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RICH INDIAN GIRL SUED FOR $100.000 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928. SUPPOSEDHER | RS creanesr caprras OLDGE TOHAVE P 5Eboets” pRovioeD s MACHADD ASHOST e 1 .- SI-AIN UN RUADSID[ Practical Men Show Evidence of Belief Police Say M““l: Time and Effort Are TWODIE, 4 INIURED .+ INTENEMENT FIRE Mother and Daughter Lose Lives—Baby, Woman and Two Firemen Hurt. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, anuary women were burned to death, a 20-day- | ©ld baby, another woman and two ! firemen were injured when flames destroyed a five-story tenement build- ing in upper Madison avenue yester- day, causing a property damage osti- mated at $25.000. The dead were Mrs. Victoria Cor- yea, 20 years old, and her mother, Mrs. Saturnina Martinez, &0, who lived with her daughter. Mrs. Correa’s baby had suffered only slight burns | on the face when it was taken fr the arms of its dead mother by f men. Mrs. Bessie Tauber. owner of building, in whose rooms the started as she w ing a meal, received burns, Fireman Thomas C: roll suffered a fractured ankle in a fall when the roof collapsed. and Fire- man Quinlan was cut by broken gl Mrs. Tauber’s clothing became ig- nited when flames shot from the gas stove over which she was workin: ¥er endeavor to smother the bl with a robe resuited in a spread of the fire to the woodwork, and soon it had entered an airshaft and broken out| in the other floors. A girl identified | only as “Fannie, first check-up, but fireme whe left the building at the fi HUSBAND MURDER CHARGED TO TWO Wife and Man Formally Accused of Placing Poison in Food. T~—=Two the alarm. By the Assoclated Prese. WALLA WALLA, Wash. January T.—An _information charging Mrs Besste Bidwell and Preston Rae Clark with first degree murder was filed in Superior Court yesterday by Prose- cuting Attorney W. G. Coleman, with the assertion that he would ask the death penalty for both for the allezed poisoning_of the woman's husband, Alpheus Bilwell. Mrs. Bidwell and Clark were ar- rested Saturday, a day after Bidweil died. The poison was declared to have | been placed in his food. Clark was quoted by sheriff’s depu-} ties as having declared he purchased the poison at Mrs. Bidwell's request on her assertion that it was to be used for poisoning cats and rats. Mrs. Bidwell declared Clark had put the poison in her husband's food. He was a boarder in the Bidwell home. * In the company of a deputy sheriff and a matron, Mrs. Bidwell attended ber husband’s funeral vesterday. Frederick Building Active. Special Dispatch 0 The Star. FREDERICK, Md., January Building permits issued by the ci during last year show that a’total of $594.976 was spent for construction work here during that period, Elmer 8. Maxwell, city engineer, shows in his report. SPECIAL NOTICES. five | ¥ ! of the ca: | with Utah Man Admits Killing Companion in Fight on Auto Trip. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. ARTICLE FIVE. Imagination is apt to gain free Sheldon Clark, 26 years old, of Manti, [rein when one contemplates the fu- Utah, today confessed to police here [ture of Washingtor. The thought that he inflicted fatal injuries on a [is inspiring, not only to Americans, man believed to be Don Solovitch, |but to foreigners who have dwelt here long enough to have become im- former Metropolitan Opera dancer, | jueq with the meaning and. spirit motion picture actor and heir to a lof America, large French estate. Before their eves the attractive- The victim of Clark's cbnfessed as. | eS8 of the city has been Increasing from year to vear. They see it sault was found by a road near Gun-[ajready in many respects the most nison, Utah, yesterday. His skull had delightful capital in the world. They heen fractured. envisage it a few years hence as the Police identification of the victim |center of world culture and interna- today rested almost entirely on discov- | tlonal affairs in &1l respects—the of newspaper clippings in_the | pride of the Western Hemisphere and 1in man’'s pockets. The items told of | the chief attraction for the enlight- a Don Solovitch, who in 1925 was an | ened people of all nations, occupying opera dancer and screen actor. Solo- |a place in the modern world such as vitch w id to have been bequeath- | Athens and Rome occupied in the ed half of an estate in southern France | ancient world. valued at more than $6,000,000. This picture does not seem to be Sheriff Clifford Patten said Clark | overdrawn to those who examine the told him he had met the victim in Los | present, studying the destiny of the Angeles some time ago and left there | Nation and probing deeply the senti- Tuesd: intending to enter the sheep | ment of the American people for their business in this State. Capital City. Clark said théy traveled by automo- There is evidence that eminently ile and that shortly before they |practical men do not believe the pre- By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, January ANNUA CTION OF OFFICERS TCADAC FLECTOE, oF, YRITEES January 10th, a8 2 WP SUDE Prena 31, by Maynard 0 will continue the business. MAYNARD J_ WILLAKD. MARS REXROD] i fififufi TO SECTION 1. ARTICLE B. by-laws. potice is hereby iven that the ual meeting of the stockholders uf the tal Traction Company for the election ©f & board of directors for the ensuing year 1be transaction of such other busines brought hefore the meeting, will beid at the cfice of the com u w. Washington 19 pany DC. is, be open from 11 o'clock 12 o'clock noon. H.D. CRAMPTON bae neider Bal election of directors and other busi L] held st the office of the com .. Wednesday, Jan books SHN G “ME KRG IS 15 TO SOTIFY THE PI’ e m .. 3t the office of the | T | ziven that at’ the aunual meeting of stoc iwched Gunnison his companion be- | dicted greatness of Washington is After they passed [all a poet's dream. It is found h that city, he declared, the man | the readiness with which hard a hammer. Clark declared he |embassy buildings erected here by v obtained the hammer, struck |forelgn governments, the national his assailant over the head with it |churches, universities and other na- to the many already here, are every- where regarded as further evidence. TO STEAL $375 OVERCOAT | any is needed. of the beltef in this an Clothes, Am who are familiar with the unique po- ong Loot Taken From |gition of Washington with relation to the National Government that the Grober, 1303 Connecticut avenue, late [action the will of the people of the last night and took an overcoat valued | City and the Nation. Already one "f the merchant at $375, the police [the most delightful cities " in the Columbia road, during her absence| Washington alone cannot lift itself vesterday and took wearing apparel | to the place it is destined to fill. As valued at §: a Federal district, with its people st Wi exclusive jurisdiction over them, the Past veek and robbed of articles of | National Capital is dependent both for wearing apparel, dishes, pictures and s ht Ttural furniture valued at $100. its material welfare and its cul vhich au- street southeast. The theft was com. | Federal building program, whic mitted the past two days, he told the | thorizes an exsnendonl;:‘;erm m:‘ :u(-)a;( police. few years of $50,000, or new G 248 in Virginia Liquor Net. Special Dispatch to The :mq regard it as a concrete indication that RICHMOND, Va.. J¢ z Congress is beginning in some meas- e Y., Sy ure to throw off that lethargy which confiscated and 3,062 gallons of liquor | gor the purchase of the great triangle were destroyed, the total value of the f,,mlv,.nppenn vIvania avenue and the property being placed at $75,000. Dur- | zfajl, to provide suitable sites for SPECIAL NOTICES. See Encouraging Sign, v 1 THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING | Trade and citizens' organizations o1 the Industrial Savings Bank will be held | ang the great body of unorganizel come before the meets » " WILLIAM . BOWIE, Cashter. | terest which Congress is taking u;‘h: NOTICEOF ~ STOCKHOLDERS MEETING, | Winter in the proposal to amend the » The annual peetia . s of | Federal Constitution so that Congress * wm. 081y the electoral college. Washinto Secretary. | nians have been especially encouraged 10 THEZ STOCKHOLDI OF "THE NA |by the recent movement in the yona Cupita) Insurance Company of the | garded as striking evidenco IPRUa Bt 8 Spetise o0 | aroused interest of the \/hole Nation ki e one of sactton 655 | in its Capital City. to be held January | within a comparatively few years to 60on & the ofies | take advantage of the tremendous op- sve. se. Washink | ., tunity to make Washington the Golders of said compan, 11 1928 at 12 "."“""‘ came so offensive that they got out |business men and cautious financier. and left him in a ditch. tional and international structures of @ other nations in the future great- Three Other Places. nature and the rate of progress here were informed. world, Washington has far to go be- Enoch Washington, 233 Fifth street | through all the years of its existence Theft of a diamond ring valued at | Progress upon the Federal Govern- ernment buildings to house great Fed- Moonshiners and bootleggers fared has long characterized its dealings ing that time 152 stills were wrecked. [ more new Federal buildings, seems to 1 the_ directors. Yoo o;clock p.m | L idents of Washington sce another of the stockholders of F s Sl e e Lomipay & tional Council of State Legislatures the provisions of section code of the cumpas 5 DC Guestion' of amending 4 Clark then told of a fight |are bringing or sending their money | in which his companion attacked him | here for investment. The magnificent | 3 many kinds which are being erected BURGLAR BHEAKS W"‘DOW or projected for the city, in addition ness of the American Capital. Jewels and Furniture| still, it is not forgotten by those A burglar broke the show window | depend upon the way in which Con- at the place of business of Jacob|kress interprets and translates into A duplicate key worker entered the | fore it attains the position which the apartment of Maude P. Hopkins, 1759 | future holds out to it. southeast, reported to the police that | derrived even of the right of repre- his home was visited by thieves the | 3entation in Congress. which exercises $100 and a razor valued at $10 was |Ment. iy ; reported by George L. Hayes, 703 B|_ That fs one reason why the new eral departments, is 80 encouraging to the residents of the District. They badly in Virginia during December, Capital City. Moreover, an 248 being arrested, 39 automobiles were :2,‘,',','“;2:1 ,,,';.mprmdnn of $25,000.000 The bulk of the work wag done by the | he virtually assurred at this session of ps of State inspector: Congress. in the directors' room for the directors and other such business as may | encouraging sign in the renewed in- nc.. will be held at the | may grant to the people of the Dis- the cempany, Wilkine “Bullding. lrlc’; Eepr!unlflllon 1 that body and trict of Columbi P t . Dasmed 57 the biard of trusiess ‘of ‘the Ra | tavor of this amendment. This e of the of subchruter four o of law for | That Congress should bo prepared the o /isirict of Columbia notice ‘ia to spend many more millions of dollars { compaay a0 ae' o' extena its world's most beautiful and cultured o et e, (he making of insurances | city 18 the firm conviction of Senator arter of birsiy ess 10 butldings and bousehold furniture othe: | Arthur Capper of Kansas, chairman Sronerty ' aeainat ‘lose ¥4 "1’-‘:‘1,'. tg. wind. | of the Senate committee on the I)lr» o clone or torns w! an up | trict of Columbia. Senator Capper is for conwide o Vote for s rautian it aere S95ed | enthustastic concerning the present 10 vote for & resolution authorizis Smendment, rink euch | { ftractiveness of the city, but he in not blind to its present defects, which, Joe T Otey wil rontinue st 320 Penneyivania ave. nw. All | the Srm will e Daid by Mr. Otey | due 0 the firm should be vaid | election of 4 r and for th ueiness an 04 the meeting will o'elock noon on Taourry 10 1978 Polle will be OPss etween the bours of 1% noon and 2 ek om VICTOR B_DETH! | T overcome with the ald of Congress. He has given to The Btar an exclu- sive statement of his views In respec to the future of Washington and the duty of Congress in enabling the city to fulnill its destiny. “The District of Columbla, seat of the Federal Government, is beautiful and entirely worthy of the world's greatest nation In many respects, . sald Senator Capper. ‘”lfl rffil":‘t‘l"ll 1t tie election o > not at all representative of the mate wen Guber Vimness an muy properiy ‘eomg | Flal | and cultural - attainments of before 1t will be held the office of the | America. > K 3 44 [ AUBERT NE MORRIS £ MARLO) Belur 8 majority Board o1 e W, u“m ANNUAL MEETING OF TH ders” o1 "the “Home Butlding, Associati Tl hold 1 “W have In Washington some of THE _RVGILAR A thie ebarenolders of the Columria ank of W Washington will be nheld T ar its bankiog house D_C. for the election of directors and surh other businers e may proverly come before the meeting. | Folls oven from 12 noun until 1 o'clock | % _ARTHOR N _MITCRELL SAE ANKUAL WEF Voiders of ‘the jtie Tnwuras Company of the District of Columiin e purvose of elerting 15 trostees of the | Fomvany for the eowsine vear 18 o be teid | . Countury 603 K at 19728 Tor | e, Santiary 1 i e, e ARS transter of etk % Jawusry 10 E CHARL \Vrbz’fh HAL 16 OR FROM NY. VA BOSTON P INTS . SPECIAL ‘71 IVERY ABSN JaiN Te% M ATE Twiawere curpor e dron conatatio KATI'JK SERVICE ¢ WABHINGTON 10" 5 Lointe Detwer L ART TOAT kK KICHUMOND P el INC 1517 N CAVE MOVING A 180, oM RTOCKIOLD hanics Weaity | 11 i A BOWIE Sec'y ‘Trewn,_ UK 18 HEREBY o triste [ Pyt gully pwid 2’ otier sfhnn A GRIVEDTH Prenidont, KB RYNOB. Ui of Columbie s w A lurk CGRm v Uik s Uhis b i el iy Preeidont beture e ik 2e Taayiio Hass ‘| o " il St wwaorn 1o Ak R EEsal 1Al oty Vel :| The National Capital Press iy 16 M._WOODWARD. Recret == ), the most beautiful public buildings, KHOLDYRS residential districts and public high- ways to be found iIn the entire world, We have here a city which, from the standpoing of mnatural environment and topography, is easily capable of development into the world's monst beautiful metropolis. And within the past few years Washington has made substantial progress toward that goul, We have, for Instance, after an un- necessary delay of many, many years, begun actual development and beauti: fication of the Mall between the White House and the Capitol, That work will not only vastly linprove one of the principal parts of the city but will at last afford sultable modern quartern for the performance work of the Federal Governm Planning Comminsion. “Recently we have created a Nu tlonal Capital Park and Planning minsion, authorized to work with ¢ tinuity and unity, heretofore lacking, for the prehensive dovelopm a4 beautification of the Nution pital and its environs. ‘We have erected In Washington in recent years some architecturally no tablo structures, both public and pri viate, which give vital proof of the progress of our etvilization, “Jut Washington still falls far short of ranking as one of the most beautl ful, progressive, udvanced cities in the world o truth is that there are vust vistas of sheer ugliness in Wanhingt W have here ty which, taken in ite entivety, 1s in no wenwe & NtUNg wymbol of the material, mental and cultural resources of Ameriea. “A nution admittedly more powertul and prosperoun thin any other, whose peaple ure better educatod, hotter gov erned and more content than uny other, whould possess o capital to which the whole world would turn tor Inspivation and example. We do not hive such & city 1n present day Wash Inigton, “Furthermore, treanarer. 008 P a 0" 1078, ‘at i, TP BTO0 MEETING ho s meeting of the stockholders of th Toik & Washineton, - e Y comvagy D Biuraday. Vevryary 9. 2 1001 b & or_ the liin yeur, ¥ ol % that muy e e inier S wry Uiho 1u7K, | 2 the’ Wt Plat Company of the City of Way ehection” of tristecs will b he' of the company. No ¥ tional Urlon Buildine unry i at open from i o on, Wediiesday,” b0 el i el OMERVEL, HEAELY GIVEN THAT T WITY e for de), anly when ereate IAM 1 SHIKE. 7% n eereta Executive Secretary » vl J.Iy.“)lr,u ;,‘:»" ‘-’n’ ryuummuu‘v:nmn yet eMicient usiness men . 7. Address 200 . ROOF WORK o ny nuture oromily and canshly per KOONS DISAVPOINT " BRINTING. IN'A HURRY Wish wrade. byt not bieh (AT A READY llbk YOUR 1928 PRINTING NEEDS fl the Milllon Doller Printing o} { we shull not have the kind of & capital that America should and could possess until these NEIOR T E T ) Fhone M 6601 ples find aoceptance 1n Con | HOW'S THAT ROOF? Vettar b wito 18 1e lawh-proot before ruin s and whos »; That the District of Columbia is Federul territory, belonging to and however, he thinks can be quickly| & City Will Become Center of Culture and International Affairs. and Income far exceeding those of any other country. ‘2, That it Is not sufficient to make plans or improvements based only upon present conditions and require- ments. Instead, it should be borne in mind always that we are bullding a capital for a growing, thriving coun- try that within the lives of those now in being may attain a population of two hundred millions. We must, ac- cordingly, plan for a population of at least one million people, occupying a radius of 20 miles or more, whose interests and work will center in Washington. “When these principles are accepted and udopted we shall make rapid progress in the proper development of the National Capital. “No city can be truly great that Is not populated by happy, prosperous people, living under wholesome, health- ful conditions. The day of cheap and ugply residential development must be ended. A city many of whose work- ers are housed in dilapidated, anti- quated, flimsy and thoroughly ugly buildings, devoid of any trace of artis- try or distinction, cannot assume lead- ership among the capitals of the world. Transportation System. “Furthermore, the transportation tem of the District of Columbia must be fmproved. Poor transporta- tion inevitably results in overcrowd- ing, unsightly, Insanitary, uncomfort- able congestion of population. It creates traffic problems involving mo- tor cars and pedestrians. Improve- ment of the street railway and bus systems of Washington is both possi- ble anc¢ vitally necessary. “The mere building of public struc- tures, costing $50,000,000, as now con- templated, will not beautify Washing- ton. We shall have to control by ap- propriate legislation the type and character of private bulldings that confront our public edifices. To erect a beautiful Government structure, with adequate landscape setting, at a cost of possibly $10,000,000, and then permit the erection or mainte ance across the street of a grotesque struc- ture, housing a fortune-telling estab- lishment or similar business, is a folly t passes understanding. I hope that we may secure legislation during the present session of Congress that will make such situations impossible. “Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol to the Treasury should within the next 10 years become the finest thoroughfare in the world. Provision already has been made for acquiring the south side. I hgpe a way will Le devised to insure the improvement of he north side. ‘Some of the present older public buildings were erected at a time when American architecture had nothing to commend it but its oddity. They should be replaced as promptly as we can get to it by structures that will maintain their beauty through the ages. 1 have In mind, for instance, the State, War and Navy Building. “The approaches to Washington, the entrances to the District and the suburban communities lying just be- yond the boundaries of the National C- pital should be improved to conform to the standard of beauty and clvic dignity of what will be the world's most attractive capital. “The permanent preservation of the picturesque beauty of the Potomac River from Great Falls to a point well within the District Is one of the most essential steps - in the development of the National Capital. “In any plan for the future ample provision must be made for either pri. vate or public playground space, so that the children of future genera- tions may not be deprived of the health and happiness, hestowed by wholesome outdoor recreation. Educational Features. “In the opportunities it offers for education in law, medicine, engineer- ing, art, music, literature and the social sclences Washington eventually should become the center of the Intel- lectual world, “Development of a capital that will measure up to our tremendous oppor- tunity will cost many millions of dol- lars. But the American people every. where evidence an immense interest and pride in their Natlonal Capital, and they can well afford to contribute the sums needed for its development, They wiil do so cheerfully. It is only falr and right that most of the ex- pense should be horne by the Natlon, To defer or delny the development of America’s Capital by controversy over the relative apportionment of cost as between the people of the District and the people of the Nation as a whole would be unfortunate, “The ‘peoplo of all the States are illing to contribute generously to the immediate upbuflding and beautifica- ¢t | tlon of the city, which is theirs even more than It is the property of the residents of the District. The Federal Government can well afford to be more than liberal in apropriating for thetho fmprovement of Washington A its environs, “The vislon of Congress should go beyond the reallties and pioblems of the present. We should glimpse Washington as it can and should be 10 or 20 years hence—the most beau- tiful and delightful city in the world, the pride of every good Amerlcan citi- zen and the center of attraction fo the enlightened people of all nations, Average French Fortune. The average fortune In France ls not nhove §1.000, how w purt of all the Btutew, and should e deyeloped and Improved hroud geale worthy of a nati 120,000,000 people, powsensing wealth Ironclad Roofing Co, AR, Wk » Will Stay at Cuban Presi- dent’s Palace—Many Func- tions Are Planned. By the Associated Press, HAVANA, January ‘The official program for the entertainment of President Coolldge, who is to be here for the opening of the Pan-American Congress, provides for many func- tions from the time of the arrival of the presidential party on Sunday afternoon, January 15, until its de- parture_the following Tuesday. The Pan-American Congress will he opened by President Machado at 10:45 Monday morning in the Na- tional Theater. The Cuban president will be followed by the President of the United States, who will deliver an address. ¥ A tour of the suburbs of' Havana and an official dinner at the National Palace are features of the program. To Be Met by Machado. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will be met at the pier on their ar- rival by the President and Senora Machado and will be escorted to the palace—their home during their stay in Havana. Presentations to the government and other officials will follow, including Vice-President de la Rosa, the presidents of the Senate and House, cabinet members, the president of the Supreme Court, the provincial governor and mayor of Havana, army chiefs and the director of the university, In the evening President and Mrs. Coolidge will be the guests of Presi- dent Machado at a dinner of 50 covers or more in the palace. This will be attended by the American Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, A and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, the American Ambassador and Mrs. N. B. Judah, and Dr. Sanchez Bustamante, chief of the Cuban delegation to the Pan- American Congress. ‘Will Open Congress. For the formal opening of the Pan- American Congress, the two Presi- dents will proceed to the theater in the same carrfage. The inaugural ceremony takes place at 10:45, and at the conclusion of the addresses of the Presidents, the session will be sus- pended. In the afternoon, with a few hours of leisure, President Coolidge prob- ably will have an opportunity to see the interesting places around the capital. President Machado's special dinner will be given Monday evening, and, in addition to the guests from the United States and high Cuban of- ficials, will be attended by the dele- gates to the conference and their wives. 1t 1s expected that President Cool- fdge will reembark for the United H:nl('l about 8 o'clock Tuesday eve- ning. G. A. R. AND RELIEF CORPS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS John McElroy and Mrs. Edith Denbroeder Take Offices as Heads of Organizations. John McElroy was installed as com- mander of the Kit Carson Post, No. 2, . R., and Mrs. Edith Den- broeder as president of the Womun's Reliet Corps of the Kit Carson Fost at joint ceremonies conducted last | night in G. A. R. Hall, 1412 Pennsyl- vania avenue. Other officers installed were John Middleton, senior vice commander;| John T. Ryan, junior vice commander: | E. D. Godfrey, adjutant and quarter: master: David Beattie, surgeon; John M. Cline, chaplain, and C. B. Dickey patriotic Instructor. Mrs. Hannah J. De Voe became senlor vice prexident of the Woman's Rellef Corps; Mrs. Margaret Marsh, junior vice president; Mrs. Mary De marzo, chaplain; tillan, assistant conductor; Mrs. Minnie Wat: son, guard; Miss Emma Kibbey, as.| sistant guard; Mrs. Nora Beattle, sec- retary, and Mrs. Tillie Entrikin, patri- otic instructor. i Mrs. Watson was also named pres: correspondent: Miss Jessio Miss Alice Maude Miss Etta nd Miss | pear wera chosen color be Palmer, e o Loses Fingers in Meat (-irinder. Betty Salm, 7 years old, suffered the loss of three fingers of her right hand | and the tip of her little finger last night as a result of putting her hand | In & meatgrinding machine in her | father's store, at 1604 A street north- ;';l'l She was troated at CORCORAN COURTS 23d and D Sts. N.W. “Close to Downtown" Why d the you can live (o ¢ De Luxe Apartments hours riding 1o office when hewo ‘floor, r come and look gt the Planued Apartmonts iu the City." CAFRITZ is available in this noted section. Drive ous Maws, Ave, co 24th, noveh to Tracy P), N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc. Owners und Builders 14th and K 2325 Tracy Place A new town house in exclusive Kalorama Heights— of unusual interest to those who realize u’dom a Iwmc- M. S0 |kame was in {the room where the game had been Wasted by Persons Who Give | Fictitious Information. Harassed by a steadily increasing number of false reports of crimes, officials of the District of Columbia Police Department are prepared to urge the passage at this session of Congress of a bill which wi'l riake it unlawful to submit a knowingly ficti-"| tious report to the police department. The bill will carry a penalty of a fine or imprisonment, or both. Examination of police records for the past 12 months, Inspector of De- tective Henry G. Pratt revealed, dis- closed that more than 30 reports of felonles—serious crimes such as house- breakings and holdups—have been ad- mitted by those who submitted them as being wholly fictitious, while dete tives are convinced that as many other felony reports are false although lacking the technical evidence to dis- prove them, Cause Much Useless Work. Submission of a false report, police officials pointed out, means that head- quarters detectives, precinct detec- tives and the police force generally, are required to exert efforts and take up time which represents a corre- sponding neglect of genuine reports, representing bona fide crimes which press for immediate solution. So many false reports have been given to police during the past six months, including the period that the vesources of the department were strained to solve the problem of the | mysterious midnight prowler who exercised a reign of terror over Clev land Park for several weeks, that In- spector Pratt stated that a heavy per- centage of the entire list of reports were fictitious and that the police were hampered seriously in solving genuine cases by the number of false reports which require as much or more time and effort as do the bona fide one: Reasons for submitting false reports run the gamut of human emotions, police declare. the fear of facing con- fessing a shortage of money, whether to the “little wife” or to “the firm,” belng the predominating motive. Many of the hold-up cases which have been reported and later con- fessed as having been false, deal with collectors who gamble away their money and then invent a hold-up, sometimes with lurid details, to ac- count to their firms for their shortage. Some Husbands Involved. Others. represent a certain type of husband, accustomed to handing over his pay to his wife, who spends or loses his money and then invents a robbery to account for its disappear- ance. Most of those who submit false robbery reports are guided by the cir cumstances that their funds are bond- ed and insured and that only the bond- ing companies will suffer any loss. Only a few weeks ago, detectives stated, a man, wishing to save some of ' his receipts for himself, dashed excitedly into detective headquarters | and reported that he had been held up at the point of a pistol and robbed of | a large sum of money. His report | would have been accepted at its face value and much useless investigation would have ensued had not a police chauffeur reported that the individual | who ran so excitedly Into headquar- ters had quite calmly locked and park- | rd his car on the outside, not seeming | to be In any hurry or alarm. Investigation proved that the money Which he reported had been taken from him was stowed away under- neath the seat of his car and he con fessed subsequently that he made a false report in order to conceal his| financial situation from his wite. In some cases a certain type of merchant, threatened with bank- | ruptey, will endeavor to conceal his | cash assets: by submitting false re- | vorts, polide investigation disclosed, | while the number of fictitious reports | dealing with minor crimes are lter- ally legion. I8 were never committed the Police De- partment has become the butt of min~| guided practical jokesters, who call up and falsely report that a crime lll being committed, sending detectives and reserves dashing to the scene,| only to find all serene. ‘The proposed bill, similar to one which was introduced at the last ses- slon of Congress by Senator Capper. chairman of the Senate District com- mittee, but failed of final action be- fore the close of the session, provides for a fine of not less than $5 or more than $100 or imprisonment not exceed- ing 30 days, or both, to anyone delib erately submitting a false report to nolice, Inspector Pratt emphasized the point that a false report means that two or more headquarters detectives are withdrawn from hona fide cases and set to work on the fake case, as well as the precinct plain clothes men in the district where the report origi- nates, while the co-operation of the e?ure Police Department s Involved also. Although there 13 a strict penaity for the turning In of a false fire alarm. police say, no penalty is attached to a false police call, and the proposed bill I8 planned to rectify this condition. o U. S. Imports Sawdust. The United States is importing saw- dust which is required for dolls, no- leum, artificial wood and dynamite. HIGH ELEVATION Wonderful View of with every convenience. ice charge. To 6 Rooms Reports Gambling Game. Within the past week a woman | telephoned police headquarters amll ®ave the information that a gambling progress at a certain By the time detectives reached hotel. reported the gamblers had departed, flecing, investigation showed, after a woman had called them up and in ormed them that police were on their | trall. Inquirles proved that the wom- | an who informed the police and the woman who tipped off the gamblers | was the same person—bent on get. | ting her husband, & member of the party, out of the game. Besides the reports of Jal——=ol——=[o][——=[o[c——o mes which or Rent F St. Store 18x70 Feet, with Balcony and Two Floors Above Opposite Willard Hotel LOW RENT W. H. West Co. 916 15th St. | 320 You Street i 1311 H STREET [ol——=[s[—[n[—Pla]l—r] Apartments of 2 Rooms, Bath & Porch INSPECT TONIGHT OR SUNDAY @ You Can Buy One of These Homes for the Rent You Are Now Paying! . Why Not Come Out! $100 CAS Monthly Payments Sample Homes Open Today 1216 Hemlock Street N.W. 1621 Monroe Street N.E. 1018 Third Street N.E. 1021 Ninth Street N.E. 300 T Street N. 317 Todd Pl. N.E. 1630 Gales Street N.E. 1121 Fifth Street N.E. 15th and Lawrence Streets N.E. 1362 K Street S.E. 424 Fifteentk Street N.E. Woman Alleges Divorcee, Figure in Congress Inquiry. Lured Husband. By tie Awiociated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla, January Exie Fifo Jackson Tolleson, styled tne “Poor Little R Indian girl, Las been made the defendant in a $100,000 alienation suit flled by Leona M- Intosh of Richardsville, Okla., vl alleges her husband was lured awav by _the wealthy divorcee. The name of Mrs. Tolleson was brought into the limelight a year ag: when a $50.000 fee charged for a divorce from her first hushand, Ber! Jackson, resuited in a congressiona: investigation. Seven lawyers, includ ing former Representative T. A Chandler, were convicted of conspir- ing to defraud the Government connection with the fee. Announcement of the fiiing of the allenation suit in McIntosh County was made yesterday by officials ©° the Five Civilized Tribes Indian Agency. The wealthy defendant has been twice married and divorced the few years since oil on her Cree) Indian land allotment yielded a ri return. . Stretcher Aids Statare. An electric stretching machine hLas been developed to add inches to the user’s height. 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