Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1931, Page 2

—2 % { {GASREPORT ASKED OF CITIZENS GROUP charles Stengle Presses Clayton for Action at Fed- "“ " eration Meeting. A plea for an early report by the Public Utilities Committee of the Feder- ation of Citizens’ Associations on the result of its investigation into the gas lltul'-llm, was made by Charles I. Sten- t & meeting of the federation last n,wl in the Distrh:t Building, illlam McK. Clayton, chllrmnn of the Utilities Committee, explained that the inquiry "uhf grusl but, be- cause of the highly Mchnh: questions invélved, further time would be neces- sary to reach a conclusion as to the cause of the flood of complaints over high Rll ‘These uchmul discussions will con- tinue forever,” declared Mr. Stengle. “What we want to know is the reason | for the increased gas bills. We can't understand why a reduction in gas rates produce hlgh!r bills. For the last thrée years I have had a gas furnace in my house, and my bills have been 1|mr this Winter than in the preced- ing two years when the rates were ‘Want Additional Data. Clayton reported that his com- at its last meeting had a “full free” discussion of the gas situa- t.lon and finally decided that additional data were necessary before it could prepare a report. Three representa- tives of the company, he said, were present at this meeting, and explained pressure conditions and the effect on | consumption. “The matter of pressure, gas com- pany officials say, is not unusual,” de- clared Mr. Clayton. “They also say ~that the~blowing of air in the pipel “has no effect on the consumption of and that the mixture of artificial “and natural gas has no effect on the lluminat ualities.” Mr. mx ~ltlu and that information should be “‘broadcast” that unless cocks on gas ‘lpplh.ncu are turned down, gas will “Mr. Clayton told the federation that subcommittee of the Utilities Com- mittee had been appointed to go deeper to the gas situation. This commit- is com] of M. M. McLean, W. quu?‘ .'ih ‘W. M c.v oS v, ¥ . McGarry ant . Young. . Clayton also declared the situs tlon with respect to gas was “rather re- markable” as his committee had not received any resolutions on the subject from the neighborhood associations. 114 PR 595 Teso- Andther Im detlaud to abolish Council was seen itlon 'intro- posing ts to_the nt=:u act council. amendment re-porL The committee is com- -posed of George !. Sullivan, Fred A. hm Wfl.lhm Henderson, W. H. 3 Arfllur R. Adelman, A series of reports submitted by the - Committee on Education were approved. One of them put the federation on rec- ord as favoring the concentration of ~vocational work in the public schools in four modern buildings, the elevation of these achools to rank equal to that of the junior high school .nd the ap- tment of an assistant superintend- ln charge of vocational education. other reports approved the nwvem:nz of the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association for the retention of the municipal playground at the east end of the Capitol plaza, the use of a portable building at the Kenilworth School as n temporary gymnasium, and granting of sabbatical leave to Achool employes except teachers supervisory instructors. _Another report urging the Board of Education to consider a proposal for the installa- tion of radio receiving sets in all public schools was recommitted for further study. Ask School Estimates. ‘The federation also voted to ask the school board to submit estimates sl.ow- ing the cost of providing clerical assist- ants to elementary school principals, and requesting officials of the Public Library to establish a reference re- search library on the municipal gov- ernment. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the federation, announced that presidents of the various neighborhood associations would be invited to attend the next meeunl on March 21, NAME OF TEACHERS ON CAR TICKETS HIT BY SCHOOL HEADS (Continued Prom First Page.) the pupils, would not be adequate in Heu of the elaborate individual applica- tions for each lot of tickets. Mr. Fisher replied that the commission was afraid the children would lose such cards. | School Officials Object. i Discussing the new situation with | ‘The Star late yesterday, Mr. Kramer | explained that the street car companies themselves previously had expressed to him complete satisfaction with the identification card idea Mr. Kramer added that he and all the school officers, including Dr. Prank W. Ballou, superintendent, who yester- day was in Cleveland attending a con- ferenee of educators, believed that the seheme of requiring teachers to sign every-application for tickets was “over- douuuit " but that adding another step | “bookkeeping” was “the last straw and just plain foolish.” This “last straw’ made its appear- ance when the school officlals asked the Public Utilities Commission to send them sample books of tickets. Instead of sending the actual books, which, it was explained, were not then available, ion sent the school officers ) of mimeographed single-sheet statements, titled: “School Ticket Books.” statement explained that ) the Books contained either 10 or 40 Mlnd that those for day school ils are purple and those for night : are yellow. The size of the 10-tlflet books 1t continued, is approxi- 2 by 2% inches while 40- boo are 2 by 4l inches. statement then mentioned that b tlu cover of each book was printed fimh the pupils are to fill out. for the pupil's signature, d his nchool, and a. .| Regular Army THE SUNDAY To Face Jury in Slaying BRANCHVILE, MD., BRICKLAYER HELD FOR GRAND JURY WITHOUT BOND. PAUL J. DE MENT Of Branchville, Md., 56-year-old brickls , who was held for the action of the April term of the Prince Georges County grand jury without bail on a charge of the murder of Claude Hughes, & neighbor, following a back fence argument over their sons, after a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Moffat at Hyattsville yesterday. . MAN 1S REFUSED BAILINSTABBING P. J. DeMent Sent Back to Prison Following Hyatts- ville Hearing. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 7.—Bent with grief, Paul J. DeMent, 56, Branch- ville bricklayer, who killed a meighbor in back-yard fence argument, was re- fused bail today and sent back to prison. Justice of the Peace Herbert J. Moffatt refused to reduce a first degree murder of Claude Hughes when the two quar- reled over the objection to their young sons playing together. Mrs. Anna Hughes, the widow, was near collapse at t.he hearing at which DeMent was held for the action of the nd jury. J. Wilson Ryon, attorney for DeMent, announced he would seek his client's release on a writ of habeas corpus next Stabbed During Argument. thes was fatally injured February Zl en stabbed near the heart with penknife wielded by DeMent in an nmunem over their children. He died at Providence Hospital three days later. DeMent surrendered to Judge Moffatt after the stabbing and has been held in_jail at Marlboro. In pleading for a change in the war- rant so that his client could get out on bond, Ryon declared DeMent was willing to waive immunity and take the witness stand to make a statement. He was not permitted to do so, however. With her hand over her eyes as though to shut out the memory of the tragedy, Mrs. Hughes described the quarrel between her husband and De Ment. “I heard him say,” she festified, re- ferring to DeMent, “that if you don't want to live in peace and l°t others live in peace, why don’t you go home and drink poison.” ‘Widow Witnessed Quarrel. As the arugment progressed and she watched from a window, Mrs. Hughes said she could ste it was DeMent's object to draw her husband over to his property. After her husband was stabbed, De Ment yelled, “He is all right” three times, “Mrs. Hughes said. Her son, Richard, another witness, had testified that DeMent did not want his son to take Hughes to the hospital but he did 80 anyhow. After telling of the fatal blow, the widow broke into tears and was excused. Her children, Virginia, 17, and Ken- neth, 10, also testified. All the witnesses were closely ques- tioned by State’s Attorney Alan Bowle as to just where the stabbing occurred and were in general accord that it happened beside a gravel pile near the DeMent home while the two men were standing in the street that runs be- tween their houses. Neighbors who heard or saw portions of the quarrel and were called upon to testify, were Agnes and Virginia Riddle, and Gertrude and Helen Appleman. ARMY AIR MANEUVERS HERE TO BE CURBED BY POOR FACILITIES (Continued Prom First Page.) follows: Second Observation Wing, composed of all the National Guard observation squadrons, Baltimore; 21st Observation ~ Wing, comprising observation squadrons, 112 Bombardment Wing and 3d At- Group, Langley Field, Hampton, Va., and the transport and cargo units, Middletown Air Depot, Middletown, Pa. Entire Force in Review. It still is planned to assemble the en- tire force of fighting planes for a re- view and flight demonstration over the Capital on Memorial day, but the in- adequate airports here will prevent local residents studying the g groups at close range and seeing how a huge air force is maintained in the field. ‘The division will be stationed at Bolling Field, Baltimore, Middletown and Lang- ley for three days before it is broken up and the squadrons begin returning to home stations in all parts of the countzy. g organization and prelim- xm' ining of all the units as a divi- sfon at Wright PField, Dayton, Ohio, be- ginning May 15, the entire air force will be moved on May 21 to New York by routes extending from the National Capital to Buffalo, N. Y New York Base of Maneuver. ‘The aerial armada will be stationed at New York about a week, though the combat maneuvers will carry units through the New England section dur- ing that period. ttle maneuvers of the air division over Manhattan Island the night of May 22 and the following afternoon are to be broadcast over the national net- work of the National Broadcasting Co. Seven announcers will be required to handle the daylight attack, five of them from ground observation points and two from Army planes. The broad- cast will include the commands of of- ficers putting the entire force into mo- tion as well as descriptions of the re- sulting the | aerial | —Star Staff Photo. DRAFTING TRAFFIC - CODE STARTS SOON |New Regulatlons Effective July 1—Few Radical In- novations Expected. (Continued From First Page.) unless it is in condition to operate safely on the highways of the Dis- trict. Commissioner Crosby says he is favorable to this idea and that cars probably will be checked at the va- rious police stations with some central checking place to which cars classed as “doubtful” by the checkers at the police stations will be given a second examination. This has not been defi- nitely decided, but is something that remains to be worked out along with the other problems expected as a re- sult of the passage of the new act. One other problem that will give the city heads some concern is that of interstate busses using the congested downtown section. The act puts the routing of all such busses together with the regulation of their equipment, schedules, stops, platforms and loading zones, in the Public Utllities Commis- sion, It is provided that whenever any order, rule or regulation of the Utilities Commission shall be made relative to these matters, it shall be referred, prior to its promulgation, to & joint board, consisting of all of the members of the Board of Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commission. Both commissions have given this problem considerable study in the past, but neither moved for fear of tres- passing on the jurisdiction of the other. It is expected that public hearings on the matter will be held after the act goes into effect, and that the busses will be forbidden to enter the congested downtown section in an effort to relieve traffic conditions there. SLAIN VETERAN BURIED ON MOUNTAIN PEAK AS SUSPECT OFFERS ALIBI (Continued Prom First Page.) delay before the final rites were pro- nounced. ‘The murdered man leaves a wife and several small children. His wife was a widow when she married the World War veteran, and her former husband, named Jenkins, also came to a violent death., David Sours, who has been lodged in jail here on a charge of in- vestigation in connection with the case, has a brother who married a niece of the murdered man. Sours, who is 33, also has a family. Sours claims he is innocent and his statements are supported by his brother, John Sours. When interviewed today John Sours ftated that he was de- termined to get at the truth of the mat- nocent. of any blame. John Sours claims that his brother was framed by those who want to see him punished. He stated today that he did not believe the bloodhounds, which are said to have led Luray officers to his brother’s home, followed a trail, but that they were “steered” to a trail by information givin by David’s enemies. Overalls which the hounds sniffed at David’s home had not been worn for months, John Sours claims, and says the stains on them were yel- low mud stains. Alibi Will Be Defense, The man under arrest also claims an alibi, stating that he and five other men were ploughing and grubbing stumps all of the day the murder occured. |~ Sours claims that threats had been made against Burracker by a man who had served time for moonshining and who is now at large and that this man claimed he would burn the house over Burracker's head. | "'The bloodhounds used in the case |are the same that were used in the famous Nelson case in Albemarle County. There is much evidence in other cases, it is claimed, to show that these hounds are old at their business. Found by Brother. Burracker’s body, with a shotgun wound in the left breast, was found by his broth:r at noon yutcxdny lyinl partly covered by leaves In ai lated spot beside the mountain Ida to Skyland Camp, in Page County. Alarmed when he did not return home after setting out for a store at Ida Thursday, a searching party was or- ganiz:d and found the scene of a scuffie in the trail two miles east of Ida. The body was discovered a short while later lying just off the raad. Sours was arrested by Sheriff Lucas and other officers of Luray yesterday after bloodhounds obtained from Staun- ton, Va, ar: claimed to have followed a trail which led to his home, where stained overalls were found, which the dogs sniffed. Taking the overalls, the officers followed to the house of Charles Sours, where they found David," his son, and a single-barreled shotgun of the same gauge as the shot found in Bur- racker’s breast. Pros of a bitter legal battle loom with the employment by the Sours fam- ily of Lynn Lucas of Luray and J. W. Ott of Harrisonburg, as their attorneys. Commonwealth’s Attorney S, L. Walton is in North Carolina, .mi’ # preliminary hearing cannot be held un' ‘e returns, ter and that his brother David was in- | Poy. STAR TON, QUAKES, STORMS, BATTER AT EARTH Snow Mantles Prairie States as Dixie Shivers in Winds Following Rain. WASHIN (Continued From First Page.) crops unless the cold spell proved very severe, but felt that the refreshing rains were beneficial to crops. Similar reports were received from Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky where general rains were reported and where the early Spring rainfall has been somewhat below normal. Decreased Suffering. Cheering news came from the Red Cross in Arkansas that no dire suffer- ing was being reported from the cold among the unemployed, while in the Mississippi Delta County the employ- ment situation has shown improvement through work started on Government leves projects. Freezing temperatures were forecast coastward in the South for tonight and Sunday, with New Orleans to ex- perience 36 to 40 degrees. North Texas was set for a freeze with frost forecast to the coast. Colder weather was predicted for tonight throughout the entire South and up the Atlantic Seaboard. TRANSPORTATION BLOCKED Snow and Sleet Interfere With Rall- road Service. KANSAS CITY, March 7 (#).— Compensation for the drought was dis- tributed with a lavish hand when re- viving Winter spread snow and rain over a large part of the Nation today. Virtually the entire Midwest grain belt received a blanketing of snow, and heavy rains fell in the lower valleys of the Mlululpm and Ohio Rivers. ipped by stiff winds, the snow and l\eet ocked highways, interferred with rall service and tore down wires in sections of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. Waves Batter Lake Shore. ‘Waves 15 feet high battered the lake shore at Chicago, where the snow struck this morning. A 6-inch fall was pre- dicted there as the disturbance howled over the Great Lakes region. At Mount Zion, Ill., snowdrifts 10 feet deep stalled two locomotives haul- ing & freight train. A 15-inch snow was recorded at Maryville in Northwest Missouri, and Kansas City had received half a foot, causing numerous minor accidents and traffic tie-ups. The wheat and corn country in gen- eral nestled under a wet, protective blanketing of white ranging from sev- eral inches to a foot. The snow was spread fanlike East and North from the Texas Panhandle. Reports of trafic delays in moving corn to market lifted prices on the Chicago Board of Trade. More Rain Is Needed. Despite the generous precipitation, more rain is needed in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys to restore moisture in the subsoil and give crops the right start in the approaching Spring. J. B. Kincer, agricultural meteorolog- ist at Washington, said 12 inches of rain would be required in the next two months to bring conditions back to normal in the vast stretches of the two valleys. In the classification of the driest on | record for all or a good Winter, he listed: Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis- souri, New York, Maryland, Pennsyl- vania, West Virginia, Kentueky and Ohjo. The mountain States of the West, too, are finishing up the Winter considerably short of snowfall. The sleet and snow brought the pos- sibility of some loss to fruit crops in East Texas and Oklahoma, where bud- ding was advanced, but vegetable and citrus crops escaped damage in the Rio Grande Valley. HVJ STARTS. TOMORROW Vatican Programs Between 5 and 5:30 A. M., E. 8. T. VATICAN CITY, March 7 (P).— Radio station HVJ, inauguarted last month by Pope Pius, will begin broad- casting regular programs on Monday from 10 to 10:30 a. m, G. M. T. (5 a. m. to 5:30 a. m, E. S. T.), on 19.8¢ meters. From 10:30 to 11 the station will| broadcast on the same wave length as for radio ulegraph From 2:30 to 3 pm. E. 8. ‘There wfll ‘be_daily broadcasts except on Sundays and other holy days. Justice Holmes 90 Today share of the | I D C. Triangle Picked for War-Navy Buildings The Public Buildings Commission yesterday announced that the new War and Navy Department bullding would be located in the triangular MARCH 8, 1931—PART ONE. area bounded by Eighteenth street, B street, New York avenue and Twenty - third street. NATN L AcapEmY or ScIENCDS RED CROSS FEEDING 2000000 IN NEED Relief Being Administered ini 22 States Through Drought Area, Report Shows. By the Associated Press. The full disaster of last Summer’s drought was calculated yesterday by the Red Cross. Approximately 2,000,000 persons in 850 countles of 22 States were being fed or otherwise aided vy the Red Cross on the last day of February—a month- end summary believed by officials to represent “peak load.” Though the demand did not lessen as swiftly as had been anticipated with arrival of March 1 “furnishing date,” the Red Cross disaster relief experts did not expect it to mount further, Respite Ts Expected. ‘They explained that this resumption | of financing of plantation farmers by | merchants in the South had been coun- terbalanced somewhat by Northern chapters coming to the end of their re- sources. However, with Government loans becoming operative and some em- ployment opening up, some respite from the long demand on Red Cross funds was expected. In the shortest, leanest month of all, Pebruary, 460,240 families were being fed, as against 255,737 familles the month before. Pennsylvania was the only drought State meeting demands with local funds, all others having been forced to ask aid from national funds. A month earlier a half dozen States had been still meeting their own prob- lems. The national relief scene was etched in terms of families aided, with the ex- planation that four and one-half per- sons were considered the average per family. Arkansas Worst Off. By Btates, aid was given as follows: Alabama, 22,752 families: Arkansas, 161,114; Georgia, 1,122; Illinois, 4,785; Indiana, 2,356; Kansas, 26; Kentucky, 40,903; Louisiana, 51,251; Maryland, 567; Mississippl, 31,389; Missouri, 22,- 626; Montana, 569; North Carolina, 2,- 120; North Dakota, 280; Ohio, 8,045; Oklahoma, 52,616; Pennsylvania, 549; Tennessee, 16,467; Texas, 26519, Vir- ginia, 9,175; West Virginia, 5009. New Mexico was continued on the list, though its transient problem was practically cleared up. Contributions to the $10,000,000 drought-relief fund totaled $9,704,654. # Rumania to Get Loan. PARIS, March 7 (#).—It was officially announced tonight, in spite of contrary | reports from Bucharest, that difficul- ties which stood in the way of a French loan to Rumania had been settled and the agreement, making possible the stabilization of the Rumanian lei, would be signed on Monday. SUPREME COURT MEMBER TO TALK OVER RADIO. By the Associated Press. Ninety years ago & young Boston physician experienced the usual father- ly reactions on the birth of a lusty baby That child, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Assoclate Justice of the Supreme Court, in observing his ninetieth birthday an- niversary today, will deviate from his routine to make his first radio address. It will be brief. The Columbia Broad- casting System has set aside five min- utes, beginning at 10:55 pm., E. 8. T., for 'his response to eulogies from Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States; Charles A. Bos- ton, president. of the American Bar As- sociation, and Charles E. Clark, dean of the Yale Law School. Boston and Clark will speak from New York studios and Hughes from Washington. Microphone in Home. Justice Holmes probably will not use all the time allotted to him, although he may have more if he wishes. A microphone has been installed in his home on I street, where he has lived for many years and with it went the first recelving set that the old house ever saw. Justice Holmes ordinarily lets his birthdays pass without any outward sign, but be broke a precedent to acknowledge publicly the eulogy, from the Chief Justice. Felix Frankfurter, Harvard professor, plans to call at the I street home this morning to present a volume in which Justice Holmes is the central theme. A few intimate friends may drop in. These and messages of congratulations will be the only indications that it is different from other days. His Health Good. The health of the aged justice, the oldest man ever to sit on the Supreme Court bench, has been unusually good for the past year. He missed a few court sessions because of a slight cold, but nevertheless did his share of lrduou.l work, and hardly an opinion by that he does not deliver a flefllwn Sturdiness of and keenness of mind are traditional in the Holmes family. The father, Oliver Wendell Holmes, poet and author of the “Auto- crat of the Breakfast Table,” died in 1894 at the age of 85. Father and,_son resembled one an- other noticeably. They were about the same size and both kept their abund- ant hair as they grew old, although it turned a silvery white. The Ehhyl clan and author was clean shaven; the jurist has a mustache. Last of His Line. He is the last of the line. Mrs. Holmes died in 1929. They had no children. The President’s message said: JUSTICE HOLMES As he walked up the steps at the Capitol yesterday. —Underwood Photo. President Hoover yesterday before leaving for Asheville, N. C,, sent a mes- sage of congratulation to Justice Holmes. “I most cordially congratulate you | tectural studies are available. upon your ninetieth birthday anniver- sary, but yet more do I congratulate our country upon the continuance of | your splendid services and hope that you may live he-ll.h and strength to th forward.’ | which now seem destined to NEW APARTMENTS TO BE RAZED FOR WAR-NAVY OFFICES (Continued From First Page.) remaining to be settled after the archi- It was indicated, however, that the purpose in deciding to place the War-Navy Build- ings west of the White House and south of New York avenue was to round out the triangular area west of the White House to balance with the Mall triangle development. Several Structures Possible. Officials also indicated, in announcing the general area selected, that there is a possibility the space requirements of the War and Navy Departments may be taken care of in more than two buildings, depending on what layout is found to be best suited to the avallable area. It was said that the War De- partment would need about the same space given to the Commerce Depart- ment in the Mall triangle and that the Navy would require approximately the same space allowed in the new Inter- nal Revenue Building. The Commerce and Internal Revenue Buildings to- gether cost approximately $27,500,000. ‘The triangle. in which the War-Navy Buildings are to be placed is just south of the spacious Interior Department Building, erected in recent years, and brlltx;lzs n:h“ itfiuc;uwdtnw co-ordination Wi e public building program west of the White House. The Keyes-Elliott law of last year authorized acquisition of land for public buildings in this triangle south of New York avenue. Officials were unable to estimate yesterday how long it will take to decide on the exact sites within the triangle and construct the buildings. Their completion will make possfble the removal of the war-time Navy and Munitions Buildings on the south side of Constitution avenue, which intrude on the park area near the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Bridge. This new group is expected to properly frame and give character to the area north of the Lincoln Memorial. Add Dignity to Avenue. Constitution avenue is to be the thoroughfare connecting the tol | 8 with the Lincoln Menwrul and Arling- ton Bridge, and the placing of the War- -Navy Buildings in area chosen yes- terday will help add dignity to the western end of this avenue. Some of the old war-time temporary buildings now occupy part of the area which is to be the site of the new War-Navy group. The Government already owns a con- siderable portion of this triangle be- tween New York avenue and Constitu- tion avenue. The principal areas which the Government does not own are be- tween Eighteenth, Nineteenth, D and E streets; Nineteenth, Tvlenlleth B and C streets; Twenty-first, Twenty-second, New York avenue and C street. At the western tip of the triangle there is another area between Twenty-second and Twenty-third, south of C street; but it was not definitely indicated whether this would be required, ‘The area selected by the Public Buildings Commission _yesterday was one of three general locations under discussion for several months for the ‘War-Navy buildings. The other two were along both sides of Pennsylvania avenue, west of Seventeenth street, and south of Maryland avenue, west of Canal street southwest, near the Capi- tol. During the discussions it was indicated that if the southwest area had been chosen it probably would have necessitated relocation of the rail- road tracks in that vicinity, Change in Plans Opposed. ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission several months ago made a study for the information of the Public Buildings Commission of the problem of where to locate the build- ings. The Park and Planning Commis- sion recommended against any depart- ure from the McMillan plan of 1901 and the plan of 1928, with a concentra- tion of Government buildings about the Mall and the White House. The plan of 1928, as developed by the commission, was based upon the original L'Enfant plan and the plan of 1901, inasmuch as it recognized the Mall and the cross axis of the White House as the basis for the central com- position of the city. The studies of the commission indicated areas flank- ing the Mall for development with Government structures (a) in the triangle for the executive group; (b) in the northwest triangle, between B street (now Constitution avenue) and New York avenue, and in the southwest for the Agriculture Department and Smithson- ian Institution. In addition to the three large apart- ment houses, two laundries, an eight- story office building, & number of blocks of dwellings and groups of small stores are located in the area. Three Limestone Structures. ‘The three apartment developments, all erected in the past seven years, are the Riverside at Twenty-second and C street and New York avenue, the Potomac Park Apartments at Tflenty- first and C streets and the Mayfair Apartments, 2115 C street. All three are eight-story bulldings of brick con- struction with limestone trim. ‘The Potomac Park Apartments, built for Frederic J. Haskin, was completed in June, 1924, and was the first large multi-family structure to be_erected in the old Southwest section below New York avenue. It started a trend to im- provement of the then rather preten- tious area, once a swamp area prior to its reclamation, with the construction of large new apartment buildings. The office structure is the Architect's Building, at the corner of Eighteenth and C streets, built during the war for Victor J. Evans, wealthy patent attor- ney, who first leased it to the ordnance department, War Department. This is an eight-story modern building. When other tenants had to be found for the | building it was given the name of the Architect's Building for the purpose, it is recalled, of attracting architec offices to the structure, though witho: complete success. Other tenants, for the most part, have occupled quarters in the building. Temporary Buildings. In the site of the new War and Navy Buildings also are a group of the tem- Government _ office buildings, | given birth during the war when ex- panded space was a nn-my. and American REp Cross Pan American Bunoine WOMAN MOTORIST HELD IN ACCIDENT |Husband Also Charged With Possession After Man Is Critically Injured. A T4-year-old man is in a critical condition at Casualty Hospital this morning after being knocked down last night by an automobile operated by s woman, who was charged with driv!n. with defective brakes and liquor. The woman's hul Ny with her, also was charged with puun sion of liquor. The injured man, James Carroll of 908 Eleventh atreet southeast, was treated at the hospital for a posslblz broken neck, possible skull fracture, a badly lacerated ear and ‘muitiple body bruises. Thirty stitches were taken in his head. According to police, Carroll was crossing the street in front of 900 Eleventh street southeast, when the accident_occurred. ‘The liquor charges were placed lfllnst Mrs. Margaret Ward, 32 years d, and her husband, Paul Ward, 37 years old. both of 400 Delafield after police reported they found s pu:n,ge containing a quart of liquor polnullun of Mrs. Ward. reported that the liquor ch-ngod hands several times before Mrs. Ward obtained it. ‘The police r?wn states that Mrs. Mollie cluk of Garrett Park, Md., passed by the scene of the aceident shortly after Carroll was struck down. Mrs. Clark told police '.hl'. 'hfle she was at the scene Paul Ward handed her a puk.ln which Mrs. Ward later Mrs. chrl " continuing her nlary to police, she saw Mrs. Ward walk into a grocery store at 911 Eleventh street the “M.thllpol.nt comes the of the Poland, an employe of the store, living at 311 Eleventh street southeast. Poland said he saw Mrs. Ward walk lnwnrmmmatthenmma- posit a package. Poland decided to give it back to her—just as Policeman J. F. Bowers of the fifth precinct lent occurred. 'nuy were taken to the home of a relati: WOMAN DIES IN LEAP FROM HOTEL ROOM AS HUSBAND RETURNS (Continued From First Page) cial master in receivership proceedings Hmlek t the Home Mortgage Co. of ory. Federal Judge I. M. Meekins, who appointed Calvert special master in the case, said here that he was “much dh- tressed.” He said Gllven wu rem admitted to North Carolina bar by the auu !llpnme Court. recommendation to the court, mnde by prominent members of the profession of Maryland, were of . char- M.'ur of which any man m‘ht Jun.ly proud,” Judge Meekins that Calvert did a IpleM.H plece work” as special master. chuludlenedlct. Calvert, a guh‘; ington and Prince Georges County a torney, received considerable notoriety last Fall by filing complaints against what he claimed to he & notorious nmbunx establishment on Bladensburg road. Hhchnlulldhllmhl!n- vesti the Prince by Georges County rnnd jury last October, but failed to result in any hdlc'mefl'.l Calvert has long been a storm: K purel in county affairs, having pa: in suits against the mayor and mun- cil of Mount Rainier over the legality of bond issues, and against Sergt. H. G. Machen. of the county police force, in- volving an alleged illegal arrest. Cal- vert lost the suit against Mount Rainie: while the action against Machen was settled out of court. Calvert left Washington last Fln upon being appointed special master in chan- cery in Ditrict Courts of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Calvert makes his Washington home with his mother, Mrs. George H. Cal t, at 1750 Corcoran street and main- ums a law office in the 3300 block of Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier. He is said to be divorced from his wife, who now lives with their- two children in California. Will Rush Dam'’s Completion. PANAMA CITY, March 7 (#)—Col. J. L. Schley, maintenance engineer of the Panama Canal, sailed today for New Orleans, whence he will go to Den- ver to rush completion of plans for the $15,000,000 Madden Dam over the Chagres River. as long ago planned, to make way for monumental, permanent structures. In this site also is the area where stood the temporary building used by offices of the Federal Trade Commission until fire destroyed that structure last Labor day. The site of that building, Twenty-first and C ' streets, been cleared. Other temporary structures in the area house offices of the Federal Trade Commission, the War Department, the stables and garage of the quartermas- ter’s force and the Interstate Commerce Commission. ‘The two laundry plants in the site of n‘u new_War-Navy luurunu are those Other buildings_in Young ‘Women's Ch Faommn and a, e n. BOY ORDERED HELD AS WIDOW EXPIRES Sunday School Teacher’s Bail Canceled and Murder Charge Is Planned. By the Associated Press. HAVERHILL, Mass, March 7.—Ten days after hlvln( been beaten into insensibility in the boudoir of her man- sion by a midnight intruder, Mrs. Clara E. Eliis, weal widow, died today. Russell Noble, 17-year-old Sunday school teacher, was ordered held with- out bail charged with the crime. Last-minute efforts to rouse the woman to a death-bed identification of h. unu.m. failed, for she died with- regaining consciousness. mb‘m Noble is already held in $50.- on a charge of assault with lnlqnt to kill, and murder complaint be brought when he is arraigned on the assault charge next Wednesday, District Attorney Hugh A. Cregg sald. This city was scarcely less shocked by Noble'’s arrest than by the assault on the widow itself. At flrll his school and church associates rallied to his mppon then came Annmmeement r pollce that the boy had con- essed Shomm in high school and church funds, of ‘was custodian, reldfl' of detective and mystery fiction. Two days before his arrest and befors he was under suspicion, the sat at a library table and penned a thesis on the crime. In it he gave robbery as the motive. ‘The boy was not suspected until thres days lfler the attack, when he took to lice a wrist watch he sald he had ound in a snow bank. It was Mrs. Ellis' watch. Noble was arrested next morning. The thesis was found in his pockets. HOOVER WILL VETO WAGNER WORK BILL CALLING. IT FAILURE (Continued From Pirst Page.) labor during this crisis, I should not approve the bill. I have npeu!ed‘ly urged a proper extension tflublifi employment agencies, but this bill un. fortunately abolished present well dzvehped Federal ployment Service, and requirem; months. This situation alone required tl::tllu mon huddnrre%“r it will emergency, great ‘part story” which involves E. L.|gm, reports and the Attorney General, which are attached.” WAGNER SEES DISAPPOINTMENT, T (P~ 'IE’ Senator Wagner llld lml'h Tef to President Hoove: "' a would not sign the Sennor’l ||n¢ ment bill. “I shall refully message and hnve & statement tomore Tow.” February Circulation Daily...115,892 Sunday, 122,051 District of Columbia, ss. o5, KAUFPMANN NEW YORK, country will be intensely number of coples of the bAPer named oo and distributed during e month of Febe ) 1931, was as follo {~] 55 23 53 GEESeaanaws) e i & 75 558883 1 0 E £ 8 Less adjustments.. Total dally, net circulation. Averase daily n Daily a 83 &g Aver Amlle Surday net circulation. 122,081 h%lfl m. e