Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1929, Page 17

[ d ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @hz Foen ny Stat. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1929. PAGE 17 PENALTES LGHTER INCASESOF RIIG WTHOUT PERMIT Judge Mattingly Fines Wom- an Who Drove Unlicensed Four Years Only $25. SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS . FOR FIRST SPEEDERS fecond-Offense Speed Fine of $100 Against Guido Aquilino Brings Demand for Jury Trial. Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Traffic Court_today continueg to impose fines of $25 for first offense speeding, but materially reduced the pemalties in cer- tain other violations. The most marked decrease was evi- denced in fines imposed for driving without a permit. Minimum fines oi $25 for those convicted on the charge were substituted for more drastic pen- altles, ranging from $50 to $300, im- posed by the magistrate last week. Among those to benefit by the re- duction was Beatrice Athey, who ad- mitted driving without a permit for four vears and until halted by Policeman W. O'Connor on Conduit road yesterday had experienced no difficulty. When driving with several friends yesterday she was arrested, and today was fined $25. $100 Fine Imposed. The most severe penalty imposed this morning was on Guido Acquilino, in the 600 block of K street northeast, ar- rested yesterday by Policeman C. L. Smith for second offense speed and for driving after his permit had been Te- voked. He was ordered to pay $100 or serve 60 days on the former charge, and demanded a jury trial after plead- ing not guilty to the latter. Booker Thompson Coleman, colored, arrested by Policeman E. C. Saar of ths United States Park Police for second offense speed, was fined $50. The names of 285 persons arrested over the week end were recorded on collateral lists this morning. More than 200 forfeited their security. defendants. unable to post coliateral, were confined in various precinct sta- | tions # await trial today. There were 25 speeders taken in the 24 hours end- ing at 8 a.m. today. Fined for Bad Brakes. Lonnie Murtebaugh of East Falls Church, Va., arrested by Policemen Sin- clair and Greenlow for bad brakes, no rear light and improper muffier, was fined $27. Earl McAleer, arrestéd by Policeman J. D. Martin for speeding, and Alfred Madrix, taken into custody on a similar charge by Policeman R. A. Cunningham, were fined $25 each. Attracted by the sound of a loud crash, which apparently was more than a block away, Policemen W. J. Mat~ thews and J. A. Cockrell halted Joe Mayer of the 800 block of G street southeast, who was approaching in a truck, and ssked him the cause. “I just ran_over a lantern,” responded | Mayer. The policemen returned with him to the scene, where they discov- ered not only a demolished lantern but a seriously damaged automobile. Mayer was charged with leaving after collid- ing, but Judge Mattingly continued the case to determine the extent of the damage. k Eight Hurt in Mishaps. Eight persons were injured, one seri- in a series of week-end traffic ps reported to police this morn- ing. While Louis Clay, 28 years old, col- ored, of Ballston, Va., lies in Emer- gency Hospital in a serious condition police are searching for the hit-and-run driver of the automobile which failed to stop after knocking him down while he was standing on a street car loading platform at Twenty-fifth street and | Pennsylvania avenue yesterday after- noon. Clay suffered a fractured right hip, severe face and body lacerations and possible internal injuries. After witnesses reported the license number of the machine, police insti- tuted a city-wide search for its owner. Marie Catherine Dunn, 30 years old, of Mount Rainier, Md., was slightly ip- Jjured about the face and body when the machine in which she was a pas- fenger and operated by Leo W. Dunn, #ame address, was in collision at Blad- ensburg and Queen Chapel roads nort] east, with an automobile operated by Charles G. Barton of Clarendon, Va. None of the others was injured. Collision Injures Three. “Three persons were Injured early yes- ferday, whep an automobile driven by Floyd E. Chalkley, 20 years old, of 639 A street northeast, was in collision at Sixth and East Capitol streets with a car_operated by Michael E. Flanagan, 63 years old, of 29 V street northeast. Flanagan, his wife, Mrs. Catherine Flanagan, and Elizabeth Schmell, also of the V street address, were taken in a passing automobile to Casualty Hos- pital, where the man was treated by Dr. H. R. Perker of the hospital staff for lacerations of the face, a fractured rib and lacerations of the leg. Mrs. Flanagan suffered lacerations of the | leg and shock, while Miss Schmell re- ceived a lacerated leg and forehead. None of the injured is in a serious con- dition, it was reported. The driver of the other car escaped uninjured. ‘Two-year-old Franklin Bowman, jr., of 1110 E street northeast was slightly injured about the forehead when he was thrown through the windshield of his father’s automobile in & triple col- lision on Georgia avenue between Juni- per street and Alaska avenue yesterday afternoon. A machine driven by John Hicks of 1116 Monroe street and running along | in a long line of cars stopped suddenly. A car immediately in the rear, driven by William Newman of 510 E street northeast, struck Hicks' car in the rear and was itself in turn struck by the machine driven by Bowman. The im- pact of Bowman's collision threw the little Bowman boy from his mother’s lap in the rear seat to the front seat and broke the windshield. The child was treated at Walter Reed Hospital and later taken home. Boy Struck by Truck. Vincent Peary, 13 years old, of 510 Randolph street, was treated at Gar- field Hospital for minor injuries suffered yesterday when run down on Rock Creek Church road near Georgia avenue by & truck operated by Willlam Clinton, 27, colored, of 3318 Sherman avenue. The boy sustained minor scratches and cuts to the face and head. Joseph Becke, 40 years old, of 1106 Seventh street was treated by his family physician, Dr. F. Repetti, for injuries suffered when struck by a truck oper- ated by Ralph S. Aer of 113 I street, who was driving south on Eighth street at L street. Becke sustained minor Jacerations, and, after receiving treat- ment, was taken to his home. Benjamin F. Gottwalls, 69 years old, arresf of cinct and E’rmwuuummu Eleven | | | Upper: Member of force of Maj. LOST RIVER FLOWS IN POTOMAC BASIN Branch of Great Cacapon Runs Underground for More Than Four Miles. Part of the wa'-r that flows in the Potomac River ‘Washington comes from the mysterious Lost River in West Virginia, recently investigated by of- ficials from the office of Maj. Brehon Somervell of the United States En- gineer Office, in charge of the Wash- | ington district for the War Department. The engineers, under the direction of E. J. Merrick, jr, associate en- gineer, came across the Lost River in the course of the survey being con- ducted in the Potomac River Basin to determine the possibilities in flood con- trol, irrigation, reclamation and hydro- electric_development. ‘The Lost River is a branch of the Great Cacapon River, which is a tribu- tary of the Potomac River. The spot where it disappears into the earth is about 6 miles above Wardensville, W. Va. The river drops out of sight for about 4 or 5 miles, Mr. Merrick explained today, upon his return from an investigation of survey activities. ‘The Lost River bubbles out of the bottom of the dry bed near the side of a hill, some 67 feet lower than where it disappears. The bed of the river below where it disappears into the earth appears as if it had but recently become dry, for there are the boulders smoothed by the waters and the evidences of the sandlike bottom, but the inhabitants of that region advised the engineers that that portion of the river has been dry as long as they remember, in normal times. ‘When the snows on the mountains melt and in time of freshets the river flows in its erstwhile bed, Mr. Merrick said the natives assert, showing that the underground passage of the river is of limited capacity. LINCOLN MEMORIAL NIGHT OPENING PROVES SUCCESS The experiment of keeping the Lin- coln Memorial open at night has proved 50 successful that it will be continued. In making this announcement today. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Pub- lic Parks, said that large numbers of persons have patronized the Lincoln Memorial, and that no accidents have been reported to him. 1t is proposed, he sald, to keep the memorial lighted until about the end of September, and on occasions when great numbers of people are in the city. He does not believe that it is desirable to have the Lincoln Memorial opened at night in inclement Winter weather, as the chances for persons falling on the steps are materially increased. Figures for the last month show that between 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock p.m. there were 2,118 persons visiting the memorial, and that from 8:30 to 9:30 the total reached 2,125. The number of visitors averaged 549 per day for last month. § Col. Grant authorized the night opening of the Lincoln Memorial on June 1, and since that date it has been opened week days from 9 am. to 9:30 pm. On Sundays and holidays it is opened from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. COLORED GUPTCARRIER IS GIVEN SIX MONTHS James Powell, 22 years old, colored, of Arlington, Va, who boarded the steamer E. Madison Hall. bound for River View, Md., commonly known as “Razor Beach,” with four companions last night at the Seventh street wharves and in true Western dance hall style of years gone by “checked his gun” in order that peace and good order might be maintained, was sentenced to serve 180 days in jail by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court today. As & measure of peace, it was brought out, Powell deposited his .32-caliber revolver with the boy in charge of the check room. He also checked his hat. Harbor police had been notified that Powell had forgotten to leave his gun at home, but had not been told that he had checked it, 50 also boarded the steamer and placed him under arrest. Several cartridges were discovered in his pocket and he was charged with carrying & concealed weapon by Sergt. . H. Russell and Policeman J. E. ‘Bennett. In court today Powell protested that is possession of the gun last night was an oversight, as he had forgotten to leave it in Virginia, but was ordered to serve six months. | 1 the result of an accident which occurred when, after losing control of his car in attempting to void striking another car, crashed into a lamp post and then through a plate glass window of a groc- store at 315 Cedar street. "&ott‘u.lls escaped uninjured. but the lamp post was declared completely de- molished and the store window - aged o the extent of $60. WHERE A RIVER DISAPPEARS Brehon Somervell, District engineer of the War Department for Washington area, pointing to the spot where the Lost River, a branch of the Great Cacapon River, which flows into the Po- tomac, disappears about six miles above Wardensville, W. Va. Lower: Showing the dry river bed, just below where the water disappears. SUMMER SCHOOLS HOLD 6,686 PUPILS 4,086 Are Enrolled in White Classes, With 2,600 in Colored Division. Six thousand six hundred and eighty- six boys and girls are spending their Summer vacations studying in Wash- ington’s public schools, according to figures compiled today by Walter Pat- terson, assistant superintendent in charge of white Summer schools, and L. L. Perry, assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools. Two thousand eight hundred and forty-two are enrolled in the senior high schools, 1,104 are in the junior highs and 2,740 are attending elemen- tary school classes. Mr. Patterson's tabulation shows that the senior high school classes mow in session at the Western High School are being attended by 1,791 boys and girls. This figure is slightly less than the anticipated enroll- ment at the end of the regular school year, when the Summer sessions were to have been held at the Central High | School. Repairs to that building necessitated transfer" of the Summer classes to the Western building. The additional dis- tance to the school at the west end of the city was responsible for the with- drawal of several hundred applications for the vacation course. Mr. Patterson's figures’ show, too, that there are 696 students in’ the white junior high schools and 1599 in the elementary classes, making a total of 4,086 en- rolled in the vacation schools of divisions 1 to 9. Mr. Perry has listed 1,051 senior high school students in the colored vacation course which is being given inthe Shaw Junior High School. This school also was transferred because oOf repairs, Dunbar High School previously had housed the colored Summer school, but repairs similar to those at Central necessitated the last-minute transfer to Shaw. There are 408 pupils in the col- ored junior high schools and 1,141 in the colored elementary schools, mak- ing a total of 2,600 pupils enrolled in the summer classes of divisions 10 to 13. LUTHERANS DEDICATE NEW CHURCH STONE Rev. Howard E. Snyder Officiates at Ceremonies—Rev. L. M. Zim- merman Tells of History. The Lutherans of Washington formally began a monumental enterprise at Rhode Island avenue and North Capitol street yesterday afternoon in laying the cornerstone of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement. Rev. Howard E. Snyder, pastor of the church, officiated at ceremonies mark- ing the culmination of plans to erect a distinctive building, which is to house the activities of a congregation active in Washington's religious life for 24 ears. Among the articles placed within the cornerstone receptacle was a rare coin of Arabie origin of the specified value as the “widow’s mite” of Scripture. Lists of the charter members and present members of the church and Sunday school were included, as were a his- torical sketch of the church and copies of the Bible, Luther's catechism and the Lutheran year book. Mr. Snyder, and Rev. L. M. Zimmer- man, for 38 years pastor of Christ Church in Baltimore, now retired, spoke in praise of the congregation’s early members at exercises in the chapel pre- liminary to the corner stone laying. In commenting on the growth of the church’s aclivity, Mr. Snyder sald the early members had “no money, no or- ganization; only faith. “Now we have a flourishing congre- gation, property valued at $100,000, and are about to launch & great building enterprise. We are building here a temple that will endure.” Plans for the building disclose sev- eral distinctive features, The walls ar2 to be of exceptional thickness and the auditorium 50 feet from floor to ceiling, with three windows 25 feet in height off the nave and chancel. The exterior will be in North Carolina granite, trimmed in limestone. The congregation plans to have chimes in the tower and later add bronze doors depicting outstanding events in the history of the Nation. SESSIONS RITES ARE HELD Funeral Services Are Conducted for Air Crash Victim. Funeral services were held at the Arlington National Cemetery this morn- ing for First Lieut. Henry F. Sessions, Air Corps, who lost his life in an air- plane accident at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, July 8. Lieut. Sessions was born at Cuthbert, Ga., June 24, 1895. He served in the Army during the World War as & second lieutenant in the Aviation section and was _com- missioned first lieutenant in the Regu- lar Army in July, 1920. He leaves 8 widow and two children. i PURCHASE OF FIRST CIVIC CENTER SITE PROPERTY ISNEAR Negotiations Are Expected to Be Completed at Meet- ing Tomorrow. LOCATION OF INITIAL PARCEL IS UNREVEALED 160 Owners in Four-Square Area Are Asked to Make Offers to District. Negotiations for the purchase of the first parcel of property in the four- square area selected as a site for the municipal center are expected to be the committee of District officials ap- pointed by the Commissioners to ac- quire the land. the location of the property to be Tep- resented in_the initial acquisition of the area. The committee, however, it was said, has made a personal inspec- tion of the property, and if it decides reasonable, will recommend its pur- chase to the Commissioners. Assessment to Be Base. TLetters were sent by the committee today to 160 recorded property owners in the four-square area, inviting offers for sale to the District government. The policy of the committee will be to recommend the purchase of all prop- erties where the price offered is within he assessed value. Offers which ex- ceed this valuation will be made sub- ject to further negotiation. While the committee is particularly anxious to acquire first property in square 490, on which it is planned to erect, the courts building, the first unit to be located in the municipal center, it also will give priority consideration to offers from owners of buildings in the area which can be used immediately ! to house District activities, to be forced out of their present quarters by the expansion of the Federal Government building program or other causes. Cost Put at $5,000,000. Square 490 is bounded by Louisiana avenue on the north, C street on the south, Sixth street on the west and John Marshall place on the east. The build- ing to be located on this site will ac- commodate the Police, Juvenile and Municipal Courts and the Office of the Recorder of Deeds. Its estimated cost has been placed at $5,000,000, and an initial appropriation of $500,000 to start the construction is contained in_the budget estimates for the 1931 fiscal year now before the Bureau of the Budget. The committee in charge of the land purchases is composed of Maj. Layson E. Atkins, Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner; Willlam W. Bride, corporation counsel and William P. Richards, tax assessor. CLASS TO GRADUATE. Social Usage Students Complete Course at Y. W. C. A. ‘The Y. W. C. A. class in social usage, conducted by Miss Alice Hutchins Drake, will hold its graduation exercises to- morrow night at 7:15 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. Building, Seventeenth and K streets. Pollowing the short exercises the members of the class will be taken to the new store of Dulin & Martin, where experts will demonstrate the proper ar- rangement of a table for an informal dinner, a formal dinner or a luncheon. Miss Drake will make a short talk at the store on the proper dishes and linens for each occasion. Capital S(.:CE To Be Broadcast From ‘Aerial Eye’ Jenkins Announces Plan in Connection With Tele- vision Station Opening. An epochal attempt to rebroadeast to distant points television views of the National Capital, radioed from an air- plane by means of a new device, the “aerial eye,” is planned by Dr. C. Prancis Jenkins, the inventor, he dis- closed today in announcing the opening tonight of his new high-powered tele- vision station near Rockville, Md. Previously it had been reported the broadcast with the _plane-to-ground televisor would be merely a laboratory experiment, but Dr. Jenkins stated to- day a rebroadcast will be undertaken for the benefit of amateur television fans throughout the East. Plans Are Explained. It is understood Dr. Jenkins ex- plained his plans today to members of the Federal Radio Commission, some of whom are expected to be present at the informal ceremonies marking opening of the new station tonight. ‘The noted inventor said that the Maryland station, located on the Brook- ville pike, will be used also for broad- casting radio movies nightly, with the permission of the Radio Commission. The station will have a wave length of 2,900 kilocycles and a power of from one and a half to five kilowatts. An accident to his so-called “flying laboratory,” in which Dr. Jenkins will conduct the television tests, has delayed installation of the “aerial eye,” it was iearned today. A new plane has been received from the Stinson factory for use in the experiments. Landing Gear Lost. ‘The original “laboratory” lost its landing gear recently when the inventor was forced to land it in a rough field on Long Island, N. Y., because of lack of fuel. Dr. Jenkins was piloting the plane to Connecticut with a young man as passenger. Both made light of the mishap. The new ship, like the first one, is a four-place cabin plane, in the cabin of which will be placed special tele- vision apparatus of light ‘construction. The scanning “eye” of the device will be focussed ugh an aperture in the bottom of the ship. A broadcasting set in the ship will transmit the moving panoramic views to the Jenkins station, which will re- transmit the scenes over its regular chlnnel.m "Il‘:‘e n.me;: pt:rdmhuhh or;r l}lb- oratory ing equipped wi . Jen- kins' latest developments in the field of television and radio movies, and two | his mind. tall antenna towers for distance trans- -mission, 3 } completed at a meeting tomorrow of | 'No indication has been given as to | that the price quoted by the owner is was shocked by a wire. STONE YARD FIRE 10SS 1S $40.00 Train and Vehicular Traffic Is Tied Up by Blaze—Fire- man Is Hurt. One fireman was slightly injured and train and vehicular trafic was tied up as firemen battled a spectacular $40,000 blaze of undetermined origin which late yesterday destroyed the offices and a work bullding of the Willlam B. Gibb Co. stone yards, skirting the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks at Eighth street and Central avenue northeast. ‘The principal loss was machinery, and Frederick H. Brooke, architect of the new British embassy, said a small quan- tity of stone designed for the new embassy building was damaged by the fire. He said an investigation was being made to determine the exact extent of the damage. Fireman Steps on Wire. Pvt. L. B. Stuart of No. 17 Engine Company was shocked when he stepped on a high tension wire while fighting the blaze. He was revived quickly and sent to his home at 3611 Seventeenth street northeast. Two alarms were turned in. one from a box at Tenth and Hamlin streets northeast, bringing fire apparatus from the side of the railroad tracks opposite the scene of the blaze, and necessitating stretching the hose lines across the tracks. This caused officials at the ‘Washington Terminal to hold an out- going limited of the Baltimore & Ohio for more than 10 minutes, and an in- coming local the same length of time. Keep Blaze From Spreading. ‘The second alarm brought Fire Chief George S. Watson and Police Inspector Albert J. Headley to the scene. The flames spread rapidly and in several in- stances the lack of nearby fire hydrants forced an extension of water lines six and seven blocks away. The blaze was kept from spreading t an adjoining garage, which contained a gasoline tank. Several large trucks stored in the gar- age were moved to safety. The principle damage was confined to a two-story brick structure used as an office building and an adjoining brick factory shed in which the stone-cutting machinery was stored. These buildings and practically all of the machinery were demolished. An unenclosed portion in the mnorth end of the property, on which finished stone products were stored, was slightly damaged. VICTIMS OF THIEVES REPORT $118 LOSSES Woman Relieved of Handbag and $38 and Man of $62 by Pickpocket. Pickpockets and sneak thieves ob- tained $118 in four recent depredations, according to reports made yesterday to police. While changing a battery in his car at Twelfth and K streets, Claude Manuel, 3238 Thirteenth street, lost a billfold containing $62 to a pickpocket, he reported to police yesterday after- noon. Another pickpocket took a handbag and $38 from Mrs. Charles Poss, 4306 Twelfth street, some time yesterday. Mrs. Poss told police she missed the bag while visiting a model home on Iris street. ‘Thieves who entered his room while he was asleep in a house of the 1800 block of Wiltberger street Saturday night took $16 belonging to James Pearson of 1539 Ninth street, he told police. A sneak thief stole $2 from the cash drawer in the office of the Immanuel Baptist Church, Columbia road and Fifteen street during the past few Scene at the Gibb fire yesterday, in which the loss was placed at $40,000. | In the inset is Fireman L. B, Stuart, who Dog Bites Kindly Bus Driver Giving Master Directions It may be that Gordon Tomlin, who drives a bus for the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co., will let inquiring motorists worry along without his assistance from now_on. “Say, fellow, how do you get to so and s0?” a motorist yelled at Gordon on Pennsylvania ave- nue yesterday afternoon. ‘There was considerable noise and Gordon, an accommodating soul, pulled up. applied his brakes and stepped over to the automo- bile. Then it happened. Gordon waved a kindly hand in pointing the direction to so and so and the motorist’s dog, hitherto un- heard from, took a piece out of Gordon's finger. The motorist went on to so and so. Gordon took his finger to Emergency Hospital and had it treated. BODY IS RECOVERED FROM TIDAL BASIN Victim, 76, Lonely Since Wife Died Year Ago—Suicide Verdiot Found by Jry. | U. S. SURVEY REVEALS | Average of $1,334 Is Bared in| The nocturnal rambles, begun more than a year ago by Julius Griebel of 2040 I street when the elderly German lost his wife, and continued for months in disappointments for the lonely man, were ended last night in the water of the Tidal Basin. A coroner’s jury, after an inquest at noon today, found a ver- dict of suicide in the case. It was two hours after he was last seen, when a fisherman, casting for catfish into the darkness, felt his line foul some object. ‘The man on the bank, John A. Astridge, 41132 G street, hailed a pass- ing motor cyclist and asked him to train his headlamp on the water in an effort to identify the encumberance. Police Recover Body. From where they stood on shore, just beyond the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the two men sought to pull the body in, but the line parted. They summoned park police, who succeeded in putting it inshore. Fire Rescue Squad No. 1 and the Emergency Hospital ambulance were summoned. The firemen labored futilely over the drowned man for an hour. The body was removed to the District Morgue for the inquest. ‘The German widower, who was 76 vears old, had lived alone at his home. where he plaited chair bottoms, and where, 18 months previously, he and his wife had raised canary birds to sell. Visited Fatherland. Since the death of his wife in Decem- ber a year ago the grieved man had been much alone. Last Summer he went to Germany, returning in the Fall after making arrangements for a young niece, to whom he was much attached, to come to America and share home. The girl, however, left Washington after a few weeks and took employment with & family in New Jersey. much to the man’s grief, neighbors said. The lonely man later bought & fox terrier dog and the two were insepa- rable for several months, but the dog either strayed from his new home or was stolen about six weeks ago. Mr. Griebel was formerly sexton of the Concordia Lutheran Church, Nine- teenth and G streets, and was well | W, known to German residents of the Dis- trict. Mr. Griebel habitually took long walks, his neighbors said, always alone, except for the few months when he had his fox terrier. He was last seen about 6 o'clock last night by his. brother Leonard of Colmar Manor, Md. just Of Near Gold Rush on Virginia Farm A badly flu(-up and trampled lawn on the farm 'of J. Addison Hicks, near East Falls Church, Va., and some bits of yellow speckled rock in a laboratory at the Bureau of Mines were rueful re- minders today of a “gold rush” that thrilled residents of nearby Virginia Saturday. ‘The rush started when Mr. Hicks dis- abled his lawn mower on a plece of flint projecting through the turf. At- tempting to remove the stone, he dis- covered bright golden specks and streaks in the flint that brought vis- ions of sudden wealth whirling through began_ to dig Delp of grow- turther ‘and, ighbors, he with the ing numbers of residents, uncovered the top of & big boulder full of the yel- low spots. A fire was built around the rock to crack it, and the split confirmed Mr. Hicks' diagnosis. The news_that gold had been discovered on the Hicks farm spread like wildfire. Just to make sure about it, however, Mr. Hicks got in his car and hurried with a speciment of the rock to the Bureau of Mines. Then came the .dis- illusionment. Experts there pronounced the yellow stuff “fool's gold,” otherwise known as iron ezyrlwa. Now Mr. Hicks is trying to-induce his neighbors to help him put his lawn lack into -rush condi! with more or is sald, | d Toronto, Glnlldl' u;le E. l!;ewedé Min- hd nsul, from Bremen juenos er . Ares, A. Turnure, New York, Trampled Lawn IS Rueful Remm oy from Prague to Kingston, MISSTEP CAUSES DEATH OF DANGER Youth Who Trod on Foot of Another Shot at Club. Because one dancer stepped on an- other's foot last night at the Silver | Slipper Club, Twelfth and U streets, one colored man is dead, three other dancers are in the hospital with bullet wounds and Julius Epps, 19-year-old colored youth, is in a cell at the eighth pre- cinct, charged with murder. Police were told Epps whipped out a revolver and started shooting when he became angered at the misstep of & | fellow dancer, John Grant, 21, of 1750 T street, who was shot in the side and died at Freedmen's Hospital early today. Other bullets struck Lillian Campbell, 28, of 1028 Third street, in the left leg; Garnett Mitchell, 32, of 1111 Green court, in the back, and Kenneth Mingo, 22, of 1332 Union street southwest, in the foot. The trio was taken to Gar- feld Hospital. Epps was arrested after the shooting by Acting Sergt. M. J. Mahaney and Policeman Oswell Beale of the eighth precinct. An inquest will be held to- morrow by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. FARM RETURNS RISE, Reports From 11,851 Oyner-Openton. Just when the Federal Farm Board is prepared to attack the farm problem the Department of Agriculture comes forward with information that the best farm returns for any year since the post-war agricultural depression are re- ported in the annual survey for 1928. The reports from 11,851 owner-op- erated farms during 1928 showed an average net return of $1,334, while dur- ing 1927, 13,859 farms reported an aver- lg;_hretum of $1,290. e average size of farms reportin; was 284 acres, with an average }?nw“g' ment of $15,417, both size and capital :v‘n;er::mmN belxtn‘g lnrxer‘ than the census . No tenant farms - cllged in thel survey. o iross receipts were larger on the :vzn'e dul‘:g‘ Uz!ht.hnnrfi 1927, but nses also were higher, { ux&e. ig] the survey TRANSFERS IN FOREIGN SERVICE ARE ANNOUNCED Raymond Lanetot of Virginia Is! Shifted From Indo-China to Post at Java. Recent changes in the United States foreign service include the transfer of Royal R. Jordan, Massachusetts, third from Tirana, Albania, to Bucharest, Rumania; Robert B. Brad- ford, Nebraska, consul, from Iquiqui, Chile, to Messina, Italy; Franklin B. Atwood, Massachusetts, vice consul, from Plymouth to Belfast; Nathaniel P. Davis, New Jersey, consul, from Pernambuco to London; Robert Eng- lish, Massachusetts, vice consul. from Gibraltar to Constantinople; Edward M. Groth, New York, consul, from Surabaya to Copenhagen; Julius C. Holmes, Kansas, vice consul, from Smyrna to Tirana, Albania; John D. Johnson, Vermont, consul, from Stras- bourg to Paris; Walter A. Leonard, Illi- nols, consul, from Warsaw to Bremen; . H. T. Mackile, New Jersey, vice consul, from Copenhagen to Surabava, Java; John J. Melly, Pennsylvania, con- sul, from Stavanger, Norway, to Leipzig, Germany; Paul W. Meyer, Colorado, consul, from Hankow to Nanking; George Orr, New Jersey, consul, from Paris to Stavanger; James B. Pilcher, Alabama, vice consul, from Nanking to Hankow; Christian M. Ravndal, Iowa, North Carolina, consul, from Leipzig to Pernambueo, Brazil; John T. Wain- wright, New York, vice consul, from San Paulo, Brazil, to Guayaquil, Ecua- dor; John Q. , Hawali, consul, from Messina to Strasbourg; George P. ‘Wilson, Pennsylvania, vice consul, from Messina to Marseille; Ellis A. Johnson, Massachusetts, vice consul, from a, to Plymouth, England; Ray- mond Lanetot, Virginia, vice consul, from Saigon, Indo-China to Surabaya, Java; Frank H. Larned, New York, vice consul, from London to Toronto; Her- bert A. Lowe, New Jersey, vice consul, to Barcelona; Herbert F. Pearson, Georgla, vice consul, from Saloniki, Greece, to Vancouver, British Columbia; TODREPTLEROLSE 10 BE ADUARUN THPE HARRISSAY Expects to Build Structure That Will Serve as World Model. LIGHTING EFFECTS PLAY DOMINANT PART IN PLAN Exhibits Are Lighted Brilliantly, While Spectators Are Kept in Semi-Darkness. The new reptile house to be erected in the National Zoological Park at a cost of $220.000, will be of the aquar- jum type, it was revealed today by Municipal Architect” Albert L. Harris, who is at work on the plans for the new building. Lighted effects play a dominant part in the aquarium type reptile house, Mr. Harris explained. Here the exhibits are lighted brilliantly and the spectators are kept in semi-darkness, the contrast being somewhat comparable to the theater with the building darkened and the actors standing in the glow of the spotlights and footlights. b Copied From London Zoo. ‘The idea of the aquarium type rep- tile house was copled from the London Zo0, one of the zoological parks visited by Mr. Harris and Dr. William Mann. director of the National Zoological Park, in their recent reptile house study in Europe. Every 200 of mote on the European continent was studied during the extensive trip. Still in quest of all of the new features in reptile house construction, Dr. Mann and Mr. Harris last week went to St. Louis and Chicago to view costly rep- tile house additions to the zoo parks in those two cities. They returned today. Expects to Build World Model. Harris said the visit to Chicago and St. Louls was “very profitable,” and that he and Dr. Mann observed certain construction features, which will be embodied in the plans for the new reptile house in the Washington Zoo. | And as a result of the stucy of reptile | house construction in Europe and the | United States, he believes the struc- | ture he is designing will be the most | modern reptile house ever constructed. serving as a model for the zoological parks of the world. The trip to Chicago and St. Louis i closed the zoo inspection tour of Dr. Mann and Mr. Harris, and their atten- i tion now will be concentrated on com- | pletion of the plans for the new build- | ing. Considerable progress already has | been made on the sketches and details | of design. The appropriation for erec- | tion of the building now is available. | | 'RITES FOR DR. YODER " WILL BE TOMORROW | Funeral Services to Be Held From | Shippert's Chapel, With Burial at Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Funeral services for Dr. Peter A. Yoder of 2503 Hall place, scientist and technologist in the United States Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, will be held from A. J. Shippert's chapel, 2008 Pennsylvania avenue, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: W. W. Gilbert, Dr. L. L. Harter, F. J. Pritchard, G A. Green, Dr. J. A Le Clerc and L H Bai- ley of the.Department of Agriculture. Dr. Yoder, who had been ill since February from & breakdown caused by overwork, died of a heart attack at his home Saturday afternoon. He was born in Shipshewana, Ind., August 21, 1867. Dr. Yoder engaged in chemical and agricultural studies nearly all his life, and had been associated with the De- partment of Agriculture since 1910. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Amelia A. Yoder; two sisters, Mr: Elizabeth Miller of Middlebury, Ind., and Mrs Mary Powell of Shipshewana, Ind., and four brothers, Moses A. and Levi R. Yoder of Middlebury, In Menno S. Yoder of Shipshewana, an Daniel R. Yoder of Goshen, Ind 20-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS SUES FOR FREEDOM Asks Annulment of Marriage on Grounds She Wed in Fear of Theatrical Producer. | | i Tereta E. Fogelman, an actress, 20 years old, through her mother, Mrs. Jane D. Sumner, 705 Fourth street, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court for the annulment of her marriage to Stewart A. Fogelman of Salisbury, N. C., who is said to be a theatrical pro- ducer. She tells the court that she went through a marriage ceremony with Fogelman at Harrisonburg, Va. November 26 last, while in fear of the defendant and without the consent of her parent. She also says he mis- represented her age as 21 years in ap- plying for & license, ‘The young woman declares that she once left the company, which was tour- ing the Southeastern section of the country, and was persuaded by Fogel- man to return on the statement that the show would have to close without her. The defendant forced his atten- tions on her, she stated, and threatened her if she received the attentions of other men. She had no desire to marry him, she avers, and did so only out of fear, returning immediately to her mother’s home. ~Attorneys John Paul Jones and John Lewis Smith represent the plaintiff. Mrs. ary E. B. Ramser, 120 C street southeast, has asked the District Supreme Court to annul her marriage to Harold F. Ramsey of New York City. The ceremony took place at Knoxville, ‘Tenn., June 16, 1928, and they lived together until August 27, last. She says he represented that he was free to marry, but she has since discovered, she tells the court, that he had married a woman at Miami, Fla., from whem he has not been divorced. Attorney John Henry Sullivan appears for the wife. Wife Sues George N. Purcell. Mrs. Martha J. Purcell, 3016 R street, has filed suit for an absolute divorce from George N. Purcell, & paperhanger, 487 Maryland avenue southwest. ey ‘Stanley L. Wilkinson, Pennsylvania, vice consul, from San Salvador to anll“ll. Chile, and Robert J. Cavanaugh, Iili- nois, -vice , to Bluefields, Nica- were married September 17, 1918, and bhave no children. The wife charges cruelty -d';d@mwd‘f:t and n-':‘nde: a8 corespondent represen Attorney Vivian O, Hill, g w »