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s g Washington News ASSESSMENT FIGHT “Brides’ School” @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1936. to Open BY S‘UEKHULDERS Martha Washington Seminary to Pioneer in Household Science. OF BANK RENEWED Four Challenge Validity of ) Continental Trust Re- ; ceivers’ Action. CHARGE LIABILITIES FOLLOWED MERGER ‘Argue Attempt to Collect From Share Owners for Losses Is Illegal. A new challenge of the validity of the $1,000,000 assessment by the con- troller of the currency against stock- holders of the closed Continental Trust Co. was filed in District Court today. More than $100,000 of the as- sessment already has been collected. Four stockholders, Robert I. Lyon and Misses Addie T. Lyon, Nettie E. Lyon and Helen Lyon, all of 3747 Jocelyn street, asked the court to enjoin John F. Moran, receiver for the Continental, from prosecuting suits against them to collect $20,500 on their 40 shares of stock. A dozen similar collection suits are pending. Through their attorney, George C. Gertman, they charge that the lia- bilities to be met by the assessment were incurred after the Continental retired from the banking business on January 18, 1930, the date of its so- called merger with the Commercial National Bank, now also in the hands of a receiver. Since obligations for which stock- holders of a bank are liable are re- stricted to those incurred in the ordinary course of the institution's business, they argued, liabilities oc- casioned by transactions after the merger cannot reasonably be charged to the Continental stockholders. See “Ultra Vires” Acts. If the Continental was insolvent when it was taken over by the con- troller of the currency in 1933, the insolvency arose out of “ultra vires” acts by its officers which they had no right to perform, the bill asserted. Reciting the Continental’s history, the four stockholders told the court it was incorporated in 1912 to engage in a trust business, but that it later branched out into the banking busi- ness with the permission of the con- troller. At the time of the merger, in 1930, it was a prosperous institu- tion with assets totaling $4,487,331.55, as against liabilities represented by de- posits of $2,803,903.96 and $1,000,000 capital stock. Gertman said that all the liabilities, with the exception of one small disputed claim, have been liquidated. = At that time, the Continental’s stock sold for $135 a share, it was asserted.. Terms of Merger Contract. By the merger contract with the Commercial, the Continental retired from both the banking and trust busi- ness and the Commercial agreed to take over its liabilities and assets, in- cluding its good will, the plaintiffs de- clared, adding that the Commercial already has collected $2,336,946.42 of the assets in addition to income of $507,826.46 yielded by the assets, These collections total $40,86892 more than the aggregate deposits and the excess represents a debt from the | Commercial to the Continental, the court was informed. In addition, it was stated, the Commercial still holds unliquidated assets received from the | Continental in the sum of $429,732.50. Notwithstanding this state of affairs, the plaintiffs said, the controller of the currency on May 29, 1935, ordered a 100 per cent stock assessment. This | assessment was to meet liabilities | growing out of subsequent transactions and consequently was an improper levy, the suit charged. The suit today marked the second time the Continental assessment has been legally questioned. It was up- held last Winter by Justice Jennings Bailey of District Court in a ruling in the case of Dunn versus O’Connor, but it is a matter of dispute whether the legal principles decided in that litigation control the suit brought to- day. The Dunn case is pending in the Court of Appeals. —— STATUE IS PLANNED Bill for Memorial to Will Rogers to Be Introduced. A bill to have a statue of the late Will Rogers presented to the Nation #s a gift of Oklahoma, his native State, will be introduced into the State Legislature next session, it was announced last night at the annual ball of the Oklahoma State Society in the Washington Hotel. ‘The statue will be placed in Statuary Hall in the Capitol, to honor the fa- mous humorist. The ball last night was dedicated to him. 40-Y ear-Old Theft Of Ring Brings Remorse and $10 After wrestling with his conscience for more than 40 years an anony- mous victim of unrelenting remorse gave up today and wrote this letter making. Preliminary to opening of a brides’ school at Martha Wash- ington Seminary, two students pose with an exhibit of home- making arts and appliances to be held from 2 to 5 p.m. today. The setting contrasts Colonial and modern methods of home- —Star Staff Photo. prospective bride who once spent most of her youth in preparing for marriage now is offered an eight weeks' course in a school for brides. Believing in the theory that moon- light and roses have a lot to do with bringing about a happy marriage, but that it takes a good technical knowle edge of pots and pans to keep it that way, the Martha Washington | Seminary is prepared to pioneer in | the field of promoting blissful wed- household science. New York and London have re- rooms, will be the Capital's first effort to train brides in the way they should | Tun their homes. Same Subjects Studied. What young Mrs. Washington or Mrs. Washington-elect will study will be much the same things that her | grandmother spent a girlhood learn- ing. Cooking, sewing, mending, budg- eting, marketing will form the ground- work. Flower arrangement, table setting and house decoration will pro- vide the graces. ‘The principal difference, of course, will be that young Mrs. Washington will have it all over her grandmother | lock through an intensive course in | of nutrition. Relation of food to health and scientific knowledge of menu planning will underlie all prep- aration of meals. And, instead of devoting years to the process of learn- ing, she will get the fundamentals in some 30 hours of intensive study. TIM‘ES have changed, and the|in scientific equipment and knowledge Intuition Held Insufficient. “Young business women—and most girls today are trained for some sort of business or profession— usually are able to apply their office efficiency to housekeeping with very good re- sults,” according to Mrs. Esther L. Smith, who will direct the school. cently offered such schools, but the | “But in spite of all her ability in seminary's course, to be inaugurated | an office, woman’s intuition simply Tuesday for students outside its class | does not enable her to walk into a | kitchenette, however modern, and prepare a good meal unless she knows something about that particular job.” The 30-hour course will require a certain amount of private experi- mentation outside the class room, Mrs. Smith admitted: And Friend Husband, if his bride waits until after marriage to take the course, will doubtless be in on her experi- mentation process. But if all goes as well as school officials believe, Friend Husband's period of complimenting rock-like biscuits and taking bitter coffee with a grin will be reduced to & minimum. §63,504 REPORTED AT CHEST MEETING Special Assignments Unit Addressed by Tumulty and Others. The Community Chest today had $63504 as a starter for the annual campaign, which will open officially next week with $1,969,000 as the goal for 1936. First announcement of pre-cam- paign contributions was made ywster- day at the report meeting of the Special Assignments Unit at the Willard Hotel. Joseph P. Tumulty, chairman of the unit, presided. Mrs. Sidney P. Taliaferro, chair- man of team 8, had the largest re- port, 19 gifts totaling $40,762. Har- old N. Marsh was second, with five contributions totaling $7,300. Tumulty outlined the task confront- ing the unit and urged every effort for a better showing this year, while Mrs. Harper Sibley, chairman of the Women'’s National Committee of the Mobilization for Human Needs, praised volunteer work in behalf of the Chest. A number of prominent speakers stressed the importance of the Chest campaign this year at a mass meet- ing of Government Unit workers in the Government Auditorium. Among them were Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre, Dr. Justin Miller, chairman of the Attorney General's Crime Commission; Cole- man Jennings, general chairman of the campaign; George W. Offutt, president of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, who represented Com- missioner Hazen; Wayne C. Taylor, fiscal secretary of the Treasury De- partment; Assistant Commerce Secre- tary Ernest G. Draper and Herbert L. Willett, jr., Chest director. Campaign plans were outlined against the four public enemies, “hun- ger, crime, despair and disease.” Jen- nings said every cent of the goal was needed to adequately carry out the necessary welfare program in Wash- ington. Among the individual Chest con- tributors listed yesterday are: Anony- mous, $10,000; Mrs. Frederic A. Keep, $6,000; Frank R. Jelleff, Inc., $5,400; Victor Kauffmann, 3 to Emmons S. Smith, jr, of 2216 Massachusetts avenue: “Inclosed you will find 10,dollars ($10) which I am sure will pay for a it' 1700 I street now, said he would ve the money, two five-dollar bills, charity. “I certainly was surprised to get it,” said. “It must have been s long My father closed the store Variety Store 15, Eighth as H § g i Er g ! . j win, $1,200; Mrs. Charles R. Shepard, $1,100; Miss Helen Nicolay, $1, B. Rich’s George A. Fuller Co., Mrs. Walter Turover, $300; D. J. Callahan, Mrs. Richard W. Norton, $300; Bobys, Inc. $250; Arthur J. Sundlun, ; Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Chapin $250. PROBE MYSTERY SHOOTING OF MAN Freeland Bragg Is in Serious Condition in Baltimore Hospital. Shot under circumstances unknown to police, a man identified as Free- land Bragg, 29, of 1012 N street, was in a serious condition in a Baltimore hospital today with bullet wounds in his chest and neck. Bragg dodged Baltimore police and hospital authorities for several hours yesterday before he was caught and placed in a hospital after he had applied to a physiclan for anti- tetanus treatment. Several witnesses to a hold-up in a restaurant at 1115-17 Seventeenth street election night, when two ban- dits were fired at by a policeman as they fled with a cash register con- taining $100, will be sent to Baltimore to view Bragg, Washington police said today. Policeman Joseph Dellinger, who was eating a sandwich in the res- taurant at the time, fired one shot at the bandits, Baltimore police were checking two other reports concerning the shooting —one tht Bragg had accidentally shot himself at a party and the other that he was wounded in an Anne Arundel County (Md.) tavern. Officers said Bragg told them he did not know who fired the shots, but beyond that refused to talk. According to Baltimore police, Bragg first appeared at a downtown hospital about 5 a.m. yesterday, but fled with- out receiving treatment when an officer approached to question him. A woman who accompanied him to the hospital told police he had shot himself. She identified herself as his sister. Several hours later Bragg went to the office of a physician and asked for treated him, but summoned police when Bragg left without revealing his identity. FARES AND CARS BELIEVED TALKED AT SECRET PARLEY Transit Officials Silent on Purpose of Conference With Commission, UTILITIES BODY ALSO REFUSES INFORMATION Merrill Declines Comment, but Cites Statement Regarding Pur- chase of New Equipment. BY DON S. WARREN. Officials of the Capital Transit Co. today declined to disclose the purposes of a secret conference held late yester- day between four directors of the com- pany and members of the Public Util- ities Commission. Despite the veil of secrecy, however, there were indications the conference concerned both the petition of the company for an increase in fare and the request of the commission chair~ man, Riley E. Eigen, that the company purchase a number of modern new street cars each year. Commission members suggested to- | day any statement about the confer- ence should come from the ttransit company’s directors. The commission officials said no definite proposals had been offered and that no decision had been reached. It was emphasized also that the directors did not appear in an official capacity. Those at Conference. The directors attending the confer- ence, it was said, were Charles C. Glover, jr.; Robert V. Fleming and E. C. Graham, all bankers, and S. Percy Thompson, an official of a lum- ber concern. Neither Glover nor Fleming could | be reached this morning, and Graham | merely said he had talked with the | commission as a private citizen and | | not as an official of the transit com- | | pany and that many subjects of a | | general nature were brought up. | E. D. Merrill, vice president and | general manager of the transit com- pany, declined to comment on the conference, but repeated the statement he made recently that the question of { how many new street cars the company termined by the amount of net rev- enues of the company. Elgen re- cently wrote Merrill, proposing that no |less than 50 new street cars should | be bought each year, until all the |oldest and least efficient cars were replaced. He suggested that the first 50 be put into use by the middle of 1937. Seek Dato on Hearing. Officials of the company were represented today as being anxious to know when a public hearing will be called by the commission on the com- pany’s petition for an increased fare. Commission officials said it probably would be ready by the end of the month, but the date has not yet been fixed. Last June the company petitioned that the one-dollar weekly street car pass be sold at a price of $1.25, which would mean there would be but one type of pass to be used either on | street cars or busses. The company cents, which would raise the token rate from 7!, cents to 8'5 cents. The company estimated the changed fares would increase its revenue by some $431,000 a year. DR. ARTHUR CHRISTIE WILL SAIL FOR EUROPE American University Official to Deliver Lecture in London. Dr. Arthur C. Christie, president of the Pifth International Congress on Radiology, which is to meet next year in Chicago, is sailing Saturday for Europe in the interest of this interna= tional gathering of scientists and phy- sicians. Dr. Christle will visit Italy, Switzer~ land, Germany, Sweden, France and England. In London he will deliver the Silvanus Thompson Memorial lec- ture before the annual congress of the British Institute of Radiology, Decem- ber 3. While in Europe Dr. Christie, who is president of the Board of Trustees of American University, plans to visit several famous institutions of higher learning. He expects to return about December 18. This semi-circular Creek Park will be the could undertake to buy must be de- | | also requested car tokens be sold three | for 25 cents instead of four for 30| %k k% Plan Roosevelt Recepfion Hazen and Allen. today in Commissioner Allen’s office. Van Duzer, director of traffic; Maj. Brown and Inspector Edwards. = (Story on Page A-1.) clutches of the law is getting to be a habit with 5-year-old Garnett Lee Caudell, jr. the Police Court mascot known as “Butch.” For the second time in a fortnight, Butch and his sister, Harriet, 3, were taken into custody yesterday when they were picked up in Judiciary Square by a playground supervisor be- | cause they were improperly clothed. Harriet wore only a thin dress, and | Butch was clothed in overalls split to | the waist in three places. Off to the Receiving Home they were marched, and it seemed they were | doomed to remain there until a | Juvenile Court hearing could be ar- ranged. Butch tried the same strategy he used last week, when he called Bonds- |man Pat O'Connor, who “bailed out” | both youngsters after they became lost ‘Butch, 5, Again Pulls Strings And Escapes Police Custody Pulling strings to get out of the| while watching the Navy day exercises at the Navy Yard. But this was a different story—the law had something on Butch and his sister. O'Connor couldn't “spring” Butch, and after a hurried conference | with other bondsmen and lawyers, it was agreed that it would be best to let Judge Fay Bentley decide what should be done. Then Butch's friends decided they were letting him down by such action, and Attorney Cedric F. Johnson be- came aggressive. He threatened to go the limit—resort to habeas corpus pro- ceedings—to effect the release. 8o Juvenile Court officials decided Butch and his sister probably would be less trouble at liberty than in cap- tivity and it was done. Today Butch was back at court— nattily attired, hair neatly cut and combed and saying “Hiya pal” to all his friends, which means everybody. Six Months’ Term For Drunken Wife Urged by Husband “Six months will do her good.” ‘This recommendation was con- tained in a telegram received to- day by Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt from Michael Daugherty of Pittsburgh, whose wife, Effie, had been arrested here on a charge of drunkenness. Daugherty said his wife had been arrested 17 times in 23 months. Judge Hitt said the penalty would be a $100 fine or 90 days in jail. Mrs. Daugherty went to jail. 1937 AUTOMOBILE TAG REQUESTS FLOW BACK Applications for 1937 automobile license tags, sent out last month were flowing back to the office of the De- partment of Vehicles and Traffic in steadily increasing volume today. About 5,000 applications have been received by motorists who are taking advantage of the home delivery service afforded for an extra charge of 10 cents a license, and another 30,000 are expected to be delivered in that way. ‘The deliveries, made by a private mes- senger service, will start November 16, according to Traffic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer. After November 30, the tags may be secured at the department offices at Pennsylvania avenue and John Mar- shall place. Bench Honors Envoy gru}l granite bench at Pierce Mill in Rock center of an imposin It is a memorial to the late Jules Ju:mamf, gathering Saturday. French Ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925., The diplomat’s widow come to mem ipate ‘in the unveiling exercises. The was a favorite with her and her husband on their has site of the strolls through the park. President Roosevelt wili give the dedi~ catory address. 4 PARTY LEADERSHIP FIGHT 15 EXPECTED Democrats Without Recog- nized Head Since Death of Ritchie. B the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 5.—Since the New Deal retained its control with the greatest popular majority ever given a presidential candidate in the State, Maryland Democrats are trying to solve the question of who shall be their principal leader. Since the death of former Gov. Albert C. Ritchie last February, there has not been one recognized leader of the party in Maryland. Whether the Democratic sweep Tuesday will pro- vide that recognized leader remains to be seen. Some observers felt that Senator George Radcliffe, Maryland campaign manager for the Roosevelt-Garner ticket, would be the logical man to step into the leader’s shoes. Radcliffe took over the campaign manager's job months before the election and at a time when it was not known how Maryland would line up on the New Deal ballot test. Dealt Out Little Patronage. Radcliffe, however, during the time he has served in the Senate has not dealt much in patronage. Most of that has been left to the State’s senior Senator, Millard E. Tydings, who campaigned actively for President Roosevelt after having opposed nu- merous New Deal measures in Con- ‘William Some sources felt that the leader- ship question might not be settled until after the 1938 election in which & Governor will be chosen. Talk of the governorship race made itself felt during the early stages of the recent presidential campaign, but was shushed up completely in the closing weeks. ‘The name of Mayor Howard Jack- son of Baltimore has been mentioned most in conmection with the guber- natorial race. It is no secret that Jackson has been bending his efforts that way. Sasscer Also Candidate. Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges County, president of the State Senate, also is a recog- mzed candidate for the 1938 guber- natorial election. Attbrney General Herbert R. O’Conor also has been mentioned. Salient features of the Maryland were ‘The total balloting passed the 610,- 000 mark, & new record for Maryland. ‘The majority of President Roosevelt neared the 160,000 mark, another new record for Maryland. Republicans polled approximately. 10,000 more voters in Baltimore than there are registered Republican votes Upshaw Condition Improved. ASHEVILLE, N. C., November 5 (). -Attending physiclans reported an improvement today in the condition of D. Upshaw, Prohibition eandidate for President in 1932. P | Plans for the reception of President Roosevelt tomorrow were formulated at this meeting | Left to right, standing: Richmgnd B. Keech, William A. Seated: Commissioners BRUTALITY IS LAID | 10 COUNTY POLICE Charge Gives New Angle to | Bonding Probe in Prince Georges. A Washingtonian's charges of po- lice brutality in Prince Georges County, Md., today gave a new angle to the investigation of police-bonding | irregularities there. Already opened by the recently re-| cessed grand jury in Upper Marlboro, | the inquiry took the new turn when the District resident told an attorney how he was “blackjacked” by two officers “without justification.” Keystone Automobile Club officials were preparing to study his charges as possible additional evidence for presentation to State’s Attorney Alan Bowie, who has announced his inten- pals involved in the “bargain fine” racket. Says He Was Blackjacked. ‘The victim declared that after his arrest for intoxication the policemen, en route to the station house with him, suddenly stopped the scout car and slugged him with their black- jacks. Their action, he said, was merely prompted by the Washingto- nian’s remarks “approving” the cur- rent investigation. Following the beating the victim was treated for head lacerations prior to incarcera- tion in a jail cell. Meanwhile, Keystone attorneys planned to appear before the County Board of Commissioners in Upper Marlboro this afternoon for a formal presentation of charges made by Washington motorists in nearly 100 affidavits. In a letter to the board, which has refused to initiate an independent investigation of the alleged graft, the automobile club has stated: Malfeasance Charged. “Our investigation shows that cer- tain members of your county police force are guilty of malfeasance and misfeasance in office, guilty of ac- cepting bribes, fee splitting with cer- tain bondsmen, larceny after trust, ahd the wholesale arrest of hundreds of motorists—arrests which obviously and apparently were made for the sole purpose of graft. “As the result of collusion between certain members of your county po- lice and certain dishonest and un- scrupulous justices of the peace. war- rants and commitment papers of ar- rested motorists have been altered, or destroyed entirely, with the result that the alleged fines assessed against the motorists have never been paid into the State treasury and have be- come the lucrative booty of a small but vicious and corrupt ring of rack- eteers.” The letter points out that “each of these charges is susceptible of physi- cal, actual proof, in the form of canceled checks, receipts, and your own altered county police records, and in each instance are supported by a sworn affidavit of the arrested motorist.” Ask for New System. The Keystone attorneys will ask the board to institute a system, of consecutively numbered receipts to be given to arrested persons by jus- tices of the peace for collateral pay- ments. They will also stress the need of a numbered, indexed file set-up to prevent alteration of records. According to Bowie, plans have been started to use receipt books in Police Court. Upon payment of fines, the accused will receive receipts from the court clerk, Bowie said. point out inadequacies of the present record-keeping system. Proposals of the magistrates were taken under ad- visement. Also scheduled to go before the board today is at least one delegation of county residents who will urge the commissioners to open an independent inquiry into the charges, with the possibility of of suspending suspected officers pending completion of the in- vestigation. The fight for a separate inquiry by the board has been led by Commis~ 5 tion vigorously to prosecute prinei- | Society and General HOUSE COMMITTEE FORD. C. MAY STAY VIRTUALLY" INTACT All Members of Old Body, Except Fenerty, Are Re-elected. APPROPRIATIONS UNIT TO REPLACE MRS. KAHN Representative Norton Mentioned, but Held Unlikely to Accept. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The same House committee that handled all District legislation in the last Congress is expected to remain virtually intact in the new Congress which convenes in January. All members of the old committee except one, Representative Fenerty, Republican of Pennsylvania, were re- elected. The only other loss is Rep- resentative Carpenter, Democrat of Kansas, who did not run for re- election. Representative Norton, Democrat of New Jersey, chairman of the com- mittee, won a sweeping victory, as did most of the other members who were re-elected. These include Rep- resentatives Randolph of West Vir- ginia, Schulte of Indiana and Ken- nedy of Maryland, all Democrats, who have taken an active part in the ace tivities of the committee. Other members of the committee returned to the House include Repre- sentatives Patman of Texas, Jenckes of Indiana, Ellenbogen of Pennsylva- nia, Quinn of Pennsylvania, Nicholas of Oklahoma, McGehee of Mississippi, Wood of Missouri, all Democrats; Hull of Wisconsin, Progressive, and Dirk- sen of Illinois, Short of Missouri, Reed of Illinois, Brewster of Maine, and Cole of New York, all Republicans. ‘The defeat of Representative Kahn, Republican, of California, the only woman member of the House Appro- priations Committee, places Mrs. Nor= ton in a position to fill that vacancy. She would, however, be forced to give up the chairmanship of the District Committee, and it is unlikely she would do that in view of her intense interest in District affairs. While the District Legislative Com- mittee probably will remain un- changed in the next Congress, there will be reorganization of the Sub- committee on Appropriations that handles the District supply bill. Two new Democratic members must be as- signed to that subcommittee to fill vacancies caused by the defeat of Representative Blanton of Texas and | the death of Representative Jacobe sen of Iowa. | Representative Johnson, Democrat, i°’ West Virginia probably will serve as chairman of the subcommittee. He is line for the appointment as & re- sult of Blanton's defeat. Representa= tive Ditter, Republican, of Pennsyl vania, who was re-elected, probably will continue to serve on the subcom= mittee. —_— FEDERAL EMPLOYES TO PRESS PROGRAM National Federation Prepared to Ask for New Civil Service Legislation. | 'The National Federation of Federal | Employes is prepared to press for civil service legislation as soon as the new | Congress assembles, Luther C. Stew- ard, president, said in a statement last night. “Our fundamental objective is the | extension and strengthening of the merit system,” he said. “To this vire tually every candidate for national office in the election was pledged. Redemption of that pledge now is definitely in order. On the basis of that pledge, legislation to be spon- sored by the National Federation of Federal Employes in the January sese sion of Congress should receive thore ough-going support in every quarter, “As members of the Seventy-fifth Congress arrive in Washington, the national officers of the National Fed- eration of Federal Employes will place before them the legislative program of the organization, which looks to=- ward the betterment of public pere sonnel administration within the Fed- eral service. “The merit-system issue without question takes precedence in im- portance over all others because of its basic nature. Other vital objectives, however, include extension of classifi- cation in the field services; a minimum wage of $1,500 for all adult full-time employes; optional retirement after 30 years’ service; establishment of a cen~ tral personnel agency; civil service court of appeals, and liberalization of retirement. “The attainment of these and other legislative objectives of the National Federation of Federal Employes will mean much to the taxpayers of the United States in improving the whole level of efficiency within the Federal service.” ELECTRIFICATION LOANS The Rural Electrification Adminis- tration said today it had allotted $35,~ 128,178 in the year since beginning its lending operations. ‘Wires are being strung on R. E. A~ financed projects in 20 States, Morris L. Cooke, administrator, said. Con- struction contracts involving $5,290,~ 876 to build 6,109 miles of line have been let, he added. sioner Vinton D. Cockey of Laurel, chairman of the group’s Police Com- mittee. He has repeatedly urged the board “to put its house in order.” The Police Department is directly ree sponsible to the board, since its per« sonnel is appointed and may be changed by the commissioners. ‘The commissioners have agreed to finance expenses for assistants to aid Bowie in collection and study of evi- dence for presentation to the grand Jjury when it reconvenes in a few weeks, The State’s attorney yesterday indie cated he would not appoint investl- gators befors next week. »