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- Was MITCHELL'S REPLY AS 0 MPHERSON DATAIS EXPECTED Commissioners’ Request Is Made in Behalf of Justice In- volving Shelby and Kelly. MAY CLEAR QUESTION_ OF DESTROYED EVIDENCE Confidential - Nature of Govern- ment's Records Make Accessibil- ity to City Uncertain. Attorney General Mitchell was ex- pected to reply today to the request of the District Commissioners that records of the Bureau of Investigation in the; McPherson strangling case be made available to municipal officials inquir- ing into grand jury criticism of the Detective Bureau. | There was much speculation as to; whether the Department of Justice would grant the request, in view of the fact that files of the Federal Investiga- tion Bureau are regarded as highly confidential. Justice Is Involved. The Commissioners are understood to have told the Attorney General that the cause of justice would be served in the probe of serious accusations against Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, former detective chiefs, if local authorities were permitted to examine the data obtained during Pederal investigation of the Park Lane | y. The Commissioners are of the opinion that the Government records may throw some light on the allegatiors of the July grand jury that important evidence | in flfisn’lngunx case was destroyed with the consent of Lieut. Kelly, then head of the homicide squad. Inspector Shelby, at that time chief of the Detec- tive Bureau, shared in the blame di-. rected at the police. Confers With Cullen. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bu- ! reau of investigation, was in conference | today with Thomas F. Cullen, inspec- | tor in charge of the McPherson inquiry. | At the time Hoover had not received | official word ef the receipt by the At- torney General of the Commissioners’ letter, which lay on the Attorney Gen- eral's desk. It was expected Mitchell would con- gider the letter on his return from to day's cabinet meeting at the White House. Before replying to it he un- doubtedly will confer with Director Hoover. ‘The Federal authorities are said to be reluctant to be drawn into the local controversy over charges that the local police “bungled” their probe of the Park Lane case. They deliberately avoided going into the police situation during their investigation, having beep so instructed at the outset by the Attorney General. Infgrmation Confidential. A serious difficulty in the way of per- mitting examination of the records by the Commissioners or their agents, Maj. Donald A. Davison and W. W. Bride, is the fact that much of the informa- tion contained therein was secured from witnesses with the understanding it would be held in confidence. It is probable the Government would us: of the records as definite | evidence in any proceeding growing out ! of the police inquiry, but might give careful consideration to any proj that would preserve the secrecy of the records and protect the confidences im- posed in the Government by persons who gave information. | Action by the committee. of which | Maj. Davison and Bride are members, | cannot' be taken before next Tuesday. | 1 i | about_three 3’ I’Report of Development of the Washington Cl structures with a small amount of program embodied in the report of the War Department for the Washington i ment of the Washington channel waterfr Further details of the report, just re- lcased by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engineers, after its transmis- sion to Congress, were made available today. These specific recommendations were made by Maj. Somervell in his re- port, which has received the indorse- ment of Gen. Brown and the River and Harbor Board without change: 1. That the waterfront on th enorth side of Washington Channel im- proved as outlined in this report on the pier and slip system without direct railway interchange facilities. 2. That beautification be secured through development of a boulevard along Water street and regular and harmonious treatment of pier and other structures with a small amount of parking or landscaping. Cost to Be Divided. 3. That the cost of the entire project, estimated at $3,691.600, be divided be- tween the Federal Government and the District of Columbia, $2,392,280 for the former and $1,299.320 for the latter. 4. That rentals from waterfront prop- erty be paid into a special fund to pro- vide for its maintenance, the surplus being covered into the Treasury and used to reimburse cost of construction. 5. That rentals be fixed by the Sec- retary of War. 6. That the various holdings of the Treasury Department, District of Co- lumbia and the chief of engineers along the channel be consolidated under the Secretary of War and the improvements intrusted to him, so that the plan can be carried through the water front without break and in orderly econom- ical sequence, provided, however that the improvement of Water street itself | be under the jurisdiction of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia. 7. That the Secretary of War modify the harbor lines in the Washington Channel to conform to this plan. 8. That in view of recent wharf fail- ures an initial appropriation of $533.600 be made to become available July 1, 1927 (fiscal year 1928), subsequent ap- propriations being made in four install- ments in order to complete the develop- ment in five years. ‘The report was submitted to the chief of Army Engineers by Maj. Somervell rs ago and, in conclud- ing, the Distf%t engineer said: Concur on Recommendations. “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the director of public | buildings and public parks of the Na- tional Capital concur in the provisions of this report and the recommendations made therein.” Pointing' out that the report is sub- mitted in accordance with an item re- lating to the Potomac River in a sec- tion of the river and harbor act, ap- proved March 3. 1025, Maj. Somervell Kr’f:dfonh this improvement that is de- sired: “As a means of ascertaining the com- mercial requirements of the Washing- ton channel waterfront and the proper steps to take toward its beautification, numerous conferences were held with Waterfront concerns, property owners, shippers, railroads, steamboat company | officials and navigators, and represen- tatives of citizens’ assocations. Sev- eral semi-public hearings were held which were attended by representa- | tives of the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.. Pilots’ Association, Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- | mission and the Engineer Department of the District of Columbia. A prelim- inary hearing was obtained before the | mmission of Fine Arts of the Na- al Capital Park and Planning it appeared today. Maj. Davison w! be busy with the McCrory explosion | case until Tuesday and Corporation ! Counsel Bride is out of town. | Allen Continues Active. | Robert J. Allen, dismissed policeman, | eontinued his activities in the McPher- | son_ case today by sending to John | Laskey, former special assistant to the | Attorney General, in charge of the case | for the Government, a letter “inviting” | the lawyer to attend Allen's lecture at | the Washington Auditorium = Sunday | night. Allen has annourrced he wiil | discuss “The Inside of the McPherson | ase.” H Ciite letter to Laskey asked why it | was the second grand jury failed to indict Robert A. McPherson, jr., after Laskey had announced he had enough | evidence to bring the husband to iral | on the charge of murdering his wife. “Was it because you made a mis- take in_introducing defense testimony. | a fact that was excoriated on the floor | of the Senate by Senator Blease of South Carolina. and which the public. 8s far as I can learn. thought was un- precedented?” the former policeman inquired. HOOVER'S AID TO TALK- TO REPUBLICAN WOMEN | Walter H. Newton Will Discuss Topic, “Secretary’s Day at White House.” Walter H. Newton, secretary to Pres- ident Hoover, will address the League of Republican Women, meeting at the | Central Y. W.C . A. December 9, on ' the subject of “Secretary’s Day at the | @white House.” The occasion will be) the first dinner meeting of the league’s | season, to which guests will be seated at 6:30. Other speakers include Samuel J. Prescott, chairman of the District Re- blicah State committee, whose sub- ect will be “The District Government,” and Representative Katherine Langley Commission “The first concern of all was for| some plan which wuold eliminate the | heterogeneous assemblage of unsightly | and delapidated structures and provide | in its place an orderly arrangement of | presentable wharf structures. No de- mand for railroad connections was de- veloped. The citizens’ _assoclation of the Washington Channel section in ad- dition states that mne recreation piers .are desired and request that vacant ground be parked until future needs re- quire its utilization. Steamboat in- terests expressed the preference for piers and slips and a grouping together.. of the steamer business. No demand for the creation of a_seaport was de- veloped. District of Columbia officials | desired to retain their present facilities on the Washington Channel. The Commission of Pine Arts indicated pref- erence for a wide Water street with landscaped strips, but no plantings on | the channel side. Partial plans were | tentatively approved. The National | Capital Park and Planning Commission | presented the position of Water street as a link in the boulevard system in the plan of Washington and requested adequate width for future development. | It gave its approval in general to the plans presented in this report.” t Consult Previous Reports. Previous reports and plans are dealt with, starting with that of the Board { of Survey, submitted in 1872, and cov- ; ering all water fronts in the District of Columbia. Other reports, previously | prepared, were those of 1879, submitted by the Secretary of War, covering deep- ening river and improving sanitary | conditions of all water fronts of the District of Columbia; that of the Secre- ; tary of War in 1882, covering the pres- | ent project for deepening and widening | channels of the Potomac River; the Senate report of 1902, containing su gestions for treatment of the commer- cial water front; the 1908 report of the District Commissioners to. the Senate | relating to all water front in the Dis- | trict; the 1916 unofficial plan by the | Office of Public Buildings and Grounde, of Kentucky. Mrs. Porter H. Dale, wife of the Senator from Vermont, will be the guest of honor. Mrs. Virginia White Speel is chair- man of the committee on arrangements, | while Mrs. Frank Mondell, Mrs. Proctor Dougherty, Mrs. Charles Deneen, Mrs, Jacob L. Loose, Mrs. E. A. Harriman and Mrs. Frank Crowther will receive. C. T. BALL, ICE DEALER, PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY Boutheast Resident, 68 Years Old It Found Lifeless When Casualty Hospital Physician Reaches Side. arles T. Ball, 68 years old, who resided at 2231 Chester street southeas: and was in the ice business, died sud- nly this morning while at 1107 Good Hope road southeast, where he kept his Dr. Louis Jimal, resident physician at responded to “nn ‘o extinct. The body was turned over to the ! creation of a lar Casualty Hospital, e cy call and pronounced an undertaker by coroner, death having resul natural causes. direction of ted from containing suggestions for the improve- jment of the Washington Channel | whatves in connection with the p! for the development of Potomac Park on the other side of the channel; the { unofficial report of 1922 by the Board ot | Engineers, River and Harbor to the En- | gineer Commissioner of the District, containing statistics as to aspects of d i velopment of Washington as a pos with especial reference to the Washing. ton Channel, and the 1923 unofficial Wood suggesting plans for the develop ment of Washington Channel. Deals With Trade Future. Dealing with the future of Washing- fon as a commercial center, Maj. Somer- | vell's report has this to say: “The data given seem to point con- | clusively to the fact that Washington is not a commercial and industrial center, that the largest part of the | transport movements are inbound, and that :ich manufacturing as does exist | is_principally for local consumption. What are the factors, if any, which can change present commercial and indus- trial conditions? The discovery of im- 'WATERFRONT BEAUTIFICATION ' “PLANS CALL FOR BOULEVARD Maj. Somervell Provides for Treatment of Pier Structures With Small Amount of Parking. system, with no railway connection provided, the widening of Water street to provide for both local and boulevard traffic, the providing of a bridge at the head of the channel to connect the boulevard with East Potomac Park, the securing of beautification “througn a regular, orderly and harmonious treatment of pier mk}nl landscaping” are contemplated in the ). hington News - WA hannel waterfront on the pier and slip Brehon Somervell, district engineer for "z“' relating to expansion and develop- ont, goods due to the additional power or to an increase in population seem to be the only possibilities. “Washington and vicinity have been thoroughly surveyed and explored and the possibility of the discovery of new resources seems extremely remote, Potential Power Is Estimated. “There exists in the Potomac River a potential sustained supply of hydro- electric power of 180,000 kilowatts in the immediate vicinity of Washington. “This development is still some years in the future, and the increased demand for domestic power and public utilities, railways and so forth will absorb such power to a large extent. Due to the facility with which electric power can now be transported, it seems probable that such of it as is not used for the purposes stated will be transmitted to Baltimore and its adjacent industrial centers rather than used to try to create and build up a new industry in the neighborhood of Washington. “The most logical development of trade here seems to lie in that necessary to provide for the ever-increasing popu- lation of Washington brought about by additional activity throughout the Na- tion with consequent enlargement of governmental agencies and the increas- ing effectiveness of Washington as a residential city. “Some of the necessary requirements for the excessive developments of a port are an adequate channel connecting it to the sea, well sheltered spacious har- bor, good conneotions with the interior by rail and water, adequate terminals, | large local demand and for production, abundant labor, interests and persistent | effort on the part of the inhabitants in connection with port activities, Competition as Port. “It has already been shown that though possessed of many of these nat- | ural advantages, Washington has not developed into a great port. The reason for this has been given, in part, in the discussion of Washington as a commer- clal center. Other potent reasons lie | in the competition of Baltimore and | Norfolk. These cities, developed along commercial lines, have well developed hinterlands, or tributary territory, ade- quate terminals, industrial development and the organization in personnel of the | management of ports.” king to the future and the poten- ; tial effect on Washington of the cos petition of new waterways, Maj. Somer- vell, in his report, says: “The opening or completion of new | waterways could have a decided effect | on Washington. Of such routes, the Atlantic intracoastal waterway is per- haps the only one of importance which | will be placed in operation in the near- future. From the South possible cargoes | would be fruits and vegetables. While ! the possibility exists that fruits may be brought from Florida in refrigerated barges, the probability of such a service being established in Washington in the near future seems extremely remote. | If advisable. why has not such a serv- ice with deep-draft coastwise steamers | been inaugurated? Such a service has | not even been established to New York. Philadelphia and Baltimere, much greater markets than Washington. There undoubtedly will be some produce | received in Washington via this water- | way as it nears completion. but the tonnage at first will be small and the | increase gradual. Tributary Feeders Pointed Out. “In addition to the arficlss now re- ceived from the North and East, the commodities which will reach Washing- ton via this route will be confined prin- cipally to the products of the territories and tributaries to the waterways, most of which are manufactured articles. As a rule high-class freights have not sought inland waterways, but some ton- nage in this direction will undoubtedly | be added tc that now received. “In building up a trade of this sort the necegsities for retaining returned cargoes ¥ of prime importance. It is evident that Washington has little to offer in this regard. “As heretofore stated, there is some future for the route to the West Coast via Panama. There are =0 many fac- tors beside rates that enter into this problem that predictions in regard to this largely are illusory. All that can be definitely stated is that some food- stuffs and some lumber will reach Washington via Panama. “The conclusion is inevitable that the development of commerce in Washing- ton Channel will be almost in direct proportion to the increase in popula- tion of the city, that no radical change in the quantity or type of commodities now carried can be expected and that | provisions of terminal facilities can be made on this basis. Plenty of Space, He Says. “Should, however, the development of ‘Washington Harbor be far more rapid thin now is expected, there still remain large sections of the water front not on ‘Washington Channel that can absorb the increase.” Taking cognizance of the numerous small craft that form a familiar land- mark along the Washington water front, the District engineer says: “The ter- minals as they exist have sufficient | capacity for handling the business now offered. No logical plan for expansion ' or deviopment can be evolved, however, | without a comprehensive treatment of the entire water front, the numerous yachts and small boats cannot be pro- ' vided for without a general rearrange- | ment of facilities, nor can the present | unsightly appearance be improved with- | out replacing most of the present struc- tures.’ Relating the Potomac Park and the boulevard system, Maj. Somervell as- | serts: “The proximity of Potomas Park and the location of one of the links | in the boulevard system along Water street require that the general plan ‘i, architectural treatment and the water- ' front be such as will produce a pleasin, | appearance, which will tend to enhance | the beauty of the park and the at-| tractiveness of the drive along the boule- | vard. Provision must be made for a' service lane to handle the slow, local traffic destined for the wharves and fc: the section of the city adjacent to i for the street car tracks, and for a high speed lane to carry the through traffic. COUPLE CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Joined by friends, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Richards today celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a reception at their home, 7119 Chest- nut street, Takoma Park. Mr. and Mrs. Richards were married in_Springfleld, Tll, on November 29, 1879, and moved to Washington six years later, where Mr. Richards opened { | | | i i | portant natural resources in the im- mediate -vicinity of Washington, the available for industrial enterprise or an increase in the. pi demand _ for a fountain pen and gift shop in the | 1200 block of Pennsylv'l‘nll avenue. He| Mr. Richards is 69, while his cldy wife is 0 yeass 4 {to the county ening Staf SHINGTON; ARLINGTON COUNTY OFFICERSASKED FOR WATER FRONT IDEAS Co-operation of Virginia Au- thorities Is SOught.hy Col. Grant. ANSWER TO QUESTIONS IS WANTED BY DEC. 15 Problems Involving Industrial and Suburban Development Are Brought Up. PR The co-operation of Arlington County, Va., authorities relative to park and | commercial development along the Po- tomac river water front was sought today by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. A series of ques- tions 1is being asked the Arlington County authorities, and an answer to each is desired by December 15, in time for presentation to the Decembér meet- ing of the commission. In a statement today Col. Grant said: “I have asked the United States En- gineer Office, Board of Supervisors of Arlington County, the A1%ngton County Chamber of Commerce and the Zoning Commission to state their views before the next meeting of the National Caj tal Park and Planning Commission as to whether they believe more industrial water front is required for the county than will be left after completion of the park and parking projects which are planned. The same inquiry will be g\!‘d(e of some leading interested resi- ents. Questions Are Listed. “Answers to the following questions are desired by December 15, 1929: ‘1. What industrial development re- quiring access to water transportation can Arlington County count on? ‘2. What total industrial and com- mercial water front should be reserved for such developments in the next 25 years? ““'3. What would be the value to the county of such developments? How will this value be realized? ‘4. What areas can best be reserved for such development; that is, where | can it be located with least detriment to residential values? “*5. Your views are requested as to the relative advantages County offers for industry as compared with suburban residential use. Which use is the more valuable and promising and which, therefore, should be the determining interest?’ " Follows Recent Decision. ‘This action follows a decision recently taken by Col. Grant and Maj. Brehon Somervell, district engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, | after a conference was held incident to | the application for a permit to build a whar{ just north of the Key Bridge st | Rosslyn, Va., filed with the United| States Engineer Office by the Sun Oil | Co. of Philadelphia. Arlington | a | tul D. C.s FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, CLEVERLY EXECUTED SAFE-CRACKING 108 MYSTIFIES POLICE Yeggs Get $1,100 From Candy Store, Leaving No Clues Behind. BELIEVED TO BE WORK OF PROFESSIONAL GROUP Detective Sergeant Reports He Found Doors and Windows Securely Locked. { Gaining entrance to Nunnally’s candy ; store at 1208 F street early today in such skillful manner as to leave no clue as to how they entered, thieves removed | a 400-pound safe from the first floor to the cellar, blew it open with nitroglyc- | erin and robbed it of $1,100. | ‘Their skill in operating, during which they did not leave a single finger print, break a door or window, led Detective Pred Sandberg, finger print expert of the Police Department, and other de- tectives to the belief that the robbery was the work of professional yeggmen —the first to operate in Washington in several years. ‘The lack of clues also precluded any surmise as to the number of men who engaged in the job. The yeggmen overlooked $75 in cur- rency, which had been placed behind a counter in a candy box, several hun- dred dollars in checks and 100 pennies in the safe. They may have left the latter though, it is pointed out, due to thfh- excessive weight for so small a value. Detective Sefgt. E. E. Thompson, who ' conducted an investigation, found the doors and windows of the building securely locked. A “jimmy” and an electric-light gxtension cord were found, but neither of these is regarded as a material clue. ‘The robbery was discovered when Burt Bell, an employe, opened the store this morning at 7:30 o'elock, in pre- paration for teelay’s business. Policeman J. E. Yost reported this mornghg that he and Eck McDermott, night watchman, had made an inspec- tion of Ni 's ‘store and adjoining business establishments sometime dur- ing the early hours of the morning when McDermott remarked that he felt something was going to happen.” Everything was found in order at the time, Yost said. S | | |LIBELING FELLOW EDITOR, CONVICTS TWO IN BERLIN | Accusation of “Abominable | Thoughtfulness and Shocking Un- truthfulness” Charges Bring Fine. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 29.—Accusing fellow editor of “abominable thought- iness and shocking untruthfulness” possessi | whisky in Police Court today, one with The whole question is expected to be | COst the editors of the Deutsche thrashed out at the December meeting of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, which will be called upon to decide the relative importance of parkway and commercial development on the Potomac River water front op- posite Washington. Tentative Plans Outliedn. Tentative plans of the commission call for the development of a riverside boulevard up along the Virginia shore of the Potomac to Great Falls, linking up with the Mount Vernon Highway, now under construction. Spirited op- position has been aroused by the oil company’s request for a permit to build & wharf and bring petroleum prodycts by water to Rosslyn. Landowners adjoining the proposed what! o represented as being favor- able to this project, which is in the path of the proposed riverside drive mapped out by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Maj. Somervell has agreed to withhold ac- tion on the oil company's appligation for a permit until a thorough study of the Arlington County water front sit- uation can be made by his office and commission experts, with the assistance of Col. Grant. Today's action of the executive officer of the commission is in line with the program of having a study completed in time for presenta- tion to the December meeting of the commission. FIRE IN RADIO SHOP. Equipment Estimated at $500 De- stroyed by Blaze. Destroying radio and battery supplies estimated at $500, a fire of unknown origin early today swept the basement of the Associated Service Co. electrical and radio shop at 923 U street. The fire was quickly extinguished by members of Truck Company No. 4 and Engine Companies 7, 9 and 12. | Richterzeitung fines of 300 marks ($72) | each yesterday. Both the defendants, | Herren Reiohert and Bewer, formerly | were connected with the federal su- preme court. Reichert was president of | the court senate and Bewer was a for- | mer judge of the tribunal. The man they were convicted of libeling was Leopold Schwarzschild, publisher of Montag Morgen. The arti- cle to which the two judges took ex-| ception was in ecriticism of a death| | sentence in a murder trial. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH TO BEGIN OBSERVANCE Mission Retreat and Novena will| | Mark Diamond Jubilee of Feast. of Immaculate Conception. A mission retreat and novena com- | | memorating the diamond jubilee of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be held at the Holy Trinity Church, | Thirty-sixth and O _streets, the oldest | | Catholic church in Washington, begin- | | ning tomorrow night and continuing through. December 8. | _ Services will be held each night at, | 7:30 o'clock, with Rev. Eugene T. Ken- nedy, S. J., who recently conducted the annual retreat for the upper classmen | | of Georgetown University, delivering the | | sermons. . —e New Talkie Screen Invented. | A new talking-picture screen that | | may revolutjonize the projection end of the “movie” business has been invented, according to the Popular Mechanics | | Magazine. It is said to be the only re- | flecting, seamless screen that can be | |made in the new width of 40 feet,: {which soon may be the standard size | |used for the showing of sound pic- | tures. Girl Scouts leaving their headquarters, 1825 M street, today to distribute work. field, office secretary.—Star Stafl Photo. | street southwest. LThis would {in fact, happen. 1929. WRECKED SAFE LOOTED BY YEG T e blown out. —=Star Staff Photo. RAIS ON HOLIDAY NET 13 ARRESTS !Nine Charged in Police Court: With Possession of Whisky. ‘Thirteen arrests were made by police for violation of the prohibition law over Thanksgiving. Nine of these per- sons were charged with lon of transporting, another with possession and maintaining a nuisance, while As- sistant United States Attorney James R. Kirkland and David A. Hart re- fused to make out papers against two s, as police failed to obtain search warrants before entering pri- vate quarters. Sergt. George Little, accompanied by | Leo Murray and George Deyoe, made | the largest whisky seizure of the period | n‘hefl they confiscated 270 quarts of iquor, No Arresis Made. No arrest was made in this instance, | as the liquor squad lost a six-block | chase after which two persons aban- | doned the whisky-laden automobile and took to their heels. The chase | took place on Bladensburg road nortl east yesterday after the liquor squad had been “tipped” off that a large load | of whisky was going to be brought into | the District on this road. Kirkland refused to prosecute Mrs. Shirley M. Miller, 25, 1600 block of {'Seventeenth street, the wife of John! “Radio Jack” Miller, who was arrested ‘Wednesday by members of the Letter- man squad. The police were admitted to the Millers' aj ent by Mrs. Miller’s 2-year-old daughter., The as- sistant United States attornéy said as the police had no warrant they had no right to enter the premises. She was | charged with possession and breaking glass, Prosecution Refused. ‘The assistant United States attor- ne{'s‘ office also refused to prosecute Jol R. Wright, 200 block of Third Persons arraigned in court this morning were Frank Clay, first block of O street, also arrested by Sergt. Little’s squad: Katherine Mad den, 2400 block of Nichols avenue south- east; John Byrd, unknown address; J. T. Clark, 1200 block of N street; Frank Rowley, 2200 block of Nichols avenue southeast; Leroy Day, colored, 100 block of M street southeast; J. E. Savoy, col- ored, first block of Gaggs place south- east; Willlam Reynolds, colored, 1700 block of Ninth street; Garther Basker- ville, 1000 block of Rhode Island avenue; Thomas Brown, 900 block of F street. GLIDERS TO CARRY OUTBOARD 'MOTORS Next Summer Expected to Bring| New Machine Out for Sport. Those who have not yet recovered | from being exposed to last Sum-| mer’s crop of outboard motors, which | swarmed every waterway, will not bei expected to receive with good grace the prophecy of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce to the effect that we may soon expect to see gliders equipped with outboard motors. ! In the report it is stated that four fac- | tories in the United States are now en- | gaged in the manufacture of gliders and that these can be obtained in knock-down models, with blue prints: for assembling, at from $100 to $700., bring home constructed fiy- | ing machines for about $200. ‘This would sound more like a threat than a prediction; ®for there is every | reason to believe that such a thing will, We have both the gliders and the motors; it is to be ex- pected that some one will put them to-; gether. What will happen when this takes place we ad-it our inability to predict. We are convinced that we are facing a crisi: L REPUBLICANS PLAN TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN Edgar C. Snyder Designated to Head Memorial Com- mittee. Edgar C. Snyder, U. S. marshal of the District, president of the League of Republican- State Clubs, has ‘been des- ignated by Samuel J, Prescott, chair- man of the Republican State committee, to head a committee to make arrange- ments for memorial services for Abra- ham Lincoln on February 12 next. Mr. Snyder's committee will be com- posed of representatives of all the Re- publican organizations in the District of Columbia. It has not been decided yet where these services will be held. — Locusts Defeat Foreign Legion. MARRAKESH, Moracco, Novembe 29 (#).—The Prench Foreign Legion is having one of the hardest battles ot its career. Swarms of locusts have de- scended from the Atlas Mountains. Air- " surplus of power retired from business several years ago.' posters heralding the sale of Christmas seals for the benefit of anti-tubsrculosis ' planes Left b right:-Anna Mahin, Doris Stickley, Helen Chasse, Marion Barrett, frontal d cavalry have failed in d flank attatks unon the bordes, ™ PR HOLIDAY AUTO TOLL 15 11 PERSONS HURT Clarence Thomas, Injured Nov. 24, Dies in Hospital on Thanksgiving Day. The Thanksgiving day automobile accident toll, according to police re- ports completed today, was two per- sons serfously injured and nine others slightly hurt. One death was re) during the day as the result of a hit- and-run accident occurring on Novem- ber 24. Clarence Thomas, colored, 30 years old, who lived at 770 Morton street, died at Emergency Hospital yesterday as the result of injurics received on November 24 when struck by & hit-and-run driver while repairing a machine on the Lee Highway in Fairfax County, Va. Helped Repair Car. According to Sheriff E. P. Kirby of Fairfax County, Thomas was aiding | Stanley E. Herbert of this city whose machine he had collided with, in fixing the bumpers on Herbert's car when run down by a machine whose driver failed to stop. He died from a fractured A woman narrowly escaped fatal in- juries last night at Seventh and P streets when the patrol wagon of the second precinct, answering an emergency call, was in collision with an automo- bile driven by 17-year-old -Willard Marshall of Fredericksburg, Va., whose mother, Mrs. M. B. Marshall, sitting beside him, escaped possible decapita- tion when the car swung over the curb and skidded against a large plate- glass window of a corner drug store. Mrs. Marshall, who is 42 years old. suffered only minor cuts and bruises to the ‘legs. Her young son, although thrown to the street clear of the ecar, escaped unhurt, Saved by Minister, The man to whom Mrs. Marshall probably owes her life is Rev. Alexander ‘Willbanks. celored, of 1204 Q street, who was standing in the door of the Market Pharmacy at Seventh and P streets when the two machines came together. He pushed her head into a safe place in the car. The patrol was only slightly damaged and Private R. D. Chenoult, driver, escaped unhurt. Gerald Upson, 19-year-old youth, living at 2030 G street, is in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital as the result of injuries suffered early today when the machine in which he was riding and driven’by Quentin C. Walker. 20-year-old telegraph operator for the National City Co., 741 Pifteenth street, catur streets with an automobile op- erated by Daniel Leahy. of 822 Sheridan street, & member of the fire rescue squad. Both Upson and Walker were taken to the office of Dr. Willlam J. G. ‘Thomas at 4800 Sixteenth street, given first aid treatment, then takep Walter Reed Hospital and later trans- Upson’s injuries were found to be seri- ous. Hospital physicians said he has @ probable skull fracture, deep lacera- tions to the head and shock. Walker, who sustained minor injuries, was ar- rested by police of the thirteenth pre- cinet on a charge of driving while drunk. Leahy was not injured. Others Injured. Leo F. Donovan of 3608 Rock Creek Church road is in a serious condition at Garfield Hospital as the result of in- jurfes sustained yesterday when the autonmobile in which he was riding, and driven by Charles C. Gann of 770 Park road, was in an accident at Silver Spring. Md. ‘The injured man was taken to Gar- field Hospital and treated for a pos- ble fractured skull and deep cuts l,o e fa Others injured were Tony Rosa, 16 years old, of 629 New Jersey avenue, Iacerations to the face: Hugh Riley, jr.. 121 years old, of 1642 “Twenty-ninth | street, scalp wounds and lacerations to the chin; Lindsey Gatlin, 29 years old, colored, of 609 Brown court southeast, ! lacerations to the face and head; Charles Wilson, 23 years old, colored, 1920 S street, cuts to the head and | body bruises; Paul Johnson, 24 years | old. colored, of 255 Third street south- | west, bruises to the head; Bertha Car- roll, 70 years old, colored, of 1310 Nine- teenth street, body bruises; Benjamin | Snyder, 45 years old, of Rock Creek | Church Ford road, lacerations to tho | face; Harry Williams, 19 years old, col- ored, of 917 U street, lacerations to the | face’ and’ head, and’ Andrew J. Collan of 2016 M street, broken right arm and body bruises. ! CHINESE GANG JAILED. |11 Persons Wounded in Hand-to- Hand Fighting in Singapore. SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement, ‘mwtwun a gang of armed Chinese | 1obbers nnd“})ollu at the compound before a Wi was in collision at Sixteenth and De- | to | ferred to Emergency Hospital, where | | November 29, (4#).—Harid-to-hand fight- | tou thy Arab's house today | ti PAGE 17 COLDER WEATHER 1S FORECAST FOR CAPITAL TONIGHT Temperature of 16 Degrees Is Expected—Dropped to 26 Early Today. NEARLY ALL OF COUNTRY ENVELOPED IN WINTER Free Lodigng Houses Have Record Number of Transients During Cold Wave, A temperature of 16 degrees was | seen for Washington tonight as the | season’s first cold wave spread over the Middle West, South and East, sending the mercury in some localities to record extremes for this time of year. The mercury touched 26 degrees here early today, two degrees under the low mark of November 21. s The .central part of the prevalling cold lles just east of the Rockies, and is moving southward and toward the Atlantic Coast, the Weather Bureau re- ported. In Washington fair and colder weather is predicted tonight, followed tomorrow by fair and continued cold with moderating temperatures Sunday. Zero in Northwest. Zero weather prevails in the North- west, and as far south as Northern Illinois and Central Iowa, while th> entire area from Missouri Valley to the Atldntic Coast is experiencing the coldest temperatures to date. Evansville, Ind., reported 10 degrees above zero and Grand Rapids and Lud- ington, Mich., were near zero and Chi- cago felt its first zero blast of the sea- son. Freezing temperatures are expected to extend as far south as Jacksonvill® Fla., tonight, whila Atlanta and othe: points in the Southeast will have ;:nher as cold as the forecast for the pi Free Lodgings Taken. ‘The coldest night so far this year | prompted scores of transients to seek ported | refuge here last night in free lodging houses. All but 10 of the 179 beds at the Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall place, were filled, or an increase of more than 50 men. At the Central Union Mission, 622 | Louisiana ‘avenue, 70 persons were har- | bered from the cold, representing a sub- stantial increase, while two score otheis found accommodation at the District's Munlélpll Lodging House, 312 Twelfii stree |METAL GARAGE ASKED IN TENTH PRECINCT Police Inspection Report Also Rec ommends New Patrol Wagon for Sixth. | o The report of the recent inspection of | the Police Department by Assistan Engineer Commissioner Donald A. Davison. made public today, recom- mended that a wooden garage recently constructed at the tenth precinct b~ | torn down and replaced with a metal | Barage, as the present structure is in violation of the building regulations. A new patrol wagon was recommended for | the sixth preeinct. Painting was suggested for the fir:: | second, third. fourth, sixth, eighti { ninth, eleventh, thirteenth and four- teenth precincts, and minor repairs a: | the first, second, third, fourth, sixth. | 2ighth, ninth, thirteenth and fourteenti ‘The report advised paving of the sid (and rear yard at the twelfth precin- 1and of the alley to the east of the sta- i tion house; a concrete apron from thr | fourteenth precimct house to the garagc | also was recommended. as well as pav- | ing the alley to the east of this station | The report found nothing to criticize at the fifth and seventh precinct sta- | tions and the harbor preeinct, House of | Detention and Traffic Bureau. As a | nouniced previously, Maj. Davison cor | plimented the polfee force on its ap- | pearance. \MAN GETS SENTENCE | 'FOR MANSLAUGHTER | Alonzo Jackson Receives Sentence of Seven Years in Peni- tentiary. | Justice Peyton Gordon today sent | Alonzo Jackson, colored, to the peni- | tentiary for seven years following his conviction of manslaughter in connec- tion with the death of Marshall Wood- | ward, also colored. Jackson had been | Indicted for murder in the second de- gree, but the jury reduced the crime | to manslaughter. ~He was defended by | Attorney John H. Wilson. | _Perry E, Dutch was given a term of five years in the penjtentiary for house- breaking and larcedly. He broke into a garage of Thomas J. Crowell Septem- [ ber 7 and took an automobile. He was | arrested with the stolen machine ‘n North Carolina and returned here. 'WOMEN MOTORIST CLASS {MEETS AT WILSON SCHOOL Edward M. Cornell Will Lecture Tonight on “The Transe mission:” ‘The American Automobile Associa-~ tion’s school for women motorists is scheduled to hold a class tonight at 8 o'clock at Wilson Normal Echool, Elev- enth and Harvard street. A similar class was held this afternoon at the Central Y. W. C. A. Edward M. Cornell, automotive in- structor of public schools, is the lecturer. After two more lessons, the gradu: tion luncheon will be held. “Th ‘Transmission” is today's topic. S FEAR FOR FISHERMEN IS RAISED IN STORM By the Associated Press. ASHLAND, Wis., November 20— Fear that three fishermen who left Bay Field, near here, in a gasoline boat may have drowned while bound for M: Island during a snowstorm and high seas & week ago was exp d last n&t bz‘chequlme[on Bay marine authori- finally was quelled by the police and the entire gang arrested. The Arab occupant of the house was wounded, as were two fuce and eight of the, robbers. 4 Although several boats have made trips between Bay Field and Manitoy Islapd since the midnight departure of the three men. no word conceining ' their whereabouts has been recei b