Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1929, Page 17

-WASHINGTON_ The Sundiy Stare WASHINGTON PLOT 70 SET FIRE TOSTORELAIDTO - HOLD-UP SUSPECTS Two of 3 Held Confess Plan| to Collect Insurance Police Claim. EX-POLICEMAN AND BROTHER ACCUSED | Pair Face Charge of Conspiring to Rob Woman Bookkeeper of $1,500 Pay Roll. An alleged plot to burn a store in a nearby Maryland town to recover in- surance money was unfolded last night, according to police, after prolonged questioning of three men arrested here yesterday in what detectives believe was an attempt to stage s daring hold-up and pay-roll robbery. One of the three 1s a former policeman. Two of the three men arrested, police say, confessed they were llnn.ln%hm burn the store last m\dn&ht, ey sald they expected to claim the insur- ance on the store. The third member of the band has not admitted any con- * nection with the alleged plot to burn the store or the supposed attempt at robbery. He has not been questioned since his arrest, police say. The three men under arrest identify themselves as Max Rubin, ex-police- man; his brother, Benjamin Rubin, and | Hugh Winbery. ‘The two brothers have | been charged with a conspiracy to rob, while wl;gery is being held as a Gov- ernment witness. roll of the Central Auto Works fell ‘The three men were arrested yester- day after an alleged plot to rob Miss Ruth Beuchert, 27, of the $1,500 pay roll of the Central Auto Works, fell through when Winbery “tipped off” the | ce. Miss Beuchert has for the past three years been handling the f‘-y roll of the auto concern, where she is employed as Her father owns the ry Saturday morning, withdraw approximately $1,500 in cash and return to her home, 430 K street, to make up the pay roll. After the pay roll had been made up she carried it through :n alley to the garage, which is at 449 street. According to the confessions police they have obtained, Max Rubin and Winbery planned to slug Miss Beuchert Yesterday morning _as she walked through the alley. Ben Rubin's part, they say, was to furnish information as fo the she was expected to make the fi'lr He was to receive $300 and the of the money was to have been divided between the other. two. After the plans had been made, how- ever, Winbery went to police and gave &ll of his information to them, officials eaid. He said he had been approached ih an employment office several days | Max Rubin, who told him of o’ pRrticipate: * Wibery. wks fo com: cipate. was to com- it the actual robbery, while Max was to wait in an automobile parked near- by, police were told. Miss Beuchart Is Warned. ‘When police learned of the alleged plot they warned Miss Beuchert, and with her made other plans for the de- livery of the pay roll. After the money ‘was in safe keeping, they went into the alley, where they say they found Win- bery and Max Rubin, the latter sitting in the car. Police say a revolver was in the side pocket of the automobile. ‘The two men were arrested at that time, while Béenjamin Rubin was taken into custody later at the garage. Max Rubin, police say, has confessed his part in the plot. They quote him as saying: “We didn't do anything, | though, did we?” The police said Max also told them he was glad the plot was not carried through, as Mi chert “might have been injured. ‘When Headquarters Detective Ben Kuehling, oné of the four detectives ‘who mapped out the plan to entrap the three men, and arrested Max Rubin, he recognized him as his former part- ner while both were detailed at the séventh precinct. Rubin, according to lice records, was dismissed in 1921 lor desertion. Kuehling was assisted by Detectives E. E. Thompson, Thomas Nally and Arthur T. PFihelly. Ruth Beuchert is the youngest mem- ber of her family. She has nine sisters and a brother living. When Theodore | Roosevelt was President, he gave a! party in honor of the Beuchert family, | then the largest in Washington. \ - | BEN EIELSON IN GRIP | OF ARCTIC ICE PACK Pilot and Frank Dorbandt Im- prisoned on Hop to Biberia. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, November 16—Pilots Carl Ben Eielson and Frank Dorbandt | ‘were still stormbound today awaiting! another opportunity to fly to North Cape, Siberia, near which the Swenson | fur-trading ship Nanunk is frozen in the Arctic ice pack. Eielson and Dorbandt each have ‘made one trip to the ship, bringing back to the mainland six men and a fortune in furs. Eielson has been stormbound in the vicinity of Cape Serbge since November 9, while Dorbandt is grounded by unfavorable weather conditions at Teller. Among those aboard the Nanunk,| which will not be released by the ice until next Summer, are Olaf Swenson of Seattle and his daughter erlcn.i who are expected to stay aboard the ship until the last of the fur cargo has | been transferred by air to the mainland of Alaska. This, it was predicted here, might take a month, due to the uncer- tain flying weather. R. 8. Pollister, an agent of the Swen- son Fur Trading Co. returned to the States some time ago. OFFICER DIES IN DRY RAID. Battle With Alabama Moonshiners Results Also Wound for Deputy. ANNISTON, Ala., November 16 (#).— Constable Luther Champion of Calhoun County was shot and killed today when he and two fellow officers engaged in gun battle with moonshiners while raid- ing a still 15 miles from here. s “.tnyr’lhen ) rs were fired upon as they ap- ofim the still. Deputy John White jeader of the raiding party, was not in- Jured. The shooting occ section near the Whites Gap commu- ., Only meager details were avail- | Jewish Community Center Will | Denninberg, ant, a Calhoun County| lr;‘ was wounded when the | ES IN ALLEG TRIANGLE PARKING STUDY S PLANNED Board of Trade Will Gather Data on Situation Caused by Projected Building. Its fight for continuation of Thirteenth street south of Pennsylvania avenue ended, at ‘east temporarily, with pres- entation of its sase to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Washington Board of Trade now lans to undertake a study of automo- gll! parking conditions which will pre- vail in the triangle area of the proposed Government development when the Federal buildings there are completed and occupied. This question is considered of equal importance by the board with that of the handling of traffic in the triangle and the Mall. Twenty-five thousand | employes will be thrown into the com- paratively small district and no ade- | quate provision has yet been made for | the parking of workers’ cars, the board | alleges. The same committee that conducted the fight against the blocking of Thir- teenth street by a Government building is to study the parking question and attempt to find its solution. The group is headed by George V. Graham. HEBREW SOCIETIES TO GIVE MINSTREL Join With Organizations in Presenting Show. The Jewish Community Center will | join with the Young Men's and Young | Women's Hebrew Associations in pre- senting the twelfth annual Y. M. H. | minstrel show at the center the eve- nings of December 8 and 9. Sixty young men and women have been recruited from the three organiza- tions for training by Adlai Mann, di- rector of the show for the last several years, who will act as interlocutor, Two of the four “end men” will be girls, Cecilia Sachs and Frances Plotnick. The others are Nathan Cohen, former Business Jligh School theatrical player, and Herman Oscar. Specialty numbers are planned with | the - following taking part: Hershey Kaplan, Shirley Kolker, Burton Ostrow, Belle Goldenberg, Eugene Kressin, Lee | Siegel, Edith Lazeroff, Louis Litman, Mrs. Katherine Herzberg and Giuseppe Bruno. Other members of the cast include Milton Levy. Louis Meyer, Louis Rosen- | thal. Dora Sadle, Ann Wasserman, Mary | Shulman, Evelyn Hillerson. Rose Wert- | lieb, Shirley Sachs. Ann Minovitz, Wil- bert Yockelson, Frances Levin, Fay Bortnick, Rose Weinstein, Frances | Levin, Sam Steiner, Rose Tutrowsky, | Lavina Wolfman, Sarah Lopatin, Morris Cohen, Minnie Sherman, Sylvia Kaplan, Ann Goodman, Betty Neviasser, Ben Edith _Hurxitz, Dorothy Rabenvetz, Zelda Wolf, Bella Wolf, Goldle Wasserman, Estelle Tennenbaum, Ida Miller, Rose Venezky, Sophie Lubin, Evelyn Corbett, Jean Kruger, Anna Dworkin, Gertrude Feldman, Gertrude Kedan, Gertrude Kruger, Lou Feldman, Jack Slan, Hyman Baker, Max Gotkin, Vert B. Cohen, Sam Seiger, George | Simon, Jennie Aaronstein, Ruth Gold- | berg, Mariam Rosenberg, David Veax, | Joseph Miller, Harold Levy, Joseph Danzansky, Leo Schloss, Eugene Love, Samitel Hoffman and Jacob Goldman. PREPARES FOR DEBATES. | Trinity College Society Begins| Year of Activity. The Trinity College Debating Society | has commenced a year of activity in | both intellectual and social fields. Bev- | eral prelimidary debates were held last month to enable the coach to choose the college team and it is hoped the soclety can begin its intercollegiate de- bates soon after Christmas. The Debating Society will have a tea dance at the Willard Hotel next Sat-| urday. Dancing will be from 4 to 7| o'clock. This is the first dance of the | year. The next will be in February. Auto Collision Fatal. i HARRINGEN, Tex,, November 16 (). —Walter E. Nixon, 40, Missouri Pa- cific engineer, was killed here today when his automobile was struck by one | driven by his own fireman, W. J. Lee. | Nixon was thrown from his car by the | | impact and died a few minutes later. | ington alone, "but that it is urgently| | been commissioned by his government ED HOLD-UP PLOT i Upper right: Hugh Winbery, who told the police of the alleged conspiracy. Upper left: Max Rubin, former pol man, under arrest, and his brother, Benjamin Rubin (lower left), also held. —Star Staff Photos. ARPORT PPEAL MADE BY HITON Gravelly Point Site Is Held| Best Suited for Needs of Capital. | i A plea for an airport for Washington, | situated at Gravelly Point, was made last night in the course of an address broadcast from Station WMAL by Lieut. | Walter Hinton, chairman of the avia- tion committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, who predicted that huge seaplanes will be the prin- cipal mode of air transportation in the future. Lieut. Hinton pointed out that only Gravelly Point, of all the sites for air- ports advocated for the District, could accommodate such planes. He appealed to the entire country to lend its support to Washington in an attempt to ob- tain this valuable adjunct to the city. Would Benefit Nation. An airport would not benefit Wash- ington alone, he declared, but the coun- | try as a whole would profit, since the | i greater portion of the air travel to and | from the District is because of Gov- | ernment business. Lieut. Hinton then reviewed the his- tory of the move to secure an airport for Washington, from introduction in Congress of the Stalker bill last Decem- | ber to the present situation, which, he | said was one of stagnation. “The Chamber of Commerce has been working hard to oil the wheels of Con- gress and to create public interest to accomplish some definite results—be- fore Washington is permanently side- tracked by airline operators and we | lose these valuable air transportation facilities,” he said. Pleads for Aid. “We who live in Washington have no vote and, therefore, cannot obtain legislation without the assistance of the entire country through Representatives and Senators. “T want to urge those listening in to- | night to get in touch with your Sena- tors and Representatives and urge them to pledge their support to sponsor an airport in Washington. “It must be remembered that an air- port in our city does not benefit Wash- | needed by our entire country. By far the largest part of air travel to and from Washington is because of or for Government, business, Thousands of people from all over the country come here every year to visit their offical | Washington ‘and confer with Govern- ment officials, and more thousands ; come here as tourists to see the Capital | of their Nation.” | Painter En Route Here. NEW YORK, November 186, ! (P).— Tade Styka, Polish painter, who has; to paint a portrait of President Hoover, ! arrived today on the Berengaria en! route to Washington. The painting will | be hung in the House of Parliament at | Warsaw, in commemoration of Presi- dent Hoover's post-war activities in Po- and. | !Employed Boys* Brot Organization of an Employed Boys' Brotherhood to promote vocational guid- ance, recreation and a sense of moral and civic responsibility among work- | ing boys of the Capital has been effected by the boys' department of the Young Men'’s Christian Association. Boys employed in all lines of in- dustry, from messenger work to news- paper circulation, will be invited to join the brotherhood and participate in its rogram. The seven objec- severi-fold guide boys into useful and tives are: urred in an isolatec | successful careers, to assist in physical togethers. development, to create a spirit of good fellowship, to create and satisfy a desire for education, to cultivate a religious :‘I‘)’g here tonight, and it was not learned ‘whether the men who shot the officers B were wounded or whether they had been 7 arrested. nature and to encoursge spirit of servire to the home and Officers of the oragniza\ have been Recreation and Moral Responsibility dr to Promote l’lel‘]’lOO elected and a constitution is to be adopted at a meeting Tuesday night at | h{:e X;oyt‘ department of the ¥, 1732 G street. t T:Ide officers are Frank x:Kenl‘u. | president; Robert Schroeder, vice presi- | dent; Aubrey Howell, secretary, and William Fry, treasurer. Recreational, educational, social and | religious facilities of the boys' depart- ment will be’ placed at the disposal of | the brotherhood. Groups of the mem- | bers will be unlls:efl special evenings | for their entertainment and get- | |30 YEARS’ SERVICE | present law. ! the $1.200 annuity. | & short_iliness, will be conductéd here SUNDAY MORNING, RETIREMENT BILL 114 PERSONS SEIZED 10 BE UP EARLY IN NEW SESSION Senator Dale Will Push Meas- ure in Which Interest Over Nation Is Shown. TO BE ELIGIBLE AGE Employes Then Would Get $1,200 Instead of $1,000 Annuity on Retiring. Action by the Senate on the bill to improve the Government employes’ re- tirement system will be sought by Sen- ator Dale, Republican, of Vermont, as soon as possible after the regular ses- sion gets under way next month, the Senator said yesterday. This measure, which was reported favorably to the Senate last May, would rgise the maximum annuity from $1.000 ts $1,200 and would permit workers who have served 30 years to retire at lower age limits than those fixed in the In_connection with this legislation the Senate received yesterday a peti- tion from the Pittsburgh Central Labor Union favoring optional retirement for Government workers after 30 years and ator Dale said he also has received many communica- Wons, indicating the interest in the re- tirement bill. Tariff Bill in Way. During the present special session the Senate has confined itself to considera- tion of the tariff bill, so that there not been an opportunity to take up the retirement bill or any other general legislation. It is Senator Dale’s inten- tion, however, to seek passage of this bill the first time the Senate takes up its_calendar of general business. This is substantially the same bill which passed both House and Senate in the last Congress, but which was not signed by former President Coolidge, necessitating its reintroduction when the new Congress met in special session last April. The Senate civil service com- mittee, of which Senator Dale is chair- man, promptly renewed its favorable report on the measure, and it is now the third bill on the calendar awaiting the regular session. Under the present law all employes, after 15 years of service, are eligible to retire 70. _Under this bill all employes, after 30 years of service, would be eligible to retire at 68, with the incres annuity. 685 for Postal Employes. The present law provides that letter carriers, post office clerks and others in at group are eligible to retire at 65, after 15 years of service, whereas, under the bill, these workers would be eligible at 63 after 30 years of service. Rail- way mail clerks and those in hazardou: work, who are now eligible to retire af 62 after 15 years of service, would be eligible at 60 after 30 years of service under the bill Senator Dale's statement yesterday indicates that the Senate probably will | act on retirement legislation first and send it to the House for approval early in the coming session. | { FUNERAL OF FORMER RESIDENT PLANNED| Rites to Be Held Today for Mrs. Mollie Anderson Haynie, 78 Years Old. Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie An- derson Haynie, 78 years old, former resident of this city, who died at her| home in Sewickley, Pa., Thursday, after in the Nevius funeral parlors this aft- ernoon at 3 o'clock. Reév. Dr. A. 8. Mobray, pastor of Gorsuch M. E. Church, will officiate, assisted by Rev. . Interment will bé in Congres sional Cemetery tomorrow morning. Services were conducted at her .ate home in Sewickley Friday night. Mrs. Haynie left Washington six years ago to live with her daughter, Mrs, W. D. MacKeen, in Sewickley. She was & member of Gorsuch M. E. Church, having maintained her mem- bership there since leaving Washington. She also was a member of the board of the Methodist Home for the Aged in this city at the time of her death. She had been active in the Sewickley M. E. Church since moving to Pennsylvania. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. MacKeen; three sisters, Mrs. Sally Crupper and Mrs. Sue Ott, both of this city, and Mrs. Prank Ellis of Fayette- ville, Ark. She also leaves a.sister-in- | law, Mrs. S. T. Anderson of this city, and four grandchildren. DINNER GIVEN IN MEXICO. Los Angeles Business Men Hosts to Native Gathering. MEXICO CITY, November 16 (#).— Visiting members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce gave a banquet at the Spanish Casino tonight in honor of government officials and local busi- ness men. Ezequiel Padilla, secretary dent Emilio Portes Gil, who was una- ble to attend because of illness. Other speakers were Shannon Cran- dall, president of the Los Angeles cham- ber; Dr. Puig Casauranc, chief of the federal district government; William S. Dawson, United States Consul General, and Felipe Canales, acting secretary of the interior. ‘The music was furnished by the famous pdlice band and police orches- tra. The Los Angeles party, which :umben 150, will entrain tomorrow for ome. ( PLAY TO BE GIVEN. “'0p o’ My Thumb,” American U.| Club Feature Wednesday. | The Dramatic Club of American Uni- | versity will give “'Op o' My Thumb,” Maude Adams’ famous plsy, in the Sun- day school auditorium of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South Wednesday evening. The play will be under the direction of Will Hutchins, professor of dramatic art at e play will be preceded by a 30- minute concert by the well known radio artists, Shannon-Whitman Trio. The trio is'composed' of Grace ‘Shannon, A group of “junior leaders” has been | orunluJ to assist the staff in supervis- ing the increased activities. John Sum- ner is president of the group, Charles community. | Skippon is vice president and Walter) | Hurley is secretary. plano: Kathryne Shannon, cello, and Don Whitman, violin. The program will be the second in & series ‘of monthly concerts by the choir of the chureh of which R. Deane Shure is director of music. NOVEMBER 17, has |man and N. S._ Hodkison, and Pvts. J. of public instruction, spoke for Presi- | & | Hamline M. E. Church Ladies’ Aid | soc 1929—PART 1—SECTION 2. | AS POLICE RENEW DRIVE ON LIQUOR 51 Quarts of Whisky and Fivei Gallons of Wine Are Con- fiscated in Raids. SQUAD FINDS PROPRIETOR UNDER PILE OF CLOTHES i Vice and Precinct Details Active. Search of Hour and Half Is Rewarded. Fourteen persons were arrested, one of them discovered under a clothespile in & closet, and 51 quarts of alleged liquor and 5 gallons of wine seized in a series of raids by the vice and pre- cinet squads yesterday afternoon. The seventh precinct squadron, raid- ing & house in the 3200 block of Pros- pect avenue, searched nearly half an hour for the proprietor, Nordan C. Fairfax, colored, 46, of the above ad- dress before they found him huddled under a pile of clothes in a closet in the rear of the house. Police at first thought they had found a dead man, but Fairfax became very much alive. They charged him with possession of two quarts of whisky and five gallons of wine. During the raid two other men were arrested and charged with possession, They are Ed- ward Harrison, colored, 26, and Clar- ce A. Stewart, 20, both of the above address. The squadron, under com- mand of Lieut. H. R. Lohman, consist- ed of Precinct Detectives F. E. Stro- E. Burke, Stewart. L. D. Phillips and G. M. Customer Walks in, A 70-year-old farmer, Prancis E. Ca- ton of irfax, Va., walked in during the rald by the seventh precinct and attempted to buy a pint of whisky from Detective Stroma: Stroman refused and Caton was held at the precinct as United States witness. ‘While scores of people passed by, not realizing anything unusual was taking place, Sergt. O. J. Letterman conducted a raid and search for more than an hour and a half at 1223 New York avenue this afternoon, and arrested Frank Shore, 48, the proprietor of the automobile and tire establishment at that address and two women, in addi- tion to confiscating more than 15 quarts of alleged liquor. Shore and one of the women, Miss Margaret Money, 40 years old, were charged with illegal possession of liquor and maintaining a nuisance, while the other woman, Miss Ednor Money, said to be a sister of the other, was held as a Government witness. Prescriptions Seized. ‘The search of the ?luce began down- stairs, where the police found a pint of liquor in the back of the tire estab- lishment: three gills concealed in the top of the cash register an dtwo gills in a safe, in addition to 10 liquor pre- scriptions, 9 of which were signed by the same doctor. The physician signing the 9 resides in Virginia. The prescrip- tions are to be turned over to the ggvenue agents for further investiga- jon. Continuing their search on the sec- ond floor and then the third, Sergt. Letterman and his men found a cedar chest containing a number of pints of the liquor on the third floor, and a box, bearing the name of an automobile tire company, containing several other bottles of the alleged liquor: ! Shore and the two women were taken | to No. 1 police station. G. C. McCarran of the liquor squad and R. J. Cox, pre- | cinct agent, aided Sergt. Letterman in | conducting the raid. Shore was under temporary injunc- tion for maintaining a nuisance prior to the raid. “Closed” Sign Displayed. While the raid was in progress, Shore walked calmly to the large glass door of the establishment and turned around metal sign, marked ‘“closed” to face the street. The three raiding officers | were busy conducting the search up- stairs at the time, while one officer had been left to watch downstairs. During a second raid by the police vice squad on premises in the 800 block ? Fourth street, Evelyn West, colored. 2, of the above address was arrested and charged with sale and possession of six quarts of liquor. The squad used & new policeman, working as an under cover man, to make the “buy.” Three 'other ralds by the squad netted | nothing. Chase Through Streets. Following an exciting chase thruogh downtown . streets Detectives R. 8. Mc- Carty .and .Spottswood Gravelly of the third precinct squardron, overtook a whisky laden auto at Pennsylvania avenue and Twentieth streets. Alva Hunter, colored, 2124 Stephens court, was arrested and charged with transportation and possession and for failing to have a District driving license. Four quarts of liquor were seized. Four other occupants of the car were arrested and charged with possession. They are Mrs. Anna Hunter, wife of the driver; John A. Miles and his wife, | Beatrice Miles, and Charles W. Ride- out, all colored. John Miles was later released on $2,000 bond. ‘The fourth precinct squad visited premises in Browns court and arrested George Brown, colored, on a charge of ssion. Detectives N. G. Thayer . J. Barrett confiscated 24 quarts | | BAZAAR TO BE HELD. Society Sponsors Supper. ‘The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Ham- line Methodist Episcopal. Church at Sixteenth and Allison streets, will hold a bazaar and supper in the church Tuesday and Wednesday. The bazaar will be open from 3 to 10 p.m. while the supper will be served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mrs. Frank Welch is general chair- man of the event. She will be assisted Mrs. Orrel Moody, president of the jety; Mrs. E. R. Rochester, Mrs. Frank Reppert, Mrs. John Muirhead and Mrs. Harry James. STROKE KILLS WORKER. Man Dies Soon After Apoplectic . Attack in Office. Herman Schreiner, )lcur‘:u ml.an:r&.lld,} dug at o{ge}:d Hospl rday & few hours a e had boan,t:hn lu’ddcnly ill in the offices of the Big Vein Coal Co. at Blair road # Rit street, where he had n Death was caused by & stroke Ramsey Nevif that effect. apoplexy and Coroner J. tt issued a certificate to LEADERS IN POPULARITY CONTEST | Trio of young women at present top- ping contestants for title of “Miss Fed- | eral Emplo | Upper: Miss Ruby B. Martin and Miss Mary Laughlin. CLERK POPULARIT CONTEST SPRITED “Miss Federal Employe” to Win Title Only After Hard Battle. | “Miss Federal Employe,” whoever she may be, must defeat some likely candi- dates. Although _enthusiastic _balloting of the first week gave Miss Ruby B. Mar- tin, Veterans’ Bureau, the lead in a con- test for that honor, sponsored by the District Federation of Federal Employes’ Unions, early returns brought several other favorites to popular attention. Miss Martin, of 3211 Newark street, lled 137,000 votes; Miss Mary Laugh- lin of 3148 O #treet, Pension Office, was a close second; with 134,500 votes, and just 2,500 further back came Miss Rose Clark, 4843 Kansas avenue, also of the Veterans' Bureau. | The friends pf several other contest- | ants advanced; their favorites well up in the running Native: of Hagerstown. Miss Martin }is secretary and execu- tive clerk to Gi H. Sweet, chief of per- sonnel of the Veterans' Bureau, and a member of the WVeterans' Bureau branch of Local Unior No. 2 of the National Federation of Federal Employes. She | is a native of Hagerstown, Md., and | li\;is!been empldyed at the bureau since; The contest -to pick “Miss Federal | Employee” has” aroused intense inter- | est among Government workers, and virtually all t'wse who have gained standing so rapidly have organized their supporters, much as in a political campaign, with. key workers scattered, so that votes may be obtained in as many quarters as possible, those in charge say. Al wishing to vote may obtain the blamks from any of these workers or at the headquarters of the District Federation, 710 Fourteenth street. b Selection of tixe most popular woman member of the Pederal service is being made in conneclion with a circus-revue scheduled for :cember 5, 6 and 7 at Masonic Auditotium, Thirteenth and H streets. This 15 sponsored by the Dis- trict Federatiors in the interest of its| building fund. : Every features of the tented outdoor | circus that possibly can be crowded into | a_Midwinter showing indoors will be | offered, accordifg to A. J. Oliver, pro- | gram chairman., | Pinal results iwill be given on the | popularity contést at the closing per- formance of the, circus on December 7, | | when the polls, will close at 11 p.m. Elmer C. Hooper is chairman of the c?;'lwn( committee of the District Feder- ation. Complete Standing. ‘The first comblete standing of con- | testants, in the sorder of votes polled, | follows: . { Miss Ruby street, Veterans' Bureau, 137,000. Miss Mary Laughlin, 3148 O street, Pension Office, : Interior Department, 134,500. Miss Rose Clark, 4843 Kansas ave- nue, Veterans’ Bureau, 132,000. Anna M. McNutt, 3700 Massa- chusetts avenue, Post Office Housing Bureau. 128,000. Miss Arline Craig, 5300 Seventh street, General Accounting Office, 128,000. 1 Mrs. Bernadine K. Leaman, 1509 Crit- i tenden street, General Accounting Of- fice, 126.500. ! Miss Bess Miller, 3701 Massachusetts | avenue, loans and currency division, | Treasury Department, 126,000. al | executive L. Martin, 3211 Newark.. VARIED QUESTIONS 10 BE DISCUSSED Four Civic Associations Will Be in Session Tomorrow Night. Compulsory liability *insurance for District automobile owners, a new site | for the Center Market, improved trade | for the Eastern Market, street improve- | ments and the elimination of grade crossings _are among the questions which will be discussed by four cit- izens' associations at meetings tomor- row night in as many parts of the city. In addition to questions of civic bet- terment the Connccticut Avenue Cit- iz'ns’ Association. which will meet in the parish hall of All Souls’ Church, Cathedral avenue and Woodley place, at 8 o'clock, will consider a report of its | committee recommending withdrawal from membership in the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. Time Wasted in Talk. Willlam S. Quinter, president of the | Connecticut Avenue Association: Harry Grove, one of the delegates to the fed. eration, and other members of the ex ecutive committee have charged that the federation “wastes its time in talk” and declared that longer connection with the fedgration is “‘useless.” Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the federation, has charged that the Connecticut avenue delegates have shown little Interest in the affairs of the city, having not even attended a meet- ing of the federation since January, 1927. The whole matter will be aired | before the association and a vote on the | executive committee's recommendation ‘The Lincoln Park Citizens’ Associa- tion at a meeting also at 8 o'clock, in the Bryan School on B street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets southeast, will consider the question of a future site for the Center Market and means by which the Eastern Mar- ket may get some of the trade of the downtown market when the latter is abandoned. Joseph L. Gammell, presi- dent of this association, said yesterday that the question of compulsory insur- ance for all automobile owners who | have had an accident will be brought before the meeting. Takoma Park Topics. Elimination of the railroad grade ! crossing at Chestnut street, street im- | provements and similar matters will come before the Citizens’ Association of Takoma Park in the Takoma branch of the Washington Public Library at 8 o'clock. % SRS e The West End Citizens’ Association, which will meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the Western™ Presbyterian Church, 1911 H street, will consider means by which the vacant lot next to the Grant School, on G street, be- tween Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets, may be acquired as a play- ground. It is exptected that the asso- clation will urge the Board of Education to press for money to purchase this lot. HOLY NAME MEMBERS HEAR SENATOR WALSH Massachusetts Leader Speaks at Blessed Sacrament Church. Senator David I. Walsh of Massa- | chusetts was principal speaker Thurs- day night at a meeting of the Holy Name Society of the Blessed Sacrament Church, at Chevy Chase Circle. Following the address officers were elected as follows: Geo L . Borger, president; John Finch, vice president: Joheph A. Kuhn, secretary-treasurer, and Henry Auth, John Bowling, Richard P. Land and Fred McGidern, delegates. Rev. T. Gibbons Smythe, pastor, an- nounced that the vesper service of the Washington section, Holy Name So- ciety, will be held in January in the BleAssed s‘aclrlmem Church. musical program was ven by George O'Connor, Matt Horn I’l’d Irving Fitzgerald. while a recitation was given by Willlam McNally. . FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. ‘Wife Believes Man Opened Gas Jets Hanging Up Clothes. George B. Jenkins, 48 years old, was found unconscious in the bedroom of his home at 1108 South Caroline ave- nue southeast, last night, overcome from the effects of gas fumes escaping from open jets. He was treated at home by an ambulance surgeon from Casualty Hospital who said his condi- tion was not serious. According to the man's wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins, who discovered him, the jets are believed to have been ac- cidentally turned on when Jenkins hung his clothes on the erd of the Miss Nettie R. Israel, 1423 Harvar street, Treasury, Annex 1, 126,000. Miss Elizabeth - G. Baxter, Seventh K streets, Treasury, Annex 1, 125,000, N Miss Nicie Perfell. 704 Third street, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, | 103,500. ¢ \ Miss Hazel Lidberg. 1301 Massa- chusetts avenue! adjutant general’s | office, War Deparément, 99,500. | Miss Mildred .a Voie, 1407 North! Carolina avenuek northeast, Treasury Department, 96,090. i Miss Gladys 3ywater, 4520 New | Hampshire avenug Bureau of Engraving | and Printing, 88.400. i Miss Loretta COran, surgeon gen- | eral's office, War Department, 41,000. } Mrs. Laura K. Cbx, East Falls Church, Va., United Staids Tariff Commission, | 58 years old. of | 34.600. Miss Katherine R. Roach, 477 E street southwest, Navy Yard,! 21,000. | Mrs. Marie Thomas, 1349 Kenyon street, Veterans' Bureau, 16,000. Miss Katherine B. Bayton, 514 Nine- street, Veterans' Bureau, 12,000. Miss Ruth Taylor, 81 V street, Bu- reau of goreign and Domestic Com- merce, of Commerce, 4 Jets. First Woman in Tax Office Is Honored Upon Retirement Miss Lydie Addison, the first woman to be employed in the tax assessor’s office, retired from the service yesterday. She was given $70 in gold and bouquets of flow- ers by her fellow workers. Tax r William P. Richards made the presentation, Miss Addison came to work in the assessor's office in February, 1901, and has been employed there continuously. .Previous to that she had been in the Dis- trict’s employ, serving in the of- fice of register of wills from 1896 until her a tment in the tax assessor'’s office. Miss Addison reaches the retiremeng age today. for withdrawal probably will be taken. family regard: PAGE 17 APHERSON LIKELY 10 KNOW FATE BY END OF THIS WEEK Grand Jury to Decide Whether He Shall Be Indicted or Re Set Free. CONFLICTING TEST:MONY FORESTALLS PREDICTION Street Car Conductor, Who 'Says He Saw Him, Yet Is to Appear Before Probers. , Robert A. McPherson, jr. in jail on 4 technically faulty murder indictment, will know probably by the end of this week whether he is to be tried under a new indictment or face the world as a free man. With testimony—much of it sharply conflicting—from more than half of the hundred-odd witnesses still to be pre- sented to the grand jury, predictions as to what McPherson's fate will be, varied widely last night. This week there will be witnesses at the grand jury room to testify that the husband of Virginia McPherson, Park | Lane pajama-belt victim, was far from the scene of the tragedy late on the fatal night, and there will be witnesses to contend he was not. Forecast Likely to Err. Whose testimony is to prevail out of the confusing assortment of “facts” ob- tained from the long list of witnesses is something that no one can forecast with corfidence at this stage of the new quiry. New evidence uncovered by Govern- ment investigators after the first grand jury proceeding remains to be offered in the new probe of Washington's strangest death mystery. How much of this evidence, if any, is damaging to the husband and how much, if any, might benefit his case, 1 become known to the jurors within the next few days. It is known the Department of Justice will send before the grand jury probably tomorrow, a recently-discovered witness, Conductor Joseph H. Lewark of the Georgia avenue street car line. Lewark declares he will contradict the testi- mony of those who claim McPherson was not downtown after midnight lof September 12—on the 13th—when his wife met her death in the Park Lane apartments. Medical Experts to Be Quizzed. Among other important Government witnesses yet to be questioned, some of whom may appear tomorrow, are med- ical experts who conducted a second | autopsy on the body of Mrs. McPher- | son a month ago at China Grove, N. C. Heading this group is Dr. Bullitt, pathologist of the Uni Bl s been subpoensed o appesr u n_subpoena: a) | here tomorrow or Tuesday. Surgical examination of the emse failed to verify one physician's opinion | that the skull might have been frac- tured, and disclosed no marks of vio- Filation With & -pejame. pelt knoried lation wi a -pajama It otted around the throat. X-rays were taken of the body and & chemical analysis was made of certain tissues, but the findings in each of these examinations have been kept a secret by the Federal authorities. The air of mystery thus thrown around the supplemental reports has given rise to rumors that ‘“something significant” e ety th < ely the grand jury will ques- tion the medical experts closely sa to the abllity of a woman to tie a cord around her throat and die as did Mrs. McPherson. Alibi Is Studied by Jury. The grand jury is spending much time in considering the alibi offered by McPherson and his relatives and friends. This alibi places him in Petworth at an hour that Conductor Lewark and & taxicab driver assert they saw him in the downtown section. The taxicab driver, Garnett Melvin Frye, testified Friday, presumably to the effect that McPherson hailed him -at Fifteenth streét and New York avenue between 1 and 3 o'clock on the morning of Sep- tember 13 and rode in his cab to an alley in the rear of the Park Lane Seerned upser when upset when from the grand ju Conductor Lewark, a thn.r’sr':z':y- native of Mrs. McPherson’s home State, North Carolina, is scheduled to be ques- tioned tomorrow. He says he will tell the jurors McPherson rode downtown on his street car between midnight and 12:30 o'clock on the night of the tragedy. Lewark states he is positive in his identification because he knows McPherson well when he sees him, hav- ing lved in Petworth in the same neighborhood with him. There can be no mistake as to the day, Lewark ex- plains, because it was his birthday, and he is sure of the hour, because it was the only “owl” tri two weeks. P Records Back Conductor. Records of the Washi n Railwi & Electric Co. support fl‘-‘:‘n’rk’s 5t1t:{ nex&.!:"::nhe m assigned to day duties e, was on special ni dultz on kszpmm:er llzl.l . o 'wark says he will testify McPher- son boarded his car at Upsyhur l'-‘::efi and Illinois avenue about five minutes after midnight and left the car at Ninth and I streets about 25 minutes after 12. The conductor states his n- ger wore a gray hat, similar to me- scribed by the taxicab driver. At that hour McPherson has said he was visiting an aunt in Petworth, en route to the home of his parents, where he retired. The aunt and the parents corroborate the young man'’s statements. Before completing its inquiry, the grand jury may pay a visit to the scene of the death. It is possible they will have McPherson ht from the jail so that' they can hear his story from his own lips. William E. Leahy. sel for the husband, is said to be ready to give his consent to this move. PISTOL SHOT WOUNDS PRESS CLUB PAGE BOY Accidental Discharge of Weapon Held by Clerk at Club Reported by Police. Sam Aronson, 16-year-old page boy at the National Press Club, Fourteenth and F streets, was wounded in the right hand and side late yesterday, wl a R’:nm which police said was in the ds of Anton Ambrose, clerk of the club, was wmdenuu{hdluhnr:ed. he was taken -to ital, and after having dressed, was taken to hhhomel&lm!nflumdhyhb« hysician. His injuries are not as_serious. Ambrose was taken to the firet nve. then released.