, Robert Palmer; Lawyer Dies BYRON ULMER GRAHAM. —Harris-Ewing Photo. | BYRON U, GRAHAM, - ATTORNEY, DIES Former Director of Bank Was Born in City—Rites Monday. Byron Ulmer Graham, 56, promi- nent corporation lawyer and (ormer: director of the Federal-American | Bank, died yesterday at his home, 14 | East Bradey lane, Chevy Chase. | Born in Washington, in Le Droit | Park, March 5, 1879, he was the son | of the late John H. and Anna Hart- man Graham. A graduate of Central High School, he received the bachelor and master of daws degrees from George Washington University. Well known in the legal profession here for many years, he was an ac- tive member of the Association of | Oldest Inhabitants, in which he had several times held office. He was with the firm of Tobriner, Graham, Brez & Tobriner for 40 years, with offices in the Southern Building. A member of the Congressional Country Club, Mr. Graham also was known as a golfer. He belonged to the University and Racquet Clubs here, and was a Masonic leader for many years. Mr. Graham was a lover of books, of which he had a large and choice collection, and also of music. He spent the Summer at his home in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, near Springfield. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Caroline Reynolds Graham, and three daughters, Mrs. Virginia Graham Platt, Mrs. Elaine Graham Miller and Mrs. Dorothy Graham Miller. Funeral services will be held at the home Monday at 11 a.m., followed by | burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. The honorary pallbearers will be H. | Winship Wheatley, president of the | District Bar Association; Prescott Gat- | ley, Leon Tobriner, Walter Tobriner, Landra B. Platt, Dale Drain, John | Kratz, Selig Brez, Dr. G. Brown Miller, G. Brown Miller, jr.; Lieut. Col. Jos- eph C. Fegan, U. S. M. C.; Maj. A. McC. Robbins, U. 8. M. C, retired; Herman Gasch and Stanton Peelle. | The District Bar Assoclation will be | represented by many of his profes- sional friends. “MET” FACES NEW DIRECTION CRISIS Death of Witherspoon Is Shock. Season's Plan to Be Completed. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, May 11.—With the sudden death of Herbert Witherspoon, | the future direction of the Metropol- itan Opera was once more the topic of dominant interest in music circles today. Paul D. Cravath, chairman of the opera’s Board of Directors, was ex- pected within the next few days to call & meeting to consider a successor to Mr. Witherspoon who, but a few weeks ago, had succeeded Giulio Gatti- Casazza as general manager of the world-famous *Met.” With much work still to do on the coming season’s plans, little delay was looked for. Mr. Witherspoon, who had intended to sail with his wife for Europe today, had completed the preliminary an- nouncement of the 1935-6 season but a few hours before his death late yesterday. ously from a heart attack, came a few hours after the first 1935-6 posters bearing his name and title had been pasted up outside the historic opera building. Earle Lewis, treasurer of the Metro- politan Opera Association, who, with Mr. Witherspoon, had just entered the opera offices, said: “He simply sank to the floor and | that was all. I thought at first he| had stumbled. I put out my hand to steady him and he fell. It was all over in a minute.” 20 ADRIFT 2 WEEKS RESCUED OFF FLORIDA | Liner Picks Up Occupants of Dis- abled Motor Launch in Good Condition. By the Assoclated Press PALM BEACH, Fla, May 11— Twenty Bahaman Negroes who had been drifting on the Atlantic Ocean in a disabled motor launch two weeks were rescued early today by the Sea- train New York, en route from New York to Havana. The rescue was reported in a mes- sage received from the vessel at the radio marine station here. The posi- tion given by the New York at the time was about 100 miles north- northeast of Palm Beach. The captain of the New York said they were in good condition despite their stay on the launch, the Onward | of Nassau. First reports of the rescue were re- ceived at Seatrain Lines, Inc., opera- | tors of the vessel in New York, At the radio station here it was said the Coast Guard may be asked to take the victims off the ship at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Pay Roll Bandits Overhauled. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 11 (A.— Less than an hour after three oandits Death, resulting almost instantane- | A BALKAN STATES 0. K. REARMAMENT Bulgarian and Hungarian Participation in Pact a Condition. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumunia, May 11.— Representatives of four Balkan states decided after afive-hour discussion today, an authoritative source revealed, to allow the rearmament of Bulgaria and Hungary, provided those states agreed to join ¥ a pact of non- aggression and mutual assistance with Yugoslavia, Rumania, Turkey, Czecho. slovakia and Greece. The four statesmen, Foreign Min- isters Nicholas Titulescu of Rumania, Demetrios Maximos of Greece, Tewfik Aras of Turkey and Premier Bogoljub Yevtich of Yugoslavia. this authorita- tive source said, agreed that for prac- tical purposes the Balkan pact states would record at the Rome Conference of Central European Affairs a formal veto of the request of Bulgaria and Hungary for rearmamcat. Would Force Pact Aid. Should the great powers, however, authorize such increase in national defenses of the two nations, the Bal- kan states would use their formerly recorded veto to force entrancc of Bulgaria and Hungary into the pro- posed mutual assistance pact. At today’s session Turkey presented also the difficult question of rearming the Dardanelles, arguing that as she has fought and suffered with Ger- many and the other defeated states she ought to be allowed like those nations to rearm The conference decided. however, that this was a matter for the great powers to deal with. The delegates took cognizance of the fact that Eng- land had showed a disposition to modify the Lausanne treaty covering the status of the straits, provided the proposed Mediterranean pact was con- cluded and provided further that re- armament of the Dardanelles should be accomplished under international control. Yevtich Goes to Belgrade. King Carol received the delegates after todays meeting, after which Premier Yevtich left for Belgrade. The remaining delegates will hold their final session tomorrow morning, at which time they have promised an official communique concerning their findings and decisions. Sources connected with the session today intimated that the question of Austrian rearmament had not been specifically mentioned, the attitude belng that Austria was outside the usual orbit of Balkan States, OMAHA FAVORITE FOR PREAKNESS RACE. 40,000 EXPECTED ( the race has attracted such as Ed- ward Riley Bradley's Boxthorn, who will be handled by Sonny Workman, ace of American race riders; Maemere Farm's Montagna, Brookmeade Sta- ble's Psychic Bid, Mrs. C. S. Bromley's Brannon, and Furfiber, owned by Col. W. A. Jones of Texas. Attendance High. It was a red letter day around here. The attendance, due to the day being clear, promises to shatter all other attendance figures for a day's racing in this State. With eight races being run, seven flat and one steeplechase, and a chance to wager in the “daily double,” which was held in connection with the first and third events, Pari- Mutuel Manager Mortimer M. Mahony confidently expected his crew of 300 men to handle well over $700,000 . Among the day's notables will be | Vice President John Nance Garner, Gov. Harry W. Nice, Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore, Lieut. Gov. Frank Hayes of Connecticut, and 150 members of the Penn A. C. of Phil- adelphia. ‘The day's activities will be broad- cast over WBAL with Clem Mc- Carthy at the “mike.” Don Bryan | George, who broadcast the Kentucky ‘Derby, will give his impressions over the Columbia hook-up. No automobiles will be allowed to park in the track sector and hun- dreds of bluecoats will be on duty until late tonight speeding up traffic too and from this ancient course. FINNAN ASKS BIDS Work in Union Square Will Be Let Soon. Looking ahead to December, when he expects Union Square, at the head of the Mall, will be finally compieted, C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, yester- day called for bids for constructing sijewalks and a granite platform, in- | stalling water supply, drainage and | sprinkler. grading and top soiling in the area. Bids will be opened at 11 |am. on May 23 in Room 1615 Navy Building. Major items to be included in the forthcoming contracts include 5,050 square yards of sidewalks of the “scrubbed surface exposed aggregate”; 1,065 square yards of asphalt block sidewalk; 1,850 square yards of gran- ite to be furnished and set: as well as 6,260 cubic yards of excavation for grading and the placing of 9,300 cubic yards of topsoil. FEATURES COOK’S CORNER Mrs. George helps you plan your daily “what to serve prob- lem” with tasty, inviting menus. Section B, Page 8 obtained $3,945 in a pay-roll robbery at the Anderson-Tully Co, lumber = manufacturers, today, police shot one of the robbers, arrested another and recovered all the money.