Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1926, Page 2

APARTMENT FIRE DRIVES MAKY 0UT Gas Masks Used in Thrilling Rescues in Cathedral Mansions Blaze. Fire, room on the f ing of Cathedral M necticut ave apartment stru great clouds of rkened corvid lust night, driving occupants to the st ing some thriiling The blazs atter 7 o'clock apartment fnime “ter roon starting in the metc st floor of the cent nsior Jie through the and apartments me and nece: utined to the marh-traveled interrupted for more th Dby the five, whi veral s ad numerous autumobiles trupped ‘n the vicinity by the quick work of iremen in laving hose line icross 'S street. s alarms we rurned 9% for the nt blaze, and the ¢ ifficult e Debi ment were in. 1 Ly the sounding )¢ several alarms for small fives at| the same tire, bringing out practical- Ty all fir® apparatus in the city. Lights Go Of. The escape of the apartment oce pants {1 m the vd the vora of t ampered by cu- | threw : to the telephone in by Oliver P, Ha of the building for D. Hazard, own Chief A npan alarm, qui d Chief V Respc ad alarm £t lowed by n, on arriv- time in send bell ina @ seco: and > scene. 1 the build, d and brougit three tr The rm sent ing when the blaze wus d POLICE OFFICIALS ] ' Relief of Daily Congestion in Court Necessary—Drastic Means Urged. White for remedying condi- onsidered by a subcommittee of the Houve 1 rict committee and the Dis- Cominis ners, mensures to vent the huddling of prisoners like lice Court cells while they ing trial will be considered atternoon at a conference Presiding Judge Gus A. ana Judge John J. Mc! ¢ Court and Comial Frederick A. Fenning and Maj. Hesse, ivence J. McLeod, Michigan, today asl n Zihl- an of the House I mmittee o call a s cial meeting for consider- At of his bill., which would u- thorize the erection of a new wing at the District jall, containing two sto- rvies, with 100 beds to ory, at a Cost ot to exceed §1 1y Action Assured. wan Zihlman assured Mr. Me- early conslderntion would o this bill, with a view to vorably reported to the re the District appropria- | which 1l budget ¢ the mu- up for . probably joner sdwin e wublican, of Chai Leod t ven consi Mr. McLeod's bill was Introduced out the recommendations the Dist Juiler to the Conpmissioners "in - order to | vate Lousing facilitie Do ¢ 4 last Sunday's § of the District committee ¥ with the plan to wilitles at the Jall. Mr. MceLeod tod ited John Joy Edson, who 1 more than 30 years' experience in de joping the | penal system in the District of Co lumbia under a special act of Con-, gress and by appointment of Presi- by in member seems in provide the clangir &ide gave many of the occupants s cient warning to leave the building withuut having to to fire es- cape+ or ladders tv escape the smoke. Othecs waited for ise lad- ders to their apartment windows. Firemen Use s Masks. Probably the most spectacular incl- dent of the fire was the appearance of Dr. A. D. Weakley and his wife, occu- pants of a fourth-floor apartment, at the window of a va top-floor apart- ment. As Dr. Wea wived a towel from the window to attract the atten- tion of firemen on the street, a Star re- porter hurriedly 1 attention of the firemen to their predicament. Be- fore firemen were able to get a ladder up to the window sver, two fire- men, wearing gas masks, made their way to the vacant apartment in which the couple were waiting the win- dow. They assisted M the street, while her hust to make his way through the s by using the towel to prevent suffoca- tiol ta the window spect. were shouting themselves hoarse to Dr. and Mrs. Weakley to keep their heads out of the window to avoid breathing the smoke. Mrs. Weakley, once safely on the street, expressed disappointment at having missed the thrill of being carried down the ladder. Saves Family. exciting _experfence - was Elmore C pley, occupant corn apartment on the third floor. H® first carried his father, C. B. Cropley, a cripple, to a , where he was out lower apartn d then returned and of the smoke, an ussisted his mother and aunt to the While making the same apartment trip down the stairway the son slipped self. and slight George i his mother from the third floor to the ground. Numerous occupants of the other bulldings of the house joined the crowds in the streets to watch the work of the firemen. Several Doors Battered. After the blaze had been extin- * gulshed and the smoke had sufficient- ly cleared from the building to per- mit oceupants to urn to their apartments, Licut. Sullivan of the fourteenth police precinct ordered a detail of two men to remain in the building throughout the night to pre- vent possible looting of several apart- Another that of C. of a southeust dent Roosevelt, to discuss with the committee what should be done to improve conditions at the Jjall. Harmony Expected. Police officials and Police judges expressed their desire for greater co-oporation and eagerness to facilitate any which will make for closer harmony | between Police Court and Police D rtment branches of Government. Three outstanding suggestions will be taken up at the conference. One will be the proposal to stagger hours of sending prisoners into Police | Court. Under the present conditions | all prisoners arrested the previou night in Washington are huddled into | cellrooms at Police Court at or about 9 o'clock on the following morning. | When the collection of prisoners rep. | resents two days' of police work— | turday evening and Sunday—the pressure at Police Court Monday morning is terrific. This plan con- templates sending the prisoners to Police Court in groups—one group at 9 o'clock and the second at 11 o'clock. This would propably cut the number of prisoners in the cellroom at Police Court by one-half, it is pointed out, and would open the way for further staggering that might prove beneficial in facilitating cases. Would Cut Bail. The second proposition is to re- duce the collateral which police ask for prisoners on charges of drunk- eness from $25, which is rigidly ad- hered to by the police, to $10, which is the general maximum amount of the fine assessed in such cases. These two propositions find more favor, it is understood. with the Police Court judges than with the Police De- partment. Maj. Hesse takes the stand that collateral is to insure ap- pearance in court and that the amount of the fine is not something } for police to consider in assessing the collateral. He is backed up by Col. Fenning. The staggered hour proposition also has its difficulties from the police viewpoint, but they are of minor na- ture, such as the feeding of the prisoners at polive’ stations rather | than at Police Court, when the hour is delayed until 11 o'clock; the theo- retic violatlon of the system of get- ting prisoners to court as soon as | possible, which is felt by police to Court today thelr * STUDY CELLNEEDS tions at the District fafl were being | | go, widow of the Nlinois Senator, and project |! | ter the District | ! Architect’s 5 vamped administration building at Army Hospital, as it will look when two wings are added. Lower: Red Cross Building to be erected as part of the expansion pro- gram calling for 11 new structures. SICO0LD GVEN FORCHURCH FUND Mrs. Medill McCormick I;re- sents Gift for Presbyterian Building. The movement toward a national memorial Pr yterian church in Washington has received su 1 impetus through a §10 of Mrs. Medill McCormick of Chica- there were indications in Washington | that before long a site may be | Dr. Charles Wood, of the | Chureh of the Covenant, was en route today for s Chi where 1 f . Stewurt of Aubur n of the National ¢ipi on of the church. An in regard to the matter of t ick gift was made by Dr. Stewart a rday, when he that a committee here “ha made site selections,” and outlined in pastor 1 Commis suncement | s McCor general the movement stablish the memorial | areful ch & today an mem- of th Washington imittee osed information that the mat of a site was sull in the tenta- | tive stage, but tha tter to| may be| ard the m an option obtained before lon, Reports, have be the committee w n circulated tha s considering a site where it had some time ago to rman embassy. It w iite announcement ¢ site would hav o I of Dr. W chairman of the Washington mittee in ch Senator Mc tive in the ver movement fol here, as repr terfanism in the National Capital, and the announcement of Mrs. Me- Cormick's gift was not unexpected, though warmly welcomed in Wash- ington. PANAMA TO BAR MARSH EXPEDITION Discoverer of White Indians Will Not Be Permitted on Isthmus. rmick had heen ac- n of the 1l church of Presby By the Associated Press. PANAMA, March 11.—Richard O. Marsh will 1ot be allowed to land again on the isthmus, Foreign Minis- ter Alfaro said in a statement today commenting on the explorer's recent announcement that he was plauning a fourth expedition to the country the $100,000 gift |} teenth D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926. i MRS. HENDERSON JOINS PROTEST | AGAINST “DOUBLE-DECK” PEEPERS | ays 16th Street Has Lost Its Privacy and Has No| UN SHIPP'NG Bl“_ ses Because Residents Have Their Own Cars. Need for Bu Mrs. John B sed her voice to join the che residents who s prot nst a new and embarra: enace—the ‘“double-deck peepers Attention of the Public Utili Commission w r 2 transportation when Mrs, J. 1437 Kennedy Hencerson e ti G. Willis, who lives street, decried th growing habit of “sight-seeing rub- bernecks” in peering into bedroom windows on Kennedy street between urteenth and Sixteenth streets. ienderson declares that residents of Kennedy street are aot alon their pecullar predicament. n a signed statement, which ve to The Star tod: the Missouri Senator and occupant of he famous “castle” at Sixteenth and 3 erts that the dou. which traverse Six- vay all privacy 1 t second storte treet generally unbea i Mrs. Henderson, according to statement, doesn't like the bus: run on Sixteenth street, anyway. it intended to commerc \th street that its patient citl- treated first to a few smail xt to larger ones, and next ouble-deckers that make grist mills?” Mrs trom her s to Henderson a “Phese busses, the statement asscrts “tear up the roadway for which the adjoining eenth street residents to pay, take away all privacy second stories and make the ot generally unbearable.’ “No residence thoroughfare any- where in_town has so little need of busses of any Kind.” she declares “Ninety per cent of its residents private automoblles. The parallel Four- street cars are near. Taxis re everywhere on tap at cheap rates. today | rus | ties | the | she | the widow of | make the | “The 1 zoning commission malkes a Sixteenth street from U to the Dis trict line shall be over 60 feet high— less and less need for catering to comme thus corrob n oy sertion of Mrs. Willis that one | | hus to lower the upstairs shades if | one would avoid being the cynosure | of furtive eyes atop the double-deck ) This is most annoying, Mrs avers, and vet it must be done if the second-story occupants | the route of these busses would | feeling “like animals in the she explains. Public utility officlals plainly are | puzzled over the new bus development | They are not sure just what should | be their first step. The usual cour: | would be for them to make a personal tigation, but it is admitted that | atfon of the American fleet. a procedure has its drawt | Bus riders who use the upper d | mornings are said to be greatls at the reflection er, as a { ments of M derson. The | wish to bask in the open air of Ken- edy and Sixteenth streets they should | not be compelled to keep their eyes shut or wear blinders. ke the state- use they | embarrassed at what | eves happen to see en Youte as t residents along the street claim to be | It is rumored they are even willing { contribute to a fund to buy shodes for the window. Kven then opine that a lot of them wouldn't be pulled down. The whole question is undoubtedly one that will require mature deliber tion on the part of the already har. rassed traffic authorities, who are usking one another, “What next?" BIG COMBINE SEEKS CHESTNUT FARNS Terms of Sale of Washington Dairy Are Being Dis- Eldridge Will Open 'Bids Soon to Pain ‘Traffic Stop Bids will be opened within a few days by Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge for the painting of 1,000 metal signs to be placed at arte- rial and boulevard highway inter- mections. These signs will be 4 inches square and will be placed on standards raising thera 42 They that no futura buildings on | ‘o | present law, which gives the Shipping ast on thelr | 1t is reported | | that frequently they are just as much | their innocent | to | | they | t | Demo 1gns| PRESIDENT INSISTS McNary, However, Tells Executive Measure Has Little Chance. President Coolidge does not propose to let up in his insistence that legis- cted at this session to di- Shipping Board and the Fleet Corporation and otherwise to strip the former of all its functions except those of a purely semi-judicial and regulatory nature. His contention is that this nation will never succeed in efforts to build up real merchant marine under the a 3oard executive control over the oper- | The President made this plain today [to Senator McNary, Republican, of Oregon, a member of the commerce | committee. which wil handle legisla- | tion in the Se: . who in turn told the President that the legislation has not a ghost of a show this vear. He stated that the blll inroduced by Senn- tor Jones of Washington, chairman of | the comerce committee, which pro- vides for stripping the Shipping Board of its power along the lines de- sired by the President, will not even | of the s The Oregon Senator stated that all of the Democratic members of the committee, as well as three Republi- cans on the committee, will vpte unst it. He said he-is one.of the three Republicans who will balk at this legislation. Will Hold Up Appointment. | The President also made it clear that | he will hold up filling the vacancy on | the Shipping Board made by the re- | cent resignation of Bert E. Hanev, i Wilbur also will attend tonight. INDUSTRIAL SHOW DRAWS BIG CROWD 6,000 Attend Exhibits and Watch Charleston Contest. Artists’ Work Displayed. With the close of the second an- nual industrial exposition of the Chamber of Commerce near at hand, new records for attendance are being established at the Washington Audi- torium. Last night approximately 6,000 per- sons inspected the various exhibits and filled the stage floor of the Audi- torfum to watch the feature of the evening, a Charleston competition. Officials In charge of the exposition are confident that this evening's crowds, as well as those of tomorrow night and Saturda§, will exceed all previous estimates. Tonlght is “Art- ists’ night” and many of the National Capital’s foremost painters and sculp- ters are expected to be present. retary of the Navy and M v The Navy Band will supply this evening's musical program. 1t is already certain that attendance | t the 1926 industrial exposition will | ar outstrip that recorded last year. vds have been larger practically night and clmost every after- Artists’ Work Shown. Especial emphasis will be placed upon the the exhibits of handiwork by local artists. Paintings and sculpture, arranged in a striking dis- play on the second floor of the Audi- torfum, will command widespread in- terest. These works have been a center of interest since the opening of the exposition and critics have been unanimous in their approval. Preliminaries in the Charleston con- test opened last evening and a long list of entrants displayed thelr w to the tune of vociferous applause The competition is divided inte three classes, namely: professlonal amateur and Juvenile. All divistons are open to both boys and girls Among those who danced last night were Anna May Wolfrey, aged 8 years; Anna Koundowiotis and Flor- ence Embrey, both 9 vears old; Thel- ma Abell and Emma Trexler, aged 11 Chrystine Martin, 4 ; Sarah Eagen and Evelyn Logan, 14. rther Entrants Welcomed. Charlestoners who their skill were Margaret Voigt, Vir- ginia Crimp, Caroline Springsguth Dorothy Cotes, Helen Dulin and M garet Mullins. The following by rattled the rafters fn a thrilling ex- hibition: Ernest Wells. Adoiph Ditoto Harry Edwards, John Baggett, Louls Kraemer, Oscar Snow, Teddy Mosley, Joe Sheehan. Fred Finch, Charles O'Brien and William C. Devlin. Further preliminaries in this con- test will be held tonight. Prizes will be awarded on Saturd: They in- clude a loving cup to the young man winner, a permanent wave to the glirl victor. and a radio set to the one adjudged best In the juvenile class. Those desiring to enter the competition are asked to send their names to the director of the expos tion at the Auditorium. The telephone booth exhibit drew much attention last night, designated as “Inventors’ Night.' showed — e FRENCH ARE ARO_USED. Prediction of Freeing of Indo-China charges of intoxi COLONEL, ACCUSED BYBUTLER, SLENT Refuses to Discuss Liguor Case, But Navy Colony Is Not So Reticent. der technic 1s the result n brought agains* him by Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butle of the Marine Corps, Col. Alexande Williams, until recently commander « the local marine strict silence to news repo nd so are all other officers inter in_the case. The large Navy colony in San Diego, however, is doir talking about the cis for publication, eithe dent, arising fror given in G Zutler’s honor Williams, who relinquishe: mand to Gen. But ival here his tour head of Philadelpl caused keen intere Many at Dinner Party The filing of charges by G ler followed the dinner party Williams' home in Coronado urday night, at which Gen. Bu suest of honor. It is said th talls were served at the dinner that Gen. Butler commen on A number of Marine Corps and their wives attended dinner. ers harges, however, were £ald to ed upon g which the dinner Several affiday Col. Williams w oth t he the general Regulations afidavit of a of drunkenness. been reported headquarters declaring oxicated ur av No s Speculation Is Keen icors to be taken « which have been turned o Admiral Robertson, eleventh naval district, sfon to Washington f a t-martial Is held doubtless b together guished lot of high ra constitute the cou be superior in rank Willlams. Navy officers said ear if the court were held, it was n to convene for several weeks b BROTHERS TESTIFY IN TRIAL OF COWEN Declare Man Accused of Murder Denied Crime and Love for Wife of Slain Man 2 king off r they il mus to v worker. trial for the maurd William J. Clarke last Novembe testified as to hLis conversatic them after his arres Milton Cowen, i whor lived, told the court on Cross.xan today Brings Storm in Parliament. PARIS, March 11 (®).—Alexandre Varenne, Socmlist governor general of French Indo-China, has raised a storm in the parliamentary world here by giving the Indo-Chinese to understand that France's rule in the colony scon would be ended and that nothing would be left on it but af- fectionate and grateful memory. This statement was part of an offi- clal speech by the governor general at the opening of the government council sessions last December. port of the speech has just reached t, of Oregon. until the legls- | lation has been disposed of one way or | the other in some quarters that s not only awaiting | aetion by Congress regarding the pro- | posed amendment of the merchant | marine act, but is anticipating another tion on the Shipping Board. In | this connection it is rumored that | E. C. Plummer, Republican, of M is contemplating retiring ts priva‘e life, in which event it is thought the President will name a Republican to succeed Mr. Haney and a Democrat France and the minis onles has cabled M. Varenne for an explanation. Today in Congress ENATE. District committee is in éxecutive session th.s afternoon to receive a report from the Government audi- tors who have been' gathering coal- price data. A re- | er of the col- | tion that his brother | miting the cr | Jay Cowen { his brother {1 who might hav | he replied: | *1 don't | vegetable m { Mrs. Clark unl who had she wou | much ab s I would | He sid his brother denied t | had asked Mrs. Flor: th him, or love with her. Jay Cowen brother was workin on a construction period in which contende: th spending m Mrs. Clarke, The defense re noon. test 1 1 of his time vis uring the for: LUTHER S. FRISTOE DIES VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Retired Real Estnt.e Operator, 66 Had Been in Failing Health for Long Time. ¥ cussed. inches above the pavement; will replace Stop” legends now palnted on the street pave- ments The signs will highway—Stop” Stop, s the case may be, in white to succeed Mr. Plummer. Although Senator Edee, Republican, of New Jersey, probably one of the President's most ardent supporters in his proposal to strip the Shipping Board of fits powers, hopes this The agriculture committee held another hearing on the Capper bill to prevent discrimination against farmers' co-operative organizations by boards of trade. The judiciary committee is in ex- outweigh the practical angle of elimi- nating the crowded and Insanitary | conditions of jamming the prisoners: in one huddled group into Police | Court at one time, and the need for a revision of the system of collect- ments, the doors of which had been battered down by the firemen in their ‘work. The first floor apartment through which the fire burned was occupied of tne San Blas Indians. “There exists a clear resolution by | the executive power preventing this person from returning to the isthmus,” the minister said, If the expiorer ai- of the to" the Corpora- Negotiation for the sale & read: “Arterial Chestnut Farms Dairy ‘“‘Boulevard— Luther e, years by William C. Ritter, professor of goology at the University of Cali- fornia_and president of Science Serv- fce. His was the only apartment damaged by fire. Origin of the fire has not been defl- nitely determined, but Capt. Haight, one of the first firemen on the scene, expressed the belief that it was eaused b, “hort-circuited wires in the meter room. Truck Hits Auto. Commisioner Frederick A. Fenning, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse and practically every official of the Police Department were at the fire. Fire Marshall Seih estimated the damage at $1,500. sald there was waste paper on fieer of the meter room, and suggested the possibility ol a lighted match or cigarette having been dropped there. A collision between No. 23 engine and the automobile of Frederick Hryant, Cherrydale, Va., occurred at Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty- second street while the engine was on its way to the fire. T'aul Ballinger, who holds the world record for get- ting an apparatus out of quarters, was driving the engine. Bryant was charged with failing to make way for the fire apparatus. His case will be heard in Trafiic Court tonight. FRUIT’JUICE AND FAST CALLED STOMACH CURE ing and transporting the prisoners to the Police Court. Would Expedite Trials. On the third proposition, which is | more drastic and sweeping than either of the others, some agreement is found both at Police Court and at the | Police Department. This is a pro- | posal for the apointment and assign- | ment of police magistrates to hear | petty cases that take up so much of | the time of the court and which do not necessitate jury trials. If police magistrutes could be ap- pointed, as was recommended 22 years ago by Maj. Richard Sylvester when he was chief of police, reiterated by Maj. Sullivan only recently and ap proved by Maj. E. B. Hesse at the present time, ‘the cases which now jam up the Polic Court with picayune matters could be heard and disposed of at certan precinct station hous Judge Schuldt points out that the police_court in this jurisdiction func tions in greatly similar lines to courts of common pleas in other jurisdic- tions, handling cuses concurrentl many instances with the United States Supreme Court. By relleving | Police Court of the burden of petty | cases of drunkenness, disorderly c duct and the like—which are in greut | profusion at present—it is felt thut the court could give sufficient time to jury cases on more important offenses which are overwhelming the dockets at the present time, Lady Fisher, Taking Nourishment for First Time in 42 Days, Is Elated. By the Assoclated Press. TRING, Hertfordshire, England, March 11.—Lady Fisher considers that her “fruit juice clre” and 42-day fast, which ended yesterday, have been sue- cessful In every particular. She de- clared today that she had been entire- ly freed of the autointoxication which he set out to cure. “Although it is only 24 hours since 7 started taking nouishment, I already feel my old-time energy returning,” she said, “and during my walk on the hillsides today it seemed that my strength was actually. returning by leaps and bound: She is still on a milk diet, which is velng increased daily. Her full appe- tite has not yet returned, but she is looking forward to the bread, butter und eggs which she will be aliowed to have next week. The patients at the sanatorium held | o dance last evening, but Lady Fisher participated in only one fox trot and then retirved early ¢ Docket Overwhelmed. To say that the present docket at | Police Court is overwheimed is not an exaggeration when it is considered that official figures list between 400 and 600 cases for jury trial which must come up at some time or other; with 60 cases coming in each week, while only 15 per week can be tried with the judges working night and day. Besides traffic cases and the District of Columbia cases involving drunken- ness, disorderly conduct, violation of municipal regulations, the United States jurisdiction of the Police Court extend to the trial of violations of the national prohibition law, assault, petit larceny, threats, carrying deadly and dangerous weapons, disorderly houses, gaming charges, cruelty to animals, the game and bird law, adultery, per- jury, board bill cases, affrays, bad check cases, food and drug act cases, violations of the fish law and about half dozen other crimes. . Includes Preliminary Cases. tempted to land clandestinely, he added, he would be treated as an out- law. 2= Mr. Marsh ordered from Pan- ama a year ago after an uprising among the San Blas Indians. A presi- | dential decree issued at that time said there was proof that the explorer had abused Panama s hospitaicy by aiding the Indians in an attempt to establish a republic. A dispatch from Rochester, N. Y., on March 9 said that Marsh planned to go shortly to Washington to make arrangements for his fourth expedi- tion. He expected to act as adviser for the Indians in negotiations be- tween ihe United States and Panama by which the San Blas people hope to have set. aside for them about 2,000,000 acres on the Atlanti Where they may be independent. also planned - to establish a schoof similar to the Carlisle Indian School, to give the Indians the elements of education. Later he hoped to go into the interior of the isthmus to search for ruins of ancient cities. Mr. Marsh discovered the ‘“white Indians” of Panama and brought sev- eral of them to the United States. Woman's Handbag Snatched. Miss Ilizabeth Ballou, apartment 4, 1430 Chapin street, was robbed of her handbag, containing $3 in cash car tokens and papers, last night. She told police that her bag was snatched from her hand while she was in front of 1409 Chapin street by a col- ored man. \ violation of the Mann act, arson, rob- bery, embezzlement, forgery, house- breaking, bigamy, seduction, conspir- acy, libel and approximately 10 other crimes. During the last fiscal year the Po- lice Court records show that there were 62,565 cases filed in the court, and $517,383 collected In fines. The present Police Court was built in 1907 when Washington had a pop- ulation much less than today, and the structure was fiited with two court- rooms for the trial of cases. Today two additional courtrooms have been added from offices formerly occupled by clerks and attaches of the court. ‘They are makeshift in nature, and resulted fn the clerks and other oc- cupants formerly of such space be- ing crowded into other spaces at the court building. The court today is In addition to that the Police Court is a court of preliminary hear- ing before commitment to the grand jury in cases of assault with a dan- gerous weapon, assault with intent to kill, rape, mznslaughter, murder, | | ) functioning in a city approximating a half million inhabitants in a build- ing with the same cubic footage which was considered necessary in American Dairy Products tion, a large national dairy organoza- tion are now in progress and it is possible that the transfer of the Washington business may take place in_the near future, it was learned today. The American Dairy Products Corporation has been in contact with the owners of the Chestnut Farms Dairy for some time past, and it is understood that a definite offer for the Washington business was made by the corporation’s board of direct to- day. The owners of the local con- cern will go to New York ndxt week to discuss the terms of the offer. It fa understood in business circles that the owners of Chestnut Farms Dairy are not averse to selling if terms of purchase can be satisfactorily settled. The American Dalry Products Cor- poration controls about 40 per cent of the milk supply of New York City, about 25 per cent of the Philadelphia milk supplv. a large portion of the Chicago supply and about 60 per cent of the PIi urgh supply. This or- ganization also is interested in the manufacture of ice cream and other dalry products. If the purchase of the Chestnut Farms Dairy should be | satisfactorily settled next week the organizatien would then control a con- siderable portion of the milk supply of the National Capital. The Chestnut Farms Dalry was established by the late George M. Oyster in 1863. The firm recently completed and moved into an elabo- rate new plant at Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Free Apartments In Florida Planned For Aged Pastors By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 11.—A rent-free apartment house for aged ministers and their wives will be erected in Florida by James C. Penney, merchant and vhilanthropist, it was announced vesterday. The building will have 100 three-room apartments, costing about $500,000 and will be ad- ministered free of charge to the occupants. It will be situated at Green Cove Springs, Clay County, Fla, and will be a memorial to Mr. Penney's parents. The J. C. Penney Foundation, organized to administer his philanthropies, will select the ministers from Protes- 1907, when the population was around the 300,000 mark. tant Evangelical congregations rogardless vi creed. letters on a red ground. They wil be placed at the curbs on all streets approaching boulevards or arterial highw: COLLEGE EDITOR ASKS APOLOGY FROM PROFS Says Seminary Faculty Members Were Unfair in Criticism of His Editorials. By the Associated Press. ROCK ISLAND, Ill, March 11.— Herman Nelson of Escanaba, Mich., |senfor student and editor of the | Augustana College Observer, student | publication, “feels that the seminary professors owe me an apology.” In a public statement, Nelson de- fends himself against charges of !libertinism and unchristian views that followed the Observer’s publication of \editorials criticizing the college ban on dancing and the nature of speeches made against the theory of evolution at the recent Christian conference of the Augustana Synod. Nelson's position is defended by a number of professors in the college department who take the position that his Christianity and conduct have been of the highest order and that the protest from the seminary professors “was ill timed and ill advised.” FLOOD MENACES KOVNO. 300 Houses in Lithuanian City Partly Under Water. KOVNO, Lithuania, March 11 (P).— Floods of unprecedented proportions are threatening Kovno, which lles at the junction of the Niemen and Vil yin Rivers. The Niemen already has risen 23 feet, and more than 300 houses in the lower part of the city have been flooded. The damage thus far Is esti. mated at several millions of litas. (The lita normally is worth about 10 cents.) N Will Debate “Curse” of Education. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11 (®). —Harvard, Yale and Princeton have selected for their triangular debate March 27 the proposition: “Resolved, That education is the curse of the present age.” may be accomplished as soon as pos- sible, he grees with Senator McNary and others that there is little pros- nect of favorable action at this ses- sion. ‘Watson Makes Report. Senator Watson of Indiana. chair- man of the Senate interstate com- merce committee, informed the Presi- lent today tnat the legislation pend- ing in that committee will be reported to the Senate some time next week, making it possible for the Senate to dispose of the more important meas. ures by May 1. In his opinion the railroad consoll- dation bill, which is known to he fa- vored by the administration, will be passed by the Senate, but he thought it would be nheld up in the House, Senator Cummins of Iowa, author of the railroad consolidation bill, ac- cording to Senator Watson, will re- port this measure to the Senate Sat- urday, with some important amend- ments. At present the bill enforces consolidation after three years. This period will probably be extended to sevenb)_'eu:s. thl;‘? ;Hmlmitlng the seri- ous objection which now - solidation proposals. e —_— WOMAN LOSES JEWELS AND CASH IN OLD FRAUD “Found Pocketbobk Game” Costs Victim $41.75 in Money and $75 in Goods. Mrs. Nettie Jones, colored, 1360 Corcoran street, lost her ‘“cash In .hsnd Jewelry and cutlery in the old ‘found pocketbook game,” which two colored men successfully worked on her yesterday afternoon. According to her story to the po- lice. the woman was engaged In a conversation with a man on TFou ‘eenth street, who was joined by an- other with the announcement he had just found a pocketbook containing $700. The newer of the strangers expressed a willingness to share with Mrs. Jones and the man with whom she was. talking. In order to get a one-third equity in the purse, Mrs. Jones was to pro- duce an amount of cash sufficiently large to assist in making the change. All she had in her possession was $41.75, so she escorted them to her home, turning over jewelry valued at $75 and table cutlery. She was directed to wait for the men in a park near Seventeenth and l?‘ street.!s.‘?r;ld llf:e woman would be there_ ye! er faith in the mise Lud not exploded. b f f ecutive session on the nomination of Wallace McCamant for appoint- ment as judge in Oregon. Further hearing was held by the public lands committee on the bill to regulate cattle grazing on pub- lic reservations in the West. The subcommittee is still holding sessions on the contest of Daniel Steck, Democrat, for the seat held by Senator Brookhart of lowa. A subcommittee was at work to- day on the Interior Department appropriation bull. HOUSE. The House today continued gen- eral debete on the District of Co-* lumbia bill until 4 o'clock, when they will adjourn out of respect for Representative Henry 1. Thayer of ‘Wakefleld, Mass.,, who died last night. Subcommittee on police and firemen of the House District committee conducted hearings on bill to legalize policewomen's bu- reau and (o increase its personnel. Special time was set to hear Judge Katherine Sellers of the iluvenfle Court on Saturday morn- ng. Committee on public buildings and grounds, which had before it the bills for enlargement of the Capitol grounds to inciude Unlon Station plaza, and for two new buildings at the Bureau of Stand- ards, one a powerhouse and the other a track scaleshouse, was ad- Jjourned until Tuesday on account of the death of Representative Thayer, who was a member of the committee. Subcommittee of appropriations committee continues hearing in executive session on legislativh appropriation bill Naval affairs committee contin- ues hearing on hospitalization, Banking and currency commit- tee, in executive session, consid- ers State tax on national banks. Interstate commerce committee, in executive session, considers Bingham-parker bill and com- mercial aviation. Indian affairs committes holds regular meeting In executive ses- slon. Committee on agriculture con- tinues hearing on agricultural re- llef measures. River and harbors committee, in executive - session, considers rivers and harbors bill. Merchant marine committee holds hearing on Bacon bill for reorganization of the Shipping Board. real estate formerly of the firm of Davidson & Davidson and : member of an old Washington fam dled of pneumonta at his resi dence, 2901 Sixteenth gtreet, night. He had been in failing health since his retirement from active busi ness about sis years ago. Born in this city December 31, 1 Mr. Fristoe was the son of the E. T. Fristoe, who was a_profe at the old Ci lege, George Washington University He engaged in the real es ness at an early age. and was ce= nected with several firms before tm coming a partner in the firm of David- son & Davidson. Mr. Fristoe w onegtime a mem ber of the Columbia Country Club and several gunning clubs. He is vived by his widow, who was Miss Caroline Bloss, A member of an old family of this city, and two sons, ward Bloss Fristoe and Roy G toe, who is a member of the firm of Davidson & Davidson. Funeral services will bo conducted Wright's undertaking e tomorrow _afternoon. Dudley, rector of St pal Church, will of will be in Roc dealer, ily, last at ment George Fiske Stephen's Epi: ficlate. Interment Creek cemeter NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B.F.KEITH’S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O’Clock Speaker Tomorrow Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley ' Conducted by Rev. C. E. Hawthorne Forelgn affairs committee con- tinues hearing on Lake of the Woods. Every One Invited—No Collection