Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 6

WDERMOTT RISK Al ER T as Last Witness, His Coun- sel Anricunces. ated Press CANTON, Ohiog December 18 Patrick Bugene McDermott is staking Jis life Jargely on an alibi. This w i made clear tonight with the an- noyncement by defense counsel that MeDermott, -on trial for the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, Avould be the last defense witness to : take the stand. They declared that story ©f" 3 steadily built-up alib X blishment of alibis fe Ben Rudner. both Me- also in- Yermott and begun_to &icted for the murder, was day in a half-day court session after the State had rested its case Asked by newspaper men how he would account for himself at the time | of the murder shortly after midnight Jast_July 16, McDermott smiled and yeplied: “I won't time it won't Rudner’s Wife Tes! Groundwork for the alibis was laid today principally by Mrs. Ben Rudner and by Eddle Rudner, Ben's younger Brother. Eddie Rudner said it was he and not McDermott who accompanied Ben Rudner to Canton police head quarters Sunday, night, July 11. His testimony presented the defense claim that Eddie is MeDermott's ‘double,” who was mistaken on that night for the man now on trial. Testimony by State witnesses earlier in the trial that Ben Rudner and Mc- Dermott went to police headquarters that night had supported the State’s + elaim that police protection was being given Rudner’, McDermott and Louis Mazer, the trio indicted for the mur: izddie Rudner explained he and is brother visited headquarters be- cause of a dispute which followed & traffic accident JMrs. Rudner’s testimony was de- voted to a minute narrative of her husband’s movements as she recalled them on dates on which the State has charged important incidents in the al- Jeged conspiracy occurred She testified t she either with her husband or could account for his movements throughout ning of July 8 when, according to Steve Kaschclk, star prosecution wit- ness, McDermott and Rudner con- ferred in Massillon. In accounting for Rudner’s whereabouts that evening, She said she was with him mest of the time, either in the store or at home, except for a period when he and his father, Max Rudner, drove to Canal Dover. The next day, she testified, Rudner Il because €f a felon on his finzer. which m it impossible for him to work or rive an automobile. She said he ww around the house most of the day and was home early that evening. It was that night, Kascholk had testified, that Rudner introduced him nd McDermott to & “Mr. Smith,” who turned out to be :~Meger. Mrs. Rudner said she had » driven the car for Rudner during the . but that he was home all eve- ning Mrs. Rudner said she was in Cleve Jand at the time of the murder. On the evening of July 26. she said, she and her husband, with some neigh * bors, drove to Wooster, léaving early and returning late. State Closes Case. It was that night the State has - claimed that McDermott drove from Cleveland to Massillon and visited Rudner to.be ‘“pald off” for the murder. The last State 5 Brumme, Massillon salesman, testified that he had seen S. A. Lengel, Can- ton’s deposed police chief, conferring with Rudner in his store twice not long before the murder Previous State witnesses had _testi- fled that Rudner and Lengel conferred in the chief's office at police head- quarters. Prosecutor C. B. MeClin- tock sald the testimony was offered as ‘evidence of alleg=d police protection ve to tell that. This e necessary.” UPON ALBS c.. " Defendant Will Take Stand would come fs the climax | the eve- | William | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. DECEMBER ‘TRIANGLE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS OF FUTURE ARE DISCUSSED Building Up of centration Of Governm_cnt Offices and Southwcst May Complicate System Here. Government officials already are { looking ahead to the traffic congeation problems which may arise when Fed- eral offices are *Avenue triangle,” from any definite plan them | When the building program is completed five years hence the wonk- day population of this limited area | will be more than doubled. There will be at least 10,000 more Federa} employes gathered into this strip frony offices now scattered about the city. A good automobiles. | 1t is likely that more will be driving | their own cars than is the case to- !day. The traffic to and from work, unless the problem is worked out beforehand, will mostly pass through the already overburdened business district, since a great part of the city’s population resides in the Northwest and Northeast sections. Careful Study Sought. The problem of avolding such a condition is not pressing. four or five years before the build- ings are occupled to any great ex- tent. But those who have foreseen the situation desire that it be con- sidered in formulating general plans for the area. An unbearable situ- are far solvinz but they for percentage of them have ition, discovered after the buildings | are in place, would be very difficult to remedy. Planning officials believe, for ex- ample, that it should be arranged 1o keep B street free from street car tracks and reserved for vehicular traffic alone. The tracks, they say, | should be laid in some other street. | They have suggested C street and | also sending the cars entirely around | the area to B street southwest. Getting automobile traffic out of | the area with the least congestion affords considerable food for thought. | This may involve sending traffic in | the east end of the area, for in- | stance, directly northward across | Pennsylvanta avenue and beyond the | | congested area where it can dis- | tribute itself to the east and west. May Never Be Ngcessary. Persons livlmg in Chevy Chase, for instance, and working in a | building located at Fourth and B | streets might be obliged to proceed | straight up Fourth street to Massa- chusetts avenue during the evening | fush hours. At Massachusetts ave- | nue they could turn west and pro- {ceed homeward. Otherwise they | might cause a good deal of conges- |tion and delay by trying to go straight west along B street, say as far as Twentieth street, before | turning north. | But this is only a suggestion and |Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, gdirector of public buildings and grounds, rather | questions if it ever will be necessary. | He. belleves that B street can be | made wide enough so that it will { not be necessary to restrict it to one-way traffic. | Before this problem arises, Col Grant -belleves, roadways will be cut | thfough Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. Then cars can be sent along B strest westward to West Potomac Park, Rock Creek Parkway and Rock Creek Park, along wide oads with no car tracks, finding out- 'lets at the nearest points to their | homes. This would leave some of the | city streets free from -heavy trafiic |and free wome of the northbound | routes which motorists now obliged to use. | May Make Roads Lower. Col. Grant greater problem than that of the | triangle will be afforded by the area south of the Mall centered about the Department of Agriculture. He be- lieves this area will grow up in office buildings which will house great num bers of workers. . 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Variety of WORUMBOS In America The O E OFr ThomesonTs : 13%¢( ' concentrated in the | Five years from now | |are likely before it must be faced. It will be | ar e | believes that an even | . so many of the workers beyond the Mall will try to go northward through it in the evening rush hour. To meet this problem, consideration is being given by the planning com mission to putting some of the streets through the Mall below grade so t some of the triangle traffic can p east and west without complicating ‘the heavy north and south hound traf fle to this area. There is.a lack of north and south highways dcross the Mall and it may be necessary.io put some through. The point ix that all the people in both ‘these areas must be moved at about the same time,. Col. Grant now Is laoking up the matter of staggered hours in the Government departments. This practice was followed during the war, but has since been given up. No- seems to know just why. The problem is not pressing, however, and a good many changes in officialdom It would be impossible to make arrange- ments nowy because some of the de- partment heads will have changed. The problem of traffic congestion in | the triangle, bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, B street, Fifteenth street and Third street, is expected to get full consideration from the Public Bulld ings Commission in locating the buildings. The problém of garking also is get- ting consideration. The commission plans to solve this by providing park- ing space in the basements of the varjpus buildings. That would leave thé streets free for limited parking by persons having business with the de partments. To relleve the rush hour load. suggestions have been made for double-deck streets, the to be used for street cars and the upper level by automobiles. MUSIC WOMAN COMPOSERS' PROGRAM. A gathering of people especially interested in what the woman com- posers of America are doing at the present time e ved an delightful info program last night at the Women's City Club, ackson place. The program was presented by the League of American Pen Women,with Mrs. Luther E. Gregory, chairman of the national committee on masic, in charge and with Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, president of the organization, presiding. All the par. ticipants and composers represented | are members of the league. The program was opened with a zroup of songs composed by Katherine A. Glen of Seattle, Wash. They were sung by Mrs. Gregory, who also comes from that State. The first song was a typical Spring song en- titled, “I Heard a Lark Sing"—a very pretty song. The next, “My Love and 1,” seemed much more original and was especially charming as sung by Mrs. Gregory. Her fine sense of par- lando and clear, easy diction added to the song’s individuality. 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C. he shaded portions of the map | income tax than the T et |ehildren, efther as association mem- |bers or individuals, gifts of various | {kinds for the improvement of school | provide the necessary booth, electrical | facilities and rearrange the assembly | the operation | . o | source of worry for some time, has|of this moving picture machine and |Miral William S |been placed before the board by Dr. | the installation of the pipe organ. o Kindergarten Chairs Offered. show the States paying less personal | Columbia. Representative Chindblom of Tilinols, | was the accompanist. | Mrs. Gregory also ended the pro- ! gram with a group of her own songs, for, although in private life she is the wife of Rear Admiral Gregory, as a composer, she is Pauline Turner Gregory. 'This group included “Cider Song,” from an opera, entitled “The | Milkmaid,"” which seemed to be quite | all a cider song in an opera should be: | “The Child’s Garden,” a quaint, little | number, and “That Little Patch o’ Land,” a song of the West that was | particularly attractive, showing org- inality In expression and catchy, ballad-like melody. For this group, | Mrs, Ciregory was her own accom- panist. Next on the program came another Washingtonian, Mary Howe (n private life Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe). Mrs. | Howe is a leader in the most ambitious musical endeavors of the Capital and | 18 recognized as a most accomplished pinnist as well as composer. Home of her most Interesting appearances in recitals here have been in two-piano | work with Anne Hull. Her composi- tions show true musiclanly merit, in- dividuality and strength of purpose. From the first chattering phrases of | her “prelude’” 1o the 1ast notes of the | alegy type of composition with which | she ended her group, one felt that she | knew what she wanted to say musical- |1y, how to say it, and accomplished | that feat concisely and convincingly. | Especially original with a melody that lingers in the ears, was “Valse | Plaintive.” The one stranger to the local group was Alice Crane from York, whose work has been widely heralded. She had the honor place on the pro- | gram and gave two groups. The first | was called ““River Trilogy,” with some | tanciful_and colorful poems of Ruth Mason Rice set to imusic written to | emphasize the pictorial quality of the words. They were sung by Paul Ry- m “Embers,” a love song, was the encore. Mr. Ryman's dictlon was | clear and he imbued his songs with | much feeling. | Miss Crane’s second group was for the plano, a “Danish Suite,” includin Prelude, *“The Rough Voyage': ro- | mance, “The Castle in the Sun": inter- mezzo, “The Cliffs of Heaven's Gate," and scherzo, “The Forest of Almend- | ingan.” There are several pretty melodies Interwoven in these numbers | and they seem to have the quality of faded tapestries with figures on them in Victorian costumes. There is a continuous ebb and flow of rhythm and the work contains no modern dar- ing whatsoever. A tone poem based {on a mountain theme was the encore. | H. F. FASHION SHOP orfers America’s Greatest -Silk Shirt VALUE! K DOUBLEWEAR cuff—a famou. patented feature in our TRUHU XX CUFF there is only one TRUHU WIT! WEAR CUFF. b We sell more DOUBLEWEAR TRUHU Radium Silk Shirts than any other men’s store in America. That teils you what Washington men think of our TRUHUS with the famous DOUBLEWEAR CUFF. ne oO*:E Freo PeLzmAN. H THE FAMOUS DOUBLE Tashion » President D.C.PERSONAL INCOME TAX ABOVE 10 STATES Figure Here Greater Than Total for Selected Group From Ver- | mont to Nevada. [bit pay a larger amount in personal income taxes than the people of 10 States pay altogether. These 10 States have 43 Representatives in Congress and the District of Colum- | bit has not one. This is shown in a | detailed study just completed by | Representative Krnest R. Ackerman, | Republican, of New Jersey. ! These 10 States are: Mississippi, Vermont, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho, New Mexico and Nevada. In 1922 they paid a total of $8,810,806, which was 96 per cent of the total tax, while the District of Columbia has a record for the same year of $8,336,687, or 97 per cent of the total. In that year those 10 States had a population of 5,350,286, or 4.89 per cent of the total population of the country, while the District had 437,571, or only 4 per cent of the total population, less than one-half of 1 per cent In 1923 those 10 States paid a total of $7,989,644 In personal income taxes, or 1.14 per eent of the total for the country, while the District of Colum- bia paid $8,083,050, or 1.15 per cent of the total. That year the popula- tion of those 10 States was 5,415,773, or 4.88 per cent of the total popu tion, as against 475,966 in the Dis- trict of Colum!| or 43 per cent of the total population. In 1824, the latest vear for which |the figures are available, those 10 States pald $5,827,634 In personal in- come taxes, or 76 per cent of the total, while the District of Columbia paid $5,765,861, or 82 per cent of the total. That year those 10 States had a population of 5,481,311, or 4.86 per vent of the total population, while the District of Columbia had a pop- ulation of 486,936, or 43 per cent of the total. Anne (Goethles, Mlchigan's only woman game warden, recently defied death by invading a thickly wooded |forest and arresting three alleged | game law violators. I ot et oo e e e AN SR S S S Give a TRUHU—Get a Hearty “THANK YOU” Ask the ladies—they know TRUHU—made by Ameri- ca’s biggest silk firm. - - Splendidly tailored . of heaviest quality XX TRUHU Silk. No Extra Charge for the 'Separate Silk Collar io. Match Bat there is only oy A& |i# Home of the Famous WORUMBO Overcoat 19, EPARE | Residents of the District of Colum- | 19 Ballou Asks That Fixed Policy Shall Re Determined on Whether to Ac- Should .the Board of Education ac 26— PART 1. cept Presents. NTS' GIFTS TO SCHOOLS RAISE PROBLEM FOR BOARD “2. The Birney School Parent-Teach ‘ Contributions Last CHRISTIANS DONATE §8575 TOAID JFwe Week Total $2,295—Committee cept from parents of public school|er Association desires to give a mo - conditions? This Frank | with the request be adopted for the future. Learned, chalrman of on pub cisfon. Shoul school | {or maintain them. Many Proposals Received. “From time to time,” Dr. Ballc plains in_the letter to the board school cation school now varfed tention of offic in our other want school ment. shoul machin; 3 members of his committee have been designated to make the important de- that no offers of assistance from pa- rent bodies be accepted, it probably | will bring & storm of protest. On the | other hand, the school officials believe they should put a stop ceptance of gifts which require un- looked-for proposals made by schools that the hoard accept gifts of various kinds hecoming situation should be brought to the at establishing a policy for the gufdance “With the improvements to be found is only natural schools should feel “I submit for vour consideration, as examples concerning which a ““1. The Home and School Associa- tion of the Garfield 8.%00i offers to give to that school a n | 1o that school. question, which has proven a hall so as to permit W. Ballou, superintendent, that « fixed policy Dr. H. B. the committee lfe bulldings and grounds, and The Mothers' Club | mary Ee e Id the board arbitrarily decree | to that school. |offer to resurface the kindergarten room. to the ac- x expenditures from the fund to put them in operation | grages in that school. h i officials and ths Board of Edu.|0us kinds of have received and considered trons of patrons of the | erhaps burdened with for improvement of conditions. These proposals are 80 numerous and so that the officlals feel that the out of publie funds. When Roosevelt San Antonio for phine Mandry, of the board with a view u.; fals in handling such matters. | tied newly constructed buildings, it that patrons of our | that they | equally new and up-to-date furniture and school equip- | Hughes' horse, azine. a few weeks ago. No, policy | not end in story book be established, the following e installed and | tion p'cture mackine and pipe organ The association quests that the Board of Education |date through the Wa Eaton Scheol offers to give 15 kinder | garten chalirs to replace some regular | classroom furntlure in one of the pri grades in that school. | . Patrons of the Fillmore Schoo' | desire to give certain pupils’ furniture “5. Patrons of the Madison Schooll| owing have 6. A group of mothers at Thomson School requests permission to buy mov- | Mrs. 1. able furniture for one of the prima: “Unless some policy is adopted by |J the board with respect to the accept ance of such gifts, the school! system may find itself in possession of varl- unapproved and moving pleture machines that do.| Rlauvais. not comply with the regulations, and [ Corby, - . Finds Sweetheart Wedded Rough Riders left | v. Cuba in flag to the bridle of Sergt. s the Capper Mag- | No. 15: A. Gude Sons Co. Hughes carried the flag, also | Co.. Charles H. Javins & Sons, K vision of the girl from that time |rama_Garage, A. R. McChesney t'o on, but never found an opportunity to return and look her up until the tale does | tar: she s happily married to a policeman | and has children 20 years old. re. mittee for the fund for Jewish relief, American ntributions through last the quarter The mo Protestant nd The need is great nounced yesterday, plan to contribute once. In of the Jo €atholie addition to have already those floor in the N. E George W hurch, Mrs. B. Wilkineon, | Matealf, ¢ Everet rick’s T. A. Mullett, A, Duff, Reeves, M Rellly, Leonard Joanna s. Ida M liam . Rives, furniture | Aspinwall. P. Clark, o financlal | 1, an C A total of $8.525 has been ington Christis of*which Renson i¢ chairmar week campaign und the Riggs Bank is being contributed Christians: the committee an those do so ut been published, t Mrs. William W Dunn, Annie’ B. Moss | Mrs. | Pritchett Gilliam, Maurice F. 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