Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1930, Page 17

Washington News SHIPPERS WARNED 70 CUT SUPPLY OF " MILK TO CAPITAL Overproduction by Maryland | and Virginia Dairymen May | Mean Price Cut. CONTRACTS IN EFFECT FOUR MORE MONTHS Belief Is Expressed Market Will Be Stabilized to Avoid Reduction. With shipments of milk into Wash- ington exceeding the daily consumption by 7,000 gallons, producers in Mary- land and Virginia have been warned to curtail the supply or face a reduction in price. The warning was given to members of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association of Fred- erick County, Md., at a meeting Satur- day afternoon in Frederick. Washington's large dairies, however, declared the surplus would not affect the present retail price of 15 cents a quart. Contracts Expire in May. It was pointed out that the dairies are under contract to pay the present wholesale price until May, and a re- duction in the retail price at this time would confront them with a loss. More- over, the dairymen expressed the be- ilef “that the overproduction is tem- porary. 1. W. Keaps, manager of the Balti- amore Milk Producers’ Assoclation, told the Frederick County producers, who ship between 10,000 and 11,000 gallons of milk into Washington daily, that while the %mducers' organization is doing everything possible to absorb the surplus, overproduction has reached | such a point that if continued dairy- | men will find themselves with expencive | herds of cattle, great quantities of milk and a glutted market. While farmers of the Forrestville sec- tion of Prince Georges County today be- lieved they temporarily have rid their section of the “wild beast” reported in that area with a drive hunt through every thicket and woodland in the sec- tion yesterday, police of the eleventh precinct renewed their vigilance after receiving two reports within the past 24 hours that an animal resembling a pan- ther- had been seen in the Northeast section of the District. A load of bird shot was put into the hide of some catlike animal that yester- day morning awakened Edward Smith, 800 Castle place northeast, fighting with a pack of dogs just outside Smith's back yard. Smith said he had a good close- range shot at the beast and undoubt- edly hit it, as it fled after the shot. Motor Cycle Policeman Watson Sal- keld of the twelfth precinct was author of the other panther report, declaring he saw an animal, 6 or 7 feet long, at about 8:15 o'clock this morning on Bladensburg road northeast near Fort Lincoln Cemetery. He said he dis- mounted from his machine and took two shots at the fleeing animal with his service revolver. The beast went into the cemetery and disappeared from view, he said. He described it as having a yellowish color. Believed to Be Lynx Tracks. ‘Theodore Crown of Seat Pleasant, Md., an employe of The Star, reported today that at about 6:45 o'clock last night a large cat animal leaped in front of him on Valley street, near Ridge street, in Seat Pleasant. Crown says he left the scene in & hurry and notified Harmon O. Acuff, who lives nearby. Acuff, who has had some ex- perience in big game hunting, examined the tracks left by the animal and ex- pressed the belief that they were made by a lynx. Crown and Acuff; in an automobile, went to the Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. roundhouse in Maryland Park, about a mile away, in an attempt to head off the beast and get a shot at it. A search revealed tracks made by the beast and along the trail they found tufts of gray- ish, short hair where some animal ha slid under a barbed-wire fence. Increased Use Reported. He predicted that if the present price of milk and dairy products ever slip- ped from the present “living plane” it Would be virtually impossible to force it back to the level that would justify profitable dairy operations. John McGill of Wi , Te- tary-treasurer of the association, re- ported that the consumption of milk in the District had increased from 8,500,- 090 gallens in 1925 to 15,000,000 gallons in 1929, and explained that the high Quality insisted on by the District &!.lth Department in addition to the trictions laid down for the producers Iad resulted in a reduction in the num- her of shippers. McGill, however, mi:;d the health department and de- “in the final analysis it is the best friend the producers have.” BLOOD TRANSFUSION TO BE GIVEN TO GIRL Neighbors Find Volunteers, . Family Is Financially Unable to Bear Expense. Elizabeth Carlo, 13 years old, who has been confined at Providence Hospital for two months suffering from serious | heart and kidney trouble, will be given & blood transfustion this afternoon in an effort to save her life. Doctors at The trail was lost beneath a culvert near the fence. : Those experienced in the hunting of large cats y suggested that catnip be put out in the fields of Prince Georges County and in Northeast Washington to entice the beast. T. F. Harris, 214 Victor Building, to- day suggested the use of catnip, relating that the stuff has the same effect on The Toening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1930. ANTHER® RETURNS TO DISTRICT AS FARMERS BREATHE EASIER 12th Precinct Policeman Sees Animal 6 or 7 Feet Long, of Yellowish Color, on Bladensburg Road. the larger members, of the cat family that it does upon the domestic variety. W. E. Crouch, acting chief of the predatory animal control division of the Department of Agriculture, agreed with Mr. Harris, declaring that oil of catnip is the most effective lure used in the West, where mountain lions, bobcats and other members of the cat family harass the stock of the ranges. Mr. Harris related that the catnip ef- fect upon mountain lions was discovered about 30 years ago by a friend of his in the West. The friend, he said, bought some catnip for the domestic cat and on the way home shot two mountain lions. In the next 24 hours Harris and his friend shot nine more of the beasts, and with sheep ranchers paying $50 per scalp for panthers, they made quite a killing. They did not know it was the forgotten catnip in the friend’s pocket that was luring the pan- thers until 20 years later, Harris says, when they read of catnip being used with great success by Government trap- pers. More than 100 huntsmen, with half as many dogs, some of them bear dogs brought from Virginia, combed the woodland back of Forrestville yester- day on an old-fashioned drive hunt, but failed to scare up any beast resembling | ¢ a panther. Rabbits by the score were chased from their thickets and out into the open, but the bunnies escaped with their lives, as the huntsmen re- served their fire for larger game. Used Paws for Fighting. It is believed by Capt. Charles T. Peck of the eleventh precinct that it was this hunt, and the other organized hunts by the Forrestville huntsmen of the past week that have driven the beast back into Northeast Washington again. %mlth today described his visitor of yesterday morning as an animal much larger than his dogs, which snarled like a cat and used its paws for weapons. He exhibited three dogs with slashes upon them as evidence of the fight. One dog had an ear nearly torn off and the other two bore claw marks. When he shot at the beast, Smith d | says, it bounded about five feet into the air, screeched and ran swiftly awa Smith does not believe he seriously in jured the prowler, as his gun was load- ed with birdshot. IBROKEN AUTO CHAIN TIES UP CAR ROUTE IN HALF-INCH SNOW Fourteenth Street Line Is Blocked for Nearly an Hour by Jammed Link. AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC ARTERIES ARE OPEN Rising Temperature, With Rain Tonight and Tomorrow, Forecast by Weather Bureau. Despite the fall of a half inch of snow within a period of three hours this morning traffic arteries in the National Capital were kept open except for a tie-up of nearly an hour on the Four- teenth street line of the Capital Trac- tion Co. this morning, caused, it is be- lieved, by the link of an automobile skid ‘hain jamming in the underground trol- ley slot of the northbound track at Fourteenth street and Spring road. Tlising temperature is expected to turn the snow into rain this afternoon and the rainfall is expected to continue intermittently tonight and into tomor- row, with clearer and colder weather Wednesday, according to the Weather Bureau forecast. Rail Sweepers Busy. Both street railway companies turned out sweepers when the snowfall began at 7:20 this morning. The Washington Railway & Electric Co. busses were equipped with skid chains and all hills on which the busses operated were sanded. The recalcitrant skid chain link in the Fourteenth street car slot resulted in a complete tie-up of street railwa: traffic in the section from Fourteen and U streets to Fourteenth street and Colorado avenue from 7:21 to 8:15 a.m. The link resulted in a “pulled plow” on & northbound car, short-circuiting the system. After the plow was removed down- Capt. Peck this morning received a timely postal card apropos of the panther hunt. On the picture side of the card was shown a huge lion and on the note side was written: “I have a tame disposition, but I'm wild about you.” EAST GOAST DOPE ROUND-UP RESUMED Seven Colored Pérsons Are Arrested and Drugs Seized in Lynchburg. Continuing their war on an East Coast dope ring, operating in the Dis- trict and four Southern States, Federal narcotic agents Friday night arrested seven colored persons in Lynchburg, Va., and made two seizures of drugs. Mary Taylor, colored dope peddler, taken in the round-up, in her testimony at a preliminary hearing before Com- missioner T. J. O'Brien, told narcotic operatives the name of a “higher-up” in the drug ring, and agents this morn- the hospital have been making every effort to combat the rav- 2ges of disease, but announced two days 2go that a blood transfusion would be necessary as & final resort. Knowing that the family of the girl would be financially unable to afford the trans- fusion, distressed neighbors turned else- ‘where for help and succeeded in finding séveral persons who were willing to offer their blood. Their nam>s were ot revealed, however. The girl's father is a laborer for the ‘Washington Raftway & Electric Co. and lives at 725 Second street northeast. DISTRICT HEADS ATTEND HEARINGS ON BUDGET General Survey of Municipal Gov- ernment Is Made at Open- ing Session. The District Commissioners, the Dis- trict auditor and heads of various mu- nicipal departments attended the open- Sng hearings today on the $47,000,000 budget for the District for the fiscal year beginning next July 1. The first session was devoted to a general survey of the municipal govern- ment, with Chairman Simmons of the District subcommittee on appropriations outlining the policy to be followed by the subcommittee in hearings on the bill. The hearings are executive, but will be published in a stenographic re- port when the bill is reporied to the House. Hearings will start Thursday morning @t 10 o'clock on the police and firemen's y-increase bill before the subcommit- e of which Representative Lampert of ‘Wisconsin is chairman. This bill has been introduced in the Senate and House, and in each chamber favorable @ction is forecast. . DRESSMAKER ROBBED. Wearing Apparel Worth $75 Is Btolen—Thieves Visit Two Homes. Robbers stole wearing apparel valued @t '$75 from the dressmaking shop at 3415 U street last night, police reported. Property worth $120 'was stolen from the apartment of Kenneth Ross, 1733 T street last night, and Mrs. Camilla Sombardy, 612 Pennsylvania avenue, re- rted that $40 was taken from her ome. Lifting apparatus valued at $30 was_reported stolen from the garage ©f Benjamin Branson, 1818 Fourth Btreet yesterday. Hague Report Pleases Mussolini. ROME, January 27 (#).—Finance Minister Msoconi was received by Pre- Snier Mussolini today and gave an ac- count of the recent second Hague repa- Tations conference. The premier praised the finance minister and the other Italian delegates for the results achieved &t the conference. AR ) RS Black Ready for New Trip. LONDON, January 27 (#).—Van Leer Black, Baltimore publisher and aviation enthusiast, arrived from Lebourget, ing began an intensive search for him. ‘Two others, Henry Wiley and Dorothy Wiley, along with the Taylor woman, pleaded guilty to sale of narcotics at the preliminary hearing. The other four, Mary White, whose husband, Noah White, has been con- fined to jail for several weeks awaiting trial on_drug charges; Nellie Noell, Wesley Billups and Sue Yancey, are held pending a hearing before the Fed- eral commissioner. S. B. Phillips, conducting the drive on the ring for the Federal Narcotic Bureau, led a squad into the colored section Friday night after compiling evidence for more than a week. Police at Lynchburg said the agents encount- ered no difficulty during the raids. Meanwhile the allegedly king of the ring, Oliver Black, 52-year-old paroled gunman, is being held at the District Jail on narcotic charges, following a sensational raid on his local head- quarters here Thursday _afterneon. James “Scrappy” Owens, his alleged lieutenant, also is in custody. Both await hearings before Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. ITALIAN SCULPTOR’S WORK TO BE EXHIBITED An exhibit of sculptures by Egardo Simone, Italian sculptor, will be opened at the National Gallery of Art, in the United States National Museum, under auspices of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, with an invitational showing from 1 to 4 o'clock February 8. The exhibit, which will be open to the public for the balance of the month, will consist of 51 pieces of various kinds, including busts of Mussolini, Sir Esme Howard, Ambassador of Great Britain; Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court, Gen. John J. Pershing, George W. Wicker- sham, Secretary of War P. J. Hurley and others. Simone, honorary professor of sculp- DENIES DREYFUS WITNESSES NAMED Rover Disputes Statement He Would Call Guimares at Jury Inquiry. Denial of a pblished statement that he had said he will call Albert Guimares of New York as a witness at the inquiry by the grand jury over the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer Dreyfus, which is scheduled for next Monday, was made today by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. Rover said the inquiry has been placed in the hands of his assistant, Neil Burkinshaw, and no announcement of the names of witnesses will be made until the subpoenas go out Wednesday. Burkinshaw declared he wanted to read carefully the testimony at the cor- oner's inquest before reaching a deci- sion concerning the witnesses to be called. ‘When told of the statement in a New York paper that Rover had named Gui- mares as one of the prospective wit- nesses, Burkinshaw sald: “I have given out nothing like that. I don’t know from what source they obtained the information.” ‘Guimares has been under police scru- tiny. it is stated, following the death of Dot King, a Broadway butterfly, seven years ago, and Mrs. Dreyfus is declared to have made an affidavit that he was taking breakfast with her and Edmund J. McBrian, a lawyer, of New York, at the time the woman was sup- posed to have been murdered. McBrian was with Mrs. Dreyfus at a dance at the Potomac Boat Club on the night of October 20, when the wom- an fell from a balcony, striking her head on the platform below, causing her death, SUBCOMMITTEE NAMED TO CONSIDER JUDGESHIP Steiwer, Hastings and Caraway Will Make Report on Schuldt Nomination. A subcommittee composed of Senators Steiwer, Republitan, of Oregon; Hast- ings, Republican, of Delaware, and Cara- way, Democrat, of Arkansas was ap- pointed today by the Senate judiciary committee to consider and report on the nomination of Judge Gus A. Schuldt for another term on the bench of the District of Columbia Police Court. Judge Schuldt, on the Police Court bench for approximately eight years, was reappointed last week by President Hoover. The judiclary committee will ture of the Royal Academy of Arts, in Naples and Lecce, has been decorated by the King of Italy three times. await the report of the subcommittee before taking the nomination to the Senate for action. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, ~January 27.— Memories of an almost forgotten age rode today in the wake of the four- masted bark Abraham Rydberg, for- merly the Star of Greenland, as she plowed her stately way down the Cali- fornia coast under a fair wind on her final voyage around the Horn. Loaded to the plimsoll mark with California barley, the old windjammer hrough the Golden Gate for the last time in her colorful career yes- terday at noon. Her cargo was con- signed to a firm of Irish distillers. France, yesterday. He announced his readiness to start for India late this ‘week on great Asian air tour. another His pilot will utilize four or five days | ¥or test purposes. Under the command of Capt. Sune Thamm, a lieutenant commander in the Swedish naval reserve, the vessel will proceed to Stockholm, after dis- charging her cargo at Dublin, and will 3 WINDJAMMER WEIGHS ANCHOR FOR FINAL TRIP AROUND HORN town traffic was slow because of the great number of passengers who had gathered on loading platforms at every stop. Cars which were halted in upper Fourteenth street by the short circuit did not arrive in the downtown section of the city until 9 o'clock. Broken skid chain links are one of the greatest single causes of street railway tie-ups in weather like that of today, street rallway officials said. Wherr the car tracks are swept clear motorists drive on the tracks and broken bits of the skid chains fall in the center slots, either wedging in the slot and pulling the plows off the cars or causing short «circuits. Weather General Over United States. ‘There is snow or rainfall over the greater part of the United States to- day, it was announced by the Weather Bureau. The National Capital is on the edge of the freezing line, with snowfall to the north and rainfall to the south. ‘The warm belt is moving slowly north- ward, the Weather Bureau forecast shows, and the temperature will be above freezing here today and tomor- row. Tonight the temperature probably will fall nearly to the freezing point. Bad flying weather prevailed over the East Goast and there was no flying to- day at the local fields. Air mail planes on the Eastern Alr Transport contract mall route through the National Capital, however, were on schedule last night, The southbound mail plane went through, but the northbound plane, after leaving the National Capital, ran into dangerous weather and stopped at Baltimore, the mail being trained to New York from that point. Two' pursuit training planes pur- chased by the Cuban government left Bolling Field yesterday, landing at Pope Field, Fort Bragg, N. C., at 3:45 p.m. yesterday. They are the iast of a group of eight military planes for the Cuban Army to be taken through the National Capital by Cuban military pilots, FIRE DESTROYS HOME .NEAR DISTRICT LINE Water Pumped From Hydrants More Than Mile Away—Four Flee Burning Structure. Forced to pump water from hydrants more than a mile away, firemen were unable to quench flames that razed the two-story frame home of Willlam H. Heitmueller, truck farmer, Sargent road and the District line northeast, early today. The fire was believed to have, been caused by an oil stove in a servant's room. Asleep in & shall shed adjoining the rear of the house, Samuel Noble, col- ored, was awakened by the smoke. He rushed to the house and aroused Heit- mueller, his wife and two children, Firemen of Engine Companies 12, 17 and 24 were unable to find an ample supply of water within a mile and it was necessary to lay hose to hydrants at Thirteenth and Varnum streets northeast. The damage was estimated at $5,000. PROHIBITION IS HELD SUCCESS IN SWEDEN Association Opposed to Dry Law Cites Advantages of System There. The Assoclation Against the Prohihi- tion Amendment made public a study of the Swedish system of handling alco- holic beverages today, along with a Former Pride of Alaska Fleet, Four -Masted Bark, Sets Sail for Ireland, Loaded to Plimsoll Mark. be fitted out as a training ship in the Swedish merchant marine. The Star of Greenland was the belle of the Alaska packers' fleet for nearly 40 years. A four-masted bark, with spanker mast fore-and-aft rigged, she was bullt in Glasgow in 1892, Only a few of the windjammers which figured in San Francisco’s ro- mantic history remain. Several are out of commission and their hulls are rot- ting in Richardson’s Bay, near Sau-|Of. salito, Others still are in the fishin trade, but are soon to be supplant with steamers. In a few years, old salts predict, the once familiar and thrilling sight of a square-rigger, white sails bil- lowed out in the wind and towering masts outlined in the setting sun over the Golden Gate, will be but a memory. contention that during its operation Sweden had reduced by half the num- ber of arrests for drunkenness and crimer of violence. In addition, the statement said, Sweden had reduced per capita con- sumption of liquor by 35 per cent and was deriving revenues of more than $30,000,000 yearly from the trade. Under the system, the statement ex- plained, monopolies were set up whose dividends were so held down that there was no incentive to push the sale of in- toxicants. The quantity of liquor pur- chasable was restricted to conform to the habits of the buyer, with that al- lowed persons who used it with injurious effects greatly reduced or entirely cut S Swift Ordered to Vienna. Merritt Swift of Washington, second secretary of the United States legation at The Hague, has been ordered to Vienna for temporary duty at the United - States legation, A o i tion. When the Midwinter court of awards was held Saturday, of the highest award in the Girl Scouts—the golden eaglet. At the extreme left is Elizabeth Hays and, Elizabeth Kahler (second from left) was the recipient Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke is shown making the extreme right, Mary Ellen Hunter, ta- —Star su%m AUTO SHOW DRAWS BIG OPENING CROWD Officials Look for New Rec- ord to Be Set During Week’s Display. Officials impressed by the large crowd which attended the opening Saturday night, the annual automobile show was thrown open to the public today with prospects that record-breaking throngs would visit the Washington Auditorium this week. ‘The exhibition will be open each day from 10 am. until 10:30 p.m. Marked efforts have been made by & committee of the Washington Automo- tive Trade Association to surpass the decorative background of previous chows. Special arrangements have been made to regulate Jhe flow of the crowds to in- sure visitors an_opportunity of inspect- ing the cars. There are improvements in nearly of the 37 lines of auto- mobiles. There are fully 150 types of cars on_ display. Included among the added attractions are special programs of music and ex- hibits of shoj uipment, accessorles and services. i ” “What Makes the New Cars Safe?” will be discussed by Frank G. Stewart, member'gfut;le !l:ow7 lcnmm]m:‘ in a speech ni it af 110 o'clocl from Radio Station WMAL. PILOT MISSES ARREST AS HE FLIES SOUTH Takes Off at Richmond Field Just as Officers Arrive With ‘Warrant, Milton E. O'Connor, Washington pilot, who took off from the Mount Vernon Airways flying fleld, near Alexandria, Va., yesterday afterncon, is fying to Alabama today, apparently unaware that he just missed being halted by Virginia police authorities, who have a warrant for his arrest sworn out by Jesse Duke, local attorney and former m{:ent of the Washington-New York e. Duke, it is understood, was attempt- ing to attach the plane, which is owned by O'Connor, for a debt owed him by O’Connor. After O'Connor had taken off from the Mount Vernon field yes- terday, Duke obtained a warrant from Justice of the Peace Harry Shepherd at Accotink, Fairfax County, and attempt- ed to have O’'Connor stopped if he landed in Virginia. O’Connor stopped at Charles Fileld, Richmond, Va., for fuel later in the afternoon, according to Associated Press dispatches, but took off just as the police arrived at the field. As the Ppolicemen stood on the fleld the plane circled overhead, and the pilot waved good-by to them and headed toward South Boston, Va. He took aboard only 20 gallons of gasoline at Rich- mond, it was stated. “BANKING AND CREDIT OCTOPUS” PROBE ASKED Senate Committee Requested to Call Heads of Big Firms to “Tell You the Truth.” ‘The Senate lobby committee today had before it a request to investigate “the super-lobby—the banking and credit octopus.” In a letter to the committee made Dubllculx' the people’s lobby, it was suggest that the committee “invite the presidents or executive ofcers of the larger banks, trust companies and investment trusts in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston to tell you the truth.” “This banking and credit octopus,” the letter said, “holds in the strangie of its tentacles, the m)wet industry, the railroads, the oil industry, the steel industry, the mining industry, all manu- facturers, the farming industry, the mle;et ?ncl%nnx ml?u“ryi A‘l.n:ll;lcl's world- wi fore! policy. It e sugar in- dustry in Cuba.” i BILLARD WILL SPEAK. Will Describe History and Tradi- tions of Coast Guard. Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard, commandant of the United States Coast ; Guard, will be the speaker at the week- ly luncheon meeting of the Washingtori Exchange Club in the Carlton Hotel Wednesday. He is to describe the his- tory and activities of the Coast Guard, ‘Walter Hinton, first transatlantic and president of the club, will Dm&k Edward Abbaticcio Asks to Drop Off Last Three Syllables Declaring his wish to have the name of Edward A. Abbey, by which he is popularly known, on his medical diploma, when he is graduated from Georgetown Uni- versity in June, Edward A. Abba- ticchio, 1932 Calvert street, today asked permission of the District Supreme Court to adopt the name of Abbey. The petitioner says he is well known in athletic and social circles by the abbre- viated name of “Abbey,” and that his real name is difficult to spell and pronounce. He is represented by Attorney John D. Sadler. PAYNE TO BE GUEST OF RED CROSS STAFF SilaS Strawn, E.x-Partner. to Speak at 75th Birthday Celebration. A dinner in honor of John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, who yesterday celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday, will be given by the staff and personnel of the Red Cross at the Willard Hotel tonight. Silas H. Strawn of Chicago, former president of the American Bar Associa- tion, and one time partner of Judge Payne, and Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the American Red Cross, will be the speakers. James L. Fieser, vice chairman in charge of domestic operations of the Red Cross, will act as toastmaster. Prominent guests will include Gen. John J. Pershing, Acting Secretary of State Cotton, Ogden L. Mills, Under- secretary of the Treasury; Charles Evans Hug,hzs. jr., solicitor general Cornelius N. Bliss, Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland, Gustavus D. Pope and Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs, all members of the central committee. The board of incorporators will be represented by Admiral William 8. Benson, Senator Arthur Capper, Gen. James A. Drain and Willlam Fortune of Indianapolis. Vlaooun:u:!nu!sy det !L;‘lfll::f Plflfl, France, represent ague of American Red Cross Societies, of which Judge Payne is the active head, as chairman of the board of governors. le{,d.e Payne was born in . Va. SIX SLIGHTLY HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Three Are Injured in Collision of Automobiles at Eghteenth and K Streets. 8ix persons were slightly injured in traffic accldents yesterday. ‘Three were hurt in a collision at Eighteenth and K streets between auto- mobiles driven by Clarence A. Kalk, 25, 705 Eighteenth street, and Henry M. Beatty, 20, Bluemont, Va. Ralph Breany, 29, 324 Adams street north- east, suffered a fractured collarbone; Eugene Sietz, 21, Y. M. C. A., was cut about the face, and the nose of Francis 1. Campbell, 2i, Y. M. C. A, was frac- tured. Mrs. Harrlet Spalding, 35, Takoma Park, Md., was treated in Georgetown Hospital for sprains to the spine and hip, lacerations and shock after a car in which she was riding was struck by a machine driven by Hilard Smit] 60, 4001 Van Ness street. Minor injuries were suffered in other accidents by John A. Arroye, 30, 1920 Fifth street, and Marion D. Nichols, 22, Bowie, Md. MISS MORRE LISTED FOR CONCERT ROLE Tennessee Girl Famed in Mu- sical Comedy to Make Debut in Washington. Grace Moore, the beautiful young girl from Tennessee who first won fame as a leading light in musical comedy, is to be heard in Washington next week in a more ambitious role. She will sing in a morning at the Mayflower Hotel Wednesday, February 5, taking the place of Rosa Ponselle. This will be her concert debut here. Miss Moore's remarkable success, especially in the roles of Mimi in “La Boheme" and Juliette in “Romeo et Juliette,” in grand opera since she has joined the forces of the Metro- litan Grand Opera Company, in New ork, have been widely discussed. She also. is making a fine place for herself in_concert work. Pplanist, who comes from Austria local debut at this time. She last appeared here as a star of the “Music Box Revue.” Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, sponsor for these events, announces the following as the reason why Miss Ponselle can- not sing on this program, as originally scheduled: “Owing to Miss Rosa Ponselle's illness and the consequent postponement of her opera debut this Winter, the Metropoli- tan management has arranged for her appearance in opera much later than usual this season, thus necessitating the cancelling &( lol::cem;{nmrtflhflt concert engagements, e one in ‘Washington February { “The Metropolitan GRAMTON EXPLAINS PARKWAY MEASURE INSPEECH TO HOUSE No Memorial to Washington Could Be as Appropriate, He Asserts. DELAY TO BE COSTLY, SPONSOR DECLARES “Power Lobby"” Is Assailed by Him in Calling Attention to Great Falls Project. “No memorial to George Washington on the bicentennial of his birth in 1932 would be so appropriate as the creation of the George Washington Memorial Parkway on both banks of the Potomac which he loved, from Mount Vernon where he lived, through the capital, which he founded, and on to Great Falls, where he worked,” Representative Cramton declared today in the House. Mr. Cramton made the statement in explanation of his bill authorizing im- mediate appropriation of $23,000,000 from the Federal Treasury—$16,000,000 to be used in the District of Columbia and $7,000,000 in the States of Mary- land and Virginia—to acquire park sites and to preserve the scenic beauty of the river banks. The bill is to come up in the House on Thursday under a special rule from the House rules committee. “Delays Would Be Costly.” “All delays will be costly in the loss of scenic values, and now is the time for Congress to insure the preservation of those very essential and scenic assets of the National Capital,” said Repre- sentative Cramton. He emphasized that the slogan given by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover and other national leaders is, “Washington now un- s, In A $300,000,000, he said, to be expended in the next few years by the Federal and District g‘vemmanu and various national om itions. “The most beauf city will not be entirely a man-made city,” Representa- tive Cramton stressed. “It must be favored with scenic and natural ad- vantages. Washington located the Na- tional Capital here because of its un- usual scenic advantages in hills and ravines, rivers and waterfalls, woods, flowers and bird life. To insure the preservation of the most essential areas, Congress created six years ago the Na- tional Capital Park and Pla; Com. tion” eommlu this commission, “and the plans they have now developed not have the cordial lw of offi- cials and people of the District of Co- lumbia and the States of Maryland ;{nflvuummzoxmmhoxm ation.” “Palisades Are Being Blasted.” He warned his colleagues that “faflure to carry these plans into effect will mean the loss of some of the most es- sential features of the landscape sur- He declared that “the Palisades of the Potomac are dally being blas serious industrial encroach- ‘how- | unique e rolin negmet b, | young American soprano, Miss Grace Moore, to appear in this, the final morning program of the season series.” Miss Moore was the sensation last Spring at the Opera Comique in Paris in the role of “Louise,” as well as at the Metropolitan opera this Winter in the roles of “Manon” in Massenet's work ;:ldl z.Zull!"c in Gounod’s “Romeo et ette.” HEARING IN PROPERTY CONDEMNATION BEGINS Fight Over Two Squares Expected to Occupy Three Weeks. Hearing was today before Justice Alfred A. eat and a jury of five citizens concerning the value of squares 636 and 689 which the United States is seeking to condemn as a site for the 'd addition to the House Office g. The jury is composed of Monf Davis, D. Lawrence En- gleman, Charles F. Andrews, Norman Propensy . adilne the: present.” offe pro nt o building to the south and lies between New Jersey and Delaware avenue, B and C streets. Some of the property, includ; the New Varnum Iiotel, has al '.. acquired by the Govern- men Experts on property values were of- fered today by owners and when all the witnesses for all the owners have been heard the Government, through Assist- ant United States Attorney General Henry H. Glassle and Assistant District Attorney Arthur G. Lambert, will sub- mit testimony. The case is expected to occupy three weeks. GIRL, 8, SUSTAINS BURNS. Flames From Open Fireplace Ig- nite Her Dress. Frances Alexander, 8 years old, of 1524 Wisconsin avenue, ~was burned about the stomach and left hand yester- day when flames fro; Pl ignited her dress while visiting with friends. She was given medical atten- tion at Emergency Hospital and per- mitted to go to her home. MAN CALLS POLICE TO GUARD KEYS “MISTAKEN” FOR MONEY Pride of Evanston Force, Maintaining Dignity of Law, Tosses Joker Into Bastile. By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, January 27.—Archie | Harrison found himself in a woeful state and telephoned the police. “I have,” he hollered, “a large sum of money and I want & big police “"The pride of the force was dispateh- commonplace, beauty.” Representative Cramton called the attention of his colleagues to the fact that “power interests have been lobby- ing for several weeks at the Capitol for defeat or delay of this im it park legislation on the ground that it would forever prevent any navi or power development at Gregt Falls.’ He quoted Frederick Law Olmstes purposes is in the interests and for the enjoyment of all citizens of th: United States to whom the Nationa! Capital is a proud heritage.” Prompt Enactment Is Urged. Prompt enactment of the Cramton bill, he urged, would give the Nation control of these areas, and Congress will have full authority to any legislation hereafter found to in the national interest as to navigation or power development. This legislation twice has been unanimously reported to the House by the committee on public bulldings and grounds, which has in- itiated all the necessary legislation now in effect for development and beautifi- cation of the National Capital, and they have pronounced this development a necessary feature of that development. The American Society of Landscape Architects, during its recent convention here, Mr. Cramton told his colleagues, personally inspected the gorge and palisades and Great Fallsof the Po- tomac and by resolution urged the n: tional significance of these projects and the beneficial effect on the future of the National Capital. The American Institute of Architects, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the Gar- den Clubs of America and the Ameri- can Civic Association, Mr, Cramton s:ldih‘:lllen(husmllc iy urge passage of important park and rkwa; legislation. i " Fess Bill Passes Senate. The Senate today passed without de- bate the Fess bill providing for the re- construction of the Highway Bridge in order to have it link with the new memorial boulevard to be bullt along the Potomac from the Arlington Memo- rial Bridge to Mount Vernon. The Senate approved of the measure a few minutes after Senator Fess of Ohio had rerortpd it favorably from the com- mittee. The bill authorizes those in charge of building the memorial boulevard to re- move two spans from the south end of Highway Bridge and replace them with a roadway on filled ground in such a way as to permit traffic to get from the bridge to the new boulevard, ‘The bill also carries authority for the Government to permit a private firm or individual to build a restaurant and refreshment structure near the entrance to Mount Vernon. The building would have to be put up without cost to the Jears it ‘would become the. propery of years e Tty of the Government, subject to & further lease. The bill goes to the where it must be acted on. Police Seeking Miss Comeau. ‘The police have been asked to search for Laura Comeau, 22 years old, of Hali- fax, Nova Scotia, to inform her that her brother is dylng in Halifax. Miss Comeau 1s reported in Washington.