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TAXICAB HEARING ORDERED SEPT. 10 BY UTAITY BODY Rates, Zones and Responsi- bility of Operators Among Points to Come Up. SOLUTION ATTEMPTED BY CODE IN NOVEMBER Rauling by Supreme Court Against Compelling Financial Dis- closure Recalled. The Public Utilities Commision in- tends to make a second effort to solve ‘Washington's tangled taxicab problem and has ordered a public hearing at 10 a.m. September 10 to this end. At this public hearing questions involving rates, zones, financial responsibility of taxicab operators, use of meters and other controverted points will be in- vestigated thoroughly. ‘The first such effort of the commis- sion was made last November, when it drew up a taxicab code, tentatively, which, afte? a public hearing in Decem- ber, was put into effect somewhat modi- fled Januery 1 of this year. This was & comprehensive instrument covering financial responsibility of taxi owners, the reliability of meters, brakes, lights and other equipment, moral qualifica- Ruth Shirley Gobbett, left, won the first prize for girls and little Charles Simpson, right, was awarded first honors in the male. class at baby contest at Fairbrother School yesterday. ety sl ik AN TRAFFIGTOLL FOUR AS FOUR ESCAPE Man’s Skull Fractured—Two tions of taxi owners, rates, tolls, charges and the like! Fate of Responsibility Plan. ‘That section of the code dealing with financial responsibility came to grief almost immediately when the District Supreme Court ruled that the commis- sion had on power to require taxi oper- Women and Boy Are Among Victims. Four persons were hurt in traffic ac- cidents reported to police last night. | ators to make & showing of financial|Four motorists escaped without injury | responsibility before being allowed 10 |when a large sedan in which they were | operate on the streets. At that time |reryrning to Washington after a trip to most of the cabs operating in town did 80 on meters, but within a very few ‘weeks a flood .of zone cabs, offering to carry passengers anywhere within restricted limits for 35 cents, burst upon the town. Shortly after this hap- pened one of the well established meter concerns went over to the 35-cent rate, and ever since conditions .have been more or less chaotic as far as regula- tion by the Public Utilities Commission is concerned. Statements Required. Recently, the commission tried to get some line on the financial interests at stake in the taxi scramble by requir- ing all owners or operators of cabs to file statements of their financial dealings each month. One of the strange results of this order was to| show that 150 of the operators had given fake addre.ses. = Many of the other returns were of little value on account of unskilifl 3 At the last sesslon of Congress the eotimission asked for a law giving it power to compel a showing of financial Tesponsibility before allowing any con- cern to operate cabs om the streets of the This law failed of passage. the commission appealed the decision of the Supreme Court to the Court of Appeals, where the matter 1s still in litigation. BURIAL FOR ANDREE IN U. S. REQUESTED Balloonist's Sister-in-Law Asks | Navy to Aid in Bringing Body Here. A request for the removal to this country of the body of Solomon Au- gust Andree, Swedish balloonist, whcse oneer attempt to reach the North golc ended in his death, has been re- ceived by the Secretary of the Navy. Mrs. H. W. Andree, 132 Stratford avenue, Pittsburgh, who says she is the sister-in-law of Andree, wrote to Becretary Adams after the recovery of Andree’s body in the Arctic, asking that he intercede in an effort to bring the body to the United States for burial. ‘The ballconist, though a frequent visitor here, was a resident of Sweden. ®ecretary Adams referred the letter to a Navy Bureau of Medicine, where 8 second letter was prepared addressed to W. Bostron, Swedish Ambassador. This awaits the signature of Secretary Adams, who at present is at the yacht races in Newport. Andree with two companions at- tempted to reach the North Pole in a ‘balloon 33 years ago. The leader's body was found a few days ago. WHITE HOUSE RECEIVES BI-ANNUAL PAINTING Work Handled in Way Not to In- terfere With Any of the Busi- ness or Social Affairs. ‘The bi-annual cleaning of the outside | of the White House is in progress and will take about a month. Bright white paint is being put on the exterior, The work is under direction of 'the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks in such a way as not to interfere with any of the business or social affairs of the White House. The first scaffold- ing for the beginning of the job was erected yesterday. At the same time, it was announced that West Executive avenue, the short street between the White House and the old State, War and Navy Building, has been repaved in_the record time of 10 working days. West Executive avenue will be open as usual for public traffic} tomorrew. State place, the short block directly south of the State, War and Navy Building, which is ‘also being repaved is expected to be finished a few days later. STRANGER ROBS HOST Joseph Goodhue Loses $113 to Man He Befriended. ‘How he was overpowered and robbed | of $113 in his room, at 2023 G street, this morning by a stranger whom he' i had given a night's lodging, was related ¥ to police today by Joseph Goodhue, who came here several days ago from his home, at 153 Ashby strcet, Hartford, Conn., to seek employment. Goodhue told police of No. 3 pre- he fell into converration with a shabbily dressed man, who s ne Was without funds or a place to spend the night. Googdhue invited the stranger to sleep in his quarters, he said, and early this morning the other overpowered him, took the money and escaped before Goodhue could lfl?ld A oodhue sald he planned to return | the to Connecticut without making further afforts to find & job. |Trial Board Makes Recommenda- Great Palls overturned on Conduit road | near Forty-fifth street. i Serious injuries were suffered by Charles Draper, 45 years old, of Fort ‘Washingon, Md., when an automobile driven by Mrs. Mary H. Gillon of North Woodside, Md., struck him at North Capitol street and Massachusetts ave- nue, He was taken to Sibley Hospital, where he was found to have sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries. Woman and Son Injured. Mrs. Bessie Pomms, 26 years old, and | & 2's-year-old son, William, of 558 Co- lumbia road were cut about the head | and face when an auto in which they were riding skidded on the wet street at Georgia avenue and Barry place after the rain late vesterday and crash- ed into a street car. They were given nr;z amm:g home. rs. je Osman, 47. of 4312 River road, also was treatsd gt her resi- dence for cuts about the head, arms and legs which she received in a ‘col- lision ,at Thirty-eighth and Van Ness streets. She was riding in a car drivan | by Charles fi Finney of 3821 Windom place when it struck a machine oper- | ated by Frank T. Gartside of 3816 Van Ness street. : Car Upset at Turn. The ‘driver of the car which over- | turned.on Conduit. road, Mrs. Bessie Croce, 30 years old, of 1726 B street | southeast, ‘told police of the seventh precinct that the wheels apparently ocked while she was essaying a turn | n)r:!d the machine toppled over on its side. Mrs. Croce and three others, Td- ward Croce, her 11-year-old son; Lil- Han Clements, 12, of Richmond. Va, | and Miss Carrie Roth, 40, of 932 New York avenue, climbed out the win- dows of the car after the crash. The fire rescue squad responded, but they had all extricated themselves before its ;;r;vlL No one was hurt in the mis- FOUR DEMAND JURIES Judge Mattingly Hears Not Guilty Pleas on Liquor Charges. Four persons charged with violation | of the liquor law pleaded not guilty and | demanded . jury trials following their | arraignment before Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court today. Those arraigned were Willlam E. Dudley, 17 years old, and Harriett | Ward, 38 years old, both colored, who were arrested yesterday during a vice squad raid on & house in the 100 block of 1 street southwest, and Abraham Ginberg, 22 years old, and Fred Has- kins. 25 years old, colored, who were | arrested during a raid in the 600 block | of Gordon avenue northeast, All four were charged with pos- session. POLICEMAN DISMISSED { | tion for Drinking on Duty. ‘The Police, Trial Board yesterday recommended dismissel for Policeman John R. Harris of the fourteenth pre- cinet, who was found guilty of taking & drink of liguor wHfle on duty. This is one of the offenses for which recommendation of dismissal was re2 cently made mandatory upon the trial board by the Commisiioners. | funds to the other activities and | services and fall into the soup line, or x@ljz Foening Ftaf [ corera vews | WASHINGTON, | WINNERS IN BABY CONTEST FIFTY INALRURKTE NGHTLYSOPLNE “Emergency Summer” Aid at! Gospel Mission Is Given Through Col. Cooper. A line of 50 men which shuffled through the Gospel Mission last night was served thick, hot soup, coffee and bread through the generosity of Col. Wade H. Cooper, president of the Comi- mercial National Bank, who hopes to. sponsor the nightly soup line through what the Mission described as an “em- ergency Summer period.” Col. Cooper’s offer was made in response to an appeal by the Mission to its patrons for additional funds to care for the unusual Summer demands made on its hospitality by needy transients. While the Mission itself has main= tained the soup line nightly, after gospel services in its chapel at 8 o'clock, the contribution will allow it to devote the at the same time provide a better menu for the hungry men. Transients Increased. “We have more transients this Sum- mer than ever before,” Harvey V Pren- tice, superintendent, said today. “Each night about 50 men attend the gospel as many as came last Winter during the bpitter weather. “Usually the transients clear out when Spring comes, but this year they have maintained their numbers, even through the warm weather. They are an un- usually high-type of inen and a large per cent of them are searching for work. “Our capacity of 180 beds is taxed nightly—a condition almost unheard of at this time of year. Last year about 30 or 40 sought lodging here. “Perhaps the employment situation is jmproving. I have seen optimisitic statements to that effect in the papers anyhow, but it doesn’t seem to show in mission work. Clothing Immediate Need. “I'm particularly anxious at this time to get contributions of clothing. Many of the men who come here looking for work are travel-stained. They need a clean change of clothes dr their chance of getting a job is slim. “If people who have clothes to give will telephone the Mission at National 1731, a truck will be sent to collect the contribution.” Col. r asked that the ultimate cost of his contribution be withheld from publication. He hopes to be able to extend the ald through the ‘“emer- gency period.” ABANDONMEN.T IS DENIED IN DIVORCE SUIT REPLY B. I. Lutz Seeks Absolute Degree in Asking Dismissal of Wife's Petition. Denying the charge that he aban- doned his wife, Benjamin I. Lutz. 52 New " York avenue, today filed his an- swer in the District Supreme Court to the petition of Mrs, Elizabeth J. Lutz for a limited divorce. The husband charged his wife with undue intimacy with "two_alleged co-respondents. ‘Through Attorney Raymond Neu- decker, the husband deciared he was compelled to leave his wife November 1 last because of her associations with other men. He alleged that his wife has used the family home at 207-A P street for the entcrtainment of hier man friends, and as the scene of boisterous parties, Lutz asserts his wife has been given notice to the leave house on account of disturbances complained of by the neighbors. The court is asked to dis- miss the application of Mrs. Lutz for limited divorce and to award the hus- band an absolute decree, F. TRUBEE DAVISON NEGOTIATING FOR ESTATE WITH LANDING FIELD | Expected to Make Frequent Air Trips To and From Property Near Annapolis if Deal Goes Through. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secre- tary of War for Aeronautics, is negoti- ating for the purchase of a large Sum- mer estate at the mouth of the South. River, just below Annapolis, Md., which contal a large landing fleld which could be used by the “flying” sviation chief in making quick trips by plane to and from Washington, it became known 1 today. Atylhe office of the Assistant Secre- tary of War it was stated today that, while Mr. Davison had been negotiat- ing for .the property, the transaction was not ‘expezted to be finally settled until Tussday. Mr. Davircn wes out of jthe <’y today. Tho property, one of the well known ‘aces in the' Annapolis so tion, now 1:ngs 10 the cstate of the late Harry muuf‘ of Bllumnr!’ ml.llggnlh!l 0; island property contain! acres of land, improved by a large residence and other structures. The property has a wide frontage on m&h South E ver and Chesapeake Bay. The island on which the residence in connected with the mainland by a dfaw bridge, ' The estate contains & large field said to be easily adaptable to an airplane landing place. If negotiations are closed, as expected by agents for Mr. Davison ‘and the present owners, it is regarded as likely that the Assistant Becretary of War, who himself is a practical pilot, would frequently fly to and from. Washington and his Summer residence there. “The Jfrip could be made in 15 to 20 minutes by plane and in about an hour and a half by automobile. Another feature of the place is that thé bay section near the South River estat~ is known as a place of excellent duck hunting. The property also has a DO THU. RSDAY, AUGUST 28, GOVERNORS ACCEPT BID OF FIREMEN 10 REVIEW PARADE Ritchie and Pollard Will Wit- ness Annual Labor Day Carnival. MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION DONATES TWO PENNANTS Dr. Frank E. Gibson, Chairman, Gives Final Instruction to Judges. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland and Gov. John Garland Pollard of Virginia bave accepted invitations to review the annual firemen's parade next Monday, it was announced last night by Odell 8. Smith, chairman of the General Committee in charge of arrangements for the event. Chairman Smith also announced that this year the Megchants’ and Manu- facturers’ Association of this city had donated two pennants in connection with the annual base ball game which will be staged between the Police and Fire Departments Saturday, September 6, at Griffith-Stadium. According to the terms of the association the pen- nants will be presented to the winning teams covering & period of three years. At a meeting last night of the judges of the parade in the board room of the District Building, Dr. Frank E. Gibson, chairman, gave final instruc- tions to those assigned to this feature of the parade next Monday. The judges’ stand this year will be located on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue in front of the District Building, and in case of rain they will accept. an in- vitation to occupy the second floor of the Ford Motor Co. Building, John Mar- shall place and Pennsylvania avenue. The stand for invited guests and re- viewing officers will be located on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue near Fourteenth street. Parade Starts at 11 am. The judges were given instructions to report promptly next Monday morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock, at which time they will be assigned to the classes which they are expected to judge. In cases where the selections are of a technical nature, experts have been appointed by Chairman Gibson to do the judging| from this standpoint. The parade will start promptly at 11 o'clock from Peace | Monument and it is expected to take | about two and one-half hours to pass | the reviewing stand. The program as finally revised and outlined to the judges last night in- cluged the (ollo’ing classes: volunwer fire/company—Size: Volun- teer fire department with largest num- ber of uniformed men in line with band or drum corps (bandsmen in- cluded in number); volunteer fire com- pany with largest number of uniformed men in line without band or drum corps. Volunteer firemen: Appearance—Vol- unteer fire company presenting best appearance in line; volunteer fire com- pany or group of companies from town of under 3,000 population presenting best appearance in line; volunteer fire company or group of companies from | town of 3,000 but not more than 10,000 population, presenting best appearance in line; volunteer fire company or group of companies from town of more than 10,000 population, presenting best ap- pearance in line) Numerous Float Prizes. Floats—Best float of any fire depart- ment or company ladies’ auxiliary in line; District of Columbia fire company with most beautiful float in line; Dis- trict of Columbia fire company with float best representing fire service or ideals in line; most beautiful float in line entered by a fraternal organization; most beautiful float, unattached, in line; most beautiful commercial float in line; most beautiful civic or business men's association float in line. Apparatus—Best plece of volunteer fire company apparatus in line, includ- ing equipment; volunteer fire company with the most ancient piece of appara- tus in line; best decorated piece of fire apparatus in line; best chemical truck in line. Ladles’ auxiliary: Appearance — Ladies' auxiliary of volunteer fire com- pany or department presenting best appearance in line. Musical organizations: Appearance— Drum corps presenting best appearance in line; band presenting best appear- ance in lne. Comic entries—Best comic entry of fire organization in line, open to all except District of Columbia; best comic entry, unattached, in line; District of Columbia fire company with best comic in_line. Volunteer company: Distance—Vol- unteer fire company, with not Jess than 20 uniformed men .in line, coming longest distance. Praternal organization: Appearance without floats—Fraternal organization presentirig best appearance in line, Trophies for 25 Classes. There are 25 classes covering the parade for which silver trophies have been donated. It is expected that there will be more than 100 clowns in the parade, and Sergt. A. J. Bargagni, grand marshal of the parade, predicts that this will be the greatest firemen's parade ever stagéd in the National Capital. In the evening band concerts will be given at various points by the visiting bands and up to the present time 20 bands and 14 drum corps have an- nounced that they will participate in the big Labor day parade. Heretofore the afternoon has been given over to the annual base ball game between the Police and Fire De- partments, the proceeds of which go to the relief associations of the two organizations, but this year the game will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Griffith Stadium. DANCERS TO GIVE FINAL MONUMENT PROGRAM Community Center Band Will As- sist in Sylvan Theater To- morrow Evening. A group of dancers, directed by Miss Mable Jones, and the Community Center Band, con- ducted by Jemes E. Miller, will offer a ‘Washington colored | good vacht en: hoage, - In »-dition to his Washington resi- dence. Mr. Davison has a home on Long ll'lnd.“.u - Negotiations being handled by Sandoz, Inc., of this city, acting for Mr, Davison, and the L. 8. Scott Corporation, acting for the Busick estate. In announ the transaction , the Bcott | 1B conauderasion savoived. size partment, is joint program at the Sylvan Theater on the Monument Grounds tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. It will be-the final outdoor event of the year offered under supervision of the Office of Pub- lic Buildings and Parks and the Com- munity Center department of the pub- lic schools. Mrs, Gabrielle Pelham, general sec- retary in the TROPHIES READY FOR FIREMEN’S LABOR DAY PARADE Trophies aplenty are awaiting the firemen who will compete in the annual parade on Labor day. Tn the photo, left to right: Sergt. A. J. Bargagni, Battalion Chief T. O'Connor and Sertg. H. F. Harding. 1930. | —Star Staff Photo. GENSLS EPLOVES CHEGKS HELD (P Temporary Status of Many Given as Reason for No Advances. Census Bureau employes—some 6,300 | in number—must spend their week end and Labor day ‘“vacations” without benefit of advance semi-monthly pay, it was disclosed today by A. J. Hirsch, chief clerk. Although many other Government bureaus will disburse the bi-weekly wages Friday, the Census Bureau has decided to defer payment until Tues- day of next week, due to the temporary nature of most employes’ status. It is explained by the chief clerk that the disbursing officer would he running a personal risk in making the payments in advance of the end of the month. If any of the per diem em- ployes, of which there are 5,500, should fail to appear for work Saturday, the wages paid him would have to come out of the disbursing officer’s pocket until such time as he was able to effect res- titution on the part of the employe. Mr. Hirsch pointed out that a num- ber of the per diem employes already have quit, and others plan to follow. Had all the employes been of a perma- nent status, the Bureau would have felt justified in running the chance of | resignfitions. over the week end, it was explained. FLYER IS RECEIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE President Hoover Wishes R. K. Board ~en Luck on Proposed Eurorean Flight. Russell N. Boardman, Boston avia tor, who is tb take off from Boston early next month on the first round- trip flight to Europe to invite al- lied veterans to attend the American Legion convention in the Hub City October 6-9, was received at the White House today by President Hoover. ‘The young aviator, who appears un- daunted by the prospect of a dash back and forth across the Atlantic, was accompanied to the White House by Assistant Secretary of War Payne and a_delegation of the District Legion officers, headed by Dr. B. C. McNeill, departmental commander. President Hoover wished him luck on his flight, which he proposes to make as soon after Septembér 5 as weather condi- tions permit. Boardman is returning to Boston tonight. He intends to head for Labrador and then circle to Ireland, stopping off at London, Paris, Brussels and Rome. From the latter etty he will attempt to fly back to Boston in time for the opening of the convention, CLOSING AT 11:30 P.M. RULED FOR BABY GOLF Judge Hitt Upholds Corporation Counsel Welliver in Case of Miniature Course Owner. All minjature golf courses in the Dis- trict must be closed promptly at 11:30 o'clock at night, Judge Isaac R. Hits ruled today, following a test case pre- sented in Police Court today. Judge Hitt's decision was given in the case of Earl Holmes, owner of the Peter Pan Miniature Golf Course afi Connecticut avenue and Albemarle street, who was charged with operating his course after the closing time speci- fied by the law. The court took Holmes' personal bond not to repeat the offense. ‘The defense contended that the regu- lation stating that outdoor amusements must close at 11:30 o'clock did not specify the opening hour of such amuse- ment places and that under that regu- lation owners could legally reopen their courses any time after midnight. Judge Hitt, however, upheld the con- tention of Assistant Corporation Coun- sel Edward Welliver that the conten- tion of the defense was a direct evasion, of the Jaw and a violation of its spirit. ARRAIGNED ON 16 CHARGES Arrest Followed Theft of Personal Effects From U. 8. Employes. Louls Carter, colored, 42 years old, was scheduled for ment in Po- lice Court today on 15 irges of petit larceny and one charge of larceny from the Government, following his ~arres: yesterday In connection with the thefts of personal effects from employes in {the War and Navy Departments. Police say the charge of stealing Gov- | e:nment property resulted from the theft of a clock. Most of the stolen articles were recovered. Carter told police when arrested that he had no pecific address. Commissioned in Reserve. John B. Naughton, 1816 Kalorama. road, this city has, been commissioned the War second lieu- ments for the comty “m" de- | by Department, tenant of Infs A fium 2 antry, ll,cn CHANEY’S “1,000- D. C. Lawyer Discloses How Actor His Start in Pantomime in Recalling Early Colorado Days. The “thousand faces" of Lon Chaney, world-famous scheen grotesque, evolved from one unforgettable living face—the face of “Dummy the Barber,” his father. Some 30-odd years ago in Colorado Springs, Colo., Rush L. Holland, a ashington attorney, then a young lawyer, knew both of the Chaneys, the father, a barber, and Lon, & porter in the barber shop. This morning at his offices, in_the Metropolitan Bank Building, Mr. Hol- land, reminiscing on a peculiarly human episode of the pa<t, told a strange story | of father and son. years, a deaf mute, known all over Col- |orado Springs as Dummy the Barber,” | Mr. Holland related. “He had a sign contortion. His face was the most won- derfully expressive countenance I've ever seen. It was really the key to Chaney's future success in pantomime.” There, in a small Western barber shop, itself something of a public stage, a father, his ingenuity taxed by a mut- ed tongue, and a keen, slight lit- tle fellow, wonderfully apt at mimicry, were laying the foundation for a great actor. tive spirit, they vied with each other in pantomimic tussles. It was all a fasci- nating game. One even managed to forget its pathetic necessity. Known as Dummy’s Kid. “Lon was the only Chaney child that péine inte the shop,” Mr. plained. “He was always darting in and out, gesticwlating, grimacing and clowning with his father. He was known to every one as Dummy’s kid.” Lon’s mother also was a mute and an invalid. “Dummy lived on the squalid east | side of town, near the State Institute | for the Deaf and Dumb,” Mr. Holland SAKER GIRL'S AUTO IS GVENTO FATHER Delivery of Car to Rev. T. F. | Baker Made Over Protests of Campbell’s Attorneys. In the face of vigorous objection by attorneys defending Herbert M. Camp- bell, charged with the murder of Mary Baker, the Government has relin- | mobile in which Miss Bhker was car- ried to her death last April. The blood-stained car, a small sedan, was turned over to Rev. Thomas F. Baker, father of the siain girl, by Commonwealth’s Attorney William C. Gloth of Arlington County yesterday afternoon. The Oak Grove, Va., Episcopal min- ister explained that he wished to pre- clude exploitation of the car by un- authorized persons. He sald he would keep the machine as a reminder of his daughter. Counsel for Campbell protested to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover against release of the car, holding that it was an important plece of evidence in the case. The defense hoped to make use of it in support of its contention at the Baker girl could not have been skot while sitting in the car, as claimed by the prosecution. Dr Baker said yesterday he harbors N0 bitterness against Campbeli, whose guilt or inanocence he will leave to a Jury to decide. He does not care to see “Chaney’s father was my barber for | language all his own, principaily facial | Daily, intrigued by & competi- | Holland ex- | | quished possession of the tragic auto- | FACES” TRACED “Dummy, the Barber,” Gave recalled. “But Dummy, with the| patience of Job and four kids on his hands, somehow managed to get along. He was a‘good father, a steady barber and the tips were generous.” In the little house on the east'side, muted with inescapable realities, long stillness broken only by the creak- ing of his mother's wheel chair, Lon Chaney came to know the strange virtue of silence. The impression never left him. i In later years, defending his aversion | to the “sound” film, Chaney said: “Words do net suffice. down realities. Everything elemental. tragic, significant and complete is, after inexpressible—a part of a dumb w. Silence alone is the depth of Possible Reason for Alocfness. A sensitive taciturnity, a studied avoidance of being known as a “good mixer,” was a significant trait of Chaney’s maturity. Here too, doubt- lessly, was an ineradicable trace, a childhood inhibition, of his home. “I don't know that his father, Dummy, had any real friends,” Mr. Holland said, in suggesting a possible reason for Chaney's social aloofness. He was al- ways alone, except for the boy tagring along at his heels, like a runawa jumping jack. The family always lived, naturally, rather apart from people. “One day Dummy told me the boy had been hired as a back stage hand at the opera house,” Mr. Holland con- cluded. “Later I heard he was in Cali- fornia. Then, of course, he me famous—as famous as his father was obscure " Several days ago Lon Chaney died in Los Angeles, an incomparable actor. Yet his father, Dummy the Barber, himself now dead, was, in his own makeshift way, equally as great—only he played to his son and not to the ! world. ¢ They break s| life. .S, DANENHOWER | PAPRES ON TRA: ‘Former Manager of City Club' Here Succumbs to Heart Attack. Edward S. Danenhower, 57 years old, {manager of the Pittsburgh Athletic Club and formerly of this city, where | he was at one time manager of the Army and Navy and City Clubs, re- spectively, died in his berth in a Balti- more & Ohio Railroad sleeper, en route from Pittsburgh to Washington, last night. A certificate of death due to heart disease was issued by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, upon arrival of the rtain here this morning. Mr. Danenhower had been in failing health for some time, it is stated, and at the time of his death was on his way to his farm near Marlboro, Md. He was identified at the station this morning by his wife, who went there to meet him. Knowing he had been fll, Mrs. Danenhower hurried to the body when she learned from railroad officars that some one on the train had died. The body was taken to Wrights, under- takers. A native of this city, Mr. Danen- hower was educated in local schools, at Charlotte Hall Academy and at the Washington College at St. Louis, Mo. He was a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and the bar at the prisoner, however. | Campbell is in the Alexandria Jeil, | awalting action by the Federal District Court in Norfolk on the ruling of United States Commissioner J. Barton Phillips | that the accused man should be trans- | ferred to the District for trial. He has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge by the local grand jury. i s St. Louis. Mr. Danenhower’s father was the late Willlam W. Danenhower. He is survived by his widow, a son, Edward- 8. Danenhower, jr.; a sister, Mrs. Harry A. Grant, of 2026 Twenty- eighth street, and a brother, Willlam ‘W. Danenhower, 3d. Funeral arrangements are to be an- nounced later. Next Ente Busle, a 4-year-old raccoon, and her six frolicksome cubs probably will ask to be omitted from the list of White House guests the next time some ani- mals from the Zoo are borrowed for | the entertainment of distinguished for- eign visitors. After their rude experience yester- day with President Hoover’s four canine pets, Susie and her little family are more than content to be back again in their cage at the Zoo, where inquisitive and tll-mannered dogs are barred. Interest in the distinguished Euro- pean jurists and lawyers who weére feted at the White House yesterday afternoon was subordinated for a while at least, as guests formed a ringside about Susle's open resentment against demom_g:.unn of the four White House Corps of | llam H. e and watched her display | dasl . the nolsy WHITE HOUSE CANINES INSULT SUSIE AND HER RACCOON CUBS Inhabitant of Zoo Will Probably Ask to Be Excused From rtainment. in the cage that Blackburn perviously had bullt for the unfortunatg Rebecca, the special coon pet during the Coolidge regime, who mpysteriously disappeared one morning. * Susie was enjoying her new sur- roundings quite keenly, proud of her six fine cubs, when B?: Boy,” the loquacious wire-haired terrier of the Hoover household, annoyed her peace of mind. illette,” the Gordon setter, and “Mark,” the English setter, heard him barking and went out to investi- gate. Then to make matters all the worse for the harassed Susie. “Pat,” the police dog, put in an app‘arance. Susie hunched her back and gathered her cubs about her while the four dogs hed around her cage and chal- lenged her to come out for & run about the White House lay It was all en- tertaining for eve: until Mr. Watson, nels, made an a) Susie from further the | o master of the ken- xfl-nd PAGE B—1 POTOMAC PARKWAY SURVEY IS BEGUK OUTSIDE D. C. AREA Portions of Land on Both Sides of River Under Consideration. WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION WHEN DEAL IS CLOSEDY Commission Is Carrying Into Effery Provisions of Cramto. Measure. Under the direction of the Natioral, Capital Park and Planning Commis- slon, surveys are being made now of m portion of the land on both sides of the Potomac River, which it is pro- posed to purchase eventually in ac- cordance with the authorization of the Cramton bill, passed at the last session of Congress, according to Capt. E, N, ?fi‘n‘ifi?‘fli wl:g is both engineer and as- s rector of Px:rnni[ngcgmmusm':f 5 mar ‘apt. Chisholm explained today t the survey would cover those pgmgr.:: of property on both sides of the river which heretofore have not been surs outside the District line, ;:bfr:n' taken of certain e purpose of giving a clearer idea posed ey ] of the proj park The Park and Planning Co; is not prepared to say 5mm,§.f‘r"€.‘£'} of the proposed parkway will be pur- chased first, and Dprobably would not do 0 if a decision had been reached until after the deal had been closed. w:;tll‘; Il:eur‘gose of this policy, of course, revi ncreasing the brice at which ey Lo the land if they ha ernment Capt. at which they hold d an idea the Gov- Proposed to make a purchase, Chisholm made 1t vlain, how- ever, that the commission is wasting no time in carrying into effect the provi- sjons of the Cramton bill. The park- way, which will extend from Fort Washington to Great Falls, on the Mary- land <ide of the Potomac River, and including the Mount Vernon Boulevard from the home of George ‘Washington to Great Falls on the Virginia side of the river, will be acquired for park pur- poses as- rapidly as the commission deems it advisable. The plan of reorganization of the Park and Planning Commission in order to carry out more effectively the Cramton bill is being rapidly com= pleted. Capt. Chisholm has moved his desk to an office next to that of Col. Grant. All preparations are being made to survey the land on both sides of the Potomac River above and below Wash- ington, to decide on which portions are desirable for early purchase and on the cost, without any delay. HUSBAND IN JAIL, WIFE ASKS DIVORCE Beatrice R. Parker Files Suit in District Supreme Court. Mrs. Mrs. Beatrice R. Parker, 712 Third {reet northeast, has filed suit in the 2igtrict Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Charles R. Parker, now serving a torm of imprisonment at the Lorton Reformatory. Parker's name figured in the investigation of the death of Eleanor Lehman, March 3, 1928, for which Louls W. Hoffmann, a physiothe= rapist, is serving a term of 30 years. The name of the. corespondent is not mentioned, but the court is advised th: she is dead. The wife says her hus- band’s association with the dead girl was without her knowledge or consent. Parker {s serving a sentence ‘of two years and six months following his conviction of embezzling funds of & motion picture concern, for which he was employed. Attorneys William F. Martin and B. G. Ostman appear for the wife, FOUR MEN ARE ARRESTED “FOLLOWING TWO RAIDS Vice Squad Confiscatés 750 Bottles of Alleged Beer and Quantity of Liquor. Members of the police vice squad ar- rested four persons yesterday afternoon and confiscated 750 bottles of beer and a quantity of liquor in two raids. ‘William E. Dudley, 17, and Harriet Ward, 38. both colored, were taken into custody on charges of illegal pos- session when 406 bottles of beer and a gallon of whisky were reported found in a house in the 100 block of I street southwest. They were booked at the fourth precinct and obtained their re- lease on $500 bond. Abraham Ginberg, 22, and Fred Haskins, 25, the latter colored, were apprehended in a house in the 300 block of Second street northeast after the squad reported fitding 348 bottles of alleged beer and four and one-half quarts of alleged whisky. Both were charged with possession and held at the first precinct. FORMER D. C. EMPLOYE HELD UNDER $500 BOND _— Grover C. McCaulley, 38, Charged With Larceny of $25 From District. Charged with larceny of $25 from the District Government, Grover Cleve- land McCaulley, 38 years old, a former license clerk in the Government service, was held under $500 bond for grand Jury action by Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly in Police Court today. Headquarters detectives arrested the man yesterday. He had been dismissed the Government service several weeks ago. Wade Coombs, superintend- ent of licenses for the District, was listed on the papers at court as the complainant in the case. LEAVES RECEIVING HOME Arrested Tuesday and held for in- vestigation into allegations of petty thefts, Howard Lewis, 19 years vld, es- caped from the Recel Home abouf 8 o'clock last night by off wi ¥ l‘oflmflu at the institution were not ‘The youth was taken into custody by W, who said the in V. C. boy ransacked several Eipventh strest mear E.. ¥