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2 ek EXPECT SURPRISE INPANTAGESTRAL Prosecution Intimates It Will Call “Mystery Witness” Today. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 9.—The ution intimated that it would call pr a “mystery witness” today in the stat- utory trial of Alexander Pantages to | corroborate the charge of Euince Pringle, 17-year-old co-ed dancer, that she was the victim of an attack by the wealthy showman. { Testimony of three of the prosecu- tion's principal witnesses already has | been heard by the jury, including that ©f Miss Pringle. The most colorful testimony yet pre- sented at the trial came yesterday, when Louis Fisher, 16-year-old copy boy for aper, took the stand as a surprise prosecution witness. Fisher told the court that on the after- noon of August 9, the date of the al- Jeged attack, he was in the office of William Jobelman, publicity man for Pantages, delivering advertising proofs. Jobelman’s office is almost directly op- posite the “cubby hole” conference room used by Pantages. Boy Heard Screams. “ heard screams,” said young Fisher. “They started and continued one afier the other.” Fisher said he went to the door of the advertising office and saw the Pringle girl trying to pull hersel{ through the narrow door of the room opposite. “I saw a man’s hand around her waist. and his shoulders and hips behind her, but I couldn't see his face,” he con- tinued. 3 At the suggestion of Jobelman Fisher said he then ran rapidly down_the stairs to the street, where he met Fred Taylor Wise. a scenario writer who pre- ceded Fisher on the stand as a State Githeas Wise ran upstairs and I followed him,” said the boy. “What did you see then?” questioned the prosecutor. “I saw Pantages standing in the little room.” Uvon further questioning Fisher said he thought there was some one else in the room with Pantages, but was not sure. Fisher was the last State witness ecalled yesterday. Today the State ex- pected to call W. C. Sale, who entered the theater building when he heard Miss Pringle’s screams and intimations were made that Sale would be followed by a mystery witness. ives Testimony. Wise, who was the object of the most bitter cross-examination of any witness so far in the Pantages trial, testified that he was walking by the theater building shortly after 5 p.m. on August 9 and heard screams. “Help! Help! Help! Save me!” came the cries, Wise testified. He said he retraced hi~ steps to the theater entrance, where a crowd had gathered, then ran up to the mezzanine floor. There, he testified, he saw a girl's hand protruding through the door and almost immediately Willlam L. Gordon, a previous prosecution witness, succeeded in swinging the door open. “Eunice Pringle stumbled out of the door and ran down the stairs,” contin- ued Wise. “When about half way down she fell into the arms of W. C. Sale, who was coming up.” Soon afterward Pantages and another man came out of the door and went to the main offices, on the second floor, said Wise. He started to descend to the street, but met the Pringle girl coming back with a traffic officer. The three proceeded to Pantages’ office. “There he is, the beast, the brute! Don't let him get away,” he testified the Pringle girl said. “Pantages said it was a frame-up and Jjust blackmail,” continued Wise. ! “Oh, don't let him talk like that about | me,” the girl cried, he said. i Cross-Examination Severe. | Wise's cross-examination was lengthy | and hectic. The defense attorneys ! establishing, with other things, that in 1926 he was in the psychopathic ward of the Los Angeles Hospital for obser- ! vation, hospital records were produced | describing him as “mentally sick, but | not dangerously insane.” The defense also established that Wise at one time joined the Navy, suffered a nervous breakdown and was discharged for “constitutional inferiority.” The attack on his mental condition | was combated vigorously by District | Attorney Fitts and Prosecutor Stewart, | who contended that it should be shown that Wise was suffering from mental illness at the time of the alleged attack or is now so suffering. They pro- duced evidence that he had passed entrance examinations for five subjects in Columbia Tniversity, New York. AT U. S. HUNTS CLUES TO OFFICER HERE $54,000 Pay Roll Theft Laid to Lieutenant of the 40th De- stroyer Division. | Department of Justice agents were searching for clues in Washington to- day that would lead to apprehension of Lieut. Charles Musil, Supply Corps, U. 8. N, charged with absconding wm‘l $54.000, alleged to have been taken from the accounts of Destroyer Divisior® 40 of the Scouting Fleet, The lieutenant, who was division pay- master aboard the U. §. 8. Gilmer, has been reforted as “missing” since Sep- tember 40, in advices to the Navy De- partm:nt. Nevy Department records show that Lieut. Musil was born in Illinofs, March 5, 1893, and that he enlisted fn 1911 in the Navy. He served as an enlisted man, paymaster's clerk, and temporary paymaster, on various vessels and shore stations, before entering the Supply Corps as a commissioned officer in Au- gust, 1921. % Lieut. Musil was stationed on the sales board ‘of the Navy Department three years ago. Previous issues of the city directory show that his home was listed in the 1700 block of Pennsylvania < renue. The Navy Department said today no charge of desertion or absence without leave has been filed as yet against Lieut. Musil. At present the officer is officially listed as “missing.” pesieb sy s o NAVY DIRIGIBLE PAYS MIDNIGHT VISIT TO CITY Los Angeles Flies Over National Capital ut Low Altitude With Cabin Lights Aglow. ‘The Navy dirigible Los Angeles paid a midnight visit to the National Capital, flying over the city shortly after 11:30 o'clock last night, with all navigation and cabin lights aglow. The big ship passed over the city at a low altitude and the hum of its five motors was plainly audible in all parts of the ctly. The airship left its home hangar, at Lake hurst, N. J, at 8:30 p.m. yesterday on a routine trainin, flight, ing over New York and Phil~ adelphia before coming here. It was due back at Lakehurst this morning. Earlier yesterday evening an observation e, st with chains of colored lights, flew over the city from Bolling Field. The plane was one of three ich participated in night formation flights last week in conn ith the Army military | | I= | | Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg. | Lower: Senator Alben W. Barkley, TARIF DISPUTE 1 FORUM SUBEE |Senators Vandenburg and ! Barkley to Debate Issue 1 Over Radio. Uppe: The controversy which has arisen between President Hoover and a coali- ticn of Democrats and Republican progressives in the Senate over the flexible provision of the tariff bill will be the subject of addresses delivered by Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg of Michigan and Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky in the National Radio Forum under the auspices of The Star at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Senator Vandenburg, Republican, will support the flexible provisions of the tariff and Senator Barkley, Democratic member of the Senate finance commit- tee, will oppose those provisions. The Democratic-Republican _progressive co- alition of the Senate has stricken those provisions from the pending tariff bal and the contest threatens to imperil the final passage of that measure. Un- der the flexible provisions of the tariff I 'bill, which is similar to those of the existing law, the President is author- ized to increase or reduce by 50 per cent the rate of duty in any tariff schedule after the United States Tariff Commission has investigated and re- ported to him. The opponents of the President in this matter contend that this is a dele- gation of power which should not be made by Congress. They have substi- tuted a plan whereby the Tariff Com- mission_is_instructed to report on a tariff schedule which it has investigated to Congress, leaving that body to deal with it. They have further provided that no amendments to a bill dealing with tariff schedules which are not germane shall be offered during its consideration in Congress. QUADRUPLE SLAYING Were Followed by Unprece- dented Manhunt. By the Associated Press. LAMAR, Colo., October 9.—Recon- struction of a bank robbery and quad- ruple slaying here in May, 1928, which was followed by one of the greatest man hunts in_the history of the West, will open in District Court some time today as George J. Abshier fights for his life before a jury of his peers. . Abshier, one of the three bandits be- ing tried for their part in the robbery, during which A. N. Parrish, president of the First National Bank, and three other men were killed, has pleaded guilty to a charge of murder. The jury, now in the process of selection, to decide whether he is guilty of first or second degree murder. If first degree, the jury must impose a sentence of death or life imprisonment. Five men had been agreed upon as members of the jury at the time court adjourned last night, and District Judge A." L. Hollenbeck hoped the jury box would be filled and the jury sworn in by noon. That would enable the prose- cution to start presentation of testi- mony this afternoon. o 50 MAROONED BY FLOOD ARE TAKEN TO SAFETY Rail Employes sight Many in Trees to Escape Swollen Georgia Streams. By the Assoclated Press. SAVANNAH, Ga. Octotber 9.—Ap- proximately 50 persons, most of them colored, were removed from their homes in the flooded area between Levy and Pritchardville, S. C., yesterday by relief expeditions and taken to points of safety. Members of a party that left here on a special train for the flooded area said on their return that virtually all persons in the section now are safe, although water still was rising near Pritchard- ville. It was said the Savannah River has forced a spillway into New River and the great swamp in South Carolina, inundating a large area. Offers to bring the rescued to Sa weré in most instances refused, and those taken from flooded homes were being cared for by neighboring villagers. ‘Thas relief expedition was arranged after reports by Seaboard Air Line em- ployes yesterday that they had sighted refuges marooned in trees in the Pritch- ardville and Levy sections. p S Bandits Get $3,100 Pay Roll. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 9.—Three men, two of them armed, entered the office of the World Button Co., Inc, yes- terday sand stole $3,100 which Lillian Knobler, cashier, was putting into pay envelopes. Herman Essman, lent of the company, and three clerks were in the office. % CASE NOW ON TRIAL| Bank Robbery and Murders in 1928 | THE KVENING STAK, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1929. REJEGTED SUITOR | STRANGLES GIRL Waits Beside Body for 12 Hours Before Calling Police. (Continued From First Page.) him. They had a few drinks and left the hotel, Dayton sald, with the in- tention of going to another hotel for dinner. He cannot remember, however, where | they went on leaving the Roosevelt, nor where they got the two bottles of liquor they brought back with them late Mon- day night or early Tuesday. Dayton had taken a traveling bag | containing dinner colthes and acces- sories for a short stop when he reg- istered at the hotel. The girl brought no baggage, police said. In explaining why he took along the gun, Dayton said he was a former guard at Leavenworth Penitentiary and had learned there to carry a pistol with him. He denied that he and the girl had been quarreling, or that he antici- pated any trouble with her when he engaged the room. The young man came here about eight months ago irom Kansas City. He had known Miss O'Bonnell for six or seven months, he said. Dayton apparently had gotten a grip on himself when brought to head- quarters. He talked composedly with policemen, and steadily refused to en- tertain the thought of engaging an at- ! torney. He is a well set-up, personable young man, with, dark hair, steady brown eyes and regular, pleasant features. Asks for Cigarettes. { Interviewed by newspaper men in his cell today, he declined to make a state- ment, other than to say he had no need for a lawyer. His first request was for a package of cigarettes and the attend- ance of a priest. He was still dressed in tuxedo trousers, although he had changed to a soft shirt. Lorenzo Jones, colered bellboy in the Roosevelt, was summoned by Dayton to his room about 2:25 a.m. today. When he arrived Dayton told him he had strangled his sweetheart, and asked that the police be called. Jones communicated with William Bowman, house detective, who reported the matter to No. 8 precinct. Pvts. T. B. Morrow and P. A. Schuldz | were sent to the scene in charge of Acting Lieut. W. C. Dalderson. They found Dayton, in custody of Bowman, seated upon the bed beside the body. There was no evidence of a struggle, except that the bathroom was considerably disheveled. _ The body was curiously composed, in view of the violence of the death. | Police found a bloody sheet and pil- low case on the adjoining bed. This bed had been carefully remade, the officer =aid, with the pillowcase turned over to conceal the blood, and the coverlet drawn over the stained sheet. They believe the body was placed in the other bed shortly after death. ‘There were slight bruises upon the throat and scratches about the face, but for the most part the body was un- marked, according to Coroner Nevitt, who was summoned early today. The body was subsequently removed to the Morgue, pending the inquest. Attentions Held Objectionable. Katherine ' O'Donnell, the slain girl's sister, said that Marjorie’s interest in Dayton had only been casual and that obviously she had entertained no serious intentions toward any of her man com- panions. She explained that Dayton met her sister early last July and had called only occasionally after that. She said the young man’s attentions had become more persistent as time went on and that her sister came to regard them as objectionable. When he became im- perious in his attentions, she said, her sister severed her friendship with him. | _ The sister said that later Dayton pre- vailed upon the dead girl to attend a dinner party at Wardman Park Hotel, s he wished her to help entertain friends who were visiting him in Wash- | ington. Katherine O'Donnell said her sister finally consented, and that was | the last time she saw her alive. ! She next heard of Marjories' where- abouts when she was called from bed at 4 o'clock this morning by a telephone call from a reporter, who, to lessen the shock, said her sister had been injured and was at the Roosevelt. She went to the hotel and learned the truth. An uncle of the dead girl, Joseph Bryan of Pittsburgh, is expected here this afternoon to take charge of the arrangements, Born in Pittsburgh. Both sisters were born in Pittsburgh. ‘Their father is John O'Donnell, a well known Pittsburgh newspaper man and former _managing editor of the Pitts- burgh Dispatch. For several years Mar- jorie was woman’s club editor of the Pittsburgh Sun. Both sisters were edu- cated at Ursiline Academy, Pittsburgh. Katherine came to Washington in 1924 and was later joined by Marjorie. Both were employed by the same con- cern. Police say Dayton registered at the Roosevelt as “J. H. and R. C. Burton” when he first secured a room there. fe later told police the girl consented to pass herself off to the hotel manage- ment as his wife, - During the hours between the crime and its discovery, Dayton wrote an in- coherent three-page note on hotel sta- tionery, in which he told of his quar- rels with the girl, his love for her and his determiantion to commit suicide. ‘The note said, in part: “I am going to kill my sweetheart and then myself. * * * I know I love her. * * * Without her love I cannot live. * * * We both have deceived and hurt one another, Now that the ef- fect of the liquor is wearing off, I shall begin drinking again and get up the Dutch courage to kill myself. * * * “She cheated on me, I cheated on her. * * * We both cheated on each other.” i LEADERS URGE SPEED IN AMERICAN SURVEYS Interior and Commerce Secretaries Would Complete Work in 18 Years. By the Assoclated Press. Recommendations to comple- tion of the basic Ameri surveys within 18 g‘“ have been submitted to President Hoover by the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce. ‘Under the present plans, they reported, Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Topographic Survey and Geological Sur- vey would not complete the work for another 80 years. As an instance of the value of thesc accurate surveys, the President said that had adequate maps of the Missis- sippi flood area been available in the last great deluge, it might have been possible to save 100,000 head of cattle which perished. About 43 per cent .of the mapping work has been completed in the last 70 years. Irigoyen Calls Session. By Cable to The Star. asked t ques- Morlgrge Chamber ition - of oll problems, to the tion, the issuance of 500,000, of bonds ot.t.lu N-umn'.‘l‘e of ‘Deputies, the. resources and various LAST AMENDMENT ON TARIFF BILL UP Final Individual Proposal to Delay Fight Expected Be- fore Senate Today. By the Associated Press. The last of the individual amend- ments delaying the start of its long | contest over fariff rates confronted the Senate today with leaders increasingly consclous that less than two monl remains before the special session ends. | The leaders of the Democratic and | independent Republican groups which | have repeatedly stayed the efforts of | the Republican regulars to carry out | President Hoover's wishes in admin- istrative sections of the bill watched | the approach of the final test of their coalition’s strength with increasing op- timism. Republican leaders, on the.other hand, dismissed the latest Democratic-Repub- lican independent victory—scored yes- terday in defeating a committee amend- | ment to authorize manufacturers, pro- ducers, wholesalers, labor, agricultural ' and consumers’ organizations to inter-' vene in customs litigation involving re- appraisals—with a reiteration that the numerous and varied rate issues would break up their ranks. Before the rate schedules could be reached, however, the Senate was called upon to dispose of several other pro- posals and the desire of Senator Thom- as, Democrat, Oklahoma, to have the bill sent back to the finance committee with instructions to limit revision to agricultural rates. The Oklahoman's motion, advanced without the support of his party lead- ers, is similar in intent to a proposal by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, which failed of adoption last Spring by only one vote. Little hope was held out to him, however, that his motion could muster the support given the Idahoan at that time. FALL TRIAL HALTS, WITH DEFENDANT IN BED AFTER COLLAPSE tinued From First Page.) “never live to go through another | Fall Willing to Appear. Despite the defendant's condition this morning, Mr. Hogan said, he had ex- | pressed a willingness to come to court. | His physician, however, refused to| allow him to leave bed. | Mr. Fall was able to attend the first two days of his trial only through the application of drugs. His luncheon yesterday, Mr. Hogan stated, consisted { of a dose of drug and whiskey. The enfeebled man was reported to have spent a restless night and was able to i y when administered an opiate. Fall and Mr. Doheny, the latter | A witness in the trial, spent this morn- ing at his bedside. Justice Hitz, in saying that he would ask Dr. Ruffin to examine the defend- ant for the court, announced that he would instruct him first to get into communication with Mr. Fall's per- | sonal physician. | In view of the turn of events, Jus- tice Hitz asked counsel on both sides | if there were any legal matters in con- | nection with the trial that could be | taken up today. Neither Owen J.! Roberts of Government counsel, mnor Mr. Hogan could think of any. Nor could they make any suggestion to the court as to further procedure in view | of the defendant's absence. . Son-in-law Is Witness. Justice Hitz inquired in a rather solicitous tone whether any of the! seven attorneys engaged in the trial were in need of a physictan. “Oh, we are alright,” replied Willlam E. Leahy of denfense counsel. | “I'll bear that in mind the next time | you ask for a continuance,” the judge smiled as the attorneys joined in a hearty laugh. While it is doubtful whether the trial of Mr. Fall will proceed unless he shows | a decided improvement in his tondi- | tion, his son-in-law, C. C. Chase of Ei | Paso, is waiting to be called as a witness in event it is resumed. After the jury had been excused yes- terday afternoon, Roberts offered evi- dence of leases granted by Fall prior to that given the Doheny Co. Through Ernest K. Hill, secretary to former Sen- ator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin and clerk of the Senate public lands committee, the Government had iden- tified the note Fall gave Doheny for $100,000 which was presented six years ago to the committee by the Californiz oil man. Fall's travel vouchers in 1 . were put in evidence, showing he had left Washington December 1, going to El Paso and returning here January 26, 1922. ‘The Government then called as its next witness, Mr. Chase, but he did not re- spond, having accompanied his father- in-law to his hotel when Fall was ex- cused. From Mr. Chase, the Govern- ment will elicit information bearing upon the transaction in El Paso in- volving the purchasa of the Harris ranch, for which Fall obtained the money from his wealthy oil friend of earlier days. o 9 IN M’PHERSON CASE (Continued From First Page.) China Grove, N. C., where Mrs. Mc- Pherson is buried, to exhume the body of the pretty young nurse for another autopsy. The announcement of the Commis- sioners concerning the District's inves- tigation o fthe accusations against Shel- by and Kelly, is expected before 4 o'clock, although no definite time was indicated at the District Building. The Commissioners, however, are expccted to meet again this afternoon to receive the report from the investigating noard, and the announcement probably will luléuw " orporation Counsel Bride, chairman of the investigating board, flatly de- clined to discuss any phase of the in- quiry. When re, greeted him after 3“;‘13 I\‘.)h“,e ogltl:: o(hComml.sxloner Proc- . Dougherty he raised lXIdNB:Id: his hands “Not a word. Can't talk. chirps . Not a RAYON WORKERS VOTE FOR TENNESSEE STRIKE State Labor Federation Chief Ex-|> ' presses Hope for Peaceful Settle- ment of Differences. By Et{-‘; Associated Press. ZABETHTON, Tenn., October 9. —Paul _Aymon, president of the Ten- nessee Federation of Labor,” announced last night that a count of votes taken the rayon workers’ union. here had wed 1,120 for a strike and 64 against walkout at the American Bember, and Glanzstoff mills. He said he h w‘&nmvno, nd:ulmtd the vote, would le lerences peaceabl wl"ih the tlmnnenra:;L e o nsored last month b plants resulted in a vote overw! mgy against a strike. ecessary official steps to be taken will preclude action on the vote for a week or more, Last Spring a climaxed by wholesale the presence of Na Im- = SCOREBOARD ATTRACTS THOUSANDS FOR SERIES OPENER | o Part of the throng which crowded into Eleventh street yesterday afternoon to witness the first game of the world series as reproduced by The Star's scoreboard. 16TH STREET APARTMENT RENT RETURNS LOW BY COMPARISON Rate Is Found About $2.50 Per Room Per| Month Less, Despite Assessments Over Three Times Higher. Note: This is the fourth of a lower Sixteenth street. BY DON S. “It can't be done! You can't build Sixteenth street and make them pay reasonable returns on the existing high 'M series of articles on the 20ning of The fijth will appear tomorrow. WARREN. apartment houses and hotels on lower assessments and high prices for sites. You can't charge rentals that will bring a fair return on the investment. The assessed values make it impossible.’ —Star Staff Photo. }CHILLY WEATHER GREETS FANS AS CUBS AND A’S MEET IN SECOND GAME __(Continued From First Page) down the left field foul line, his third hit of the series. Taylor was set down on three straight strikes. Malone, who bats left-handed- and pitches with his right, gave the fans a start when he poked a drive to left. However, it was | foul by a few feet, and Pat then suc- | cumbed to strikes. No runs. ; ‘THIRD INNING. | ATHLETICS—Bishop waited out the | full string and then sent a high fly to | Stephenson. Haas, who fanned in the first inning, was set down on a foul to 'Millan. Cochrane, who walked on i his initial appearance, lined a clean single to right. Three balls were called before Malone got over a strike, and This plea was dinned into the ears of the Zoning Commission two and a ' ball four followed on Simmons. Jimmy half years ago by one or more of the organized property owners on Sixteentn street between H street and Scott Circle, and made a forceful and dramatic but un- successful effort to have the zoning there changed to permit business on the thoroughfare. Aside from the postitive declaration that “it can't be done” the study made by The Star of the troublesome ation and future of Sixteenth street sh and, as yet, finally undetermined situ- ows clearly that returns on apartment Foxx picked out one to his liking and sent it soaring over the brick wall in ircnt oi the bleacherites, scoring Coch- rane and Simmons ahgad of him, put- ting the Athletics three runs in the lead | The partisan crowd gave him a big hand as he trotted arcund the bases. Miller fanned. Three runs. CHICAGO—Earnchaw was unable to (LT PROBE NS ATDEATH O FOUR Los Angeles Officials Delve Into Disappearance of Woman Members. — By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 9.—Los An- i geles authorities today attempted to as- | certain_whether four missing women all purported members of the religious ! cult known as “The Divine Order of the Royal Arm of the Great Seal” are dead, and, if so, what caused their deaths and what disposal was made of their bodies. | | The body of 16-year-old Willa Rhoads, described as a priestess of the sect, was found Sunday in a casket under the flooring of a house occupied by her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rhoads, cult members. Inves- tigation of the circumstances of her death and burial has indicated she died of natural causes, but a chemical analy- sis of the body is being made. Members of a colony maintained by the religious order in the Santa Susana hills, north of here, were being ques- tioned regarding the reported deaths of Frances Turner, Harlene Sartoris, Kath- erine Bolz and Addie McGuffin. Inves- tigators say they have evidence to in- dicate the women are dead and are at- templing to learn in what manner they died and where they were buried. Four Are Held in Jail. Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Sartoris were said by investigators probably to have been buried in Ventura, Calif. Mrs. McGuffin, a 66-year-old widow, was re- ported to have left the colony three weeks ago. Police said they could find no trace of her. Mrs. Bolz apparently has been unheard from since 19 Mrs. May Otis Blackburn, head of the cult; her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Angeline Wieland-Rizzio, and Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads were held in the Los Angeles County jail pending completion of the _ |investigation of the reported deaths, the burial of Willa Rhoads and charges of embezzlement made by Clifford Dab- ney. Long Beach, Calif. oil man, and othir cult members against Mrs. Black- burn and Mrs. Wieland-Rizzio. The embezzlement charges against Mrs. Blackburn and-her daughter, the latter identified as a cult priestess, re- cite that they obtained $50.000 from Dabney and others through representa- tions that a book they were to write by | divine order would Teveal by use of “lost measurements,” the whereabout jof all mineral wealth Temaining in tie | earth. { | | Objects to Removing Body. Mrs. Rhoads told police that | foster ‘daughter, Willa. would be 1 rected when the book, “The Sixth Sc was completed, and she objected hy terically to removal of the girl's bo | from beneath the Rhoads' home | Venice, Calif. She said the young wor ,an’s body was not buried until more | than two years after her death on New | Year eve, 1925, but was preserved with ice. end that when finally buried, it was embalmed with spices as in ancient times, in belief that such treatment h: su properties on Sixteenth street are in no wise equal to those cn the many lJeate the plate and McMillan walked | least would interfere with her expected available cheaper-priced sites in other ‘This probably accounts for the fact) that, while new apartments of varied | sizes and character have been erected | at a remarkable numerical rate in other | sections of the city, but few changes | have come to lower Sixteenth street in the past six years in the form of apart- | ment houses, One New Apartment House. | But one new apartment house has| been erected in this section in the past seven years, this being the Greenbrier, | completed in 1922. Then there is also | another apartment structure, formerly a private residence, which was convert- | ed into apartments, this being an apart- ment house in classification though not 2 new building fundamentally. | There are, all told, 13 hotel and apartment structures on this section of | Sixteenth street, 8 of which are classed | as apartment houses. Two of the hotels, the Carlton and the Hay-Adams, were erected in the past six years. Both are of costly types, designed to appeal to the more exclusive type. of guests| than the average. An analysis of rental prices on apart- ments on lower Sixteenth street as compared with those of apartments of | other sections, made for The Star b Alton L. Wells, financial student and statistician, associated with Story &| Co., shows that the average rental per | room in the Sixteenth street buildings, on a necessarily - rough estimate, is somewhat less than the average for apartment space of comparable size in | other sections. The figures, not far| apart, “can be the basis of generaliza- | *ion, it is pointed out, only when the | difference in the assessed values of the sites is considered. The average square foot assessed val- | uation of ground of the Sixteenth s‘trect apartments is found by Mr. Wells' fig- ures, which are taken from official as- | sessment books, to be $13.82. In con-| trast to this the average for the apart- ments in other sections included in this study was found to be $3.79 per juare foot. sqS\nce it is admittedly a difficult thing to make a comparison of rental rates M different apartment buildings, due to difference of location, character of apartment buildings, transportation fa- cilities; nearness to stores, size of apartment rooms, competition of other apartments to the individual buildings considered in the study and other fac- tors, the comparison is but a rough one, though g\(\fin; some indication as to_general conditions. Vglth these elements in mind Mr. Well found the monthly price per room: of apartments on lower Sixteenth street to be $37.50, while for the apart- ments considered in other sections the figure was approximately $40 per room per month. Since the value of apart- ment house sites on lower Sixteenth street as indicated by assessment rec- ords is more than three and a half times the general average for those of other sections, Mr. Wells re- ports, it is a fair conclusion to say that the Sixteenth street apartments certainly are not getting rates com- mensurate with ground values, at least on the basis of the probable returns on apartments in other sections having much lower assessed values for their sites. Table of Rental Rates. A comparison of the range of quoted rental rates on unfurnished apart- ments on lower Sixteenth street and in other sections, so far as is possible under varying conditions prevailing, is given herewith as compiled by Mr. Wells. Where more than one range of average rentals is flven in_the col- umn representing lower Sixteenth buildings or those in other sections the figures indicate different buildings. funtt. 180T, SEEEY Yoo H 3 885 898 S5 g33 832 38 = g H 3 55 31 o ssssssprsessasaceis 83 A, et e a ient of WO h kitchen and bath-shows the following sections of the ci for apartments on Sixteenth street: 1016 Sixteenth street, three rooms, kitchen and bath, $75 to $90; four rooms, kitchen and bath, $100. 1026 Sixteenth street, Presidential Apartments, two rooms and bath, $70; four reoms and bath, $125: five rooms and two baths, $200 to $225. (Fur- nished, $300.) 1107 Sixteenth street, Greenbrier Apartments, two rooms, kitchen and bath, $80 to $90. (Furnished. $120.) 1109 Sixteenth street, two rooms, dinette ana bath, $100. (Furnished, $125.) 1155 Sixteenth street, seven rooms, two baths, $2,500 per vear; 11 rooms, two baths, $3.300 per year. Sixteenth and M streets, Jefferson Apartments, two rooms, kitchen and bath, $130 to $150, furnished and with maid service and linen. 1215 Sixteenth street, two rooms, kitchen and bath (front) $100 (fur- nished, $125); two rooms (rear), $85. Other Apartment Rates. Quoted rental prices on apartments in other sections of the city than lower Sixtcenth are given as follows: Meridian Mansions, Sixteenth street and Crescent place—One room and bath, $30-855 (furnished, $60-$100): two rooms and bath, $85-$135 (fur- nished, $140-$175); three rooms and bath, $125-8180 (furnished, $225): five TOO! and bath, $165-$180; six rooms and two baths, $200-$225; seven rooms and two baths, $255-$305; eight rooms and two baths, $300-$410. Argonne Apartments, Sixteenth and Columbia road—One room, kitchen and bath, $45-$55; bath, $60-$85; three rooms, kitchen and bath, $100-$110. Chastleton, Sixteenth and R _streets —Two rooms, Kitchen and bath, $50- $75 (furnished, with hotel service, $135-$145); one room, for one, $65, for two, $75 (furnished); three room: kitchen and bath, $110-$135 (furnished, :lsg); four rooms, kitchen and bath, 110. 2101 rooms, nine rooms, year. Alban Towers, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues—Two rooms, dinette alcove and bath, $72.50-$80. Fairfax, 2100 Massachusetts avenue— One large room, dinette-kitchen and bath, $80 (furnished); five and seven room suites, furnished. $450. Corcoran Courts, D and Twenty- third streets—One room, kitchen and bath, $37 (furnished, $62.50): three rooms, kitchen and bath, $77.50-$87.50 (furnished, $100). McReynolds, 705 Eighteenth street— One room and bath, $25; two rooms and bath, $35-$45; three rooms and bath, $55-$65: two rooms, kitchen and bath, $90 (furnished). Wistaria Mansions, 1101 Massachu- setts avenue—Two rooms, kitchen and bath, $85; one room, dinette and bath, $52.50; one room, kitchen and bath, $60 (furnished). Connecticut avenue—Seven three baths, $4,000 year; three baths, $5,000 per S ik T | Girl Stenographer Dying of Poison. LOUISVILLE, October 9 (P).—A pretty stenographer from a good family. who had been on the police “missing” roster since Monday morning, was un- consclous at a hospital here today, un- der treatment for poisoning. Relatives and police apparently were at a loss to learn why the young woman, Miss Georgia Hogg. 23, swallowed a drug in a downtown hotel, where she had regis- tered under an assumed name and from where she was taken to the hospital last night. Physicians said she will die. Woman Series Fan Loses Gem at Park; Neighhor Finds It By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 9.—A cost- 1y diamond brooch fell unnoticed from the dress of Mrs. Stanley Fleld as she jostled her way through the crowd at the gate of Wrigley Field to atténd yester- day’s world series ball game. Mrs. Field discovered her loss e e paions A womas In a com) 3 the next box overheard, and asked Mrs. Field what kind of comparisons: Lowgrulflth st. $120. $ 8 Other sections. $135-$145 (Hotel service.) $90 125 130-$150. service.) brooch it was. Mrs. Pleld de- scribed it, and the woman handed her the brooch. Out _of 50,000 persons in the park the brooch had been picked up by one of the within earshot of ‘voice. few TSONs Mrs. p;uld'n on four pitched balis. control, he fanned English, thereby equaling Malone’s strikeout. Hornsby i got 1nto a hole with two strikes and one L and then missed with a swing for th: s d straight strikeout. and his fourth of the series. The count for Wil- son was three and two, and then he zssed up an inside pitch to get his cond base on balls. Cuyler foul two in a row, then looked cver four in a rcw to get a pass and fill the bases. | The crowd was agog as Stephenson came up. Earnshaw's first pitch was so high thet it nearly got away from Cochrane, and Stepherson had to drcp to the 2rcund to aveid being hit by the next me. The A's gathercd around Earn- aw to give him encoursgement. The next one was high and inside. Earn- shaw, however, recovered his equilibrium and got over a pair of stikes, both | called, and with tha next pitch escaped frcm his predicament when Stephenson raised a high fly to Simmons. No runs. ‘WEATHER IS CHILLY. Recovering_his Foot Ball Brand On Tap for Second | Game of Series. By the Associatea Press. CHICAGO, October 9.—Typical foot ball weather with the temperature hov- ering around 50 degrees, was on tap a: the ccnfident Athletics and determined Cubs groomed their forces for the sec- ond world series game at Wrigley Field today. | Connie Mack, the rangy Athletice strategian, who crossed up the Cubs | two rooms, kitchen and | yesterday by semding Howard Ehmke to | the mound for what resulted in hi: great 3-to-1 triumph, sent Earnshaw to the slab to oppose Pat Malone, Mc- Carthy's choice. Only a small group was in line for the bjeacher seats today, in contrast to the thousands who waitéd hours to get he $1 tickets yesterday. Commedians Cut Up. | Entertained by the antics of Nick | Altrock and Al Schacht, the thousands who flocked courageously into the bleachers hours beforé game time hud- | dled together in blankets, coats and | blasts. ‘The foot ball act of the base ball | comedians was the big hit of their | morning overture, particularly Altrock’s persistent efforts to run the wrong way for a touchdown. ; By ncon there were still big empty spaces at either end of the new bleacher sections, in contrast with the capacity jam of opening day. There was no wild rush whatever for the turnstiles, although the attendance was not ex- pected to be much short of the first game figure of 50,740, X ‘The Cubs came to the park early and seemed anything but downhearted as they joked and kidded in the dressing room. ‘What's one game?” shouted Gabby Hartnett, with an echo from the pug- nacious Hack Wilson. “We've come back before after taking a short count, and we will do it again.” Ehmke's Slow One Puzzles. Thanks to the wizardry of Howard Ehmbke, a tall, solemn right-hander with one of the slowest slow balls in base ball, the Athletics will leave tonight for Philadlelphia with no worse than an even break in the first two games of the world series, come what may in the second game today. Ehmke's spectacular 3-to-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the opening game will take high rank with sen- sational pitching performances over the long stretch of world series history. Thrice in serious trouble, the native New Yorker, who is now in business in Philadelphia in the Summer and De- troit in the Winter, hitched up his trousers and pitched just a little slower each time until danger no longer threatened. With no lack of confidence in his support, the pitcher arranged to dis- pose of 13 of the hard-hitting Cubs without assistance from any one but his catcher. The baker's dozen strike- outs set & new record, bettering Ed Walsh’s performance in the 1906 world series, when the White Sox pitcher forced 12 Cubs of another generation to miss third strikes. Mack Crosses Dope. Close-mouthed to the last, Connie when he sent Ehmke out to pitch the opening game. The veteran mentor of the A’s had announced he would keep the identity of his starting pitcher a deep, dark secret until the last minute. It was more than a secret, it tery. ig George Earnshaw, the speedy Bob Grove and the veteran Jack Quinn were to the front in the pre-game speculation with only a scattering i newspapers to keep out the chilling! Mack crossed 99 per cent of the crowd | | resurrection. | _Police chemists were baffied by the embalming process used, in view of the | date of the girl's death as given by the | foster parents. They described the body | as in a remarkable state of preservation, Discovery cf a druggist who remembered cencocting an embalming fluid from a { furmula brought him Mrs. Rhoat three months ago gave rise to a theo: | that Willa’s death may not have oc- curred until recently Mrs. Blackburn told police she was responsible for the unrecorded burial , of the girl, stating that the “Archangels Michael and Gabri~l” had revealed to her that the young woman was to arise. St. Louis Opens Pageant. ST. LOUIS, October 9 (4).—Twenty dluminated floats, depicting the history of St Louis from the days of the mound jers to the bresent, escorted his sterious ty. the Veiled Prophet, h's fifty-first pilgrimage to the city ere last night while crowds estimated 200000 packed the 20-mile line of he Veiled Prophet's ball tonight will the visit of the patriarch, who will preside at the coronation of h's queen of love and beauty and officially open | the social sea: | i | o i thought here and there that Ehmk= { might get the assignment. Ehmke had | pitched only two complete games during the season and his innings of work in the championship campaign totailed ly 25. His appearances on the mound ad been few and far between and he was not even asked to accompany the team on its last invasion of the West. Now that it can be told, it is learned that there was method in his absence. The Phillies. it seems, were entertain- in the championship campaign totaled ing the Cubs about that time and while his playmates were away from home, Ehmke was watching the Cubs in action at_Baker Bowl. When the A's returned home Ehmke was ready with his report of what he “Can you beat them?” Con- nie Mack is understood to have asked the pitcher-scout. - “T can,” was the reply. “You will” was his manager's And that is just what the 0 is called a “broken arm other players. Root Depended on Speed. Charlic Root, the lesing pitcher, the game to make m for # b pinch hitter with o8 <5 three hits scored against him in seven innings, the lone Cou Tz ering drive into the center-field blcach~ ers from the bat of Jimmy FOXx. In contrast to Ehmke's slow, tantaliz- ing side-arm curves, with less than half a dozen fast balls mixed in for the sake of variety, Root depended on a fast ball and a fast curve. Guy Bush, the other Cub pitcher, allowed three hits and two runs, but the runs were not earned, being made possible by two successive errors by Elwood English, Chicago shortstop. Exactly 50,740 spectators paid to see Ehmke stop Rogers Hornsby and Hack Wilson in their tracks, neither of the Cub sluggers getting to base. Wilson made the best bid, crashing a line drive into Ehmke’s side in the ninth with such force that it knocked the pitcher to the ground and produced an ugly bruise. Ehmke, however, took only a short count and was strong at the closing bell. He capped his performance by fanning Charlie Tolson for the last out with the tying run on base. Cochrane Sets Record. It is not vital, but Gordon Cochrane made another world series record when he was credited with 14 putouts in the opening game. After Mr. Mack crossed the ‘alent so thoroughly in his first pitching choice, speculation as to his second nomination was somewhat subdued. There was a tendency, however, to believe that George Earnshaw, his rugged right- handed ace, would be summoned, with ancther George, the left-handed Rube Walberg ready to lend first aid if neces- sary. Lefty Grove was pitching furi- ously in the bullpen when the first game ended, and will rest today. A school of thought favored selection of old Jack Quinn for today on the theory that the tall tactician might wish to slow-ball the Cubs to extinction while they were in the mood, but a majority thought Mack would switch from the hesitation stuff to speed. Pat Malone, the strikeout king of the National League, seemed practically certain to take up the burden for the Cubs, with Hal Carlson, a cool, calcu- lating person' in reserve. Immediately =after the game the players, umpires and camp foli.wers will leave for Philadelphia to resume play in the East Friday. | i