Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1936, Page 16

W.PADUETOTURN 250,000 ON RELIEF 10 RESETTLEMENT Administrative Cut to Affect’ 5,000, Majority Em- ployed Here. SEEN MOVE TO REDUCE COSTS DRASTICALLY Drought Cases May Be Trans- ferred Dec. 15—Total Decline in Burden Seen 329,000. BY NELSON M. SHEPARD. ‘The Works Progress Administration will dump approximately 250,000 drought relief cases into the lap of the Resettlement Administration on De- cember 15, it was said today, as an emergency measure to help scale down relief work costs to $154,000,000 or less this month. The transfer of this heavy load from W. P. A. rolls was said to be in addi- tion to the reduction of 154,000 project workers which Deputy Administrator Aubrey Williams informed the Com- mittee of Mayors is necessary because of dwindling funds. But the reduc- tion will not end there. W. P. A. of- ficials confirmed today that the dis- charge of mon-relief workers and ad- ministrative clerks would continue un- til at least 25,000 have been severed from the pay rolls. It was expected the total reduction in administrative personnel would reach 5000 employes, a majority of them employed in Washington. Of- ficials estimated the reduction at | elightly more than 15 fler cent of per- sonnel. The other 20,000 persons fac- ing the loss of work-relief jobs are foremen, etc.. who have charge of proj- ects and working crews. With these and the drought victims + taken from W. P. A. rolls on and after December 15. it was estimated the to- tal reduction in the relief burden would be around 329,000 persons. Nearly 1,000 administrative clerks al- ready have been let out of the W. P. A. to date as a result of a gradual tightening up of the program. To Avoid Causing Hardships. Officials said today that they “do not intend to cut off any one who is vitally in need of relief.” There is to be no geographic determination in bringing about the reduction, it was explained, and the ax will fall in the | areas or communities where it wllh cause least hardship. The Western droughts brought a white elephant into the W. P. A. camp. When Congress appropriated $1,425,- 000,000 to take care of work-relief needs, it did not figure on the havoc which nature would spread over & great area. It has cost the W. P. A, $300,000,000 to date to provide a live- lihood for the thousands of victims of the drought and this sum had to be met out of the regular budget. By transferring 250,000 direct vic- tims of the drought to the Resettle- ment Administration, where they will receive about half the amount that W. P. A. gives them, a saving of about $12,000,000 2 month will be effected. There are a great many indirect suf- ferers of the drought, officials said, who will not be eligible for Resettle- ment loans. These include small store- keepers who were bankrupt when farmers were unable to settle their bills, and others who were involved in similar ways. Most of these are now | drawing on the W. P. A. for work-re- lief and will continue to do so. The work-relief program reached | fts peak last February, when thereI were 3,039,000 persons on W. P. A.| | War. Frank Starnes (left) shown shaking hands with James Nolan of the Council of Social Aaenmu. COL RENBURGDIES AT HOME IN CHINA Former Commandant Bolling Field Served at Legations Abroad. Lieut. Col. George E. A. Reinburg, 48, one-time commandant of Bolling Fielg and one of the Army’s most dis- tinguished retired aviation authorities, died todayv in Hangchow, China, where he was chief instructor of the Chinese Aviation School, according to the Associated Press. i Shortly after his service at| Bolling Field he of was made assist- ant military| attache for avia- tion at Berlin, Germany. He also was attached to the legations at Bern, Switzerland; Prague, Czecho- slovakia; Vienna, Austria; The Hague, Holland; Copenhagen, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden. Col. Res While serving in that capacity, he| flew over most of Europe, becoming one of the best-known flyers there. | He held both German and Aero Club of America licenses. A native of this city, Col. Reinburg| entered the Cavalry in 1912 and served with distinction throughout the World He was discharged from the National Army with the rank of lieu- tenant colonel in 1920 and reassigned | to the Regular Army with the rank of major that year. During the latter part of the war | he became interested in aviation, so was appointed to that service when he returned to the Regular Army. From July, 1922, to April, 1923, he was in charge of Bolling Field. this time he served for a short time in the Intelligence Division of the General Staff. rolls alone. By October 15 improved | business conditions were largely re- sponsible for a reduction in the rolls ! to 2,515,728 persons. The prospective dismissal of 154,000 | additional projects workers will be brought about systematically. For some time a survey has been in prog- ress to determine how many persons can be dropped from relief rolls with- out creating actual distress in their families. Industry is providing more and more jobs and these will be filled Wwherever possible from W. P. A. work- | ers. The survey also was said to be uncovering many cases of persons who can now get along without Federal wnid. These are to be dropped. Non-Relief List Varies. There is no accurate way of gauging the number of non-relief workers en- gaged in the program, as it varies from month to month. Administrator Hop- Retiring in 1932, Col. Reinburg and his wife, Mrs. Annabelle Moore Rein- burg of Spokane, Wash., moved to a polnt near Front Royal, Va., where they built a stone house on the top of a mountain. He later accepted the position in China and was accom- panied by his wife, who was there when he died. He was a graduate of Eastern Higin School and later took a special course at George Washington University. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Hunter Reinburg, a student at Colum- bia Preparatory School, and George E. A. Reinburg, jr, who is with his mother, Col. Reinburg’s first wife, in South America; a brother, Capt. Leroy Reinburg, who is commander of the Great Lakes Coast Guard area, and two sisters, Miss M. K. Reinburg and Mrs. J. E. Sticka, wife of Comdr. kins estimated that they comprised | between 6 and 7 per cent of the total | rolls. There may be as many as 175,- 000 at the present time, so it is pos- | sible the reduction may reach more than 10 per cent. W. P. A. has enough funds on hand to keep going until Congress convenes in January, if it tightens up all around. While President Roosevelt has been reported ready to call for a $500,000,- 000 emergency appropriation to take care of the work-relief burden until the end of the fiscal year, no official ‘will come right out and say how much will actually be needed. In the first place, they don't quite know what the cost will be. That is a matter about which Congress will be advised in time. ‘With the reduced status planned by the W. P. A, Williams estimated that there will be $120,000 left after the December payments to carry on until January 15. By that time it was ex- | pected Congress will provide emergen- ¢y funds. How much Congress will appropri- ate for the new fiscal year beginning May 1 is a matter of speculatoin. Much depends then on the progress of business and industrial recovery. The existence of a “backlog” of un- allocated work-relief funds, which might be used to carry W. P. A. ac- tivities well into February if the new Congress is slow in voting additional money, was disclosed today by Treas- ury officials. In addition to the sum at present available to W. P. A, the Treasury officials said, $87,000,000 of the cur- Live Stock Die as Barn Burns. WINCHESTER, Va. December § head of cattle, three mules, two and large quantities of wheat, oats, corn and hay. The loss estimated around $30,000, partly The farm is tenanted by Sticka of the Coast Guard, both living | here. KENTUCKY CLUB ELECTS Democratic Group Picks Vaughn as New President. Marshall E. Vaughn, former mem- ber of the Kentucky Legislature, last night was elected president of the Kentucky Democratic Club of Wash- ington by the club’s Executive Com- mittee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of 8. H. Ourbacker. The meeting was held at the club’s headquarters, 1746 K street. WIDOW DIES Funeral Services for Mrs. M. ¥. Burrows at Residence Monday. Mrs. Mary F. Burrows, widow of Charles W. Burrows, died yesterday after & short iliness at the home of her son, with whom she lived at 3719 ‘Warren street. A native of Baltimore County, Md., Mrs. Burrows had lived here about 45 years. She was the daughter of the late William A. and Sarah Carter Tracey. Besides her son, she leaves & brother, J. M. Tracey of this city. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the residence. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. quuor Dealers He | | was on duty here until 1926. During | —Star stafl Photo. PRISONER CRANTED PLEA FOR RELEASE Judge Curran Frees Inmate | of Occoguan on Job Assurances. Frank Starnes, 23, was taken from solitary confinement in Occoquan ‘Work House by Judge Edward M. Cur- ran in Police Court today and re- leased in the custody of a representa- tive of the Washington Council of So- | cial Agencies, who offered him a job. The youth, who was committed to the work house on October 26 by Act- ing Police Court Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly, who sentenced him to serve 120 | days on charges of drunkenness and | disorderly conduct, attracted Judge | Curran’s attention to his case by plead- ing for his liberty to the four Police Court judges when they visited Oc- coquan in & body a week ago. At that time Starnes had been placed in solitary confnement by jail officials to thwart his several attempts to escape. Investigation disclosed the youth had no previous police record and when Judge Curran received as- surance from the welfare agency of a Job he effected his release. As he suspended the balance of the jail term today, Judge Curran exacted Starnes’ promise not to repeat the of- fenses. The jurist said he had con- | ferred with Judge Mattingly and that | the latter had concurred in his action. TRAFFIC TOLL 85 | | Truck Crash Into Tree Is Fatal to Philadelphian and Driver. One man was killed and another fatally injured late last night when the truck in which they were riding ran off the road and crashed into a tree in the 5000 block of Sheriff road northeast. The deaths raised the District's 1936 traffic toll to 85. Perry J. Sain, 42, of Philadelphia. a passenger in the machine, was dead on arrival at Casualty Hospital. The other victim—Russell Lee Dyson, 25, colored, Cedar Heights, Md., driver of the truck—died at the hospital two hours later. The driver was employed by Luello Ortego, a radio dealer at 2110%; Four- teenth street. Sain, a friend of Or- tego’s, arrived yesterday from Phila- delphia. Ortego told police the pair started out in the truck for an unannounced destination. Authorities are investi- gating to determine the cause of the accident. The truck overturned after striking the tree. Another man was seriously injured last night when struck by a street car at Thirteenth street and New York avenue. The victim, Frank A. Hardin, 25, colored, 1523 T street, is in Cas- ualty Hospital suffering from a frac- tured leg and head injuries. Police said the street car was op- erated by George Bateman, 40, of 2720 Chain Bridge road. —— CHILDREN TO SING The “Christmas Story in Song and Drama,” presented last year by Esther Linkins with the Children’s Com- munity Center Choruses, will be re- peated this year in Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth and H streets. One presentation has been planned, at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, December 20, under auspices of the Community Center Department and under gen- eral directon of Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, director, and Mrs. Mabel Clark and Mrs. D. E. Middleton, sec- retaries of the department. Wheat Growers Hit by Strike. HEPPNER, Oreg., December 5 (#). —Wnheat growers of the Pacific North- west stand to lose from 12 to 15 million dollars because of the maritime strike, Dr. William A. Schoenfeld of Oregon State College told the Eastern Oregon Wheat League last night. ‘The normal Oregon shipping period is about over and soon Argentine and Australian grain will enter the world market. to Banish Santa From Window Displays The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board today had a promise of full co-operation from Washington retail liquor dealers in its move to keep Santa Claus out of window and store displays advertising the sale of whisky for Christmas. While the board took no official action, Nathan N. Wallack, president of the District Exclusive Liquor Deal- ers’ Association, said the retailers will do as the board requested and that jobbers have agreed not to insist upon use of advertising matter objection- able to the board. ‘The board told dealers they must not use suggestions of Christmas spirif in advertisements in a way that might tempt minors to violate the law, nor station Santa Claus in liquor depart- ments of stores that might be patron- ized by numbers of children. “We have no direct control over what dealers place in newspaper or magazine advertisements, unless per- haps it be a co-operative program from the industry here in the Dise trict,” the board said. “But we do have control over lisensed premises.” *{of the Christmas seals, offered by the AS TWO MORE DIE/| BY TUBERGULOSIS STIR NEW DRIVE(GUILTY N BRIBERY T Pupils to Be Tested to Cut Gain of 7.7 Pct. in 1936 Fatalities. RUHLAND SAYS EARLY DIAGNOSIS IMPERATIVE Asks Seal Sale Co-operation— Blames Lack of Facilities in Part for Upturn in Toll. Arrangements for s renewed attack on the District’s tuberculosis problem were being completed today by Health Officer George C. Ruhland after he had found there was a considerable increase in the number of deaths from the disease here during the first 10 months of this year. One phase of the campaign will be to give chest X-ray tests to pupils of the senior classes of six white and three colored high schools, on Decem- ber 9. This “case-finding” program has been made possible by a financial donation from the District Tubercu- losis Association. A similar grant was made for the same purpose & year ago when W. P. A. funds were used to give tests to several thousand pupils. Comparison Shows Increase. Dr. Ruhland sald the tuberculosis death rate in Washington points to & definite increase as guaged by sta- tistics for the first 10 months of this year, when there were 557 deaths, as | against 517 for the similar period of 1935. “This increase can not be laid to | an increase in the population of Washington as a whole, for basing it on the new census figures of 619,000 for 1936, as against 594,000 for 1935 would show there were approximately three more deaths per 100,000 of popu- lation,” said Dr. Ruhland. ‘White Fatalities up 13 Per Cent. “Although there has been a definite | increase in the colored population of approximately 7,000 during the last year, and although it is & well-known fact that tuberculosis deaths among the colored during the last few years has been proportionately five to seven times as great as among the white population, the figures for this year show an increaseof tuberculosis deaths among the white population of 13.2 per cent and smong the colored, 5.1 |per cent. So for this year the total increase has approximated 7.7 per cent. “Deaths from tuberculosis are due to two main causes—first, not getting the patient early enough so that proper treatment can be instituted: and sec- iond, lack of proper facilities and lack of co-operation on the part of the patient.” Dr. Ruhland asked public support for the campaign through pfirchase Tuberculosis Association as a means | of raising funds for fighting the disease. —_— 'DINNER 1S PLANNED | | FOR MSGR. JORDAN Trinity Students Will Honor Pro- fessor Recently Made Do- mestic Prelate. Trinity College students will enter- tain at dinner tomorrow in honor of | Msgr. Edward J. Jordan, professor of education at the college, who recently | | was raised to the dignity of domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI. A number of members of the facul- ty will be present, among them Dr. Nicholas A. Weber, professor of church history; Dr. John O’'Grady, applied sociology; Dr. Donald A. McLean, po- litical science, and Dr. J. Edward Rauth, psychology. Dr. Francis Cassidy, history of edu- cation; Dr. Prancis A. Walsh, eth- ics; Dom Benedict Brosnahan, re- ligion and scripture; Albert Burnley Bibb, history of art; Dr. William M. Deviny, economics; Dr. Maurice S. Sheehy, religion. Dr. Joseph P. Christopher, Italian; Dr. Edward G. Roelker, logic; Dr. John Kenneth Ryan, philosophy; Dr. Arthur Deering, English; Miss Adele Cavanagh, chemistry; Miss Marian Louise Pierce, Spanish; Dr. Paul H. | Furfey, social statistics. Dr. Edward Talbot, history of phi- losophy; Percy A. Robert, sociology; Miss Elaine E. Scanlan, physical edu- cation, and Drs. McRey and George Johnson of Catholic University. ot SAMUEL VIGDERHOUSE, SALES MANAGER, DIES !Short Illness Fatal to Carpel Co. Executive—Funeral Services to Be Held Tomorrow. Samuel Vigderhouse, 46, sales man- ager for the Carpel Co. local dis- tributing agency for a well-known food products concern, died yesterday at his home, 4324 Fifteenth street. He had been ill since last Saturday. Mr. Vigderhouse had been a resident of this city for the last 29 years. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Mary Vigderhouse; three daughters, Mrs. William Levine, Miss Mildred Vigderhouse and Miss Naomi Vigder- house; two son, Norman and Nathan Vigderhouse; two brothers, Morris Vigderhouse and Joseph Hais, and s sister, Mrs. Mildred Potosky, all of this city. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at his late residence. Burial will be in Ohev Sholom Ceme- tery. BAND CONCERT. By the Soldlers’ Home Band in Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. lodly .Yohn. Marching On”. Irish overture, “Innesfallen”. .Koppits Emeute * (8) “The Ancellu" (b) AFTER VERDICT 0 Auto Dealer Faces 3-Year Term and Fine in Di- vorce Suit Fight. DEFENDANT IS HELD PENDING HIS APPEAL Is Shaken by Jury Action After 8-Hour Discussion—Kearney to Be Sentenced Later. William J. Nolan, local automobile dealer, was found guilty by a District Court jury last night of bribing two witnesses in a divorce suit instituted by his wife, Mrs. Alice M. Nolan. He faces a penalty of three years imprisonment, a $500 fine, or both. Despite a defense plea that Nolan | be released on bail to handle the af- fairs of his automobile business, now involved in bankruptcy proceedings, Trial Justice James M. Proctor or- dered the defendant committed to jail pending appeal. As Nolan, apparently shaken by the verdiet, was led away by a deputy marshal, he turned to shake hands with Assistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly, remarking: “Let’s not have any hard feelings about it.” Deliberates 3 Hours. Fihelly, with Walter M. Shea, also an assistant United States attorney, prosecuted the case. The jury returned its verdict at 9 p.m., after deliberating nearly eight hours. Government witnesses told the jury | that Nolan, through an intermediary, gave Charles Young, colored janitor, $50 and two automobile tires to leave the District with his wife Mattie for Columbia, 8. C., after they had been subpoenaed in 1934 to testify for Mrs. Nolan in her divorce case. The Youngs subsequently testified that Nolan had rented an apartment in the 1800 block of Massachusetts avenue under an assumed name. Mrs. Nolan contended he occupled the apartment with other women. ‘The principal witness against Nolan was PFrancis M. Kearney, formerly manager of the Connecticut ayenue branch of the Nolan motor agency. Kearney, testifying for the Govern- ment, said Nolan gave him the $50 to turn over to Young, and that he also authorized him to let the colored | man have the automobile tires. Witness Faces Sentence. At the outset of Nolan’s trial, Kear- ney entered a plea of nolo contendere. This is, in effect, a plea of guilty, and his case has been referred to the probation officer for investigation be- fore sentence is imposed. Nolan did not take the witness stand in his own defense, but wit- nesses caljed in his behalf testified | they had heard Kearney say Nolan “knew nothing” about the bribery, and that Kearney had done it because he thought he was helping Nolan. Mrs. Nolan was not present when the verdict was returned last night. Their divorce litigation, which in- cluded a counter suit by Nolan, was in the courts for several years, Mrs. Nolan finally being awarded a decree of limited divorce, custody of their two children and $450 a month for maintenance. DENVER UNIT GIVES TUBERCULOSIS FUND D. C. Association to Get $150 to Aid in Fight to Pre- vent Disease. A gift to the Christmas seals fund of the District of Columbia Tubercu- losis Association was voted unani- mously by the Executive Council of the Washington Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Jewish Consumptives’ Relief So- clety of Denver at a meeting yester- day. Notice of the action has been sent to Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing director of the Tuberculosis Associa- tion, by Mrs. Joseph Millenson, presi- dent of the society. “We feel” Mrs. Millenson said in announcing the gift, “that in giving this aid to the Washington campaign for the prevention of tuberculosis, we are in reality furthering the ob- jectives of our own society. For, in doing so, we lessen by just so much the probability of more patients being taken from this city for the care of the Denver society. We are fully aware of the splendid preventive serv- ices carried on here by the local as- soclation with the funds raised from the annual sale of Christmas seals.” In an official call sent to the 700 members of the local auxiliary of the society for the next regular monthly meeting, all members are urged to buy ti Christmas seals to aid the work of the local association. AR MRS. JOHN A. LUNDEEN BURIED IN ARLINGTON Wife of Retired Colonel Succumbs After Illness of 7 Months. Was 82 Years Old. ‘Mrs. Mary Cutler Johnson Lundeen, 82, wife of Col. John A. Lundeen, U. 8. A, retired, died yesterday at her home, 2139 Wyoming avenue. She had been ill about seven months. Mrs. Lundeen had been a resident of this city about 24 years. Besides her husband she leaves two daugh- ters, Mrs. Harry Lee Steele, wife of Maj. Gen. Steele, retired, former chief of Coast Artillery, and Mrs. Sevier Tupper of Camp Custer, nnmecreek,l Mich,, the wife of Maj. Tupper, U. 8. A., and seven grandchildren. Funeral services and burial were to- day in Arlington National Cemetery. CRASH LAID TO WEATHER HE King should marry Mrs. Simpson because love is the best thing in life and because s man hu & right to do as he pleases. The King should marry Mrs. S8impson because she is & divorcee, because she is not royal, be- cause duty is the first thing in lif and because their love will die in a year. Thus spoke four women and three men stopped by The Star reporter this morning on their way to work. Two, both unmarried women, were in favor of marriage and Edward’s retention of the throne. Five opposed the mar- riage. Two other men and one woman said they never read about the ro- mance in the newspapers and did not care what the King of England did. ‘The question put was: Do you think King Edward should marry Mrs. ‘Wallis Warfleld Simpson no matter what the consequences, and if so, or if not, why? The interviewees and their replies follow: MISS VIRGINIA JOHNSON, 214 Thirteenth street southeast, telephone Miss Johnsen, Miss Kespelher, operator—I don't think he should marry her. He should give up love and think of his peoples. I just don’t think she would make a queen. MISS MARTHA KESPELHER, 1408 Emerson street, beauty parlor em- ploye: “I think Mrs. Simpson's all right. and keep the throne. What in the world is bigger than love? stuffed shirts who talk about empire above everything irritate me. The King's a king and he's a man. fell in love. it.” | street, Chicago, Ill., business man, who is married: “I think a man is a damn fool to throw away a kingdom for a woman."” Mrs. Marie Brunner, 1702 Summit place, cashier: “I'm all for it. A man shouldn't be hedged about by The King ought to get her |} These | He | Let him go through with C. E. Bobrer, 900 North Franklin | F Washmgtomans Divided on Whether He Should Wed American. extraneous considerations. He ought to be allowed to do as he wishes. He has & right to live his own life as he sees fit, within certain limits. I hope they get married and that they stay on the throne. Personally, I wouldn't trade places with Mrs. Simpson. It's C. E. Rohrer, Mrs. Brunnmer. all right for her to be Queen, but I wouldn’t like it. I prefer my inde- pendence as a private citizen.” Bryant Gullion, 613 Pennsylvania avenue, news vender: “The King ought to give Mrs. Simpson up. The way I figure it, he's got his duty first. He shouldn't let his duty to his people run en the rocks so he can get mar- ried.” Mrs. Allen Muriel, Alexandria, Va., store clerk: “I'm against this mar- riage. Mrs. Simpson's not royal enough. I'm not saying she couldn't act correctly if she sat on the throne, but you know she hasn’t any right to be there.” Sam Schultz, 5416 Nevada avenue, accountant, who is married: “If Mrs. Simpson is the right woman she’ll get | out of the King's life. If he gives up Sam Schultz. Mrs. Muriel. everything for her now, in a year he’ll some pleasure and go ahead with a | useful career as King.” CITY HEADS SEEK {Write Budget Director Ask- ing Approval for Jefferson Junior High Move. Commissioners will ask Congress to | make available nearly $200,000 as & ‘mh sum with which to bargain for the purchase of the remainder of the Jefferson Junior High School. Decision to make this further ef-| fort to reach an agreement with the owners of the land needed for the site, in the square bounded by Seventh, | Eighth, H and I streets southwest, was | given in a letter sent late yesterday |by the Commissioners to Acting | | Budget Director Daniel W. Bell. Ask Bureau Appr Bureau approval of the proposed re- appropriation of $192,531.27 which re- mains of an appropristion made in 1932 for preparation of plans and the beginning of construction of the pro- posed new school. pended were used for preparation of plans. Hazen advised the budget director | the Commissioners had found they must discard suggestions that the pres- ent site selected for the building be | abandoned and that the school be | erected either on the land used for the Hoover Playground or that pur- chased for the Farmers’ Market. He said neither of those sites would be suitable for the school. Agreements on these points were reached earlier in the week at a conference between superintendent of schools. Award Was Protested. ‘The price to be paid for the needed land at the present proposed site twice has been before condemnation juries. The first award was protested by the land owners and the second was re- jected by the Commissioners as too high. Repeated efforts at a private settlement have failed. Hazen said legal advisers had said there was grave doubt whether a third attempt to place the question before a condemnation jury would stand court test. JOHNSON IMPROVES Johnson of California was described by his office today as “continuing to improve.” Johnson suffered an illness at the end of the last session of Congress and, later, contracted a heavy cold. SCHOOL SITE CASH If the Budget Bureau approves, the | The sums ex-| Hazen and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, | ‘The condition of Senator Hiram W. ' FRANKLIN TOPAY {Disbursement of Bank to Start Tuesday to Certifi- cate Holders. Depositors in the former Pranklin National Bank are to receive a divi- dend of $250,000, which is 25 per cent | according to announcement by the | site needed for the long-planned new | trustees of the Franklin Liquidating | Trust. Payments will start Tuesday morn- ing at the Departmental Bank Build- ing, 1726 Pennsylvania avenue, all de- positors being required to present their “certificates of participation” in | order to get their money. bring total dividends paid since the bank was closed to 82> per cent. As probable that the depositors even- tually will receive practically 100 per cent of their original deposits, al- | though this statement is not official. | Samuel M. Thrift, executive secre- |tary of the Franklin Liquidating Trust, said today that the Depart- ment Bank Building will be open from 9 to 5 every business day ex- | cept Saturdays, when office hours will be from 9 to 12 noon. When the Pranklin National Bank | went into the merger which resulted of the origingl bank were placed in the hands of three trustees, William F. Kelly, Lindsey P. Rawley and Henry | J. Sterzer. MAN'S THROAT GASHED Ind!nnhn, 74, Found Beside Road, Where He Is Thought to Have Been Struck by Car. Br the Associated Press. PERU, Ind, December 5.—There were no witnesses and John H. Cava- ’nlulh was too seriously injured to tell what happened, but police sur- mised he was stabbed in the throat with his own knife when knocked down by & hit-and-run motorist. ‘The 74-year-old retired railroad dis- patcher was found in a gutter last night with a knife and partly peeled | apple at his side. Police theorized a stood on the curb peeling the apple and the knife struck his throat. Brewed Spirit for God. The Aryans of 2,000 B.C. brewed a spirit which they drank to Pushan, the Pathfinder. Noise of House By the Associated Press. Amnd with & brace of cutlery lnd a of steaming soup, an invetsigator lt out today to plumb the newly acousticated House Restaurant. Pardon the gush, but the silenced chamber that man has created out of one of the noisiest spots in the Capital 1is amaszing. Vigoroudly sipped soup that has echoed through the dining room in torrential tones now sounds like & gentle tingle from a delicately tuned Air Commerce Bureau Announces | ,ihor Tindings in Sept. 28 Fatalities. The crash of & Varney Air Trans- port plane near Rattlesnake Buttes, Colo., September 28, killing the pilot terday to “bad weather of unforeseen intensity. ; Piloted by Carroll H. Chidlaw and carrying Mr, and Mrs, Ben T, Elkins of San Prancisco, the plane crashed in s snowstorm. s mmummmmmmn gives a melodious effect akin to the fondling of a mellow guitar string. Loud laughter that previously rock- eted across the room now plummets softly to the floor and expires with & sigh. i Mumuunmdny.mblh- an, of Massachusetts is responsible for this miracle in scvndproofing. On that A (3 Soup Sippers Modulated by New Acoustics memorable January 23, 1936, he arose and said: “May I inquire whether any effort has ever been made in connection with the House restaurant to leasen the noise of rattling dishes, floor noises and so forth?” Lawmakers, fresh from the bedlam below, gave their undivided attention. “It is perfectly terrible,” he con- tinued, “to go down into that room with the idea of getting s meal there in view of the hubbub and noise which exists. You do not find that in any other restaurant, and I think the fault fles in the room itself.” Money was not available immedi- ately, but when the second deficiency bill came up an appropriation for ac- coustical walls and ceilings was voted. ‘Workmen who have tested the room with tuned instruments announced these results: ut. of a previous echo—23.7 sec- Life of a present echo—three-fifths of & second. stop loving her and he’ll regret it as | long as he lives. If they part now, he | can look back on this interlude with | $230,000 DIVIDEND! | physician to President Coolidge. DR. T. J. GRIFFITH !o! the unpaid balance of 35 per cent, | | The 25 per cent disbursement will | The Col rs asked Budget | this is not the final dividend, it seems in the present City Bank, the affairs | IN SUPPOSED ACCIDENT | passing automobile grazed him as he | SECURITIES LAW INDICTMENT VOID ONTECHNICALITIES Charges Against Continental Corp. Men Held Not Spe- cific Enough. U. S. WILL TRY AGAIN ! BY APPEAL OR NEW BILL False Statements Alleged in Value and Description of Property. Justice Peyton Gordon of District Court today held invalid the indict ment charging a well-known Wash- ington attorney and two New Yorkers with conspiracy to violate the securi- ties act of 1933 in connection with registration of the Continental Dis- tillers & Importers' Corp. The accused were Dan F. Reynolds, member of a prominent law firm here; Harry E. Hanes, general manager of the Standard Appraisal Co. of New York, and Milton Janis, salesman for a New York stock underwriting con- cern. Although the question of the consti~ tutionality of the securities act was raised in the demurrer to the indict- ment, Justice Gordon decided the case on purely technical grounds. He held the true bill did not state the offense charged with sufficient particularity. He sald it failed to set out in full each of the statements alleged to be fale and also failed to state specifically what required information was omitted. U. S. te Try Again. Chief Assistant United States At- torney David A. Pine said the Gov- ernment does not intend to drop the case. Either an appeal will be taken or a new indictment sought, he said, adding that it may be decided to pur- sue both courses, The argument attacking the indict- ment was made by Attorney William E. Leahy. Although the Continental = Distillers & Importers Corp. never began operation, some $40,000 of its stock was sold, officials declaredi. ‘The alleged false statements con- cerned the value and description of the corporation’s property at Shrews- bury, Pa. Officials said buildings on the property were not suited for dis- tilling purposes. Others Were Directors. Several prominent persons were di- rectors of the firm, although not con- nected in any way with the alleged * | conspiracy. They included former Senator Marion H. Butler of North Carolina; Harry E. Hull, former com- missioner of immigration, and the late Dr. James F. Coupal, private DIES HERE AT 85 . Former Employe of Office of Sur- geon General Retired About 15 Years Ago. Dr. Thomas J. Griffith, 85, retired ‘employ! of the Office of the Surgeon | General of the Army, died yesterday after a short illness at his home, 1813 G street. Dr. Griffith was retired from the | Government about 15 years ago after | 31 years’ service. His last work was keeping records of soldiers wounded | in the World War. Born near Moorfield, Ind., he was graduated in medicine from the Uni- versity of Louisville when only 19 years old. Subsequently he practiced medi- cine in Vevay, Ind, and at Hot Springs, Ark., later giving up practice and coming to Washington. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lyda | Griffith; a brother, Prof. Ulysses Grif- fith of Alva, Okla, who teaches in the Oklahoma State College, and four sisters—Mrs. Edwin Brown of Crittene . den, Ky.; Mrs. Marcus Sulzer, Miss Carrie Griffith and Miss Ella Griffith | of Madison, Ind. Dr. Griffith will be buried at Vevay. The time of the funeral and other de- tails are to be announced later. TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE Jewish Foster Home to Observe 25th Anniversary. The Jewish Foster Home will hold | open house and tea at the home, 3213 Q street, tomorrow afternoon as a ben- efit to increase the supply of sheets and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the institution. Guests are asked 1o bring a sheet or its equivalent. Open house will be observed from 2 to 7 o'clock. President I. B. Nord- linger will head the receiving line and will be assisted by Past Presidents D. J. Kaufman and Simon Lyon, the 36 children now at the home and a number of graduates, who will be back for the occasion. The home is a mem- ber of the Communlty Chest. Strikers Call for Clergyman. GLEIWITZ, Polish Upper Silesia. December 5 (#).—More than 600 miners on the second day of their hunger strike in the mine shaft last night asked for a clergyman to be sent to conduct religious services for them. Their request was not granted. A crowd of women stormed the pit- ‘head for the second time yesterday, but ‘was dispersed by police. Consul Gets Rum Sent from Cuba Despite Tangle By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 5.— Cesar R. Barranco, Cuban consul at Norfolk, will get his Christmas rum despite all the legal en- tanglements. So he says. G. Stanley Clarke, assistant Virginia attorney general, yes- terday ruled that the twenty-first amendment to the United States Constitution forbade the direct importation of liquor in violation of any State law. In Virginia hard liquors can only be consigned to the State Liquor Board. So Clarke told the Governor, to friends, had been delivered to him by the Cuban Ambassador.