Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1930, Page 4

SUSPECT IS SEIZED Three Robberies Confessed by Colored Man, Police Declare. ‘The “pocketbook robber” buildings and police for months is be- lieved to be in custody, following the | arrest of Arthur Clifton Hall, 27 years old, colored, of 713 Third street soufh- east. Three robberies have been cleared up, while headquarters detectives said this morning that they are confident many thefts of pocketbooks from office build- ings will be fraced to Hall when their investigation is completed. Policeman Willlam B. Satterthwaite of No. 9 precinct took Hall into custody 1;:: night when he passed him on his . Grilled at the Detective Bureau this | morning, Hall admitted three thefts, police say. He will be viewed tonight by persons who have been robbed of their purses recently. Hall is said to have admitted to De- tective Sergts. Harry Cole and Clarence Tally that he stole the pocketbook of Miss Alice Brown of 1732 Church street from a desk drawer.in an office build- ing at 1220 K street on March 19, and a $20 bill from the purse of Miss Rosyl Welti of 1331 Columbia road on March 6. Miss Welti's pockethook was in her desk drawer in the Investment Building, at Fifteenth and K streets. i Hall is held on three housebreaking | charges. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR ARCTIC FLYERS who has | harassed employes of downtown office | !in the Civil War. | smoke them, but this morning he had | | Convis Parker, 90, Surprised | by Patriotic Group on His Birthday. Gettysburg Battle Survivor Is Active Among Comrades in Washington. | | | Plain, every-day living made it possi- ble for Convis Parker, Civil War vet- | erar and past. commander of the Burn- side Post of the Grand Army of the| | Republic, to be guest of honor at a sur- | rise birthday party given him at his ome, 1901 Fifteentl. street, last night, | on the celebration of his ninetieth birth- | day anniversary. 1 Mr. Parker asserted that when a man reaches the age of 90 years he has one | or two set opinfons on conditions sur-| rounding him. Tobacco? Mr. Parker has used the weed since he was shouldering & gun Ar a matter of fact, a couple of boxes of cigar: were among the presents given him last night, and he not only asserted he is going to | already_opened one of the boxes. Parker was born in Rupert, Vt. He joined the Union | T March 23, 1840. E 1 Army in the Civil War, patricipating in the Battle of Gettysburg. He got a spent ball in that scrap, but he said it did not amount to much and he did not list it as a “wound”; kept on going, in “act, with not another scratch dur- ing the rest of the war. i Mr. Parker came to Washington 40 years ago and has become a prominent officer in the Burnside Post or th‘ Grand Army of the Republic. At present he is quartermaster and an active member of the sick committee. | spending much of his time visiting the | shut-ins among his comrades and car- ing for the widows and dependent G. A. R. men. At last night's party, given him by Eielson's Body Is Being Taken to North Dakota Home for Burial. By the Associated Press, SEATTLE, Wash, March 24.—The Soecding Eactward in & special coneh tware a special coac] over the Great Northern %.e:llmd for Hatton, N. Dak, where the famous Arctic pilot will be buried. In honoring the memory of Eielson and his' mechanic, Earl Borland, pio- neers of aerial navigation in the north, who were killed November 9 when their plane crashed. in Arctic Siberia while they were on a flight from Teller, Alaska, to the icebound fur-trading ship Nanuk, at Nfll:: c‘tpeh ?:l!tle cit I‘:nl yesterday turned ou rge numbers. Long lines of citizens filed it the flag-draped caskets. The bodies were taken to a mortuary to lie in state. Services were conducted by Rev. Elmer i¥ridell, chaplain of the Rainier Noble Post of the American Legion. Borland's body was conveyed .to a mausoleum. From the chapel Eielson's body was borne on a gun ca to the Great Northern Station. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. + ARRIVED. American Parmer—Hambury Salle—Havre Bt o timon: DUE TODAY. r VOl Kingston . Eeavangertiord—onio” Berlin—Bremerhaven . Ban Jacinto—Vera Cru: Westernland—Antwerp BUE TOMORROW. Europa_Bremerhaven BlyiicBsuinampto Augustus—Genon A:fl?y-ummz p Volendam—West Indi Arcadian—Bermuds . o Ruerlo Bario i DUE WEDNESDAY, Munargo_— George Washington—Hambus Southern Cross—Buenos Al DUE THURSDAY, MARCH 27. MARCH ferisse- Tachira—Laguayra Rosalind—8t. John' DUE PRIDAY. MARCH 28. ta—Puerto Colombia M rengaria—Southampton DUE SATURDAY, MARCH 2. fants Iner valparsiso . leuw Amsterdam—Rotterd: DUE SUNDAY. March 30. ‘oloa—Port Limon . March 22 avana—vVera Cruz . March 24 DUE MONDAY, MARCH 31. rbara,~Valpar ‘auban—Buenos Aires . Alaunis uthampto: rmuda 8an Lorenzo—Santo Domingo City. an Juan—San altic—Liverpool . 3 of bread,” Heflin asserted, “he is put in 51t EDUCATIONAL RELATIONS 2| th. New Era. the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, festivities were under the supervision of Mrs. Anna Horn. Mrs. Parker, the veteran's life partner for 59 years, who has been ill, was well | enough to participate in the celebration. Their daughter, Mrs. Allie Boss, wel- comed the guests with her parents, Those present included F. J. Young, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic; Col. and Mrs. O. H. Oldroyd and Adolph Schipperd. HEFLIN CONDENINS DOHENY AGQUITTAL Says 12 Who Found Verdict Should Be Disqualified for Jury Duty. By the Assoclated Press. The acquittal of Edward L. Dokieny, | millionaire ofl operator, on & charge of | bribery last Saturday was described in the Senate today by Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, as & “rank travesty mnjl‘lll‘l:‘uf;v his seat as soon 8s the m Senate ‘convened,the Alabaman shouted that a list of jurors who rendered the verdict should be kept and that they should “never be permitted to sit in a again. “If & man goes out and steals & loaf and perhaps in the penitentiary. If flmlnpfn distress goes out and steals food for her starving children she ls locked up. “But a millionaire who has corrupted high officials of the Government and pillaged the property of the Govern- ment can procure freedom from a jury.” Heflin added there ought to be “one | standard of justice for the rich and poor alike,” and that “there should be no distinction. OF U. S. TO BE DISCUSSED International Luncheon of Associa- tion to Be Held at Annual Conference. ‘The relations of the United States with other natlons in the field of edu- cation will be discussed at the inter- national luncheon of the tenth annual conference of the Progressive Education Association here April 3 to 5, inclusive. At the luncheon; to be held at the ‘Willard Hotel Friday, April 4, plans will be announced for the affiliation of the American Progressive Education Asso- ciation with the New Education Fellow- ship, Europe’s educational movement. The speakers at the luncheon will in- clude Burton W. Fowler, head master of the Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Del.; Dr. Harold Rigg of the Teachers’ College, Columbia University; Dr. W. Carson Ryan, jr, Swarthmore College, and Mrs. Beatrice Ensor, director of the New Education Fellowship and editor of APARTMENT IS LOOTED Orchestra Leader Loses $418 in OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. Jefrerson—Norfolk. Btatendam—Plymouth, Boulogne and Rotter- am Bird City—Copenhagen. Far North—Newfoundland. BAILING TOMORROW. American Farmer—Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg. ermont—_Beirut, Coa SAILING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6. Port St. George—Bermud Reliancé—West Indies cri Metapan—Kingston, Puerto Colomb; suayra, bello and Mara: Favorita—Kingston. Hamburg—Cherbourg, ~ Southampton Hamburg Voltaire—Barbados, Pernambuco, Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo and —Puerto Colombla. Prince—Buenos Alres. Jenson—Porto Cortez. Luckenbach—FPacific Coast. e—Bantos. BAILING THURSDAY, MARCH 27, imerican Trader—London. resident Adams—World cruise. Arcadian—Bermuda. raguaya—West Indles cruise. erlin—Southampton, Boulogne and Bremer- haven. ©oamo—San Juan and Santo Domingo Of San Jacinto—Havana, Progreso and Vi Western Wave—8t. Thomas. Bunta | Biisa—Crisiobal, Galleo snd Val- and Rio de Buenos SAILING PRIDAY. MARCH 28. Eastern Prince—Rio _d 0 and_Genoa. A erhaven, ympic—Cherbourg and_Southampton. ‘esterniand—Plymouth, Cherbourg and Ant- Guayra, Curacao and Maracaibo: Hait SAILING SATURDAY, MARCH 20, Clothing and Articles. Gaining entrance through a window overlooking & fire escape, thieves looted the third-floor apartment of John Lucius Slaughter, Madrillon orchestr: leader, 1635 Connecticut avenue, duri: his absence early yeste: , and made off with clothing and articies valued at 418. y In another robbery on an Atlantic and Pacific grocery store, at 1025 H street northeast, committed between closing time Saturday and the opening of the store this morning, burglars obtained $194 in cash. Entrance was made through & year door. - i TAXI COMPANY SUED | | James Callas, 1005 Seventh street. today filed sult in the District Supreme Court, to recover $25,000 damages fr the Independent Taxl Owners’ Associa- tion and Harry J. Schuov, driver of & taxicab, which collided with his parked banana cart April 9, 1927, on_Fours~ teenth street southwest negr the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. As ‘the re- sult of the collision, the fll.\nflfl says, his left leg was broken two places and he sustained other injuries. "He is ;e‘:reunm by Attorney John U. Gar- er. TILSON IS IMPROVING ‘The condition of Representative Til- son of Connecticut, the House Republi- can leader, who has been suffering from an attack of grippe, was reported today at the Naval Hospital to be improving. Mr. Tilson is to be discharged from the hospital, probably late tomor- rOW, Comdr. Fitts, Retired, Dies. Comdr, Henry B, PFitts, U. 8. N, re- tired, is dead at Lima, Peru, the War i [PLAIN LIVING MAKES POSSIBLE ~ | PARTY FOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN| 1S PARKER. —Star Staff Photo FIRE AT HOBOKEN WORST IN 30 YEARS Waterfront Blaze Destroys Piers—Property Loss Esti- mated at $4,500,000. By the Associated Press. HOBOKEN, N. J. March 24.—Ho- boken's third disastrous water front fire in the last 30 years was still burn- ing today, but firemen had under con- trol the flames which destroyed piers 15 and 16 and a large quantity of mer- chandise. Estimates of the loss varied from $3,500,000 to $4,500,000. The fire started at 10 o'clock Satur- day night in an oil and rag dump 200 feet from pler 16. Carried by a brisk wind, the flames quickly reached _this pler, 'a wooden structure 500 feet long, which it consumed within a few hours, The flames then followed a layer of oil on the water to the wooden under- pinning of pler 15 and spread along 1,000 feet of bulkhead under the steel structure. The flames attacked pler 14 twice, but both times were extinguished. Five Vessels Towed to Safety. Five vessels of the Lamport & Holt Line, which owned the piers, were towed to safety in the middle of the river by fire boats. Three firemen were injured, one of them seriously, yesterday while fighting the blaze, = Several others ‘were overcome by smoke. During the night New York fire boats poured streams cf water through holes chopped through the 7-inch concrete flooring over the burning wooden under- pinning. The firemen, using hydaulic rams and electric drills to make the holes, were menaced by the constant danger that the coricrete plaza would collapse Among the merchandise destroyed were more than 400 crated automobiles awaiting shipment. Previous Fires Cited. The two other major fires along the Hoboken water front in the last 30 years were on June 30, 1900, and De- cember 30, 1927. In the first, which broke out in cotton stored in a pler warehouse of the North German Lloyd Line, caused 145 deaths and property loss estimated at $10,000,000. Three liners were wrecked and the Kaiser ‘Wilhelm der Grosee was badly damaged. Most of those who lost their lives were seamen, trapped on the burning ships.| this ‘fn Th e second fire destroyed the Clyde- Mallory liner Seneca, several small ves- sels and two 700-foot plers. Property damage exceeded $1,250,000, but no lives were lost. The Lamport & Holt Line was the owner of the ill-fated liner Vestris, which sank November 12, 1928, off the Virginia Capes with a loss of 110 lives. COL. R. S. PORTER BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS Former Member of War Depart- ment General Staff Served in Phil- ippines, Mexico and in Two Wars, Funeral scrvices for Col. Ralph Strib- ling_Porter, who died In Walter Reed Hospital Friday night, were conducted at his home, 204 Cedar avenue, Takoma Park, Md.; this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment was in the Rockville Ceme- tery, Rockville, Md., with military and Masonic rites at the grave. Honorary pallbearers were Col. Rey- nolds J. Burt, Col. H. 8. Purnell, Col. L. B. Simonds, Col. E. B. Vedder, Col. Prederick H. Vinup and Col. F. B. Wal son. "éol. Porter was a8 former member of the War Department General Staff. He was,born in Towa in 1875. He had a long record In the military service, being a veteran of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the World War, in addition to having been & member of the United States forces on the Mexican expedition. MISS SARAH.OUINN DIES, VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Services at Home of Nephew Here to Be Followed by Funeral in ] West Springfield. Miss Sarah A. Quinn, aged 73, died from pneumonia last night in the resi- dence of her nephew, Will P. Kennedy, 2405 Pirst street northwest, with whom she has made her home for some years. She is survived by a niece, Miss Marie De L. Kennedy, and a sister, both of this city. Services at the homeat 5 o'clock this afternoon will be conducted by Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, assistant pastor of St. Martin’s parish.” The funeral will ‘be ‘in- West Springfield, with a solemn high requiem mass in the Im- maculste Conception Church tomor- row momm’!‘:&ls burial &l St. Thomas' Cemetery, eague, Mass, .- Miss *%a native of Salem, Mass. ‘She was for mpny years & pri- vate and public school teacher in Minnesota and Massachusetts. She also gave lessons in drawing, painting and music. PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE BRITISH AMBASSADOR Sir Ronald Lindsay, Sir Esme How- ard’s Buccessor, to Be Formally Presented Today. Sir Ronald Lindsay, successor to Sir Esme Howard as British Ambassador to this-country, will be formally presented to President Hoover at the White House this afternoon. - Sir Ronald will on this occasion pre- sent his letters of cr;‘denu and will t's naval and military aldes and the coiinselor”of the British em- bassy being present to look .on at the ceremony. * Prior to his formal visit at the White House, Sir Ronald will visit the Acting Secretary of State. FLOOD OF BUSINESS CONFRONTS SENATE Passage of Tariff Measure | Will Break Extensive Legis- lative Jam. | By the Assoctated Press. Passage of the tariff bik by the Sen- has piled up all general legislation there since the Christmas recess, but a breath- | ing spell for the remainder of the week |is in prospect before this pile of pro- posals is given attention. Two House bills increasing appropria tions for public building construction and for Federal road aid will be pressed for early decisions by administration | leaders, although the Norris resolution | providing for Government operation of | Muscle Shoals has been decreed the order of business by Senator Watson of Indiana, the majority leader. Will “Sandwich” Money Bills. The series of annual appropriation bills also s waiting attention on the Senate calendar. Senator Norris, Re- publican, of Nebraska, the author of the Muscle Shoals legislation, has agreed to “sandwich in” these bills during con- sideration of his legislation. The long-threatened explosion in the | Senate on prohibition is the subject most_eagerly awaited. A thorough air- |ing of the Senate’s views on the dry |law, including possibly a vote on the resolutfon_of Senator Blaine, Republi- can, of Wisconsin, for repeal of the cighteenth amendment is promised as soon as Muscle Shoals is out of the way. The House bill transferring the pro- hibition enforcement service from the Treasury to the Justice Department will be the vehicle for the wet and dry de- bate. All agree that the House bill will be passed. But there is consider- able disagreement over the proposal of Senator Norris for & Senate investiga- tion of prohibition enforcement. The Norris resolution for an inquiry into the administration of the dry law comes befcre the judiciary committee again today, but the author was not ready to press it to & vote at this time, There is every indication that the reso- lution ‘will be rejected by the judiciary to carry the fight to the Senate floor. Expect Adjournment in June. Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan has two bills pending for re- organization of the Federal Power Com- mission and for increasing the authority of the commission. He will urge that action be taken on these. June 1 is the earliest date at which congressional leaders hope for an ad- journment of the session, but they con- cede that June 25 is just as apt to be the likely quitting time. It is election year and that will con- tribute vo & general speeding up of work, it is believed, in' order that the legislators may go to the political chores at_home. A real controversy is in the post-war problem of the gigantic Muscle Shoals power project in Alabama. Ever since the war ended Congress has been quarrel- ing over this project. For several years & bid of Henry Ford for the plant was the subject of discussion, but the motor car magnate finally withdrew his offer. ‘The Norris resolution for Government operation was adopted two years ago by Congress, but President Coolidge gave it a pocket veto. The attitude of President Hoover is eagerly awaited. In this connection considerable interest attaches to the recent testimony before the Senate lobby committee by Chair- man Huston of the Republican national committee, an intimate of the Presi- dent’s, that he sought legislation to give the project to private interests. He did his capacity as president of the Tennessee River Improvement Associa- tion before he became chairman of the party. It is likely that the report of the lobby committee on Huston’s activities will be presented to the Senate at the time the Muscle Shoals legislation is considered. COL. KAY ASSIGNED TO DUTY IN COLUMBUS Recruiting Officer at Milwaukee Is Transferred—Capt. Swindler Goes to South Carolina. Col. Joseph C. Kay, Quartermaster Corps, recruiting officer at Milwaukee, ‘Wis, has been ed to duty at Co- lumbus, Ohlo, headquarters 5th Corps Area; Col. A, F. Comminskey, Cavalry, has been transferred from Los Angeles, Calif., to Portland, Oreg.; Lieut. Col. G. L. McKeeby, Judge Advocate General's Department, from New York City to Fort McPherson, Ga.; Ma). F. A. Prince, Fleld Artillery, from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Fort Lewis, Wash.; Capt. H, O. Swindler, Infantry, from the Army War College, this city, to Fort Moultrie, 8.C.; Capt. E. H. Taliaferro, jr., Coast Artil- lery, from Fort Monroe, Va., to the Uni- versity of Alabama; Capt. R. M. Fitz- patrick, Infantry, from Fort Benning, Ga., to Fresno, Calif, and Chaplain Haywood L. Winter, at Fort Moultrle, 8. C.. has been ordered to his home to await retirement. accepted the resignation of Second Lieut. Foster R. Dickey, United States Infantry, recently stationed at Fort Slocum, 'N. lisposition of FIDLAR FUNERAL HELD AT ARLINGTON TODAY Ordnance Department Captain, Cited 'for Gallantry in France, Was Killed in Picatinny Explosion. Funeral services were held at the Arlington National Cemetery this after- noon for Capt. John B. Fidlar, Ord- nance Department, who was killed in an explosion at Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J, last Friday. Capt. Fidlar was a native of Iowa, and was cited for gal- lantry in action in France during the World War. He was a graduate of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, 1916, and was com- missioned .a second lieutenant in the Fleld Artillery in October, 1917. .In May, 1920, he was transferred to the Ordnance Department and reached the grade of captain in the following July. He I idow, Mrs. Helen K. Fidlar, '16 CHICAGO Saturday, March 29 Returning Sunday, March 30 SPECIAL TRAIN 1 panimors s weacs 318 EE: SUENE, Sy e ovee Ooreh Lepih SHAZISE UJ‘. STEEL EQUIFMENT Pennsylvania Railroad .00 ate will break the legislative jam which commiltee, but threats have been made | rospect over | g, The President has | GOVERNMENT LOSS 1S SEENBY GANDH i Followers Point to Light Sen- tence Given Mayor as Sign of Weakening. By the Associated Press, BROACH, Bombay, March 24.—Be- | lief that the government is weakening | has been created among some of Mahat- | | ma Gandhi’s followers in his campaign | | to_attain Indian independence. | This bellef they base upon the light | sentence given J. M. Sengupta, mayor of Calcutta, sent to jail for 10 days on |8 charge of seditious utterance, and upon statement by Sir George Schuster | in the Legiglative Assembly that the | government had decided to refer the | entire question of the salt tax to the tarift rd. Gandhi is said to have indicated this bellef in a speech at Buya, when in expressing regret that the elders of the village boycotted him, he asked if they were afraid of the government that was afraid to arrest him, although he was openly breaking the law and making fiery speeches, | Gandhi announced that he wished | that women who can should join in the | civil disobedjence campaign against the British government. ‘Two sets of woman volunteers are contemplated, one to take an active part in the civil disobedience campaign and the other for propaganda work. WOMAN SUES KEARNS FOR WEDDING BREACH Claim Ceremony Was Performed in Atlantic City Is Not Borne Out by Records. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 24.—Detalls of an alleged marriage of Jack Kearns, former manager of Jack Dempsey, ex- champlon heavyweight pugilist, to Edith Angel were revealed in an affidavit on file in Municipal Court today. The affidavit was filed in connection with the woman's suit for $2,000 against Kearns. In the original complaint ‘the woman, who also is known as Legana Kearns, bases her claim for the money upon an agreement in writing in which Kearns promised to pay her $500 a month until one or the other “should obtain a divorce.” Kearns filed a reply stating he signed the agreement, but did so under coer- clon. He denied he married her. The affidavit declares she was mar- ried to Kearns August 4, 1921, in At- lantic City. Associated Press reports from Atlan tic City declared no record of the mar- riage could be found in books of the registrar of vital statistics, while city hall employes failed to recall the wed- ng. TWO HELD AS OFFICERS DRAG RIVER FOR BODY Suspect Declares Little Rock Sales- man Shot by One of Trio—Third of Group Is Sought. By the Associated Press, MORRILTON, Ark., March 24—Two young men were held in jail as suspects in the alleged slaying of Samuel T. Hollowell, 36, Little Rock salesman, yes- terday, while officers continued efforts to recover Hollowell's body from the Arkansas River and to capture a third man. John Davis, 19, end Carl Chalk, ar- rested Saturday night, were held in jail and search was being made for Warrel Gist, named by Davis as being one of the trio that killed the salesman and then threw his body into the river after drinking a quantity of liquor. Davis gave no motive for the slaying. He sald one of the other men fired the shot, but officers did not reveal which he accused. Hollowell disappeared from his home last Monday. His automobll. was fourld later near the spot where Davis said the b?dg'wu thrown into the river Monday night. CARDINAL O'CONNELL PITIES SOVIET VICTIMS| Blames Neglect of Poor—Denounces Atheists’ Campaign. By the Assoclated Press, BOSTON, March 24.—Cardinal O'Con- nell, in his first public appearance since his return from a vacation in the West Indles, spoke of the religious situation in Russia at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross here yesterday. The cardinal blamed some of the troubles, as he termed them, of Russia yesterday, upon former neglect of the poor and concentration upon mere mc- cumulation of wealth. He went on, however, to denounce the campaign of the theists and to pray for the godiess. “Poor benighted men,” he said. “They have lost the greatest blessing God ever gave them, They are groping around in Russia Troubles on the dark to find their happiness, which | $ they never will find. They have over- thrown the Czar, hoping to find liberty, but they found only more and grosser :llvfl'y under masters that are heart- and Knickers .' 4-Pc. Suits of Imported Tweeds .We kmew ou'd expect t, 50 we've added this number t o the famous Camelot line. A regular suit of im- ported tweed, ::'hl lhch l:!: ttle-shaj knickers thrown in for extra value, A Camelot Feature at Iil'i‘li\’(‘l rity’ Jhop ) 506\Nm'h StNW. MELLIE DUNHAM, er, with his most val Champion_fiddle pl: when his Norway, Me., home was razed. she was awakened by a blaze in the next room at 2 o'clock in the morning. Mellie barely had time to rescue three grandchildren and his favorite fiddles an Among the tokens saved by the 77-year: om Henry Ford, a gold pin given him by former Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts, and a gold key from the City of Boston. Drizes before desertin; fiddler were fetters the structure. 13 b jons, saved from flames Mrs. Dunham sounded the alarm when —Assoclated Press Photo. FLORIDA KIWANIANS GET D. C. VOTE PLEA Hollywood Club Honors Capi- tal With Planting of Tree in “Circle of States.” The Kiwanis Club of Hollywood, Fla., today celebrated “District of Columbia | day” with the planting of a tree in the | “Circle of States” in the Florida city. Washington was officially represented t the ceremonies by Claude W. Owen, who also appeared in the capacity of past president of the Washington Kiwanis Club and a member of the Washington Board of Trade. He presented letters to C. P. Ham- merstein, fresldent of the Hollywood Kiwanis, from Commissioner Proctor L. Dou,herty, Edward J. Murphy, presi- dent of the Board of Trade, and James B. Edmunds, president of the local Kiwanis, Vote Appeals Included. The communications from Mr. Mur- phy and Mr. Edmunds contained ap- als for support of the citizens of the istrict in their fight for national suf- frage. ‘ashington is distinctly the city of all the people of the ited ' States, more so than it i to those who live within its confines,” Mr. Edmunds de- clared. “For they, strange to say, have nothing to do with its operation and government. So in helping to educate you on what Washington is, it may be possible that you can help us, and #yentually we may have some say in our Jocal government.” ‘Two books on the District of Colum- bia were also presented to the Florida Club by Mr. Owen as a gift from the Washington Kiwanis body. ‘They are “Our Capital on. the Potomac,” by Helen Nicolay, and “The Capital of Our Country,” published by the Na- tional . Geographic Society. The vol- umes are to-be placed on the shelves of the Hollywood Kiwanis Club in order to encourage knowledge of Washington among the Floridans. Appreciation Expressed. Commiissioner 'Dougherty expressed the appreciation of the District for the honor paid it as follows: “It has just been brought fo my at- tention that the K{wanis Club of Holly- wood ‘will celebrate’ District of Columbia day, March 24. You will at that time, I understand, plant a tree in the ‘Circle of States,’ dedicated to the District of Columbia. American Beauty roses, our official flower, will be planted around its base. This action on the part of your club is most gracious and, as president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, I wish to express to you our gratification for this honor.” ‘S"d le danteed Sprin f Gu FEE et SPECIAL ~—FOR— Tuésday and Wednesday Rubber Heels First Quality—Regular S0¢ Value 3 * | § | $ Also O’Sullivan and Hood.Rubber Heels Half Soles. .. .75¢ Genuine White Oak Leather this ad with you . . . it will help you find our shop; 3 doors from 7th and E Sts. Stein’s Shoe Repair Co., Inc. | today were searching for a wounded THREE CAR THIEVES ARE SLAIN N FIGHT Fourth, Wounded, Escapes From Hospital While Await- ing Treatment. By the Assoclated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 24—Police automobile thief who escaped frem a hospital while two of his companions were dying in the operating room and the body of a fourth was being taken to the morgue. The identity of the miss- ing man is unknown to the police. ‘The casuaities occurred yesterday in two encounters between automobile thieves and the police. In the first, the man killed was Walter Krajewskl, 21 years old, for whom the police had been searching as.the suspected murderer of Patrolman Wunderlich, during the hold- up of a chain store last February. The second clash occurred an hour later, and the same police squad did the killing. ‘The dead are Henry Plotrowski, 20; Edward Dombkiewicz, 17, and John | Dzazdynski, Dombkiewicz is a brother | of Peter, who recently cut the throat of David Glickstein, jeweler, in Supreme gour: during trial ‘of the “Blonde andit Gang.” The ;ursul: of the second stolen car covered several city blocks, and during the chase a fusilade of revolver and riot guns’ shots were exchanged between the pursuers and the pursued. The car containing the fugitives crashed into the curb and hit a teles phone pole when Piotrowski, at the wheel, received a charge of shot in the back. The car thieves continued to fire, the police declare, and they re- turned it until the fugitives’ guns were silenced. Piotrowskl was found dead at the wheel: The three others, bleeding from many wounds, were hurried to the City Hospital. It was thought that the man who later escaped’ was done for, and the surgeons were giving their attention to the other two who subsequentl 1 ‘The man supposed to be fatally shot | climbed through a window, descended to | an areaway on a fire escape and got away, o Star's Marriage Approved. NEW YORK, March 24 (#)—Miss Dixle, vaudeville bicycle rider, is sure her marriage will last. Carlene Ora Dickinson is the bride of Robert de Coppet, whose family is socially prom- inent. Mrs. de Coppet has extended congratulations; i CHEAPER RADIUM DECLARED IN SIGHT New Extraction Process Is Expected to Cut Time of Production. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—De- velopment of & new process for ex- tracting radium, which it is hoped will make possible large scale production and the consequent lowering of the cost, was announced today by the Mar- John Mines Co. Although the attainments at the laboratories of the company here are too inconclusive for a definite assess- ment as yet of the commercial signifi- cance of the discovereries, the expect- ancy exists at the offices that the new process will eventually bring into pro- duction vast deposits of radioactive ores not now operable in competition with Belgian controled African ores. ‘The process announced today is largely the work of Arthur Hand Burton, metallurgical chemist. Cost of recovering radium, now val- ued at about $65,000 a gram, depends largely upon the amount of ore which must be treated to produce a given quantity of radium, but the time re- quired for the treatment is a formi- dable factor and it is in this phase of the industry that the hope of lessening costs is based, From a normal period of 90 days the process of recovery was shortened in the recent experiments to_less than 30 from mine to. radium sdlts and it is expected that it will be cut to a week or two or even to a few days. LONG ILLNESS IS FATAL TO THEODORE F. BROWN Former Vice Commander of Poto- mac G. A. R. Will Be Buried Tomorrow. ‘Theodore F. Brown, 86 years old, former vice commander of the Depart~ ment of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he had {ong been active, died at his home, 925 Long- fellow street, Saturday after an illness of several months. Funeral services will be condueted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. ' Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. In addition to serving as vice com- mander of the Department of the Potomac, Mr. Brown had served ‘the Phil Sheridan Post, G. A. R, as chap- lain for more than 20 years. Enlisting at Obelin, Ohio, in the 103d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Mr, Brown served during the Civil War in tife 23d Ohio Army Corps. . Brown was - emplo; at - the United States Pension Bureau for many years. He retired about eight years ago, He was a member of Prien of Odd Fellows and of Stansbury Lodge of Masons. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jessie E. Beard, and two grandc! FIRE ALARMS, TOPIC Engine Chief to Explain System at Citizens’ Meeting. Members of the Trinidad Oitizens’ Association, meeting in the Wheatley School tonight at 8 pm., will be given & lecture by Capt. Harmon A, Chapman of No. 18 engine company, on the method to be followed in order to turn in larm in case of fire. Capt. Ch&:x n will give special instruction as te proper use of fire alarm boxes, both old and new styles. Lectures of this kind have) been -delivered -befare other civic bodies by Capt. S i DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist b e L) THE CITY CLUB 1820 @ STREEY Borrow Money From Us TO REFINANCE D. C. PROPERTY Be your own broker—save the additional costs usually charged to refinance property by becoming a member of our association—investigate plan, without ob! stiga our ligation. Open daily 9 to § Saturday wui (4 OR MORE ntil noon NATIONAL PERMANENT . on your Savings e, Organise Building Association d 1890 949 Ninth Street N.W. Just Below N, Y. Avenue Under Supervision U. S. Government THE ROMANS . CROSSED THE ALPS to bathe in the German springs. It was a periiows journey that- them weeks afoot, but on they pressed to find new-bom health ¢ flowering valleys. 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