Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1925, Page 17

“MILK TOAST” FOR THE PRIZ pion cow of C takes the head of the table while NOW WE HAVE “MR. AMERICA.” on the market—too many of them. family), who COW OF CALIFORNIA. the other guests give a toast. liss Americas™ have been a drug « Here is Winifred S. Turner (and his being hailed as “Mr. America.” He is proclaimed the “per- fect specimen of manhood™ by the physicians of Manchester, N. H. PROPERTY ONNERS HEARD N PROTEST Objections to Water and Sewerage Rates Voiced Be- ‘fi)re Maryland Commission. Bpeeial Dispateh to The Sta BALTIMOR Md.. October 20, Property owners of Hyattsville, Rlad: ensburg. Capital Forrest Glen, Woodside, v Chase, Ta- koma Park and other Maryland towns contiguous - to' the District’ éf° Columbia filled the room this_morning when the Public Service Commission | opened _hearings on. the. protest - of . about 100 Hyattsville property owners against the charges for water and sewerage connections made by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Col mission. Clarence W. Miles, people council of the commission, handled the case. assisted by 1o and R. A. Bogley of Hya e. while the Sanitary Commission was repre. sented by Attorneys Charles W. Clag- gett of Washington and Robert B. Morne, chief engineer of the com mission. Tells of $32 Charge. James C. Steele, a_property owner of Franklin street. Hyvattsville, the first witness placed on the stand. He told of the $32 charge the commisaion had levied against each plece of property served with water by the commission and of the protest which all the property owners had made. He said he took up the matter with Mr. Duckelt of the Sani- tary Commission, but that was all it had ever amounted to. M. Steele claimed that new pipes and water cpnnections had heen made on other atreets in Hyatisville, mentioning property on Arunah and Aborn ave- r which property owners had ! the 12} never received a bill, but when mains were changed from a 6 to Inch main on Franklin street each property owner was charged $32 for the new connections. Witness Cross-Examined. Mr. Steele was cross-examined at considerable length by Attorney Clag- gétt, who objected to the commission allowing his testimony relative to non-charges for connections being placed in the record. Mr. Claggelt said that if such a thing happened it was through an oversigiit or neglect of an employe of the commission and as such could not be taken as 1 record of regular business. Chai man Harold West then remarked to Mr. Claggett that, irrespective of whether it was an error or not, if some connections were installed with- out charge and others charged for, it certainly showed discrimination. Mr. Claggett would not admit thi but the commission overruled his ob jection and the testimony was ad mitted Mr, Steele was emphatic in his testi. mony that the water supply on Frank- lin street was entirely adequate be- fore the installations of the new mains and that the old &.inch mains gave satistacto rvice. - Jeremiah Smith was the next wit- Bass put on the stand Lo corroborate | land. was | which | Copyright by P. & A. Photos. DETECTIVE EXONERATED. Alligood Not Held Guilty of Un- gentlemanly Conduct. Inspector Grant, chief of detectives, | has completed his Investigation of the complaint of Leo F. de Thierry. 4107 Canal road, against Detcctive Frank M. Alligood, member of the automo- bile squad. relative to his conduct in the Canal road house last week while searching for a fugitive from Mary- The inspector’s report, contain ing statement of three members of the Maryland State Police, exonerated the detective of allegations of ungen tlemaniy conduct while in the house of the omplainant. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, chief of police, read the report carefully and reached .the .conclusion that Alligood had properly deported himself while in the house. The visit was not pald | at an unusual hour, Maj. Hesse stated. | and it was due to information obtained | there that the alleged fugitive was | captured. The chief has sent for the coroplainant to discuss the testimony with him _— the testimony of Mr. Steele. He stated | that according to experiments he had | mage the water supply and pressure | wefe not as good now as before the | installation of the new mains. This |testimony was further corroborated by Arthur C. Moon, another resident of | Franklin street, Hyattsville. G. Hodges | Carr, town clerk of Hyattsville, wa: i placed on the stand nd produced the yoriginal agreement hetween the mu- nicipality of Hyattsville and the Wash. jington Suburban Sanitary Commis. | sion. Asked by Mr. Miles, Mr. Carr read one section of the agreement by which the commission pledges itself jto make all changes in mains neces. | | sary by grading and paving of streets | { without cost to thesconsumers or mu- | nicipality. | Assistant Engineer Heard. | Luke Ellis, asststant engineer to the | | public Service Commission, was the | 1ast witness placed on the stand and | | told of making an investigation of the | water and sewerage in Hyattsville | | just prior to the laying of the new ! mains. Mr. Ellis said the old pipes were greatly Inerusted and that in some inch pipes it was impossible to | thrust a lead pen He also told. of | finding the mains in the bed of the ! street almost exposed to the surface and said he considered it a miracle ! that the pipe had not been broken by | raffic or the water frozen in Winter. | - Robert B. Morse was the first wit- | ness called by the defense and had exp number of diagrams | showing the position of water and sewerage mains in Hyattsville when {the commission recessed. | Defines Power of Commission. Before the recess, Chairman West told Mr. Claggett who had been ob- | jecting to questions asked the wit- | ness by Mr. Miles that the commis- {sion was not a ceurt of justice and | 614 not hold strictly to legal rules. | “What_the commission wants to do.” said Mr. West. “Is to get the ts in the case. While it may seem a little 0dd to a lawyer, we take the | broadest view on all questions | brought up. and called witness ir order to get the true facts of the case. On the other hand, we have no objection to attorneys cross-ex- amining witness at-any length and ! will eliminate any testimony if i cun he shown that tha same is un- | tair to either the plzintift ox defend ant.” * FOR ) y ; Longheath Matilda Ormsby, the 2y ifornia, was given a special banquet at Santa Monica by a dairy company. | cause for her ending her ' town, THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., TUESDAY, OCTOBER r-old cham- The guest of honor Wide World Photo. Gov. Pinchot of Pennsflvania. in Washington 1o ask that Gen. Smed- ley Butler of the Marines be allowed to “carry on” in Philadelphia. The general recently announced he would give up his work as director of pub- T safory? National Photo §a STUDENT: versity of logne yesterday afternoon. FRANCE T ERMANY AT LOCARNO. ister Aristide Briand of France hung‘ hands with Dr. Luther of Germany when the German delegates arrived for the peace sessions. OCIAL SEC Hou THE “FOOL-PROOF™ PL. visit Washington terday. and i¢ luxuriously equipped. FROM GERMANY VISIT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The Germans are making a tour of the United Stat 4 ETARY AND MASTER OF CEREMONIES, Moffatt of Ryem. N. Y., newly appointed social secretary at the He was once a member of the staff of the United States embassy Wids World Pho J. Pierpont hite Coprright by P. & A. Photos NE ARRIVES. The largest passenger plane to the gigantic Fokber which came to Bolling Field v The ship has three 200-horsepower Wright motors, heated cabin, Copyright by P. & A. Photos Secretary Jardine recei BODY OF WOMAN, 40, |MEN OF MANY CREEDS AND JOBS ARE HOUSED AT LOCAL Y. M. C. A. FOUND IN POTOMAC Miss Marie Williams, Despondent Over Iil Health, Takes | Own Life. | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. WESTERNPORT, Md., October 20. —Miss Marfe Williams, aged 40 vears, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-| llam R. Willlams, Hammond street, this city, was found dead in the Po. ! tomac River yesterday about one mile | and a half below Westernport—a sui. clde. I1 health, which had extended over a long period, is given as the! life. The body was found by a group of train- men on the Western Maryland Rail- road. Miss Willlams was last seen alive at 3 o'clock yesterday morning by her mother, who went to her bed- room and gave her a drink of water. Between that hour and 5 o'clock she left her home, attired only in her! nightgown, bedroom slippers and coat. Wending her way to the temporary | bridge between ~Westernport _and | Piedmont, she leaped into the Poto- | mac. One of her slippers was found on the bridge. Her parents stated| that she had difficulty in sleeping at night. Four months ago she un. derwent an operation at the Western Maryland Hospital, Cumberland. Be- sides her parents, she is survived by Forty-one States, 19 religions, nu- merous professions and vocations are represente dby the more than 250 men accommodated daily in the central building of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Y. M. C. A. An- nex, 1704 G street. In addition, there is a large representation from the Dis- trict of Columbia and young men from Canada, Cuba, Denmark and Porto Rico. Among the States represented are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colo- rado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Ilinois, lowa, Kansas, Kentuck Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mas chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missis- sippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey. New York, Nebras- ka, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl- vania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Among 222 men whose names were found on the files, there were 19 re- ligions represented, with those of the Methodist faith heading the list—this denomination being represented by 70 men. Other religions represented, with the number of each faith, were as fol- lows: Baptist, 34; Presbyterian, Epis- copal, 25; Unitarian, 1; Seventh-Day Adventist, 2; Christian Science, 3; Mor- mon, 1; Catholic, 8: Congregational, 2 Quaker, 1; Hebrew, 4; Christian, Moravian, 1: Lutheran, 17: United Evangelical, 2; Community Church, 1: | there were only 22 who did not belong to any church. There were 28 occupations repre- sented by men not in the Govern- ment service and 14 occupations rep- resented by men working for the Go7- ernment. These were represented as . follows: Men not working service—Clerks, 19; teachers, 4; en- gineers, 7; auditors, 5; managers, 4; | waiters, 1; salesmen, 14; floormen, 1; | secretaries, 3; studemts, 15: poMce- | men, electricians, 2; bookkeepers, 4; firemen, 1; printers, 3; lawyers, 1: { dentists, 2; telegraphers, 4; sallors, 2 barbers, 1; statisticlans, 1; painters, 1; laundrymen, 2; newspaper reporters, : draftsmen, 1; florists, 1; opticlans, 1, and jewelry designers, 1. Occupations represented by 136 men in the Government are as follow Clerks, 69; auditors, 16; stenogra- phers, 13; lawyers, 5; pathologists, 2; draftsmen; 2; chemists, 3; secretaries, : bookkeepers, 2; claim examiners, 1: typists, 2: physicists, 2; engineers, 7, and assistant pafent examiners, 10. There was a total of 3,500 different men accommodated in the dormitories during the past year, while 2,500 ap- plications had to be rejected due to lack of room. Sixty-six per cent of the men in the bullding are enrolled in schools and colleges. The first get-together gathering of the men In the dormitories this sea- son was held the latter part of the week. Dinner was served and the men were addressed by William Knowles Cooper, general secretary of in Government one brother, Frank Wililams, Johns. Reformed Church. 1, and Theosophical | the Washington Y. M. C. A. Special Pa. Bociety, 1. Out of a total of 244 mep music for the occasion was furnished Secretary of the Treasury Mellon advocating a cut in taxes yesterday before the House ways and means committee. He favors a cut in small and large incomes. National Photo FILM WORLD CELEBRITIES CALL AT THE WHITE HOUSE. director; Mrs. Lubit COMPLETING THE SAN MARTIN GROUP. Final touches are being placed on the statue of San Martin Argentine hero, which will be un- veiled by President Coolidge in Judiciary Square October 28. morial is being presented by the people of Argentina. the White House yesterday afternoon by President Coolidge. ing 50 post-graduate students of the Uni- «, studying economics and social condition: Washington Star Photo. BLAMES CRIME WAVE FOR $6,000 HOLD-UP “Just Happened to Be Victim of Hi-jackers,” Declares Nina Wilcox Putnam. By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Octo- ber 20.—Nina Wilcox Putnam, woman humorist, attributes her loss of $6,000 in_valuables in an ocean boulevard robbery early Sunday morning to the vsual crime wave lows in the wake of prosperity. , ‘here must be victims of hijack- ers,” the writer sald, ““and 1 just hap- pened to be one of them." “Myself, Mrs. Walden, my man- ager, and R. W. Gauger, a friend, left Del Ray on Saturday afternoon o motor to Palm Beach. We spent the afternoon there, had dinner there in the evening and were returning to Del Ray along the boulevard,” she sald, describing the hold-up. “Several miles out of Palm Beach we encountered minor motor troubles, and while stopped to repair the ma: chine a big car containing five men drove up. The car stopped and a volce asked if we needed any help. Before a reply could be made a pistol was flourished In our faces, we were robbed and the bandits roared away through the night.” by dormitory men. Speakers of na- tional prominence will deliver ad- dresses at mimilar get-together meet- ings each month throughout the sea- son, it was announced. that always fol- ! BRINGS CARGO OF SONG. Liner Reaches New York With 20.000 Canary Birds. NEW YORK. Octobe: Bringing a literal ca Hamburg-American liner tschland arrived here vesterday with William Van Hoogstraten, director of the Phil harmonic Orchestra. ar ).001 sing ers aboard. ters was Pavl Band Metro- politan Opera ( other 20,000 e canaries for the Christmas trade. ned to one deaier Mr. Van Hoogstraten will the syraphony orchestra at Oreg. NINE PERSONS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENTS ). — song. the f the conduet Portland, Two Cars in Crashes Flee Scene. Policeman Is Injured When Motor Cycle and Automobile Meet. Nine persons, one a policeman were injured in traffic accidents ves- terday. and in two instances it was reported the drivers of the biles that injured pedestrians failed to stop. The license numbers were ob- tained by the police. Mrs. Mary Solomon, 56 Fannie Solomon, 38 yea 3 street, were victims of a “‘hit-and-run | accldent at Sherman avenue and Eu- | clid street last night. The driver of | the machine that struck the var in | which they were riding failed to stop. police reported. First aid was given | at Garfield Hospital. Mrs. Mary Solo- | mon's face was cut and her side in- jured. while the other. woman was severely shocked. Austen Sykes, 43 vears, | and Belmont streets, Wi way near Thomas Circle, when he was knocked down by a “hit-and-run” driver. His left shoulder was frac tured and his face cut. He was given surgical ald at Emergency Hospital | by Dr. Stallard. Motor Cycle Policeman Thomas Hayes of the eleventh precinct was making a left-hand turn at New | sey avenue and B streets, when h { motor cycle and an automobile col- lided. The machine was damaged and Hayes received a slight injury to his | hip. 5 Joseph Smith. a soldier, detailed at Walter Reed Hospital, was given first aid at Freedmen's Hospital last night for an injury to his head, received when he was knocked down on U street between Tenth and Eleventh Barber, colored, 1303 T street. After Walter Reed Hospital. R. S. Baldwin, 60 years old, 2001 Monroe street northeast, was knocked down by an automobile at Massachu- setts avenug and--Fifth street last night. A cut on his head was dressed at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Stal- lard. Six-year-old Catherine Young, col- ored, 1579 B street southeast, was se- verely injured about the head vester- day afternoon when knocked down by an automobile at Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street southeast. She was taken to Children’s Hospital. James Madison- Clark, colored -44 vears old, 2116 P street, was Serfously injured last nlgl‘)( when struck by an automo- | * ourteenth | & on the road- | Jer-! streets by the automobile of Edgar | receiving first aid he was taken to| Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Left to right: Ernest Lubitsch, photoplay ch. Mrs. Harry M. Warner and Mr. Warner, photoplay magnate. They were received at t by P. & A. Photos. HITS ELDRIDGE'S - TRAFFIC PROPOSAL Cops: ‘ 16th Street Heights Associa- tion Concemns ““Regula- tion” of Pedestrians. Opnosition to the proposal of Tral- fic Director M. O. Eldridze to regulate | pedestrian traffie was voiced by Sixteenth Street Heig] Association in a meeting I at the residence of Perry Cleveland, 1301 Geranium street, which had b | specially_called for the annual ele tion of officers. Alvin W. Hall was re-elected presi- dent of the association. Other offi- |cers selected were Joseph W. Kinz- | horne, vice president: Henry M. Pl lips, secretary, and H. J. Horer, urer. See Traffic Situation Confused. adopted, after con- ction had been the “present unsatis- factory and confused traffic situi- tion.” in_which the District Commis- sioners were petitioned “to defer ac- tion on the proposed police regulation relative to control of pedestrian traf: | fic until such time as the director of i traffic is in a position to protect the { pedestrian.” Another resolution unan- | imously %idopted called on the traffic director “to cease issuing new traffic regulations and to confine his efforts to enforcing those which were in ex- istence at the time he assumed office.” Speakers vigorously declared that { under the present situation motorisis and pedestrians alike, “do not know | what 1o do.” 1 i “Stop” | voiced vals Criticized. Members pointed to the many “stoy signs which Mr. Eldridge had painted on streets intersecting with the several “boulevard highwa. as con- fusing and declared that in many places the signs had already been jworn out so that motorists could not {see them and consequently did not jknow when to stop and when to con- | tinue across intersections. Coples of the resolutions were ordered sent to the District Commis- sioners and to the Federation of Citizens' Associations for their con- sideration. It was sald, however, that having gone on record on the matter, the Sixteenth Street Heights Association did not now contemplate any further direct action. automobile driven by Virgil W. Bank- night, Cherrydale, Va., at Washington Circle. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for cuts, bruises and possible fracture, of the skull. His condition this morning was undetermined. Mrs. C. E. Tavenner, 44 years old, 1719 De Sales street, was slightiy in- jured last night when struck by the automobile of George Watrous, 1621 K street, on Seventeenth hetween H and I streets. She réfused hospital treatment. Although rubber products are used in every country, comparatively few produce them. A3 r