Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1930, Page 17

NEW NURMI CASE WITNESS IS FOUND: | FACES QUIZ ON GUN Knows of Pistol From Which, Fatal Bullet May Have Been Fired, Police Are Told. BURDINE WILL QUESTION 3 OTHERS ON SHOOTING Report of Threat Made to Census Clerk Is Being Investigated by Authorities. A new witness to the fatal shooting Aarvi Nurmi, 24-year-old Census Bureau clerk Wednesday night, who police are informed knows of the exist- ence of a gun from which the fatal bullet may have been fired, was dis- covered last night. He probably will be interviewed this evening by Sergt. Earl H. Burdine of the Montgomery County police, who is conducting the investigation. Sergt. Burdine also announced this | his intention to question three morning other men, all living in Washington, whom, he thinks, will be able to shed light on emu leading up to the find- ing of Nurmi’s body on the lawn of his Takoma Park home as the culmina- tion of a drinking party there. The police officer has little informa- #ion as to what he will earn from the witness, he said today, but he has told that the man has definite knowledge which will support his theory that Nurmi was slain by a gun other than the automatic pistol found beside his lllelfls body ‘The weapon found the ground beside Nurmi is ht to have belonged to the dead man. 1t was a pearl handle, 25-caliber automatic pistol. Hopes to Trace Gun. Sflin. Burdine previously had stated that had heard of the existence of & 35-caliber gun owned by Henry W. McGuire, years old, 1400 block of Charged with, mansisughter 1o Sonhee: ma: r in connec- tion with Nurmi’s death, but had no proof to substantiate the rumor. He thinks that the new witness may One of the other -nnum Burdine intends to question is said to have in- formation of a quarrel between Nurmi and another man a short time before shooting, and another is the taxi- cab driver who carried Nurmi, McGuire and John J. O'Brien, 26 years old, 1400 block of Chapin street, the third man on the party, to Nurmi's home Wed- nufiy _night. ‘Who “the last witness is or what in- formation he possesses is not knnvm District police, however, received a last night which they think will lud them to & mvhnnslu-rdtony he could tell pou something about the case. A search for him is being con- ducted wd.ly O'Brien, who also is with manslaughter, was released under $1,000 bond Saturday evening. McGuire ob- tained his release last night when Elmer Mo&m of BSuitland, - Md.,, posted 814 ‘The report of a second gun is consid- ered by . of particular importance in the light of a statement by Stedman Prescott, State’s attorney-elect for Montgomery County, that, in his opln- ‘whole aspect of the case ‘m on whether Nurmi was killed with own or another gun. p will be the prosecutor hr'.hcmmty'hznuuuuwmhe (nnd jury at Rockville onday in March. is conducting no keeping in touch ent facts that are ht, 80 as to present the eue intelligently to the grand jury. He asserted, however, that if no more evidence of homicide is uncovered than presented to the coroner’s jury, held Nurmi was slain, he will not feel i “~d in asking the grand to e an indictment against [cGuire ar. O'Brien. Unwilling to Gln Views. ‘Meanwhile the nt State's attor- Peter, Jr, was unwilling his views on the case, point- 'y would be meaningless | he will not be called upon to ite. and Mr. Prescott have ar- the gun found beside slug extracted from Bureau of Standards week and have tests in. State's at- e considered that this the vital factor in the , the inference being that, was fired from Nurmi's k his own life. has been set for arraign- Police Court of McGuire and Mr. Peter sald this morning, in the bonds for their release rance Saturday morning was It is thought, however, that ‘will be delayed hearing ‘he police tnvestigation 1 further | ‘Washington police were investigating . nport today that Nurmi had been threatened because of certain informa- tion whi¢th he is said to have been about to reveal. An employe of the Veterans’ Bureau was interviewed by the police, but his information was based on hearsay and arrangements were made to bring about a meeting of other persons said to have heard l.he same nwry in an effort to run it down FORMER DIPLOMAT EXPIRES IN BAVARIA i Count von Qudt Once Counselor of German Embassy, Related to Italian Ambassador. Count Albert von Quadt Wykradt Isny, mr-ln-h' of the Italian Am- bassador to the United States, Nobile Martino, Count von QM! was in the German diplomatic service ror many years. Fol- Jowing his service in Washington a Minister and represented the ment in uvenl capitals. = ~ mfldm may WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 25, @he Zoening Staf D. C, TUESDAY, 1930. PEOPLE'S COUNSEL | Hugh Armstrong of the Wheatley School receiving a cup from Mrs. Walter C. Jones, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, for four years of faithful service as a traffic pltmlmln at the school. —Star Staff Photo WORK ONMEMORIAL HIGHWAY IS RUSHED COnstructlon of Road to Mt. Vernon Ahead of Schedule, Engineer Reports. Work on the Mount Vernon Memo- rial Highway is proceeding shead of | schedule, Chief Engineer P. St. J. Wil- | son of the Bureau of Public Roads, De- partment of iculture, said today, and yvlnl contracts will be let during ter, so that this phase of the start in the Spring when clears. Workmen have been laboring in two shifts, the night gnng under powerful lights, to push for- ward the gfeat highway, which the de- ient hopes to open by February, ’!2 ume over a year hence. ding work on the highway is roee very satisfactorjly, in the oplnlon of Capt. Wilson, and as soon as it assumes sha) mly get first-han work to be done, bids for paving will be called for. Time Given for Settling. ‘The Bureau of Public Roads desires vo allow the hydraulic fills, thrown up from the bottom of the Potomac-River as sand and gravel by the dredges of the United States eer ice, & where contractors Engin, period of settlement during the Winter. | In a short while it is expected that traffic over the Highway Bridge will be dlvenea over the newly constructed ry bridge so that the piers on '.he Vl.r'lnh side may be removed and the underpath constructed for the road that will southward from Colum- bia Island. That highway will carry traffic coming over the new Arlington Memorial Bridge. Capt. Wilson explained that the Bu- reau of Public Roads has had to hustle to make sure that the highway may be opened by February 22, 1932, the birth- day bicentenary of the PFather of His Coun | Work Begins on Detour. ‘Work' of connecting the detour trestle with the Highway Bndxe at the south bank of the Potbmac was begun yester- day and traffic probably will be diverted | from the south end of theb ridge to the trestle on Thursday or Friday, accord- ing to engineers of the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, Department of Agriculture, ‘who are supervising the work, The detour trestle has been com- pleted up to the point of connecting with the bridge, and car tracks have been laid upon it so that the diversion of both rallway and vehicular traffic can be made simultaneously as soon as the connection of the two structures is perfected. Traffic over the bridge will be maintained without interruption while the connection is made. Will Avoid Congestion. ‘The bureau engineers say that every effort will be made to avoid congestion | while the transfer is made, but they | call attention to the fact that for a few days the roadway over the bridge will be reduced to half its former width and suggest that persons who can use the Key Bridge at Georgetown do so. necessary to permit the removal of the two south side spans of the Highway | torney George B. Springston repruenu‘ Bridge in the approach work. | Peruvian Cities to Christen information on the | YOUNG EXPLORERS COMING TO CAPITAL |Five Who W|Il Seek Ancient Two Planes Here. Five young aerial explorers who will compose the Shippee-Johnson Peruvian expedition, which is to leave Brooklyn, N. Y., for Lima next week in search of lost Andean cities of Inca and pre-Inca elvilizations, are-expected to fy_the two cabin monoplanes of the expedition to Washington-Hoover Airport late today in preparation for christening of the | planes tomorrow at Bolling Field. They are to arrive here at 5 pm. The flight will be made from the ex- pedition's headquarters at Red Bank, N. J. Robert Shippee, 20 years old, co- leader, second pilot and geologist of the expedition, will be at the controls of |one of the planes. Its sister ship, | supercharged ‘for high altitude flight and especially equipped to take still, aerial and motion pictures from the air, will be flown by Irving G. Hay, 24, chief pilot. Christening at Bolling. Other members of the - expedition, | said to be the youngest ever organized for scientific exploration, are A Johnson, 30, photographer; Valentine Van Keuren, 30, civil engineer, and Max Distel, 24, mechanic. With them they will bring Senor Alfred Henriod, Peruvian consul general; Oscar de Preyre, vice consul. Raye R. Platt of the American Geographical Soclety, which is co-operating with the expedi- tion, and several New York guests The planes will remain at Washing- | ton-Hoover Afrport until _tomorrow, when they will be flown to Bolling Pleld for christening ceremonies at noon. Envoy Will Participate. ‘The planes will be christened Wash- ington and Lima by Senora Juan Men- doza, wife of the.secretary of the Peru- vian embassy. Manuel de Freyre y | S8antander, Peruvian Ambassador, and | Benor Mendoza will participate in the ceremony. The United States Govern- ment is to be represented by Wright, Assistant Secretary of State | F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary |of War for Aeronautics; David 8. In- galls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics; Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary & Commerce for Aeronautics, and other aviation offi- clals. Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director of the missioners and members of the diplo- matic corps have been invited. Following the christening, the two planes will be flown back to Red Bank. On Friday they will be flown to Roose- velt Fleld, N. Y., where they will be taken apart and crated for shipment December 5 aboard the S. S. Santa Maria to Peru. Files as Voluntary Bankrupt. Irving B. Neweomb, realty broker, to- ' | day filed a voluntary petition in bank- | The diversion of traffic to the trestle is | ruptcy. He lists his debts at $38,074.07 | | and estimates his assets at $1,750. At~ | the bankrupt. 'BODY ONCE THOUGHT VETERAN’S Wits Bk for_snggesions IDENTIFIED AS NEW YORKER'S' Sister Recognizes Corpse Removed From Arlington Grave When Marcey Was Found Alive in Baltimore. Twice buried and twice exhumed, the body of a man now identified as Prancis Kuchlrlkl 35-year-old wandering car- penter, was removed from an unmarked grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery yesterday, | and tonight will be entrained for Depue, N. Y., a suburb of alo. The body was taken from a ve in Arlington Cemetery two mon ago, where it had been mistakenly buried as that of a war veteran of Lyon, Va. Robert J. Marcey. The mistake was discovered when Marcey's family re- celved word he was In the best of health and had been living in Balti- more. The man was killed in an automobile accident not far from Baltimore late in September. He was a “hitch hiker,” and no one knew m;,menug; Marcey's family was misled 8 strong resem- blance between the dead man and Mar- cey. Thqumovnm body when it was established it was not that of a former service man. | . Numerous others tried to identify the | body as that of some friend or reiative while it was at the morgue for a month after the first exhumation. Then the undertaker, W. W. Chambers, assumed the care of the body and buried it in Cedar Hill. | Kucharski's mother, who.had nét|{he | heard from her son for a long time, , ead newspaper accounts of the unusual | case and concluded the body was that of her son. Kucharski's sister, Mrs. 8. M. Ma- lowski, and several close friends came here yester The body was again dug up and ail the visitors, Mr. Cham- bers sald, were positive that Kucharski IA}"fl:::fou th- made - -rangements to return the body to New York with them on a train leaving at 7 o'clock tonight. Francis | Pan-American Union; the District Com- | JOINS IN ATTACK ON ELEGTRIC RATES Citizens’ Group Representa- tive Asks: Utilities Body' Act to Change Decree. ' KEECH CITES INCREASED USE: WHEN .COST DROPS Charges Excessive Power Company Profits Since Court Ruling Make | Careful Review Necessary. Peoples’ Counsel Richmond B. Keech today joined Willlam McKay Clayton inattacking the decree of Equity Court | un¥er which the Potomac Electric Pow- | er Co. rates are fixed and the manner in which the decree is currently inter- preted, and filed a demand before the Public -Utilitles Commission to make greater reductions in the electric bills | next year than they now plan to do.’ Mr.” Keech's point is that following | every reduction in rates there is an in- crease in electrical reduction, and that this inctease should be taken into con- sideration when establishing new rates under the consent decree. This has never been done, nor is it contemplated by the commission at this time, accord- ing to its public statement recently issued. If this, cannot. be done under terms of the decree, then the decree is “totally unconscionable and should be abrogated,” Mr. Keech concludes. His memorandum to the commission, in part, follows: Charges Excessive Profits. “The Potomac Electric Power Co. will submit within a short time, ac- cording to the commission’s anneunce- ment on November 21, a new schedule of rates. The excessive profits which the company has made for the year Just coming to a close and, in fact, since the consent decree went into ef- fect, make it imperative that the com- mission give serious consideration to any schedule offered by the company. Every element should be taken into consideration so as to insure a fair rate under all of the circumstances. “It is my opinion that the commission should refuse to approve or adopt any schedule submitted by the company which would produce a net operating income, which, when supplemented by $800,300 (public’s half of excess earn- ings for the year, 1930), would exceed | 732 per cent on its par value. In addi- tion, the commission should give due consideration to the fact that the con- sumption of power in this jurisdiction has increased in the average of about 13 per cent annually. "!f it 18 felt that what has been out- lined above cannot be done under terms of the decree, then the document is totally unconscionable and should be abrogated. The commission not only has the power, but it is its duty to do 50 under the circumstances.” Decree Declared Not Permanent.’ Mr. Keech next addresses himself to the proposition that the decree was never meant to be permanent. If such a decree were possible, then it would mean that the present personnel of the commission with the consent of the court could agree to enter into an agree- ment with the utility group, which would remove from the statute books an act the constitutionality of which never has been ubted, he declares. Should it become necessary to abrogate the decree, Mr. Keech points out that the commission should set rates taking into account the compromise figure on valuation reached by use of the decree. Although both the company and the people consider this inequitable to their respective interests, it is the most definite figure which can be ascertained short of a revaluation. Clayton, chairman of the Public Util- ities Committee of the Federation of Citizens’. Associations, made his second attempt today to get open hearings on the rates with a/motion asking the Pub- lic Utilities Commission to seek to have changed the consent decree of Equity Court; under which the rates are an- nually adjusted. He asked the com- mission to seek a reformation of the decree s0 that three-quarters instead of one-half of all earnings of the Po- tomac Electric Power Co. above 7l3 per cent on its valuation be applied an- nually to rate reduction. In his first attempt Mr. Clayton did not specifically attack the consent de- cree, but contented himself with seek- inc an open hearing on the whole mat- Fresent motion, although noz upeclflul asking for the open hearing, he mwde his request in such a way that a public hearing could hardly, be avoided if the request were to be granted. The commission did not answer Mr. Clayton’s first request. Instead, several days after it had been received, it is- sued a written statement to the effect that the commission and the Potomac | Elecric Power Co. had come to an agree- ment as to the terms on which the re- duced rates for 1931 will be calculated. In his new Etmon Mr. Clayton points out that his first petition has re- mained unanswered, and builds up his case by pointing out that under the con- sent decree as it has worked in practice for the past six years the company has earned $25.286,696 net on an average agreed valuation (undepreciated) of $41,860,000, or an annual rate of re- turn to the company of 10 per cent. This represents $16,744,000 in excess of a 6 per cent return, he said, or $8,372,- 000 In excess of an 8 per cent return. CAPPER REQUESTS COMMENT ON BILLS 4 on Utilities Legislation Now Pending. The Public Utilities Commission was requested last night by Chairman Cap- r of the Benate District Committee g advise the committee whether it hll [nnv suggestions to make regarding t! several bills Pendllz in the Senate “- | fecting loca The letter to n. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Utilitles Commission, followed one sent earlier in the day to the District 00 issioners, asking for suggestions n the general legislative program. ’l'hc sending of these letters was in line with the Senator’s bellef that in the short session attention should be '-rlted on a limitgd program for the District Senator Clpw said the Senate Com- mittee probably 'I.ll whh 00 take urly action on the bill the House to give lchool chl a n- carfare, and asked for t ht'tmprove the ad- ministrative features of the bill. Other utility bills pending in the Sen- ate are the street railway merger, mer- Effi of m |u light wmp-mel and the to limit the power of local courts in rwie-ln; th of the Utilitles PAGE B-—1 MARKET SITE DEAL | FAILS WHEN PRICE FOUND 00 HIGH Limit of Appropriation Is Passed by Total of Land and Building Costs. CONDEMNATION MOVE MAY PROVE NECESSARY Possibility of Project’s Return fer Fresh Congressional Directiom Looms as Possibility. The District government has Wbeen unable to purchase by voluntary agree- ment the site of the proposed Farmef¥ Market, in the Southwest section of the city, within the lmit of the appropria- tion made b Conkre- tor the project, H. L. Rcbh to quisition of the site wou!d h-n to Mrs. F. E. Johnson, mother of Walter Johnson, manager of the Nationals, with her charges at the Johnson home, at | thrown into condemnation Alta Vis Caroline Anne, aged 7; Walter Johnm, in-| Il'. who died r«!n(lv nd are now CAR MISHAPS SEN FIVE T0 HOSPITAL 'Sllppefy Streets Play Major g Part in'Series of Traffic Accidents. With wet. pavements and slip] streets caused by the light rainfall play- | ing & major part in the mishaps, five persons, including s _policeman; 'were | injured in traffic accidents late yester- | day afternoon and last nght. Pvt. Theodore L. Patterson of No. 14 precinct, was taken to the Emergency Hospital with a sprained knee when an auto felled him at Connecticut avenue and Macomb street while he was di- recting traffic during the rush hour. The driver of the machine, William A. Shelton, 51 years old, of 3211 Tenny- son street, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving and released on $500 bond for appearance in Police Court today. Felled by Skidding Auto. Another skidding machine knocked down Benjlmln T. Lovel, 48, of 122 C street, d inflicted bruises of the hip, left hand md right leg, for which he received first aid treatment at Emer- gency Hospital. -Henry J. Leschensky of Olympia, Wash., was the driver of the car, police reported. A double fracture of the left leg was received by E. J. Almquist, 49. of 1509 Otis street northeast, when an automo- bile operated by James W. Humphrey, 18, of 1215 Fern street, hit him at Fifteenth and Monroe streets north- east. Almquist was rushed to Sibley Hospital for surgical attention. Hum- phrey was not held. Driver's Knee Fractured. Earl Cooke, 33, of 510 Park road, sus- tained a fracture of the right knee when .an automobile he was driving skidded and overturned in the Soldiers’ Home grounds near the First street !l":l He was treated at Garfleld Hos- pital. Emergency Hospital physicians treat- ed James F. Ervin, 27 years old, of the 2800 biock Fifteenth street, for head injuries received when knocked down by an automobile operated by Llew-| ellyn Davis of the 1800 block Park road. PEDDLER’S $100,000 ESTATE IN DISPUTE Seventh-Day Adventists Sued for Accounting by Administrator From Iowa. Sam R. Sheldon, Webster City, Towa, | as administrator of the estate of Thomas D. Hurd, a nonogenarian ped- | La dler who died at Takoma Park Decem- ber 11, 1927, today asked the District | Supreme Court to compel an accounting by the General Conference Corporation of the Seventh-day Adventists of the $100,000 estate which he claims is being held by the conference. Sheldon tells® the court that Hurd had traveled about the country from 1897 to 1909 in a wagon selling books | and other novelties. Late in 1909 Hurd was held up and beaten into insensi- bility by unknown robbers and after that time was subject to hallucinations that his money was being stolen from him, the administrator says. Early in life, the court is told, Hurd had been converted to the Adventists’ faith and was induced by certain offi- cials of the church to deposit money with them, on which 5 per cent interest was to be paid. Hurd, it is stated, deprived his family of necessities to deposit additional funds with the church officials, making his total de- posits January 1, 1915, as $50,000. He is sald to have deposited $10,000 more April 22, 1915, and a like sum Juhe 22, 1924, which, with accumulated interest, the administrator says, should amount to_$100,000. Hurd was admitted to an Adventists’ hospital at Nevada, Iowa., April 25, 1924, the court is told, and later re- moved to the local sanitarium without the knowledge of his family. Before his death Hurd was given a room outside the sanitarium, it is stated, where he died. The administrator d clares he has learned that Hurd's si| nature to a paper was obtained by an official of the conference June 6, 1927, which, he expresses the belief, transfer- red his money to the conference. ‘Through Attorneys Matthews & Trim. ble and George E. H. Goodner, the claim is made that Hurd had been of unsound mind for many years and was not ccmpetent to convey his property. RN il Citizens to Meet. EAST RIVERDALE, Md., November 25 (Special).—A regular mzeun. of the Stephen Citizens’ iation of East be held tonight in the association’s hall at 8 o'clock. The ceil- ing of the hall has just been plastered. ‘William Fl &’ ‘not 'xhnly do:kutbe“d‘ the necessary la or* worl 80~ the of the , Md. Mrs. Johnson came to Washington to take care of the home after the deat! Left to right: Eddie, aged 13; Bobbie, aged 9; Mrs. Johnson, Jimmy Burke, Walter J jr., aged 15, and Jack Burke. being taken care of by Johnson. of Walter’s wife hlt Summer. nson, n, aged 4; BUILDER GIVEN $10 FINE {Harry Bralove Haled Into Court on Charge of Speeding. Harry M. Bralove, ent house owner, ‘oourt today for speeding. | A. Schuldi gave him a suspended aentence of $10 and took his personal the Traffic Bureau, declared the apart- ment owner was traveling 36 miles an hour on Thlrleenlh street. CIVIL SERVICE RULE EFFECT 1S STUDIED | District Jobs Wanted Solely for Residents of City by Trade Board. Study of the effect of placing em- ‘Ployestof the District government under civil service regulation to determine whether this system, recently adopted under authority of an Executive order by President Hoover, might mean that out-of-town spplicants for positions would obtain appointments sought by local residents will be made by the Boara of Trade. bedy yesterday decided to name a com- mittee to make an investigation of the matter after fears were expressed by somo members of the organization that local taxpayers might not have first charce for employment under the local government according to the system of certification of applicants by the Civil Service Commission. Local Residents Favored. Members of the body voiced the opin- don that the civil service rules should apply only to local applicants for posi- | tions. rather than to include those from | other sections of the country. | The election of 105 new members of | the Board of Trade also was announced by George Plitt, president. They are A. H. Adkins, Frederick A. Allnutt, Les- lie L. Altman, the Bank of Brightwood, represented by R. L. Schreiner and C. J. Sincell; Gordon S. Barber, H. Burtz, Francis M. Biggs, Dr. Sterl- ing_Bockoven, Samuel S. Bond, Edwin C. Bosworth, Clayton A. Brown, Dr. D. E. Buckingham, Donald Buckingham, G. M. Bugniazet, Martin F. Comeau, A. D. Crumbaugh, Willlam W. Daly, jr.; El- liott T. Dimond, William T. Duke, Rob- ert J. Eby, Constantine Eisinger, Milton Firor, Henry M. Foote, Charles P. Ford, John McDill Fox and Graybar Electric Co., represented by A. E. Kostulski and A. E. Eastburn. James W. S. Hardey, John T. Hudy, | Malcolm P. Harris, W. Richard Harvey, rence P. Higgins, Sherman M. ‘Ho lingsworth, Claude M. Houchins, jr.; Gilbert E. Hyatt, W. N. Johannessen, Milton R. Johnson, John E. Kreis, An- drew G. Landrus, Lester F. Kirchner and O. Ellsworth Rue, representing the Langdon Mill & Lumber Co.; Harry J. Lee, Milton E. Lowry, Paul E. Lutz, Ed- mund J. Lynch, Magnien McArdle, Al- fred A. McGarraghy, Budd L. McKil- | lips, DeWitt Edmonston McKinistry, PDonald H. McKnew, John L. McMahon, Frank C. Maley, John W. Lowe and E. F. Weseley, representing the Manhattan Laundries Corporation. New Members Listed. Martin J. Manning, Joseph W. Mar- shall, Edward J. Martin, W. F. Gary and Robert R. Meeker, rem’mnuns Meeker & Gary; Gordon Kennedy an Willlam P. Duff, representing Meridian Mansion Hotel; R. S. Wilkes and W. J. Freas, representing Mid-Washington Tire Co., Inc.; J. A. Moncure, Samuel . R. Ralph W. 3 lell, Ray- mond E. Rapp, Hugh Reilly, M. C. Richardson, Hubert N. Roberts, Wil- llam A. Roberts, Robert Robinson and William Arthur ShlnnonA Capt. Ira Sheetz, R. K. Smillle, Clar- ence 1. Smith, Dean Hill Stanley, Paul P. Stone, W. C. Stotler, George D. Strayer, jr Capt. Jeremiah A. Sulli- van, bert W. Tucker, Elton L. Usilton, David Henry Volland, C. M. Stretmater and Harry M. Watkins, rep- resenting Watkins & Whitney N3 Prank H. Willlams, E. Hillman Willis, Edward R. Witman, John J. Woodward and Harry E. Yelde. —— SOUTHERN BUILDING SALE IS CANCELED BY ORDER Sale at auction of the Southern Bullding, large office structure at t.he northeast corner of Fifteenth and H streets, scheduled to have been held esterda; nounced today by Peter A. Drury, presi- dent of the Southern Building Invest- ment Co., o'mer of the property. Mr. reported today that satis- factory arrangements had been made with holders of notes secured by the roperty. Announcement of the co ted sale was made in legal n tices published by trustees in local news- papers. 5001 Sixteenth sueez, prominent builder and apart- | came into Police | Executive Committee of the trade’ ANTHLYNCHERS ASK HOOVER'S SUPPORT From National Colored Congress. President Hoover's support of an or- ganized movement to curb lynching in | this country was asked today by a dele- ! gation from the National Colored Anti- Lynching Congress during an audience at the White House. The delegates to the congress, which represent colored people in all parts of | the country, came here to solicit both the President’s support in the anti- lynching movement and that of Con- gress as well. Pointing out that there have been some 23 lynchings in this country dur- lnx the pur. year, leaders of tl;‘z:nu- f to their inter- ident, ressed the belief that it would Elfly cause if the anti- Iynching xncuun would speak out on the suppression of lynching. ti-lynchin The anti-lynching congress, called the National Equal Rights League, held its first meef here in the John Wes- l:{ A. M. E. Zion Church yesterday, ith M. W. Spencer, president of the league, presiding. A public meeting last night speakers included Rev. Henry D. Till- man, pastor of the church, who wel- comed the delegates; Dr. W. H. Higgins of Providence, R. I, president of the National Medical Association of Colored Physicians; Prof. Kelly Miller of How- ard University, Perry W. Howard of Mississippi and Rev. Calvin C. Willlams, pastor of the Columbus Avenue A. M. E. Zion chufllh ol Boston. Music ' was last night's meeting by William m-uum organist; Miss Esf Paul, soprano, and the Women's Ol:e Club of Howard University. The delegates. were preparing to con- vene again this afternoon and a public meeting is to be held tonight, with Rev. o th, Nork Negrs Baoan Lommoent of e Na egro League, as one of the ‘Tomorrow will bt given over to the twenty-second annual bt i-:eun; of the National Equal Rights CAPT. PERCY C. HAMILTON DIES AT WALTER REED Coast Artillery Officer, Native of Virginia, Had Been Ill for Short Time. Capt. Percy C. Hamilton, recently attached to the 12th Coast Arfllery. at Fort Monroe, Va., died at Wall General Hospital this mornt ng lmr a short illness. Born at Danville, Va., July 15, l!flfl and educated at ‘the Virginia’ Polytechnic Institute, Capt. Hamilton was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps June 5, 1917, and during the World War served as a major, Coast Artillery, National Army. In June, 1920, he was appointed a captain in the Coast Artillery, Regula: Army, and served about six months in the Quartermaster Corps. He was grad. uated from the Coast Anulery School in 1924 and received a 8. In elec- trical engineer from the Vi Polytechnic Institute. His wife, Beryl B. Hamilton, is a survivor. CHARLES 0. PAXSON DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Charles O. Paxson, 54 years old, as- sistant superintendent of the Peoples Life Insurance Co. here, yesterday at his residence, 528 Ingraham street, after a short iliness. Mr. Paxsol o American War, was a native of Loudoun s Lodge and Washing- ton Centennial Chnmr of Hu Eastern r. Mrs. Kath widow, survives. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Brightwood Park Church, Eighth and Jefferson streets. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery. EACH GETS FOUR YEARS Justice Pe; in Division 1 sent two colored youths W&hepenll;fnfilry!or!mrmuch H also col- lnm-mrol d muty |Delegates Call on President s | Bralove was arrested about two weeks | ago when Policeman K. P. Greenlow of "‘P addressed by a number of leaders. The ( ment ings, which will mean further delay in final solution of the problem which has been Barbara Ji The Burke boys are the children of w-ner'. sister- | the subject of contests before congres- sional committees during the past two sessions of Congress. If the matter is thrown into the hands of a condemnation jury and the total award should be higher than the appropriation, the whole subject would have to be carried back to - gress for directions. Farmers Left in Open. The tconnn- ated $300,- mxorp‘t:xe jec understanding uooo would cover the maining be made to Congress for additional funds. The site is bounded by Tenth and Eleventh, E nna G streets southwest. Provision of the new Farmers' Mar- ket was to be made to replace quarters at the old Center Market, which is to be razed beginning January 1 to lnn way for the new Federal buildi gram. Sheds for the farmers at ht Market were razed about two years ago to clear the site for the new Internal Revenue Building. ceding Congress had the by proJact and uu'. its deemon should not Deh in the ition of the hr- mers’ Market site handicapped the plan of the Commissioners to pul.h Government &rojem itional cmplny- of present buil on the site and eonlf:uctlon of tmew would provide additional ;o'i‘l”i% the unemp!ond BANDIT ROBS PAIR PARKED IN MACHINE $40 Cash Taken From Two—Job- less Man Reported Viotir- izing His Benefactor. An armed and masked bandit held upmdmbbed-younlmmdm sitting in a parked car at Pl.flaen&hun E streets last night. The bandit'’s victims were Bnnflha Miller, 3340 Fifth street southeast, and Ilhs hunne Garber, 122 Fifth street m bandit took ‘s wallet containing $38 from Hamilton and a purse con- ulnln‘n $2 from Miss Garber, they told police. A youthful colored man snatched the purse of Martha Hooper, 2203 PFifteenth street, on Belmont road “near Plfu;nt-h whom he had rented a room after the udeuu had said he was unem- ploye .mvelry valued at $221 and $1.74 In cash were stolen by bur:hn who tered the home of George B. 1113 Owens place northeast. was lllned through a bumn STUDLEY ABSENGE BAFFLING POLICE " iWife Is Sure Missing Man Sent Telegram From New York Station. Descriptions broadcast through police and radio agencies and the best efforts of his family and friends had developed no clue today to the whereabouts of e ntinber of & prominent famity of ntm'. mem a pi ent Providence, R. I, who has been missing since he telegraphed his wife from New York Bund:y afternoon that he was taking the next train home. The Detective Bureau here furnished New York authorities with a hom and detailed delcrlptlon of &n man yesterday Mr. Studley len'. '.h. telegram from r.he Pennsylvania Railroad Station s few mlmm- before the w-.nnnmn train left. Studley left his home here to at- Mr. tend Saturday’s foot ball game at New Haven between Harvard and Yale. :!":'Yue Club, He chfi:kod out Bumy telling attaches he I:l'l» !flldlz’ is confident her husband sen! unu;pmfimmmmm out flr.nhel.nfi‘:‘nhl his family of his 4 hbfie‘llnehel pmlndq.muumrnm