Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1929, Page 17

AR et Helen Wills, the tennis champion, with her fiance, Fred S. Moody, jr., The wedding is planned in about a year, but the event, Miss Wills says. will not end her career on the courts. will have to share with both tennis and art. of San Francisco. ~~Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Statue of the late Senator Robert M. La Follette is completed for erection here. is shown in his Paris studio with consin Senator, :f0_be placed in State. Joe Davidson, the well known American sculptor, the massive statue of the Wis- Washington as a gift, from his —Associated Press Photo. APARTMENT PROBE STARTS TOMORROW aquiry Into Co-operative Projects Will Be Launched by Gibson Group. | | | An inquiry into co-operative apart- | ment projects in Washington as busi- | ness propositions for individual home- | buyers who, through purchase of stock in such buildings become tenants in | co-operative apartments, will be made | by the Gibson subcommittee of the | House at a special meeting called for tomorrow night by Representative Gil- | bert, Democrat, of Kentucky, in the | House District committee room, he an- mounced today. ‘When informed of plans for the in- , R. Bates Warren, chairman. of the co-operative apartment division of the National Association of Real Estate Boards and member of a firm active in co-operative apartment building here, stated he welcomed the move which, he beld, would likely demonstrate publicly the difference between good and bad projects of the tenant-owned building | P ‘Willing to Co-Operate. Mr, Warren said he was willing, as head of the national co-operative apartment division, to co-operate in any way with the Gibson subcommittee in explaining the financial set-up of co- operative apartments along lines aj proved by the National Realtors’ Asso- ciation, which provides protéction for buyers. Mr. Gilbert in announcing plans for the inquiry stated he had received complaints from persons who thought they were making good home invest- ments in such co-operative apartment property and later were convinced they had made mistakes. The Kentucky Representative said among complaints was one from a pur- chaser of stock in the Parkway Apart- ments here, which last Summer was sold at auction for failure of its owners to meet curtailments and interest on trusts, resulting in the wiping out of the equity of the tenants. Joseph Small, 71, a guide in the House Office Building, ‘was one of the tenants who laid his case before Mr. Gilbert. One Failure in 40. Mr. Warren, in commenting on the case, has pointed out that this building was the only one of more than 40 co- operative apartment projects in Wash- ingto to fail with any loss to pur- chasers of stock in them. Warrants for the arrest of the pro- moter of this building have been issued e THROWN FROM TRUCK. Victim, Seriously Injured, Taken to | Emergency Hospital. While riding on a truck on River road near the Congressional Country Club, about 9 o'clock this morning, Joe Sasso, 40 years old, was thrown to the ound when the truck skidded into a itch. He was seriously injured. His back may be broken. Sasso was taken to Emergency Hospi- tal in a passing automobile and treated CRUISER MEASURE FACES LONG FIGHT Final Vote Expected to Be Preceded by Lengthy Controversy. By the Associated Press. Unless all signs fail, the cruiser bill faces in the Senate something of the experience that Boulder Dam and the Kellogg treaty have already gone through at this session—days of debate and controversy before the final vote. The Senate had the measure before it today, having heard Senator Swan- son, Democrat, Virginia, declare that in his belief the bill would in reality be a peace measure, since it would serve no- tice if passed that the United States intended for her Navy to be equally as strong as that of England. The Sen- ator from Virginia took the view that his would caus Great Britain to de- cide that a pact for naval equality and & further discussion of armament limi- tation was necessary. ‘Westerners Opposed. ‘There was no indication that Swan- son’s speech had changed the minds of the group opposed to the building of 15 cruisers and one alrcraft carrier. The leaders of this group come mostly from the Middle West. Senator Norris of Nebraska has not the least liking for the proposed measure and has said so and others who apparently share his opinion include Brookhart of Towa, Nye and Frazier of North Dakota and King of Utah, a Democrat. Supporters of the bill are confident that when the final roll is called it will pass with votes to spare and think the question is whether it can go through in the form provided by the House when Would Cost $274,000,000. Under those terms 15 cruisers of 10,- 000 tons each and one aircraft carrier of 13,800 tons were provided for at an es- timated cost of $274,000,000. A time limit of three years was set for the con- struction. President Coolidge favors the bill, but his recommendation that the time limit jof three years for building the ships be removed has caused dissension. Chairman Hale of the Senate naval | committee, who has taken the task of | shepherding the bill through the Senate gantlet, is opposed to the Chief Execu- tive's suggestion. Other supporters of ‘lhc bill have lined up behind Hale, de- claring that if the time limit is re- moved it would postpone building the cruisers into some indefinite time in the | future. If changes are made in the bill as passed by the House the proposed measure would go into conference, and there is the fear among those who favor it that it might be caught in the last- minute jam of legislation and left 'islranded high and dry. e Overcome by Gas. While cooking on a gas range in the kitchen of her home, at 3327 N street, about 9 o'clock yesterday even- Matrimony for her it passed that body at the last session. | THE EVENING -STAR, - WASHINGTON, D. . the hatch also were smashed. The liner Majestic made port at New York yesterday showing many outward signs of the gigantic wave which broke over her during a storm, killing a cook and injuring several members of the crew. This view shows the great steel hatch cover which was smashed in, letting tons of water into the ship. The loading booms hanging down over —Associated Press Photo, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1929. At the dedication yesterday of the new chapel in the Methodist Build- Church. He took the count down among the ringsiders. Jim Thompson of Montreal starting on a long flight through the ropes under the impetus of the flying fists of Jack Norton, 135-pound amateur of Boston. Norton whipped everything in sight in an intercity amateur tournament there the other night, which included boxers from New York, Montreal, Boston and Pittsburgh. among the contestants. Palm Beach society holds its own beauty show. Of this trio, John Charles Thomas, the operatic baritone, was one of the judges, while Mrs. Thomas (left) and Anita Loos, the authoress (right), were —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. —Wide World Photos. Rita Roman's Novelettes, who will furnish part of the musical entertainment for the Cosmopolitan ladies’ night at the Carlton Hotel tonight. PROJECTS PRESSED FOR NEW ENGLAND | Support of Four Asked by Boston Maritime Group at Con- ference Here. | ‘The Maritime Association of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, at a dinner conference at the Willard Hotel last night for the New England con- gressional delegation, asked support for four projects: Federal improvement of the Cape Cod Canal, passage of free port_legislation, the ocean differential for Boston by the United States Ship- ping Board and more Navy repair work j for the Charlestown Navy Yard. Speakers for the projécts included Frank J. Davis, manager of the Mari- time Association; Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols of Boston, Eugene E. O'Donnell, president of the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.; George Hawley, president of C. H. Sprague & Son, Inc.; Na- than W. Hawkes, vice president of the Boston & Maine Railroad; Harry Spof- ford of the New England Council and F. J. Dowd of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Pledges of co-operation were given by Senator Gillette of Massachusetts, Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island, Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts and Representative Charles L. Gifford of Massachusetts. Senator Moses challenged the group to unite for the good of entire New England, and was answered frankly by Mr. Davis and Samuel E. Winslow, chairman of the Railway Mediation Board, who favored such co-operation. ing, Miss Louise Hill, 21 years old, a niece of Ralph W. 8. Hill, assistant so- licitor of the State Department, was overcome by gas when the flame was by Dr. I. Rutkoski of the hospital staff. extinguished. She was revived by the In old China—when the bridegroom removes ‘his bride’s veil, and sees her face for the first time, he gives her The truck was owned by Louis Perna | Fire Department rescue squad and Dr. | three taps on the head with his fan to «& Sons, 827 Fourteenth street, con- Srastons. Francis Ready of 3325 N street, Miss -HilVs-cendition is improving. Y display his marital authority. &n&n-fl\e.mm‘wm. Boy, 14, Believed Drowned, Found Before Fire After Braving Ice to Save Two Lads While police were conducting a city- wide search for him and the harbor precinct was planning to drag the river for his body in spite of tge ice, 14- year-old Ernest Rittue of 1320 Twenty- first street. yesterday was seated before the fire of a blacksmith’s shop re- covering from the chill of having res- cued two other boys from the canal. Ernest loves the water and has a boyish aversion for arithmetic. So when he left home yesterday morning, he headed for the canal instead of the Washington School, where he is a stu- dent. All day he sported along the shores of the canal and river in Georgetown. Late in the afternoon while resting in a blacksmith's shop on Twenty-ninth street, near the canal, he heard calls for help. Several small boys had been skating on the ice of the canal and, turning, Ernest saw one of them had fallen into the water. In a moment Ernest, who learned to swim in spite of re- peated efforts on the part of his mother BILL FAVORS DAN CU‘PID. Civil Maryland Asked to Make Marriage in State Legal. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. STATEHOUSE, Annapolis, Md., Jan- uary 17.—Authority is given in a bill introduced in the House of Delegates yesterday by Delegate Seymour Phil- lips of the fourth legislative district of Baltimore to any judge, justice of the peace or mayor of any incorporated town in the State to g‘erform marriage ceremonies. This right now is_given ‘This "only to ordained ministers. of religious LEaRIZaLons. ol % to keep him away from the water, was in the canal, dragging the boy to safety. No sooner had the rescue been effect- ed than a colored boy who had ven- tured too far out on thin ice was seen to go down. Again Ernest went to the rescue and succeeded in saving a life. The colored boy, Dolpho Carter, 10 years old, of the 1600 block of Thirty- second street, was later taken to Emer- gency Hospital. Ernest and the first boy he saved, Daniel Lyons, also 10 years old, living on Thirty-first street near the canal, were taken into the blacksmith’s shop. Removing their clothes, they were wrapped in blankets and kept by the fire to “thaw out” for several hours. Meanwhile Ernest’s 8-year-old sister heard a rumor on her way home from school that her brother had fallen off the bridge. Her mother, Mrs. Katie Rittue, became hysterical upon being told of that. When a call to the ‘Weightman School revealed Ernest had not put in an appearance all day, an appeal for help was sent the police, who, after several hours, located Ernest in the blacksmith’s shop. MAN HIT BY AUTO. Pedestrian’s Injuries May Include Fracture of Skull. Charles Fagan, 60, of 123 K street, sustained injuries when he was struck| o and knocked down at Massachusetts and New Jersey avenues early today by an automobile driven by Richard C. Schonrank of 1207 G street southeast. Schonrank took Fagan to Emergency Hospital where he.was treated by Dr. Walter Gladding. It is feared he has fracture of the skull and lacerations to his left elbow. His condition is unde- dermined was continued for assignmeny date. MISTRIAL ORDERED IN GAMBLING CASE Juror Tells Court He Is Acquaint- ed With Man in Hear- ing. Without deciding on legality of a raid on the second floor of 1905 Pennsylvania | RS3 avenue by Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his vice squad on August 22, Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1, today declared a mistrial of William J. McCarty and George A. Christy, charged with setting up a gaming table for ac- cepting bets on results of horse races. The court’s action followed a state- ment at the bench by Frederick E. Talbert, sworn as a member of the jury, that he is acquainted with a man whose name was read by Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins from a list of supposed members of the local sporting fraternity. Talbert also said that after being sworn he recalled he had known one of the defendants by sight, but did not indicate which one. The jury had not heard any of the evi- | dence. Most of yesterday's session was occupied in the arguments on the legal point of whether a police officer may serve an attachment for contempt is- sued out of Police Court. Attorney James A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett, for the accused, contended that only a United States Marshal is, ing, 100 Maryland avenue nertheast. Left to right: Rev. E. L. Eaton, field secretary; Bishop William F. McDowell, president; Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary, and Deets Pickett, research secretary of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal —Star Stall Photo. Girls of the Trinity College dance committee with the prise poster for the dance to be held tonight at the Cariton Hotel for the benefit of the college building fund. Left to right: Mary Howe, who made the poster; Catherine Sheel CHURCHMEN UNITE 0 HONOR RABBI {Anniversary of Dr. Abram | | Simon Will Be Celebrated, Beginning Friday. Differences of creed will vanish in a | evening, January 25, in honor of the ;Lwenly-nrth anniversary in the pulpit {of Dr. Abram Simon, pastor of the | Washington Hebrew Congregation. The program will include anniversary services Friday evening and Saturday | morning, a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel Saturday evening and a party by religious school pupils Sunday morning. | In addition to several fellow rabbis from New York and Philadelphia, several clergymen of other creeds will join in the services, which are in charge of Joseph D. Kaufman, Washington busi- ness man. Fellow rabbis who will joint in honor- ing Dr. Simon will include Drs. H. G. Enelow and Nathan Kraus of New York and Louis Wolsey of Philadelphia. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Washington, will represent the Protestant clergymen, while Frank J. Hogan will testify to the esteem in which Dr. Simon is held by Catholics. Dr. Simon, who has had a distin- guished career, is a past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. A director in a number of reli- glous activities, he also is on the board of several Washington institutions. He headed the Board of Education of Wash- ington for three years. During the war Dr. Simon served overseas as a Red Cross officer attached to the 79th Divi- sion and was given a medal by Germany for Red Cross humanitarian services in | addition to being cited by the American Cross. Born_July 14, 1872, in Nashville, Tenn., Dr. Sy{mon was educated at Cin- cinnati University and the Hebrew Union College. In 1907 George Wash- ington University conferred upon him the degree of doctor of philosophy and in 1926 the Hebrew Union College made him a doctor of Hebrew laws. The committees in charge of the cele~ bration _include the following: Levi David, general chairman. Invitations—Lee Baumgarten, Adolph Fishel and Charles A. Goldsmith. Finance—E. I. Kaufman, Julius I. Peyser, Jacob Eisemann and David L. PFrank. Hospitality and _reception—Norman Pischer, Dr. Bernard A. Bear, Joseph D. Dreyfuss, Harry Pranc, Harold P. Ganss, Mrs. I. Grosner. Alvin Kaufman, Melvin Louis, R. B, H. Lyon, Simon L. Nye. Julius Reis, Harry Roller and Harold Strauss. Publicity—Leo R. Sack. Banquet—Joseph D. Kaufman, Wil- liam G. Tlich and Maurice H. Kafka. Advisory—Allen V. de Ford, Mrs. Leonard B. Schloss, Mrs. Samuel B. Pack entitled to serve such summons and questioned the right of the vice squad invade the premises where it was alleged, McCarty and Christy were accepting bets on the races. The officers had only an attachment for another {man, who was not found at the place and the accused were taken into custody as a result of what the officers say they found on their visit. The case against McCarty and Christy and Henry L. Kaufmann, jr. ¢+ Friend of Hoover Dies. SACRAMENTO, Calif,, January 17 | three-day celebration, beginning Friday | han and Mary Fitzgerald —Star Staff Photo. ABATTOIR OPPOSED NEAR RELEE, VA. | Proximity of Arlington Ceme- tery Pointed Out by Col. Mortimer, Q. M. C. Protest against the erection of am abattoir on Columbia pike near Relee | Station was made today by Charles | G. Mortimer, lleutenant colonel of the | Quartermaster Corps. The N. Auth { Provision Co. of Washington applied Tuesday to the Arlington County su- pervisors for permission to build the plant. Col. Mortimer writes: “My attention has been drawn to a | newspaper dispatch appearing in The Evening Star of yesterday, indicating that the N. Auth Provision Co. of Washington, D. C., has again applied to the Arlington County Board of Su- pervisors for a permit to erect and maintain an abattoir on the Columbia pike near Relee Station. “The proposed location is in close proximity to the southern and south- eastern portion of the Arlington Na- tional Cemetery in which are located the Memorial Amphitheater and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. “Visits to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier by our citizens have come to be looked upon as a patriotic duty, and such visits by representatives of for- eign governments and the placing of wreaths at this shrine are symbolic of the comity of those nationalities. It is hardly conceivable that at this hal- lowed spot of whole world consecration, our citizens, visitors or diplomats should have their senses offended by the waft of a breeze bringing with it the offen- sive smells of a “slaughter house.” It should not and must not be. “What is true of the vicinity of the amphitheater is also true of all of the southern portion of Arlington Cemetery, where we are daily consecrating the tombs of our World War dead. Arling- ton Cemetery is a national shrine too sacred for defiling by any means what- ever. “What has been said of Arlington Cemetery applies likewise to the west- ern approach to the Memorial Bridge and to the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, both of which must, through their proximity to the proposed site of the abbatoir, be def by the offen- sive odors arising from such an in- dustry. “I cannot too strongly urge that such action as may be necessary be taken to prevent this desecration. . “CHARLES G. MORTIMER, “Lieut. Colonel, Q. M. Corps, “Quartermaster Supply Officer.” Increased Pensions Proposed. By _Staff Correspondent of The Star. STATE HOUSE, Annapolis, Md., Jan« uary 17.—Pensions of county ecircuit court judges in Maryland would be in- creased from'$2,400 a year to $5,000 a year under the terms of a bill in- troduced in the House of Delegates yes« terday by James J. mw, ity floor leader. The also eliminate from the provision that such (#).—Lester J. Hinsdale, 58, prominent Sac¢ramento attorney d a lifelong friend of President-elect Herbert Hoo-l ver, died here yesterday after a long ill- ness. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the convention in Kansas City. served for 10 years ing the retirement age of 70 makes a gmvklnn for pension at any time the position. years, and it ‘of the T election to a later ' California delegation to the Republican Public schools in Cook County (M) Bational enlarged. Jail is to be.