Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1925, Page 2

o THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925. NEw I] E B"_I_ ASKS UI_HMAIUM GW[N THOUSANDS IN ELEVENTH HOUR CRUSH FOR AUTO LICENSES | INCREASED POWERS| PALESTINE APPEAL * 167th Birthday N[]RTH PARK AREA | Finds Postal Head IS RECOMMENDED, Pesy on Koutine tmaster Generul New today ¢ I bis sixty-seventh birth a y by poring over & wealth of letive matters con cerning Post Office Depart ment, which has been submitted to him for consideration. There was nothing in his manner to Indicate he had tuken cognizance of the event, it belng the last day of the vear for him. This after- noon, how following a long- established custom, the director of t 1 system Is holding an in- sception for employes in (o officially close the cal i MRS CEAVES O 0IOTOAN | Metropolitan Museum Made Chief Beneficiary—Friends Given Bequests. AXSLAYINGISTOLD BY GRANDMOTHER Husband’s Body Dragged Up- stairs With Ice Tangs, Ac- corplice Says. le: Would Enable Commission-iWise Must Resign, Else Mil- ers to Appoint School and lion Jews Will With- Other Officials. ! draw Support. Commission Would Give Cap- ital Another Handsome Approach. rkway the ex By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 31.—In the 44 years of their married life, her 65.year-old paralytic husband bought her ice cream once, while John Wal ton Winn, a former convict, loved her and waited 15 years for him to dfe. Asking for authority to appoint the . BS the Ass Board of Education, the Roard of NEW Charlties and the recorder of United Palestine Appeal today the District Commissioners today pre- the choi of permitting T sented to Senator Cupper, chairman | Stephen S. Wise to resign as its cf of the District committee, & proposed |Min or facing the threatened loss o Dill to Increase their powe | Support of 1,000,000 orthodox Jew The bill consists 12 sections, | who e warring on Dr. Wise becaus nearly all of which are designed to| Of reports of his recent sermon de e fense o e Tt give the city heads authority to make Scribing Christ, “not as a myth, but Sy 3 Ayt L e municipal regulations on matters that |4 man.” 5 i % : plotting with Winn and three others now require action by Congre. | Last nshe to kill her husband Albert, whose The most important section of the | silence for the first time since the battered body was found yesterday or bill {s the first one trahsferring the | theolpgical storm broke around his a South Side prairie. power of appointment of the Board ' head, usserted that the controversy Winn, at a pistol's point, compelie. of Education from the Judges of the ' wus caused by misquotations of his Edward Goff to kill Nusbaum District Supreme Court to the Com-| sarmon of Deoembe an ax, Goff said in a confession anlKionesy While he was giving out his state e b b e Ml ol Transfer of Power. |ment, however, - representatives of | of the home of Mra. Deliiah Martin The same section transfers the ap- | ARudath Harabonim, an organization held as an accesrory. After supper pointing power over the recorder of | Of orthodox rubbis, and of Mizrachi, & they redres the body, 1 1 | deeds and members of the Board of |lavmen's organization, after a stormy into Nusbaum's sedan and Charities from the President of the | five-hour meeting, accepted reports to the prarie, abandoning United States to the Commissioners. | of the sermon at face value and de burn the house or bury the bods In & letter accompanying the draft | manded that the United Palestine thie badl yand . of the bill, the Commissioners told |[APpeal accept Dr. Wise's offered Senator Capper this section would re- | Fesignation. Unless he is allowed Skull Found in Car. lieve the President of the duty of con. [Withdraw, they decided, they and thelr Winn, 37, was arrested in SIAeHNE. DU e i O Com 1,000,000 followers will no longer sup- Point, Ind. and brought to C! pressed the hellef that the Chief|DOrt the appeal. early today. Held also were Executive should no longer be bur-| The two statements attributed to Mrs. Mart 1A Marion S lened with the tusk of making these f il ol SR ed il goun oo, whose cloth ere used to fortune | appointments The Commissioners eeEe g o must Scoopt 5.000.000 | further predicted that the proposed | e s ANt | transfer of appointing power would | Ihkipaonlo iy [ foster cooperation between varlous | Unpuralieled code of ethics ted Prese YORK. December 31 de to or Dr. Wise, breaking his w an ning nent sh side of Military | beet By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 31.—Frank Munsey, after a life of ,n-).levexnem“ newspaper and magazine fleld, | osen to perpetuate his name as tor of art rather than as a will leaves the bulk of wted variously from 0,000,000 to the Metropolitan Mu- of Ne The District RBuilding was jammed this morning with tardy motorists applying for tags. A reprieve until January wnd |4 was granted later in the day an Roscoe York Sun, the New York Nelther of these remarks was mide | more nches into the pro- d as | »ck Creek and “Fort s far east Portal and Ohlo Rail- under con- Circle Areas. the half-mil s proposed to 1por- vould be semi- ixteenth to Kalmia cks plans would of the pres. trict Commis- plans and of a large park H streets nor the northeast of present 3 ore and Annapolis A gh Congress did not s proposal, the commission Etands ready to again recommend it. Would Amend Highway Law. ct highw n off amended 1o permit a at the northern W permits pur- imum width ays. up_with Walter ch the to the located and Reed Hos xiortheast ia River, | fraining School made s from care of rn gat Highway projected fm d and road. Washin, two approa entrar be provided URGE NEW BRIDGE. Randle Highlands Citizens Need of Larger Structure. Highlands | ccording te from t 1 of Citizens' spment in this sec d and Wash: says, makes it Pennsylvania 1 in the gen- { the District. the establishment of on I street steenth and Nineteenth been submitted to M. director of traffic. It was 0 residents of the com: munity, the majoiity of them physi ians. The parki limit on I street setween Seventeenth and Nineteenth sireets at the present time is one hour. A petition fc »-hour parking limit veen Seve streets has 0. Eldrid signed by | agencies of the District Government. legram and the magazin® | which made up the greater part of | Other Matters Covered. The other sections of the bill cover g 1 the estate are to be converted into| cash within the next five years by his) the following matters: Authority to executors. make license regulations for trades, the largest ever made | professions und vocations, power to » Museum, and will| regulate street vending, to make tem- muke it the richest art {nstitution in{porary regulations for inaugurations the world. and large conventions, power to make | heart of Mr. Munse '_i teenth and H streets, at increased | Gave More Than Morgan. | Through it Mr. Munsey stepped d of J. Plerpont Morgan as the \ief benefactor of the museum, the Morgan gifts totalling about $15,000,- Mun publicly had never | shown particular Interest in the mu his contributions being limited vear membership. Among minor bequests made by Mr. | L bachelor, ] annuity | 2.000 a year to Mrs Pryor | Mass., wh a sweet- ago. | Mrs. Pryor said Mr. is isey and Mrs. Pryor, then "had been engaged in | an executor of estate, sayvs there will be no im-| ite sale of the Munsey publica-| he valuation of the estate is ex- pected to take several years, and the time limit for the sale may be extend- | ed in the discretion of the courts. Al- ready it has been reported that the New York Sun will eventually go to a group of Republicans anxious to pre- serve it us a leading party organ. Bequests to Friends. Munsey left aupproximately to his business assoclates, 0,000, with life annuities re- quiring as much as principal, to his sister, nephews, nieces and friends. He also left $250,000 to Bowdoin| College, which gave him an honorary degree. About the time the will was filled Mr. Munsey showed that he wus| opposed to the World Court to the time of his last illness. The letter was addressed to Miss Vida Milholland { daughter of the late John E. Milhol- | {iand, and revealed Mr. Munsey's de. termination to fight President Coolidge | {on the issue. He characterized thel court as “loaded dice” and said he| would oppose it until the last. “FRIENDS,” SAYS MRS. PRYOR. Munsey’s Boyhood Sweetheart Re- fuses to Discuss Romance. LOWELL, Mass., December 31 (). Mrs. Hart E. Pryor of this city, who Mise Annie Downs of Gardiner, Me., was the bovhood sweetheart of the late Frank A. Munsey, New York pub- lisher, refused today to discuss the romance of their youth. We were always friends,” she said. “He was a splendid man, a great man. Eoth my husband and myself ente; tained a deep friendship toward him. Mrs. Pryor, who is 70 years old, was oft an :‘nll;nu(ty of $2,000 by Mr. Mun- will. E Her husband is a State auditor. e | COOLIDGE TO RECEIVE OLDEST INHABITANTS Members Will Go to White House After Annual New Year Meeting. | The Assoctation of Oldest Inhabit- |ants of the District of Columbia will { hold its regular New Year day meet- ing at Union Engine House, Nine. 10:30 o'clock | { tomorrow morning, after which the | { members will go in a body to the ite House to take part in the New ar reception of the President. The meeting of the association will {be featured by the reading of the chronicle of events of 1925 by John | Clagett Proctor, chronicler of the asso- | ciation. For many years this annual review of events was prepared for the a - the late Capt. George ns, who died during the past Mr. Proctor was elected to suc- d him as chronicler. Y S e | GOLDEN JUBILEE MASS FOR DOMINICAN NUN | stster Aungela Harvey, Who Has Taught 50 Years, to Be Hon- ored Tomorrow. Former pupils, friends and relatives of Sister Angela Harvey, who has completed 50 vears in the Dominican sterhood, engaged in the education young women, will® attend the lemn high mass of thanksgiving at . Dominic’s Catholic Church, Sixth land E streets southwest, in her honor jon New Year day at 10:30 o'clock. Sister Angela is a native of Washing- ton and resided near the church be- {fore entering the sisterhood. Rev. J. A. Cowan, O. P. prior of St. Dominic’s, will be the celebrant of the mass of the golden jubilee of the nun. He will be assisted by Rev. Jeremiah Fitzgerald, O. P., as deacon, and by Rev. S. A. Cowin, O. P., as subdeacon. ~The sermon will be preached by Very Rev. Edward G. Fitzgerald, O. P.,,’S. T. L. The Dominican sisters have sent out invitations for a reception in the | narrow streets terday a letter written recently by | reasonable rules relating to fire e capes and fireproofing of buildings, authority to remit penalties and in terest on overdue taxes when it is in the public interest, power to perform municipal works by day labor in cases where the cost will not exceed $5.000, general authority to widen und and the right to fix the rates of assessment for sewer and water mains, sidewalks and curbs. Senator Capper already has stated that he will introduce the measure and it probably will be given early consideration by the District com- mittee. M. H. BEACH RETIRES AS CLERK OF COURT Quits Office in District Supreme Tribunal to Resume Practice of Law. Morgan H. Beach retired today from the office of clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and will resume his law prac Mr. Beach was formerly an Assistant At- torney General of the United states, but has held the office of clerk of the court for the past five years No ceremony marked the induction into office of his successor, Frank E Cunningham, formerly of Westmin- ster, Md., who has been an assistant clerk of the court for 24 years. Mr. Cunningham took the oath of office be- fore Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy and flled his bond required b law Cunningham 18 the fourth person to hold the office of clerk of th it since the organization of the District | Suprema Court in 18 The first| clerk was Return J. Mefgy, who served until his death in October, 1881, when he was succeeded by Jonn R. Young who died in May, 1920, when Mr Beach wus appointed = g $5,000,000 WILL SUIT | SETTLED OUT OF COURT Son-in-Law’s Action Against Medi- cal Firm Head Right, Lat- ter Declares. By the Assoctated Press ST. PETERSBURG, 31.—The will suit brought against E. W. Grove, president of the Parish Medicine Co., by his sondn-aw, F. L. Seeley of Asheville, N. C., Involving property valued at between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000, will be settled out of the courts, Mr. Grove announced here late vesterday. The sult has been filed in Circuit Court at St. Louis by the son-in-law. ‘When questioned as to legitimacy of Seeley's claim that his father-inlaw had destryed or revoked & will, made according to terms of an agreement reached by the two 20 years ago, and depriving = Seeley of ~compensation, Grove dec.ared, "I expeet he is right.” Seelay is said to claim that 20 years ago his father-in-law agreed to transfer a controlling interest in the Parish Medicine Co. or all other of his prop- erty to Seeley at his death, if the lat- ter 8o chose. He said he was suing so he could testify on certain points be- fore his father-inlaw’s death Mrs. F. L. Seeley, Grove's daughter, 1s understood to be in Miami, Fla. She was in St. Petersburg several weeks recently caring for her father during his serious filness. Fla., December e NURSES GIVEN AUTO. ‘Woman Presents Car She Won in Castelberg Contest to Society. Mrs. M. V. Domdera, 218 Maryland avenue northeast, has presented the Instructive Visiting Nurse Soclety with a fully equipped Ford touring car, which she won in the Castelberg National Jewelry Co. auto contest. One of the employes at the jewelry store, aware that Mrs. Domdera had a car of her own, told her of the need of machines in the work of the nurse's soclety and urged her to donate the machine to them. Having already in- | tended to give the prize to some! worthy cause, and after investigating the work of the society, she decided ! to turn it over to nurses. The car will | be delivered Saturday. Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, director | of the soclety, said the car would be | used by the nurse working the out- ! lying suburbs beyond Soldiers’ Home. | The nurses in the outlying sections are greatly handicapped by a lack of adequate transportation, and the gift | of a car, she said, is equivalent to a third or half of the work that could be done by an additiona] nurse. SAYS DUST RUINED CROP. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 31. —Charging that his apple crop was practically destroyed by dust from the North American_Cement Corporation plant near here, Dr. C. R. Sheller has filed suit against the corporation for afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock, when an opportunity will be given all the friends of Sister Angela to extend $10,000 damage. Outcome of the case will be watched by other orchardists. Dr. Sheller is Mr. Eldridge promised. to give the|felicitations. The reception will be|former head of the county health ostition serious consideratioms at the academy, 1621 Park read. boaty {Lee of Vienna, Va | street by him, Dr. Wise said, adding that it was “a mournful commentary on the infinite hurt which the Jews have suffered at the hands of Christepdom that a Jewish teacher could not talk of the ethl mntribution of Jesus to the world hout belng hafled 2s & gonvert to Christianity and ni understood by some of his fellow Jews." CAPT, BAIEY REED ILLED BY ALTO Death of Prominent River Boatman Makes 82d This Year. Run down by an automobile Fourteenth and Belmont streets night, Capt. Balley Reed, 58 y rs old, captain of the steamer St. Johns and prominent figure on. the Washinkton river front for decades, died soon after at Garfield Hospital last night from internal injuries. His death is the eighty-second this year from traffic accidents. During 1924 there were 91 traffic deaths. Capt. Reed had just stepped off the curb of Belmont street to Fourteenth when the automobile, said to have been operated by Jumes L. Sherwood of 1300 Monroe street northeast, hit him Capt. Reed was taken to Garfield Hospital, where he died two hours later. Sherwood, who was at first taken into cus by police, was re leased before Capt. Reed died, but was agaln wrrested pend! s of Coroner Nevitt. An inquest {s belng held this afterncon Two inque: t the Morgue terday resulted in verdicts of ac cidental death in euch The coroner’s jury exonerated ward G. in the o of who was knocked down by Lee's automobile in the Smithsonian Grounds. The jury also held blameless George T. Sinclair of Silver Spring. Md.. for the death of Miss Catherine Morisi, 20, of 177 Columbla road, who died from injuries sustained when Sinclair's machine at Tast s a ves Mrs. Mary Douglas, southwest, struck her when she walked into the | roadway of Ninth street street from behind moblle, north of M parked auto- e MRS. JULIA E. RICE DIES AT GARFIELD Wife of Doctor on Hospital Staff Expires After Week's Tllness. Mrs. Julla E. Rioe, 31 years old, wife of Dr. E. Clarence Rice, ir., died in Garfield Hospital yesterday after an illness of one week. Her husband is a pathologist at Garfleld Hospital end is the son of Dr. E. Clarence Rice, sr., well known chiropodist of this city. Mrs. Rice was a graduate of East- ern High School and of George Wash- ington University and was a member of the Chi Omega Fraternity. She was active in Sunday school work of the old Towa Avenue M, E. Church and later in the Hamline M. E. Church, after the merging of the two parishes. Mrs. Rice was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. George Ruff, 1411 Decatur strest. Funeral services were con- ducted at the parents’ home this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Joseph T. Herson, pastor of Hamline M. E. Church, and Rev. Harry Evaul, former pastor here, officiated. Inter- ment was in Congressional Cemetery. Special services were conducted by the Chi Omega Fraternity preceding the other rites. RED CROSS MEETING OFF. Surgical Dressing Unit Gathering Omitted Tomorrow. The usual Friday meeting of the surgical dressing unit of the District Red Cross chapter will be omitted tomorrow because of the holiday, it ‘was announced today by Mrs. Albert Gleaves, chairman of the unit. Mrs. Gleaves appealed for addl- tional volunteers among Washington |women to assist the unit in meeting the needs of local hospitals for surgical dressings in order to release nurses for professional work. No previous experience in making sur- gical dressings is ngeessary, she said, and even several hours’ service a week would be welcome. —_— FUND STILL SHORT. The fund being raised for Friendship House, 326 Virginia avenue southeast, in order to obtain the $1,000 offered to it on condition that' a similar amount {s raised by tomorrow is still more than $200 short of the necessary amount. Patrons of the well known settle- ment house, which is the center for many community activities of children in the southeast, announced today that they hoped to obtain a week's exten- sion of the time limit specified in which o raise the required amount, ’ McCARL AND REVENUE BUREAU AT ODDS OVER OFFICE “LODGING” Controller General Refuses $:62.04 Expense Ac- count of Agent, Claiming Kresge Building Is Not Proper rree. nal druwn-out disa Bureau of Inte: ntroller (€ «d in final ¢ ; $162.04 Internal for ques to Washingtor 1 says, Ely or Sharp & bety eniue rl h items 1 | | | pense account | of Agent M. G. | from Rc which action vald as $22 a . payable 1 “These rEes sald McCarl in his decisle allowing the expense ac t repres actual e tging sequently nate out that the agent Washington on Saturday on many of the depart- shington were closed, wcluding a Sunday at Washin, which 11 the departments MeCar] referred sharply provides that no ul lowance or reimbursement for b sistence shall be paid “td any offfcer or employe in any branch of the pub- lic service of the United States in the District of Columbia uniess absent co are Pointin, trips side of the District of Columbia, and {ROBBER COLLAPSES | AS HE PLEADS GUILTY Man Who Held Up Restaurant | Reels Into Bailiff's Arms E After Statement. Hesitatingly ring s pie guiity to th ory of $520 “hilds' restau Tuesday, ¥ Tunnell reeled toward Ralph Give prosecuting attorney, in Police Court today and would have fallen of his chair had not the strom la bailif caught him | took place while the defe being given a preliminary h fore Judge George H. Macdc ated _alongside of Tunn | Robert Parker, charged with being an accessory to the robbery. He pleaded not guilty. “I am awfully sick,” Tunnell stated to the judge, and after being identifled by Miss Fred hwartz, cashier of Childs’, who was on the witness stand, he was led out of the courtroom to the dock. At the conclusion of the hearing, during the rest of which Tunnell was absent, the court held b the action of the grand jur: the recommendation of Mr. the bonds at $5,000. Miss Schwartz told the court h Tunnell had come up to the cashier cage, in which she was seated, and asked to see the manager, in order to obtain work. She then stated that he suddenly reached in the window of the cage and grabbed 26 twenty-dollar bills and dashed through the revolving doors out into the street. Detective Frank Alligood, who ar- rested the defendants, stated that he had noticed the young men looking through some of the parked automo- biles on Pennsylvania avenue, and, be- coming_ suspicious, followed them. Near Childs, he said, they seemed to give each other the “high sign” and separated. Still suspiclous, he declar- ed, he waited outside, near the restau- rant. ‘Alligood then told the court that after about 10 minutes had elapsed he saw Tunnell bound through the door and run toward the Willard Hotel, go- ing up a side alley near the hostelry. Upon capturing him, after a short chase, he obtained the address of the othqr man. Going to that address he found Parker coming out with another coat on and arrested him. and upon Given set = TWO BODIES DISCOVERED NEAR FOUNDERED SHIP Mystery Attaches to Deaths of Men Believed on Florida Rum Cruiser. By the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Fla., December 31.— Melbourne authorities today are seek- Ing a solution for the mysterious death of two unidentified men—one white and one negro—whose bodies were found near a foundered cabin cruiser, which contained 342 bags of whisky. Nelther of the bodies bore signs of violence. The fact that the boat’s rum cargo was seemingly intact tends to increase mystification of the authori- ties. The vessel caried the number V-14029. A coat was found on the boat marked “B. Smith,” while on the negro was found a belt buckle with the initial “S.” The white man appear- ed to be about 55 years old and the megro about 35 made | from his designated post of duty out- | th men for | Place to Sleep. thyn only for the period of tir aged in the discharge dutfes ' contending that Ely's expenses were proper, H. K. Caldwell, inter! revenue agent in charge disbursing officer at Ricl Va., sald he was “fully convinced that the 1al duties performed ful 1 of the said trips.” Although the McCarl decisi not go into the matter of what k “pe business” Ely was the ne actu of his officia In onal ! February March 31, disclos ade 16 trips to Washington (outside of his district). where he spent 11 duys on alleged official business, with- out having obtained prior authority in a single instance, or without a sin gle notice to the agent in ch Washington that an investigation was to be projected, as provided by regu | | | i half-holidays, made at that he {4122 Kr | for 80 nights at the r: | per nigh nights 1 night at $1, with a for lodging in the aggregating $63.10. 'MISTAKEN IDENTITY | LANDS MAN IN COURT Accused of Hit-and-Run Auto Ac- cident, Prisoner Freed as “Double” Is Found. Building, almost faltered usa of a strong between two men to Judge George H. Macdonald and | Prosecuting Attorney Albert Stern, who continued a case of leaving after coliiding and reckless driving for in | vestigation. saved the da seeming wrong wa Following an accldent jand Louisiana avenue Williams of 1600 F southeast was arre man_Geor; was brousht into court by another witness right man Williams protested and stated that some one else had used his truck while he was in a store, and that per. haps another man resembled him. Aroused by the sincerity of his plea the case was continued After investigation Walter Purdy of 314 E street was arrested and ad mitted using his friend's truck. {did not admit, however. hitting any one. Folice resam Fairness and at Seventh ph W avenue by as being th They wera of similar stature and features and both had blond hair. As a result the charges against Williams were nolle prossed and similar ~harges were placed against Purdy. Purdy demanded a jury trial and was released. COUPLE PO RE-MARRY. J. Wallace Killlan, 39 years old, of South Hill, Va., and his former wife, Mrs. Susie Allen Killlan, 34, of Ro- anoke, Va., came to Washington Mon- day and_ were remarried by Rev. William M. Hoffman. The Killians were first wed August 15, 1908, but had marital difficulties, and a divorce followed in 1913. They have become reconciled and the new marriage re- sulted. Bus and Auto Collide. Passengers on a Washington-Balti- more bus were shaken up slightly, but not injured, when the bus and an au- tomobile operated by Michele Cadace, 511 G street, collided at Bladensburg road and South Dakota avenue late yesterday. Both vehicles were slight- ly damaged. Police- | The man | nd identified | He | Purdy and Williams did look alike. | BUILDERSATTACK TRUCK RESTRIGTION Say Cost of Construction son Lilo after police found a part of the grar father's skull and bloodstains in automobile Lloyd was driving In efforts to shield his son, Roscoc told of the love affair of 15 years duration between his mother i Winn. She gave Winn $250 a montt of his father's money, Roscoe said Once his father shot’ Winn througn the head. Unemotionally and without regret the police said, Mrs. Nusbaum told how she and Winn had planned f | Will Be Increased if Rules Continue. The cost of building operations will | be mat reg g for limiting of the 1 trucks and th tired vel ctors of America ;| director t behind | traffic two rul a situation m situation de itioned will create nsome than the an, ted today o regulati soon secr of case on prepared before th ght 18 brought about by ns and bt owners that appr be neces 1 avenue. added to hauls nece v here, 1 id Mr. Hal ¢ taxpaver many thousan of in the building 1 fcreate a great burc tigun, who declar yin this city against these to be the ¢ tew wealth owners. Pr ivers w aints of a al property ome owners and of the past few certain types of portant arteries lumbia, as weil as limiting the lo { with which these vehicles may be h dened, has indic ship a handicap which is now facing the building industry of the District Back Traffic Laws. ds ur- deem necessary to ife and property, as well s facilitating the movement of ve hicles in the city We will lend our support to these ures where they are justified and resulf in Washington or other cities justify their effectiveness. However, the limitations noted above, in our judgment. are 100 oner- ous, and from our knowledge of traf- |fic regulations in other cities are more burdensome than the situation demands. “Our membership is ve: concerned in the building operations of Washington and is more particu- larly alive to holding the cost of hous- ing to as moderate a sum as possible.” The letter goes on to offer to dis- cuss the situation, with a view to im- proving traffic conditions, and protests the two regulations. RESENTS RADIO REMOVAL m vitally Fan Suss Landlord for Taking Down Antenna. CHICAGO, December 31 (#).—Be- cause his landlord removed his radio receiving antenna from the apartment building in which he lives to permit the use of the roof for a transmitting aerial, Norman T. Brenner has sued for §1,000. He contends that the land- lord, Jacob Lowenberg, was not with- in his rights in removing the aerial without notifying its owner. Brenner charges that Lowenberg had leased a third floor apartment to Fred Marcl, who planned the installa- tion of a transmitter, Insisting that there be no other aerfals on the roof. Horses of Capital to Get Big Dinner At Animal Rescue Home Saturday Banned from certain Washington streets and consclous to a certain de- gree that machines of steel, iron and rubber have supplanted the tractive force they once supplied with stout hearts and ready limbs, horses of the National Capital nevertheless will find one warm and appreciative spot Saturday from 10 to 5 o'clock at the headquarters of the Animal Rescue League, 349 Maryland avenue south- west, when the annual Christmas tree will become a focal point of equine interest On the tree will be luscicus apples, lump sugar and choioe oats. And for those horses whose teeth are bad, a special set of delicacles have been| supplied—bran mash and such stuff which is easily digestible with little mastication. Believing that many in Washing- ton can remember the thrill they felt at the loyalty and friendship of horses before heartless machines displaced them, Mrs. M. R. Blumburg, vice president of the Animal Rescue League, who is in charge of the din- ner, announced today that she would receive contributions of food or money at the headquarters of the league, at the above address. . Eldridge reads in| ted to our member- | 2 long time to kill her hu a stroke of paralysis had faral Feared He Would Kill Her A fragmentary dia expressed fear would kil ¥ when arr d | she told the pe { her husband, tc t t 0,001 that | volved in a recent obbery. He arrested, of the t used to threaten | penitentiary sentemce in 1914 for rob | ery 1 A letter, n {written by Mrs. Nusba lon Winn when arrested. | vented his efforts to des {contained what t {ences to the slaying plot to be I'm a he p id was as found Officers pr. poli | when it happens you ian, d when yor sugh the house up and down. I be either is will be eme, providing it goe s a holdup or robbery.” COUZENS APPEALS $9,000,000 TAX CLAIM ! Will Fight Treasury Department's Assessment for Alleged Ford Transactions. By the Associated Pres Senator Cou to the Board of Tax Ay Treasu 25,000, the us the result of h » Ford Motor Co. was given 60 days In h to take an ap; 1 or pay the assessment. He said today that he would fight the claim of the Treasury | Department through all of the neces | sary stages of court procedure. |SEEKS NEW AUTHORITY FOR JUVENILE COURT { Monday Evening Club Would In | trust Non-Support Cases to i Judge Sellers. Amendment of the law creatifg the District Juvenile Court so as to take it out of the machinery of criminal procedure, and of the non-suppo law to give the court jurisdiction in such cases, was urged at @ meeting vesterday of the Juvenile Court com | mittee of the Monday Evening Club | The committee indorsed the bill in ! troduced in the House hy Representa tive Underhill of Massachusetts, amend the non-support law along these lines. The need of amending the court law was discussed by Mrs. Louis Otten berg, chairman, who declared the present law “limits_the action of the court and makes effective preventive work impossible.” Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor said Judge Sellers of the Juvenile Court had ir formed her that of the two naw assistants which the director of the budget had allowed the court, she in tended, when the necessary legislation: was enacted, to place one in charge of non-support cases. Judge Sellers she said, believed the court would b able to handle expeditiously all cases that would come to it under amend ment of the non-support law. SAYS ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SERUM HAS BEEN FOUND Sydney Doctor Treating 72 Pa- tients—Claims 10,000 Can Be Cared for at Cost of $375. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 31.—Dr. Small page, an expert on tropical diseases, announces that he has discovered an anti-tuberculosis serum extracted from the spleen, says a dispatch to the Dally Express from Sydney, New South Wales. Dr. Smallpage made the discovery during the course of malaria experi ments. Many professors, including the dean of Melbourne University, are credited_with saying that the serum of Dr. Henry Spahlinger of Geneva “fades into obscurity beside that of Dr. Smallpage.” The correspondent adds that the commonwealth government will take over Dr. Smallpage’s patent. Sev enty-two patients are under treat ment with the serum and 10,000 can be treated at a cost of i756 (about $376).