Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1931, Page 21

JSEH.COTTON LOSES RGHT EYE Undersecretary of State, Shows Improvement After Operation in Baltimore. Improvement was shown todayin the condition of Joseph P. Cotton, Under- secretary of State, who underwent an operation in Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, yesterday for removal of his Justice Building Started THE EVENING DRILLERS TEST SUBSOIL UNDER SITE. STAR. Department of Commerce, have already been erected. The demolition of the old Poli Theater block is nearing its close, nndk this area will be turned into park. ‘Workmen also are busy tearing down the old Center Market, on which site the new Archives Building will erected. e Seventy years after he died in action against Pah-Utes near Pyramid “Lake, Nev.,, a monument will be erected to honor Capt. Edward F. Storey, Georgia- born Indian fighter of early Western days. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY. MARYLAND TO GET *| DRUG STORE BANDITS be|Capital Police Fail to Link Four Youths to Gas Station Robberies. After two days of unsuccessful ef- FEBRUARY 16. three of the four young men who held up and robbed the Bethesda pharmacy Friday night as the perpetrators of gas station hold-ups in Washington, the youths were to be turned over to Mont- gomery County police today. Policemen Theodore Vollten and ‘Windsor Poole, attached to the Be- thesda substation, came to Washington this morning for the prisoners with the intention of taking them to jail in Rockville, where the fourth young man, who admitted complicity in the Be- thesda robbery, is being held. He was arrested a few minutes after 1931. forts by Washington police to idemtify ! the hold-up and implicated his com- panions. He is Willle Wiggs, 20 years old, of the 3200 block of N street, ‘Washington. The others, arrested in Washington, are Jimmett O'Brien, 18 years old, 3200 block of N street; Wil- liam A. Steelman, 20 years old, 1200 block of Thirtieth street, and Charles E. Adkins, 25 years old, 4400 block of Conduit road. The pharmacy hold-up was staged a few minutes before closing time PFriday night. All but Wiggs made good their get-away from the scene with $70. = —— Traffic_officers of Pasadena, Calif., have been furnished fire extinguishers GARDEN HOUR CHANGED The weekly hour of “Timely Garden Suggestions,” broadcast over radio tion WRC by W. R. Beattie of the partment of Agriculture, has changed, it was said this morning Mr. Beattie. Instead of bels on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, formerly, the program will be on the air on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. ‘The change in hour will be by a lecture tomorrow morning by Prof. W. R. Ballard, horiiculturist at the University of Maryland. right eye. ‘The operation was performed by Dr. Alan C. Woods. Mr. Cotton has been in a serious condition since January 21, when he underwent another operation | The P G STREET AT ELEVENTH TELEPHONE DISTRICT 4400 made necessary by infection of the | spinal cord. | Visited by Stimson. | Mr. Cotton was in poor health last| 8 and Summer, but bore the brunt | of the State Department's executive work during the absence of Secretary Stimson at the London Naval Con- ference. Three months ago his tonsils were removed, and he returned to his desk, | but later entered the hospital on the ndvice of physicians. | Mr. Stimson visited his bedside Jan- uary 28. Aided Hoover in War. | Mr. Cotton, 59 years old, was appoint- ed by President Hoover in May, 1929. He served under Mr. Hoover when the latter had charge of the Food Admin- | istration during the World War and later aided in enlarging the activities of the Department of Commerce when Mr. Hoover was its Secretary. | A member of the firm of Cotton & Pranklin, in New York, Mr. Cotton has served as director of a number of cor- Enuons and as counsel of the Federal e Board. STATE NEEDS WEEK IN DAUGHERTY TRIAL ¥wo Witnesses to Be Recalled in| Prosecution of Ex-President of Ohio Bank. By the Associated Pres: WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, | ©Ohio, February 16.—At least all of an- other week will be required for the Btate to complete its case against Mal 8. Daugherty, former president of the closed Ohlo State Bank, as his trial on & charge of abstraction of funds was Tesumed toda A mass of documentary evidence was | introduced last week, but only two wit- | nesses were heard—Cecil L. Hall of | Cincinnati and John Perrill, Fayette County farmer. Hall, one of the investigators, whose disclosures led to Daugherty’s indict: ment, was to be recalled today for fur- ther cross-examination on the testi- mony he gave Saturday concerning the | bank’s records. Perrill, who has stated he indorsed two of Daugherty's checks for $5,350, the amount of the alleged sbstraction, also was due for another | session on the stand. He has denied | knowing how his name came to be on a note for the amount covering the checks. Art Collector Dies. CHICAGO, February 16 (#).—Alfred Chatain, 78, art critic, who made col- | lections for many persons of wealth, | including the late E. H. Gary, James B. Duke and John W. Gates, died yes- rday. In his own name he had col- lected art works and antiques which he valued $500.000 WoobpwarD & LoTHROP 10™ U™ F anDp G STREETS This Hat is a New SPRING STETSON ‘Workmen drilling for samples of bed rock on the site of the new Depart- ment of Justice Building. RILLING operations have start- ed on the site for the new Department of Justice Build- ing, between Ninth, Tenth and B streets and Pennsylvan avenue, with prospects that the Gov- ernment soon will complete taking title to this area and sometime early this Sprirg will tear down all the old build- ings there. Plans for the new building, which will cover virtually the entire area, are well under way in the hands of Zantzinger, Bori and Medary, archi- tects, of Philadelphia. ‘The drilling operations are always the first to start on the site of a new Federal building, and are for the pur- pose of determining the nature of the subsoil. This work is followed later by the demoltion of old structure oundation work, and then superstruc- ure activities, in order. To Bore 27 Holes. ‘The drilling rigs now on the site, therefore, are the forerunners of a long period of different kind of ma- chinery and work which will be kept going there until the new bullding is completed. ‘The drilling contract went to the George Drilling Co. of Valhalla, N. Y., which is doing the work. It will dig 27 “test borings” to determine the na- ture of the soil. The site is being condemned by the Government, and ‘a dfecision has been handed down through condemnation proceedings fixing & total value of $3,336,030 on the entire area. As soon as title passes to the Government, the occupants will be notified to vacate, and then the buildings will be torn down. (5 The new Department of Justice $ —Star Staff Photo. | Building will be monumental in char- | acter, of six stories and basement, and | designed to conform with the general | architecture being carried out in the | Federal building triangle. Will Have Two Fronts. ‘The building in reality will have two | fronts, one on B street and the other on Pennsylvania avenue. One of the features of the building will be a large | court. The new Department of Justice Build- ing thus will be one of the big build- | ing projects to be put under way early this Spring by the Federal Government | here. ~Congress already has authorized | the expenditure of $10,000,000 for this project, and the Treasury Department has recommended that this be increased | to $12,000.000. Other big construction jobs which are scheduled to start this Spring are the buildings for the Department of Labor at the corner of Fourteenth and B streets, the Interstate Commerce Com- mission at the corner of Twelfth and | B streets and the Post Office Depart- | ment, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and from Pennsylvania avenue | running southward to meet the new Interstate ~ Commerce Commission | Bullding near C street. Razing Continues. All of these operations will throw an enormous amount of construction activ- ity into the Federal building triangle, | and within the next year will create an | amazing change in the whole aspect of the area. In this triangle, bounded by Fifteenth and Sixth streets, B street and Penn- | sylvania avenue, the Internal Re 8 Fashion Authorities Sponsor the New Jacket Frocks—Two & Three A Remarkable Purchase and SALE! Imported Fabric Complete size range—SY, to 8. Color Frocks & Prints! Gloves 745. A wonderful assortment of smart styles, of fine double- woven or light-weight imported fabrics. Tailored and novelty cuffs—bandalettes—pull-ons. Some fabric or silk lined. All the desired smart shades. 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