Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1931, Page 15

Washington News @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931. PAGE B—1 GUN FINGERPRINT LEADS TO ARREST OF MANINASSAULT Ex-Marine Questioned in At- tack on W. B. Lumsden on Lonely Road. WOMAN ALSO DETAINED BY POLICE FOR QUIZZING Patient Search of Corps Headquar- ters Files Yields Evidence, Officers State. A fingerprint on a gun found near the unconscious form of William B. Lumsden, 26, of Raleigh, N. C., after he was attacked on a lonely road in the southeast secticn Monday, resulted in the arrest of an ex-Marine today. Cline Roy Teegarden, 21 years old, of 16 Fifteenth street southeast, admitted attacking Lumsden after completion of a tedious search through Marine Corps headquarters fingerprint files which re- vealed his prints matched those on the gun. ‘Teegarden confessed, police say, to the attack at the sixth precinct this morn- ing when detectives confronted him with the fingerprint evidence. Gladys R. Fink, 23 years old, of Col- mar Manor, Md., where the automobile which was stolen from Lumsden after ;.Ihid-l(tack was found later, also is being el Denies Part in Case. The woman was taken into custody in a cafe near Ninth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue last night. She denies any connection with the case. Police are anxious to question the Pink woman, since Lumsden's story of the attack brings out that a woman was along when the attack occurred, though ‘Teegarden denies it. As headquarters detectives grilled ‘Teegarden in his cell at the precinct last night and through the early hours of this morning he admitted beating Lumsden and leaving him lying uncon- scious on the dark and lonely Branch road southeast. At the outset cf the police investiga- tion only three clues to the brutal at- tack were found. A blood-stained rock, several buttons from a Marine private's coat, and the gun were the evidence. Arrested at Home. Headquarters Detectives Hugh Brodie and Thomas Bragg bagan work and ex- Child, 13, Keeps Calm and Orders Him Out, Then Notifies Parents. Police, Called by Radio, Reach Home in Time to Catch Man, 23. Eleanor Mae Parker, 13 years old, 1642 Irving street, wasn't the least bit frightened when she awakened about 5 o'clock this morning and found a strange man standing beside her bed. “Who are you and what are you doing here?” she asked, calmly. “I'm a Congressman,” the intruder replied. I just dropped in to tell you T've got a job for you.” “But I don’t want a job,” Eleanor Mae declared. “You'd better get out of here.” Wrestles With Father, “All right,” the stranger acquiesced. He left the third-floor bed room and Eleanor Mae heard him going down- stairs. When the sound of his footsteps had died away she jumped from her bed and ran into the room of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Parker, whom she awakened. Mr. Parker found the intruder on the first floor. “Don’t try to get away,” he warned the man. “I'm going to call the police.” The stranger tried to wrest the tele- phone from his grasp, however, Mr. Parker related, so he returned to his bed room and got his revolver. Mean- while, his son, Ernsst, jr., awakened by the noise, had gone downstairs and was watching the intruder. INTRUDING “CONGRESSMAN"HELD AFTER ENTERING GIRL'S ROOM biles in various sections of the city, and, within two minutes, Policemen Richard Cox, S. R. Russell and J. E. Cockrell were at the Parker home. They arrested the intruder, who iden- tifisd himself as Alfred Lewis Bonacci, 23 years old, 3 Fifteenth street. After being questioned at police head- quarters he was taken to the first pre- cinct station, where he was held for further investigation. Before police arrived at the Parker home, two other men tried to enter the house, according to Mrs. Parker. They were frightened away, however, driving off in a machyne. They later telephoned Police Answer Radio Call. Mr. Parker’s message to police head- quarters was radioed to police automo- velopment of Capital e New “"Book of President Hoover is author of an arti- cle on the City of Washington which has been printed as a preface to the Book of Washington, volume published under the sponsorship of the Washing- ton Board of Trade. The book will be circulated through- out the United States by the local trade organization for the purpos: of inciting the interest of the State residents in perts later announced that Teegarden'’s ts matched those found on ndle of the gun. The detectives im- mediately went to his home and ar- rested ‘him. ‘When detectives arrived at Teegar- den’s home he was wearing a Marine private’s coat, they said. He will be re- questioned this afternoon as investi- gators seek to clear up the woman angle in the case. At present Teegarden is being held for investigation. Meanwhile Lumsden, with 47 surgi- cal stitches in his head, lies in a critical condition at Casualty Hospital. He has also several fractured ribs and multiple bruises. Lumsden’s story is that he was stand- ing in_ front of the Hamilton Hotel about 1:20 o'clock when a man in a Marine uniform addressed him. The | man, Lumsden said, pointed to a young woman standing nearby and suggested that they go for an automobile ride. Lumsden said he readily consented and they boarded his automobile. He said when they reached Branch road, the man suddenly began beating him. H:ad:‘hll‘ l;wr found lying along the T le by a passing motorist and taken to the hospital. SURVEYS CONTINUED BY LAW COMMISSION Reports on Criminal Statistics and Prosecution of Crime May Be Made This Month. By the Associated Press. Torn apart by its controversy over prohibition, the Law Enforcement Com- mission assembled today to continue surveying the whole field of crime. Immediately before the members were two virtually completed reports, one deaiing with criminal statistics and the other with the prosecution of crime. Unless disagreements develop over the material or form of these surveys, it was held possible both might be in President Hoover's hands before the end of the month. However, the work is to be continued at a more leisurely pace than charac- | terized the last part of the Commk,~| sion’s prohibition deliberations. Preparation of the reports, expected to occupy the commission’s first atten- tion, was directed by Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard, the expert on sta- tistics, and Monte Lemann of Louisiana, who specialized in prosecutions. In con- Junction with this latter report will be a survey analysis of both prosecutions and courts conducted by Alfred Bett- man of Cincinnati WIFE OF F. H. ECKER, INSURANCE HEAD, DIES New York Woman Was Prominent in Community Life of Shelter Island and Greenwich. By the Associated Press. NEW YORX, February 4. rietta Worrall Ecker, wife of Frederick H. Ecker, president of the opolitan Life Insurance Co., died yesterday at her Park avenue home. Mrs. Ecker was born fn Brooklyn. Her marriage to Ecker took place June 25, 1 rs. Hen- The husband and two chil- dren, Frederick W. Ecker, assistant treasurer of the Metropolitan, and R. S, Heisler Harrington of Greenwich. Conn,, survive. Mrs. Ecker was prominent in the community life of Shelter Island and Greenwich. Funeral services will be held Thursday in the Fifth Avenue Presbytertan Church. PLAN DANCE AT CLINTON Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLINTON, Md., February 4.—Sev- eral interesting community functions here are scheduled the next few days. A dance will be held Priday evening u the high school auditorium by the their Capital. In his article Mr. Hoover cites the present building development of th= Capital, contending that the program entails not only the mere provision of handsome office buildings, but the con- struction of “the symbol of America.” Article Is Quoted. ¢ ‘Th: President’s article follows: “I am glad that the opportunity has come to me as President to contribute to impulses and leadership in the im- provement of the National Capital. This is more than merely the making of a beautiful city. Washington is not only the Nation's Capital—it is the symbol of America. By its dignity and architectural inspiration we stimulate pride in our country, we encourage that elevation of thought and character which comes from great architecture.! Our Government in Washington has grown greatly during the past 15 years We have a working force of nearly 70.- 000 employes, as compared with 35,000 a-score of years ago. “War and economic recovery -have delayed us in providing even our bare necessities of office space. Nearly 25,000 employes are today in rented buildings or temporary structures built during the war, which were expected to last but a year or two. Many of the buildings are insanitary. —Above all, the departments are divided among scores of unworkable agd scattered buildings. For instance, Agriculture is housed in 46 different places in the city and the Treasury in 27 places; Commerce in 20 places. We are pay- ing rents and losing efficiency in sums far greater than the interest upon adequate buildings. Many of the build- ings we occupy are an eyesore to the city. We have an authorized building program for, say, 18,000 employes, yet if we would satisfy even our present need we should have new buildings to accommodate more than 30,000 Gov- ernment workers. Great Program Authorized. “Congress has authorized the be- ginning of a great program which must extend over many years. It is our primary duty to do more than erect offices.. We must fit that program into the traditions and the symboligp of the Capital. Our forefathers had a great vision of the Capital for America, unique from its birth in its inspired conception, flexibility and wonderful beauty. No one in 150 years has been able to improve upon ft. “The founders of the Republic also gave us a great tradition in architecture. In after years we have held to it in some periods and in others we have fallen sadly away from it. Although it is, perhaps, too early to envisage such a glorious future, I do hope to live to sce the day when we shall remove from Washington the evidences of those falls from the high standards which would have been deplored by the founders of our Republic and have been deplored by the citizens of good taste ever since these transgressions. “Probably one of the major buildin; which we regret most is the State, War and Navy Building. I have been vastly interested to find that the Congress of that day had a splendid taste, for they directed it to be the duplicate of the Treasury Buiflding, but the admin- istration of that day delivered-it exter- nally over to an architectural orgy. I have been lately advised that for a comrnnuvfly madest sum we can strip it of its function to represent the dif- ferent types of architecture known to man and bring it back to the sound classic lines of the Treasury, as Con- gress intended. And this again points to the responsibility of the administra- tion, for Cengress is today, as then, giving generous authority and asking that we do our part in design and con- struction. Must Meet Standards of Taste. “It is the wish and the demand of the American peoble that our new build- ings shall comport with the dignity of the Capital of America, that they shall meet modern requiremients of utility, that they shall fulfill the standards of taste, that they shall be a lasting in- spiratiol In architecture it is the spiritual impulse that counts. These buildings should express the ideals and standards of our times:’they will be the measure of our skill'and taste by which we will be judged by our chil- dren’s children. \ “Mr. Mellon has insisted that the Good Will of Christ Church. ‘The high school auditorium also will be the scene of a card party next ionday night under the auspices of th: parent-teacher umclmfin,! and 8 lay and dance PFebruary or the Benent, "ot ‘the’ biah school. great responsibility before us is not one which can be discharged by any one individual. It must be the product of the common mind Mrs. Parker, she said, and requested her not to prosecute Bonacci, who, they ex- plained, had been drinking. 'They re- fused, however, to reveal their identity Hoover Writes of D. C. President Composes Preface on Architectural de- for Board of Trade’s Washington.” have within the Nation the taste, skill, and artistic sense to perform our task, for our architects have already given to America the leading place in their great art. “It is on this national stage that the great drama of our political life has been played. Here were fou&ht the po- litical battles that tested the founda- tions of our Government. We face sim- ilar problems of our time; and here centuries hence some other Americans will face the great problems of their time. For our tasks and their tasks there is need of a daily inspiration of surroundings that suggest not only the traditions of the past but the greatness of the future.” Wide Distribution Planned. ‘The publication will be sent to the more important Boards of Trade, libra- fies, larger universities throughout the country, and special permission has been granted to place the Book of Washington on all club cars of the Na- tion’s railroad system. Every Congress- man, Ambassador and personage in the high official life of the Nation will re- ceive a book. The volume, which would sell for about $4 on bookstands, will be distributed absolutely free by the bogrd |to suth places as will best benefit the | city. The book has received the backing of the iar stores, public utilities, banks, business and real estate houses, etc., in the city. Artic ington Bi-Centennial, Washington,” by Charles Moore, chair- m of the National Commissicn on Fifie Arts; on the Federal Building Pro- gram by Senator Smoot and Repre- sentative™Richard N. Elliott. Articles s spots of historic interest, and dings, with quantities of il- lustrati-ns are shown in the book. A survey of the city with various data and figures in regard to the Capital are contained in the publication, which also contains a monthi by month list of the various events which take place here, and which are of interest to the people of the Naticn. These events have been illustrated in their description. The hook also contains the history of the Board of Trade, and description of the work of its various committees. ‘The book is designed to form a hand- some edition to any library, and is handsomely embossed in gold with the idea that such a volume will be pre- served. U TAYLOR IS COMMENDED FOR WORK FOR BONUS American Legion Post Votes Con- fidence {n His Presentation of Issue to Committee. John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the National Legislative Committee of the American Legion, received a unanimous vote of confidence last night at a meeting of George Washington Post, No. 1, the pioneer post of the American Legion, held in the club house, 1441 Rhode Island avenue north- east He was commended for his presenta- tion of the adjusted compensation cer- tificate resolution, which was adopted at a special meeting of the National Executive Committee at Indianapolis, Ind., January 18, before a congressional committee last week. Willlam E. Porter, post commander, presided. Italian Statesman IIl ROME, February 4 () .—Tommaso Tittoni, foreign minister in the Giolitti and Nitti cabinets and president of the Senate for 10 years up until this year, is seriously il with influenza. He is a former president of the Academy of Italy. b72 ARMY PLANES TO°ATTACK CAPITAL ON MEMORIAL DAY Greatest Military Air Force Ever Gathered in East to Give Demonstration. EVENT WILL CLIMAX MONTH OF TRAINING Division Will Invade Entire East- ern Seaboard, With New York as *Headquarters. The greatest military air force ever gathered on the East Coast, totaling 672 combat and auxiliary planes of all types used by the Army Air Corps, will demonstrate to the National Cap- ital the terrors of modern aerial war- fare in a simulated attack upon the city on Memorial day, May 30, it was an- nounced today by F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aero- nautics. The attack on the Capital will come as the climax of nearly a month of mass training and tactical and combat maneuvers by the Air Corps squadrons over an area extending from the At- lantic Coast to Dayton, Ohio, and from Norfolk, Va., to Bangor, Me. For these maneuvers and the attack on Washington the Air Corps will or- ganize the Ist Air Division, which will consist of 205 pursuit planes, 335 observation planes, 51 attack planes, 36 bombardment and 45 transport planes. The personnel totals 740 cfficers and 631 men. Concentrate at Dayton. After preliminary training the various Air Corps and National Guard squad- rons which will compose the division will be concentrated at Wright Field and Fairfield Air Depot, Dayton, Ohio, on May 15 and 17, and formation and combat practice by the entire division will continue through May 20. On May 21 a mock aerial war will begin which will involve the northern half of the Atlantic seaboard and inland States as far west as Buffalo, N. Y., and Pittsburgh. This will be the first major battle practice con- ducted by the Army’s air defenses since the recent agreement between the War and Navy Departments that the Army Alr Corps is to be charged with all aerial defenses of the coasts of the United States and its possessions, leav- g the Navy air force free to accom- pany the fleet, New York is to be the target of the first day's maneuvers, and the mighty air force of nearly 700 planes will de- scend upon that city by two main lines of approach. The division cannot travel as a unit because fuel demands would be too great for the airports along any one airway in the country. Division Will Be Broken Up. The division will be broken up, part of the force flying by way of Pitts- burgh, Harrisburg, Washington, Balti- more and Philadelphia and part by way of Buffalo, Rochester and Syra- cuse, N. Y. On arrival in New York the planes will land at Mitchel Field, which will serve as division headquarters, and ad- jacent airports. War conditions will be assumed to exist through May 23 and every method known to aerial science will be employed in solving a variety of combat problems. The division is to go to Boston on May 24, flying in full battle formation, and attacking Hartford, New Haven and Providence en route. That night there are to be attacks under cover of dark- ness, on the Boston area. The planes will then split up, one group continuing on to attack Bangor and Portland, Me., by way of Vermont and New Hamp- shire. ] Having crossed the coast line, the air division will continue its advance by moving westward over Springfield, Mass., and_Troy, Schenectady and Alban N. Y. Following the Hudson, the ar- mada will return to New York, basing on its original airdromes. Fly to Capital May 29. Atlantic City, Trenton, Newark and Jersey City will serve as targets for at- tacks on May 27, the division returning to New York upon completion of these missions. May 28 will be a mainte- nance and inspection day for public in- spection of the planes on the ground. During the morning of May 29 the hundreds of planes of the division will take to the air once more, this time with the National Capital and cities en route as its objectives. The main demonstration of the maneuvers, Mr. Davison said, will take place over this city on Memorial day. The division is to be based in the National Capital from the afterncon of May 29 until the morning of June 1. The last day of May will be given over to rest and | repairs, the squadrons beginning the flight to have stations on June 1. 39 GEORGE WASHINGTONS Latest Issue of Publication In- cludes Many Persons With Presidents’ Names. Thirty-nine George Washingtons live in the District. This was revealed today by the new Boyd's City Directory, issued by R. L. Pelk & Co. In addition there are 31 Washing- tonians named John Adams, 6 Thomas Jeffersons, 11 James Madisons, 9 James Monroes, 15 Andrew Jacksons, 8 Willlam H. Harrisons, 11 John Tylers, 3 James K. Polks, 6 James Buchanans, 15 Andrew Johnsons, 4 William McKin- leys and 2 Woodrow Wilsons. Among the other monickers in the 2,408-page_volume are 2 Mayors, 139 Manns, 1 Broker, 1 Counsel, 2 Lawyers, 1 Senator, 4 Bills, 2 Coines, 1 Dollar and 1 Dime. The book also contains a large amount of up-to-date statistics on Washington. {the car line. TRACK QUESTON 10 DEGDE F AR LIVEIS ABANDONED ‘R. L. May Awaits Answer of Arlington-Fairfax Directors on Sharing Repair. ALEXANDRIANS NOT OPPOSED TO CHANGE Discrimination Against Virginians on Terminal Rights Charged to Utilities Body. Final answer of the board of direc- | tors of the Arlington-Fairfax Railway Co. concerning the possibility of that line putting up one-half of $200,000 for track reconstruction within this city was all that stood in the way this morning of R. L. May, owner of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Wash- ington Railway Co., notifying the Pub- lic Utilities Commission that he will abandon operations of the Alexandria street car line within the District. May's final decision will determine whether or not the Arlington-Fairfax lipe will continue to operate within the city, as the latter line uses the tracks and terminal of the Alexandria road. If May reaches a decision to abandon operations in Washington, which he stated this morning he felt was the only alternative left to him, he will abandon operations of the Alexandria line in its entirety, and make applica- tion to the State Corporation Commis- sion of Virgina to do so at once. No. Alexandria Opposition. Such a petition is not expected to meet with any opposition from Alex- andria authorities, as May last night addressed meetings of the City Coun- cil and the Chamber of Commerce of that city, explaining his position, and it was the consensus of opinion that abandonment was ‘the only course left open to him. Decision to abandon is expected to be forced on May by two factors, one of which was the refusal of the Public Utilitles Commission to allow a re- routing of his tracks so that he might cross Pennsylvania avenue at Four- teenth street, and the other the an- ticipated Inability of the directors of the Arlington-Fairfax line to give him definite assurance that they would bear one-half of the estimated cost of ap- proximately $200,000 necessary to re- construct ‘tracks and provide a new terminal here. In the event of abandonment here a bill will be immediately drafted and presented to Congress, May has stated, to reimburse ‘him for his tracks, termi- pal and franchise to operate a street railway within this city. This will carry with it an appropriation of ap- proximately $250,000, it has been stated by Mr. May. One of Oldest Car Uys. The Alexandria line, which was | establishod about 1894, is one of the oldest trolley lines in existence. The Mount Vernon division of the road, which was first constructed, was aban- doned last March and the right of way sold to the Federal Government for use of the Mount Vernon Boulevard. Since that time only the Alexandria-Wash- ington portfon has been in operation. May assured the civic bodies at Alex- andria last night that in the event of abandoning the line he would be in position to provide adequate bus trans- portation to take care of the traffic of He owns the Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Rapid Transit Co., which operates the bus line be- tween this city and Alexandria. Ap- proximately 24 new buses, to be of 38- passenger capacity, will be needed to take care of the additional traffic. The_Arlington line, it was stated by P. E. Dewey, superintendent, last night, would continue operations into Rosslyn, making that the main terminal instead of a branch as at present, in the event of the abandonment of the lower Four- teenth street trackage. ‘The county line is owned by citizens, who put up $100,000 several years ago when it was about to go into the hands of a receiver. Today the line stands the people about $205,000, including a first mortgage. Discrimination Charged. Charges of discrimination against Virginians were made against the Dis- | trict Public Utilities Commission by A. | K. Shipe, attorney for the raflway com- pany, and Dr. Julius Parmalee, vice president of the concern, in a statement to The Star. According to Mr. Shipe, who spoke in the presence of and with the confirma- tion of Dr. Parmalee, Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman, and Harleigh H. Hartman, a member of the Utilities Commission, advised the two railways that they must repair the right of way from Highway Bridge into Washington and ‘that they must abandon the Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue terminal. “We asked them where we should es- tablish our terminal” Mr. Shipe told The Star, “and we were told it was not the business of the Public Utilities Com- mission to provide terminals. We asked how soon_this program would have to go into effect, and we were told ‘imme- diately.’ ” Mr. Shipe declared: “If this program is carried out it places us in a dilemma. We want to continue carrying our pas- sengers into the heart of the city, and we see no reason why the people of Vir- ginia should be discriminated against while the Maryland people use the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis electric line. Capt. J. R. Groves of Fire Rescue Squad No. 1, who has directed the resuscitation of hundreds of persons overcome by illuminating gas, found his own father-in-law, Samuel Spring- dead from such fumes last night. The discovery was made when Capt. Groves, accompanied by a friend, called at his father-in-law’s home, at 226 K street southwest. Gas was flowing of men, de- it to secure for a the vast E{ntwn of the expression of our Na- And confident that 1 am we from a jet in the room in which Springmann’s body lay, according to RESCUE SQUAD CAPTAIN FINDS FATHER-IN-LAW DEAD FROM GAS Samuel Springmann Discovered in Home With Fumes Flowing From Open Jet. Capt. Groves summoned his squa but Springmann seemed to have bee: dead for several hours and efforts to revive him were futile. The body was removed to an under- taking establishment pending an in- vestigation by Acting Coroner Joseph D. . ers. Springmann, who retired from the express business many years ago, was & widower and had lived alone since {:h wife's &e o dzmu'h ulrgo. He Survive s Croves, and a son, Samuel 8 mana, jr., of Baltimore, MAN RELEASED ON BOND ON LOANS LAW CHARGE Edward Frank Accused of Exact- ing More Than Legal Interest on Small Advances. Charged with making small loans at a rate of interest greater than 6 per cent per annum in violation of the smail-loan law, Edward Frank of 442 Ninth street was released on bond of $500 when arraigned before Police C Judge Gus A. Schuldt ing District of Columbia branch toda e case was continued until Februat 4 at request of Defense Counsel Hal ‘Whelan in order to obtain additional witnesses. Frank is alleged to have been engaged in making small loans, although not a licensed banker or broker. He was ar- rested yesterday by headquarters detec: tives on a warrant sworn on comj 1t of Herbert H. Mathany and Eve L Guinn, both of 1016 Sixth street. Charles Adams (left) and Charles encountered a flow of gas which lasted Hutchison, well drillers, who yesterday all night near Mount Vernon. —Star Staff Photo. OAS POCKETHIT BY WELL DRLLERS {Roar Heard Several Hundred Feet—Flow Believed From Subterranean Bog. A flow of gas of sufficient force to be heard for several hundred feet, but hours of flow, has been encountered twice within the past 10 days by well drillers in the section of Fairfax Coun- ty, Va., adjacent to Mount Vernon. The latest flow was brought in yes- terday afternoon near a house on the estate of Dr. George T. Klipstein, where well diggers were attempting to reach an adequate water supply. The gas was struck at a depth of 100 feet, the same distance that it was found about 10 days ago on the farm of Gilbert Fletcher, about half a mile away. For a time following the discovery of the gas yesterday it roared s> that workmen were afraid to continue dig- ging, but today it had becn reduced to a boiling sound. On the Fletcher farm it roared throughout the night, Mrs. Fletcher said. and continued the sound until the well diggers forced the pipe for a sufficient distance to cut off the flow. According to E. C. Gibbs, who lives nearby, the gas was first encountered about eight years ago on hl\vhther's place and at, that time flowed With suf- ficient force to blow off the cap when attempts were made to hold it. It was odorless and would not ignite and an enginecr who was called in described it as a marsh gas. ‘Workmen said today that a test had once been made by the Bureau of Standards, officials of which caid .that the gas came from an old creek bed and was approximately 10,000 years old. Residents say that evidence of ma- rine life is to be found a short distance below the surface of the earth there and that the best flow of water is en- countered after passing through 10 or 12 feet of marsh mud that lies more than 100 feet below the}m'face. ATTACKED AFTER CRASH Colored occupants of an automobile which collided Wit the car of Benjamin Snider, 35 years old, of 4822 Eighth strect, on Seventh street in the Mall early last night, are reported 4o have attacked Snider and so severelyivounded him that he went to Providence Hos- which diminished in force after a few | VGTOREVANS WAL FLED FOR PROBATE | Patent Attorney Le’aves Ani- mals to National Zoo apd Relics to U. S. ‘The will of Victor J. Evans, prominent patent attorney, who died last Sunday, was filed today for probate. It was ex- ecuted December 13, last, but does not disclose the value of the estate. He gives absolutely to his widow, Karen G. Evans, all household effects, mementoes and keepsakes. His entire collection of handiwork of American Indians and all other relics of historic nature are given to the United States with the request that htye be placed in the National Museum and designated the Victor J. Evans’ Collection. All the animals, birds, fowls and rep- tiles, except pets, which ar either at his private Zoo known as Acclimation Park or at the National Zoo Park, are given to the United States. If the Na- tional Zoo does not want them the ex- ceutors are to offer the collection to the Philadelphia Zoo and if refused by that institution, to the New York Zoo. The pets are given to the widow, who may make her own selection. Mr. Evans appears from the will to have owned all but 2-20 of the patent firm of Victor J. Evans & Co., which included himself, his brother, Arthur . Evans, and a_ nephew, Merlin M. Evans. By the will, the widow is given a 10-20 interest, and the brother the other 8-20. Specific cash bequests include $5,000 to George Ackman, to be paid in five annual payments of $1.000, providing he remains with the firm; $2,000 to John E. Mitchell; $1000 each to J. Irving King, Frank Koerth, T. Lloyd Mockabee, Les Middleton, Southey Car- roll, Mary L. Wood, Ann Griffith, Er- nest Ruppert, Bennett Jones and J. T. LeWright. All employes, who have been 10 years with the firm, are to have $100 each. The remaining estate is to be divided equally between the widow, Karen G. Evans, and the brother, Arthur L. Evans, who are also to act as executors. Federation Meéts Saturday Night. ‘The Federation of Citizens’ Assocla- tions will meet in the board room of the District Building at 8 o'clock Saturday pital, where he was treated for lacera- tions and bruises of the face. night. President George C. Havenner will preside. School Official Forced to Pay $10 for Violating Smoke Nuisance Law. Says Police Trailed Him Two Days in Wilson Normal School Case. The Federal Government is going to pay that $10 fine collected in Police Court last Spring from Jere Crane, public school business manager who was convicted of violation of the District’s smoke nuisance law, if Representative Robert G. Simmons has his way. Furthermore, the Government is going to pay the $25 attorney’s fee which Mr. Crane told Chairman Simmons’ com- mittee he still is “holding off”” paying. ‘The 1932 appropriation bill as it now is before Congress carries an item of $35 under the head of “contingent ex- penses” for the specific purpose of re- imbursing “the assistant superintendent in charge of business affairs for per- sonal funds expended in litigation in- volving his official position.” The subject of Mr. Crane’s prgsecu- tion by the District health officer in connection with the emission of smoka from the Wilson Teachers’ College chimney was introduced during the re- cent hearings on the 1932 appropriation bill. Mr. Crane, who was describing his official duties, said his association with the architect’s office and the Police and Fire departments had been very pleas- ant, Police on Trail Two Days. “I would like to say the same thing about the Health De Crane asserted, “ inasmuch as the Health Department found it necessary to have a warrant sworn out for my arrest for the Wilson Normal School smoke. A policeman was on my trail for two days. “I thought you were arrested,” Mr. Simmons recalled. Mr. Crane—It cost me $50. Mr. Simmons—The police were on your trail for two days because of the speed you were fio’-fll and the slowness at_which the police were traveling. . Crane—I think it was probably both. Mr. Crane theén told the committee of the d of his efforts to meet the charges, prosecution of which, he contended, “was poor judgment and U. S. WILL PAY CRANE'S FINE IF SIMMONS HAS HIS WA JERE CRANE. lack of co-operation on the part of one department, toward another District of- ficial. He added that if Dr. Luther Reichelderfer, now chairman of the Board of District Commissioners, had been in office at that time he would have appealed to him because “he would have seen the lack of judgment in the case.” D Objects to Lack of Co-operation. “You were only arrested once during the first year?” Representative William P. Holaday wanted to know. “It was the first time I ever had a blot on my escutcheon,” Mr. Crane re- plied, “but it is blotted now.’ “Were you convicted?” Mr. Simmons asked. “1 was convicted by Judge Given. It cost me $10 fine and my attorney’s fee, and I haven’t paid him yet. He is a {riend of mine so I am holding him off,” the _school business manager ans “I understand you have had to pay out of your own funds for a thing of this kind?” Mr. Simmons asked. Mr. Crane repeated that he had, and added that he did not object to the cost, lgxct to “the lack of co-operation of Jjoindel The inclusion of the $35 i BINGHAM SUGGESTS PRESENT D. C. FUND BE CONTINUED IN'%2 Senator Would Take Action Pending Completion of Fis- cal Relations Probe. MAPES ASKS EXTENSION OF LIFE OF COMMITTEE Declares All Members of Group ‘Will Be Members of Congress After March 4. Prompted by a desire to await the outcome of the fiscal relations inquiry being conducted by the House, Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of | the District Subcommitee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said today ‘he thought the present Federal con- tribution of $9,500,080 toward District expenses should be comtinued without change for another year. This amount, which was accepted as a last-minute compromise a year 3 has been included in the bill for the next fiscal year, as reported to the House. Senator Bingham said in view of the fact that the Mapes Committee of the House had not completed its investiga- tion into fiscal relations, he thought it would be more courteous to the House to let the present arrangement remain undisturbed pending the completion o: the House inquiry. Larger Sum Justified. Senator Bingham indicated at the same time that the study he has made of the Bureau of Efficiency report and other data leads him to believe that a larger Federal contribution would be justified. He indicated, however, that in view of present circumstances the present arrangement should be con- tinued for the next fiscal year. That the Mapes Special Committee will not be ready to report at this ses- sion of cangrfle::hmdwh]he u.sog,lm lump sum approp: n probably not be disturbed by those sponsoring the Jump sum plan, was losed in the House Just before adjournment last nigl ~ Chairman Mapes laid before the House an amendment for continuing the life of his Special Committee. In explaining the matter Representa- u"IMr;sgu said: ¥ to give notice that the consideration of the bill “ndm five-minute rule I shall offer an amendment the purpose of which is to continue the Select Committee of the House studying the fiscal relations between the District of Columbia and the Federal Government after the 4th of March. The present Congress, of course, ceases on the 4th of March, and any committee of the House of Rep- resentatives appointed by simple reso- lution of the House also ceases to exist at that time. P Cannot Finish Task. ' “The Select Committee on Fiscal Relations has found that it will net be able to complete satisfactorily the work assigned to it before the adjourn- ment of this Congress, and at a session some time ago unanimously voted to suggest that appropriate action be taken to continue the life of the com- mittee. Accordingly, after consulting with the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Simmons), chairman of this subcom- mittee of the Committee on Appropria- tions having charge of the District appropriations bill, this course has been decided upon. The Committee on Appropriations is sensitive about put- ting legislation on appropriation . “I am making this statement at the suggestion of the gentleman from Ne- braska so that the House may have full notice of what is proposed to be done. I trust there will be no opposition to it. It is merely a mq of continuing the select committee for a time after the adjournment of this Congress so that it may complete its work. “The gentleman from Nebraska, I am informed, told the full committee of the Committee on Appropriations that some such amendment as this would be of- fered to the bill under the five-minute rule, and, as I said, I make this state- ment now so that the general mem- bersh'lg of the House may be fully in- formed of the purpose sought to be ac- complished. “There are seven members of the committee and all of them are mem- bers-elect of the next Congress.” Mapes Amendment, The amendment presented by Mr. Mapes is as follows: “Those members of the Select Com- mittee on Fiscal Relations, House of Representatives, appointed pursuant to House resolution No. 285, Seventy-first Congress, who are members-elect to the Seventy-second Congress, or a majority of them, during the period from March 4 to December 31, 1931, inclusive, are hereby authorized to continue the in- vestigations and to have the authority and_privileges provided in such House resolution. Any unobligated balance on March 4, 1931, in the allocation made to such select committee from the con- tingent fund of the House, under the authority of House resolution No. 329\ Seventy-first Congress, shall remain to the credit of such committee as con- tinued hereby, to be paid out on the usual vouchers approved a&s now pro- vided by law. COMMITTEE FORMED ON MUNICIPAL CENTER Group Will See That Work on Project Progresses With Harmony. The District Commissioners yester- on recommendation of Engineer . Got ap- proved the formation of a committee to supervise the enormous task of building the District's Municipal Center, actual construction work on which is expected to get under way within a year. The functions of the committee, apart from ¢ functions of the m:embers eomposing it, will be to see that the work progresses harmoniously and that all projects in connection with the work are carried out in co-operation. Maj. Gotwals will be chairman of the committee, and other members will be tant Commissioner H. L. Assisf Robb, Municipal -Architect Albert L.. mm tu‘filng me:-fin “pls;:d archi- const em| sutside of the municipal architect's mmfl. and worl 8. tees wlllk?b:‘lddedw later.