Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1928, Page 5

"HIT-RUN DRIVER INIRES NOTORS Colored Taxi Operator Flees After Crash on North Capitol Street. Yo - Clinton S. Baker, 23 years old, of 59 cRhode Island avenue, was seriously in- :jured yesterday afternoon when his automobile and a taxicab, driven by an unidentified colored man collided at North Capitol and R streeets. The colored driver fled the scene, police reported. Baker was driving south on North Capitol street and the cab was mov- ing east on R street when the collision occured. Baker was taken to Sibley Hospital, where his condition was re- ported serious. Automobiles Overturned. Overturning of the automobiles of DeWitt L. Falk, 2454 Eighteenth street, and Raymond D. Padgett, Bon Air Heights, Va., resulted from a collision between the machines at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street about 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Florence Padgett, 36 years old, and Blanche Rasmussen, 40 yvears old, the latter a resident of Ballston, Va., occupants of the Padgett car, were seri- ously injured. They were treated at Emergency Hospital. A collision between the second pre- cinet patrol wagon and the automobile of Willlam A. Groves, 1425 D street southeast, occurred yesterday afternoon about 2:45 o'clock at Fourteenth and D streets southeast. Policeman Fred- erick W. Bauer of the second precinct was driving the patrol wagon. Both vehicles were badly damaged. ‘Woman Run Down. Sallle Jergan, colored, 51 years old, 1707 New Jersey avenue, was knocked down by the automobile of Gus Harmel, 2407 Twenty-second street, while pass- ing through the railroad viaduct at Second and K streets northeast about 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Her right leg was broken and she was severely shocked. She was given surgical aid at Freedmen’s Hospital. Carl Herman Booberg, 1126 Florida avenue northeast, and Charles H. Ruth, 4718 Fifteenth street, were drivers of automobiles that collided on Delafield place Saturday night, resulted in Boo- berg being shocked and his left leg injured. He was given first ald by Dr. John M. Bullock. . WEDDING MA.Y_BE HELD AT HOME OF JOHNSON Father-in-law’s Law Partner Will Marry Arizona Girl on Christmas Day. ‘The home of Walter Johnson, noted Ppitching ace and manager of the Wasin- ington base ball club, at Alta Vista, Md., may be the setting tomorrow for a quiet Christmas wedding, for his father-in-law's law partner has secured a Maryland marriage license to wed IAVH_RS L. Frances Joy, 28, of Clarkdale. riz. The bridegroom wiH be Frank W. Ingram, 41, of Sparks, Nev., a partner in _the law firm of Mrs. Johnson's father, Mayor E. E. Roberts of Reno, @ former member of Congress, who is at Alta Vista for the ceremony. « Mrs. Johnson said today that it is as yet undecided whether the ceremony will be performed at a church or at her home, as Miss Joy has not arrived, being still en route to Washington by train. Mrs. Johnson explained that there will be no wedding party and the affair will be an extremely quiet one. 3 '{'h:d rnm'n“u!shpgche{n drove to Rockville Saturday r. Ingram and Mayor Roberts to secure the license. 4 \GAS PROVES FATAL TO FIVE OF FAMILY Boy, 9, Awakens to Find His Par- ents and Three Sisters Dead From Fumes, By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 24— While the bodies of his parents and three small sisters were being taken to a mortuary yesterday 9-year-old Arthur Wadsworth regained consciousness in a hospital and asked for something to eat. He is the only one of the family 1o escape death from gas fumes that filled their home Saturday. “Bread and peanut butter,” he told 2 nurse when he opened his eyes, “and for second choice” he added, “I'd like Jelly and ketchup, but no butter.” Arthur has not been told of the fate ©of his parents and sisters. ‘ Gas company employes learned that gas had drifted into the Wadsworth bome from a broken street main. ‘Wadsworth, who was a sergeant in the United States Marines Recruiting Serv- ice, was found dead on a tool box in the cellar, where it is believed he had gone to search for the leak. The bodies of his wife and children were found in their rooms upstairs. FIVE DIE IN CAR WRECK. Driver Is Held -After Fatal Crash in Michigan. HOLLY MICH. December 24—Five persons were killed, one injured seri- ously and another hurt slightly yes- terday when their motor car careened into a ditch and crashed into a tree about 5 miles south of here. The dead, all of Flint, Mich., are: Jacob Alder, 21; Christopher Frisoger, jr., Charles Rada, 27; Adam_ Wolbert, and Miss Eva Derocher, 17. Earl Vallaire, 23, suffered a skull fracture. 20; 21, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. b C MONDAY, DEC EMBER 24, 1928 | tough time of | $104,000 HOLDUP SUSPECTS ARE HELD Police Say Brooklyn Apartment Which They Raided Was . Regular Arsenal. . off_and on. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 24.—Two men believed to have been implicated | in the recent hold-up of an armored | car in Yonkers, N. Y., in which $104,- | 000 was taken, were arrested yesterday in a Brooklyn apartment, whcih, police said, was a regular arsenal. The men gave the names of Jack | Cohen, 25, and Louis Fiskin, 25. They | were charged with viotation of the Sul- livan law and possessing purglar tools. | They are to be shown to witnesses of | the Yonkers' hold-up today. ‘The men made a futile attempt to reach their weapons when detectives battered down the door of their apart- ment, " IOWA REPORTS HUGE GAIN IN “FLU” CASES 85,000 Are Taken Ill in Single Week, With 705,385 Through- out Nation. By the Associated Press. Public Health Service officers yester- day estimated that there were at least 90,565 new cases of influenza in three States last week. The State health officer of Iowa reported there were 85,000 new cases in that State during the week. No re- port had been submitted for the pre- vious week. Louisiana recorded 121 new cases for the week ending December z2. This was a slight decrease from the 136 cases re- ported there the previous week, but Public Health officers betieved these re- ports were incomplete. Texas, which had 37 cases recorded for the week ending December 15, re- ported 992 new cases during the week ending December 22. Public Health officers said the actual cases reported il Texas and Louisiana were not more than one-fifth of the number existing in these States. It has been estimated that there were at least 705,385 cases in the whole gguntry for the week ending Decem- r 15, REPORTS $163 STOLEN. Manager of Sanitary Grocery Store Declares Cash Register Rifled. Willlam M. Warren of 1949 Fourth street northeast, manager of a Sanitary grocery store at 515 Thirteenth street southeast, reported to police of the fifth precinct today that $163 was stolen from the cash register in the store about 7 o'clock this morning. ‘Warren said he placed the money in the register when he opened the store, and a few minutes later, when he opened the register he found the money gone. Celebrates Founders’ Day. BUENOS AIRES, December 24 (#).— The Argentine-North American Inst: tute of Culture Saturday night cele- brated with a banquet the first anni- versary of its foundation and at the | same time bade farewell to a delega- | tion of professors and students who will sail for the United States on Thurs- day on the steamship Pan-American. ‘They will visit universities and intel- lectual centers in that country. T R WHAT THE LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS DID TO TRAFFIC This photo, taken from the top of The Star Building today, shows traffic congested at Eleventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue due to the closing rush of holiday shoppers. Autos, trucks, street cars and the lowly pedestrians had a 100,000 JAM DOWNTOWN IN BUYING SPLURGE; TRAFFIC IS TIED UP ___ (Continued From First Page.) ported that they were able to keep the traffic moving fairly well. “It's the biggest rush we’ve ever had,” said the manager of one big-depart- ment store. But his tone was uncom- plaining, for the rush was adding a din of cash register bells and a whir of cash-carrier wheels that made extra help necessary in the cashiers’ offices and swelled the proportions of the con- wents of the tills. Full Holiday Responsible. Heretofore Government workers have had only a half-day holiday on Christ- mas eve and have done most of their shopping before the last minute, taking care to avoid the inevitable eleventh- hour rush, but this year, with a whole day in which to do their shopping, it seemed “that every one, and those others who failed to complete their Christmas buying before, descended upon the stores, with a great deal more buying to do than was expected. The extra police will be kept on duty as long as the situation warrants it, Inspector Brown announced. TWO MURDER SUSPECTS ARRESTED BY POLICE Colored Men Held in Unsolved Slaying of Joseph Woodson in Al- leged Gambling Establishment. Two colored men were arrested yes- terday by members of the headquarters homicide squad in connection with the unsolved slaying Tuesday of Joseph Woodson, colored porter, in an al- leged gambling establishment at 514 Tenth street. They are being held for investigation and are booked as Joseph Johnson, 48 years old, of the Tenth street address and Ulysses Dawes, 25 years old, of the 500 block of Twenty-third street. Police say that both men were seen in the basement of the building in which the body was found a few minutes after the killing was discovered. Woodson was slain by a blow on the head. James Davis, * colored furnace tender, employed at 514 Tenth street, was taken into custody for questioning several days ago and still is being held. Levi Seeley Dies at 81. AMHERST, Mass., December 24 (#).— Levi Seeley, widely known educator ana author, died here yesterday after a long illness at the age of 81. He had been professor of pedagogy at the Trenton Normal School, Trenton, N. J., for 25 years and principal of Ferry Hall Semi- nary, a school for girls at Lake Forest, 1iL, from 1887 to 1894. For many years he was professor of philosophy at ‘Wheaton College, Norton. He was born in _North Harpersfield, N. Y. / Rnfie @lubj ' . Tea Room orner 14th & Euclid Entrance on Euclid . Christmas Dinner $1.00 12:30—7:30 P.M. Consomme—Bread Sticks Celery Olives Roast Turkey—Giblet Gravy Cranberry Sauce Sy Y N __Star Staff Photo. 24,592,370 AUTOS REGISTERED IN U. S, Increase of 1,463,055 Machines| Shown Over Year Ago, Ac- cording to Survey. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 24.—There are 24,592,370 registered motor vehicles in the United States, an increase of 1,- 463,055 over a year ago, the annual tabulation made by Motor Magazine from the registry records of the various States shows. Passenger cars showed an increase of 6.2 per cent during the year, numbering 21,468,596. The number of motor trucks is 3,123,774, a gain of 7.2 per cent. New York State led in the number of vehicles in use, with 2,090,815, followed by California, 1,806,224; Ohio, 1,662,000; Pennsylvania, 1,649,400; Illinois, 1,502,- 976; Michigan, 1,248,080, and Texas, 1,111,407, ‘The increase of 1,463,055 in all classes of vehicles during 1928 compares with an increase of 1,125,922 recorded during 1927. . “Domestic sales of passenger cars last year approximated 3,075,000, the mag- azine said, “and the registration in- crease was only 1,254,000, so it is ob- vious that more than 1,800,000 of the cars previously in use were scrapped or taken out of service in some other way. Replacements, therefore, now are ac- counting for about 60 per cent of the total sales.” MADE ILL BY GAS. Man Is Stricken Here While Pre- paring Breakfast. Joseph ‘Thompson, 53-year-old em- ploye of the District Repair Shop, be- came sick from escaping illuminating gas while preparing his breakfast this morning in his room on the third floor of' 328 Indiana avenue. He managed to open a window and then called the rescue squad. Thomp- son thought the gas was escaping from the cooking burner, but a gas jet in the room was found to have been leak- PRISONER SLAYS ing. His condition is not serious. De Luxe Christmas Dinner, $2.50 Noon to 10 P. M. Wardman Park Music SUPPER DANCE 10:00 to 1:00 A. M. Special Entertainment As the Christmas CAPTORAND FLEES Liquor Runner Draws Gun When Given Permission to Roll Cigarette. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., December 24.—Tom | Morris, a customs inspector on the | Fashionable Club | Raided by Agents In Evening Dress Entry Into Chicago Gold Coast Rendezvous Made With Axes. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 24. — They thought it was another of those “dif- ferent"” acts staged by the management of the Club Algiers, But it wasn't. It was only a dry raid. Mexican border, was dead today because | An old act for the raiders; new for the he temporarily dropped his guard to oblige’ a liquor runner who asked per- mission to roll a cigarette before being handcuffed. Morris and Inspector M. R. Rogers stopped an automobile near Fabens, | ‘Tex., yesterday and after finding liquor | in the car arrested the two occupants. One of the prisoners was handcuffed immediately, but the shackles were | Club Algiers, exclusive rendezvous for | resigents of the Chicago gold coast. “Oh, I say,” expostulated one gentle- | man, as an axe hewed a hole in the | wall quite close to his' head. Finally'a man crawled through. He doffed his silk hat. “Pardon me,” he said, “but this is a raid. Tl have to come in this way, and he did. So did others, similarly temporarily withheld from the other | garbed in evening dress. to grant his request for a smoke. 1 Instead of bringing tobacco and | papers from his pocket,’ however, the man, who had not been searched, drew a revolver and fired four times, three of the bullets striking Morris and thei other slightly wounding Rogers. Both | inspectors opened fire on the prisoner, | but he escaped into Mexico. Inspector Morris died in a hospital here a few hours later. The other smuggler was placed in jail here. A similar affair in the Wink, Tex., oil fields east of here had the opposite ending Saturday night when Ranger John Northcutt killed a man who at- tempted to draw a gun on him. The ranger was searching for escaped pris- oners and was refused permission to enter George Helmers' rooming house. When he became insistent Northcutt sald Helmer attempted to draw a gun, and the ranger beat him to the draw. Helmers was sald to have once lived in Edgemont, S. D. FOUR WOMEN INCLUDED IN LIST HELD IN PLOT Eleven Persons Arrested in Stam- boul Accused of Conspiracy Against Mustafa Kemal. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Decem- ber 24.—Eleven persons have been ar- rested in Stamboul on a charge of plotting against Mustafa Kemal. Four women were among them, including Kadrieh Hanem, who recently returned from Angora, and her sister, Fatma | Hanem. None of these prisoners is | prominent. | It has been established that this plot | against the President by Royalist sym- | pathizers is not connected, with the ar- | rest last week of 20 persons charged with plotting for the escape of pr oners. These last were taken into cu tody at Broussa. OPERA SCI:IbLARSHIPS. | CHICAGO, December 24 ) —Di- | rectors of Chicago Civic Opera Co. yesterday announced the formation of European scholarships for Chicago stu- | dents. Three will be selected each year through elimination contests. They | will receive a year's musical training in European centers. Successful stu- dents will be given another year of training, all expenses paid, leading to auditions for engagement with the civic opera. The endowment was provided by Samuel Insull, president of the opera; Stanley Field, Ernest R. Graham, Louis B. Kuppenheimer, and ‘Edward F. Swift. The first scholarship assignments will be_made November 1, 1929, | Even then the fashionably gowned women patrons wearing jewels and their male escorts attired in Tuxedos, weren't sure. But as one of the sophisticated young strangers made a grab for a flask, uncertaintly turned to positiveness. Another flask, propelled by some one's foot went skidding across the floor. So did ahother, And another. A gentleman, who said e was a banker, found them piled under Lis table. They didn’t belong to him, he protested, because he had just*disposcd of his, Patrons were not molested, but the raiders seized a card irdex of more than 1,000 Gold Coast residents. PASSENGERS ROB DRIVER. Fred Beavers, Coloreg, Reports Loss of $7.50 and Taxicab. Fred Beavers, colored, a driver for the Howard Taxicab Co., reported to police last night that he was held up and his cab and $7.50 in cash stolen by two colored. passengers. He said the two men hired him and directed him to drive to New Jersey avenue and M street southeast. Just as he reached the given destination, he said, one drew a revolver and demand- ed his money- and then put him t of the cab. Neither cab nor band have been found. . Akron, Calif,, $7.000,000 Firestonc plant_was opened the other_day. J. Frank Kelly, Inc.— Lumber and Millwos du Pont Paint Hardware Coal Building Supplies 2101 Ga. Ave. North 1343 Close in \Y our Back Porch We have evervthing necessary for the job. We can save you money. Window Frames Windows—Hardware Paint and Sheetrock all orders given careful attention No Delivery Chargs cisive Factor of Scheme by Experts. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 24.—Immediate | evacuation of the Rhineland providing |that a formula for “effective surveil- lance of the demilitarized left bank | of the Rhine™ may be found acceptable to both Germany and allies and asso- ciates will be agreeable to the French experts on the committee for the re- vision of the Dawes' plan, according to the latest word from the Quai D'Orsay. The participation by the United States in either an official or semi-official ob- server capacity also is a decisive. ton- dition in what may be considered the | official French attitude. Those who are entrusted with the task of placing the French viewpcint would like it understood that evacua- tion of the Rhineland is settled, but neutral circles see a difficulty in the French interpretation of “effective sur- | veillance.” | It now appears as though Germany had won a point in that the experts will be not only accountants charged with drawing up a sthedule of pay- ments, but are empowered to discuss the very basis of the final reparations settlement. Uppermost in French minds is the question of American participation. “A statement from President Coolidge or Secretary.of State Kellogg on the prob- lem would be welcomed,” it was said in circles close to the foreign office. Hongkong, China, shipped more | than $100,000 worth of feathers to this | country in the past 12 months. CHRISTMAS [/f € ARN At least WEHAVE FINANCED- ACilyof, ZREIXGIGIGRIERXS VACUATIOW PLAN SEARCH CONTINUES SEEN0. K. TOPARIS [Participation by U. S. Is De-|Hope Still Held for Hyde and FOR LOST GOUPLE Wife Despite Lack of Direct Report. By the Associated Press. GRAND CANYON, Ariz, Decemb:: 24.—Hope still is maintained here that some trace of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hyde, honeymoon adventurers, who disappe ed while traveling down the Colc River in a homemade scow. would be found by the two searching partics which have been scanning the river in the vicinity of Diamond Creek Canyon. Although no direct word came from the searchers yesterday, ome of the parties, headed by Emory Kolb and Chief Ranger Brooks of the Grand Canyon National Park, was pres to be working its way down the tre erous river in a boat. It was believ to be in the vicinity of Diamond Creck where Army aviators last week located the Hyde scow, abandoned but ap- parently intact. ‘The second party, headed by H. C. Hyde, father of the missing man, has been searching the canyon walls near Separation Rapids, where the scow was found. Hyde offered $1.000 for infor- mation leading to the finding of the couple. The searching parties were ex- pected to meet some time foday So far as known, no one has seen the missing couple since they left here in their scow on November 18. on a “thrill trip” over the dangerous rapids. Needles, Calif., was their de: nation, which they expected to reach December 5. £ The aviators who located the boat reported that all equipment, including the oars, appeared to be intact, giv- ing the searchers hope that some clue to the fate of the Hydes will be re- vealed when they reach the craft. GREETINGS —and every good wish for the New Year OFFICERS WILLIAM NEULAND President ROBERT E. BUCKLEY JOHN G. MEINBERG Vice President ROLAND M. BROWN Secretary M. T. DIXON Treasurer DIRECTORS JOHN B. GEIER ADOLPH LEVY GEORGE MENKE J. LEO KOLB HARRY M. PACKARD JOSEPH F. ZEGOWITZ PRANCIS L. NEUBECK Under Supervision of the U. S. Treasury 949 Ninth Street N.W. 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