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| | | e T WASHINGTON, D. enit 'WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION q Star. FRIDAY, AUGUS CAPITAL IS CENTER OF NEARLY 700,000, SURVEY DISLLSES Board of Trade Figures Dis- close 300,000 of Total*Are Employed in D. C. $1,816,669,457 WORTH OF PROPERTY TAXABLE | Federal Government Owns 7,500 of District's 43,000 Acres, Val- ued at $400,000,000. The National Capital is the center | of a population of nearly 700,000, ac- cording to figures compiled by the Board of Trade in its third annual survey of the commercial. financial and municipal | activities of Washington, made public today. Of this total, approximately 300,000 men and women are employed here~in the Government service and in the vari- ous privately operated industries and businesses and in the professions. This roll in turn is divided into 190,000 male workers and 110,000 woman workers. Survey of Taxable Property. The same survey shows that the Capital has a total of $1816,669,457 worth of privately owned taxable property. 'The Federal Government, the survey indicates, owns 7.500 acres | of the District of Columbia’s 43,000 acres, valued at $400,000,000, while the District itself holds 625 acres, valued | at $30,000,000. Embassies, legations, charitable institutions, churches and schools own an_aggregate 1300 acres, | worth another $50,000,000. The remain- 33,575 privately owned acres, exclusive of streets and other thoroughfares, carry the burden of the taxable property here. Dividing the taxable property into classes, the Board of Trade figures ap- portion $1,139,303,098 of its total taxable property list to privately owned real es- tate. The total includes also tangible personal property valued at $103,539,380, intangible personal property valued at, 5524,555,05(3’3-.1:1 miscellaneous property | worth $49,301,923 ! “The Board of Trade's estimated pop- | ulation is based upon a total of 564,000 ! Tesidents of the District of Columbia and 120,000 residents of nearby Mary- land and Virginia, most of whom. the survey points out, work and purchase in Washington. The actual total is ,000. gt | oo trade body's division of _the 300,000 workers includes 75,000 in Goy ernment _service, in manufac- turing, 29,000 in transportation, 27.000 in the various trades, 27,000 in public service, 30,000 in the professions, 49,000 in domestic and personal service fields, 9,000 in clerical occupations and 2,000 in various other fields of endeavor. According to the survey. the Federal Government, pay roll_here totals $165.- | 738,000. while that of the District gov- | ernment approximates $17,500.000. Civil service employes in the Capital receive | $132,200,000 of the Federal pay roll total, the Army draws $15,360,000, the Navy $6,780,000 and the legislative | branches $11,134,000. i Home Construction Great. ! Residential construction in Washing- | ton during the past five years has been | sufficiert to house a population of 130~ 000, the survey sets forth. Putting it | another way, the survey contends that | the entire population of Kansas City, | or Albany, or Nashville, could be ac- | commodated in new houses and apart- | ments constructed here during that five-year period. Gontinuing, the survey shows “there | are approximately 106,000 one-family | dwellings, or ordinary houses, and 25.- | 000 apartments and_two-family dwell- | ings. giving a total number of over 130,000 housing units within_ the Dis- | trict of Columbia. These figures do| not include the residential develop- | ments in Maryland and Virginia suburbs. | Busimess in Washington mcreased 3.3 per cent in 1928 over the preceding year, according to estimates based on | yeports from seven “leading and repre- | sentative department stores.” the sur- vey scts forth. Sales totaling $42.617,- 812 were reported by these stores for 1928. In 1927 their reports showed their sales reached $41,253,549, which in turn represented & 1.1 per cent decline over 1926. In 1926, however, the $41598,- 378 sales were 5.1 per cent higher than 1925. | Survey of Utilities. Basing its figures on reports made by the companies themselves, the Board | of Trade survey indicates that quh-; ington’s public utilities are. capitalized ! &t $104,474,886, divided as follow: ‘Capital Traction Co. _$17.606,000; shington Railway & Electric Co., $"&012,700; Washington Rapid Transit Coy, $766,574; Potomac Electric Power Co., $25,523.000; Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos., $14.459,- | 612, and Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co., $14,107,000. Of these the traction companies em- ploy 3,084 persons at an aggregate sal- ary of $5,096,777. The electric and gas concerns employ 2,512 persons on a pay roll of $2,160,320. The telephone | 2512 persons at an aggregate pay of | $2.160,320. ° i business here gives employment to | | er of six children, was brought to Gal- | performed angd according to Dr. Edgar | These two prisoners at the District which saved the life of a young mether at Gallinger Hospit: jail volunteered for blood transfusion: , in a critical condi. tion following the birth of a child who died later. Left to right: Philip Manson and { Edward Taylor. PRISONERS OFFER BLOOD FOR WOMAN Two Men in District Jail Save Life of Young Mother at Gallinger: ‘The story of how a young mother was saved from death at childbirth through the sacrifices of two prisoners at the District Jail was revealed at Gallinger | Hospital today, where the woman is now convalescing and on the road to com- plete recovery, although the baby, a boy, died a few minutes after birth. Mrs. Lulu Branson, 26-year-old moth- linger Hospital early yesterday morn- | ing in a critical condition. Shortly after | her admission to the institution, hospital | physicians decided the only way to save | the young mother was by blood trans- fusions. The call for volunteers was immedi- | ately sent out and when word reached | the District Jail, which adjoins the | hospital, two prisoners. Phillip Manson and Edward Taylor, offered their blood to save the woman. The men were taken to the hospital and after their blood tests proved them acceptable, submitted to the ordeal. Three transfusions were A. Bocock, superintendent of the hospi- | tal, the mother, who would otherwise have succumbed, was saved. Mrs. Branson, who came to this city a short time ago with her husband and family from Charles Town, W. Va., lives at 1513 D street southeast. Her hus- band, Fred Branson, is empioyed by the Carey Ice Cream Co. JURY EXONERATES DRIVER | DESPITE TWO OFFICERS | Testimony of Policemen Accuses Him of Driving While Drunk and Without Permit. Despite the adverse testimony of two policemen, a Police Court jury yester- day exonerated Wilmer M. Dowell, 1800 block of Third street, of charges of driving while drunk and operating without a permit. Dowell was arrested last June at Eighth and I streets by Policeman F. A, Carr of the first precinct and M. A. Rainey of the park police. The charges which he faced were placed against him after he had been stopped by the officers while driving in the wrong di- rection on a onc-way street. The officers testified that Dowell's permit had been revoked on February 21 and that he was under the influence of intoxicants when arrested. Dowell testified that he was a pas- senger in the car and that the driver jumped out and ran when he saw the officers, He was represented by Michael | J. Lane. | Bank clearances in 1928, the survey shows, totaled $1435,725,602, as com- | pared with $1.385,897.426 in 1927, or an | increase of $49,828,176. | Educational Facilities. | Reviewing the National Capital’s ed- ! ucational facilities, the trade body | shows there,are 166 public schools and | 70 private schools for children of public school age. Besides these the report lists | 6 universities, 12 colleges, 13 women’s seminaries, 8 secondary or preparatory | schools, 5 schools of mcdern languages, | —Star Staff Photo. GRAND JURY T0 GET RUM RING CHARGES Herbert Glassmar} and 11 Others Are Accused on Liquor Counts. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Harold W. Orcutt, expect to lay before the grand jury Monday, the evidence in support ‘of the Government's case against Herbert Glassman, garage owner, and 11 alleged associates against whom a warrant was issued yesterday by United States Commissioner Turn- | age, charging a conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. The purpose of the prosecutors is to ! have the matter under consideration by the grand jury when the time comes for a hearing before the commissioner, which is scheduled for next Thursday. By this means, the Government wil escape the necessity of disclosing its case in advance of a report from the grand jury. Deputy United’ States marshals and members of the police liquor squad to= day continued their search for the re- maining four accused persons named in the warrant issued yesterday by United States Commissioner Turnage against Glassman and the others, charging a conspiracy to violate the national pro- hibition act. The arrest last night of Harvey ©O'Connor and his release on a bond of $2,500 for a hearing next Thursday be- fore United States Commissioner Tur- nage makes his eighth of the accused to be piaced under bond. Six of the accused, including - Glassman and his brother David, were waiting to surrender be fore the ink was dry on the comm sioner'’s warrant. Alton Cissel, de- scribed in the warrant as Oney Cissel, was arrested yesterday afternoon and released on $2,500 bail. Assistant U. S. Attorney Harold W. Orcutt, who is in charge of the Gov- ernment’s case, expressed the belief that some_of the four remaining accused would be in custody before nightfall. Those still being sought are Julius sanders. Robert C. Jones, Francis J. Paxton and Jacob Miller. DOWN-RIVER TRIP GIVEN FOR DISABLED VETERANS Musle, refreshments and entertain- ment were furnished 150 disabled vet- erans of Walter' Reed Hospital last ight, when the George Walter McCoy Unit of the American Women's Legion transported the soldiers in busses to the General Rucker and played hosts to the veterans on a trip down the Potomac beyond Fort Humphreys. A section of the Marine Band furnished the music and a number of show people from local theaters furnished the en- tertainment. Among the guests of the legion were Maj. Patch, commandant at Fort Wash- ington, and his aide, Capt. Conway; Judge and Mrs. Robert E. Mattingly, Clyde B. Stovell and Dr. and Mrs. W. Cline. [3 RARE WORK OF ART TO BE EXHIBITED 10 schools of commercial art and de- '’ signing, 9 schools of dramatics and ex- | pression, 4 accountancy schools, 4! schools of music and 4 special schools | for blind, deaf and the underprivileged. | Commenting on municipal maintas nance, the Board of Trade declares in | its survey that “Washington has no | bonded indebtedness—it is on a pay-as- ‘ you-go basis. All appropriations are | approved by Congress, pass through the | appropriations committees of both ! Thouses, are approved by the director ! of the Budget and the President of the | United States and undergo the usunl) procedure of all national-legislation in addition to the scrutiny of other offi- 01115 " Continuing, the survey points | out that while Washington's tax rate | is $1.70, it is the second highest pcr* capita tax in the country. The Fed- eral Government pays $9,000,000 an- | nually, or about 22 per cent of the en- | tire cost, toward the upkeep of the city. Commenting upon Washington as a| convention city, the survey points out ' that 150 organizations met in Wash- | ington during the ‘past year, bringing to the city a total of 120,000 delegates, who spert an estimated total of $4,000, 000 here. A fully equipped “conventio: bureau” is maintained, the survey de- clares, through the co-cperation of the Hotel Men’s Association, the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, the; ‘Washington Board of Trade, the Wash- ington Chamber of Cominerce and the “Washington Real Estate Board, Miss Dorotts Souuson with the three-eighths-inch emerald on which is | carved a bust of Queen Victeria, and C. Clausd, the ownes. —Star Staff Photo. LEGION TO BALLOT ON COMMANDER AT TONIGHT'S SESSION dreau Are Nominated by Veterans. COL. DICKSON DECLINES GHAPLAIN’S ‘RACE’ PART Charles Knight and Dr. B. C. Mc- Neill Are Named as Opponents for Vice Leader's Post. With the arduoys task of nominat- ing officers completed at the second session of the eleventh annual con- vention in the Wilson Normal School last night, the District of Columbia Départment, American Legion, will close with the adoption of resolutions and election of officers at the final !is- sion in the school tonight. ‘The business session last evening was followed=by a dance in the Arcadia, where the Legionnaires were the guests of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association, and temporarily laid aside “politics” and other con- vention ‘“‘worries.” Tonight, the delegates will choose petween Maj. L. E. Atkins of Costello Post, Assistant Engineer Commissioner tof the District, and Norman Landreau of Cooley-McCullough Post, a lawyer, for the position of department com- mander. The two are the only nominees for the position. Again Debate Procedure. Preceding the nomination, the dele- gates again engaged in lengthy debate over whether the election of officers should precede all other convention business, immediately following nomina- | tion—the same question that was argued at length on the opening night of the convention—but finally proceeded with the nomination without action. Unless a special resolution is adopted to change the order of the convention program, resolutions will be the next order of business at the opening of the final session tonight, with the election and installation of officers coming afterward. Charles W. Knight of Victory Post and Dr. B. C. McNeill of Lincoln Post were nominated for the position of first vice commander. Earl J. Brown of the John M. Beauchesne Post. and Dr. Joseph M. Heller of Press Club Post were placed in nomination for the position of second vice commander. Mrs. Lucille Allan of the U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post and J. J. Orlosky of Sergt. Jasper Post were mnominated for third vice commander. Rev. Howard L. Snyder of George Washing- ton Post became the sole nominee for | the position of department chaplain; when the chaplain incumbent, Thomas J. Dickson declined nomination, office.” Delagates Are Nominated. Delegates and alternates to the com- | ing national convention of the American Legion also were nominated, nine of | each to be elected. Maj. Atkins and Mr. Landreau, the 4wo nominees for department com- mander; Howard S. Fisk of George | Washington Post, the department ad- jutant; Mrs. Lucilie Allan of Jacob Jones | Post; Miss Emily J. Carey, the third | vice commander of the department;: Dr. T. E. Jones of the Walker Post; J. Thad Baker, Sergt. Jasper Post; Thomas J. | Frailey, Sergt. Jasper Post; Maj. Gen. | Amos A. Fries, United States Army, re- tired, Press Ciub Post; Joseph J. Idler, Edward Douglas White Post; Forest F. | first vice commander of the department, |and Eugene A. Cosicllo, George E. Killeen Post. Those nominated for alternates fol- Tow: ; Charles J. Painter, George Washing- ton Post; Nathan J. Cosel. George ‘Washington Post: Miss Winifred Nichols, Jane A. Delano Post; C. E. Minter, Vi tory Post; William Opitz, Victory Post Clyde B. Stovall, Kenneth S. Nash Pos! warren E. Miller, Stuart Walcott Post; E. L. Marthill, Sergeant Jasper Post; Ed- | gar F. Fitch, Lincoln Post; Dr. T. E. Jones, | Walker Post; Richard Seelye Jones, Na- tional Press Club Post; Hugh B. Marsh, | Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post; E. E. Almond, James Reese Europe Post; Mrs. Mary Esther Kolhos, Jacob Jones | Post, and Theodore Cogswell of the Au- gustus P. Gardner Post. - Wood Makes Report. Dept. Comdr. Harlan Wood read ex- which were distributed among Legion- naires. He called especial attention to the increase in the membership of the department from 2,780 to 4,201, during the past year and told of various Legion activities. A report on Legion relief work was made by Charles Kohen, chairman of the department relief com- mittee. The Leglon was urged to strive for ad- ditional facilities for hospitalization of veterans and for adequate national de- fense in an address by Gen. Albert L. | Cox, chairman of the Legion committee on national defense and past department commander of the American Legion of North Carolina, At the dance in the Arcadia, an ad- dress of welcome was delivered by A. B. Carty, chairman of the reception com- mittee for the Columbia Heights Busi- | ness Men’s Association, with response | 3y Dept. Comdr. Wood. Maj. E. H. Hale, | chairmag of the Legion reception com- mittee, also delivered a brief address and introduced the department officers to the assemblage. A concert was rendered * by the Elks Boys’ Band prior to the be- sinning of demcing. Announcement was made at last night’s meeting that Lincoln Post had won the prize for having the largest per- centage of membership of any Legion Post in the parade Wednesday night. The committee of judges had been un- able to ascertain the winner until after Wednesday night's meeting, hence the nostponement of the announcement un- til Jast night, It was also announced that William Snellenburg, 3311 Four- tecnth street, had won first prize for the rierchant having the best decorated indow during the parade Wednesday night. | TALKS TO KI.WANIS CLUB. Russell Kent, Press Representative, Discusses News Gathering. Experiences in interviewing prominent uersons were related by Russell Kent, writer and president of National Press Club, in an address at a luncheon of the Washington Kiwanis Club 4n the tiotel Washington yesterday. Knowledge of subject matter, én which one wiches 7 talk when securing an interview, was 2scribed as being vitally important. James B. Evans, chairman of the anis club's orthopedie and welfare ittee, asked the members to have s rs at Camp Good Will next ‘Tuesday, to bring the final 150 children at the camp back to their homes. Maj. Atkins and Norman Lan-' Col. | declaring he believed in “rotation in/ Those nominated for delegates are: | Bartl, Lafayette Post; Thomas D. Walsh, cerpts from his annual report, copies of | In this dilapidated old home in Georgetown Miss Blanche Magruder secreted her savings. She is now a patient in the Home for the Aged and Infirm. Police have arrested sik colored out of the house. persons on A search revealed $400 hidden in a suit case and other smaller sums behind pictures on the wall. | a report that they were slipping in and | —Star Staff Photo. 4,002,000 BUYS WASHINGTON BLDG. Struqture Is Sold at Auction to Firm of Boston Invest- ment Bankers. | | i i | | The Washington Building, which | | failed under its original financial plan, | based on an appraised value reported to | | approximate $6,000,000, was sold at auc- | | tion yesterday afternoon to Lindsey | Hooper, representing Hooper, Kimball & | Williams, Boston investment bankers, | | with’a winning bid of $4,005,000. » The monumental 10-story office strue- | ture, located in the financial section of | | Washington, fronting on New York ave- ing the United States Treasury, was sold under an order of District Supreme Court following complicated and lengthy litigation, and guill is subject to court action. The auction sale, conducted by Ver- non G. Owen of Thomas J. Owen & Son, auctioneers, before a gathering of more than 200 real estate men, bankers and other interested parties, is subject to ratification by court, and there are appeals fending. before District Court of Appeals from the decision of Dis- trict Supreme Court. Sold “Free and Clear” by Order. By order of Justice Gordon of the local Supreme Court the property was sold “free and clear” of all encum- brances, but.appeals were sought by the Peoples Drug Stores, which has a lease for a large ground-floor space, and by Parker-Bridget, department store con- cern, which contracted to open a cloth- ing store on the first floor. The winning bid was above the cur- rent assessed value placed on the prop- erty by the District government, which totals $3.624,960 for both land -and building, but was lower thah the total of the two outstanding trusts against the property, amounting to $4,100,000. The land occupied by ‘the building, which comprises an area of 22,358 square feet, is ars>ssed at $2,124,960 and the building at $1,500,000. ‘There were but two bids for the prop- erty made yesterday after Mr. Owen had given full description of the prop- erty and the terms of the sale. The first was for $4,000,000, made by Wil- liam Merrick Parker, Washington attor- ney, who said he represented out-of- town interests, which he declined to identify. - One-third to Be in Cash. After considerable delay and exhorta- tions by Mr. Owen that bidders were { offered their “last chance” to make a higher bid, Mr. Hooper raised the bid $5,000. Rinally, the property was knocked down at that price. One-third of the purchase price is to be paid in cash and the balance in two equal instaliments in one and two years. Mr. Owen announced that the build- ing was sold free of all leases to present tenants except for about a dozen which were made by the trustees, Harold E. Doyle of the Thomas J. Fisher Co. and Andrew B. Duvall, and which were ap- proved by the court. ‘The Peoples Drug Store lease and that for the Parker-Bridget Co. were not included in this list. o The action causing the auction sale was brought by the Liberty Trust Co. of Boston, trustees under the second mort- gage of $800,000. The National Shaw- mut Bank of Boston is trustee under the first trust of $3,300,000. ‘There is outstanding against the property a claim of $196,297 by James Stewart & Cv,, the building firm, which was placed ahead of other claims, ex- cept the first and second trusts, by the decree of District Supreme Court. Also there is an outstanding stock issue said to amount to 18,311 in preferred shares and 24,050 in common shares, having no par value. PLANS INSPECTION TRIP. By the Assoclated Press. Commissioner Rhoads of the Bureau of Indian Affairs left here today for New Mexico, where he will spend a month studying conditions on the Na- vajo and Ppebla reservations. | union has 280 members. FIREMEN PLAN OUTING. | International Brotherhood Will| ~ Gather at Chesareake Beach. Four hundred members and friends| of Local Union, No. 63, International Brotherhood of Firemen, Water Ten- ders and Oilers, are expected to visit | Chesapeake Beach tomorrow on the' annual outing of the organization. The | The outing committe is composed of William H. Murphy, chairman; John R. Hartley and Lee F. De Chierry. Officers of the union are William H. Murphy, president; Will Robinson, first vice president; Fred Perry, second vice pres- ident; Albert Smith, third vice presi- dent; Joe King, recording secretary; N. A James, financial secretary and busi- ness agent, and John R. Hartley, treasurer. ECREATION PLANS \Playground Conference of | Interested Agencies Is Started. ‘The playground and recreational con- | ference, called at the suggestion of the | | National Capital Park and Planning | Commission with a view to co-ordi- nating the various activities having to ! do with the purchase of recreational property and adiinistration of those | areas, is meeting this afternoon, With District and other officials participating. A report on the playground program of the National Capital, written by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, the commission’s | city planner, formed the basis of dis- cussion. < A permanent organization to care for the future playground needs of the Dis- trict and to insure unified action, is the hope of those sponsoring the confer- :xrlce. Participating in the deliberations e Maj. L. E. Atkins, assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District, who plays a leading part in land purchases; Capt. E. N. Chisolm, the commission’s en- gineer; Jessie La Salle, acting superin- tendent of the Board of Education; Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, superintendent of the District'’s playgrounds; E. Hardy, senior engineer in the office of Maj. Brehon Somervell, District en- gineer for the War Department for the Washington area, who has jurisdiction over the reservoirs; Fred G. Coldren, administrative officer of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, who conducts land purchase operations for the commission; Miss Clara W. Her- bert, assistant librarian of the Public Library, taking the fnnce of Dr. George F. Bowerman, the librarian, who is on his vacation, and Mr. Eliot. ‘The proposal has been put forward to utilize the concrete tops of the city's reservoirs for tennis playing and other recreational purposes, and this and a number of other topics are on the agenda. The question of smaller play- grounds for young children, to be ad- ministered from a larger recreational center, likewise will receive attention during the conference, which was called to order at 2:30 o'clock. WOMAN SUES DENTIST. Alleging a_permanent injury to her Jjawbone as the result of the extraction of a tooth, Florence E. Brown, 7 street northeast, today filed suit to recover $50,000 damages from Ira E. Biggs, a dentist, 514 H street north- east. August 15, 1927, she says, she en- gaged the services of the dentist and he extracted a tootn and failed to tell her that her gums and jawbone had been injured. The jawbone became infect- ed and decayed, she states, and she has been put to great expense in an effort to be healed. She is repre- sented by Attorneys George H. Happ and Charles F. Sanford. Trio Play Tag in “Undies,” Policeman “Tags” One, Resulting in Drunken Charge A waning harvest moon gleamed on the housetops and filtered down through the trees to Nineteenth street at an early hour this morning, while in- habitants of the neighborhood slept peacefully under the protection of Po- liceman J. L. Rochford of the third precinet, who patrols the vicinity. Swinging his nightstick, the officer walked slowly down N street and turn- ed into Nineteenth street. His stroll was interrupted when he observed three fig- ures partially clad in white, engaged in a game of tag and running to and fro across the street, A second glance and Rochford ob- served that the figures were clad in un- derwear, so he entered into the play, and soon tagged one of the ints. The others sought diversion in - other flelds, but Robert Q. Hodge, 27, of the 1900 block of N street was taken to the third precinct station and charged with being drunk and disorderly. secured $15 collateral, which ted for his release. He was unable to leave the precinct until Roch- o presented him with a raincoat. forfeited the collateral and did not face Judge Robert E. Mattingly 11 PERSONS HURT | by an automobile near Benning road A | apartment building, to prevent the put- INAUTO ACCIDENTS Six Children Are Among Vic- | tims in Traffic Mishaps. | None Hurt Seriously. Eleven persons, six of them children, were injured yesterday in traffic acci- | dents in and near Washington. | Two were hure when the automobile | of Russell J. Nicely, Rutherford, N. J., | collided with a motor truck at Thirtieth street and Bladensburg road northeast. Those injured were Russell J. Nicely, jr. and Clara M. Casazza, both passen- gers in the New Jersey machine. Their injuries were slight. Helen Lanham. 9, of 1223 G street southeast, ran into the street near her home and was knocked down by the automobile of Raymond G. Reeves, 808 G street southeast. She was treated at Casualty Hospital for a fractured ankle. Evelyn Heinecke, 18, of Riverdale, Md.. is in an undertermined condition at Providence Hospital. She was struck and Morse street northeast. 3-Year-0ld Boy Hurt. Three-year-old Paul E. Geerling, 2508 ‘Twenty-second street northeast, was knocked down on the street near his home by the automobile of William | Smith, 1725 Seventeenth street. He | was treated at Children’s Hospital for | minor injurie Paul Ramsey, 10, of 4531 Canal road. was struck down in front of his home yesterday by the automobile of Clay M. White, McLean, Va. He was not seri- | ously hurt. g Eight-year-old Nathaniél Brannum, colored, 306 New Hampshire avenue, was injured by the automobile of Cleve- land Bell, colored, 2002 Green court, while on the street near his home early last evening. He was treated at Emer- gency Hospital by Dr. J. E. McLain. Patrick A. Sugrue, 2814 Thirty-ninth street, was driver of an automobile | that struck and knocked down John | Armstrong, 53, of 73 Garfield street, Cherrydale, Va., at Fifth and E streets about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Armstrong was treated at Garfield Hos- pital for injuries to his scalp and body. ‘Woman Hit by Auto. Mrs. Helen Cohen, 25, of 3731 Ninth street, was struck by the automobile of Charles L. Pilzer, 4402 Sixteenth street, at New Hampshire and Georgia | avenues about 8:30 o'clock last night. She was given first aid a* Garfield Hos- pital and taken home. ‘Two colored persons, Martha Johnson, 28, of 213 Lynn avenue, Brafjtwood. Md., and Ollie Holland, 30, of Bladens- | burg, Md., were treated at Emergency Hospital shortly after 1 o'clock this morning for bruises and lacerations, having been injured in a traffic acci- dent on the Southern Maryland road about 3 miles from the District line. Neither was seriously hurt. WOMEN SUE i’U.R RIGHT TO SELL APARTMENT Ask Court to Prevent Owners From Blocking Transfer of Co- operative Property. Bernice Swan and Florence H. Far- ber, owners of apartment 104 in the Rutland Courts, a co-operative apart- ment at Seventeenth and Riggs ‘street, today asked the District Supreme Court for an injunction against the officers and board of directors of the tiug into execution of an amendment to the by-laws which will prevent them from selling their apartment. i ‘They had arranged to sell to Agnes Keating, ‘'who is said to own seven other apartments in the building, but say the board declined to take action on their application for approval of the sale and passed an amendment to prevent the ownership by any one per- son of more than 300 shares of the stock of the company. The ownership of their apartment by Mrs. Keating would make her holding greater than the figure fixed by the new amendment, it is stated. h Attorneys Jeffords & Dut: ton and W. Edward Leedy, the plain- tiffs say the Td was without au. thority to make the amendment after the offer of sale had been submitted to it for ication. Named as defendants” are: The Rut- land Court Owners, Inc.; George A. Lamasure, president; Willlam G. Hill, secretary; Agnes Keating, treasurer, and other members of the board. Asks Police to Recover Ring. Mrs.” Edith Drakeley, 613 H street, has appealed to the police to make an 400 HOARD FOUND BY POLICE IN HOME OF SPINSTER HERE Woman Had Been Recluse Until Moved to Home for -Aged and Infirm. SIX PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR INVADING PROPERTY Miss Blanche Magruder Resided in House Which Is Now Falling to Pieces. Miss Blanche Magruder, once known as “Fair, the Golden Hair,” because of her beauty, lived the life of a recluse in her dilapidated, tax-encumbered | dwelling at 1304 Thirty-fifth street until circumstances intervened, with the re- sult that she was sent to the Home for the Aged and Infirm and subsequent investigation uncovered a modest treas- ure trove in her Georgetown residence. Last Summer she was overcome by the heat while on one of her rare ven- tures into the street and was sent to Georgetown Hospital, then Gallinger, and' finally the District Home. The building was left much as it had been during its occupancy—blinds ! drawn, doors barred and slowly falling to pieces. The first persons to cross the threshold after Miss Magruder had gone were intruders slipping quietly in and out under cover of the darkness. ix Are Arrested. Neighbors noticed their presence and notified police, who posted a guard there. Early yesterday they arrested six colored people, said to have been caught on the premises. Police were informed that the in- vaders were looking for money, which neighborhood rumor said had been con- cealed on the place. Miss Magruder was known to be of an acquisitive nature, while she exercised such e» | treme domestic thrift that there were although fons to her times when she went hung: neighbors had brought prov. door. _ The officers made a search of the place and uncovered some $400 in gold coin and currency tightly wrapped in newspapers and secreted in a suit case they found in a bureau drawer. Searching further, they found other small amounts of money, lodged behind the pictures on the walls. Put Money Away. At the Home for the Aged and In- firm this morning, Miss Magruder, who is listed as 76 years old, said she had put the money away for “safe keeping.” but declined to disclose if she had lefs { other sums about the house. A published report that $40,000 was rumored hidden in a back yard well at the house was denied by Miss Ma- gruder, a denial which police were in- clined to credit. particularly in view of the fact that there is no well on the premises. The elderly spinster has long been familiar to Georgetown. She was born in th> house and passed her entire life there. In her youth Miss Magruder was called “Fair, the Golden Hair, cause of her beauty, and the name was later used by children of the community to taunt her when she emerged on the street. She lived with three spinster sisters, the last of whom died some six and or seven years ago. Used Front Window. One eccentricity of Miss Magruder's which gave rise to considerable specu- lation in the neighborhood was her habit of coming in and going out & front window in preference to the door. The old house, a sagging two-story frame affair, exhibits blistering paint and cracked and broken shingles. The windows are tightly shuttered and the doors pock-marked by th> stones thrown by enerations of Georgetown who liked to sce Miss Magruder protrude her head from a window to upbraid them. Inside, police found the furnishings falling to pieces. A few tables, chairs and an ancient grand piano on the ground floor were almost in ruins, while the upstairs bedrooms were in no better Tepair. Although doctors have been unable to determine what is the matter with her, Miss Magruder has been bedridden since she was removed from her home. be- Expects to Go Home. She said today that she expects to go home again when ‘She is wel, and ex- pressed hes sorrow at the turn of events which led others to meddle in her af- fairs. She declined to reveal to au- thorities of the home if there ix any more money in the place, although they questioned her in the hope of ob- taining information that might enable them to safeguard her property. The colored people being held at No. 7 precinct for investigation of allegations. that they entnered the premises are Ellen Davis, 18, 3261 Scott street; H. Robinson, 17, of the same address: James Lee, 20, 927 T street: Thomas Alonzo, 17, 3224 Prospect avenue; Wil- liam Brown, 22, 3229 Prospect aveaue, and Herman Slater, 23, of an unknown address, After searching the premises, police securely boarded the doors and windows and notified some distant relatives of Miss Magruder here, in the event they wished to take steps to safeguard her interests. e LOS ANGELES IS TAKING FLIGHT TO NEW ENGLAND Navy Dirigible Scheduled to Re- turn to Lakehurst This Evening. ‘The Nav, big dirigible, Los Angeles, is on a trainjng flight in New England which will take in the north shore of Massachusetts, the Navy Department was advised today in official dispatches. ‘The craft left her hanger at Lakehurst, N. J., yesterday afternoon at about 5:15 o'clock and is headed for New Hamp- shire. Shortly after 5 o'clock this morning she reported that she was over Manchester, N. H.- The dirigible’s schedule during the day calls for her appearance over New- buryport, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Fitchburg, Gardner, Worcester, Marl- boro, ton, Lynn, Salem, Gloucester and Brockton, in Massachusetts; Nashua, N. H, and Providence and Newport, R. I She is due to réturn to her hangar in Lakehurst about 6:30 this evening. Declines to Be Candidate. MOBILE, Ala., August 16 (#).—A. H. effort recover her wedding ring, which disappeared from her home dyr- ing the past 3 days. A diamond ring, wrist watch and two strings of pearls also were stolen. Mrs. Drakeley valued the stolenjewelry. at $175. . Carmichael, attcrney of Tuscumbia, will not be a candidate for governor in the next election, according to information recelved here today. He made this for- mal declarclion in a signed statement. .