Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1930, Page 17

CRAMTON BELIEVES SENATE WILL PASS PARK SYSTEM BILL Power Lobby Fights Meas- | ure, He Tells Twentieth Century Club. PROPERTY COST GAIN OF 10 PCT. IS SEEN Sponsor of Proposal Urges Pur- chase of Area Now to De- crease Expense. W ) PO | Representative Louis C. Cramton of | Michigan, whose bill carrying an ap-| propriation of $16,000,000 for park and playground development has passed the House, told the Twentieth Century Club | today that he thought the Senate would pass the bill, “despite the lobbying activities of power interests.” Opposition to the bill has been ex- pressed by & power company which isi secking a permit to generate hydro- electric power at Great Falls, which is an area that would be developed under | the Cramton bill. The Michigan Rep- | Tesentative told his audience in the | Y. W. C. A. Building that the power | company had not presented its views at open hearings, but that its represent- atives had “circulated about the steps of the Capitol, attacking provisions of the bill.” Holds Estimate Tob Low. Mr. Cramton said he thought that Col. U. S. Grant’s estimate that lands in the District increase in cost 8 per cent each year was too conservative, and discussing the $16,000,000 appro- priation he said that the District in| paying out $1,000,000 a year under its | provisions would not be doing morei than at present and would have ob-| tained necessary lands at much less| cost. Supporting his opinion that the de- velop%l::m !i‘nuld be made possible im- mediately, he said that buying lands at the rate of $1,000,000 a year would mean that in 16 years the taxpayers would have spent $1,600,000 more for property than if they paid it out now. He based his estimate on an increased property cost of 10 per Mr. Cramton listed projects contemplated under the billl the extension of Rock Creek and Ana- costia Parks, establishment of the George Washington Memorial Parkway from Mount Vernon to Great Falls on both sides of the Potomac, and a bou- levard to encircle the city and connect the several Civil War forts, as well as the development of 3 miles of the Potomac palisades. Beauty Cannot Be Restored. “There is an emergency,’ he said, “be- cause natural beauties once destroyed cannot be restored. We can build 50 years from now, but if the natural beau- | ties surrounding Washington are Deb! mitted to be destroyed there will be no replacing them.”* ‘;le n‘lfl in’ this connection that the $300,000 items for the maintenance of | the National Arboretum probably would be by this Congress. The in- stitution is an outdoor laboratory for research work with trees and plants and other plant life. The guest of the Twentieth Century Ciub, Cramton outlined provisions of the Colonial monuments bill, which seeks to establish a national shrine en- compassing the towns of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Va., in co- Jperation with the Rockefeller Founda- tion, which is restoring Williamsburg. and the State of Virginia. ‘The provisions of the parkway and | playground bill, Cramton said, “merely | out into reality plans already made by | the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and make it possible to | carry out this development now, at a time the people want it, and at much | less expense than would be necessary if the work were deferred. 1 ! Policeman With Aid of Lad- | was locked. j room, a public dining room and three Master Edgar Russell Locks Himself in Bed Room While at Play. Mother’s Efforts Vain and der Finally Effects Rescue. Little Eddie locked himself in; and it took a ladder and a big policeman to get him out again. 5 Master Edgar Russell, jr., aged 235, suddenly found the key to his mother's | bed room door a fascinating object this | morning. He hadn't noticed it before, | but, tcday, it drew him irresistibly. He | gave it an experimental twist, Some- thing clicked. Presently, Eddie thought he’d go downstairs. But the door wouldn’t budge an inch. He pulled and pulled at the knob. Then he lifted his voice and wailed. “Mother,” who is Mrs. Edgar F. Rus- sell of 3705 Reservior road, came run- ning. "g)ouh! Out!” wailed Eddie. His mother tried to open the door. It In vain she tried to tell her young son about turning the key the other way when one wants to get out of locked doors. He didn’t get the idea. After an hour’s wailing on his side and jleading on hers, she called up Grandmother, who suggested the police as rescuers. Officer Edward J. La Force of the seventh precinct responded to Mrs. Rus- sell's call. Meanwhile, Mrs. Russell had tried to pick the lock with a hairpin. Eddie heard her and laughed in glee. Here was a new game. So he stuck a hairpin in his side and gummed things up some more. Examination revealed that Officer La Force would have to remove the door to get into the bed room to release the child unless Eddie could be persuaded to turn the trick himself by a simple twist of the key. @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1930. CASH PAID FOR ROUTING DEVILS WASTED, WOMAN TELLS POLICE Arrest of Marie Dorsey, Colored, Follows Complaint That Victim's Husband Has Disappeared. EDDIE'S EXPERIMENT WITH KEY CAUSES HIM MUCH DISCOMFORT EDGAR RUSSELL. Officer La Force used his most per- suasive tones to quiet Eddie's renewed wails and when he ceased sobbing momentarily began to coax him. Cakes, a favorite “cadet cap,” promises of piggy back rides and other delights were wafted through the wooden panels as a reward for removing the hairpin and turning the key “back the other way.” Eddie became stubborn. he lisped to all cajolery. And that was that. A hurried call was about'to be sent in for a locksmith and the fire rescue squad when Officer La Force was offered thé use of a stepladder by a sympathetic neighbor, by means of which he climbed to the second floor and released small Edgar from his self- made prison. Little Eddie's father teaches chanical drawing at Central School. “No," me- High INSTTTIONPLA NEN STRUCTURES Brookings Organization Will Have Buildings Erected at 14 Jackson Place. Plans are being drawn for construc- tion for the Brookings Institution of ar.! eight-story office and residential center building for the organization at 14 Jackson place on the site of the his- toric Bugher residence, overlooking La- fayette Square, it was announced today by Harold Moulton of the institution. The old four-story residence has been the headquarters of the Endion Club and the National Women's Party. The property recently was acquired from the Bugher estate, through the agency of Randall H. Hagner. | Architectural drawings are being | completed by Porter & Lockie, local architects. It is estimated that the cost of the land and construction of | the building will run in excess of $600,000. ‘The building, which will have a stylc somewhat conforming to that of the headquarters of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States on the north side of Lafayette Square, will be in two units. The site has a frontage of 42 feet and a depth of 145 feet. The building will have a facade of limestone of monumental design. There will be provision for adminis- trative offices, research rooms and library in the front unit as well as typical office rooms. The rear building, which will be connected with the front unit by an arcade and landscaping treatment, including a fountain, will contain a large lounge or assembly private dining rooms on the lower floors, while in the upper portions of the building there will be domitory rooms with hotel features. REFORMATORY MATRON | DIES OF HEART DISEASE | Mrs. l Georgianna Head of Woman’s Depart- ment at Lorton., Cosman Was ! Mrs. Georgianna Cosman, 55 yeflrsl old, head of the woman's department at Lorton Reformatory, o died yesterday at her residence on the | grounds of the institution from heart | disease. | Mrs. Cosman began work at the re- | formatory as an assistant matron July | 1, 1924, and a year ago Was promoted | to head matron. She succeeded Mrs. | Minnie Herndon, retired, who died a year ago. The remains were prepared for burial 2t Demaine’s funeral parlors, Alexan- dria, Va., and this morning were ship- ped to Newbury, N. Y., for interment there. She is survived by her mother, a sis- ter and one son, all residing at New- bury. C. L. JONES FUNERAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW ‘War Veteran Will Be Buried With Military Honors at Arling- ton Cemetery. Funeral services for Charles L. Jones, 39-year-old war veteran, whose des- pondency over serious injuries received n an exploding hand grenade on the battle front are believed to have led to shooting himself Tuesday night, will b2 conducted in Hysong’s funeral home, 1200 N street, tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Interment with full mil- itary honors will be in Arlington Ceme- Tery Mr. Jones, who served as a lieutenant in the Army, had undergone 17 opera- | tions, but had recently become despond- ent because of knowledge .that he would have gone blind within another year, according to relatives. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. ‘Bertha B. Jones; his mother, Mrs. Paulina Jones, and a sister, Miss Clara {Jones, both of Richmond, Ind., and a Worother, Logan Jones of Atlanta, Ga. : School League to Hear Byars. BARCROFT, Va, February 6 (Spe- ‘ejal) —J. Cloyd Byars, one of the spon- sors of the “Back-to-the-District” movement, is announced as the prin- THIEVES GET CIGARETTES AT GROCERY STORE Manager of Establishment Also Re- $2 Taken From Cash Register. ports The front door of the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.'s store at 1027 Ninth strzet was smashed in last night and 30 cartons of cigarettes stolen Clarence Beggs, manager of the store, arrived at the store early this morning to find the front door listing inward while the shelves where the cigarettes are stored were rifled. Two dollars in change had also been taken from the cash register. LONGWORTH APPOINTS SERVICE PAY COMMITTEE Also Will 9 of Army, Navy, Marine, Coast, Health and Geodetic Units. Study Personnel Speaker Longworth yesterday ap- pointed the House members of the joint congressional committee, recently au- thorized, to make a study of pay and personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, 'Public Health Service and the Coast and Geodetic Survey. ‘The members are: Representatives French of Idaho, Cooper of Ohio and Barbour of California, Republicans, ana { Information Oliver of Alabama and Grosser of Ohio, Democrats. Thief in Store Takes Meats and Leaves Vegetables A burglar who certainly cannot be termed a vegetarian entered Samuel Kaplan's store at 1245 G street northeast last night. ‘Ten hams, four shoulders and two strips of bacon comprised the loot, valued at $30. A variety of vegetables, which would have completed the menu for a choicy meal, went untouched. A side window was “jimmied"” by the thief to grin entrance to the establishment. COMMISSION ASKS PHONE RATE DATA on Charges Made Subscribers Request- ed by Utilities Body. The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. has been asked to submit data to the Public Utilities Commis~ sion relative to telephone rates charged subscribers. The matter was discussed at a conference yesterday between the commission and Lloyd Wilson, presi- dent. and Dozier De Vane, counsel for the company. Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman said today it was impossible at this time to forecast what the’ data asked for, which related to the 1929 opera- tions of the company, would show, and that it would take about three months’ work by the commission before a deci- sion could be reached whether to cail public hearings on a change of rates. The present rates, of which the basic charge is $4.75 per month for the ordi- nary residence telephone, were fixed by compromise of the commission with the company in June, 1927. At that time the commission and the company were in litigation over a proposed reduction from the then $5 rate, and the company agreed to abandon its case in court and charge the lower rate for a period of two years. Since June, 1929, when the agreement_expired, no move has been made by either side to change the rate. A second conference will be arranged, Mr. Hartman said, when the figures asked for are ready. TEA BENEFI’FS NURSERY. Funds to finance the activities of the Mira McCoy Andrews Day Nursery As- sociation will be raised at a tea next ‘Tuesday from 3 to 6 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Philip G. Affieck, 3100 Connec~ ticut avenue, apartment 444. The nur- sery, at 472 I street southwest, cares for the children of working mothers. The committee in charge consists of Mrs. Nora Henry, Mrs. Thomas Gard- ner and Mrs. Affleck. Those in the re- celving line will include Mrs. Worthy Stearns, Mrs. Thomas W. Howerton, Mrs. arie Jameson, Mrs. Margory Snyder, Mrs. Lula E. Jett, Mrs. Colin Livingstone, Mrs. George Peckham, Mrs. Frank Fuller, Mrs. Carter Keene and Mrs. Amy Leeds. FOR MORGAN STATUE. Representative Garber Asks $10,- 000 for Memorial Shaft. Expenditure of $10,000 for the erec- tion of a monument to Gen. Daniel Morgan at Winchester, Va., would be authorized in a bill introduced yester- day by Representative Garber, Repub- lican, Virginia. Rumors that first precinct police poisoned instead of destroying a quan- tity of alleged mash found during & raid in the 900 block of Pennsylvania avenue last night were set at rest to- day with the explanation that only a threat to put poison into the brew was made in order to frighten employes of the place into not disturbing it before it could be removed. «ipal speaker at the monthly meeting of the Barcroft School and Civic League (to be held tonight in the Barcroft Community House. Mr. Byars will tell lof the advantages to the residents of Arlington County through the return I this area to the District of Columbia. One hundred gallons of alleged whisky, wine and beer were seized by ! the raiding party, who also arrested I the alleged proprietor of the place on charges of sale, manufacture and pos- session of liquor. He was booked as POLICE RAIDERS PROTECT MASH BY DECLARING IT WAS POISONED Rumors of Action Set at Rest by Explanation at First Precinct. Harry G. Kopel, 41, with quarters above the x'¥eev.nm'lnt. where the raid took lace. P oiice said they found a long bar, fully equipped, a brass rail and beer on draft. hind the bar, it is claimed, they unearthed an assortment of liquor. According to the officers, they found wine presses and apparatus for making beer in the basement. The raiding party included Sergt. A. 8. Bohrer and Policemen A. D. Mansfield, H. G. Wana- maker and H. E. Davis. Mansfield said today that Kopel was told that the mash would be: poisoned, but only to discourage its removel be- fore the police could destroy it. SSTERS EVCTED FROM HOVEPRAY AS THEY DEPART One Said to Possess Check for $2,000 She Refuses to Cash. WOMEN ARE REMOVED TO GALLINGER HOSPITAL Pastor Says Home Will Be Found | if Unfortunates Will Listen “to Reason.” Mrs. Margaret Morgan Millsaps and Mrs. Anna Morgan Johnson, elderly sis- ters, who for 20 years lived at 1372 Harvard street and have been well known figures in that neighborhood, | whiled away the hours in Gallinger Hospital today, their home taken from them and their friends nonplussed by their refusal to listen “to reason.” Notwithstanding that one of the sis- ters has @ check for $2,000 among her effects, both were evicted from their home because payment on the mort- gage was not ferthcoming. The home |is closed to them, but Rev. George F. | Dudley, rector of St. Stephen’s and the | Incarnation Church, who has *known them a long time, said today that if he could-make the sisters listen to reason i they would cash the $2,000 check and have enough to live on. Found in Room Praying. ‘When a United States deputy -marshal called at the residence yesterday with | a court order Mrs. Millsaps and Mrs. Johrson were “not at home.” A lock smith was called and the front door was opened. Virtually every door in the house was locked, and when the mar- shal finally made his way to a front room on the second floor he found the two women—their friends say they are past 65—sitting together, praying. The court officer was about his busi- ness for some time before the sisters could be prevailed upon to leave, and by the time they had put on their quaint hats and cloaks odds and ends of furniture, bric-a-brac and famiy pro- traits had been piled on the sidewalk in front of the house. A crowd of the curious stood silently as the women were led to an automobile. It was at Ithe suggestion of Dr. Dudley that they were taken to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation. Hospital authori- ties said this morning they had spent “a_comfortable night.” For several years Mrs. Millsaps and Mrs. Johnson have been members of Dr. Dudley’s church. The parishioners have known of their plight, but Mr. Dudley said that all efforts to assist them had been denied. They had no money and kept to themselves, leaving the house to attend church services oc- casionally, but staying within a great deal of the time and spending more and more time praying. They prayed aloud yesterday as they left the house. Check Held for Two Years. The check that Mrs. Millsaps has re- fused to cash was paid to her about two years ago by the Perpetual Building As- sociation for her equity in a house on Columbia road, which was owned by her divorced husband. Dr. Dudley said he understood that the husband, said now to be living in New York with chil- dren of the couple, offered to deed the house to Mrs. Millsaps if she would agree to leave it in trust to the chil- dren, but that she refused, ‘whereupon the husband ordered the house sold and Mrs. Millsaps paid for her equity. Mrs, Millsaps denied the legality of the sale, however, and refused to cash the check. A great many articles were taken from niches they have occupled for years in the moving yesterday, but the check was not found. Mrs. Johnson, who is a widow, doesn't know about it, and Mrs. Millsaps has refused to en- lighten those interested in her. The religious convictions of the sis- ters have occasioned comment among | their neighbors and members of their | church. A deputy marshal who called | yesterday observed in a front window | a picture symbolizing the Christ and a_photograph beside it. An account of a visit Mrs. Johnson says the Deity | paid to her home wds pinned beneath. | Mrs. Millsaps is quite confident her sister recorded an actual experience. Claim Heirship to Property. Forged in the chain of their mis- fortunes is a circumstance that Mrs. Millsaps vows is the reason for all their suffering. She declares she is one of the heirs with a claim to the Trinity Church property in New York City and that people there are holding mil- lions of dollars from her. Thousands of persons have produced papers in the last 20 years purporting to estab- lish a connection with alleged rightful owners of one of the most valuable properties in the country. Mrs. Mill- saps’ claim, which is Mrs. Johnson's claim as well, has not been pressed, but the matter has preyed upon the women until now it is an obsession. The two sisters were at one time prominent in the affairs of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution. The Morgan family was socially prominent in Virginia, claiming connection with the family of Gen. P. G. T. Beaure- gard, the famous Confederate leader. “They would not harm a soul,” sald Dr. Dudley. “They pray for every- body. They prayed for the men that turned them out of their house. We knew they would have to leave even tually, because they have nothing. . If I can make them listen to reason the check will be cashed and a home found for them.” “NINETY DAYS’ GRACE,” CHURCH COMEDY TITLE Dramatists to Fourth Annucl Event. Covenant Give Marking their fourth anual presen- tation, the Young Dramatists of the Church of the Covenant will present a three-act comedy, “Ninety Days’ Grace,” tomorrow evening at 8 o’'clock in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets. Members of the cast are Arthur Wise, Peter Coasting, Alfred Barrett, Edward Hall, Miss Dorothy Porterfield and Miss Mae Norwood. Miss Helen L. Lyon and Mrs. Alfred Barrett are play directors. F. V. THOMPSON RESIGNS. After eight years as superintendent of the Boys Club of Washington, F. V. Thompson has tendered his resignation. He will leave soon for Chicago to be. come director of the Union League Boys’ Club. ‘Thompson has been one of the lead- ers in the work which has resulted in the marked wth of the boys' insti- tution. He has beeén instrumental in numerous improvements at the club, in- ciuding the addition of a gymnesium ! and the establishment of & £ camp. CHICAGOAN CALLED BEFORE GRAND JURY INDREYFUS INQUIRY Burkinshaw Subpoenas For- mer Broker to Appear Here Monday. NEW YOR'K DETECTIVES ARE QUIZZED BY GROUP Cotham Investigators See No Con- nection Between Her Death and “Dot” King Murder. A subpoena calling for the appear- ance Monday of James E. Dowd of Chi- cago, a former broker, before the grand jury investigating the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer Dreyfus, was issued to- day by Neil Burkinshaw, assistant dls" tract attorney. Meanwhile examination of the last of more than two-score witnesses previ- ously summoned was completed. Those questioned today were Lieut. Walter Hourigan and Sergt. Joseph Fitzgerald, New York detectives. They declined to reveal the nature of their testimony. Relatives Charge Threats. Lieut. Hourigan and Sergt. Fitzgerald were in charge of the investigation of the murder of “Dot” King, Broadway night club entertainer. Relatives of Mrs. Dreyfus have charged she had been threatened by Edmund J. McBrien, New York broker, because she “knew too much” about the King case. McBrien was with Mrs. Dreyfus short- ly before she was injured fatally in a 20-foot plunge from a balcony at the Potomac Boat Club, October 20. He convl.ncedhgflwe he had gone after his hat and companion’s wraps before she fell. New York Police officials informed Washington authorities shortly after Mrs, Dreyfus met her death that her Jewelry bore no resemblance to costly trinkets stolen by “Dot” King's mur- derer. New York investigators indicated they thought there was no connection between the two deaths. May Corroborate Statements. Dowd told newspapermen in Chicage he possessed “startling” information concerning -the Dreyfus case. It was suggested here that he might be able to corroborate statements of members of the Dreyfus family that the woman was “marked for death,” because cer- tain persons feared she would make statements which might result in a re- opening of the investigation of the King case. Among the witnesses examined since the grand jury began considering the case Monday were numerous relatives of Mrs. ‘Dreyfus, several policemen, physicians and friends of the family. Statements made by witnesses to news- paper reporters before entering the grand Jur& room indicated there was a wide difference of opinion as to the cause of Mrs. Dreyfus’ death. . ORGANIZED WOMEN SEEN AS HOLDING VOTE POWER Correspondent Says They Could Rule Every Precinct in Na- tion if Banded. If the 15,000,000 women qualified to vote in this country were an organized body they would hold the balance of power in every voting precinct, Fred Essary, Washington correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, told a radio audi- ence last night over the National Broas casting Co. under auspices of the Na- tional Woman's Party. He said the women asserted their rights and voted according to their con- victions for the first time in 1928. “It does not matter greatly if the charge be true that the women who marched to the polls in November, 1928, were swayed not so much by reason as by | passion and prejudice. The thing that matters is, first, that they voted, and {\‘exz that they voted their own convic- ions.” Miss Louise Watson of the Guaranty Trust Co. will discuss women in finance during the radio program of the Wom- an’s Partv next week. HOMER C. LEMON DIES. Clerk in Post Office Accounting Of- fice Expires After Long Illness. Homer C. Lemon, 60 years old, clerk in the general accounting office of the Post Office Department, died at his home, 1113 South Carolina avenue southeast, yesterday, after a long ill- ness. Mr. Lemon was a native of Grant County, W. Va., and came to this city 30 years ago to enter the Government service. He was a member ‘of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annette B. Lemon, and daughter, Miss Dorothy E. Lemon, of this city, and two sisters, Mrs, W. F. Ebert of Laurel Dale, W. Va., and Miss Leoti Lemon of Keyser, W. Va. Funeral services will be conducted in | the Pirst Brethren Church, Twelfth and E streets southeast, tomorrow afternoon | at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. DEPOSITOR SUES BANK. Charges Return of Checks Dam- aged His Reputation. Suit for $10,000 damages was filed today in the District Supreme Court against the North Capitol Savings Bank by John R. Brinton, an employe of the Government Printing Office. The plaintiff contended the bank had failed to honor his checks when he had sufficient money in deposit to cover them. Brinton charged his reputation had been injured and his credit dam- aged. The petition said the bank had failed to honor five checks for a total of $300. Alumni to Hold Card Party. The Alumni Association of Wilson Normal School will give a card party tomorrow evening in the Hotel Hamil- ton at 8 o'clock. This will be one of a series of social functions arranged by the association and several hundred graduates are expected tomorrow. Mrs. Edna Carr Boyer is in charge of a: rangements for the party tomorrow evening. Chosen Head of Workmen's Local. BLADENSBURG, Md., February 6 (Special).—Frank H. Flerstein of River Road, Bhdensbuw district, has been elected president of Butcher Workmen's Local No. 393 of Washington for the en-ning yeer. Mr. Flerstein is active in 3 ci ®ic: asliviies in (s ¥ Practice of the art of chasing devils out of the home, eliminating “hexes” and dealing with all forms of ill-luck and misfortune with herbs and philters, today was being investigated here fol- lowing: the arrest of Marie Dorsey, colored, of the 1800 block of Twelfth street, on charges of violation of the ! pharmacy act and practicing medicine without a license. ‘The woman's arrest followed the recital of a weird tale to police by Louise Alexander, colored, 225}, H street. The complaining witness de- clared she has contributed considerable sums to the Dorsey woman to chase the devils out of her home and has re- ceived from her strange concoctions from herbs, specially prepared powders and much advice, which have done her physical ailments no good and led to the disappearance of her husband. Louise told the story to Assistant Dis- trict Attorney John R..Fitzpatrick. Visit for “Mind Reading.” | She said she went to the Dorsey wom- !an first for a “mind reading, in April, 1928. She alleges she was told by the | “mind reader” that an evil spell hov- | ered over her, but that it could be re- | moved for $100. Louise declared a deal was made whereby she paid $25 down and $10 'mi-monthly to get rid of the devils ton the installment plan. She says she received various sorts of ‘“devil-resist- ing” compounds, to be placed about her home. There were other visits to the Dorsey woman, she says, and more money was After e the devils id. eu-?; a year of trying to chase out, Louise declares, she grew tired at the persistence of the devils in staying around in spite of all she «did, and stopped visiting the Dorsey woman. She was getting a pain in her throat, she said, and could see no ‘use in continuing her visits. About a month after the visits stopped, she declared, the Dorsey wom- an came to the Alexander home and interested Wash Alexander, husband of Louise, in the business of chasing out devils, She is alleged to have received a $10 down payment and other money from Wash return for powders to sprinkle from the front to the rear of the house, barring entrance of evil spirits; other concoctions to cook on the kitchen stove and .a medicine for rubbing on his face. Instructions Carried Out. Louise says Wash carried out all in- structions implicitly, and with each ap- plication of the medicine to his face became more irritable. She declares her husband, always fonds of children, lost all interest in his grandchildren. Wash Alexander has been listed as “missing” at the sixth precinct since February 1. Louise declares that Sunday she re- ceived a visit from the Dorsey woman and was informed by her that there was & “cross” on her house. For $25 she is alleged to have agreed to remove it and to see that the straying hus- band returned home. The money is alleged to have been given the woman, but’ Wash has not come home, and Louise sees no difference in her home since work was begun to eliminate the Yesterday, Louise alleges, the Dorsey woman came again to see her and wanted more money. This time, she de- clared, she had no money, ever for the necessities of life. Detective Sergt. Robert 8. Saunders of the narcotic squad Policeman George E. Perry have samples of various powders and liquids which the Dorsey woman is alleged to have given her for narcotic drugs. Meanwhile an investigation is being conducted to determine whether the woman had any other clients. FUGITIVE'S ARREST REVEALS SHOOTING Man Is Alleged to Have Im- personated Officer and Fired at Boys. l A shooting on the Southern Mary- |land highway near Clinton, in which a man impersonating a revenue officer fired a revolver at two boys in a truck, was revealed at Police Court today when Ralph Duffel, 24, 1119 K street, was arralgned on a fugitive warrant. According to police, the man is charged with assault with intent to kill, at_Marlboro, Md. He was arrested on U street yester- day by Detective L. M. Wilson and Carlton Tally after police had been searching since January 16 for him. Louis M. Hyde, 1328 Columbia road, a Maryland youth working in the city, identified Duffel as the “casual acquain- men." who was driving his car at the e. Hyde said they were returning from his home in La Plata when a truck con- taining two boys passed them. His com- panion suddenly rolled down the win- dow, pointed a revolver toward the ve- hicle in front and fired. The truck stopped. The gun wielder told the occupants, John Sweeney, and Wendell Perry, 813 Sixth street, that he was a prohibition officer and asked to see the former’s operators’ permit. The boy refused. The man reached into the rear of the truck, grabbed a piece of iron and struck Sweeney a blow in the face, police say. At this moment the astonished Hyde alighted from his car and halted the proceedings. Constable A. C. Thompson of Prince Georges County declared that Duffel will be removed to Maryland within a week, where a charge of assault with intent to rob will be pressed as well as the one on assault with intent to kill Defense counsel claimed mistaken identity. THREE NAVY I;ROJECTS CONTRACTED FOR D. C. Department Announces Distribu- tion of $52,564 Work in Vari- ous Parts of Country. Three awards of contracts for jobs in and about Washington have been made by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, the Navy Department announced today in making public contracts total- ing $52,564 for work in various parts of the country. For an automatic stoker at the Naval Research Labol ry at Bellevue, D. O, the Brownell Co. of Dayton, Ohio, was given the job for the contract price of $1,875. Quarters at the Naval Radio Station at Arlington, Va., will be built |lm' $12,998 by Thomas F. Jones of 511 | E street. Kitchen and walks will be constructed at the Washington Naval Hospital by Nathan Abramson of 4517 New Hampshire avenue for $4,488. ‘The Brooke Construction Co., Inc., of Norfolk, Va., will put in a cinder road at the Naval Ammunition Depot, St. Julien Creek, Va., for $9,400, while dredging at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Squanton, Mass,, will be done by the Trimount Dredging Co. of Boston for $10,000. MERGER DECISION PROBABLE TUESDAY Resolution to Authorize Con- solidation Awaits Senate Dis- trict Committee Action. The resolution to authorize merger of local street rallway lines will be taken up by the Senate District com- mittee at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon; when decisions may be reached on the controversial features. During the meeting, Chairman Cap- Per also may consult with his col- leagues as to when they wish to begin consideration of the Cramton Park bill and the Howell measure to make prohi- bition enforcement more “effective in ‘ashington. Fare Is Chief Issue. The main points of difference be- tween the Utilitles Commission and the railway companies on the merger reso- lution relate to the rate of fare fol- lowing merger, and how the law should be amended regarding court procedure when appeals are taken from any de- cision of the commission. ‘The commission provided in the plan that the present rate of car fare should continue for two years after merger. The companies want this eliminated, but there have been indications of a strong sentiment in the committee to retain this provision. New Procedure Is Outlined. With regard to court procedure, the commission has taken the view that under present law the courts have leg- islative power in passing on utility cases, and the commission has outlined an entirely new form of court pro- cedure. mission have not been able to agree on the text of the court amendment. The committee also must decide whether the court amendment should be the separate bill. . The bill to increase the salaries of police and firemen has been referred by Senator Capper to the police and fire subcommittee, of whi Senator Robsion of Kentucky is chairman. This bill already has been favorably reported by the House District committee. FINDS LOST PURSE EMPTY Edward A. Root Reports Loss of $558 to Police. After losing his purse on the street late yesterday, Edward A. Root of 1814 Ingleside terrace retraced his steps and found it lying on the sidewalk, but the $558 it had contained was missing. Root told first precinct police he lost the pocketbook between Seventh and F streets and Twelfth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. He does not know whether it was lifted from his pocket by a thief or found by some one, who removed its contents and then dis- carded it. Named Syracuse Tutor. GLENN DALE, Md., February 6 (Spe- cial).—Daniel B. Lloyd, jr., of near this place has been appointed as an instruc- tor in applied mathematics at Syracuse University, New York, and has entered upon his duties. Mr. Lloyd, a graduate in civil engineering from George Wash- ington University, Washington, pre- viously has taught at the University of Tllinois and the University of Maryland. Instead of reporting out the Zihiman bill granting $10,000 relief to Jennie Bruce Gallahan, widow of a fireman killed in the performance of his duty, which measure has been a subject of bitter controversy for several years, the judiciary subcommittee of the House District committee today authorized Chairman McLeod to prepare an amni- bus measure taking care of the widows of 12 District of Columbia firemen, who met “violent deaths” in recent years. It was also voted that this new bill be broadened to include the widows of policemen who met violent deaths, ‘There are now 12 “violent death” widows on_the pension rolls of the Dis- trict Fire Department. according to the NEW BILL PLANNED FOR RELIEF OF D. C. WIDOWS OF FIREMEN | Omnibus Measure to Care for Dependents of Those Who Meet “Violent Deaths.” appeared before the McLeod subcom- mittee earlier in the week. " Representative McLeod is to confer tomorrow with Chief Watson, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of the metropolitan police force, and A~ tion Counsel McBride mcun: the language and amounts w] should be and firemen’s widows. Representative McLeod will then in- troduce a bill to supplant the pending Gallahan bill, which was sponsored by Representative Zihlman and Gambriil of Maryland and former Senator Bruce of Maryland. The judiclary bcommittee infor- mally discussed veral other claims measures, and the Cable bill to remove the limitation of amounts that can be P ol Fire Chief Watson who { sued for in case of a violent death, et clients. They are having them analyzed of PAGE B-1 APARTMENT HOUSE STORAGE GARAGES APPROVED BY BODY Zoning Code Amended to Eliminate Necessity for Neighbors’ Consent. NO SERVICE OR REPAIRS PERMITTED UNDER PLAN Move Seen as Means to Keep Park- ed Cars Off Streets ! at Night. Storage garages where no repair or servicing work is conducted now may be installed in apartment houses with- out/ the former restrictiop that consents be obtained from adjoining property owners, but with the proviso that plans for such garages have the approval of the District Commissioners, under an amendment to the zoning code of the Ditsrict approved by the Zoning Com- mission following a public hearing yes- terday. The proposal met with overwhelming approval at the hearing and was pro- moted as a means of reducing the num- ber of automobiles parked all night in congested streets i _apartment house sections, as well as affording additional attractions to apartment tenants. Sponsors of Plan, The plan was sponsored by the Op- erative Builders’ Association, the Board Trade, architects and others. The District Commissioners are given the authority to deny application for sucn garages if they find, after public hear- ing, that the proposed location of the garages, their entrances or exits, may cause objectionable traffic or otherwise dangerous conditions. The commission also approved a change in the regulation of public rages erected in residential sections with consents of adjoining property owners, which gives power to reject ob- Jectionable projects to the District Com- miufinen rather than thie Zoning Com- mission. The commission also approved the petition of the University Club in- creasing the allowable height of its building at the northwest corner of The companies and the com- | merger resolution or handled as a | Fifteenth and I streets from 90 to 110 feet, and will make possible the con- struction of three additional stories, Changes Approved. The commission approved the follow- ing other changes: From residential 60-foot B area to first commercial 60-foot C area the southwest corner of New Hampshire avenue and Rock Creek Church road. From residential 40-foot A restricted area to residential 40-foot A area land on both sides of Sheridan street be- tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets, From residential 40-foot A restricted area to residential 40-foot A semi- restricted area lots located on the west side of Thirty-eighth street between Fulton and Garfield streets, From residential 40-foot B area to first commercial 40-foot C area rear parts of lots at 1000-1002 Bladensburg road northeast. From residential 40-foot A restricted area to residential 40-foot A semi-re- stricted area property at 1600 Brent- wood road northeast. The commission refused to make petitioned for properties at 2110 Massachusetts avenue, 1000-1008 M street and at 1132-1134 Tenth street, 2324-2348 Champlain street, 1230 Ham- lin street northeast and at 601-607 Ala- bama avenue southeast. Petition for a change in the zoning of the northeast corner of Twenty- eighth street and Cathedral avenue was withdrawn, . WINDOW DISPLAY ATTRACTS THRONGS | Medels Depicting “Washington of Future” Praised by Govern- ment Officials. The display of models, maps and scenery depicting “Washington of the future” in the F street windows of Woodward & Lothrop's department store, at Eleventh and F streets, con- tinues to attract throngs of passersby. Colorful, picturesque and presented in an elaborate background, with sev- eral painted scenes, the display shows not only the principal new buildings projected for the near future, but also maps, diagrams and paintings to dis- close some of the park and bridge de- velopments proposed for the Potomac River, Great Falls and vicinity. The exhibits include the model of the so-called triangle of buildings, construct- ed by the Treasury Department and displayed in the large corner window at Eleventh and F streets. Other models include the Supreme Court Building, Arlington Memorial Bridge and Water Gate, District of Columbia Memorial to its World War dead, Washington Monu~ ment gardens, Great Falls Bridge and adjacent parkways, with a_picturesque scene of Great Falls in the background; the Capitol and its proposed plaza, the George Washington Memorial and new House Office Building. There are also maps of the triangle development and theuupper and lower Potomac River parks. Officials of the Government interested in promoting the development program of Washington are much pleased with the exhibit and feel it will be helpful, not only in giving a vision of the glo~ rious Capital of the future, but in pre- senting a cleayer understanding of the program for the promotion of which much legislation is still pending in Con- e gress. The display was arranged by Wood- ward & Lothrop, in co-operation with W. T. Partridge, consulting architect of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, G. W. U. DEBATERS WIN. Girls Defeat Team From Pennsyl- vania State College. George Washington University debat- ing team of girls won over Pennsylva- nia State College last night in their first debate of the season, recommended for this class of police | ginia The George Washington girls—Vir- Frye, Julia Bonwit and Louise Feinstein-—took the negative of the question, “Resolved, That the present tendency to provide higher education for the masses should be discouraged.” The visitors were Margeter Lorah, Eliz- abeth Bell and Jeannette Burns. The single expert critic system was used. Prof. Thomas Cline of Gettys- burg College, acted as judge. The pre- gdml omc’.“r was rrc! Willard Hayes coger, professor of public speaking at George Washington, \