Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today, possibly showers and cooler tonight; tomorrow” cloudy and cooler. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 80 at 4 pm. yesterday: lowest. 63 at 8 a.m. yesterday. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone Full report on page 7. he Swunday No. 1,280— No. 31,197, Entered as second glass matter vost office, Washington, D. C. MPHERSON PROBE ENDS TOMORROW: OTHER WITNESSES MAY BE SUMMONED Assistant District Attorney Collins May Recall Hushand ! of Dead Woman; Doctor May Also Testify. GRAND JURY TO MAKE Taxi Driver Denies Statement He Saw Man Leave Window While Policeman Robert J. Allen, who has conducted a single-handed investigation of the McPherson death mystery, was seeking a taxicab driver who he belleves took a man from the Park Lane Apartment about 2 am. the morning Mrs. McPher- son is believed to have died, an- other taxi driver was brought to,. police headquarters last nigint after he is said to have declared that he “saw a man juMip out | | the window.” 2 One of the most” important pieces of evidef@e offered by Allen is that~he saw a man leave the McPherson apartment through tbe window and over the roof of an adjoining building. Questioned at police headquar- ters, the cab driver denied that ad made the statement. REPORT OF FINDINGS Dr. Edward A, Gorman, Apartment | Physician, Expressed Opmion‘} That Nurse Might Have Been' Slain; Investigators Must Sift| Maze of Conflfcting Testimony. Compelled to reach a decision in the McPherson death mystery by | midnight Monday, the District| grand jury will meet early tomor- row morning, prepared to hear ad- | ditional witnesses if necessary and | to review the tangled maze of tes- | timony obtained from more than | half a hundred witnesses. | Among the witnesses who may | bring up the rear of the long pro- cession of men and women who | have filed in and out of the jury| chamber are Robert J. McPherson, | husband of the pretty young nurse found garroted more than | a week ago in the Park Lane| Apartments; and Dr. Edward A Gorman, house physician of \hc\ Park Lane, who pronounced the | girl dead shortly after the discov- | ery of her body on Saturday, Sep- ‘ tember 14. Possibility of McPherson's re-| call to the witness stand was ad- | mitted last night by Assistant Dis- | trict Attorney William H. Collins, assisting the grand jury in its in- vestigation of claims that the| nurse was murdered. McPherson | already has testified at length. | It is thought Dr. Gorman may be | asked to testify in view of infor- mation received by The Star last night to the effect that he was| said to have voiced the belief that Mrs. McPherson was murdered. _ | Doctor Is Surprised. Dr. Gorman, when questioned by The Star, indicated surprise that he had not been summoned either by the coro-, ner's jury or the grand jury, but said he had come to the conclusion that| the -authorities did not consider his knowledge of the case important. Dr. Gorman declined last night to| affirm or deny reports that, after ex-| amining the body. he had told friends he believed the girl was murdered. He said he would give any facts in his| possession to the grand jury if sum- moned before that body. Dr. Gorman resides in Alexandria, but maintains an office in an apart- ment on the first floor of the Park Lane. He was called to the death scene immediately after discovery of the body by the husband. “Lieut, Kelly, the coroner and the manager of the Park Lane know I pro- nounced Mrs. McPherson dead” Dr. Gorman said. “When I was not sum- tPoned to appear before the grand jury 2 came to the conclusion that any festimony I might be able to give in the case was not considered important. f didn't volunteer as a witness for that reason.” Another witness, a Miss Chatwick, whose name was mentioned in_an anonymous letter received by Mr. Col- lins, is expected to appear before the grand jury Monday. She is a resident of an apartment near the Park Lane. ‘The grand jury will give further con- sideration tomorrow to the testimony of Garnett M. Frye, taxicab driver, who swore to an affidavit that he had “identified” & man already under in- ‘vestigation in the case as a “fare” he discharged at an alley in the rear of the Park Lane on the night Mrs. Mc- Pherson died. With the affidavit in hand, authori- ties in charge of the investigation be- gan checking up on the driver's state- ments, and made particular inquiry re- garding the record of the movement’s of Frye's cab on the night in question. Milton Dyger, owner of the cab, was quizzed by the jury before adjourn- ment was taken yesterday afternoon until 9:30 tomorrow morning. Already Has Testified. After having spent the better part of four days waiting outside the grand jury room for his turn to appear, young McPherson was questioned at length Friday afternoon and told he need not reappear unless summoned. He was absent from the Court House yester- day. ; Assistant District Attorney Collins faid the young man was spending his! (Continued on Page 5. Cojumn 1.) OTHER COUNTRE TOCONSDER ARMS MacDonald Says Washington Visit Preliminary to Larger Conference. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 28.—Prime Min- ister MacDouald, in a message to th2 national executive of the Labor party prior to his departure for the United States, referred to the forthcoming | disarmament conference at Washington } and said that any agreement !chle\'fdi could only be preliminary to a larger | agreement, which must be reached in conference with the other naval powers “We are not trying to present any | other nation or nations with a fait ac- | compli which they must take or leave, saild Mr. MacDonald’s message, which will be read at the opening of the an- | nual Labor conference next Monday. | “What we are determined to avoid is that the general march forward toward disarmament may be held up in the future, as it has been in the past. while the two great naval powers. ourselves and America, halt by the wayside to argue about their special difficulties. “I think that we can now say that| the kind of agreement necessary to | prevent that is well within reach. and | I go to meet President Hoover in the hope and expectation that the degree | of friendly understanding achieved dut- | ing many weeks of distant correspond- | ence will be strengthened and rendered | closer by a few days of personal con- tact. I also feel. quite irrespective of the particular points we have been dis- cussing, that establishment of such con- | tact is immensely to be desired and that | nothing could be of more value to in- | ternational good will than mutual con- | fidence between the governments of the | United States and Great Britain.” MACDONALD UNDER WAY. Berengaria Puts Out for New York With English Prime Minister and Daughter. By the Associated Press. ABOARD S. S. BERENGARIA, Sep- tember 28.—This vessel tonight was| fairly started upon its voyage to New York, with the important mission of | bearing Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- Donald of Great Britain to personal 4 conferences in America, which he ex- pects to cement the growing under- standing between the two natiens on naval and other matters. His voyage actually begax early to- day at Southampton, where, with his daughter Ishbel and members of his of~ | ficial party, he boarded the liner last: night. A short call was made at Cher- | bourg for other passengers anfl at 4 p.m. the transatlantic voyage was be- gun in & brilliant sunshine, which seemed- to augur well. The voyage of the “peace ship” to the French port was certainly a pacific one with the sea as smooth as the sur- | face of a sheltered lake in a dead calm. | The MacDonald party was naturally the center of attraction, with the whole ship giving itself over to the job of fol- $1,000,000 IN TRUST FOR MRS. LINDBERGH Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow Are Said to Have Established Fund for Daughter. i By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—The Sunday News tomorrow will say that Ambassador and Mrs. Dwight W. Mor- row have established a $1,000,000 trust fund for the benefit of their daughter, Anne, wife of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The Lindberghs, flying as pathfinders for a new- air mail route to South America, were said to know nothing as yet of the trust fund, which Ambassa- dor Morrow created after his return Thursday from & vacation at his Maine home. Members of the Mo fused to discuss the trust fund. LITHUANIA PRESIDENT’S SISTER CREDITED WITH PREMIER’S FAILURE[ Mine. Tubelis Also Held Responsible for Elevating Her Husband to Waldemaras’ Job. -~ ; B3 the Associated Press. ROVNO, Lithuania, September 28.— A blonde, blue-eyed sister of Antanas|had Bmetons, president of Lithuanis, is chédited with having caused the down- a1l of Augustinas Waldemaras, the xrdar. who J;’:fl" thk; ‘premier- 6f the coun week. is she credited with having this, but she also is con- the chief influence in the ele- vatlon of her husband, Jonas Tubelis, former minister of finance, to the pre- n’umhig. it i5 revealed that she inspired spe znti-Waldemaras group in the cab- ory and personally the e'ufl;nwhich resulted in the change in government. Consequently she now is being called “the woman who defeated and suc- The et Suppott. of e & pre L sup) of former - mier was a semi-military soclety known es “The Iron Wolf” and similar in or- Austria. It is led by junior officers of the army and President Smetona tried to win their support. As a 2 matter of fact these junior officers were Kovno on the verg of marching upon to ?epose e president when the lat- ter's sister stepped into the Ire. Madame Tubelis is not X vivacious er- and has able ‘personal charm, coupled with looks, when she took up the uam wflmt out sen! army officers nveer the anti-Waldemaras move- men isited every garrison town in Lithuania, winn converts and planning every move of the pro- jected coup. All this time her husband was in a sanitarium, recuperating from a re- cent illness. Is was only -after the coup was accomplished maras had resii ed that he was slated for the ship. There is, therefore, no nization and tactics “to the black- Em.. of ltaly and the Helmwehr of the ular mind as to is the real mr of the country, ! § B 1 Probe Begins as Rumors i Church for burial. i Drive, Hyattsville. Md. | porter, that he (Lubard) WASHINGTON, INQURY NS ISTERDUS DEATH HIVIS AT ATIAGK D ‘O, REEVES 10 TESTIFY IN SHEARER PROBE TOEXPLAIN STAND Admiral Will Make Statement Spread Into Fatality Sept. 21 in Emergency Hospital. “ACCIDENT” IN PRINCE GEORGES NOT EXPLAINED Cab Driver Sought After Police Find Taxi Damaged as If From Collision. Investigation has been started into the death of Thomas “Chuck" Bur- rougns, 39 years oia, of 606 Tnird street, an employe of “Jimmy's Place,” near the District line on the Bladensburg road, who was brought to Emergency Hospital early on the mofning of Sep- tember 17 with injuries suffered in an alleged automobile accident near Silver Hill, Md. Burroughs died on Septem- ber 21 from pneumonia, the outgrowth of his injuries, N The Star learned that the county authorities have made no investigation of the accident, and only cne officer could be located who had ever heard of it. He started an inquiry yesterday which led him to a Washington garage : in search of a damaged taxicab. ‘The cab was located, and search be- gan for the driver. Frequenters of Maryland gambling houses have heard rumors for a week that Burroughs was | waylaid and beaten. | Relative Is Puzzled. Clarence Burroughs of Falls Church, Va., a brother, declined to discuss the case although another relative declared that “it was funny they didn't’start the investigation before he died.” Burroughs' death was attributed di- rectly to pneumonia and a certificate to that effect was Issued by Coroner Nevitt before his body was taken to Falls Burroughs was taken to the hospi by a man who gave physicians his nam= { as David Lubard, residing on Forest Lubard told the attending physician, Dr. John Marion Baber, according to the doctor's statement Star re- had found Burroughs lying unconscious and bleed- ing off the roadside on the Leonard- town Pike near Silver Hill, Md. Lubard sald he rushed him to the hospital. Patient Is Incoherent. The physiclan said today that after [ Do) treating: Burroughs he questioned him as to how he was injured, and the patient answered soprewhat incoher- en think I was struck by a truck,” and later stated, “I don't know how I was hurt'— The doctor-said he treated the man for fractured ribs. He declared the man's nas€ was bruised, and added that the condition of his clothes and the bruised nose could be taken as signs that the man had been beaten. The doctor said Burroughs said nota- ing to him whatever of having taken part in a fight or any other unusual experience. Dr. Baber rasides ‘at the Monmouth Apartments, 1819 G stree®, and can be reached by phone at Prank- 1in 5630. Hospital index reports show that Burroughs died Saturday, September 21, from pneumonia, which physicians say developed at the hospital. The report states that no inquest was held, and that the body was turned over to an undertaker, whose name was given as C. J. Ives of Clarendon. Resident of Washington. At 606 Third street, where Burroughs lived while in Washington, Mrs. Kath- erine Hazen, who runs a rooming house there, told a Star reporter that the man had lived there with his wife for four months. Mrs. Hazen said that Mrs. Burroughs had told her that her husband (Burroughs) been em- | ployed as a night watchman at James | La Fontaine's pool room near the Dis- trict Line on the Baltimore-Washington Boulevard. - Mrs. Hazen said Burroughs left every night at 8 o'clock and returned about that time every morning. She said the Burroughs had never given them any trouble: that they had always been a “peaceful couple.” Mrs. Hazen said that Mrs. Burroughs now is resting with her brother-in-law at East Falls Church, and that it was atsthat place that the funeral for Bur- roughs was held. Mrs. Burroughs is 4 years old. TODAY’S STAR OemanA::wso—NIi::!.z 'NA::l::ll and reign. District National Guard—Page 20. Sehools and Colleges—Pages 32 and 23. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 23. Parent-Teacher Actlvmu——!’u: 34, Page 38. Fraternities—Page 39. W. C. A. Notes—Page 40. . R. Activities—Page 41. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- Feature: torial s, Review of New Books—] 4. Financial News—Pages s,'o and 7. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Society. News of the Clubs—Page 12. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and- Music. 1In the Motor World—Pages 8, 9 and 10. Aviation Activities—Pages 11 and 12. Veterans of Great War—Page 13. Radio Ne -Pages 14 and 15. Tews—! PART FIVE—$ PAGES. Sports Section. ‘ PART SIX—12 Pages. t | Classified Advertising. Setlal Story, “The Door of Death"— - PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Section.” wfll’fll-m Puzzle—Page 21. GRAVURE SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. = "COLOR SECTION—& PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; ! gation of charges that Shearer had | {of further naval limitation that 1| tween the two naval powers and the on Charge He Desired Arms Parley Failure. INVESTIGATION TO CLOSE BEFORE PREMIER COMES Man Who Attended Geneva Parley Expected to Follow Naval Officer as Witness, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Rear Admiral J. M. Reeves, U. 8. N, | a member of the General Boara of tne Navy, is to appear tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock before the Senate Shearer investigating committee . to make a statement regarding charges tha% he “expressed a hope the naval limitation conference at Geneva in 1927 would not succeed.” Admiral Reeves, who was one of the principal naval experts for this coun- try at the Geneva conference, was re- ferred to by Drew Pearson, & newspa- per correspondent at the Geneva con- ference and now connected with the Baltitmore Sun, as often in the com- pany with Willlam B. Shearer during the ‘conference when Pearson appeared before the Senate committee Thursday. Mr. Pearson testified Admiral Reeves had frequently expressed a hope the| conference would not succeed. ‘The appearance of Admiral Reeves before the committee, according to Senator Shortridge, chairman, will be at the admiral's own request. It had generally been expected that the naval officers whose names have been brought into the testimony would be heard hy[ the committee before the close of the inquiry. | Shearer to Testify. | When the committee took a recess last Thursday until tomorrow, it was| with the understanding that 'Shearer | would be the first witness called Mon- day in the continuation of the investi- been employed by the New York Ship- | building Corporation, the Bethlehem | Shipbuiiding Corporation and the New- | port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation to go to Geneva.to try to /| help block an agreement there, he only change in this Chairhan Shortridge said, woul apearance of Admiral Reeves. cated that the committee did not ex- plfl.'.haldmlrlllnmlke!hnfflh- ment tomorro™, but that Admiral Reeves might be recalled or given another op- rtunity to be heard later, along with other naval men, if there was anything in Shearer's testimony which made it advisable to put Admiral Reeves on the stand again. The aim of the Senate investigating committee will be to wind up the Shearer investigation before Ramsay MacDonald, the British primé minister, arrives in Washington the end of this week. If the inquiry has not been com- pleted by that time it is likely the com- mittee will not resume its hearings un- til after Mr. MacDonald shall have left the country. The British coming to Washington to confer person- ally with the executive head of- the United States Government, Presideut Hoover. Already the two governments, the British and the American, have come 50 near an accord on the question m. | d be the He country is prepared to accept an in- vitation from the British to attend a five-power conference in London in January. President Causes Probe. - ‘The present investigation by the Sen- ate committee is largely an outgrowth of a statement made by President Hoo- ver, calling upon the shipbuilding com- panies to explain their activities at Geneva and instructing the Department of Justice to investigate the matter with a view to determining what, if any, legal steps could be taken by the Govern- ment. ‘The President’s intention clearly was | to make it certain that there should be | no insidious or undercover work at the coming naval conference, seeking to prevent success. The Senate lnvenlg- tion, given widest . publicity in this country and abroad, is calculated (0 make any interest extremely leary of working in opposition to the success of the coming conference, it is said, At the time of the Geneva confer- ence this Government and that of Britain seemed to be wide apart on two questions, one that of naval parity be- total tonnage of cruisers to be allowed. It became clear quite early that the British proposals, less much modi- fied, would not be accepted by tue American delegation or by the Amer!- can Government at home. This was the situation, and there seems no doubt that the conference would have ended as it did, without any agreement being made, whether Mr. Shearer had been hired by the shipbuilding companies or (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) o TURKEY REFUSES PLEA FOR AMERICAN SCHOOL remier is| fered SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, MAN SHOT AFTER ATTAGKONVOMEN Bricks Used as Weapons, But| Only One Woman Is Seriously Hurt. After a colored man with a brick- | bat had injured two women, one of | whom was accompanied by her small | daughter, as they by the H | street and the K street viaducts under | the railroad tracks, near Second street | northeast, early last night, a suspect was shot and captured in a battle with a motor cycle policeman. | Frightened by Screams. Mrs. Anna Boucher of the Penn- | hurst Apartments, 48 H street north- east, walking through the H street via- | duct, was attacked by the thug, who struck heg on the head with a brick. She was not serlously injured, however, | and her screams frightened the man | . She was taken to Sibley Hos- | pital, and after treatment by a staff | sician, was able to return to her e. Shortly afterward, Mrs. Josephine Martin, 1013 Third street northeast, bound on a marketing tour with her daughter Josephine, was assaulted, pre- sumably by the same man, who had | been lurking in the shadows of the K | street viaduct. | Mrs. Martin. was also struck on the | head, but the thug again was fright- ened and fled. She was taken in a machine to Casualty Hospital, where Dr. Phillip Stebbing found she suf- e from lacerations of the head, shock and a possible fracture of the skull. | Policeman Hunts Man. Meanwhile, Motor Cycle Policeman Zeno Wright, attached to the traffic bureau, was dispatched to the scene of the attacks and found a colored man skulking about near Second and K streets northeast. He hailed the man, who then turned on him and struck him in the face with a brick. ‘The officer reports he then pulled his pistol and shot the man twice. both | bullets striking the man in the leg. The suspect, who later identified him- self as Robert Jones, 40, of Dingman court, was treated at Casualty Hos- pital. Later, he was taken to the ninth inct for questioning. He was being eld there last night, pending further investigation. No had been made against the man late last night. OLD RUSS CAPITAL SOVIET PLANE’S GOAL Russian Flyers to eVisit Sitka, Center Under One-Time Imperial Rule. By the Assoclated Press. SEWARD, Alaska, September 28.— Their hazardous flight across the stormy North Pacific Ocean completed, four Russian aviators, en route from cow to New York in the Land of the Soviets rested today for a hop tomor- row to Sitka, capital of Alaska in the days of Russian ownership. Less than 600 miles separated the Russians from the city that was the Alaskan capital until 1900 and which still has many lan ks from the period of Russian occupation. ‘The aviators planned to stop a day or two in Sitka before leaving for Seat- tle. While in Sitka they will visit the old Russian cathedral. built in 1840, and old Russian trading buildings, some Reopening of Institution for Girls Closed in 1927 Had Been Asked by Missions Board. By the Associated Press. BROUSSA, - Turkey, September 28.— The Turkish government has refused the request of the American. Board of Foreign Missions for the reopening here of the American School for Girls, which was closed in 1927 when three of its American . teachers were charged with carrying on Christian mwou u?lyh‘v‘rm untnud to three :“- gmnt in the school more than 100 years old. ‘The aviators arrived yesterday after & dangerous flight from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, completing the journey across the c from Siberia by way of the Aleutian Islands. The Russi: have less than 5,000 ‘ miles -rémaining of lyl&lgo-mlle flight from Moscow to New A naval escort of six planes will greet the Soviets at Seattle, which will be reached or Wednesday. FRENCH DISTANCE ACE’S 'WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN! Star, NAtional 5000 ®) Mea to start immediate delivery. ns_Associated Press. 1929—-140 PAGES. * FIVE Gumdrop “Accident” Report Eeads Youths On Wild Goose Chase Special Dispatch to The Star, WINCHESTER, Va., September 23.—Reports reaching here to- day that three tons of gumdrops had been wrecked along with a | motor truck several miles north | | of here precipitated a foot race | | by a few hundred juveniles equip- | | ped with buckets and sacks intent | | on garnering a Winter's supply of candy. Instead, they found | | three tons of granulated sugar burning with the gum tires and | | other remnants of a truck en | | route from Baltimore to Harrison- burg, Va. A short circuit caused the fire, it was said. | | | BALLOONS SIGHTED IN TROPHY CLASSIC Nine Bags Take-Off in Gor-| don Bennett Rage—U. S. Has Three Entries. GODFREY, T, September 28.— | Five of the nine balloons which started | from St. Louls in the Gordon Bennett | international classic late today, were | sighted here by H. Sattgast, the first at 9:15 pm. Sattgast sighted the balloons with a spot light and was answered. The bags were too far away to make out | is their identity. Godfrey is about 40 miles due north of the starting point. 6 BALLOONISTS OFF. German Bag is First to Take Air| at St. Louis. By the Associated Press, ST. LOUIS, September 28.—The pre- mier balloonists of six nations took off | here today in nine balloons in the | eighteenth annual race for the James | ‘Gordon Bennett Trophy. The first baHoon to take the air was the Stadt Essen, a German entry with | Erich Leimkugel, pilot, and his aid Georg Froebel, in'the basket. ‘The other eight crafts were unleashed at intervals of five minutes. The last balloon cleared the fleld at 4:40 p.m The great bags took off to the ac- companiment of cheers from a vast crowd and the strains of five national anthems, played by a civilian band. ‘The United States was represented by three entries, the Army, the Navy and ;eb-C'o owned by the Goodyear Rub- r Co. Order of Ascension. Following the Stadt Essen, the bal- loons left in this order: Second — Goodyear VIII, United States, Ward T. Van Orman, pilot, and Allan MacCracken, aid. Third—Argentine, D. Eduardo Brad- ley, piot, and Lieut. Prancisco J. Cadavil, aid. Fourth — Denmark, Lieut Schenstrom, pilot, and S. musen, Oeél!e A. U. Ras- Fifth—Barmen, Germany. Dr. Hugo Kaulf, jr., pilot, and Fritz Ebener, aid. Sixth—Beligica, Belgium, Capt. Ernst }‘)e Mllmml, pilot, and Franz Lechar- ler, aid. Seventh—United States Navy, Lieut. T. G. W Settle, pilot, and Lieut. Win- field Bushnell, aid. Eighth—United States Army, Capt. Willlam E Kepner, pilot, and Capt. te, Prance, Georges Pll;.nchet, pllot, and Howard Scholle, Weather Is Ideal. Ideal weather greeted the balloonists as they took off, although the lack Of( wind gave little encouragement, to the | lots who were out for dls'.lnce' records. Meteorological conditions indicated the bags would go almost due north for the greater part of the night and turn in an easterly direction by morning. The bags floated lan'uldl{ into the air, and the low velocity of the wind made it a] . :le that the contestants them ‘heights would over the has won \ ett hy__races, three of them consecutively. He has in every r.h-le‘ since 1912 except year, \ Blanchet is the dean of balloon pilots, made first ascension in 1893 T H 5, i It FE £ : §1.500,000 OPERA HOUSE IS PLANNED Mrs. Wilson-Greene Outlines/ Project Which May Ma- terialize Here in 1930. A modern opera house and music | hall for Washington, which in some re- spects .will rival and even surpass fa- cilities of the Metropolitan of New York, is to be erected during the coming year | on a centrally located site if plans for- mulated after long consideration are| carried to fruition, it was revealed last | night in a statement authorized by Mrs. | Katie Wilson-Greene, who has long | been actively engaged in the manage- ment of theatrical and musical pro-| ductions here. | The project, which it is believed will | add a major improvement to Washirg- ton, will represent an investment of ap- | proximately $1,500,000 for land and| building and is predicated on the sale ;7( boxes in the opera house and stock issue. 3,000 Seating Capacity. Arrangements for the stock sale, the | sole method of financing now contem- plated, have been completed and pre- liminary sketches for the building have been drawn by Maj. George Oakley Totten, jr. prominent Washington architect. The building is to have a seating capacity of 3,000. The stage| is to be the same depth as that of the Metropolitan Opera House, 75 feet, and the proscenium will be 60 feet, 6 feet wider than that of the Metropolitan, it is stated. The site. now in the process of ac- quisition, was not revealed. The project to be placed in the hands of the Washington Music Hall Realty Corpora- tion, which is shortly to be incorporated. Mrs. Wilson-Greene, the prime mover in the enterprise, last night made the following statement of the projected de- velopment: “Consultation with leading architects and specialists in the construction of such buildings has resulted in the prep- eration of plans by one of the leading architects of the country for the opera house and music hall. " The structure will occupy a centrally located and con- veniently accessible site in Northwest Washington and its cost will be reason- able. Including the price of the land, the entire project is to represent an in- vestment of about $1,500,000. Not Too Elaborate. “The building is designed and will be constructed on a scale that is in keep- ing with the part that it is destined to play in the social and cultural life of ‘Washington. It will not be too elabor- ate, but in good taste. Simplicity and grace have been sought in its archi- tecture rather than the gaudy obtru- siveness characteristic of some of our modern theaters. The house will be comfortable, possessing those techni-al arrangements and devices now iacking in any Washington theater available for grand opera, but which are necessary for the accommodation of large oper- atic prodnctions and concert orchestras. At the same time the number of seats audience sufficiently g the price of admission within the reach of all. “The project is to be financed through the sale of 26 shares of preferred stock, ownership of this stock representing ownership of 26 boxes, and througzh issuance of 10,000 shares of common stock, of a par value of $100 each. The sale of the boxes at the prices fixed will approximately cover the cc:t of the building, while enough common stock will be sold to pay for the ground and to meet any deficits arising from con- struction costs over and above the total value of the preferred stock and to raise such additional sums as may be deemed advisable for the creation of a surplus fund. The names of a group of prominent Washingtonians, who will serve as members of the board of directors of the corporation will be anncunced shortly. “Pending the acquisition of all the | N: land chosen for the site of the music CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE HURRICANE LASHES COASTS OF FLORIDA; BAHAMAS HARD HIT; CASUALTIES HEAVY { West Indian Typhoon Passes Over Eastern Keys Into Gulf and Is Moving Toward Fort Meyers and Tampa Area. NASSAU GETS FULL FURY _OF TROPICAL CYCLONE Barricaded Miami Feels Backlash of Storm—Freak Twister Dam- ages Fort Lauderdale—Key West Swept by 70-Mile Wind—Home- stead Is Reported Cut Off. PALM BEACH, Fla., Septem- ber 28 (#.—The Radio Marine Corporation radio station WOE here tonight reported re- ceiving an SOS call from the tanker Garnet Hurlings, which reported that it was aground on Sombrero Key. By the Associated Press. After raking the Bahamas with a destructive three-day lash and buffeting the lower East Coast of Florida with heavy gales, the trop- ical storm last night moved rapid- .y northeastward through the Gulf of Mexico, menacing the Florida | West Coast. This most unusual storm, which had changed its course three times since hovering more than two days over Nassau, the Bahamas capi- tal, apparently will continue a aorthwestward course for 12 hours the Weather Bureau said. 50-Mile Wind. Influence of the storm center was felt last night along the strip of West Coast from Cape Sable t< Fort Myers and Punta Gorda Barometers dropped and wind ve- locities ranging up to 50 miles per hour were reported by Govern ment observers. | Key West, as well as the eastern mainland of Florida, escaped the full fury of the winds that tore Nassau and caused many deaths and enormous property damage. Streets of Key West were littered with minor debris, but the loss was said not to be great. |, Heavy damage was experienced |in the homestead section south of Miami and in neighboring towns but there was no loss of life and but a few persons were injured slightly. Fort Lauderdale, 25 miles north of Miami, had the most unusual blow of all. A freak twister from the ocean tore sev- eral buildings and hurt 16 per- | sons. Tampa in Path. Gales of near-hurricane force were in- | dicated for the section of the West | Coast south of Tampa, while northeast | storm warnings were out for the coast | from Tampa to Pensacola. That the East Coast section might have another spell of wind vas sesn in Weather Bu- reau warnings for southeast storm, | Jupiter to Miami. and southwest storm in the Key West section. | Key West, south of the storm cen- | ter's path, yas buffeted by gales which | reached 60 and 70 miles an hour. | Waters flooded many of the island city's | streets and minor demage was inflicted |on property and trecs. Several boats | were believed to have been sunk in the | harbor. Nothing yet was known of the fate of the Isle of June and the Bahamian, two freighters with 20 men, unreported since they entered Bahaman waters shortly before the storm. Numerous small craft were thrown on the shores. MANY DEATHS REPORTED. Nassau Suffers Severely for Two Days— Barometer Drops fo 27.64. Miami, Fla., September 28 (P).— Many lives were lost and enormous property damage was caused by the tropical hurricane that struck Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, for two days, according to a wireless dispatch received here late today by the Associated Press from its Nassau correspondent, Norman Stratton. ‘The dispatch stated the hurricane was the severest known in Nassau, continu- 151; from 1:30 p.m. Wednesday until Fri- lay. Few houses escaped damage, and stores and churches and shipping suf- fered ‘“very severely,” the message stated. No communication has been estabiished between Nassau and other islands in the Bahama group, and it was feared some of them suffered heavily. 5 ‘The complete message from Stratton read: “Severest hurricane struck Nassau from west 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, pre- ceded by 24-hour gale from west in early stages. Rose very high, flooding road and carrying away seawall and houses. _After seven hours’ blow from ..est and southwest the center was over assau. “Lull four hours. Resumed midnight, (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) {FORMER FRIEND TO ASK PREMIER TO VISIT HUMBLE HOME HERE O By the Assoclated Press. While White House and British em- hassy doors will swing open for Ram- say MacDonald, there is one unofficial dinner invitation from a modest home that also will be tendered him. Daniel Jones, member of the British Labor party, who is not listed in Wash- 's soclal register, says he will of- fer the ler the hospitality of his humble L Jones is a mining engineer now em- ployed by & company, He has | Daniel Jones, Welsh Mining Engineer, Campaigned With ¢ MacDonald Eight Years Ago. been in America four years. Eight years ago he campaigned for and with MacDonald and came to know him. He suspects the premier’s time will be too occupied to sccept his invitatic, but he says he is going to vrite him a note and ask him anyway. “He’d come if he could,” he says. “He's that kind." Jones' home in Wales was 13 miles from Aberafon Division, which Mac- Donaid represented when campaigning for Parliament on the Labor ticket. He now lives with his family in an un- pretent part of the Caj