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#* e _—— WAS HINGTON, D. C, HURSDAY, The Foening Star FEBRUARY 27, 1930. *EX RETIREMENT BILL " WILL BE PUSHED, TILSON DECLARES Controversy Has Been Ended by Agreement on Amended Measure, He Says. PROPOSAL TO BE PUT BEFORE CONFERENCE | Dale Plan Already Has Been Passed by Senate, Opening Way for Action. House Leader Tilson gave positive as- surance today that early consideration will be given in the House to the Dale bill as amended by the Lehlbach bill, which in turn was amended by the compromise with Government employes’ | Tepresentatives in the joint conference on civil service retirement. House Leader Tilson said that while no definite date could be set now for House action upon this measure, he will be glad to have it disposed of as early as possible, since there now seems 1o be an agreement upon what has been & controversial subject. : With an early vote in the House, it will be possible to send the Dale- Lehlbach bill as amended to conference., because the Dale bill already has passed the Senate, even though the entire structure of the Dale bill has been stricken out after the enacting clause, with the amended Lehlbach bill substi- Reprisentatives of the Government employes have contended that if any measure to liberalize the civil service yetirement law is brought to a vote in the House, it will be passed by an over- ‘whelming majority. DISTRICT COMMITTEE 0. K.’S STREET PLAN Pass Measure Making Tenth Street Buffer Between Residential and Commercial Areas. ‘The House District committee, in re- porting a measure yesterday by Chair- man Zihlman of Maryland, paved the way for permitting a land transfer in the vicinity of the Baltimore and Ohio and Bunker Hill road, designed 10 make Tenth street northeast a kind of buffer highway, marking off resi- dential and commercial sections of that area. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, explained today that under the measure, | the United States proposes to trade a part of its land for an equal amount, owned by the Charles H. Tompkins Co. ‘This, he said, would mean that the Federal Government property would be shifted to adjoin the residential area, so that the Turkey Thicket playground, recreation and athletic field, between the B. & O. Railroad and Bunker Hill road, ‘will be in one plot of ground. At pres- ent, Col. Grant said. part of the Federal Government property adjoins the B. & ©O. Railroad tracks, which is considered 4nadvisable. ‘With the shift in property authorized, Col. Grant explained it Tenth street ‘will be run through as a kind of barrier between the residential and commercial areas, with the playground adjoining the residential section. Col. Grant said that in preserving the name of Turkey ‘Thicket playground the National Ca ital Park and Planning Commission is g!metulflnl a local name which is used ¥ the older residents of that area. CITIZENS® ASSOCIATION DISCUSSES RADIO OFFER Randle Highlands Group Also Con- siders Proposed Erection of Car- _ Stop Shelter. , _Lengthy discussion of the proposed offer of radio facilities to civic groups | by Station WJSV by which repre- sentatives of citizen associations would broadcast the views and policies of their respective organizations was heard Iast night at a meeting of the Randle Highlands Citizens' Association at the Orr School. No formal action was taken. The association also discussed the proposed erection of a new car-stop | shelter at the west end of the Pennsy vania Avenue Bridge, which. following a favorable report from the office of pubiic buildings and public parks, has en- countered opposition. This opposition is advanced on the grounds that no private structure should be erected on Government_property. Tracey Campbell, member of the Anacostia_ Citizens” Association, was nominated as a representative o the Advisory Council of Citizens Associa- tions. Musical entertainment was furnished by William Drescher, violinist; Milton Collins, cellist, and Miss Mariam Drescher, planist. FUGITIVE IS CAPTURED BY LOS ANGELES POLICE District Authorities Are Advised of Arres. of Colored Man Who Flea Reformatory. Clinton T. Flannagan, colored, who took “French” leave of the District re-| formatory at Lorton, Va., March 12, 1928, while serving a sentence of four years for alleged forgery, is under arrest in Los Angeles, Calif., according to a message received from the police of thag city yesterday Flannagan was in the real estate business in this city at the time of his arrest, and it was alleged that he floated loans cn houses without knowledge or consent of own Wounded When Revolver Explodes While handling a revolver of small caliber at his home, 143 W street, yes- terday afternoon, Charles R. Shelton, colored, 42 years old, accidentally dis- charged the weapon, the bullet wound- ing the forefinger of the left hand. He was given surgical aid at Freedman's Hospital. Overcome in Garage. Royce L. Rusk, 21 years old, was over- ome by carbon monoxide gas last night rage at his home, southeast. Rusk, not seriously affected | drom ) bout 9 o'clock while working in a ga- 1528 Ridge place ‘was treated at home by a physician Casuaity Above—Laurence Richardson (left), | who was rescued from a cave-in yester- | day when Harold Bacon (right) ran to | a fire station for help. Below—Albert Jones, who was saved from the wheels | of a truck several months ago, when | young Bacon, a schoolboy patrolman, pulled him out of its path. | —Star_Staft_Photos. | FARM BOARD FIRM Aid to Be Given Only to Co-é operatives Despite Inde- pendents’ Protest. By the Associated Press. | Encouraged by a slight improvement | in wheat prices, Washington, neverthe- less, kept an anxious eye upon the Chi- cago Board of Trade for developments in a situation that is termed serious, but not insurmountable. The Federal Farm Board, in the face of sharp protests from independent grain dealers, stood solidly upon its policy of assistance for the co-opera- | tives only, and, it is understood, have responded with a reminder that the | independents still have an opportunity | to ally themselves with the co-operative | | organizations. | Senate Awaits Reply. ! | The Senate was waiting a respogse from Secretary Hyde to its resolution asking for an opinion as to whether the grain and cotton exchanges should | be closed temporarily, and saying it | was alleged that prices are being de- | pressed by “harmful speculation.” A slight strengthening of the price of wheat was attributed to reaction of the Grain Stabilization Torporation in purchasing some 3,000,000 bushels in the open market, mostly in May futures, and the purchase of 800 carloads of spot wheat by the Farmers' National Grain Corporation. It was the latter transaction in par- ticular that brought on protests from the independents. A preferred price, some 10 or 12 cents above the current | market price, was paid for grain bought from farm co-operatives. Market prices | govern similar transactions with inde- | | pendents. Board Is Firm. Many telegrams reached the board protesting against this preferential, but | | the board let it be known that it con- | templated no change in policy, and it is understood that word went back to the | | protesters that the way was still open | | for independents to become allied with | the co-operatives. { | ,, Secretary Hyde went over the situa- | tion late yesterday with President Hoo- | ver, and later termed the general situa- | tion ““esrious,” but one that could be weathered. It was from him that con- firmation came of the Stabilization Cor- poration's activities on the future mar- et. Senator Connolly, Democrat, Texas, | | late yesterday urged Chairman Legge of | the board to adopt a policy for handling the 1930 cotton crop similar to that ap- SCHOOL SITUATION SERIOUS, SAYS ORR | Head of Lyon Citizens Asserts Im- provements Foremost County Issue. “The present school situation in Arlington County, undoubtedly, presents the most serious’ situation confronting the voters at the present time,” said Arthur Orr, president of the Lyon Park Citizens’ Association, today. “Among the several projects now being agitated for solution by bond issue or increase | | in the tax levy, the public schools stand | | first and foremost, and there should | be no increase in the tax levy or of | | the bonded indebtedness of the county | for other purposes until after the| | schools have been provided for. | “In yesterday's issue of The Star,” | sald Mr. Orr, “I was erroneously quoted | 8 having said that ‘the school situa- | tion is a disgrace to Arlington County.’ I made no such statement, nor did I say anything to that effect. I believe | such a statement, at the present junc- | ture would be most unfortunate. The school board is taking definite steps to correct the present school situation | and_contemplates a construction pro- | sram which will provide adequate school facilities for all sections of the county. In this, they will, undoubtedly, | have the effective co-operation of ali the citizens.” |COLORED WOMAN DIES i FROM STAB WOUNDS Police Arrest Man Reported to Be| Her Former Common Law | ; Husband. | Clara Matthews, colored, 30 years old, died at Freedmen's Hospital early this | morning as a result of knife wounds | received late 1ast night when attacked } in her room at 709 Barry place. James Hatton, reputedly her former common- law husband, was arrested this morn- ing in Huntsville, Md., by the homicide squad and is sald to admit the kullnf. ‘The couple are reported by the police to have separated about three weeks ago, ce which, it is stated, Hatton made several efforts to effect a re- conciliation. Yesterday Hatton, accord- ing to information obtained by the police, played 30 cents on the numbers game and won $180, and last night he is reported to have renewed bis re- quest for the woman to return to him. Failing to effect a reconcilintion, it is " ON WHEAT OLCY. PANTHER HUNTER TARES DN LFE Alphonse M. Gautier Shoots Self as Three Visitors Look On. A bullet which had lain, weeks be- fore, in the chamber of a revolver while the gun's owner tramped the fields and woodlands of Northeast Washington and nearby Maryland, his trigger finger itching for a shot at the “panther,” took the life of the most picturesque of all the huntsmen who went on the Capital's famous hunt. Alphonse Marie Gantier, a French Canadian, wWho covereg many an acre of land in his search ér the “panther,” under the incognito of “Mr. Peter,” and whose novel ideas on the technique of stalking the panther gave the rest of the vast army of amateur panther hunters something to think about, died | last night when a bullet from his own | gun crashed through his temple. Dogs Guard Body. Gautier shot himself while three visitors to his quarters at Chevy Chase Lake swimming pool, where he is a night watchman, looked on. The re- volver exploded after Gautier is re- ported to have clicked the trigger sev- eral times with the weapon pointed at his head. As they stood by him when he went to search for the panther, ready to fight with the panther for their mas- ter, if need arose, so, at his death, Gautler's two faithful dogs stood guard over his body when Montgomery County police arrived to investigate the Gautier’s body is being held at a Rockville ~ undertaking _establishment while State’s Attorney Robert P. Peter, ir., investigates the shooting. With Gautier when. he shot himself were James A. Waugh of Kensington, | shooting. | Charles Pulliam of Chevy Chase Lake and Washington Hodge, Chevy Chase Lake. Thought Gautier Fooling. ‘The three men told Sergt. Leroy Rodgers and Pvts. Joseph Oldfield and J. E. Shoemaker of the Montgomery County police that they thought Gau- tier was fooling them when he put his pisto. to his head and pulled the trigger several times. When the gun finally ecploded, they said, they were horrified and ran out of the little room the man occupied in the swimming pool pavilion. Gautler had been employed as night watchman at the swimming pool for about a year, Little is known of his former life. Papers in his possession showed he served with the Canadian expeditionary forces during the war and that he has relatives in Ontario, Canada. Gautler, giving the name of “Mr. Peter,” made his first appearance on the scene of the panther hunt at the farm of Harry Fowler, who lives on'the Marlboro pike about 2 miles from the District line. He arrived one Saturday night about six weeks ago, after having walked through the snow from Fifteenth and H streets northeast, and announced to Fowler that he wanted to hunt the panther on Fowler's property. Some beast, believed to have been the panther, had killed one hog and cut up nine others in the pigsty on the Fowler farm. “Mr. Peter” was given permission to hunt the panther as much as he cared, and, with his dog, a mongrel beast, but well trained, he went into the fields. His method of hunting the panther was unique. He trailed, across a wide stretch of open land, some m'org smell- ing meat. After leaving a sufficiently odoriferous train for the marauding beast to take up, he set the meat out in the field, tied a length of string from the meat to a nearby fence post, and along the string tied first a dinner bell and then his dog, on a short lead. Then “Mr. Peter” dug a hole in the snow near the bait and calmly went to sleep. He did not get the panther, but stuck to his methods of baiting the beast through several subsequent pan- ther hunts. Several times during the time the beast was reported to be in or near Washington Gautier appeared at the eleventh precinct, with suggestions for catching or killing the marauder. REV. S. R. RIDOUT DIES. Author of Religious Tracts Expires Visiting in Baltimore. READING, Pa., February 27 (P).— Rev. Samuel R. Ridout of Boyertown, Pa., author of religious books and works on Sunday school instruction methods, died at the home of a friend, Frederick Timley, in Baltimore, a message to Berks relatives yesterday said. He was a native of Annapolis, Md., and a grad- uate of the Theological Seminiry at colored, of charged, the stabbing !ol*::l. Princetom, YOUTH SAVES LIFE ' OF PLAYMATE, 10, BURIED BY CAVE-N Summons Firemen, Then Starts Digging to Free Trapped Friend. [VICTIM IS DRAGGED FROM | EARTH SEMI-CONSCIOUS g "Rcscuer Recently Snatched Child From Beneath Wheels of Truck ‘While on Patrol. Saving lives is becoming an every day occurrence for Harold Bacon, 10, of 5503 Seventh street, who, about two months | ago, snatched a smaller boy from under the” wheels of a truck and yesterday afternoo.. ran for assistance when a | companion was buried by a collapse of | the roof of a cave in rear of the Paul Junior High School, Eighth and Ogle- | thorpe streets. The arrival of firemen in response to the boy's summons probably averted | death by suffocation of Laurence Rich- ardson, 10, of 5313 Ninth street. As it | was, the lad was semi-conscious when | he was dragged from beneath the mass of earth that had fall:n upon him. | This morning, however, with the excep- | tion of a slight cut on’ his head, where the shovel of one of the rescuers struck him, he was none the worse for his experience. Used Cave as Hiding Place, The two boys, with Laurence’s 8-year- old brother, William, and Joseph Rey- nolds, 11, of 5313 Iliinois avenue, were playing in rear of the junior high school “ | about 5 oclock yesterday afternoon when Laurence took refuge in a cave from the others, who were chasing him. He had just hidden in the cave and Joseph was in the act of entering when the roof collapsed, burying Laurence under four feet of dirt and covering Joseph to the waist. The latter boy was able to free himself, and, with the help of Willlam, began digging frantically with his hands. Meanwhile, Harold, sitting under a tree some distance away, heard the smaller boy crying. While the others continued to dig for the | buried boy, he set off at top speed for No. 11 fire truck house. Takes Spade and Returns, On the way he met two boys, one of whom was carrying a spade. Sending the boy without the implement on to the fire house, he raced back to the scene of the cave-in with the other. They commenced digging, and the spade had struck Laurence’s head by the time the firemen, under command of Capt. 3 Bassord, arrived. The boy was quickly extricated from the loose loam and revived. “What did you think about while you ‘were buried?” Laurence was asked after he had recovered. “I don’t know,” the boy replied. “All I remember was that I knew I was go- ing to die if I didn't get out soon. I began to scream, but no one heard me.” | Children Dug Cave. The cave had been dug in the soft earth of a clay bank by the children of the neighborhood. Earlier in the aft- ernoon they had dug deeper into the earth. This, with the rain, is believed to_have weakened the roof. The other case in which Harold saved the life of a companion was while he was on schoolboy patrol at the ‘Truesdell School. He was on duty at his corner when he saw 8-year-old Al- bert Jones of 5308 Illinois avenue di- rectly in the path of an oncoming truck, apparently oblivious to the dan- ger. Harold sprang to the ohild’s side and snatched him back just in time to keep him from being struck. POLICE PROBE THEFT OF DIAMOND RINGS Guest at Ambassador Hotel Names Suspect—Other Robberies Reported. Headquarters detectives today are in- vestigating the theft of two diamond rings valued at $1,200 from the room of Miss Maie Burke in the Ambassador Hotel, at Fourteenth and K streets, and a suspect named by Miss Burke was ex- pected to be questioned. Two other hotel rooms were reported looted last night, a suit case containing wearing_apparel valued at $120 being stolen from the room of Arthur Faske in the Y. M. C. A. annex at 1704 G street, while a watch and a gold knife and chain set were taken from the room of Anthony B. Fennell in the Benedict Apartments, at 1808 I street. ‘Three antique paper weights valued at $70 were stolen from the shop of Percy Segal, at 1304 Connecticut ave- nue. A burglar entered the apartment of Edna Nikunen, at 1210 Twelfth street, last night and took $48 in cash from a dresser drawer. ROBERT L. RUSSELL, BANK TELLER 30 YEARS, DIES Native of Virginia, Who Came to Capital 35 Years Ago, Had Been Il Short Time. Robert Lee Russell, 55 years old, a teller in the Columbia National Bank for 30 years, died yesterday at his resi- dence, 4349 Klingle road, after a brief iliness. A native of Loudoun County, Va., Mr. Russell came to Washington 35 years ago, subsequently entering the employ of the Columbia National Bank. He was a member of the American Bank- ers’ Association. Besides his widow, Mrs. Nellie 1. Russell, he is survived by a daughter and a son, Miss Helen C. Russell and W. Irvine Russell, both of this city. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, Interment will be in Congressional Cemetery. HOLD PATRIOTIC SERVICE. Society of Sponsors of U. S. Navy Plan Second Annual Exercises. ‘The Society of sgcmms of the United States Navy, now holding a convention in Wi n, will conduct its second annual patriotic service Sunday after- noon at 4 o'clock in Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral. Bishop James E, Freeman will preach the ser- mon. | Mrs. Prederick Hicks and Mrs. Stanton R. Norman. The Cathedral choir of men and boys under the direction of Edgar Priest, will sing. 3 - Ceremonies have been arranged by | ST FOR QLY NMALL URCEDBY * LEUT COL ERANT ‘ | Ship Would Be Attraclivei Addition to Area, Says Park Official. |VESSEL WILL BE EASY | OF ACCESS BY PUBLICi | Bill to Provide for Making Memo- | | rial of Dewey Ship Is Favored | by House Group. ! ! | The famous old fighting ship of Ad- | miral Dewey, the U. 8. S. Olympia, now | out of commission at Philadelphia, | would be an attractive addition to the | Mall, in the opinion of Lieut. Col. U. S.| Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Na- | tional Capital Park and Planning Com- | misston. | Col. Grant declared today that he| | thought the Olympia could be tied up tofl the Washington Channel side or the | Georgetown Channel side of Potomac Park, or, better, that it might be placed at the foot of B street near the turn of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, |out of the crowded way of river traffic. Cochran Measure Is Favored. A measure of Representative Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri to “provide for | the use of the United States ship Olym- pia as a memorial to the men and wom- en who served the United States in the war with Spain” was ordered favorably reported yesterday by the naval affairs committee of the House. ‘The measure contemplates the desig- nation by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission of a suitable site for the vessel so0 the public might board it easily. The measure provides that the Olympia would be transferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, which would be charged with the proper care and maintenance. Concrete “Hull” Is Urged. Col. Grant suggested that at first the | Olympia might be moored so that the | public could easily get aboard, pending | the formulation of permanent plans. Then, he said, in the course of time the vessel might be set up in concrete, to eliminate the need for periodic clean- ing of the hull. This permanent loca- tion might be somewhere in the vicinity of Potomac Park. POLICE ASKE'D TO SEARCH FOR TWO YOUNG WOMEN [15-Year-01d Bride Has Been Miss- ing Since Tuesday, Hus- band Reports. | Police were requested last night to | search for two young women who have | been missing since Tuesday, one of yWhom is a 15-year-old bride, Mrs. | Florence Gibbons of 501 Alabama ave- | nue southeast, and the other Miss Mary Frances Keily, 20, of 150 Rhode Island avenue. Mrs. Gibbons was described by her husband, Prank Gibbons, as being 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 110 pounds, with d: brown hair and hazel eyes. Gibbons told police she was wearing either a black or long red dress, & black coat with gray fur collar and cuffs and a black or red hat. When last seen by relatives Miss Kelly was wearing a plaid coat with gray fur collar, a black hat, a dark brown dress and black shoes. She is 5 feet 5 inches in height and weighs 100 pounds, according to the description furnished police by her sister, Miss Anne Kelly. \GRIMKE FUNERAL RITES HELD TODAY Former Consul to Santo Domingo Was Known for Work in Be- half of Colored Race. Funeral services for Archibald H. Grimke, 80 years old, former consul to Santo Domingo and president emer- | itus of the American Negro Academy, who died Tuesday at his residence, 1415 Corcoran street, were held at 2:30 |oclock this afternoon at the resi- dence, with Rev. Walter H. Brooks, pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Harmony Cemetery. A native of South Carolina, Mr. Grimke was educated at Lincoln and Harvard Universities. After a brief period of editorial writing on a Boston newspaper, he was oppointed to the consulship of Santo Domingo in 1894, serving in this office for four years. On his retirement from the American | Negro Academy, in which he served as | president from 1903 to 1919, Mr. Grimke | was elected president emeritus. As vice | president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Grimke had also served, during recent years, as president of the local branch, He retired from public life three years ago. An author of several progressive books on anti-slavery and African colonization problems, he was awarded the Spingarn medal in 1919, an honorary award for meritorious service in the advancement of colored progress. A daughter, Miss Angelina Grimke, and a brother, Rev. Prancis J. Grimke, pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presby- terian Church, survive. Several Hurt in Riot. NEW YORK, February 27 (#).—Sev- eral persons were slightly injured and two were arrested yesterday when po- | lice broke up a Communist parade in Wall street. A near-riot occurred when | the police bore down on the demonsira- tion, said to have been prompted by the release of-a man from Governors Is- land after he had served part of a sentece for deserting from the Army. Takoma Man Wins Commission. Clarence L. Terrill, 9 Cleveland ave- Missioned by the- War~ Deparim missiont e’ Wa second lieutenant in the Air Corps Re- serves of the Army. $1,300 Ring Lost. | A $1,300 onyx and diamond set plati- | num _ring was reported lost at or®near | the Wardman Park Hotel lasi night by Mrs, Almeda Tracy Ansell of 1957 Bilt- more street, Sl - The Metropolitan Memorial Episcopal Church at John Marshall place and C street, which will be torn down to make way for the mew municipal center. | | It was today announced that a new structure would be erected near American | University. Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House and pastor | photographer today before the pulpit, which is | Garden of Gethsemane and cedar from Mount | of the church, posed for a Star constructed of olive wood from the Lebanon, —Star Stafl Photos. Early for Court DOROTHY M. DAVIS. —Star Staff Photos. LINCOLN’S MESSENGER FREED AFTER TRIAL Anthony George, Here for First Time Since 1865, Arrested on Vagrancy Charge. A man who said that he had been a messenger for Gen. Grant and Presi- dent Lincoln, during the Civil War, re- ceived leniency at Police Court y, when Judge Gus A. Schuldt took his personal recognizance as answer for a police vagrancy charge. Anthony George gave his home ad- dress as Wisconsin and said that he would return to his State at once. He admitted that he had no place to stay in Washington, but declared that he came here several weeks ago to see if the city had changed since he left it in 1865, George said that he was surprised to find that none of the landmarks with which he became so familiar during the days of the War Between the States remained today. He said that Wash- ington was a strange place to him. He could find none of his old friends with whom he had expected to stay when he left his native Wisconsin. He stayed at a hotel for two weeks, inspecting the city, until his money gave out. Then he began living anywhere he could. Several nights were spent in the parks, he admitted. Finally a policeman who had seen him strolling idly about arrested the messenger and locked him up at a downtown precinct Judge Schuldt immediately released George from custody when he appear- arrangements for court attaches to get in connection with the stranded man's relatives in Wisconsin. * DONALD PHELPS BURIAL RITES TO BE TOMORROW Services for Boy Fatally Hurt in Auto Accident to Be at Langdon Church, Funeral services for Donald Phelps, 19, who died yesterday of injuries suf- fered in an automobile accident Sun- day night, which also capsed the death of Miss Irene McKendrie, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock the Langdon Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. ‘The accident occurred when an auto- WOMAN REPORTS ! Contempt Charge Last Week, Answers. Dorothy M. Davis, 24, who was sentenced to jail for 48 hours by Judge | Isaac R. Hitt for "";’J in contempt of | court when she showed up late for trial on a gas main tapping charge last ‘Thursday, arrived a half hour early to- day and her attorneys, William J. Sul- livan and Lewis Whitestone, secured a continuance until next week to enable them to summon additional witnesses. the girl had been kept in jail 96 hours instead of 48, as she was not released until Monday. Miss Davis was arrested several months squad, who reported finding whisky and a still, run by gas, in her | home on Fourteenth street northeast. A further examination showed a gas main had been tapped. The girl later pleaded guilty to possession of whisky and possession of property designed for whisky manufacture. She was given probation on these charges and de- manded a jury trial on the gas main tapping case. Last week the latter case was to be ‘: court until late in the afternoon, ying she had not received notice un- til too late, although the bondsman re- a;’ted mailing a notice several days ore. WOMAN HURT AS AUTO CRASHES WITH TROLLEY Miss Gertrude Woodin of Cherry- dale, Va., Treated at Hospital for Brain Concussion. Miss Gertrude Lee Woodin, 59 years old, of 45 Prospect .street, Cherrydale, Va, is in Emergency Hospital suffering from concussion of the brain as the re- sult of an accident this morning on the roadway leading to the tourist camp, Wwhen her automobile collided with a Washington & Virginia Railway Elec- tric Co. street car. Miss Woodin was taken to the hos- pital in the private car of Sergt. R. B. .l!lenklm of the United States Park Po- ce. The report made to Capt. P. J. Car- United States Park Police said that the accident occurred about 8:30 o'clock. The street car was in charge of Motor- man John Evans and Conductor H. ne. CHILD IS HIT BY CAR PLAYING BEFORE HOME ed to be telling the truth and mnde{ | He Is Removed From Cas- ualty Hospital. | _ Melvin Wilson, 7 years old, colore 75 M street southwest, received a sible fracture of the collarbone late yesterday when he ran into the path of an automobile driven by Elmer G. Reed of 2231 Chester street southeast, while playing In front of his home. The boy was taken to Casualty Hos- | pital and treated there by Dr. Phillip Stebbing. His condition was not re- removed to his home. _ Four other persons sustained minor injuries in traffic accidents last night. | They were: Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong, | 31 years old. of 604 Summit place; Mrs. | Anne Thrasher, 35, of 2737 Fourth street | northeast; Thomas 8. Gibson, 232, of 2315 First street, and Geneva Blasley, mobile, driven by Leonard West, one |22, colored, of 2234 Twelfth street, of the injured, crashed into a culvert near Prince Frederick, Md. The party of young people had been to Chesa- e Beach to celebrate Miss Me- Kendrie's birthday anniversary. It was stated, incorrectly, yesterday that Jo- seph King, 18, 712 E street @®lso injured, was the driver. Former D. C. Man Dies in Ohio. Friends of James Reisner, 80 years old, formerly of this city, where he was at one time employed in the United lates Pension Office, have of his recent death in Piqua, Ohio, Funeral services were conducted in Cov- | managed to turn off ington, OW BLAST ROUTS TENANTS. A hot-water boiler exploding in the basement of the Norfolk Apartments, in the 200 block of D street northeast, forced tenants of the first floor into the mhh morning when bolling water their apartments. The apartments occupied by Victor Gauzza, Mrs. Roy S. Sequine, Mrs George Hyde and M Lydia Peyton | 1 \ | | [ | | | Methodism” and was the place of wor- PAGE B-1 METROPOLITAN ME CHURCH IS PLANNED NEAR AMERICAN U. New Edifice to Replace His- toric Building About to Be Torn Down. RELICS TO BE BUILT INTO NEW STRUCTURE General Features of Famous 0ld John Marshall Place Church Will Be Incorporated. Forced from 1its stately and historic old edifice at John Marshall place and C street northwest by the municipal center building program, Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, which is the “National Church of ship of President U. S. Grant, President William McKinley and now of Vice President Charles Curtis, will build a new. church “in the area of American University.” This announcement was made today by Rev. Dr, James Shera | Montgomery, pastor, who is chaplain of the House of Representatives. There will also be a merger of the historic Metropolitan Memorial and the new Wesley Heights Methodist Episco- pal Church, which has been meeting in the Wesley Heights Club House, Dr. | Montgomery stated. EARLY FOR TRIAL Dorothy Davis, Sent to Jail on by Sergt. George Little's | tried, but Miss Davis failed to appear | roll by Officer S. G. Kitchen of the | d, of | rded as serious and he later was | were damaged by water, which cracked | been advised | the walls and damaged furniture, before members of the, fire rescue squad the water, No one was injured. ;‘ | P Condition Is Held Not Serious and | | ing completed in 1 Decision to build a new church was reached late yesterday afternoon by vote of an adjourned session of the fourth quarterly conference of the church plans will be under way “in a few days, Dr. Montgomery said, for the new build- 8. Site Not Selected. ‘The exact site of the new structure has not as yet been selected, Dr. Montgom- ery said, but he verified the report that one of the locations under serious con- sideration is a triangle of ground bounded by New Mexico avenue, Ne- braska avenue and Newark avenue. This lies in the general location between Wesley Heights, American University and the estate of Charles C. Glover. Many historic features of the famous old church will be removed and built into the new edifice, including the chimes, pulpit and altar rail made of wood from the Holy Land and pews. ‘The decision of the church conference was arrived at late yesterday afternoon, following a long series of meetings and protracted consideration of the future of the church. It is known that sev- eral different prospects were considered, but the vote taken yesterday was deci- sive and immediate steps will be taken to provide a new church home before the congregation is forced to leave by the steady progress of the Government's great building program. Under terms of the Government con- tract, the church received in cash two weeks ago today $190,000 for the old | church structure and site, with the privilege of stripping the place of any- | | In getting the case postponed, the |thing of historic worth or permanent defense pointed out to Judge Hitt that | Value. | The contract provides that the building must be vacated by January 1, 1931, s0 that following the decision yesterday all speed will be made in steps for erection of the new building S0 as to have it completed and ready for occupancy within less tJ a calendar year. Pastor Is Chairman. Dr. Montgomery was appointed chair- man of the building committee, whose members will be appointed from the official board within the next few days. ‘The exact site probably will be selected soon, and plans for the structure itself will be pushed forward. church. Dr. Montgomery said, in all probability, will carry out in general the same lines of architecture as the present building, but this has not been decided in detail. The building will be of stone. The exact cost of the new structure has not been determined, but Dr. Montgomery indicated that it was | definitely decided that the plan should | avold an_accumulation of any indebt- | edness. With the valuable property to be saved from the wrecking of the old building and the $190,000 cash al- ready received from the Government, the church is in substantial position to go forward toward the early com- pletion of a beautitul and stately edifice to replace on the heights n American ~ University the “National Church of Methodism.” | _Under the contract with the Govern- | ment the congregation occuples the church, which is now owned by the Governaient, rent free until - ey next Jan Would Face Campus. Should the new church rise on the specific site reported to be under favor- able consideration, bounded by the three avenues, it would not only Pprovide & new and monumental feature to the neighborhood, but would find itself in what is considered a happy co-ordina- tion with the rolling terrain, and the three principal features of the vicinity, the = American University, Wesley Heights and the huge Glover estate, It would face the college campus, and front on what eventually will be the great quadrangle which s to run th?}l};gh tha entire campus, e meeting yesterday afternoon was presided over by Dr. .Yy Ph!ll:n l;{l:lld. District superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal _Church. Bishop William w:}e'l" g(ul;Dowell.kMflhodlsl Bishop for inglon, spoke on the un_tli‘;l‘ wl'l‘is‘dmuon' Vordag e old edifice to be razed for the new Municipal Center is one of :‘:e famous churches of the city and con- tains many unusual relics. The ivy on the east side of the church was grown from -slips brought from the tomb of Martin Luther by Mrs. J.'P. Newman, wife of the ‘first pastor of the church. The marble tiles in the vestibule at the east entrance were brought from the debris of Solomon’s Temple in Jeru- salem by Bishop Newman. The pulpit and and altar rail in the auditorium are partly made from olive wood from the Garden of Gethsemane and Mount of Olives and cedar wood from Mount Lebanon. This wood was brought from the Holy Land in the rough logs. The keystone in the arch above the pulpit was cut from a stone brought from the ruins of Solomonm’s Temple and has on it the inscription Hébrew, "J;_I;A‘uvlh Jireh.” e famous pew now occupled by Vi President Curtis is deconxl’ed zylthlc: simple silver plate inscribed, “The Presi- dent,” placed there when Gen. Grant was Chief Executive and a member of d regular _worshiper. the board an President McKinley occupied the same P W, as did also Vice President B airbanis. The cormer sane neris thurch was laid in l‘!'zd and the build- PUSES -Senate Authorizes Bridge. The Senate passed a bill yester authorizing the Tidewater “Toll Pmpde:! fles, Inc., to bulld a bri .across Choptank River near C‘n'rr.lbl‘ldt!. l“dm It st requires action by the House,