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Washingtqh News MCARL T0 HAL SALARY IN SHIFTS VIOLATING ORDERS Complaint Charges Reset- tlement Unit in Transfer of Employes. ADMINISTRATION . SENDS REPLY DENYING BLAME Controller Will Hold Up Pay, He Says, if Evasions of Ruling Are Indicated. As a result of a complaint to Con- troller General McCarl that employes are being transferred from other agencies to the Resettlement Adminis- tration at better salaries, “through friendship and political pull,” in vio- lation of the executive order limiting such shifts, the controller general has served notice he will hold up salary payments where such evasions are indicated. Correspondence on this subject be- tween McCarl and the Resettlement Administration was made public at the General Accounting Office today. The administration has entered a de- nial, and defended the specific trans- fer to which McCarl's unidentified in- formant referred. The executive order in question was issued in June and was designed to break up the practice of agencies taking over persons employed else- where, unless the employing officer agreed. It also prohibited salary in- creases within six months after such shifts unless they were given spe- cifically by the President at the time the change was made. When the Resettlement Administra- tion's attention was called to the com- plaint, McCarl was advised that it is classifying salaries. It added: “This administration has attempted to discourage the requesting of termi- nations or voluntary resignations from other departments by employes seek- ing to be appointed in the Resettle- ment Administration.” It also said the executive order was being strictly complied with and that in the one case cited the man hired had been dropped by another agency a day previous. “A voluntary termination by resig- nation or otherwise from another de- partment or branch of the Federal service and an appointment under the Resettlement Administration, though there be a few days’ break in the service, is a transfer within the terms of the executive order,” McCarl said. “Any attempt to evade the conse- quences of the executive order by subterfuge may result in disallowance of credit for payments of salary to the employe involved.” McCarl said he intended to look further into the complaint that had been brought to his attention. STARLING WEDDING COMMENT REFUSED Chief of White House Secret Service Reported Engaged to Mrs. Ida Lee White. Rumors that Col. Edward W. Star- ling, chief of the White House secret service, and Mrs. Ida Lee Bourne ‘White, Dupont Circle Apartments, will be married in the near future could not be confirmed today. Mrs. White, who is hostess at the studios of the National Broadcasting Co., refused to comment, intimating & confirmation or denial must come from Col. Starling when he returns to Washington tomorrow night from 8an Diego, Calif. Col. Starling, who has been on duty at the White House nearly 25 years, has been a close friend of Mrs. White's for several years and has attended numerous social gather- ings with her. +An intimate of several presidents, Col. Starling interested Calvin Cool- idge in outdoor sports, particularly dry fly fishing and gunning, and was presented with a repeating rifle by Mr. Coolidge shortly before he left the ‘White House at. the close of his ad- ministration, EDWARD B. McLEAN, IR., STRICKEN ILL IN SOUTH Mother Accompanies Him Home From Florida—Condition De- scribed as Rundown. Edward Beale McLean, jr., 17-year- old son of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mc- Lean, was brought back to Washing- ington from Florida today to recuper- ate from what a spokesman for the family described as & run-down con- dition. Mrs. McLean accompanied her son, the trip being made in a private railroad car. The boy had gone South with his mother to enroll at Rollins College, but it was decided it would not be ad- visable to have him start classwork. An overnight dispatch from Or- lando, Fla. described the boy's con- dition as critical, but it was said at Friendship, the McLean home, that this was erroneous and that it would nop be necessary for him to go to a hospital. All he needs is a few weeks’ rest, it was amplified. SULTAN IS PROMOTED Engineer Commissioner Is Made Full Colonel, Effective Oct. 1. Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan how holds the full rank of colonel in the Engineer Corps of the United States Army. He received today word of ' his promotion from lieutenant colonel to colonel, effective by presi- dential order to the War Department. Col. Sultan has been in Army service for 32 years. His promotion was made effective October 1. He will receive no additional pay by even | Zoo Heré W ants Okapi Like That London Exhibits Rare and Ancient Rela- twe of Giraffe Never troduced in U. S. ‘Trying to keep up with the Jonesu[ of the zoo world, the National Zoolog- ical Park here is yearning for an okapi. ! “The London Zoo has an okapl,” Director William M. Mann said today. “Why shouldn’t we have one? There isn't an okapi in the United States— and there never has been one.” The okapi is a rare and ancient rela- | tive of the giraffe. It has striped legs and lives in the innermost parts o!| the Belgian Congo. | The Longon Zoo received its okapi, | amidst much fanfare, from the Prince | of Wales, who got it from the King of the Belgians. NEARBY PROJECTS NOW UPTO DRYDEN President Approves Pro- posals in Montgomery and Prince Georges. ‘The fate of eight new Works Prog- ress Administration projects submitted by the Prince Georges and Montgom- ery County agencies rested today in the hands of State Administrator Frank H. Dryden following their ap- proval by President Roosevelt. Providing for expenditure of $136,- 716 in Federal funds, the projects are included on a list of $4,584,425 in Maryland allotments which the Presi- dent approved late yesterday. Dryden is to select from this list the projects on which avallable funds are to be ap- plied. $85,452 for U. of M. The stamp of presidential approval ‘was placed on an $85,452 appropriation for general repair work at the Univer- sity of Maryland and an allotment of $24,116 for the restoration of the his- toric Rossboury Inn at College Park. Projects submitted by three munici- palities in Prince Georges likewise were indorsed. They included $10,830 for street improvements at Berwyn, $9,522 for town hall alterations and park im- provements at Colmar Manor, $1,800 for sewer system improvements and $1,450 for road improvements in Lau- rel. Only two Montgomery items were contained on the list, with the coun- ty’s total allotment being $3,546. One of the projects calls for $3,026 for im- provements to the reservoir at Pooles- ville and the other provides $520 for repair work to the county building in Silver Spring. Anne Arundel fared better than any of the Capital’'s Maryland neighbors with $242,207 approved for improve- ments on farm-to-market roads, the indorsement of $36,396 in projects in the town of Annapolis and $5,684 for three projects at Glen Burnie. The Annapolis approvals included $3,744 for a community service pro- gram, $1,404 for health center im- provements, $17,387 for the extension of intercepting sewers and $13,861 for other sewer work. Glen Burnie's projects were 3,025 for sanitary im- prvements, $1,815 for highway im- provements and $844 for water main extensjons. Other nearby allotments approved by President Rodsevelt were: Howard County—Repairs to court house, $17,264; construction of school building, $16,493; repair 21 schools, $6,114; construction of sidewalk, $8,373; construction of culvert on Fells avenue and Lateral street and build- ing of outlet ditch to Tiber Creek, $2,339; repairs to county jail and warden's residence, $4,035. Total, $54,618. All of the projects are located in Ellicott City. Funds for Water System. Frederick County—Improvement of water system at Brunswick, $23,451; improvement of streets in Brunswick, $6,090; construction of pavement, curbs and gutters in Frederick, $11,134; renovate fire-fighting facilities in Frederick, $18,578; laying of water main in Middletown, $9,353. Total, $59,253¢ Charles County—Construction of addition to high school at Glasva, $10,383; improvement -of school at ‘Waldorf, $1,935. Total, $12,318. Calvert County—Construction of Jetties at North Beach, $5,400; con- struction of school building at Prince Frederick, $10,550. Total, $15,950. Carroll County—Improvement of 1 mile of s.reet at Mount Airy, $9,062. D COUNTERFEIT WARNING Secret Service Chief Describes 3 Three New Spurious Bills. Chief W. H. Moran of the secret service warned the public today of three new counterfeit bills, which he described as follows: A $5 United States note of 1928, A series, check letter “J,” face plate No. 44, back plate number indistinct, probably 292. A $10 Federal Reserve note on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York of 1928 serles, check letter “A,” face plate No. 9, back plate No. 24. The $20 Federal Reserve note on the ‘Federal Reserve Bank of New York is of 1928, B series, check letter g,.;‘ face plate No. 39, back plate No. he Foening SHfaf WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1935. TRANSIENTS DUE | [ tead i | NOTHERS OPPOSE HERE BRING WORRY Officials Unable to Care for Veterans, With Relief Already Limited. With reports that various groups of transient veterans are en route to Washington to join in the protests of 100 or more who arrived here yester- day, Government relief officials de- clared today they were helpless to remedy their plight. Unable to find accommodations in the local Transient Bureau, closed against new admissions under Federal orders, the men have gone the rounds of administrative offices and the Vet- erans’ Administration, only to find that nothing can be done about them until they are absorbed in W. P. A. Jobs. Must Care for Selves, A delegation representing adminis- trative staff workers in the New York City Transient Bureau, facing the loss of their jobs, came here to appeal to Aubrey Williams, acting works prog- ress administrator. He told them the same thing—that it is possible’ they may secure W. P. A. jobs eventually. While assured that efforts were being made to speed up the transfer of transients to work paying security wages, the men were informed that meanwhile they would have to look out for themselves. ‘The group of veterans, headed by John J. Roman, Willlam Herting, James Smith and I. L. Gerth, it was said, are finding shelter in the city where they can. Some are being taken in at mission quarters and others were sleeping in the parks. It was expected today that they would apply to the C. C. C,, although it was claimed the quota for the Dis- trict is closed. No Final Determination Made, C. C. C. officials said no final de- termination has been made with re- gard to taking care of veterans drift- ing into Washington, although in the past many of these were placed in the C. C. C. camps destroyed recently in the Florida tornado They are scarcely eligible for admisison to C. C. C. camps in the District’s quota, even if there were vacancies available. Elwood Street, District director of Public Welfare in charge of the local Transient Bureau, said: “There's nothing we can do for them. We are under orders not to take in any more transients.” Proposal to Change Capital’s Historic Name Meets Rebuff ‘The Commissioners cHuckled today over a demand froin the Pacific Northwest Tourist Assoclation that they give “immediate atten changing the name- of the National Capital to avold “confusion” with the State of Washington. They did give prompt attention. They instructed Roland M. Brennan, secretary to the board, to inform Ray W. Clark, president of the tourist body, that the historic name was by Congress for the National Capital even before the State of was created. ‘Washington inmuumm«mw matic language, but just to leave no doubt, Mr., Brennan will state the Commissioners could not change the name if they wanted to, since Con- %0 | gress adopted the name in May, 1800, and still has exclusive jurisdiction over, the Capital. Mr. Clark had suggested, “it would be much less for the changed than for the name of the State of Washington to be changed.” The principal reason for the proposed change, he said, was that the num- ber of persons MRS. HOWARD C. BOONE. —Harris-Ewing Photo. ARCHIVES BUILDING MURALS TAKEN UP Arts Commission Discusses Paintings Depicting His- toric Events. ‘The Fine Arts Commission is in ses- sion today at the New York office of John Russell Pope, architect of the Archives Building, and one of the prime questions up for consideration is the large maral paintings for that buiid- ing. H. P. Caemmerer, executive secte- tary of the commission, explained that one mural will represent the signing of the Declaration of Independence, while the other will depict the signing of the Constitution. Each will be 34 feet long and 14 feet high, and the designs are being executed by the famous mural painter, Barry Faulkner of New York. ‘The -National Park Service is pre- senting to the commission & number of pllnl for development of the local parks under the $1,000,000 Public ‘Works Administration grant. These include Mount Vernon Square and the Palisades Playground, near the Dale- carlia Reservoir, Designs for new buildings &t the National Zoological Park here are bé- ing laid- before the commission by the supervising architect’s office of the Procurement Division, . Treasury De- partment. e Attending the session, on behalf of the National Park Service,, are John PrealdlncuDr Charles Moore. . -———.—I—-—-— ADMITS. DRUNK. DRlVING Robert Smith, -colored, 25, ‘of 837 Third street pleaded guilty in Traffic Court ‘todsy to charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving- after PROFITS IN WAR Session Pledged to Ludlow Bill—Mrs. Boone of Mis- souri Elected. Indorsing efforts to prevent war through curbing sales of war sup- plies, American War Mothers, at the closing session of their tenth national convention at Wardman Park Hotel, yesterday pledged support for the Lud- low bill, designed to take the profits out of war. In other resolutions they approved cash payment of the soldiers’ bonus, deportation of all aliens who do not seek naturalization after five years’ residence and passage of State laws directing school officials to take the oath of allegiance. Strong Defense Favored. The 600 mothers from 37 States de- clared themselves in favor of strong national defense, but described the Ludlow bill as “the most effective and secure method of preventing war.” The association voted to hold the next national convention in Detroit in 1937. Mrs. Howard C. Boone of Kansas City, Mo., first vice president, was elected national president for the next two years. She succeeds Mrs. William E. Ochiltree of Connersville, Ind. A Washington woman, Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan, who was general chair- man of the convention, was elected custodian of records. Other officers % elected are Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, Thiensville, Wis., first vice presi- dent; Mrs. J. C. Schneider, Ne w York City, second vice president; Mrs. R. E. Riden- . hour, Concord, N. C, third vice president; Mrs. E. May Hahn, In- dianapolis, fourth vice president; Mrs. Irving Fair- Mrs. Shamaban. Cooiher Wallace, Idaho, recording secretary; Mrs. Con H. Purcell, Denver, ‘tréasurer; Mary Cassidy, Philadelphia, ehlphln, and Mrs. Carabelle G. Francis, New- .ton, Mass., historian. Mrs. Florence A. Latham of Kansas City was reappointed corresponding secretary. Trees ‘were marked in West Potomao Park by the War Mothers this morn- ing in honor of Mrs. Virgil H. Stone, past national president, and Mrs, Ochiltree, retiring president. A tree in memory-of the deceased veterans ot| Virginia was to be planted at 3 pm. Temple at. Alexandria. BRIDGE TO BE OPENED Traffic to Move Over Lower Half of Calvert Span Next Week. Trafic will start moving over the lower half of the roadway of the new today. - The date for the formal opening of the bridge has not been set. This will depend: on the date of of the southern half of the o ares. is to hl | the houses, Imal them No. 1—Melanchthon Cliser of Panorama, handcuffed, struggling with officers trying to place him in an auto for removal to Luray Jail. Deputy Sheriff Claude Schaffer, Sheriff Edwin L. Lucas, Cliser and C. W. Willlams, chief of police of Shenandoah. No. 2—Sheriff Lucas and a deputy removing furniture from Cliser's right: home. No. 3—Cliser, Deputy Schaffer and Mrs. Cliser seated on the porch of the combined store and hom? just after he was arrested. Virginian, Shackled, Is Ousted And Possessions Piled on Road Cliser and Wife Stunned by Forcefu Left to —Star Staff Photos. | Speakman, | northeast, police said. The accident | occurred during a heavy rainfall. | Twelfth street southeast, Society and General DEATH OF WOMAN RAISES D. . TOLL IN TRAFFIC T0 8 Injuries Fatal to Pedestrian Struck by Street Car in Rainstorm. NURSES’ AIDE DIES AFTER CONDUIT CRASH Driver of Truck in Silver Spring Accident Charged With Manslaughter. The number of District traffic fatal- ities for the year was increased to 83 today with the death in Gallinger Hospital of Rosie Davis, 60, colored, 900 block of Pirst street southwest. She was injured Tuesday when struck by a street car at Tenth and E streets. The street car was operated by E. 1347 Maryland avenue Miss Margaret Tayman, 18, of 425 died last night in Georgetown Hospital of in- | juries received late Wednesday when the automobile in which she was riding ran off Conduit road near Great Falls, Md,, instantly killing Walter N. Laing, Jjr.,, 22, of 505 Tenth street southeast, who was driving. Miss Tayman, a nurses’ aide at Providence Hospital, was riding on the seat beside Laing. Maryland police said today no ine quest will be held. Paul Le Roy | Huntt, 22, of 1302 E street southeast, who was riding in the rumble seat at the time of the accident, was detained by Maryland police for questioning and released. Inquest Into Man’s Death. District authorities are preparing to hold an inquest tomorrow into the death of Ervin Jones, 44, colored, 300 block of K street southwest, killed | early yesterday when struck by an | automobile at Fourteenth street and | Constitution avenue. The machine was driven by William E. Scheetz, 27, of 223 Rock Creek Church road, police said. In Montgomery County & man- slaughter charge faces James H. Falls, 37, colored, of Lakeland, Md. driver of the truck which Wednesday fatally injured 3-year-old Willlam Mehring, son of a Silver Spring dentist. Lake- land is scheduled to appear October Evictionn From Park Home—C. C.C. Men .Guard Goods. BY WILLIAM H. SHIPPEN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. BURAY, Va., October 4.—Forcibly evicted from their home, along with their household goods, Mr. and Mf5s. Melanchthon Cliser were almost too stunned and bewildered today to begin the task of rehabilitation. The couple steadfastly withstood the efforts of the Virginia Commission on Conservation and Development to oust them from their home on Lee High- way in Shenandoah National Park, just west of Panorama Gap, until the eviction was accomplished by five dep- uties yesterday. Cliser was handcuffed and brought to Luray while deputies piled his household effects beside the highway and then barred the dcors and win- dows of the Cliser home to prevent the cquple re-entering. Possessions Guarded. Civilian Conservation Corps mem- bers kept watch’ over Cliser’s posses- sions last night and offered to move them in trucks to any new house which Cliser might select. The 62-year-old mountaineer was released after being brought to Luray and he and his wife spent last night with relatives. Cliser's father built the house from which the couple were evicted and his grandfather also had lived on the mountain nearby. Sheriff E, L. Lucas of Page County evicted the mountaineer after Judge H. W. Bertram threatened him with contempt of court unless he carried out the order. Cliser about & month 2go ordered from his premises WilBur Hall, chairman of the Virginia com- mission, and it was at request of the commission’s attorneys that Judge Bertram called for a showdown yes- terday. Cliser's 46 acres had been con- demned and $4,855 fixed as the pur- chase price, but Cliser refused to touch the money or to accept eviction notice. National parks officials said there will be no permanent residents left in the park when the land is trans- ferred to the Federal Government by the Conservation Commission. The officials said it will not be their policy to be unreasonable and there may be a few exceptions to the rule, but leases for temporary residence continuance in.the area will have to be made, and it is to be expected that these will be granted only for unusually good reason. Meanwhile, as the State proceeded in its efforts to clear the area of occu- pants, Park Service officials said as “interested onlookers” they = were watching the developments. Homestead Plans Continued. Resettlement Administration -offi- cials said ‘they were proceeding with plans for construction of the Ida Val- uyunnoi.nmu ent project for ‘housing families evicted from the park “The t, located near Luray, m between 20 and 25 ded by adequate farm- mturehnd Those taking hlehmu)conlpwox- 000 ‘éach, are to pay for g installments over a long may years. ant Administration explained that the Ida Valley be a elpeflmmtlodow- 'hmahnnlmfllrumuvfll period of The officials unit mine be buil Asm BY PARK SERVICE Hall Declares U. 8. Officials Asked Eviction of Cliser. By the Associsted Press. RICHMOND, October 4—Wilbur C. chairman of the State Conser- Hall, chairman vation and Development 'Melanchthon Cliser from his home and filling station in the Shenandoah Val- ley near Luray, said the State was acting “at the request of the National Park Service.” Mr. Hall said only ‘those persons engaged in commercial which “interfered with the develop- ment of the park by the Government” were being evicted. No orders have been received from the Park Service to evict non-commer- | cial residents of the park, Mr. Hall | said, while some perrons in business | within the park boundaries have been | permitted to remain under an agree- ment that they will cease their enter- prises upon notice within 30 days. ALLEGED BIGAMIST FAGES GRAND JURY Man Who Married in Horse- back Ceremony at Alex- andria Held in Jail. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 4.— Waiving a preliminary hearing to the bigamy charge lodged against him on complaint of his first wife, George M. Van Horn, 30, an automobile me- chanic of 1803 Biltmore street, Wash- ington, whose marriage on horseback to a second wife here this Summer set a new style for outdoor nuptials, was ordered held for action of the grand jury in Police Court today. In waiving the hearing, Van Horn pleaded not guilty to the charge brought by Ethel Mae Nagle Van Horn of Baltimore, who claims to have married Van Horn at Ellicott City, Md., in August, 1934. ‘The former Texan, whose wedding to Miss Rose Wdllace of Washington at Memorial Circle here on July 19 was said to have culminated a romance which started on the bridle path, con- tended he thought his first wife had obtained adivorce from him. He said he had signed divorce papers for her about a yefit ago. In ordering Van Horn held for the grand jury, Judge James R. Duncan raised his bond from $1,000 to $2,000. Van Horn was unable to raise the lesser bond last night, after being brought here from Washington. The first Mrs. Van Horn told De- tective Sergt. Edgar Sims and De- tective Corpl. Joseph Butler, who arrested the horseback groom in Washington yesterday, that she first learned of Van Horn's second mar- riage when she read an account of the novel marriage in a Sunday news- magazine several days ago. Attired in riding costumes, the en- tire wedding party was on horseback for the July 19 ceremony here. Rev. Pierce S. Ellis of the First Baptist Church, who performed the ceremony, however, refused to mount a horse. Both Van Horn and Miss Wallace stated they had been married and di- vorced at the time the marriage li- cense was issued, Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of court, said. Thieves Loot Visitor’s Auto. Thieves last night stole clothing and jewelry valued at $500 from the | automobile of Manley E. McKenny of Honolum. & vigitor here. The auto- was parked near the Marti- Commission, mw,nmnma mmam&hm enterprises | 18 on the charge in County Police | Court. Several persons were injured in traffic accidents in the District in the past 24 hours, one of the mishaps resulting in the arrest of a driver on a charge of reckless driving. Safety Zome Accident. The driver arrested, Henry J. Wad- leigh, 31, Falls Church, Va., was | booked at No. 8 police station after his automobile is said to have run through a safety zone at Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle street, injur- ing C. B. Sedillo, jr., 24, of 1527 I | street. The latter was treated for | bruises and shock. Wadleigh was re- leased on $50 collateral. Three persons received cuts and bruises early today when the automo- bile in which they were riding col- lided with a street car on C street. The injured, all treated at Emergency Hospital, were Benjamin Bowen, 22, driver of the automobile; Ryan Gard- ner, 23, and Arthur Puckell, 55. The three men live at 617 Fifth street northeast, police said. Others injured included Charlotte Schucharat, 6, of 430 New Jersey ave- nue southeast, who received a broken | leg when struck by an automobile in front of her home, and Frank Na- varro, 57, of Capitol Heights, Md, who suffered a collarbone fracture when struck by an automobile in the 1500 block of Benning road northeast. Neither driver was held. WELFARE UNIT DUE TO HANDLE PENSIONS Commissioners Expected to Place Agency in Charge—Sultan Favors Move. Formal order placing administration of the old-age and blind pensions laws under the Board of Public Welfare is | scheduled for adoption by the Com- missioners next week, ending a friendly contest among District officials as to what agency should be placed in charge. This decision, forecast earlier, was definitely indicated with a public state= ment yesterday by Engineer Commis- sioner Dan I. Sultan that he would vote to place the administration under the Welfare Board. Commissioner George E. Allen pre- viously had taken that stand definitely and Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, while believing it might be better to include old-age and blind pensions with the work of the Unemployment Compensation Board, indicated he would not insist on that procedure, Spokesmen for various private social service agencies in the past week pre- sented a united front for their plan | to have the Welfare Board designated for the old-age and blind pension program. BISHOP M. J. KEYES RESIGNS HIS POST Failing Health Is Reason for Action—Was Former C. U. Professor. Failing health has prompted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Keyes of Savannah, Ga.,, former pro- fessor at Marist College, Catholie University, it was learned here today. Pope Pius, it was announced at the Vatican, has transferred the prelate to the titular seat of Aeropoli. Bishop Keyes studied at Marist Col- lege and was ordained there in 1907. He taught for a year in the Marist Preparatory School before his trans- fer to the college as a professor. He held this post until his appointment to the Savanneh diocese in 1922,