Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Burean Forecast ) Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, followed by showers and slightly cooler fomorrow afternoon or night. Temperatures—Highest, 81, at 4 pm | 5 lowest, 59, at 5:35 a.m. today. @h ¢ Foem WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Staf. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. _Yesterdly'l Circulation, 105,270 — « — <> No. 30,656. Entered asx seco post office, Wa CHARGE OF MURDER WILL BE SOUGHT AGAINST HOFFMAN Physiotherapist Is Returned to Jail on Statement Made by Girl. BROKE NECK TO COVER UP CRIME, SHE ALLEGES New York Stock Market Closed Today nd class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTO PAGES. D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1928—FIFTY-EIGHT 'PLUCKY WOMAN ' AT STUDIO OF Defies Intruder and Pretends to Faint as He Points Pistol. Ruse Gives Her Companion and Self Chance to Hide Valuables. The presence of mind of Mrs. Helen Abrams, 23. 1875 Mintwood place, a playground director, last night so flus- tered a young bandit who entered the studio of Kurt Hetzel, 924 Fifteenth | street, Washington musical leader that Companion of Young Woman Who Died Says She Was Threat- ened by Accused. der growing Eleanor Lehman who died under treat- men his office March 3. will be asked of the Federal grand jury next week by Acting United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, as & result of sensational developm: today On the strength of a statement given by Miss Dolores Monroe, Who took the young woman to his office for | treatment, Hoffman is lodged in & (‘f\l‘ at the District Jail awaiting the action of the grand jury. Illegal Operation Charged. P He has been out on $7,500 bond, and | when the girl's story was revealed (o- day his bondsmen were ordered to turn | him in T ‘According to the coroner’s verdict at the time of the investigation Miss Leh- man was declared to have died of & broken neck. his call netted him practically nothing Mrs. Abrams has been taking voca’ lessons from Hetzel. They were jus finishing lest night's lesson when th. bandit. his face covered with a hand- kerchief, climbed through the window rom a fire escape and curily ordered hands up.’ Both Mrs. Abrams and Hetzel were the plano and both promptiy raised their hands. The bandit then ap- proached them and ordered Mrs. Abrams to tie Hetzel's hands. Woman Defies Intruder. thing, you “I won't do any Abrams must think I'm crazy,” Mrs. replied ‘Well, all right then, I'll bump him off,” the bandit retorted. At this juncture Mrs. Abrams stood up and then promptly fell to the floor into what was supposed to be a dead faint. The bandit looked confused for a min- ute and then led Hetzel to a closet and locked him in, thereupon going for a glass of water with which to revive Mrs. Abrams. Hetzel, taking advantage of his soli- tude, secreted his watch and other val- uables and all but $2.50 of his money m the pockets of clothing hanging in OUTWITS BANDIT MUSIC TEACHER FOURLINE RAILWAY MERGER REPORTED RATIFIED BY LOREE Plan for Fifth System Dis- carded at Conference, Paper Asserts. COMBINE APPLICATION TO STRESS Ecouomvl 50,000 Miles of Trackage Involved. t | Western Outlet for Delaware ‘; & Hudson Promised. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 6.—The New York Times today says the merger of the rail | transportation systems of the East into four great trunk lines. with L. F. | : | Loree continuing to operate his Dela- | ware & Hudson road, has been de- | | cided upon Mr. Loree's plan for a fifth trunk line was definitely discarded at a conference of rail executies here, the Times says. but an agreement acceptable to him w ‘ consummated at a second meeting. | He had left the conference at noon | without wainting to join the others at | luncheon. The Times says, however, | that later meeting was held, with Otto | H. Kahn, a member of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., acting as arbitrator. At this meet- ing, Mr. Lorce was promised an outlet to the West for his line and he then agreed to the merger plans. | This settlement makes possible the in- tegration of roads worth between $5.- | 000,000,000 and $10,000,000,000 and op- erating over 50,000 miles of lines. { STAPLES REPORT News Note—The Tammany members of Congress have joined the McN MAY BE DELAYED Terminates 'GOLDEN RULE AUTO ENDS TOUR THROUGH CITY STREETS TODAY 5 5 5 s Cruise Exemplifying Gospel 1gen forces. TWO CENTS. THOUSMOSFLOEK TOCYASEASTR NFLUXSSTARTED Annual Pilgrimage to Capltal From Nearby Points Gets Under Way. | EXPECT 50,000 VISITORS TO SPEND HOLIDAY HERE | Traffic Officials Look for Peak of 3 Arrivals During To- mMOITow. The is on Combining a desire to see the famous Japanese cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin® along with a tour of the | National Capital. thousands of people | trom all points of the compass crowded through the gates of Washington today. By Sunday nearly 50,000 visitors will be here, it was estimated. ‘The human flood is expected to reach | its peak tomorrow night, but estimates | as to the number that will be in the city | by that time were impossible, owing to the various avenues and means of approach. The Washington Terminal Co. was | the only agency in the District able to Easter rush into Washington | |into the city today and tomorrow. Sta- | tion Master W. H. Marks after a detail- ed study of the score or more special | trains headed for Washington, the first |of which arrived at 5:15 o'clock this | morning. predicted the railroads would ilm kc:osm The small amount of money ¥ - Miss Monroe's € kept so that he would throw the m&g\g\ cmmeon Hoffman with | hold-up man off his guard. e e as illegal operation | After he had revived Mrs. Abrams the | __ b g woma When auesioned A, et Hep I e e After Mrs. ce. Tak- by Acting District Atormey R . 3., | ing Hetzel's nocktie, the youth bound e el o e mad accompanied his hands behind him and then tied ist's | his foot to a chair. :a& mflz wenpgysh‘:‘“r‘:h“g %or | While he was searching Hetze - cen before tne SR convey 8,000 into the ity in the next 36 hours. These trains will come from |all directions. but the bulk are booked to arrive from Pennsylvania, northern | New York and New England. Pleasant Weather Forecast. An Easter Sunday with sunny skie¢ er practically the entire country was Many Details Remain. . > £ Consummation of the merger s not Trial Board to Write Own - ~ | monthe, however. o) many details are 3 vever, as many 1] i i bandit kept saying over and over. | yet to be worked out :im l‘vr:c sp;;x:'smtemem- Guardmg AgamSt have a fecling that I am missing some- | must be submitted to the Interstate | thin?.” And "Hetzel, thinking of his| Commerce Commission for ~ ratifica- | Premature Leaks. to complete hearings and ar- | Rlellags o watch, monev and other valuables, | tion. The commission would take six (Continuzd on Pags 4, Column 1) | month: watly : [Tive at a decision, it is believed. Then e e minority stockholders might object to| Abandoning usual procedure because Consideration in The Stars campaign e fiman agreed to per- : 2 Smme o:-‘;nl:: m explained that | ] | the merger and extended litigation in | of the importance of the case, the police | for safe driving is wending its exem- z;mm performed others of a similar | the courts result | trial board will present direct to the | plary way through the streets of Wash- nature. { | 'The aspect of economy will be|Commissioners its report in the trial of ington for the last time today. 3 | stressed in the big roads' application For more than two weeks it has Coroner's Verdict Unsatisfactory. {10 the commission for Tatiication. the | -ouceman Orville Stanles, charged with | 0 about the clty In the hands of ; | | | - - - ¢ | unbecoming conduct While he was performing the operh- e e s e a‘€ymii| The board met foday behind ciosec '@ Veteran driver who has watched from | ‘itume to the smaller roads instead of | doors at the sixth precinct station and tuu:renmg their own faclities pored over the voluminous testimony tion, Miss Monroe charges, Miss Leh-| behind the wheel the development of It is understood that under the plan | taken during the hectic trial of the Testimony MRS. HELEN ABRAMS. of Courtesy and Consideration for _KURT HETZEL. Capital’s Drivers. The Golden Rule car, resplendent | torists of Washington. It has, of course, | oy obeyed all the traffic rules as it has . covered hundreds of ‘miles of _city | " rier- 10" th svcaileT, Dureal., streats, some protected by traflic police- | began arriving today. the majority of men and semaphores and filled with other cars, and some in quiet residential | .NCOMINE Easter visitors since Monday were brought in on special cars at- sections. But Mr. Richards, with the eyes of the entire city upon him, h"‘mflnt:elm = l‘;‘m‘- The number done more than that. He has observed ese cars was esti- in every particular the Golden Rule of | o by M. Marks at about 6,000 In motordom—he has driven as he would have others drive. | since mg‘:mwf {;‘w probab! The responsibility has been heavy | e of the week ly has upon the shoulders of the drivers. With | 200Sted the railroad trafic into the thousands of voices ready for a grand | C%pifal to more than 25.000. chorus of eriticism at the slightest false | ington’s hotels today were filled move, he has furnished an example of | [ CAP3CIy. Virtually everywhere it man overcome with convulsions. . nuum:: h;eougmc flklxhl!:nei . m: all the present-day traffic problems, laimed, broke her necl order, :c\-er up the operation in event of an Investigation. . Rover explained tocday that the et was dissatisfied with | since the early years of the century when the motorists greatest worry came agreed to by Mr. Loree he would re- jaq few weeks. {Mcntana Senator Says He Ohio Governor's Naming of eyt the Pennsvivania and wouid| W: H Wabls chainuan cf the tored| trom (ahiencd, oes ant wervice ; gecision « iod, W. A. Richards, assistant service orobably share the Wabash lines from | indicated that the ecision uf the board | per perfect driving, i said that accommodations weuld i “ | H | Buffalo to Chicago with the Baltimore Will be reachsd shorlly, but he sald | manager of the Packard Washington _ | not be available before ? Did Not Enter Race “To | Democrat Gives Each Party | 26, o Ciusoith 57, BT | Her “as itle chance of the report Fe- | Motor Gar o. has learned much con | wyfe Tne. Benaiiy" Wil be. caibhed | 05 tde is expected e Beat Smith.” | | 'probably would benofit ‘by the disposal | ing submitted (o the Commissioners 10 | cerning the causes of accidents and the at the Fox Theater for the last time. | Automobiles are bring'ng eat Smith. One Senator. | ot Mr. Loree's holdings in the Lebish | day. tragic futllity of haste and confusion. | During the past week it has been wit- | Bumbers into the ecffy | Valley, it ‘!he plan to unite with the t May Bé Detayed The car will be turned back tomor- nessed by thousands and has drawn | nearby points. The | | Erfe is given 1. C. C. approval Report May : row to the Packard Co. by which MADY spontaneous expressions of ap- Mobile Association kas been deluged ! | Capt. Guy Burlingame. member of . proval. Arrangements have been made ' With appeals for room space and fto gone to Hoffman's office to be treated for a| headache and that her neck had been | broken during his treatment. i Dr. A. M. MacDonald, who performed | #n autopsy on Miss Lehman’s body on | March 4, stated that examination dis- closed that she was in a delicate condi- tion. but this, he stated, did not con- | stitute & contributing cause of death | and consequently was not disclosed at | the inquest the next dey. He stated | that there was no evidence to indicate that an attempt had been made ml By the Associated Press Emphasizing that he had not entered the Democratic presidential contest “to | beat Smith.” Senator Walsh of Mon- tana. in a letter to the State central committee of his home State, made pub- lic today, urged that the fight for the Houston nomination be conducted on 2 sportsmanlike basis, free from recrim- ination. ‘Walsh, thanking the committee for its indorsement, said that the response perform an illegal operation. | to his entrance into the Democratic Says She Was Threatened. | contest “has been more generous than By the A od Press. { COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 6.—Ohio’s ' senatorial representation today crats with ths appointment of Cyrus Locher of Cleveland. a Democrat, to fill | the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Frank B. Willls, who had | sought the Republican presidential | nomination. Locher, appointed by Gov. A. V. Don- ahey, will be succeeded in his former post as director of commerce by Lieut. Position Weakened. Reports had been current for some ment sgainst the five-trunk-line plan and that Mr. Loree's position had been weakened by the New York Cen- | tral's action In acquiring \Vlhlshi ‘Those attending the conference in- cluded Mr. Lorec. Presidents P. 3 Crowley of the New York Central, W.| A. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania, Dan- | jel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio,i J. J. Bernet of the Erie and O. P. and M. K. Van Sweringen, representing the the board, expressed the opinion the 1c- port mignt not be ready before mnext was | time that there was a growing senti- - 9 Isplit betwsen Republicans and Demo- | Tuesday “Look at all this testimony we've got to go through,” Chairman Wahly sal today, indicating a pile of typewritten documents which lay spread out be- fore him on the desk in the room where the trial took place. “We can't say exactly when we will complete our work and make our report” Wahly said that the report will be written by members of the board etther in long hand or on a typewriter, with- out the aid of a clerk. The report will it was provided and decorated as a contribution to the campaign for safe ariving The behavior of the Golden Rule car was intended as a model for the mo- BOY. 14, 1S KILED for showing the picture at the various ©ach inquirer the word goes out “the neighborhood theaters of the Crandall chain during the coming week. “With the termination of the rus (Continued on Page 4. Column 2.) < | hotels are full™ The tourist camp's ac- commodations in buildings and ten's of are occupied to capacily and the largs - | parking space is being utilized by thos: who had the foresight to bring thei: own cam| uip! More Rooms Available. Although there are an unprecedented | Station 08t , the aver- age number of persons each carries | is about 300. The majority of the | travelers coming by this route are school LENPSFRONFRE. i INAUTO ACCIDENT ~ AS PLANE BURN | there was any reason to expect.” not be sent to the chief clerk of the The official report of the autopsy. his | records disclosed, stated that shé came | to her death through a broken neck | which induced hemorrhage and spinal | eoncussion An additional sensational phase of | the casze developed today, when Miss | Monroe charged that the night of the | occurrence Hoffman threatened her. | She declared he told her she would | neur @ len-year sentence as an (- cessory. He demanded that she prepare i statement upholding his the young woman had died from the effects of aspirin ard a broken neck. The day after the corzier'’s jury returned its verdict she told the d trict attorney’s office that Hoffman #gain came o her with the same ti.reat Tried to Protect Companion. Fearing she would be jailed and also wishing 1o protect the dead girl from publicity, she hurriediy left Washing- ton. she said With the assistance of Detective Ed- ward Kelly of headquarters, Miss Mon- yor was arrested nearly three weeks 2go and hels +n & manslaughter charge in Psterson, 13, J. Last Tuesday she was laken by the Jersey officials Mackensack, and thence to Trenton nee she was brought back to Wash- ingon late yesterday. Miss Monroe first made her state- 10 Miss Pear] McCall, story tha “It is neediess to assure those who | know me as well as you do,” the Mon- tana Senator said, “that I could not| be prevailed upon to participate in anv contest to help wreak vengeance on any man.” Commenting on the support given his candidacy by William Gibbs McAdoo. | Mr Walsh recalled his long-standing association with the former Treasury | Serretary and said that their views on public questions are approximately identical “lf any further exnlanation were Deressary to account for the interest nf Mr. McAdoo in my eandidacv " the Benator declared, “it might easilv b~ found in the fac that above every fsvue of the camoaign before us nromi- nenee will be given to the eradication of the revoltine corrmntion shown tn ~xist_in our national life and to infect the Republican or~anization, in the ex. nosures of which it Is fallen to mv lot 1o have had a more or less consplcuous part It would b reasonable, if not gener- ous to a great Demorrat. tn assume~ th=t he, in common with multitudes of others, entertains ths bhelief that ner- hans 1 would most fittingly lead in » foht to assure the cutting awav of that cancer and that possibly the sele~. tion of another candidate might imnlv A tolerant spirit toward it within the | Democratie ranks, a spirit anproaching that exhibited among the Republican Gov. Earl D. Bloom of Bowling Green, | Nickel Plate System I1so a Democrat, it was announced to- day by the governor. Locher will present himself in Wash- | ington April 16 to take the oath of United States Senator. He has been a member of Gov. Donahey’s cabinet more than five years and has been one of the governor's closest political ad- visers. Locher is a product of a Put- nam County farm. where he was born March 8, 1878 He was graduated from Ohlo Wesleyan University. In 1903 he became superintendent of schools at Woodsfield. Ohio, remaining there two years before entering Westorn Reserye University at Cleveland. where he was granted the Bachelor of Laws degree in | 1907 | His entrance into politics came in | 1908, when he was called as assistant | to Newton D. Baker, who was then city solicitor of Cleveland In 1912 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Cuy: hoga County (Cleveland), | Locher was one of the first to recog- | nize the strength of Gov. Donahey and | took an active part in the governor's | camvaign in 1920, 1922 and flubuqul'nl‘ years | Joom, his successor. has been a can- didate for (he lleutenant governor nomination sfx times. was nominated | five times and elected three. Appointment of a successor to Bloom | probably will not be announced before | next week, Gov. Donahey sald. | BANDTSCE % N GROGERY THET Pair Order Manager and Clerk Into Rear Room During Robbery. Entering the Sanitary Grocery store at Twenty-Sixth and K streets at 1:30 this afternoon, two young white bandits held up the manager and a clerk and robbed the cash register of $47. and the clerk of a pocketbook containing $48 The bandits arrived in a light green colored automobile, and one remained in the car while another entered the up In two days, the fourth in a week. Jacob H. Fish, manager of the store, was on & ladder arranging goods on a store. It was the second Sanitary hold- | Police Department, as is usually done, | but will_be carried direct to Commis- | sloner Dougherty. Wahly sald that publication of the contents of the report wil be left t othe Commisioners. He said there “won't be any leaks in advance, | Wahly, Capt. Burlingame and Capt C. P. M. Lord, who comprise the board, were busily engaged in discussing the testimony when a reporter for The Star | interrupted them today. The scene in the large fourth floor room was in marked contrast to that which featured the dally sessions of the Staples trial Instead of the shouls uf OPPOSINg coun- sel, the cheers of spectators who jammed every inch of floor space and the other noises of disorder that fea- tured phases of the trial, a calm and peaceful quiet prevailed. “We've certainly enjoyed the change this morning,” a member of the board remarked, when the reporter comment- ed about contrast Williams Takes Rest. Assistant Corporation Counsel Robert L. Williams, who served as prosecutor at the turbulent 10-day trial of Police- | man Orville Staples, was granted a brief leave of absence today by Corpora- tion Counsel Willlam W. Bride Mr. Willlams was under a severs strain during the trial and needed 8 | brief respite before resuming his work | in the corporation counsel’s office, Mr. | Bride said, so he directed him to take John Kenny Dies Under Wheel of Truck on Bladens- burg Road. John Kenny, 14 years old. 516 G street northeast, was instantly killed about 11 o'clock this morning when the rear wheel of a truck passed over his body on Bladensburg road opposite Mount Olivet Cemetery. Police say voung Kenny, together with several other boys, hopped on the side of the truck and that he lost his grip and fell. Albert Norwood Con- nick, 33 years old, 429 Seventh street utheast, driver of the truck. which as proceeding slowly on an upgrade, did not know the accident had occurred until one of the boys ran ahead and told him. Dr. Lawrence Murphy of the Casualty Hospital stafl pronounced the boy dead ‘The body was taken to Casualty. The truck was loaded with seven tons of sand, according to police. ‘The inquest is to be at 11 o'clock to- | the | parties. With flames leaping into his face | gnv from the motor of his plane, Lieut.| scheduled to arrive from is Omaha, Barnet T. Talbott Naval jumped to Bolling F was severe hands. ‘The plane, a to earth at the southeast corner of the fleld and was demolished dent was at 10:3¢ o'clock. Talbott pursuit plane and was alone. was equipped with a sprinkler, but it | 1s not known whether it failed to work | Comedian or whether he Watchers on the ground saw the flames | shoot out Lieut. Talbott stick with the ship until | the fire spread into the cockpit | he jumped and a moment later the | plane dived to earth, leaving a trail ' of fire and smoke Air fety from 2,000 feet above Id in a parachute today. | » burned on the face and | dations by ar from Lieut. Taibott Drops 2,000 Feet in Parachute at Naval Air Station. | | they are sending. | represented. Western trains the Capital parachute officer at | Nebr. Station, Anacostia, | He | .been unsuccessful dally_and have brought | students and specially organized tourist i . Included among the inbound | standpoint of the number of Canada also s largely Special cars attached to Southern and have been arriving hundreds to The westernmost point organized party has arrived or is The Washington Convention Bureau today held out hope for those who have in getting accommo- uncing that there 12000 rooms available tn the Capital mass of flames, crashed T3S FRED STONE was flying a Curtiss The plane was unable to use it.| the engine and saw | TheN | president luncheon guests Coolidge IS GUEST AT WHITE HOUSE LUNCH and Daughter Iuvited When President Attends Show today had as t the White House |Fred Stone and his daughter Dorothy, who are starring in a musical & The njured officer was shaken up!at the o Presi- from his drop and dbadly burned. He |gent ,mé‘ ’.m;,‘:_lnrxv.;(\e r“( -(l;?:-\@ ats was taken to the Naval Hospital here.|tended last night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank The hospital reported early this after- W. Stearns of Boston. who are guests noon that he was resting comfortably | at the White House, also were at to- and apparently was not in danger. dav's luncheon. 3 Lieut. Talbott was born in Washing- During last n: S performanc tan July Tl 1806, And Was appointed | Precident B underatocd to Dave sat to the Naval Acade from Pennsyl- | word to Mr. Stone that he would be vania in 1916, He was graduated four [flad to have him and his daughter call years later and was promoted to the /on him at the White House today Mrs. Margaret Kenny, employe of | yang “ T 4 | WHEELING MAN KILLS FRIEND AND SHOOTS SELF brothers and a sister, all older L et TO BUY TRIANGLE LAND | Srauiere Ner ‘vas-reieased im-ihe cus. | THIDOU- a1 1024 T street Fred Volts Taken to Mospital in tody of the attorney of his ~mplover . Dying Condition—Pair Were Btates attorney, and ne strength of this state- woman was brought strict attorney’s office ewld her story to ates Attorney Rover e that lasted nearly PP shelf, while his clerk, Luclan Davis, MORROW RETURNS. | was benind the counter. The bandits e thrust a revolver at Davis and ordered him into a room in the rear. They also Back in Mexico City After Parley |ordered Fish to enter the backroom While one of the men held the man- ager and his clerk in the back room the other went to the cash register {and smptied it. Meantime his colleague went through the pockets of Fish and | Davis, and stole the pocketbook from | the "clerk. Several persons near the | $9,750,000 MORE ASKED store said they saw the automobile circle the block several times before it stopped. One of the young men is described as about 25 years old, with a | pale face, and wearing a light cap and lue suit, No description of the other | was_obtained | One of the men wore a handkerchief over his face, while the other was un- leaders with few notable exceptions from the President down ! Benator Walsh assafled the adminis- | tration of the Department of Justice | and the Pederal Trade Commission dcclared that restoration of agriculture may well command the utmost re. sources of statesmanship” urged the development of the Great Lakes-8t Tawrence waterway and the Colorado River, and stress*d the necessity of Mississippl River flood control “There are no great crying abuses to be corrected by nations) legisintion save in our fiscal system and except for the resurgcnce of government by injune- tion” sald Benator Walch, “The re- forms demanded by the times are in the e young woman o executive and administrative branches he aistrict attormey’s | Mr Walsh's letter was addressed to had been sent | W W McDowell, chalrman of tite Dem- a holiday over the week end | morrow. Mr. Willlams quit the trial in a huft | policeman D. H. Brashears of the yeulterd-y :ltmnm:n ;rr;r:{\’r(;:t:g;:!:f | twelfth precinct was driving down Blad- Tesign as assistant c i } ATter a conference with Mr. Bride, how- | *1SPuTE ";‘"’ '":‘ FRDHANS A By wory ever, announcement was made tbat he 1y after the accident. Several Joys who would continue to serve on the corpora- ' were with Kenny at the tim: 1an away, | tion counsel’s staff according to Brashears. and police have | not_been able to find them. The boy is survived by his mother With Calles in Vera Cruz. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, April 8 (&) - Dwight W. Morrow, American Ambas- sador to Mexico, had returned to Mex- jeo City today after an unexpected visit with President Calles, who s spending some time bere. Ambassador Morrow arrived from Mexico City yesterday and had a con- ference with the President for two hours, starting back for Mexico City last night Btrict reserve was kept regarding the matters discussed and much h storneys, John C Foster » Wagsha), prepured 10 make srrangements for her release on & Miss Monroe was whisked company of Kelly o the Dis- where 1t wae sald she would ; ) ¢ ) the J. R. Harrits Co, 1213 Third street | southwest, general haulors Mrs. Goodhue Still IlL. Three Women, occupanis of an au-' NORTHAMPTON, Mass. April § (P driven by Mrs. Lydia M. War- _The condition of Mrs. Lemira Good- hue, mother of Mrs. Calvin Coalidge. re- President Sends Supplemental Es- slery was attached to 5 timate to House in Federal Building Program. Oliver street, narrowly es- Is. It was on but no direct ontained by the office ocratic Blate central commitiee In Mon- tans now centers about the interview Interest | masked | scription of ope of the men tallies with | that of one of the bandits who figured In one or two other Sanilary Orocery The police say that the de- The Presldent submitted to the House today through the Budget Bureau a sup- plemental estimate of $9.950,000 for the purchase of prop y In the triangle (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) matned unchanged today WHEELING. W Business Partners, Va, April & (O~ Fred Volta, 35, shot and killed his busi= ness partner. William Pratt, 43, today jand then fired a shot into his own Chest. He was rushed to & hospital @ . & dving condition zm | The men, lifelong friends and parts > ; {Rers In a contracting business, quars ireled i the basement of the Volta Golden Rule Safe Drivers Club Btore hold-ups during the last week. * [south of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall as sites for new Federal butldings under $50,000,000 nuthorization. Acquisition of the entire triangle at & price not to exceed $25,000,000 is al- | ' ready authorized. The Treasury ap-. | | | | | oped ster that she had ck, which led she had left inroll me as a member of Thousands of C};i]drcn Expected to Join In Egg Rolling at White House Monday had beeu subjected by New | Arrangements have been completed (with the youngsters and derlving much e officlals. Both of them for handling the thoussnds of young- ‘nmuumml from their play. President Miss Monroe's trentment |sters who are expected 1o take part in | Coolidge has slways urpelmd on the sutrage” that her sleep had |the Kester egg rolling on the resr |rear portico for a shorl period around verrupled, thal she nad been | grounds of the White House Monday. |the noon hour to look upon the "f Ger vigilance day end night and | The grounds will be thrown open Lo |scene, and it 1s expected that he will the children at § o'clock in the morning | follow this custom Monday. |and the egg mll!r:!uvtlll cotninue ufy| More then 30,000 children took part pul through unnecessery or- Mr Jove i6 oday that he segarded |until 3 o'clock in sfternoon, when !in the White House «zg rolling last wes gr refreshed after whal her atlorneys e it o e Nieas v proprition bill for the fiscal year 19390 | earriad $2,680.000 toward acquiring this property. With the supplemental esti- mate submitted today to be included in a public bullding measure there remains a balance of $12,670,000 yet to be ap- rmprlluu for acquisition of the Mall rlangle. NEW COMICS Coming to The Evening Star “Drowsy Dick” | The Boy Who Dreamed Stories “Mescal ike” A Vivid Comedy of the Golden West ‘ home., where the shooting ooc Volta, triends said. nné ll't:l \e:_vmm“‘r- Vous for several weeks. | | PEASANTS GET RESPITE. Name.. Party Activities Against Rumanian Government Halted Until May. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April @ (#, —Al armistice apparently has been ceached In politioal activities agabist the K\;‘mmm by the National Peasant iberal “government a today be Parliament closed that #& intended (0 call an extraordinary sess slon in the middle of May to complels BIRGER LOSES LIFE PLEA. SPRINGFIELD, TI, April 6 (&) Charley Birger, southern Illinols gang leader, sentenced (o die April 13, for plotting the murder of ayor Joe Adams of Weat Olty, today was denied further legal consideration of his case, when the Bupreme Court vefused his ye- Htlon for rehearing Birger's only remaining hope of es- Caping the death sentence la executive | clemency. you would have others drive,' and at all times be oonsiderate of pedestrians and ohildren. denls of questioning the case ss of such & serious nature |Uie public will be admitted and a band | yenr, which was & slight increase over prosecution | Band. Only those adults who accompany | by those who are arranging for the . hildren will be permitted in the |occasion that this years crowd will T rounds before 3 o'clock | break all records. Every facility pos- U.S. PRELATES ELEVA ED'_nIn-yn hiss entered into the spirit of safety of the children. There will be this Easter fun-making since she has [iwo temporary emergency hospital tents ROME 6 P Pope Pius hes been in the White House, will be in | erected in the grounds ax well as other apsl throne the Right Rev. Joseph |in Northemplon with her mother, who | jury, D rand. Wishop of Indisnapolis. And | ie eritioally 0i 1 8 hospital there. O | . They Start Monday foet Jier Jamer Jobn Keane, | former occasions she thet be personally would conduct the |concert will be given by the Mumzitm receding year, and it Is expected It 1, doubtful if Mrs, Coolidge, who sible will be afforded for the care and appointed ar blahops essistant o rm,w-mu.’um for this occasion. Bhe i» means for protecting ehildren from in- B G aop o Diaie, Tow, 110" walk about th ,"L’J."Z’;.J.'n’.‘.’.i.l{adju Programs—Page 48, . W, ¥