Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1929, Page 4

4 » INAUGURAL PLANS AWAIT APPROVAL Details Will Be Submitted at General Committee Meet- ing on Wednesday. Plans of the inaugural committee for the civic celebration to accompany the induction of Herbert Hoover as Presi- dent of the United States on March 4 have progressed so rapidly that Chair- man U. 8. Grant, 3d, has called a meet- ing of the general inaugural committee of 250 persons for next Wednesday at the Willard Hotel. Subcommittees in charge of details of the celebration have their plans in such shape that they can be laid before the general committee next week for its epproval. Certain details remain to be ironed out, and the entire make-up of the parade has not vet been finally de- termined upon, but other committee plans only await indorsement of the general committee. Locations of a number of the first- aid and ambulance stations during the parade have been determined. as fol- lows: First street and Maryland avenue, the plaza south of the Treasury build- ing, Jackson Park and Third street, and at the intersections of Third, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and Four- teenth streets with Pennsylvania ave- nue. Each station will have one or more physicians on duty and two nurses and a policeman, while a telephone will be installed in every station. Get Additional Police. ‘The parade committee has limited participation of Indians in the parade to 8 each from the 22 tribes in the United States. The committee also has informed the Indian tribes that their expenses cannot be paid. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, n charge of the Police Department. promises a warm reception to the light- fingered gentry who are expected to come to Washington during the festivi- ties, as the 1,325 policemen of the ‘Washington Police Department will be augmented by 175 men from the New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Po- lice Departments. Oon tge ground floor of the Washing- ton Building will be set up an exhibit picturing the Captial City, with plans for future development outlined. Bids will be asked soon for fireworks, $3.500 having been set aside for a_fireworks display the evening of March 4. The crack Cavalry units at Fort Myer will put on a riding circus at the fort on Saturday, March 2, and Tuesday, March 5, while the navy yard and ships moored there will be open for inspection during the inaugural period. Williams Commands Army. ‘Brig. Gen. Herbert O. Williams, com- manding the 16th Brigade, has been designated by Maj. Gen. C. P. Sum- merall, chief of staff, to command the entire Regular Army section at the head of the military division of the in- augural parade. BOLD GANGMEN GET GEMS WORTH $200,000 Rob Jewelers’ Establishment on Fashionable Avenue Near Church in New York, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 18.—In & smoothly executed invasion of fashion- able Park Avenue yesterday, four young men held up the Mouboussin jewelry establishment, opposite St. Bartholomew's Church, and escaped with gems estimated by police to be ‘worth $200,000. The loss might have been far great- r but for the fact that 80 per cent of stock had been sent to the Miami, Fla., branch of the establishment yes terday, and that the robbers rejected one giant diamond valued at $500,000, because, detectives believed, they thought it was too large to dispose of. Jacob Louventhal, private detective, | who went on duty as guard yesterday to substitute for John Churchill, the regular guard, who was sent South with the consignment of jewels for Miami, ‘was among those in the store when the | Tobbery took place. Another guard hired with Lowenthal and a clerk had reported sick today and were not present when the four rob- bbers stepped quietly in and drew pistols. ‘Where's Jack Churchill?” one of the Tobbers asked, expressing surprise at not finding the regular guard. Lowen- thal was disarmed before he could draw his gun and four men and two women were tied up in a rear room. Jewels were taken in trays from the open safe and poured into a leather bag, only the | one large stone being rejected. Then the four walked out. NORTHCOTT GATHERS DEFENSE WITNESSES Conducting Own Trial, He Objects to Clark’s Testimony as That of Accomplice. By the Associated Press. RIVERSIDE, Calif, January 18.— Gordon Stewart Northcott, pursuing his duties as his own attorney in his trial here on charges of slaying three boys, began today to marshal his witnesses. He requested that six persons be sub- poenaed for defense today. The next move of the prosecution remained undisclosed. The cross-ex- amination of its star witness, Sanford Clark, 15-year-old nephew of Northcott, ended yesterday after Northcott had questioned him at length. Northcott's questions shifted frequently from one | jine of thought tq the other through Clark's previously told story of how Lewis and Nelson Winslow and an un- identified Mexican youth had been killed at a chicken ranch near here. At _the conclusion of the examination Northeott objected to the admission of Clark’s testimony on the ground that| he had admitted being an accomplice. Ruling on the objection was reserved. l Upper: All that remains of the celel maintained in spite of protests, but now Lower: The old home place on the BUILT ON KAL Remove Them for Stirred Interna ‘Wreckers are playing the final act in | a little comedy of international aspect that was quietly launched here more than a decade ago, with historic Kalo- rama of ultra-fashionable association as the locale and Jeremiah Sullivan, now dead, but then a member of the Metropolitan Police Force, in the leading—and only—role, but which, be- fore the curtain started descending, saw the governments of Germany, Switzer- land and the United States and the District of Columbia in the cast; the exchange of diplomatically worded notes—and hints—and, at the finish, court action. Row upon row of garages, some 50 in all and ‘of rather nondescript ap- pearance at that, were “props” as well as “plot,” for it was the erection of these structures by Sullivan on the heights of Kalorama—officially desig- nated 2201 S street—owned by the Ger- man government, and the subsequent efforts to persuade him to remove them, that caused a great deal of head- scratching in official quarters, and more merriment to Sullivan, through all the years. The whimsical Gael could afford to laugh, inasmuch each garage net- ted him $10 monthly, according to his own statement, and 50 garages at this figure adds up. And the efforts to get Sullivan to move bothered him not at all. At Washington officialdom, he simply laughed, realizing that he was as much out of reach as though the garages were on the other side of the Rhine. The German government, de- spite the fact that the matter was| raised officially, didn't press it. So Sulli- van stayed. Died 18 Months Ago. Then Sullivan died. That was 18| months ago. Just before this past| Christmas, formal demand for the prop- | erty was served on his son from the German embassy. Now but two garages surrounded by a waste of junked metals stand as monuments to the Sullivan en- terprise, and they'll follow the res! | But even as they pass—and with them, the old home there—their story will add a light touch to the brilliant history of Kalorama which in another day knew all the notables of an in-| fant republic; once sheltered the dust | of the gallant Decatur, and today 1ooks | on the home to which Woodrow Wil- son retired from the White Hous2 and | that from which Herbert Hoover soon | will turn to the White House. ‘The modern story of Kalorama, with | its Sullivanesque touch, really dates from 1905, when the imperial German | government, casting about for a site for a new embassy, settled upon the beautifully wooded heights between Connecticut and Massachusetts avenues. Came a day when Pvt. Jeremiah Sul livan, industriously pounding & beat in that neighborhood, was asked to keep an eye on the place. ‘“Jerry,” as he was popularly known, readily agreed. Later, he suggested that he might as well move in the house and do a good job of watching, and his suggestion was accepted. Came the World War, and Germany put aside any building plans. Next, the United States entered the conflict, but “Jerry” felt entirely at home on German territory, now being administered by the Swiss legation, since Count von Bernstorfl, the German Ambassador, had returned to Berlin. Then arose the garage incident, and Sullivan, Teminiscing, used to recall | that it was an Army officer who gave ! him the “tip” that started him in business. With the city overcrowded, due to the influx of war workers, parking was at a premium, and no more anywhere than on Sullivan's beat. There night THE EVENING brated garages which the late Jeremiah Sullivan erected on historic Kalorama, owned by the German government and being razed. estate, which is to follow the garages. —Star Staft’ Photo. WRECKERS ARE ENDING COMEDY ORAMA GARAGES Policeman “Jerry™ Sullivan’s Refusal to German Embassy tional Circles. on foreign territory, but, for the in- formation of critics, they weren't. The German Empire fell, but the garages stayed. Repul succeeded monarchy, and in the incumbency of the first German Ambassador accredited here after the war, Dr. Wiedfeld, the question of Sul- livan's occupancy was raised. Not with much success, however, and then a bit of strategy was reported to have been brought into play. A huge van brought here from Germany as a freight car- rier was draped over the entrance to the property, blocking ingress to the garages. Very soon the van was no longer in evidence, but Sullivan had two new garages, which, unmistakably, bore German wording. AW, they don't ‘want the property,” ‘Jerry” said laughingly, and apparent- ly that was the answer, for that was four years ago. So the matter drifted along. Sullivan died, and his family remained at Kalo- rama. In November, his son, Eugene F. Sul- livan, disclosed yesterday, the German embassy served him with 30 days’ notice to vacate. He demurred, con- says, but expressing willingness to leave, However, the case went to Municipal Court, and on December 19 the “Ger- man state” got judgment for possession. And so, after this brief incursion in- to the land of whimsy, Kalorama once more takés up the thread of its exis- tence as a landmark, and speculation as to what the future may bring is necessarily linked with the interesting story of its past. Grant From King. The estate or grant of land was originally bestowed upon Anthony Holmead by a British King. He, un- able to occupy the place, transferred the property to his nephew, Anthony Holmead, who erected the original residence on that section of the estate known as Rock Hill. This building is said to have been built of English brick imported from England, and was reputedly the first or second brick house here. In 1794 the house with about 40 acres was bought and occupied by one Gustavus Scott from Dorchester County, Md. He doubtless moved from Maryland in compliance with the re- quest of President Washington, who had appointed him as one of the first Com- missioners of the District, as well as superintendent of public works. Many years later Bcott died a bankrupt and the property was sold to William A gustine Washington, nephew of Ge! Your C/zi/dren’f Education No greater heritage can you leave your children than a sound and thorough education, nor is there any_purpose for which borrowing is more justi- fied. If you are struggling with the problem of financing your children’s education, consult us and we may be able to assist you. tending the time was too short, he| STAR, WASHINGTON., Washington, who remodeled the old mansion and added the east wing con- taining several drawing rooms and a banquet hall. In 1807 Washington sold the estate for $14,000 to Joel Barlow, poet, statesman and philosopher and one of the most conspicuous figures of his day. President Washington appoint- ed him as consul to Algiers. Later he was appointed by President Madison as Minister to France. . Joel Barlow was an intimate friend of Robert Fulton and tradition has it that it was at the Barlow estate. that Fulton made his model of the Clermont, the first steamship to be navigated sat- isfactorily. President Jefferson also was a frequent visitor at “Kalorama,” the name bestowed upon the place by Joel Barlow and derived from the Greek words signifying “beautiful view.” Barlow was later sent to France on a | special political mission and while trail- ing Napoleon through Poland in the hopes of an interview with the French { emperor, he fell ill from exposure and died in Poland on Christmas eve, 1812 His widow, who survived him six years, | fell heir to Kalorama and after her death, the plaee eventually passed into the possession of one of Mrs. Barlow's nephews, Col. Bomford, who became the first chief of Ordnance of the United States Army. In 1819, the place was leased for a [period to the Prussian Minister, Baron von Greuhin. The baron about that time stirred up quite a deal of gossip in Washington circles by marrying the pretty governess of Gov. Middleton's family, and it is said that the ladies of the elite were very frigid in their reception of the Minister's new wife. Decatur’s Body There 26 Years, In 1820, when the American naval hero, Stephen Decatur, was killed in a duel by Commodore Barron, his body was placed in the family vault of Col Bomford, who had been one of Deca- tur's closest friends. The body remained jin the vault at Kalorama until 26 years later, when it was removed to Philadel- {phia to St. Peter's Churchyard. 1In| | later years, the bodies of other of the| old owners were moved to Oak Hill Cemetery. The estate, embracing 91 acres ex- tending from Woodley Lane and Rock Creek to Florida avenue, crossing the creek at P street, was sold in 1844 to Mrs. Charles Fletcher, who paid $25,000 for the entire property. During the Civil War, the Kalorama mansion, then in perfect condition, was leased by Mrs. Fletcher's heirs to the Government to be used as a_hospital for contagious diseases; smallpox in particular. ~ Christmas, 1865, a fire started in the building, due to a defec- tive flue, and destroyed the entire east wing of tl uilding. Shortly after the Civil War, James G. Blaine, would have had a residence for the President located at this point—in fact negotiations gor purchase had commenced when they were tragically interrupted by the assasination of Presi- dent Lincoln. The present home, which is to be torn down in the Spring, was built by one of Mrs. Fletcher's heirs, William A. Mearns, toward the end of the last century, very nearly over the site of the original mansion, which had been torn down in order that city lots might be made to correspond with levels of intersecting streets. Realizing the great interest attached | to the place because of its unusual history and thinking that perhaps the home may contain construction items {of interest to historians and antiqua- rians, the German authorities have been reluctant to proceed upon the demolition of the building until every opportunity has been given to those interested to visit and inspect it. { F Street at Eleventh 1l ...Making ! more Re-finishing & Painting Furniture Re-upholstering & Re-producing Furniture | Draperies C :zbir.tet Work ;\nd.So l.Tort.h @he Fnening Htar X By rflf D. C, FRIDAY, WEST NOMINATION COMES UP TODAY Senate to Consider Cabinet Officer’s Qualifications in Executive Session. By the Assoclated Press. The nomination of Roy O. West of Chicago to be Secretary of Interior was | scheduled for consideration late today behind the closed doors of the Senate, with determined opposition to his con- firmation in prospect. Senator Deneen, Republican, Illinois, a personal friend of Mr. West, how- ever, was prepared to continue the fight he has made in his behalf and was con- fident that the votes were at hand to obtain confirmation. Senator Norris, Republican of Ne- braska, supported by some members of the Republican independent bloc and some Democrats, are opposed to West principally because of his_investments in stocks of the Samuel Insull power utilities interests. At a hearing before the public lands committee West testified he had invest- ed about $67,000 in Insull Co. stock, but had sold them when he was named Secretary of Interior last August. He offered to withdraw from participation in any proceedings before his depart- ment involving the Insull power in- terests. As Secretary of the Interior, Mr. West also Is a member of the Federal Power Commission, which passes on applica- tlons for power permits. He recently sat as a member of the commission in the hearing of the Cumberland Hydro- Electric Power Co. for a power permit at_Cumberland Falls, Ky. Chairman Nye of the lands commit- tee, who is opposing Mr. West, spon- sored a resolution adopted this week by the Senate calling upon the power com- mission to report what protests had been made against West's participation in this case. The lands committee by a vote of 8 to 4 favorably reported the nomina- tion of West to the Senate before the Christmas_recess. Informal announce- ment has been made by members of the Senate Indian affairs committee that they will voice no protests against the Secretary because of his administration of the middle Rio Grande conservancy project in New Mexico, which is under Jjurisdiction of the Interior Department. Affairs of this project are under in- quiry by the committee. POISONED BY BOOTLEG. Whisky Claimed Bought for Medic- inal Use Proves Fatal. MEMPHIS, Tenn. 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MISS GAILY RICH DESIGNATED MAID AT CRUISER LAUNCHING Utah Student at National Park Seminary to Go to Camden. Salt Lake City Is One of Ten 10,000-Ton Ships Be- ing Built. Miss Gaily Rich of Utah, a student at the National Park Seminary, was desig- maid-of-honor at the launching next Wednesday of the first of the 10,000-ton | light cruisers, the Salt Lake City, at the American Brown-Boveri Electric Cor- poration shipward, Camden, N. J. The cruiser will be christened by Miss Helen Budge of Salt Lake City, graduate of the University of Utah, who is now liv- ing in New York City. The ceremony will take place at 12:30 p.m. Attending the ceremony will be Sec- jretary of the Navy and Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, Admiral Charles F. Hughe: F. Neal, alde to the secretary, and Comdr. Felix X. Gygax, aide to Admiral Hughes. The new cruiser, which is one of eight under construction at various navy yards and commercial ship build- ing companies, will be commissioned in December of this year, under present plans. The dimensions of the Salt Lake City are: Length over all, 585.5 feet; breadth, extreme, 65 feet 2 inches: dis- placement, 10,000 tons; draft, normal, 19 feet 64 inches, and estimate8 speed. 21> knots. The keel of the Salt Lake City was laid June 9, 1927, and this group of cruisers was authorized under the act of December 18, 1924, The other light cruisers now under | construction: Pensacola, at New York Navy Yard: Northampton, at Bethle- hem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River, Mass.; Chester, at the American Brown-Boveri ctric Corporation; light cruiser No. 28, not yet named, at | Pud%et Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash.; Chicago, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif.; Houston and Augusta, at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. The measure now being debated by the Senate would authorize the con- struction of 15 new cruisers of this type and 1 aircraft carrier. nated today by Secretary Wilbur as | f§ chief of naval operations; Capt. George | MISS GAILY RICH. | —Star Staff Phflllx[ LADY DUKES SUES | BRITON FOR DIVORCE By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 18.—Lady Dukes has filed suit for divorce against Sir Paul Dukes, British author and musician. She formerly was the wife of Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of the United | States Treasury. | Lady Dukes and Sir Paul were mar-| ried s°cretly at Nyack, N. Y., in Octo- | | ber, 1922. " She "was born Margaret | Stuyvesant Rutherford, daughter nf‘ Lewis K. Rutherford, in New York on November 11, 1891. Her mother later | married the late Willlam K. Vanderbilt. Lady Dukes was married to Ogden Mills in France on September 20, 1911, and was granted a divorce from him | on_July 10, 1919. | Sir Paul was knighted for brilliant work as head of the British secret serv- ice in Russia in the early days of the Soviet. Lady Dukes appeared on the New York stage in April, 1928, in Alexandre Gavrilov's “The Ballet Moderne.” The couple’s address was given as 180 Riverside drive, New York, in the peti- | TARIFF REVISERS INVOLVED IN CLASH Witness Starts Argument by Criticizing Statements of Others as “Misleading.” | By the Associated Press. Testimony of an importer of reeds that 60 per cent of the testimony given | before the House ways and means com= mittee on this section of the tariff act was “wilfully misleading” and that those giving it should be fined, started an extensive argument today at the committee’s hearing on tariff revision. Allan Gerdau. representing the Otto Gerdau Co. of New York. prefacing a protest against the 20 per cent duty on reeds, declared he was amazed at the “incorrect” statements made by reed manufacturers to the committee and charged that 60 per cent of it was [ mot fit to be presented. Chairman Hawley Retorts. “That’s for us to decide, not you,™ Chairman Hawley interrupted “If you placed a fine of $10,000 on those Witnesses giving testimony you believe is wrong a great deal of your time would be saved.” Hawley informed the witness that the committee had no authority to ad- minister oaths except by special order of the House. Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat on the committee, suggested that if oaths were administered testimony at the hearings would be cut 10 per cent. Charges Made by Gerdau. Gerdau charged that one companv, |*:in spite of its large profits.” had sent out letters to its customers appealing to them to petition Congress for tariff increases. Representative Treadway, Republican, Massachusetts, asked the witness if he was not taking the same ‘“selfish in- terest” as those who want protection and warned him that the other side of the question might be warranted in making similar charges against his company. Representative Crisp, Demo- crat, Georgia, told Gerdau that if he had any concrete evidence that cer- tain witnesses were presenting mis- leading testimony the committee would like to have i In a contest held the week of October 22nd, by the Minnesota Cr_eamen:y Operators’ and Managers’ Association, Minneapolis, Minn., in which more than Three Hyndred of the Creamerymen of Prizes. First Prize Second Prize -The Finest Butter Taste It! M. E. Gardner, Waseca, Minn. in Amerca! Butter Every Pound of Louella Coptains the Pasteurized Cream from Ten Quarts of Rich Mil:—Think of the Food Value! This Price Effective in Markets in Washington. Cur Stores and Meat . C.;_and Vieinity the State of Minnesota competed, two of the Creameries producing Louella again captured the Highest Awards—First and Second N. Oscar Nelson, Dodge Center, Minn. Both of these men are Louella Buttermakers and have been for many years. Louella has been awarded highest honors in many con- tests held in recent years, which is conclusive proof of its High Qual- ity and Purity, the great care and attention which is given to its pro- duction, and a very good reason why it is known and spoken of as— 1929 TONITE Special Public Showing the insertion of a Classified Advertisement in The Star, waiting upon your conven- ience to come to the Main Of- fice; for the copy may be left at The Star Branch Office in your neighborhood. You'll find one close by wherever parking was under the ban, and “Jerry" was kept busy putting out “tags” for while the residents in that section had their own garages, there was none for transients, They took the streets, and Sullivan+“took” them. One of his victims was the Army of- er. flc“Why don’t you put up some garages on that vacant property of ‘yours’ and ! we wouldn’t have to park in the WOMAN'S 276 POUNDS WIN CONTEST HONORS Mrs. J. S. Smith Is Declared Win- ner Over Field of 20 at Easy to Pay Monthly Deposit For 12 Graham-Paige The models that made a big hit at the New York show are now on display at our new home, which is 2 % Food Show. Stout women held center stage at the fosa show in the Washington Auditorium last night, when 20 con- testants vied for weight honors. None weighed less than 200 pounds, but when Mrs. J. 8. Smith of 1250 Tenth street whirled the indicator around to 276 pounds the judges pronounced her winner. In the baby contest in the afternoon ‘Margaret Rose, daughter of Mrs. Wil- Jiam H. Ormsbee, 1122 Twenty-fifth street, was voted the best baby in the show. This afternoon the final contest will be staged, and tomorrow the daily winners will compete for the grand prize offered by show officials. The show will ¢close tomorrow night. Averaging a daily attendance of 8,000, John Brayshaw, president of the Retail Grocers' Protective Association, under whose auspices the show js aivan. ex- ressed satisfactica at the interest aken in the exhi..is. streets?” the officer asked him, in ef- e ¥ hether Sullivan tore up that ticket is not of record, but he did go immedi- ately to the Swiss legation and obtain | ‘pcrmmlon to erect the garages. One | by one they went up, and were rented without delay. Sullivan could have got- ten more for them than he did, but he decided $10 a month each was enough. The money went in Liberty bonds. Everything was fine, Sullivan said, until he clashed with his superiors and left the Police Department, and then, he said, he began to hear complaints about the garages from official sources. But the complaints didn’t hurt the re- ceipts and he worried not at all. He recalled that some representations were made through the Swiss legation to oust him, but without success. Then there was a complaint from $540 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. the District, he said, that the garages re fire menaces. His reply to that §as that even if they were they were you may be, in town or the nearby suburbs. No fees are charged for THE ABOVE SIGN 18 DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES “Around the Branch Office service; only regular rates. The Star prints such an over- whelmin| Classified day than any other Washing- ton paper that there can be no question as to which will give vou the best results, gly greater volume of Advertising every Corner” is a Star Branch Office now open for public inspection. 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