Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1928, Page 17

Recruits of the Fire Department fighting a blaze from the fire boat. the fire boat is seen behind the direc big water gun on the bow, showing t how it works. German delegates arrive for air conference. ~—Star Staff Photo. take a lesson in Capt. Stulz.of tion wheel of the. he new men just At right: Gann: concert engageme Dr. Adolph Rohr- bach (left), owner of an airplane company, and Otto Merkel, director of the Lufthansa, two of the leading aeronautical figures of Europe, as they reached New York yesterday to attend the conference opening here tomorrow. ROTHSTEIN. CLUE PROVES FRUITLESS New Link in Gambler’s Mur- der Turns Out No More Than Daydream. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 11.—A new | link in the Arnold Rothstein murder in- | vestigation forged by Atlantic City de- tectives snapped today when police were informed that disclosures made to them by a self-styled gambler were no rhore than the daydreams of an alcoholic mind. ‘The Jersey detectives arrested one Leo Maloney last night, and on the basis of what he told them believed that they had found the missing link of the Rothstein murder case. Maloney was quoted as saying that he had been with Rothstein, a close friend, when Rothstein was summoned to the hotel where he was shot. He said ‘; he walked with him to the door of the hotel and saw George McManus, who has been indicted for murder, nieet him there. He added that Rothstein had previously remarked that McManus was planning to “get” him. “Disclosure” Renounced. This was last night. Today police announced that on sobering up Maloney could remember nothing of his “dis- closures” and said that he had never even seen Rothstein or McManus. A detective ordered to Atlantic City when | Maloney made his first statement last night was. recalled. . The shot which dropped Rothstein November 4 in the Park Central Hotel eventually may echo around the world. Investigation of the narcotic syndi- cate which Rothstein is believed to have financed—at 180 per cent inter- | est—brought a charge by Representa- | tive Stephen C.. Porter that narcotic | manufacturers in six ‘countries in Eu- | rope were not keeping the agreement of The Hague opium convention of 1912. This agreement provided that | the manufacture of narcotics would be | limited for medical purposes only. | Representative Porter, a member of the foreign relations commitiee, came here with Col. L. C. Nutt, head of the National Narcotic Bureau, to inquire at first hand into the gambler's con- nections with the smuggling of nar- cotics. “I have been gathering evidence in regard to this phase of the matter for a long time,” Mr. Porter said, “and I am hopeful that the Rothstein homi- cide will add materially to the data which I have collected.” He asserted the United States had complied with the agreement and that if European manufacturers would do likewise, smuggling would cease. Joseph “Unger, alias Meyer, alias Klein, is under indictment here for Ppossession. concealment and transporta- tion of $2,000,000 worth of narcotics. —Associated Press Photo. FUND BILLS 0 GET HOUSE ATTENTAON Four Appropriation Measures to Occupy Time of Lower Branch. ‘The Republican steering committee of the House this morning decided to have the House bend all its efforts to the passage of 4 of the 11 blg appro- priation bills before the Christmas holidays to the exclusion of other major legislation. Immediately after the Christmas holidays the reapportionment bill, pro- viding for a mandatory reapportion- ment following the 1930 census, holding the House to its present size of 435 members and having the reapportion- ment automatic hereafter following each decennial census, will be “acted upon by the House, according to the steering committee program. No action was decided upon at the conference today as to when the Dale bill liberalizing the civil service act will be called up for action in the House. Following the steering committee meet- ing, the Speaker said this measure was merely held in abeyance. The Treasury and Post Office appro- priation bill has already passed the House. The Interior Department ap- propriation bill is now under considera- tion in the House. The agricultural appropriation bill i expected to be re- ported to the House tomorrow. The State, Justice, Commerce and Labor De- partment appropriation bills are sched- uled to be reported on December 15. These are the four measures that the House leadership expects to pass before the Christmas recess. y GIFTS OF OVERCOATS. One hundred poor boys of Washing- ton will receive brand-new overcoats from Saks & Co.. clothiers, Christmas | morning in accordance with that store's annual custom of 40 years' standing. With the entire sales force on duty at 10 o'clock Christmas morning, each | boy will be fitted into his coat as| carefully as though he were one of the store's honored patrons. The only price the 100 youngsters will be re- quired to pay will be cards of eligi- bility which they will have received | from the Associated Charities following | that organization’s investigation of the merits of each boy's circumstances. — he is held under $1,000,000 bond, to seek his return to New York and the Jurisdiction of the Southern New York | distriet. ~ Informatfon secured from Rothstein’s files led to Unger’s arrest. Woman Is Named. Mrs. June Boyd, in whose apartment in Chicago $500,000 worth of narcotics s found, testified before the Federal nd jury which indictéd Unger. She was named in the indictment as a conspirator but not as a defendant. She was believed to have given author- ities valuable information as to the operations of the gang to which Unger agepts went to Buflalo, where belonged. {site has a frontage on Wisconsin avenue ' _THE EVENING a Walska, the opera singer, who in private life is Mrs. Harold McCormick, leaving the White House yesterday after paying her respects to President Coolidge. She came to Washington for a nt. ~—Wide World Photos. A 1928 Mary and her little lamb. STAR, -WASHINGTON, D. . Miss Ouvina Lisk and her “pet” as they will represent one of the “Poems in Flowers” in the New Year day Tournament of Roses at Pasadena, Calif. England tries the all-metal flying boat. The giant craft shown here as it was launched the other day at Dalmuir, England, is a departure from any previous British design. It follows somewhat the design'of the German Rohrbach flying boats, the success of which is said to have prompted its —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. construction. SO0 PROECY 5 PLANRED HERE Theater, Apartments and| Stores Are Contemplated. - Site Purchased. Virtually an_entire square of land fronting on Wisconsin avenue and River road, between Albemarle street and Murdock Mill road, in Tenleytown, has been purchased by a New York in- vestor as a site for a new development of major proportions, including a large theater, it was reported today in in- formed real estate circles. Plans for the new development, which will have an estimated total cost said to approximate $750,000, now being drawn, are understood to include a theater seating about 2,500 persons, apartments and stores. ‘The Property, now containing several old buildings, is being acquired from the Christian Huerich, jr., Realty Co. Contracts for the purchase, it was con- firmed today by Christian Heurich, jr., head of the firm, have been closed. The and River road of approximately 450 feet, and a depth of 419 feet. The name of the purchaser of the property, handled through a local real estate dealer, who negotiated with the |~ Heurich concern, was not disclosed. It was said that he was a New York in- vestor. Work on the new development és expected to be started in the near fu- ure, ‘The new operation has been rumored for a week or more in the community .| Association, of which —Wide World Photos. [MRS. AILEEN HARRIS SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS Warrenton, Va., Resident Will Be Given Interment Tomorrow Morning. Mrs. Aileen M. Harris, widow of Charles Montgomery Harris and daugh- ter of the late Dr. James Kerr, promi- nent Washington physician, died in Garfield Hospital last night, after a short illness. Mrs. Harris resided in Warrenton, Va. Mrs. Harris is survived by her mother, Mrs. Laura J. Bell Kerr; a son, Charles M. Harris; three daughters, Miss Laurie J. Harris, Miss Sallle Harris and Miss Aileen Harris, and by three brothers, Dr. H. H. Kerr and Dion K. Kerr, both of this city, and Chicester C. Kerr of New York. Mrs. Harris was a niece of Charles J. Bell. . Funeral services will be conducted at ‘Warrenton, Va., tomorrow morning at 11 o’'clock. Interment will be at War- renton. Llewellyn Heads Royal Academy. LONDON, December 11 (#).—Sir William Llewellyn last night was elec- ted president of the Royal Academy to succeed the late Sir Francis Dicksee. Sir Willlam Llewellyn was born in 1863 and studied at South Kensing- ton under the Sir E. Poynter and at Paris under Ferdinand Cormon, Le- febre and Bpwukhe has painted many portraits including the state portrait of Queen Mary, the United Services Club portrait and others of her majes- 1) and was forecast in the December issue of the Top Notch, “a breezy bulletin” published monthly as the official organ | of the Northwest Suburban Citizens’ A. G. Seiler, ad- minjstrative assistant to Director of Traffic-Harland, is editor.and publisher, Don't push! younger generation. , -TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1928. The President-elect and Mrs. Hoover in Costa Rica. They are seen leaving the National Theater in Puntarenas, where they were luncheon guests of government officials. The mail-early slogan is taking effect with the Some of Santa Claus’ small correspondents in Richmond, Va., staged this rush on the mail box. —Associated Press Phote. MRS. S. R. GAMBRILL DIES IN PRESIDIO HOSPITAL Funeral of ‘Quartermaster Colonel’s Wife Conducted in San Francisco. Well Known in Musical Circles. Mrs. Suzanne R. Gambrill, wife of Col. William G. Gambrill, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. A, died in the Letterman General Hospital, Presidio of San Fran- cisco, Calif., Friday, according to word received by the War Department. Funeral services were held there yester- day. Mrs. Gambrill was well known in ‘Washington and Baltimore as a musi- cian of note. Col. and Mrs. Gambrill were stationed at Camp Holabird, Md., until 1926, when they left for the Philip- pines. Recently they returned to San Francisco, where Col. Gambrill is Corps Area Quartermaster of the 9th Corps Area, | STUDENT IS BURNED. During an initiation ceremony at the Kappa Sigma Fraternity House, 1803 Nineteenth street, last night Charles Boldwin, 21, of 1359 Oak street, a senior at the Columbian College of George ‘Washington University, was burned about the face when the alcohol in a lamp became ignited and flared up. Just as the most impressive part of the initiation, when the room had been darkened and the ghosts were ready to ‘walk, the alcohol flared up and young Baldwin threw his hands to his face with a scream. The proceedings were immediately suspended and Baldwin taken to Emer- {gency Hospital by his companions. He was treated by Dr. Detweiler of the hospital staff, his face swathed in ban- dages and sent home. His burns are slight and are expected to leave no per- manent disfigurement, QFFICIALS EXPLAIN | STREET GAR CRASH Due to One Car Following Closely Upon Another, Cap- ital Traction View. The street car collision at Massa- i chusetts avenue and North Capitol street yesterday, which resulted in in- jury to a score of passengers, was prob- ably caused, representatives of the Capital Traction Co. said today, by another car following too closely behind the one which swung off the proper track and crashed into a westbound car of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. Investigators for the company found no mechanical defect in the switch and learned from the motorman of the Capital Traction car that the switch was set properly when he started across the intersection. These facts led the investigators to conclude that a second eastbound car passed over the electrical contact point, which throws the switch, before the car figuring in the accident had cleared the intersection. It is entirely possible, it was said, that the motorman of the |first car might not have known .that the switch had been thrown into the —Associated Press Photo. The usual order was reversed in this mix-up at a steeplechase jump at Klempton Park, England. The horse momentarily sat on the jockey when he refused the jump, but the rider escaped injury. The other horse also appears to be headed for a collision with the hurdle. MOVEFORD. C.VOTE GAINS SUPPORTERS Stanton Park Citizens Adopt Resolution Asking for Na- tional Representation. National representation for the Dis- trict of Columbia was again urged in | agencies were favorably acted upon for resolutions adopted by the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association, at a meet- ing last night in the Peabody School, Fifth and C streets northeast. Harry N. Stull, former member of the Citizens’ Advisory Council, in pre- senting the resolution, urged granting of equal privileges for the residents of the District as enjoyed by citizens in the States. The resolution indorsed the Senate joint resolution on national representation and is to be sent to the chairmen of the Senate and House Dis- trict committees. After a short debate, a resolution was adopted directing the association’s delegates to the federation, in the ab- sence of provisions in the federation constitution governing committee ap- pointments, to support the president of the federation in his committee assign- ments. Resolutions adopted urged installa- tion of traffic signal lights at the several croners of Stanton Square. It also was voted to request the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. to make a survey of its Thirteenth and D street line to de- termine the advisability of re-routing its cars so that the eastbound cars which now run on D street and the westbound cars running on C street be reversed. Municipal Architect Harris gave an illustrated talk on the development of the triangle south of the Avenue. New members elected were S. Merton Chip- ley, Mrs. L. Connor, M. F. P. Cary, J. R. Deale, Mrs. M. M. Fieless, J. W. Frank, Dr. Edgar Y. Gilchrist, Edward S. Hantzmon, J. E. Hayden, Harvey Kilby, James L. Lucas, C. F. Lynch, Mrs. William Lipscomb, Mrs. R. B. Ma- this, Mrs. Minpie Mitchell, E. G. Nash, Mrs. Emma 1. Stewart, Mrs. Lillian Shear, J. P. Hornberger, L. W. Taylor and Mrs. Minnie Humphreys. A. H. Gregory, president of the asso- ciation, presided. APPROVES 4 MEASURES. By the Associated Press. Four measures to authorize appro- priations for construction at various military establishments in the. country were approved today by the House mil- itary committee. Other measures favorably acted on included a proposal by Representative James, Republican, of Michigan, to authorize the President to present the Distinguished Flying Cross to Orville and Wilbur Wright, and one to author- ize the appropriation of $20,000 for the purchase of two tracts of land on the Atlantic seaboard, at sites yet to be chosen, for coast defense, wrong position by the car following his. A Capital Traction car was headed cast and a car of the other company was going west at the intersection. | The eastbound car swung north at the switch instead -of going straight ahead Ly and crashed head-on into the other vehicle. Both motormen and at least 20 pas- sengers were injured, but all were re- ported improved today. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. COMMUNITY CHEST ADDS 5 MEMBERS | Total of Agencies to Date Placed at 53—O0ther Ap- plications Await Action. The application of five additional membership in the Washington Commu- nity Chest by the chest membership and budget committee, Charles J. Bell, chairman, yesterday afternoon. ‘This brings the probable membership of the chest to date to 53 agencies. The agencies approved yesterday have to await the action of the chest board of trustees before being formally admitted. They are: The Child Welfare Soctety, the Episcopal City Missions; the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, the Washington Humane Society and the Animal Rescue League. ‘The membership and budget commit- tee postponed final action on the appli- cation of the District of Columbia Con-~ gress of Parent-Teacher Associations for membership in the chest until next’ Monday and also to hold under cone sideration until that day the admission © of Emergency Hospital. Lack of Quorum Alleged. ‘The committee was informed, it is. stated, that the hospital did not have a quorum at a special meeting of the hospital board last week, but that the question of its making application for membership in the chest will be consid- ered at a regular meeting of the hos- pital board next Friday. ‘The chest subcommittee on depend- ency agencies of the budget committee is meeting this afternoon at the chest headquarters to consider the budgets submitted by the Travelers’ Aid Society, the Salvation Army and the District of Columbia Department of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War. The subcommittee is composed of Mrs. John Jay O’'Connor, Arthur C. Moses, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, Claude W. Owen and Allen Pope. Character-building agencies are to have their bud{ets inspected by the sub- committee on that subject at its meet- ing called for Thursday next when the following agencies will be dealt with: The Boys' Club, Friendship House Asso- ciation, Noel Community House, Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A, Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A. and the main ‘Young Women's Christian Association. Subcommittee on Health Hints. Another budget subcommittee, that on health agencies, is slated to meet on Monday next to act on the budgets of the Florence Crittenden Home and the Instructive Visiting Nurses’ Society. The members of this subcommittee are W. S. Corby, E. C. Graham, Simon Lyon, Mrs. David Potter and Raymond . The budget committee hopes to complete its work early in January when the amount to be raised in the campaign can be definitely announced. The amount to ggosougm is expected to exceed $1,000,- ol The cost to the Government of hos- pitalization for disabled American World War veterans is $19,000,000 & a year,