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A—16 = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, I SATURDAY, SE PTEMBER 20, 1930. “UNWRITTEN LAW" WILL BE DEFENSE OF MRS. GAMBLE Wounded Rival Clings to Life, but Doctors Expect Her to Die Today. HUSBAND FAILS TO GO HOME DURING NIGHT | House Is Open to Him, Declares Spouse—Fights of Pair Cited by Deputy. B7 2 Staff Correspondent of The Star LA PLATA, Md., September 20.—Mrs. Joseph Gamble, wife of the thrifty bee- keeper of La Plata, this morning indi- cated that it would be on the old “un- written law” that she will base her defense on the charge of shooting Mrs. Elsie Davis, 22, of Washington early yesterday morning when she found the Woman in an automobile with her hus- band Mrs, Gamble has offered her case to State Senator Walter H. Mitchell of La Plata and at present Senator Michell is representing Mrs. Gamble's interests. Holds Low Bond Favorable. Senator Mitchell this morning doubt- ed if the seriousness of the shooting would be reflected in any action by the court, pointing out the low bond on which Mrs. Gamble has been released, namely $500, and the fact that Mis. Gamble repeatedly had warned the Davis woman to Keep away from her husband, as factors in the ultimate disposition of the present assault charges against Mrs. Gamble. Meanwhile, Mrs. Davis lay in_the shadow of death in Providence Hos- pital in Washington, the single bullet fired by Mrs. Gamble having pierced her forehead and come out the side of her skull. Mrs. Davis has not re- gained consciousness since she Was brought to Providence Hospital early esterday morning by her assailant’s flusbend, and it is not_expected at the hospital that she will live through the day. All Serene Around Home. All was serene about the Gamble home with its orderly rows of white bee hives, its children playing about the farmyard, and its mistress in town sttending to the details of housewife. Joseph Gamble didn't go home last night, as most of the people about La Plata’ expected him to. There have been fights in the Gamble household before, according to Deputy Sheriff R. V. Cooksey, and the reconciliations have been speedy. At Mrs. Gamble's home, it was stated, Gamble is wel- come to come and live as he did before. Gamble is not in town today to say whether he would avail himself of the privilege. Sheriff Watches Hospital. Etta Grim, wife of Raymond Grim, the stepson of Gamble, who rented the little house near the Gamble home to Mrs. Davis, sald this morning that her husband had gone into Washington to be at the bedside of Mrs. Davis. Sherifft Robert L. Cooksey stands ready to arrest Mrs. Gamble whenever word comes from Washington that Mrs. Davis has died. He said he had been Kkeeping in touch with the hospital and Washington police and immediately will take Mrs. Gamble in custody and hold her without bond for the Charles County grand jur; DENIES MRS. CRATER LEFT TO FACE JURY Brother-in-Law of Missing Judge's Wife Sheds No Light on Her Aims, However. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Me., September 20.—H. ©. Herbert, brother-in-law of Mrs. Joseph F. Crater, wife of the missing New York Supreme Court justice, said today that she had not left her Summer bome, at Belgrade Lakes, near here. 1t had been reported that Mrs. Crater had left to testify before a New York grand jury investigating the disappear- ance of her husband. Herbert gave no indication whether she intended to do _so. Inspection of telegraph and telephone messages to and from the Crater home falled to disclose a clue to the where- abouts of the missing judge, authorita- tive sources revealed today. County At- torney Frank P. Southard, who ordered the inspection, declined to name the officials at whose request it was made. CRASH WITH POLICE AUTO BRINGS DRIVER 40 DAYS Colored Man Pleads Guilty to Pos- session of Gallon of Liquor in Accident Yesterday. Herbert E. Baumgartner, colored, of Eastern avenue, near Bell place north- east, into whose car the police head- quarters machine crashed yesterday, was sent to jail for 40 days from Police Court_today on charges of failing to give right-of-way to an emergency car and possession of liquor. The police car was on its way to snswer & suicide call in the 600 block of E street southeast, when it ran into the Baumgartner machine at Fifth and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. H. H. Carper, driving the headquarters car, sustained a dislocated shoulder. Baumgartner today pleaded guilty to possession of a gallon of liquor which police declared was found in his ma- chine after the crash. Judge Gus A Schuldt ordered_a sentence of $50 or 30 days. Judge Isaac R. Hitt sentenced Baumgartner to $10 or 10 days on the traffic charge. Neither car was badly damaged in the crash PEOPLES DRUG STORE IS SUED FOR $25,000 ‘Woman Claims Prescription Was Compounded Improperly, Making Her Il SBuit for $25,000 was filed against the Peoples Drug Stores, Inc., 77 P street northeast, in the District Supreme Court today by Anna M. Kitchen, 3413 Perry street northeast, who alleges the company sold her a poorly prepared pro escription. ‘The tiff says that on April 3, e p was filled for her at one of the stores, and that when she took the capsules she became vio- Jently {1l and 31"” has lufleredhzrntll{. She charges the company with negli- gence, through Attorneys Homer F. Phillips and Jacob Friend. 1 ™ i IN LA £ PLATA, MD., SHOOTING Upper left, Mrs. Elsie Davis, who probably will die from a bullet fired by Mrs. Lula Mae Gamble, upper right. Lower right, Earl Chester Gamble (right) and his brother, Charles William Gamble, who accompanied their mother when she lay in wait for their father, Joseph Gamble (lower left), and shot Mrs. Davis, who accompanied him in his automobile. tar Staff Photos. MISSOURI MOTHERS 10 BE ENTERTAINED Eighty-One of Gold Star Group Will Remain Here Until Monday. Eighty-one Missouri Gold Star Moth- ers, returning home following visits to their sons’ graves in France, arrived in Washington early this afternoon from New York for a three-day visit as guests of the Missouri State Soclety. An elaborate program of entertain- ment, which was launched an hour after they reached the Capital, has been planned by Missouri hostesses for the | war mothers. The gold star group is attending a matinee at the Fox Theater | at 3 o'clock this afternoon, where a | special program in their honor is being | presented. Reception Planned. An informal reception will be tendered the mothers at 8 o'clock tonight at the | ‘Washington Hotel by their State soclety. | Mrs. H. H. McCluer, a member of the | Missouri State Society and past presi- | dent of the Missourl American War | Mothers, will receive the visitors. In| this function Mrs. McCluer will be as- sisted by members of the District of Columbia War Mothers, of which Mrs. W. W. Morrison is president and Mrs. N. Nock national gold star chairman. Tomorrow's program will include at- | tendance at the Fidac services at the | ‘Washington Cathedral at 11 o'clock in the morning. Pershing to Place Wreath. The mothers will visit Arlington Na- tional Cemetery at 3 pm. with Gen. John J. Pershing, who will place & Wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in their behalf. Gen. Pershing | will assisted in this exercise by Mrs. Clara B. Kennedy, Mrs. Ida | Owens and Mrs. Kate Thompson, se- lected representatives of the Missourl Gold Star group. Mrs. McCluer will read a poem, “The Unknown Soldier Dead,” which'is dedicated to American war mothers. A banquet will be given in honor of the Missourl mothers tomorrow night and will include as its honor guests Gen. Pershing, the Secretary of War, Secretary of Agriculture, _the quartermaster general, the Assistant Secretary of War and representatives of various patriotic societies. Col. J. E. Yates, chief of chaplains, will deliver | the invocation and the Marine Band | Orchestra will provide music. Monday, their final day in the Cap- jtal, will include & visit to Mount Ver- non. They will leave for their Missourl homes at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. PRISONER, 85, IS FREED AS ATTORNEY PAYS FARE Robert Hughes of Baltimore Al-| lowed to Escape Jail by Going Home. An 85-year-old Baltimorean, Robert Hughes, arrested for being drunk by Jocal police, was saved from jail when his attorney insisted on paying the man’'s railroad fare to his native city. After hearing testimony in the case yesterday Judge Robert E. Mattingly decided that Hughes should be sent to jail for 30 days. At this point Attorney Denny Hughes approached the bench and asked the magistrate if he would release Hughes if he would return to Baltimore. The defendant declared he had only 30 cents, 5o Attorney Hughes volun- teered to pay his way and escort him to_Union Station. ‘The man was arrested by Policeman | H. E. Dodson of the fourth precinct. F.R. JELLEFF HONORED PBoys’ Club President to Be Pre- sented With Silver Shield. Prank R. Jelleff, president of the Boys' Club of Washi for the past nine years, will in behalf of the boys of this city be presented with a silver shield at the dedication of a club room Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Boys' Club. Washington Monument Reopens. ‘The Washington Monument was re-| leff, boys of this opened today to the public, after being!land closed for a week due to elevator re- Ww| pairs. Officials expect that the new cables will last for at least two yearsy_ \ Through the leadership of Mr. Jel- city and nearby Mary- and Virginia have found & | Service,Succeeds Gen. Frank| | Military Order of World War to eads Veterans’ Bureau COL. GEORGE E. 1JAMS. COL. AMS HEADS VETERANS' BUREAU Baltimorean, Long in U. S.| T. Hines in Post. Col. George E. Ijams, member of an old Baltimore family, veteran of the World War and for years an important Government official in the administer- ing of war insurance and Federal aid to veterans, has been appointed director of the United States Veterans' Bureau. Since the previous director, Gen. Prank T. Hines, was made administra- tor of veterans' affairs, under the con- solidation act of the last Congress cen- tralizing veterans’ relief activities under one head, Col. Ijams has been acting director of the Veterans' Bureau. His appointment as director was announced by Gen. Hines. Col. Ijams is an insurance man by training and experience and held large responsibilities in the Veterans' Bureau for years, especially in connection with | this field. | AL Mmitisroy VETERANS WILL MEET Assemble at Atlantic City. ‘The Military Order of the World War announced today that its tenth annual convention would be held in Atlantic City September 25 to 27. Only commissioned officers who served in the World War are eligible for membership. Rear Admiral J. T. Cowle, national commander, said Paul C. Woolman of Baltimore, head of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, would speak 2t a banquet Friday nigh —e TWO MEN BURNED Paint Remover, Igniting, Slight Injury to Extinguishers. Two men sustained slight burns yes- terday in an apartment at 1401 Colum- bla road, when paint remover being used by William Sacks, 38, a tenant, ignited. Sacks and another tenant, James Wright, 35, were slightly burned about | the hands when they attempted to ex- | tinguish the flames. The apartment was damaged to the extent of about $200. ‘Wright was given first-aid treatment by & private physiclan, while Sacks was taken to Garfleld Hospital and later discharged. LIBRARY HOURS FIXED The central building of the Public Library at Eighth and K streets will n tomorrow and on succeeding Causes be %P! Sunday afternoons from 2 to 6 o'clock, it was announced ‘The Satur- D. . HEADS ORDER OFFGER OROPPED Trial Board Verdict Against Pvt. Rosser for Drinking Is Upheld. The District Commissioners yester- day approved the action of the Police Trial Board in ordering Pvt. D. W. Rosser, sixth precinct, removed from the department. Rosser was convicted of having taken a drink of liquor, an offense which now carries a mandatory recommendation of dismissal. He was convicted on & split verdict. Capt. William G. Stott, & member of the board, submitted & dis- | senting opinion for the reason that Rosser was off duty at the time of taking the drirk and the physician who testified in the case said that if his attention had not been directed specifi- cally to Rosser's condition he would not have described him as intoxicated. The other two memgbers of the board, how- ever, voted for removal. Edward B. Fletcher was promoted to the post of assistant astessor at a sal- ary of $4,600 per year, effective October ." The promotion, made on recommen- dation of Tax Assessor William P. Richards, was caused by the recent promotion. of Deputy Assessor Charles A. Russell. Fletcher has been with the District government since 1903 and with the assessor’s office since 1910. The Commissioners awarded a con- tract for the grading of New York ave- nue northeast from Florida avenue to Bladensburg road to the Latimer & Maloney Construction Co., which sub- mitted & low bid of 25 cents per cubic yard. The work is expected to cost about $25,000. A contract for the construction of & stormwater sewer in the vicinity of { Twenty-eighth street and Bladensburg road northeast was awarded to Hughes & Keegan, Inc., who submitted the low bid of $5,902.83. Purchase of a lot for the Douglas- Simmons School playground was ap- proved by the Commissioners on recom- mendation of Assistant Engineer Com- missioner H. L. Robb. It will be bought from J. F. Parsons for $2,625. CHANGE TRICK WORKED ON NORTHWEST DRUGGIST Man Disappears With Money After Messenger Delivers Medicine to Alaska Avenue Address. Another merchant fell victim of the change trick yesterday afternoon, despite warnings broadcast by police since its recent revival here S. Robinson, druggist, at 7731 Alaska avenue, dispatched a delivery boy with a bottle of medicine and $10 in change in response to a telephone call from a nearby address. The boy was met at the door by a man who took the change and remarked “My mother upstairs will take the medicine and give you the $10 bill.” The woman could not be located, police were told, and the man dis- appeared. PSEUDb DETECTIVE GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE Information Offered on Rothstein Mystery Caused Officer to Doubt and Act. When he strolled into police head- quarters Thursday and tried to con- vince police that he was a detective, George P, Mosely was arrested for be- ing drunk. In Police Court yesterday Mosely was released after Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly declded to suspend a sentence of $100 or 90 days which he had previ- ously imposed. “Sav, pal,” said Mosely, placing an arm about a stern detective affer stag- gering uncertainly into headquarters, “do you want to know who killed Ar- nold Rothstein? S-h-h-h! “You're drunk,” announced the de- tective. “§-h-h-h! Say not so, brother. New York’s leading detective.” I'm as “somewhere in the hills of North | how much liquor is being made in near- WOODCOGK LAUDS | ENFORCEMENT N AREAOF CAPTAL Neithar Saloons or Drunks| Observed Here, Declares Prohibition Director. MARYLAND ATTORNEY AND DEPUTY HARMONIZE Bureau Without Influence of Poli- tics—Declines to Estimate Illicit Flow. Declining to make any estimate of the amount of liquor being manufac- tured in nearby Maryland for use in the National Capital, Col. Amos W. W. ‘Woodcock, director of prohibition, to- day confined his comment on the local situation with praise of Federal officlals in charge in the nearby State. -He sald there was a good deputy ad- ministrator in Maryland, and a good district attorney, and that furthermore there was co-operation between them in the matter of prohibition enforcement. “I am not making any prophecies of by Maryland,” he said. Sees No D. C. Violations. Concerning the City of Washington, Col. Woodcock said, “I don't see any saloons in Washington. I don't see any one drunk on the streets.” Amplifying his statement, however, | about seeing no drunken men, Col. Woodcock said that during two recent trips he had seen only one drunken man, “under the weather in a hotel.” But that doesn’t mean anything much, the colonel admatted, as there might have been a number of drunken men he had falled to see. A report on the possible sources of supply of liquor is being prepared by the Bureau of Prohibition, and will be made public soon, Director Woodcock said. It will take up several estimates of various commentators on liquor manufacture in the United States today, and will then make an estimate of its own. Denies Politics Exist. Woodcock denied there is any politics in the new Prohibition Bureau under him, when asked today about the charge made in recent articles by Maj. Maurice Campbell, former dry admin- istrator for New York. “I know that no politics influence me and I know no attempt has been made by politicians to influence me,” he asserted. “I am confident that there is no poli- tics in the other branches of this bu- reau.” Returning today from an inspection trip through New England, Woodcock declared himself well satisfied with his staff in that territory. He said he was impressed with the efficiency of his men and with the co-operation generally re- ceived from local officials. FOUR ARE INIURED INTRAFFIG MISHAPS Boy, 5 Years 0ld, Is Felled| by Car—Man Fractures Leg Cranking Auto. Four persons, including a 5-year-old boy, were injured in trafic accidents reported to police yesterday afternoon. ‘The youngster, Harry Miller of 1722 Massachusetts avenue southeast, suf- fered bruises and brush burns when knocked down in front of his home by a car operated by Charles Schneider, 30 years old, of 512 Tennessee avenue northeast. He was treated at Gallinger Hospital. A fractured leg was received by Harry M. Applestein of 520 G street south- east, when a car he was cranking started suddenly. The machine crashed into a plate glass window at the office of Harry F. Gladman, real estate deal- er, 308 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Applestein was taken to Casualty Hos- pital for treatment. Knocked From Bicycle. A 60-year-old colored bicyclist, Her- cules J. Howell of 1910 Fifteenth street, sustained a fractured skull when knocked from his bicycle at Twentieth and R streets by an automobile driven by George Young, colored, of 906 Forty- fifth street northeast. Howell was admitted to Emergency Hospital, and Young is being held at the third precinct station while po- lice_complete their investigation. Three stitches were required to close a faclal cut suffered by Nelson H. Warlon of Cherrydale, Va., in a pecu- liar accident at Twelfth and D streets. A coat Warlon was carrying on his arm caught in the door handle of a passing car operated by Glen C. Cole of Alexandria, Va, and threw him to the street. The Cherrydale man was taken to the naval dispensary in the Munitions Bullding and treated for the lacera- tion. CALLS FIREMEN TO GET CAR IN LOCKED GARAGE Seattle Man Turns in Two Alarms and Lands in Jail as Auto Stays in Building. SEATTLE, Wash.,, September 20 (N. AN.A).—If a cat is up a tree, if there's sand in your coffee, or i your automo- bile is locked in the garage and you've lost the key, call the fire department. That 1is the philosophy of Dale 8. Cochrane, and it got him board and lodging in the county jail. Dale couldn't find e key to his garage and he wanted his car, so he stepped to a fire box and sent in an alarm. Not content with one, he sent in two. Four minutes later seven fire engines and two chiefs roared to the corner. “Just wanted you to get my car out,” Cochrane explained. From his cell Cochrane exclaims that the service, while speedy, is not effi- cient. His car is still in the garage. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alllance.) GUARDS GET BADGES Government Presents 382 of New- Type Shields. Government bulldings guards today were given new badges, which depict the front of the ite House, with the Washington Monument towering in the background. Inspector Willlam Wright explained there are 382 guards now wearing the Mosely was promptly arrested, giving to address today. hours of Wfim« in through without | his SHARES BIRTHDAY WITH ILL SISTER PLANNERS TAKE UP- LOCATION FOR ARMY AND NAVY BUILDING Simon of Treasury and Ad- miral Parsons, Chief of Yards and Docks, Heard. COMMISSION SEEKS ADDED INFORMATION 18th and F Site for Navy and Near Capitol for Army Structures Proposed. Confined to a wheel chair, Edna Mae Bonner, a badly burned child, yester- day was the honored guest at her little sister’s birthday cake-cutting party on the lawn of the Children’s Hospital. her sister. Burned-Chi]d Holds ‘Coming-Out Party’ On Sister’s Birthday Girl Is All Smiles as Band- ages, on Since July 1, Are Removed. It might have been Edna Mae's own birthday the Bonners were celebrating —even 3-year-old Mary Kathryn Bon- ner, whose party it really was, felt happy to admit that. The party was beneath a tree on Children's Hospital lawn, and Edna Mae was all smiles and the central figure in her wheel chair, although her seventh birthday is months off. “Mary Kathryn's birthday, perhaps Mrs. Bonner said, “but Edna Mae's coming out party.” Edna Mae was out of doors for the first time, had just emerged from her bandages. Doctors Feared She Would Die. she was glad to be out, for three months she had lain on & cot, the first weeks near death. Edna Mae, the doc- tors were afarid at first, would die from burns she received wWhen her dress caught fire. Last July 1, Edna Mae and her 10- year-old brother, William, left their home at 913 Massachusetts avenue northeast, to take music lessons from Mrs. Kathryn A. Arthur, at 1117 East Capitol street. While her brother was at the piano, Edna Mae found some matches and struck one. Her dress caught fire and her screams attracted Mrs. Arthur and Willlam, who beat out the flames only after they had been burned severely. Child’s Beauty Unblemished. ‘When Edna Mae begam to recuperate, doctors grafted new skin on her neck, face and body. Coming out of her bandages yesterday into the strong light, Edna Mae's fair beauty seemed unblem- ished. While Edna Mae insisted that Kath- ryn cut the cake, Kathryn gave half the slices to her sister. Edna Mae had need of them—there were nurses, doctors she wished to re- I:l’fl. She even offered the reporter a share. PIERCE HAI PLANNING TO ENTERTAIN “Kindling” Announced as Title of Production to Be Presented November 7 and 8. “Kindling,” by Charles Kenyon, is the title of the play to be given No- vember 7 and 8 by the Pierce Hall Players under the supervision of Charles Gillman. Tryouts for parts in the play will be held next Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 o'clock in Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard streets. Anoter play, “The Sting of Deborah,” will be presented in December. The players are represented on the Advisory Council Guild by Carlton Savage, and another member, Willlam Bryant, is on the board of governors of the guild. SALVATION ARMY PLANS TO WELCOME EXECUTIVE Mass Meeting to Be “Held Tomor- row Evening to Honor Lieut. Commission Damon. A mass meeting will be held in the Salvation Army Auditorium, 606 E eet, tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock, at which time Salvationists of the Dis- trict_of Columbia and Maryland will be afforded an opportunity to welcome Lieut. Commissioner Alexander Damon, the new executive of the organization in the Southern States. Greetings also will be extended Com- missioner Damos and Mrs. Damos on behalf of Washington churches and the Community Chest. The Salvation Army leader, who is well known as an orator, will speak twice on Sunday. in the morning at 10:30 and at 7:30 pm, in the auditorium. GYPSIES ESCAPE POLICE Car Containing Whisky Abandon- ed in Southeast After Chase. Leaping from their, car containing three cases of whisky, after outdistanc- ing police, several gypsy men made their escape from officers of the fifth precinct. The chase ended at Fifth and K streets southeast, where the gypsies abandoned their machine and whisky and fled from two officers who had fol- lowed them for several blocks on the suspicion that the car contained liquor. STEDMAN NO BETTER North Carolina Representative | Suffers From Apoplexy. Representative Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina remained critically ill today from the apopletic stroke suf- fered last week. Physicians sald there had Rm “no change” in the last hours condition. of the Community Drama | Mary Kathryn Bonner is standing beside —Star Staff Photo. PRESIDENT GOES - T0 RAPIDAN CAMP ;Will Forget Business During . Week End Holiday—Guests { Again Omitted. | | President Hoover cleaned his desk by | noon today and soon afterwards was on | his way for a brief holiday at his | Rapidan camp in the Virginia moun- | tains. He expects to return to | White House before noon Monday. Reports he recelved from Mrs. Hoover, | Who went to the camp yesterday with Allan Hoover, the youngest son of the | President, were {o the effect that the President’ will find a marked improve- ment in the condition of Herbert, jr., the oldest son, who has been at the camp for more than a week convalescing | from an intestinal disorder. | Once again the President's week end | vacation will be marked by the ab- sence of guests. Besides the presiden- tial family, there will only be Capt. | Joel T. Boone, the White House physi- cian, and Lawrence Richey, one of the President’s secretaries. The President left Washington with the intention of forgetting all about business for this short period. FLAMES DESTROY SUBURBAN HOME {Two Cabin John Volunteer Fire- men Are Injured Slightly in Blaze. Special Dispatch to The Star. CABIN JOHN PARK, Md, Septem- ber 20.—Two volunteer firemen were injured slightly in a blaze that last night_destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boswell, Conduit road and Sycamore Station, Glen Echo Heights. The loss was estimated at $2,500. ‘The injured firemen were Chief Nor- |man C. Lynch and Fireman Herman | Dooley of the Cabin John Park Volun- teer Fire Department. Lynch suffered slight burns on the hands and back and Dooley was bruised about the legs. Both received treatment at the office of a local physician. Their injuries re- sl::‘bled from the sudden collapse of a well. | Mr. and Mrs. Boswell were vacation- ing at North Beach and the house was urlux'guplut The origin is undeter- | mined. [MISS HALSTEAD’S DEBUT | INBERLIN WINS PRAISE | American Consul General’s Daugh- ter Presents Wheeler Beckett's | Original Modernistic Music. By Radio to The Stai BERLIN, Germany, September 20.— After successful concerts in London and Salzburg, Miss Margaret Halstead, charming daughter of Albert Halstead, American consul-general &t London, | made her debut before a highly critical Berlin public last night with a first performance of Wheeler Beckett's orig- inal and modernistic music to Walt Whitman's “Mystic Trumpeter.” ‘Whitman's rhapsody of the almost ex- tinct large North American swan was sung with a deep understanding of the words and music in a clear, dramatic soprano. Miss Halstead's voice thrilled the American and German audience which crowded the Philharmonie Hall. Enthusiastic applause greeted the com- poser and the soloist. The critics gen- erally agree that it is safe to predict a great future for Miss Halstead. (Copyright, 1930.) COUZENS’ RACE COST IS PLACED AT $5,570 $3,880 Spent After Petitions Were Filed, Senator's Campaign Manager Reports. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 20.—A total outlay of $5,570.69 on behalf of Senator ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission today heard further discussion on the proposed location of the new Army and Navy group of build- ings to house the two departments, Louis A. Simon, head of the architec~ tural division, Treasury Department, and Rear Admiral A. L. Parsons, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, who have been interested in the plans for the projected naval structure, were be- fore the group. It is known that the naval officials prefer to have the new building located in the vicinity of Eighteenth and F streets. There is a move afoot to have the new War Department situated near the Capitol. The commissioners say they have reached no decision and de- sire additional information from the Treasury and Navy Departments. Street Changes Considered. Street changes in Washington and improvements of them engaged the at- tention of the commission yesterday. Maj, John C. Gotwals, Engineer Com- missioner of the District, member of the Planning Commission, presented several proposed highway changes in the Southeast section, due to expansions there. Nine plans were discussed, but these were not made public, as the com- mission decided that additional surveys and studies would have to be made. ‘The commission, likewise, considered tentative plans for approaches to the Highway Bridge from the District side to improve the condition of the street to move traffic hazards. It is proposed to link up the bridge approach directly with the Potomac Park road system. The whole matter was referred by the commission to the co-ordinating com- mittee, composed of interested Federal and municipa! governmental agencies, for its recommendation and detailed in- vestigation, Variances on Thirteenth. ‘The Co-ordinating Committee was also given the plan, drawn up by the commission staff, showing the varying widths along Thirteenth street, which crosses Washington’s business sectio: The expert will endeavor to see if better plan can be worked out to make the thoroughfare more uniform in width. ‘The commission authorized a revision of the thoroughfare plan showing the various major thoroughfares in the city by changing, on its map, the dotted lines 1o solid lines to show that streets hith- erto tentative have now been improved and become realities. The question of a drive that will link up with the Civil War forts around th Capital was also discussed exten- sively. There are many places where the fort drive will cross District streets. The commission is endeavoring to adjust this so that the drive may be harmonized with existing or propos: streets. The matter is to be given fus | ther study. HUSBAND WITHDRAWS CHARGE AGAINST WIFR Accusations Are False, He Says, Asking They Be Expunged From Record. Albert J. Hendley was granted per- mission by Justice Frederick L. Siddons, in District Supreme Court, yesterday, to withdraw a cross bill he had filed in a suit for limited divorce brought against ]hlm by his wife, Mrs. Marguerite Hend- ey. The husband advised the court that after making a full investigation of the charges he made against his wife, he found them to be untrue, and that in Justice to her he wished to have them expunged from the court records. At- torney 8. McCormas Hawken appeared for Mrs. Hendley, while the husband was represented by Attorney John J. McGinnis. CONSUMES 124 CLAMS WITHIN 20 MINUTES Truckman, Beating Old Record of 73 in Half Hour, Amazes Milford Citizens. MILFORD, Conn., September 20 (N. A. N. A) —The citizens of Milford, the clam-eatingest town in the world, speak of Robert G. Baskell a Bridgeport truckman, in tones of awe and reve erence. Up to the time when Baskell visited the restaurant of D. B. Perry no one in Milford had ever eaten more than 73 clams in a half hour. Even that was considered somewhat of a feat, for many old-timers can remember when the half-hour record was not a clam over 64. Imagine their stupendous amazement when Baskell sat down and ate 134 of the largest Little Necks in existence in 20 minutes. (Copyright, 1930, by N rth American Newse paper Al 03 liance.) MAY CLOSE AIRPORTS NEW YORK, September 20 (#).— Charles 8. (Casey) Jones, president of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, Inc., last night said his corporation was con- ducting a survey of its 35 airports thorughout the country to determine ‘whether some of them should be closed for the time being. He said that business was bad, “as it is in other lines,"sand indicated a de- cision might possibly be made to su- spend operations. at four or five of the airports, which ®e did not name. Scholarship Provided. By _Radio to The Star. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Septem- ber 20.—The Soc! Service School of James Couzens in the campaign for his renomination in the primary elec- tion of September. 9§ was announced yesterday by Thomas Payne of Detroit, who managed the Senator's successful campaign. Mr. Payne announced that of this amount $1,681.56 was spent for station- ery, telephone service and office rent, before nominating petitions were filed, and the campaign after the petitions were filed had cost $3,889.13. SRR R A T Seeks Bankruptey. Listing_ liabilities of $897.61 and as- | sets of $39.60, Charles L. Hill, a sales- man, residing at the Potomac Park Apartments, yesterday asked the Dis- trict Supreme Court to adju gm; ‘._ was_represen torney ©. Warner, ir, the University of Chicago has notified the Argentine American Cultural In- stitute at Buenos Alres that it is establishing a scholarship for an Ar- gentine student who desires to pursue graduate work in social service. The scholarship provides $450 to cover ex- penses of a six-month course. (Copyright, 1930, by the Chicago Dally News Foreign Service.) Bankruptey Petition Filed. Involuntary bankruptey proceedings were instituted yesterday against, Henry Segaloff, trading as Henry's and as Hickey’s at 705 Seventh street and 505 Fourteenth street, in _ the District | Supreme Court. Segaloff, the petition- ing creditors alleged, is insolvent and $30,000. At the nfl“fl”‘m‘&%fln appears