Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1929, Page 17

+ ( WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH PAGE 17 ‘HUNDREDS OBSERVE DEATH OF SAVOR INEIY CHURCHE ‘Good Friday, Commemorat- ing Crucifixion, Solemnized at Special Services. . SINGING OF CANTATA TONIGHT IS FEATURE Joyous Celebration of Eastertide Is Planned for Capital, With Weather Man's Help. Good Friday, a day symbolic in the Christian world of commemoration of | the death of Christ, was solemnized | throughout the city today. While special | services were in progress in many churches for three hours this afternoon, beginning at noon, employes of busi- ness houses, Government departments and department stores, as well as thea- ter patrons were reminded of the hour of 3 o'clock, when the Savior died, and paused for a minute of silence. Mass of the presanctified was held at 7 o'clock this morning at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Catholic University campus, in which 120 students of the Sulpician Seminary took part, while services at the Fran- ciscan Monastery, in Brookland, which began at 9 o'clock yesterday morning with a solemn high mass, continued at the same heur this morning with veneration of the cross and the mass of the presanctified. “The Funeral of Christ” will be held in the monastery | at 8 o'clock tonight. | | Choir to Sing Cantata. | “The Seven Last Words,” a cantata by Du Bois, will be sung at the Church of the Epiphany tonight by the choir, under direction of Adolph Torovsky. The final midday Lenten services con- | ducted by the Washington Federation of Churches were held at the First Con- gregational Church at Tenth and G! streets today, Rev. Joseph R. Siz00,]| pastor of the New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church, officiating. Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church. will speak at serv- ices tonight attending the final show- ing at the church of the picture, “The | King of Kings.” Special Good Friday services will be held tonight at Grace Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Vahum streets, and at 5 o'clock this afternoon similar services will be held at All Souls’ Unitarian Church. Sixteenth and Harvard streets, and the Pirst Universalist Church. Coincident with services marking the end of the 40 days of Lent plans were going ahead for joyous celebration of the coming of Eastertide. Pre-Easter | reports from department stores indi- cated that Easter fineries will be much in evidence with a certain amount of helpful co-operation from the weather man on Easter morn. More than 75,000 children of the public schools of the District, in ad- dition to several thousand parochial school pupils, are enjoying their Easter holidays, which will run through until | Monduy, April 8. ‘The great Easter morning service scheduled to start at Walter Reed Hos- pital at 7:30 o'clock, the largest of the kind to be held east of the Rocky Moun- tains, will be featured by a “living cross” formed by 600 Red Cross work- | ! ers, Army nurses and Medieal Cnr‘p.!! doctors dressed in white. The service | will be held in the amphitheater of the | hospital. There will be a sacred con- | cert by the United States Army Band. ! ‘The Easter message will be given by Col. Edmund P. Easterbrook, chief of . chaplains, United States Army. The| | program will be broadcast by radio Sta- tion WRC. In the event of unfavorable | weather the service will be held in the Red Cross house. Huston Thompson, former Federal “Trade Commissioner and president of the Washington Young Men's Christian Association, will deliver the principal address at the annual sunrise Easter services at Temple Heights Easter morning, under auspices of the Wash- ington Federation of Churches, Union Plans Services. ‘The Epworth League Union of the | District, the Episcopal Young People's Society and the Christian Endeavor MRS. MARY A. McCLUNG, Who has been selected to be secretary to Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. She will begin her duties next week. Mrs. McClung is from Kansas City, where she was secretary to Mr. Hyde in his insurance company thers GANGSTERINVASION REPORTS PROBED Racketeers’ Presence Here Suspected After Extor- tion Effort. Persistent rumors that gangsters and | “racketeers” from Philadelphia and| New York have been preparing to try their luck in Washington and other | cities to the south, have resulted in an | investigation by the police to determine whether there is any foundation for the increasing number of reports to this effect, it was learned today. An alleged attempt to extort money from the proprietors of the Mount Pleasant Supply Shop, 2220 Eighteenth street, which was nipped in the bud yesterday, was in the opinion of some policemen, & forerunmer of a wide- spread “racketeering” campaign. One high police official said he would | not deny that a gangster invasion was feared here. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, and Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, where the supply shop is located, were inclined to ridicule the reports, laughing at the possibility of gangsters from other cities coming to Washington. Detective R. A. Williams of the eighth precinet, who is credited with break- ing up yesterday's alleged extortion at- tempt, disagrees with the men from headquarters, declaring that he has con- vincing information that gangsters in large numbers are on their way to Washington, Richmond and other citles in this vicinity. “I feel sure,” he said, “that racketeers who have been chased @ut of Philadel- phia and New York, are drifting down this way, and that a number of them are already in Washington. Things are getting too hot for them on their favorite stamping grounds, and they have to go some place. Alleged Extortion Prevented. ‘The zalleged attempt to extort money | from William A. Jordon and Leo Curry, proprietors of the Mount Pleasant Sup- ply Shop, was cut shc:t yesterday when Precinct Detective Williams arrested James M. Sheahin, of 300 block Rhode | Island avenue an alleged “collection man” as a taxicab driver handed him an envelope supposed to contain $100. first installment of a $5,000 sum which | the two shop owners say they were told | they must pay. Police were told that {wo armed men held up Jordon and Curry in their place of business Wednesday evening. After | taking $96 in the cash register, the two bandits told the proprietors that this was not enough and that they would have to pay $5,000 in monthly install- ments of $100 each. A system of pe- riodic payments was arranged and after exacting a promise from Jordon and Curry that they would meet the pay- ments the bandits left. Yesterday afternoon Detective Wil- liams was in the supply shop discussing Union of the District are co-operating with the federation this year in holding | | the services. The services, scheduled to begin at | 7 o'clock, will be heralded shortly be- | fore that time by the Christian En-| deavor trumpeters, led by L. C. Green. | | Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of | George Washington University, will | preside at the exercises. | The remainder of the program will include a brief address by Merritt L. Smith of the Christian Endeavor Union, on “Crusading With Christ”; invocation | by L. I McDougle of the Epworth League; Scripture reading by A. W. Sperry, representing the Episcopal | Young' People’s Society; group singing | led by Percy S. Foster, and the closing prayer and benediction by Rev. Dr. J. C. Palmer, pastor of the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church and grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Masons in_the District of Columbia. The Capitol will be opened Sunday from 9 to 4:30 o'clock to accommodate the usual throng of Easter tourists, it was announced today by David L)‘nn,‘ architect of the Capitol. More than 5,000 persons visited the Capitol during the last two days. MARINES ARE REPULSED BY ARTS COMMISSION Design for Medal Disapproved, Corps Realligns Forces for Fresh Attack. ‘The Marine Corps can go out on the field of battle and cover itself with glory, but when it comes with dealing with the Fine Arts Commission, it finds tself repulsed. The commission has yeported unfavorably on the proposed expeditionary medal for the Marine Corps. However the famous fighting organization it was learned today, i studying the natter and will negotiaic further with the commission. Some time ago, the corps evolved what it thought was a fitting design for a medal to be given its officers and men who have done duty on various military expeditions. At the last meet- ing of the Fine Arts Commission the matter was submitted for approval, but after study the commission decided the Marine Corps idea of a medal did not coincide with that of the artists, The corps is now endeavoring to find a way out of the impasse, but as it has no appropriation to hire an artist tn do the job and has no artists of its own, Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, new the hold-up with Jordon and Curry when a taxicab driver entered with a note and envelope in his hand. The note read, “Give the boy the money.” | Williams questioned the driver and learned he was to return the envelope | to a man who was waiting in the 1200 block of New York avenue. Filling the envelope with blank paper, Williams re- | turned it to the driver. Going to the house on New York avenue, Williams waited out dn front until the taxicab drove up. A man; stepped from a doorway and started to open the envelope which the driver handed him. As he did so, Willlams { placed him under arrest. He is charged | with robbery and extortion. Denies Charge. He denies that he was involved in any attempt to extort money. ‘The prisoner said that he was arrested | three times while in the bootleg “racket,” which he has given up, and | | that he recently lost all his money in | the racetrack “racket.” But, he says, insofar as robberies, ex- tortion plots and kindred ventures are | concerned, he knows nothing. Police say that the description of the | two men who held up the supply shop | tally with those of the men supposed to have shot and fatally wounded Wl‘sltfi | Poutra at Green Gables, a Marylan { roadhouse, on March 20. The murderers { were supposed to have left the scene in | an automobile bearing Pennsylvania + license tags. It has been definitely established, however, that the man under arrest in the eighth precinct did not participate in the fight at the roadhouse. GIVEE_HIGHER POSTS: Promotion of four officers of the Sal- vation Army in its Southern territory, | including an officer of the Washington division, has been announced by Evan- geline Booth, commander of the Army in the United States. Staff Capt. James Asher, who heads the Salvation Army activities in the District of Columbia, has been ralsed to the rank of major. Staff Capt. Er- nest R. Holz, formerly in charge of the Army in Washington and now in Okla- homa, has been made a major. Staff Capt. George Rose, formerly with the Army in this city and now divisional commander in Birmingham, Als., and Staff Capt. Norman Marshall, connected with territorial headquarters .hn Atlanta have been apj R | ioose 1n society. PEBICH.TIOTE closg Lo 31.00000) oy NARCOTIC FARNS | TOHELP IN CURING .5, DRUG ADDITS Public Health Service to/ Launch Intensive Study of Ways of Rehabilitation. WORK TO BE AIDED | BY RIGID DISCIPLINE| Control of Inmates to Permit Close | Observation of Progress Under Scientists’ Direction. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, With the establishment of two Fed- eral prison farms for drug addicts, the Fublic Health Service plans to Jaunch an intensive study of the possibWity of cure and rehabilitation under controlled conditions. | Despite the stringent laws against | selling narcotics, there still is a small; army of drug addicts in the United | States. The number has been esti- mated conservatively by the Public Health Service at about 250,000. The proportion is exceptionally high among criminals whose exploits get into the newspapers, giving the impression that the number is much greater than it is. In the past it has been impossible to control the treatment rigidly enough. Various States have established farm institutions which combined the treat- ment of drunkards and drug addicts, but in nearly every case commitment has beén voluntary and the victim has been free to leave either at pleasure | or at the expiration of a short sen- tence. Very few have been willing to remain after apparent cures. Perfect Control te Be Had. The Government narcotic farms will receive only prisoners committed by the Federal courts and will be under as rigid discipline as that of the Federal penitentiaries. Under perfect control, it will be possible to observe their physi- cal and mental progress from day to day, to establish experimental condi- tions and to make a more scientific analysis of types. ‘The: sites for the two farms, author- ized at the last session of Congress, have not been selected. A narcotic division has been set up in the Public Health Service to lay out a program and direct the treatment and scientific studies. This is in charge of Dr. W. L. Treadway. In any consideration of the narcotic problem, Dr. Treadway says, it is nec- essary to take into account the different major types into which addicts fall. Some can be rehabilitated, and others are hopeless. . Abnorbals in Three Classes. Pirst, there is a very small percentage of entirely normal persons, probably driven to drugs by pain or accident and unable to shake them off without aid. It is impossible to determine the num- ber of these, since naréotic addiction is a secret vice. They often can be restored completely. The abnormals themselves fall into three classes, he points out. First are the adults with mental ages of from 5 to 10 years. With these, says Dr. Tread- way, drug addition is only an incident in a delinquent career. There is little hope that they will be able to adjust themselves in soclety, if cured. Next are persons with intelligence slightly below normal and with psycho- pathic personalities which prevent them from fitting in society. These constitute a considerable percentage of the crimi- nal drug addicts. They may appear per- fectly cured, but are likely to slip baek. “Bored Stiff” Class Seeks Thrills. The third class, which attracts the greatest attention, are those slightly abnormal, whom Dr. Treadway char- | acterizes as “persons bored stiff with life and incapable of self-discipline.” They take to drugs to relieve the monotony. They constantly are seeking a “thrill” Actors and actresses fall into this class. This is the genius type, says Dr. Treadway, and the difference between the great artist and the dope addict may be only the fact that the former has sublimated his search for thrills, turning the drive which tears his per- sonality, to the service of humanity. These probably offer the best chance of rehabilitation, which. must be ac-, complished through psychiatric work with the personality of the individual as well as medical treatment of the addiction. Background Must Be Studied. The fundamental background of the habit must be studied in-each case, Dr ; Treadway holds, before it can be decld- ed whether it is safe to turn ihe viciim If this background fis | bad, there is almost certain to be a re- turn to the habit soon after the man gets back to his old associations. The precipitating cause in approxi- mately 70 per cent of cases, Dr. Tread- way says, is bad associations. The vic- :im learns the habit, may even be taught it by other addicts. The Public Health Service places little credit in the storles that dope peddlers deliberately induct persons into the habit in order to cre- ate a market. These men, it is pointed out, are among the most despised of hu- man beings and few would dare make themselves known to any one who was not already an addict. Next -in importance as a' precipitat- ing cause comes pain, responsible for! about 20 per cent. Only about 5 per | cent, Dr. Treadway believes, results| from overwork and the hunt for| “thrills,” the cases most likely of re- habilitation. The remaining 5 per cent | results from undetermined causes. Rigidity of Laws Helps. ‘The rigidity of the narcotic laws, Pub- lic Health officlals say, has been ef- fective in reducing the number of nor- mal drug addicts. The normal p: will not deliberately go out of his w: obtain drugs. The Public Health Service plans for the narcotic farms involve three phases, First, is the treatment of “withdrawal symptoms,” both physical and mental, which are signs of pathological dope ad- diction. These are such things as cramps, sneezing, excessive perspiration, collapse, restlessness and _delirium, sometimes ending in death. The other phases are rehabilitation and custodial care. 3 The work at the farms is expected to add greatly to the scientific knowledge of drug addiction. The advice of prom- inent specialists s being sought. It also will ‘rid the Nation, Public Health Service officlals believe, of many of the so-called habitual crim- inals who are arrested again and again and who are likely finally to commit atroclous crimes. S ‘The Metropolitan Riding Club, in New York City, will be housed in the finest building of the kind when completed next Spring. It will contain the last word in modern equipment and will cost e Upper left: The apartment house at apartments after the fire. Inset, Louis Kettler of 1321 Allison street, 1423 R street during a four-alarm fire last night which gutted the upper floors. Upper right: The interior of one of the | who rescued three persons before the fire apparatus arrived. —Star Staff Photos. YOUNG SUBGESTS DFBT CONPROMISE Urges $500,000,000 Annuity | Accord Be Considered Dur- ing Easter Recess. BY LELAND STOWE. PARIS, March 29.—“Compromise fig- ures” were presented by Owen D. Young, chairman of the committee of reparations experts, at its final session yesterday before the Easter recess, in | an effort to bridge the gap between the allied demands and Germany's offer. Despite efforts at secrecy, it becarpe | known that he suggested that during | the holidays, which is to last until| April 4, the experts should attempt to | fit their plans to annuities of 2,000,- 000,000 marks ($500,000,000), or per- gags 2,200,000,000 marks ($550,000,- ). The chairman began his address with. a pointed reference to the fact that the failure of the conference meant continuation of the Dawes plan with its annuities of $625,000. Not the least re- markable feature of his presentation of the compromise figures was its recep- tion from the others at the table. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, for Germany, instead of declaring the figures entirely out of reach, said he appreciated the efforts of the chairman and would carefully think them over during the vacation. Progress Is Outlined. After the head of each delegation had summarized his country’s position Mr. Young outlined the progress made by the committee in two months. Then in effect he stated that each delegation now knows exactly where the others stand. If there is to be any agreement, he said, it is essential for all to study the needs and-proposals of the other nations and return prepared to make some steps toward bringing the opposing viewpoints together, ‘The presentation of figures by the various delegations was made to in- form all the delegations that, on re- convening next Thursday, they will be expected to get down to cold facts. Between the highest amounts for con- Jectured annuities, which come from France and Belgium, and the lowest fig- ures mentioned, which® are naturally from Germany, there is at present a gap of approximately 600,000,000 marks ($150,000,000). These figures\were not submitted for debate, but rather for presentation of each delegation’s posi- tion, so as to provide every expert with solid food for thought during the week’s recess. Long Negotiations Feared. ‘The difference is so wide between the opposing viewpoints that a majoraty of the experts forsee probably & full month of negotiations before any agreement can be arrived at and a plan drafted— if it is to be accomplished at all. It is expected that two weeks will be re- quired, when the conference reopens in order o bring an accord on the an- nuities and the number of years they are to run. After that another week or two would be necessary to draft the plan for the International Bank of Settlement in final form, with figures inserted. Thus it s highly improbable that the con- ference will end before April 20 and it is possible that it may run to the end | of the month. (Copyright, 1920.) | Fia GAS OVERCOMES WORKER | UNDER TRUCK IN OPEN AIR | Youth Found Unconscious Is Taken to Hospital—Recovery | Is Expected. A peculiar case of monoxide gas | poisoning in the open developed in the | rear of the Elite Laundry, 2119 Four- | teenth street, this morning. Thomas | Scrivener, 20 years old, a mechanic, was rendered unconscious while under a laundry truck in-the alley. He re- | sponded to treatment of the Fire Rescue Squad and was removed to Emergency | Hospital. Scrivener, an employe of the laundry, | is thought to have been tightening the | rear brakes on the truck and to have | unwittngly inhaled fumes direct from | the exhaust. Paschal Maggio, another | mechanic, was at work on. the motor of the machine, at the time. A telephone call tocok Magglo to the office a few | doors from the garage entrance to the | laundry and in the few minutes he was absent Scrivener was overcome. A colored man whose name police did not learn observed Scrivener uncon- sclous, and pulled him from under the truck, The Fire Rescue Squad and an ambulance from Emergency Hospital were called. Scrivener will recover. Cases of monoxide gas polsoning previously reported have developed in garages, for the most part, where closed doors have prevented circulation of air. Scrivener resides at 323 Massachu- ”Cherry Trees Continue Blossoming While Visitors Swarm Tidal Basin The blooming of the cherry blossoms continued today, despite the fact that last night's strong wind rudely shook the branches. Today brought its crop| of visitors to the Tidal Basin to witness the blooms both by automobile and afoot, as the United States park police arranged special traffic regulations to insure orderly movements of the throngs that will head toward Potomac Park, Easter Sunday. The single blossom cherry trees now in bloom are located around the Tidal Basin, and also grouped around the field house in East Potomac Park. The double * blossom trees that will bloom about the middle of the coming month are located for the most part in East Potomac Park. There are a few double blossom trees -on the road along the Potomac River leading to the Lincoln Memorial. The horticultural division of the of- fice of public buildings and public parks announced today that the cherry blos- soms are in fine condition, and the wind of last night failed to mar their beauty. While a few petals were blown to the ground, the number was so small, the office sald, they were hardly noticeable. While public interest is centered on the bléssoming of the cherry trees in Potomac Park, lovers of the out-of-| doors have further treats in store. In| Rock Creek Park and scattered in va- | rious parts of the city the dogwood will | be in bloom early in May, unless un- blossoming. . In Anacostia Park there are many crab apple. trees, but these have been | only recently planted, and it will be three or four years before they bloom. PLANS COMPLETED FOR EGG-ROLLING Precautions Taken for Safe- ty of Children in White House Festivity. Preparations for the annual egg-| rolling on the White House grounds | Monday have been completed. Every precaution has been taken to| assure safety for the children while en- gaged in this Easter festivity. Last year more than 30,000 children and adults passed through the gates to the rear grounds for the egg-rolling and the Marine Band concert later in the afternoon. If the weather is good, it is expected that all records will be broken on Monday. The front grounds of the White House are becoming thronged with the daily increasing Easter visitors, and the crowds passing through the first floor of the White House during the past week are said to be the greatest in the history of that historic mansion. No doubt many of the children who g0 to the White House grounds Monday will be disappointed at not seeing Re- becca, the raccoon pet of the Coolidges. On the last two Easters this little ani- mal had been one of the principal at- tractions of the egg-rolling, but she has been sent to the Zoological Park, where she will be a permanent resident. How- ever, the children will have an oppor- tunity to see the cage and the little log house within the inclosure where Rc-l becca formerly held forth. CROWN OF THORNS PLANT Miss Marguerite Planthaber with a tended carefully for the past five years at the Department of Agriculture green- houses. The plant is euphorbia splendens, common in tropical countries. HOOVER PLANNING 10 TAKE DAY OFF { Plans Auto Trip to Virginia Tomorrow to Look Over Fishing Ground. President Hoover is likely to declare a holiday for himself tomorrow and motor to that section of Shenandoah National | Patk in the Blue Ridge Mountains of | Virginia, which has been selected as | one of his fishing grounds. | Tt s not his intention to do any fish- | merely to look over the spot. Mr. Hoover is known to be desirous to get away from his work for even one day. He has had a hard grind since becoming President four weeks ago, and it has been suggested to him that a little relaxation would be very beneficial. The trip tomorrow will depend a great deal on the weather. It is more than 90 miles to the spot in the Shenandoah Park where the headwaters of the Rapidan River are said to be jammed with trout. The journey will be made by automobile. Therefgre, if he does decide to go he will leave the White House early enough in the morning to permit him to ar- rive back at the White House tomor- row night. The, following Saturday Mr. 'Hoover expects to motor to the fishing ground near Frederick, Md., re- | cently acquired by Lawrence Richey, | one of his secretaries. Approximately $3,000,000 worth of toys made in Germany were given to children in this country in the past 12 months, crown of thorns.plant, which has been SCHENCK IS HELD IN'§20,000 BOND Ex-Officer Waives Prelimi- nary Hearing Pending Grand Jury Action. Pleading not guilty to robbery charges, Frederick A. Schenck, former Washing- usually warm weather brings earlier| ton policeman, waived a preliminary | | hearing in Police Court today and was held under $20,000 bond pending grand | jury action on the order of Judge Isaac | R. Hitt. Although the two cases on which Schenck was arraigned involved only $134, Lieut. Edward J. Kelly and De- tective Howard E. Ogle contend the for- mer policeman is involved in other rob- beries, the facts of which will be pre- | sented to the grand jury. Information papers filed in the office of Assistant United States Attorney Jo- | seph C. Bruce accuse the defendant of | | holding up Russell Bennett, manager of | an apartment house in the 2400 block of | Sixteenth street, February 20, and rob- Ling him of $20. A second paper charges him with the robbery of William H. Conklin, manager of a Sanitary Gro- cery store in the 1100 block of F street northeast, of $114 February 12. Schenck is wanted in New Jersey for his alleged participation in the hold-up of a gas station in Newark and the shooting of a policeman when evading arrest. Lieut. Kelly and Ogle declared the possibilities of extradition to New Jersey are slight. Expressing unwillingness to return to New Jersey to face charges, the former | policeman " declared he would prefer to | stand prosecution in Washington, and ing, as the season is not open, but|said he confessed to the local robberies | to police in order that he would not be | returned to Newark. Schenck figured in the trial of Police- man Orville Staples, but was later dis- missed from the force when discovered in an apartment with a woman during a raid. Following his dismissal, he was ar- rested on a charge of hi-jacking, but was acquitted. MEETING PLANNED ON CVIC SERVICE Civitan International Head Calls Conference to Begin Monday.” A conference of the heads of the civic service organizations of the coun- try has been called for Monday at the Mayflower Hotel by James Nelson Mac- Lean of New York City, president of Civitan International. Presidents of the national and inter- national clubs have been invited, and members of the local clubs are expect- ing to attend the noon luncheon, which will be a feature of the event. A meet- ing has been arranged with President ;lkoover, it was announced by Mr. Mac- an.. Local arrangements are in the hands of Frank A. Birgfeld, president of the Washington Civitan Ciub, « The purpose of the meeting, Mr. Birg- feld said, is to set up an annual confer- ence, in order to reach unanimity of action, co-ordinated thought on civic maiters and greater co-operation be- tween the clubs. ‘The conference will open at 9:30 Mon- day morning, and another conference will follow the luncheon. Among the organizations invited to attend are Rotary International, Ki- wanis International, Optimist Interna- tional, Co-operative Clubs International, International Federation of Cosmopoli- tan Clubs, Licns International, the Na- tional Exchange Club, Loyal Knights of the Round Table, American Business Clubs International, Gyro International, American Legion and the Reciprocity Club of America. Beetles That Shed Light. On the other side of the world, in the tropics, certain bugs carry their own light. The specie of bug so illuminated belongs to the beetle family, and its light is not the short, intermittent flare of the firefly, but a steady five-minute glow of considerable brilliance. It comes from a transparent port or window in the beetle's shell, and it lpg_enrs to be an inexhaustible lumen. he beetle turns on his lamp only when he is dis- turbed. Resourceful natives, aware of this, keep sych beetles in little wicker cages, and when light is desired they merely tap their cages and the beetles 4 PERSONS RESCUED MANY ARE ROUTED IN APARTMENT FIRE Three Elderly Residents and Baby Carried From R Street Building—$15,000 Loss. ILOUIS KETTLER SHARES HEROISM WITH FIREMEN Hesse, Pratt and Burlingame on Scene as Neighborhood Is Illumined by Flames. Three elderly persons and a baby were carried from the Gladstone Apartments, 1423 R street, last night when a four-alarm fire caused more than $15,000 damages and illuminated the vicinity for blocks. Firemen escorted several other per- |sons to safety. The first alarm was turned in at 11.14 o'clock by Ulysses Prince, colored, of 1445 R street. Th> second, third and fourth alarms were sounded in rapid succession upon ar- rival of the firemen, who had the blaze under control at the end of an hour, Louis Kettler of 1321 Allison street, who was driving by before the fire- fighting apparatus reached the scene, made three of the rescues. He first carried to the street Lyman P. Sterne, an mnvalid, who lives in an apartment on the second floor. Then he returned and took 16-month-old Betty Harring- ton in his arms from the burning build- ing. Mrs. S. JJ. Harrington, the child’s mother, followed them down the stairs. By this time the firemen had arrived and carried Miss Emma Marston, 75- year-old invalid, living with her sister, Miss Eleanor Marston, in Apartment 51, on the fifth floor, to the second floor in a chair. Kettler, rushing back up the stairs after turning the baby over to the mother, picked her up and carried her the rest of the way. Man, 80, and Wife Saved. E. P. Roderick, 80 years old, who lives on the second floor, was found by firemen staggering to the head of the steps with his wife in his arms. The fire fighters relieved him of his burden and assisted them both out of the smoke-filled building. The fire started, it is thought, from sparks falling on the roof. It quickly | spread to the elevator shaft and down the shaft to the fifth, fourth and third floors, and then, skipping the first and | second floors, broke out in the base- { ment. The principal damage was to the roof and fourth floor. An accurate es- timate of the damage is impossible until the value of the furniturue in the apart- ments ruined by smoke, fire and water is ascertained. |~ Due to a strong wind from the north, i the conflagration was confined entirely to the south side of the structure. Six- teen engine and four truck companies {and the water tower were called into service. The tower was efected in R street and water poured into the upper | part of the building. Firemen climbed onto the roof from Johnson avenue and fought the fire from the rear. Chief Engineer George S. Watson responded to the second alarm and directed the operations until the blaze was extin- guished. Mrs. M. L. Adams, her two children. Betty, 7 years old, and Billy, 9 years old; Mrs. M. Henry and Miss Pearl Henry, all occupants of apartment 33, and Mrs. John Pewley and her.daugh- ter Jean, 9 years old, were routed from | their homes. Doors Broken Open. | The women had just returned from | church and gone to bed when firemen broke in the doors of their apartments. But for their return shortly before 11 o'clock the children would have been alone when the fire broke out. Several other families were forced to abandon their apartments for the night. Prac- tically every suite in the building was badly damaged by the water. - Police reserves under the direction of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, retiring superin- tendent of police, and Inspector Henry G. Pratt, his successor, restrained y crowd of more than 1,000 persons. Cap~ Guy E. Burlingame, in whose precinei tge apartment house is located, also was there. | Learning the location of the fire a few minutes after the first alarm, Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the headquar- ters homicide squad, who lives next door to the Hawarden Apartments, rushed home in the police car with screaming siren, fearful for the safety of his wife and her mother. Four battalion chiefs worked under orders of Chief Watson. They were John Carrington, Benjamin Weaver, J. B. Watt and P. R. Davis. Considerable difficulty in fighting the fire was experienced, due to the solid line of automobiles parked on bor: sides of R street. Police were forced to push some of the machines onto the sidewalk to make way for the firemen. Meanwhile Policemen W. S. Gordy and R. C. Jackson of the second pre= cinct went through the apartment rous- ing the occupants. PARK POLICE ACT FAST IN FINDING STOLEN CARS The United States park police fis keeping up its reputation for recovering stolen automobiles with dispatch. Sergt. R. B. Jenkins and Pvt. Robert Howell reported today to Capt. P. J. Carroll that they recovered an automobile at Military road and Beech drive which had been reported stolen little over an hour before from Center Market. The police reported that they ar- rested Charles W. Hughes, 15 years old, of the 2200 block of Twentieth street, who, they said, confessed also to tak- ing an automobile owned by Remeo L. Lucas of the 900 block of Florida ave- nue and reported stolen from Shepherd road near Georgia avenue on March 26, This car was said to have been found abandoned. The car taken from the market. the police said, was owned by Annie S. Davis of Cherrydale, Va. It was given to No. 13 police precinct. YOUTH DIéAPPEARS. Police are conducting a city-wide search for 22-year-old Harold Roberts, who has been missing from the home of a friend where he was staying since Wednesday morning. According to Donald Prye of 1929 Sixteenth street, with whom he was staying and who requested the aid of police, Roberts came to Washington several weeks ago in search of.employ- ment. When he left Frye Wednesday he was bound for the offices of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., where _he hoped to go to work Mon- day. Roberts and Frye were classmates at the University of Wisconsin and were graduated last June. Frye was unable to advance any ex- planation of his friend's disappearance. He sald Roberts had only 11 cents e e