Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1930, Page 13

HYBLA VALLEY SITE LOOMS AS FAVORED AIRSHIP - TERMINAL Eckener’'s International Group Narrows Search to Three Fields. COMPLETE WEATHER INFORMATION IS ASKED Eight Months of Detailed, Techni- cal Study May Bring Decision - Favorable to Capital. Dr. Hugo Eckener’s international Zep- pelin company has narrowed its search for a United States terminal down to three sites, with Hybla Valley, near Alexandria, Va,, ranking as the strong- est of the three contenders, it was learned here today. The other sites are at Richmond, Va. and Baltimore, ac- | cording to information received by the ‘Washington Board of Trade and offi- cials of Washington Air Terminals Corporation, operators of Washington Alrport and owners of the Hybla Val- ley tract. Dr. Eckener's American representa- tive, Comdr. Jerome C. Munsaker, has called upon the owners of the Hybla Valley tract to make an immediate tech- nical study for the guidance of Dr. Eckener in making the final selection. The installation of complete auto- matic weather recording instruments 15 requested and it is asked that daily ‘observations be charted and sent to the New York offices of the interna- tional airship line for the next eight months, It is estimated that the cost of installing the instruments and col- lecting the data requested by Comdr. Hunsaker for Dr. Eckener will total between $3,000 and $5,000, and Wash- ington civic and business organizations probably will be asked to share the expenses as a contribution to the de- velopment of the National Capital. Equipment Estimated to Cost $1,300. In a letter to C. E. Fauntleroy, presi- dent of the Federal Aviation Corpora- tion, of which Washingion Air Ter-| minals Corporation is a subsidiary, Comdr. Hunsaker has outlined the in- formation desired-on the Hybla Valley tract. He subniits an estimate of cost on the metsvrological equipment run- ning to more than $1.300. 3 | The ifistrurients include a wind di rection und velocity recorder, wind vane, | -and anemometer of the three-cup type | mounted on s 50-foot tower in mei ceatis e Hybia Valley field. Dafly at‘endance will be required to maintain | -the equipment, change the charts daily, and forward them to New York. This gervice should be maintained until Feb- ruary 1, 1931, Comdr. Hunsaker said. Ward T. Van Orman, veteran balloon pilot and winner of many balloon- com- petitions, will represent the Interna- tional Zeppelin Transport Corporation | here in making the study, Comdr. Hun- | saker said. Railroad Information Asked. In addition to the weather informa-: tion, Comdr. Hunsaker has asked for detailed information on rail transporta- tion, the Board of Trade was informed " todzy. Speaking of the Hybla Valley tract, Comdr. Hunsaker said in his letter to Mr. Feuntleroy: “The problem of rail transportation should likewise be solved. On the western boundary we estimate a spur from the R. F. & P. R. R. of two miles in length will be necessary to provide rail facilities to the tract. The esti- mate of this spur should include track, right of way and grading. Apparently there is a possible rail connection from the east tapping the W. & Va. R. R., near Herbert Springs. Our choice, of course, would lean toward the R. F. & P. R. R, being a main trunk line. Es- timate. “n these rail connections would be appreciated. “The data we have available does not show any provision for drainage of this iract. As suggested, there may be rec- ords in the War Department of drain. sge proposals for this tract, which should be quite helpful. Indicated Decided Preference. When in the National Capital early Iast Spring, Dr. Eckener and Comdr. Hunsaker indicated a decided prefer- ence for a field near the National Capi- tal. “‘Definite _information following in- quiries by the Board of Trade indicate that Richmond may be considered too far from New York, and that because | of the fact that Washington is the National Capital, with unusual hotel and publicity facilities, and the superiority of the Hybla Valley tract, it would be considered first in the list 1 Jhe requested investigation into the weather conditions are satisfactory,” it was stated by officials of the board. Officials of the Board of Trade, headed by Lawrence E. Willlams, chair- man of the Aviation Committee, and Robert J. Cottwll, secretary, will con- fer immediately with Washington air terminals officials to plan what® steps shall pe taken to obtain the necessary Sustruments and begin the technical Suady. Local Delegation Followed Survey. A delegation from the board and from the air terminals company ac- cupanied Dr. Eckener and Comdr, Ziansaker on their personal survey of the Hybla Valley tract last Spring. The field to be chesen after the study of the three sites is completed will be- come the Western terminal for a trans- atlantic dirigible service to be establish- ed under direction of Dr. Eckener as a result of his successful fiights to this country in the Graf Zeppelin. Asan in ducement to Dr. Eckener to Jocate at Hybla Valley, it is understood bv officlals of the Board of Trade, the Washington Air Terminals Corporation will offer Dr. Eckener free of charge a 200-acre tract at Hybla Valley for the erection of a dirigible hangar, on the condition that the field be used as the American terminal of the ocean service. e MAJ. ARTHUR, JR., MAKES ENGINEER DISTRICT TRIP West Point Graduates Accompany Official on Inspection Tour of Washington Area. Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr. acting district_engineer for the War Depart- ment_inthe Washington area, has fust completed his first inspection trip through the engineer district. He was sccompanied by a small party of West Point graduates. They made the trip on the district engineer's boat, Chicago. The inspec- tion trip included the Potomae River, yart of Chesapeake Bay and the Rap- J-hannock River. o discharged. THOMAS C. CALLAS. AVBUSHED ENEMY | WOUNDS TRUCKER !Thomas C. Callas Recently| Threatened by Former Em- ploye, Police Told. Thomas C. Callas, 33 years old, 413} Third street, operator of a fruit and vegetable wagon, was shot and serious- ly wounded in the chest by one of two unidentified men who apparently lay in wait for him at the garage in rear of his home early today. He is in Emergency Hospital, where his condi- tion is reported critical. ‘The shooting occurred about 4 o'clock this morning when Callas was prepar- ing to take his truck out of the garage to go to Center Market to get supplies for the day’s business. Callas, according to police, got only a glimpse of the men, who were stand- ing in the alley. He was not sure whether they were white or colored. The men fled immediately. ‘When shot Callas ran into the house shouting, “They have killed me,” rela- tives said. Police were summoned and the man was taken to the hospital in the patrcl wagon. Callas’ wife, Mrs. Sophie Callas; his two brothers, George C. Callas, who conducts a restaurant in Georgetown, and James C. Callas, who operates & fruit wagon, were in the house. Pelice of No. 6 precinct found a small pearl-handled revolver in nearby Union court, located between D and E and Second and Third streets, with which they think the shooting was likely done. They are seeking today to trace the gun with a view to ascertaining its owners and getting any possible fiigerprints rom it. The gun was located by Folice- men F. M. White and A, C. Paulsen. One cartridge_in the pistol had been | . Relatives told police today that Callas had recently discharged a man who had been working for him and that the man had said he “would get him.” Whether Tevenge, or perhaps robbery was the motive is uncertain, WESTERN INSECT ARMY 1S INCREASNG! Grasshoppers, Caterpillars, Pests, Descend on Farm Lands. Beet By the Associated Press. An increasing army of insect pests was reported mobilizing today to plague the Western farmer, and plans were | pushed forward in the offices and labo- ratories of the Department of Agricul- ture to combat the invasion. An outbreak of grasshoppers, forecast by the department two months ago, was described as apparently materializing in half a dozen States. Dr. W. H. Larrimer, department en- | tomologist, at the same time reported a host of range caterpillars, capable of laying waste to thousands of acres of grass, was gathering in Northern New Mexico. Meanwhile, other department ento- mologists Andicated' the dreaded sugar beet leaf hopper—described as one of the most serious existing drawbacks to the beet industry—might appear in greater numbers than last year. i Grasshoppers similar to the “locusts” which have plagued Egypt and Palestine since biblical days were reported in- creasing throughout the entire United States, although threatening most in Norh and South Dakota, Michigan, Ne. braska, Idaho and Colorado. An ex pected ‘outbreak in Montana was averted | by cold, wet weather at egg hatching time. “The grasshopper is not the dreaded | pest of the West it used to be,” Dr. Lar- | rimer said today. “Although it eats| practically everything edible, is born | hungry and never satisfies its appetite, a poison has been devised capable of | killing the pests in such great numbers they fall 30 to the square foot.” He said experiments were being con: ducted by the Agriculture Department to cheapen the cost of this bran-mash- arsenic poison and give it wider use. A curious, wasp-like insect was being introduced in the West to combat the range caterpillar, Dr. Larrimer said. Feeding on its enemies' cggs, he ex- plained. the wasp should wipe out the caterpillar within four years. No means has yet been devised to combat the sugar beet leaf hopper. other entomologists disclosed. Intensive ex- periments are being conducted to dis- cover a means of chemical control. LEGION MEETS TONIGHT gates to Convention. The Sergt. Jasper Post No. 13, Ameri- can Legion, will hold its monthiy meet- ing tonight at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, The following delegates will be duly elected to attend the department con- vention at Western High School August 13-15: Ferdinand G. Praser. Thomas J. Frailey, Edward L. Marthili, John J. Orlosky, Frances G. McDonald and Joseph J. Malloy. Comdr. Ferdinand G. Frs side. aser will pre- bilie g AIR DEATHS ARE FEW Navy reports showed today that for each death in an wirplane accident naval aviators flew 1,015,000 miles in the last fiscal year. Navy planes flew a total of 260,000 hours, and there was one death for each 14.500_hourr. e3 tomp!rflh’wnn 6173 Sergt. Jasper Post to Elect Dele-| WASHINGTON, JANRESEMBLING BARRERE CLEARED 3Y BAKER PROBERS Chesapeake Beach Painter Tip Discovered False in Murder Case. BREWSTER RESUMES WORK IN ARMY STABLE Board of Officers Expected to Dis- cuss Keeping Soldier Who Gained Notoriety as Suspect. ‘Washington headquarters detectives have followed another unproductive trail the elusive painter, who is wanted for questioning _in connection with the murder of Mary Baker. Acting on information that an itin- erant painter, whose description re- sembles that of Barrere, had been working on various painting projects at Chesapeake Beach, Md., the detectives yesterday investigated and found that they had been given another false lead. The painter was found, and besides es- tablishing the fact that he was not Barrere, the investigators _discavered that he did not even bear the slightest resemblance to the missing suspect. Tattoo Marks Are Missing. Information given the detectives was to the eflect that the painter at Ches- apeake Beach had tattoo marks on his arm which he concealed by keeping his shirt sleeves buttoned tight around his wrists. Barrere is known to have a num- ber of tattooed pictures and emblems on both of his arms. The Chesapeake Beach painter, however, was free from tattoo marks. A number of reports have come ‘to police headquarters this week that Barrere is hiding in the vicinity of Washington, but some of the investiga- tors feel confident that he has left the country. Being a native of Louisiana {and conversant with the Spanish lan- | guege, it is beliéved that he may have gene to Mexico. Howard L. Brewster, the soldier who was arrested by Arlington County authorities on a warrant charging him with the, murder of Miss Baker and { released after being held for more than a month in the Arlington County Jail, is back at work in the Army remount stables. Brewster Action Undetermined. Capt. A. R. Bolling, commander of the Headquarters Company, to which Brewster is attached, said official steps had not yet been taken to determine the soldier's future career. Plans have been made, however, he explained, tc create a board of Army officers to decide whether he should be kept in the service in view of the notoriety he attracted. SRplemng SERGT. RUSSELL QUITS CAPITAL POLICE FORCE | | Retires After ‘38 Years and 7! Months’ Service—Friends Present Gifts. Sergt. Sidney L. H. Russell, 63 years old, of the Harbor Police, was retired yesterday at his own request after 38 years and 7 months of service on the police force. He was given a pension of $1,350 per annum. His friends at the precinct presented him with gifts of tobacco, cigars and a pipe. Russell an dhis wife live at 1348 Emerson street northeast. He had been assigned tu the harbor precinct for the last eight years. Traffic Policeman Joseph Sincovitz, formerly stationed at the corner of Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave- nue, was made a detective sergeant terday and assigned to the automobile squad. Detective Sergt. Eugene Davis, formerly of the automobile squad, will replace Sergt. Ira E. Keck on the bad- check squad, now that Keck has been made a personal aide to Police Com- missioner Herbert B. Crosby. Sincovitz will take Davis’ place on the auto squad. MISSING FAIRFAX GIRL COMES HOME Father Takes Her to Sheriff When She Refuses to Tell of ‘Whereabouts. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va. July 16.--Louise Sis- son, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sisson of Franconia, who disappeared Sunday afternoon, was re- turned to her home this morning at 4 o'clock after a ceunty-wide search had been instituted by Sheriff E. P. Kirby. Mrs. Anna Padgett, an employe of a lunch room at Potomac, Va., whose home is four miles from the Sisson home, said that she heard some one walking on her porch at 4 o'clock this morning. She went down and found the girl there alone and at daylight took her home. When the girl refused to give her parents any information as to where she had been since Sunday afternoon or who her cgmpanions have been, her father brought her to Fairfax and turned her over to Sheriff Kirby for in- carceration in the jail, She will be turned over this morning to Mrs. Leon Manghum, Fairfax County superintend- ent of welfare. The girl is said to have peen accosted by a man in an automobile Sunday afternoon as she was about tp enter the Baptist Church at Franconia. Witnesses say they saw her get into the machine and drive away after the stranger is said to have given two younger sisters several dimes. Sherlll Kirby declared this morning that he has nformation which he be- lieves will lead to the arrest of the man. TAXI INJURES VETERAN R. L. Lucas, Soldiers’ Home In- mate, Passenger in Collision. R. L. Lucas, 86-year-old inmate of Soldiers’ Home, received lacerations of the head and contusions of the right hip today when a taxicab in which he was riding was in a collision at Tenth and Q streets with an automobile oper- ated by James R. Smith, 27 years old, of Landover, Md. The cab was driven by bold, 32 years old, a drl City Cab Corporation, Lucas WAS Te- moved tn the Soldiers' Home Hospital and ¢l hy Dr, H. M, Williais. iver for the in their search for Herman H. Barrere, | Lacoste God= | Gen. Sherman. D0, MISS SARAH ERLICH, Chairman of the Herzel memorial pro- gram to be given at the Jewish Com- munity Center at 8:15 o'clock tonight under the auspices of the Junior and Senior Council of Young Judaea Clubs of Washington. STOCK FUND THEFT JURY 1S SELECTED Seven Women and Five Men to Hear $5,700 Embezzle- ment Charge. A jury of séven women and five men was sworn today before Justice Jesse C. Adkins in Criminal Division 1 to try Miss Elzina Howells, 48 years old, who i$ charged with the larceny after trust or the embezzlement of $5,700 intrusted to her for stock investment by two I nurses residing in the Toronto Apart- | ments between December 10, 1928, and {June 21, 1929, Miss Irene Biggs and Miss Lilian Girard, the nurses, were sent on a “complimentary” occan voyage, it is de- clared. on which their passage w booked to Paris. The check given to the booking agent was reported to be ot good. The vessel was radiogrammed, and the two nurses had to make other arrangements for their passage, the Government will contend. Assistant United States | | Attorney William A. Gallagher and Charles B. Murray, are conducting the prosecution, while “Attorneys Paul J. Sedwick of Washington and Donald W. Smith of the North Carolina bar are defending Miss Howells. According to the in- dictment the accused interested the two nurses in stock speculation on the representation that she had experi- ence in such transactions and received the various sums from them. It is alleged that she failed to return the money, but converted it to her own use. The_indictment is in 16 counts, eight of them chargiug the embezzlement of the several amounts as received from the nurses and the other eight alleging the larceny of these same amounts after they had been intrusted to the woman by the nurses. PULLED FROM RIVER AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPT Frank P. Sullivan Gives Despond- ency as Cause After Police Rescue. Frank P. Sullivan, 34 years old, of the 400 bloek of Kentucky avenue southeast, was rescued from the Eastern Branch by harbor police this morning after he tried to end his life by leap- ing from the Anacostia Bridge. Sullivan, _formerly a fireman despondent_because he could not find w)urll(. He was taken to Gallinger Hos- pital ) B. T. Stull, 411 Fourth street north- veteran draw operator at the bridge, noticed the man leap from the west railing of the bridge. At the same time Stull saw the harbor police near- ing the bridge and summoned their aid. Harbor police cruised near the point where Sullivan disappeared beneath the surface and when he reappeared threw him a life preserver. Sullivan refused to_take hold of the life preserver, and police were forced to hbok his cloth- ing with a grappling iron and haul him into the boat. east, WEDNESDAY, —Star Staff Photo. | at| Emergency Hospital, told police he was | JULY 16, 1930. STRIKING LATHERS RETURN T0 WORK Laborers on Four Buildings Given Increase From $12 to $13 Per Day. UNION MEN QUIT JULY 1 AT DEMAND REFUSAL |Status of Work on Four Other Structures Where Raise Is Refused Uncertain. | Union lathers employed on a group |of large building projects here, who | went on strike July 1, in support of | their demands for increased wage, have | won out in the contest with the employ- ing contractors of four projects and | have returned to work with an im- | mediate increase from $12 to $13 per | day agreed upon, according to an an- nouncement today by a union official. Lathing work has been resumed by union tradesmen, it was reported, on the huge new home of the Department | of Commerce on Fourteenth street in | the Federal triangle; on the remodel- ing project in the Washington Building, Fifteenth and G streets, which is to be the new home of Parker-Bridget Co., clothiers: on the new dormitory build- R. Jelleff, Inc., 1216 F street. The union lathers on these jobs, it is stated, have been given a current ‘n- crease of $1 per day in wages. The strike was called following refusal of the local Employing Plasterers’ Associa- tion to accept the demand for $13 per day, effective July 1, and $14 per day, | effective October 1. % While reports from authentic sources today were that the boost in pay had brought union men back to their jobs on the four, projects listed, the status | of the lathing work on four other proj | ects here was not clear except that the | wage increase had not been granted. | These projects involve construction work {on a church, two church educational |structures and a large commercial building. |CHARGE | | | | Complainant Fails to Back Up Al- legation About Unauthorized Use of Firearms. DISMISSED Charges of unauthorized use of fire- | precinet_policeman. were dismissed to- !'day by the Police Trial Board. ‘The case was thrown out after James Thomas, colored, the prosecuting wit- ness, declined to testify on the grounds that he might incriminate himself. He |already had sworn to a statement in him in the arm in the 300 block of Twenty-fourth street, July 3, as he was alleged to have been attempting to escape in a rum-laden autcmobile. SCREAMS MAKE THIEF | Colored Woman Says Youth Used Shoe as “Club” While Try- ing to Rob Her. | tugged unsuccessfully at the purse in his victim’s hand, an unidentified col- oréd youth was frightened away empty- handed by the screams of Mary Wil- liams, colored, 600 T street, whom he was attempting to rob, early last night. The woman told police she was at- tacked by the would-be purse snatcher in the hallway of an apartment house at 1742 U street. She sald she held tightly to the purse, although the blows from the shoe | stunned her. Her screams finally fright- !ened her assailant away. CAPITAL SAVED { as Mimic Enemy Four Mil BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. | July 16.—Complacent Washington little realized how close captured today by a merciless army of foreign invaders, who landed secretly a few days ago near Annapolis and, but for the valiant defenses of doughboys entrenched in this sector, would have taken the Capital ere now. Bringing into play a_fearsome fleet of snorting tanks and mile-wide barrage of toxic gases, defending forces of the Third Corps Area pushed the enemy back at a threatening bend in the line and succeeded in restoring the original 30-mile front. A military stratagem by which tank regiments and chemical forces were rushed to the front under cover of darkness paved the way for the deadly counter-offensive today and saved the Capitol and the White House from a repetition of the scenes of 1814. As the tide of invaders was turned back the enemy lines had advanced to the vicinity of Millersville, within four or five miles of the District line. It was a close shave for the Nation's Capital. Situation Still Critical. And the danger is not yet over, ac- cording to the military strategists di- recting this first great “war,” in which Regulars, Organized Reserves and Na- tional Guardsmen of the Washington area have competed since the real conflict of 1918. It was supposed to be all play, of course, but to “war” correspondents escorted to the front line “trenches” today it looked enough like war to deserve the appellation made famous by Overhead theré zoomed combat * planes engaged In' thrilling “dog fights" and over the rough terrain below rumbled huge mr“s of post-war design, BY DESPERATE COUNTERATTACK Tanks, Barrages. Gas, Brought Into play: it came to being | FROM INVASION Force Is Stopped es Away. |artillery wagons and dusty trucks loaded | with human reinforcements. Above all could be heard the thun- dering of cannon, anti-aircraft guns, | machine guns and rifles. The Ameri- can troops, greatly outnumbered by the enemy forces, waged a decisive strug- gle from daybreak until late in the afternoon and had the weary satisfac- tion of knowing that one of the crises of the invasion had been passed safely. It is expected the enemy will make a last desperate effort tomorrow to achieve its objective of capturing Wash- ington, Baltimore and the Pittsburgh industrial afea. If the final drive fails, and hopes are high here that it will, the “Reds,” as the invaders are called, | will withdraw to their fleet, at anchor in Herring Bay, and call it quits. Where- upon there will be much rejoicing among the triumphant “Blues” prior to demobilization. Local Troops at Bowie. Playing a major part in the counter- attack today was the 20th Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of Washington, and made up Targely of boys from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Using the maximum fire of all its weapons, and aided by Company B, 1st the enemy in the front. Gaining the aid of the 62nd Calvalry Division, to the right, the 29th Division drove hard against the enemy lines left of the center and assisted in the main attack by preventing diversion of hostile fire and troops. ‘While it has been regarded as a military secret, The Star's correspon- dent learned that the Washington boys are encamped near Bowie, not far from @ certain oval familiar to many of them for its pleasant, and sometimes not so pleasant, memories of the race season, Fortunately for the war, there were no race horses in sight to dis- tract attention from the serious busi- nees in hand. WITH HIGHER WAGE, ing on the campus of Georgetown Uni- | versity, in Georgetown, and on the ad- | | dition to the store building of Frank | |arms filed against F. O. Brass, a third | which he charged Brass with shooting | FLEE WITHOUT PURSE| Using & shoe as a “club” while he | ARTS Olga Helms and Eldred Wilson will take RALLIES SLIGHTLY ! Transfusion From Father Aids, Though Condition Still Critical. | Mary Raff, the 14-year-old gir] shot by Ross Willard Golden, who after- ward committed suicide in the house at 1121 B street northeast Monday | | dition in Casualty Hospital today. The girl rallied somewhat following a blood transfusion yesterday after- noon, the blood having been taken from her father, Charles J. Raff, 923 Ninth street northeast. While reported rvesting somewhat better today, it is not known yet whether she will recover. The girl was shot by Golden in a jealous rage after she is said to have teased him about “another man.” After shooting the girl, he shot his | sister, Lula Milis, 49. Golden then turned the gun on himself. HOOVER TO GREET DISABLED VETERANS Reception on White House Lawn | Today First of Kind Within Year. CLUB PROGRAM ‘When the Arts Club offers a program at 8:30 o’clock tomorrow night one of the features will be an original one-act play, “The Chinese Lady,” in which part. —Star Staff Photo. CIRL SUITOR SHOT NEW TAXI THREAT SEEN IN RATE WAR Fleet May Operate Over Definite Route for Low Fares. Washington’s taxicab rate war, in- tensified by the appearance of a fleet of cabs operating on a low meter fare of 5 cents a third of a mile, is expected afternoon, was still in a critical con-+ to become more pronounced in the near 'future with advent of another cab com- rect. competition with the street car | lines. Utilities Commission, it was learned to- day, of plans of & new company to run taxicabs between definite points, pick- ing up passengers -along street car routes and carrying them at a low rate of fare. The name of the company and those at the head of it have not been disclosed to the commission. Attorney Inquires Into Authority. First intimation of the proposed ‘ven- ture was given the commission by an attorney who made inquiries as to what authority it had to control taxicabs operating over definite routes and be- tween fixed points. The commission de- clined to rule on the question in ad- vance of the actual start of the service, but its members are said to be of the opinion that there is a way to prevent the operation if it is desirable in the public mnterest. The present rate war started in Feb- ruary with the advent of the flat rate President and Mrs. Hoover will be hosts at a lawn party on the "oml\: grounds of the White House this after- noon in honor of veterans of the World ‘War from Walter Reed and other hos- pitals in Washington and nearby. | This will be the first social affair of | its kind held by the occupants of the | White House within a year and it is expected that more than 2,000 per- sons, many of them prominent officially and socially in Washington, will be present. The event is scheduled for 5 o'clock. The veterans will be presented to the President and the First Lady and fol- lowing. that the other guests will fil along the receiving line. Wives of cabi- net members will assist Mrs. Hoover in receiving. The reception of World War vet- rans on the lawn at the White House | | was first inaugurated by President and M . Harding and with only one or two | exceptions has been carried out an- nually. MAN SEIZED FLEEING LIQUOR-LADEN AUTO, Prisoner Bound Over to Grand Jury | for Possession of 36 Halt | 35-cent cabs. This type of service has increased in popularity and hundreds of cabs which were once operating on a meter basis are now running on the 35-cent fiat ra third-of-a-mile service, however, is said {o be lower than the 35-cent rate, par- ticuarly on short hauls of four or five blocks. Believe Force-out Intended. ‘There is a firm belief among public utility experts that a movement is un- derway to 'swamp Washington with taxicabs giving lower rates, and ulti- mately force some of the companies out of business, the survivors thus ing in a position to resume regular meter rates without competition. PURCH. ASE OF THREE Commissioners Act on Acquisitions| for Municipal Center at 317,000, $29,103 and $26,910. The District Commissioners yesterday | approved purchase of three lots for the new Municipal Center. The purchases pany which proposes to operate in di- | Information has come to the Public The latest 5-cent ! Gallons. Chemical Regiment, the 29th set upon | ‘William Marshall, colored, 400 block | of Neal place, arrested last night by Policeman H. M. Smith of the eighth | precinct for transportation and posses- | sion of 36 half-gallons of liquor, W bound over to the grand jury under | the Jones-Stalker law in Police Court | today. After following Marshall for several blocks, Policeman Smith attempted to stop the man at Third and T streets, only .to see Marshall leap from his machine while it was still in motion and “take to his heels.” Smith caught the fugitive after a two-block chase, while the abandoned car crashed into a garage. Smith reported finding whisky in the car. A search of Marshall's residence revealed a cache containing 138 quarls of whisky, Smith declared. Births Reported. Matthew and C. Ruth Mills, twins (boy | an ) Roberto D. and Margery C. Metendez, boy. Rideely W, bo: Benjamin and Rose Eanet, y. ReRe” o e, G Sier: Betumin B" e & oty Pranels A “and Vikhia- Rotri. Bethars " Gertrids Coldsiel Eddie G. and Leila L. Jones.' girl. Lloyd G. and Anna M. Balkam, girl. A. and_ Agnes Skinier. L. and Ethyl Kendall, girl T. and Frances E wirl. and A._Bolton, kirl and_Adelena Robinson, girl, nd Roberta Davis, b d Ruby Coléman, boy. Harvey Earl J Henry Ossie Eimore and Jaunita Southern. boy. Solomon and Alice Carter, boy. Roy and Dora Fuller, girl Harry and Grace Branch.'boy. George _and Margaret Cole, girl. Frank 8. and Estelle Guy, ®irl. Fdward_and Ophelia Lancaster, boy. Elmer D. #nd Nellis Wiseman. boy. Crorze and Elaine Houser, boy. r . | were recommended by Assistant Engi- | neer Commissioner. H. L. Robb, who has taken over the duties formerly performed by Assistant Engineer Com- missioner L. E. Atkins, transferred to Alaska. Lot 57, in reservation 10, was bought from Catherine L. Thecker and Charles E. Gough for $17,000; lot 810, in square 533, from Amy Gauvreau, for $29,103; and lot 44, reservation 10, from the National Florence Crittenton Mission, for $26,910. Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, today was ad- mitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It is reported Mrs. Hyde will undergo a minor operation. She is expected to be in the hospital about three weeks. One-Eyed Auto Hit As Menace on Road In Judge’s “Lesson™ Judgé Gus A. Schuldt’s black- board lesson to motorists in Traf- fic Court today dealt with defec- tive lights. e one-eyed auto is danger- ous,” said the court, and “to ap- proaching cars it often has the appearance of a motor cycle and, as a result, not enough clearance is allowed, causing collisions, Keep your light lit!” Motorists were reminded that “33 persons have been killed and 1,258 injured” in automobile ac- cidents in the District during 1930. PAGE B-1 HEARINGS T0 OPEN ON BLAINE REALTY BILL FOR CAPITAL Number of Subpoenas Issued “by Senate Subcommittee, but Names Not Given Out. MORTGAGE MATTERS WOULD BE REGULATED Inquiry Set for Tomorrow, Is Ex- pected to Be General in Nature. Hearings on a bill introduced by Sen- ator Blaine of Wisconsin to regulate the foreclosure of mortgages and deeds of trust in the District of Columbia and on other matters relating to the real es- tate business in the District will be be~ gun before the subcommittee on insur- ance and banks of the Senate District Committee at 10 am. tomorrow. The hearing will be held in the Senate Dis- trict Committee room in the Capitol. Senator Blaine is chairman of the sub- committee. The other members ate Senators Vandenberg of Michigan, Kean and Baird of New Jersey, Glass of Vir- ginia and Tydings of Maryland. . Authorized Last Year. ‘The Senate last year adopted a reso- lution introduced by Senator Brookhart of Towa providing for a full investig tien into the sale of real estate mort- gage notes and bonds in the District of Columbia. The hearing, which be- gins tomorrow, is under the authority of that resolution. Already, pursuant to other hearings, Senator Blaine prepared and had passed through the Senate a bill to regulate real estate agents in the Dis- trict of Columbia, which sets up a board to license real estate agents. This bill has not yet been acted upon in the House. Another bill introduced by Sen=~ ator Blaine, but which has not yet been acted upon in the Senate, proposes the enactment of a “blue sky law” for the District of Columbia. Subpoenaes Are Issued. While the hearings tomorrow are ex- pected to deal particularly with the Blaine bill to regulate the foreclogure of mortgages and deeds of trust in the District it also will be somewhat general in nature, it was said today. A number of subpeonaes have been issued for witnesses to appear at the hearing to- morrow, but Chairman Blaine has not made public the list of those sub- peonaed. . POSTAL CLERK FINDS $161,000 IN WALLET ! James A. Heaney Returns Valuable Checks to Owner After Cashier Loses Them. { ! i Through the honesty of James A. Heaney, a Post Office Department file clerk, the Consolidated Press Associa- tion yesterday afternoon recovere $161,000 in checks which one of young women cashiers had lost - while eating lunch in a cafeteria on Penn=- |sylvania avenue near Eleventh street on her return from the Riggs National Bank. The wallet found by Heaney was re~ ported at first to contain approximately hal® a million dollars, made up mostly of checks covering the deficit of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, but Thomas J. McBreen, traffic manager for the Consolidated Press, explained today that. the full amount, $161,000, was in non- negotiable chacks. They had no re- lation to the Byrd expedition. Heaney stumbled over the wallet as he approached the cashier's desk in the restaurant. To avoid being late re- turning from his luncheon hour, Heaney, who is 33 years old and re- sides at 1022 Ninth street, took his find to E. W. Van Meter, chief of the divi- sion of rural delivery in the Post Office Department, where he works. A pass’ book of the Riggs Bank having been found in the wallet, Mr. Yan Meter called the bank by telephone and the bank in turn called Mrs. King, a tem- porary employe for the Consolidated Press,.who went to the Post Office De~ partment and reclaimed the checks. Two of the checks were in amounts of $50,139 and $50,971, each non-nego- tiable and involving an exchange of accounts. Mrs. King missed the wal- let, she explained, after she had finished er luncheon. It had probably been on the floor about 20 minutes when Heaney stumbled over it. HERFURTH SUBMITS LOW WRECKING BID Offers to Demolish - Buildings Around Poli's Theater for $21,760. H. Herfurth, Jr., Inc., of this city 1s low bidder for the big task of demolish- ing an entire block of buildings in which Poli's Theater is located and turning that area into a park. Herfurth submitted the lowest bid of five firms competing for the job, with an offer of $21,760 when bids vere opened late yesterday. The highest bid was $42,357, submitted by John Albert Hunter, also of this city. The office of supervising architect will take a few days to consider these bids, and a contract is expected to be awarded shortly. The contractor will have 90 calendar days in which to com- plete his work. ‘The first building to come down prob- ably will be Poli's Theater, according to indications today, and the wreckers will then probably take down the old Ox- ford Hotel on the corner of Pennsyl- vania avenue and Pifteenth street. The United States Coast Guard, the largest activity of the Federa: Uovern- ment in the block, will move from its quarters at Fourteenth and E streets to tae Treasury Annex No. 1, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Ma place, beginnig about August 1. ‘The tratfic bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, itis understood, is hoping to remain in its quarters on the avenue as long as possible, as arrange- ments for its new quarters have not yet been fully completed. ‘When all the bulldings have been torn down the cellars and other depressions = are to be solidly filled in and the odd- shaped square, bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth, E streets and Pennsylvania avenue will be leveled off and seeded in grass. Final plans for this park have not vet been completed. Eventually, how= ev a fountain or pool is to be ud with trees and shrubbery.