Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1931, Page 2

A—2 w= BUILD TO PRESENT DRAMIA TRAVESTIES Annual Dinner of Capital Group- Wili-Be Held Wednesday. Beveral travesties on different phases of dramatics will mark the annual din- ner of the Community Drama Guild at 7 o'clock Wednesday. night. in Barker Hall of the Y. W. C. A. One skit, “Casting the Play,” written and directed by Denis E. Connell, will include Maude Howell Smith, Anne Ives, Grace Peters Johnson and Yvonne Kushner in its cast. It will be fol- lowed by “Rehearsing the Play,” also known as “Macbeth, a Shakespearean Riot,” to be directed by J. Milnor Dorey, with a cast including Willard Miller, Connell, Willlam F. Baker, Willlam E. Bryant, Capt Ray C. Montgomery, Milton Korman, Brad W. Holmes and Dorey. “Night of the Play.” “The Night of the Play” will be done by a single actor, with almost no lines 10 speak. Music will play & part, with Earl Carbuah singing a gonp of songs, accompanied by Lillian Carbauh at the iano. p‘Ol‘l Helms and Bob Reed will offer dance numbers and Ivy Norwood and Sister will be heard in songs. This pro- gram will follow the more formal events of the dinner, including & number of brief toasts and responses, with Dr. De Witt C. Croissant, as toastmaster, and speakers including Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs. William Wolff Smith, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Percy Burrell, Dr. Prank W. Ballou, and Maj. R. B. Law- rence. Second Program Set. ‘The reservations will close Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. ‘Thursday night, at 8 o'clock the sec- ond play-reading program of the 1931 season will be held under the direction of Willlam F. Baker, when a modern comedy b{, a well known playwright will be read by Dorothea Paull, Dorothea Lewis, Harry Welker, Douglas Griese- mer, in the principal roles. Mrs. Wil- liam J. Peters is chairman of play read- ings for the Drama Guild. - ing, which is open to members of the Drama Guild and their guests, will take lace at the American Association of ;:’:temty Women's club house on I street, B SKELETON AND SHELL CLEAR UP MYSTERY THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, SATURDAY, M Valerie French, granddaughter of the late Fleld Marshal Sir John French, with Lord Brougham and Vaux, to whom she is reported engaged. They are shown upon their arrival in Paris from London on their way to the Riviera. —A. P. Photo. WOMAN CLIMBS 33,000 FEET IN GALE TO SET ALTITUDE MARK Frankie Renner, Treasurer of Air Service, Pushes Plane to Ceiling at Akron, Where Temperature Is 50 Degrces Below Zero. By the Assoclated Press. Murder of Prospector, Missing Ten Years, Solved by Note Near Grave. By the Associated Press. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif, March 14—Ofcers sald today discovery of & »skeleton and «shell » an Bearing a confession had solved the f the disa; Washington sustains her claims, she soc wrdlx‘?l at .| Miss ‘was written with pencil: 'Allm 7;: (1849-1921) " > Investigators were unable to uncover :ulg trace of and residents of valley said not seen since shortly after BLAST KILLS HUSBAND WHILE DISTRICT BRIDE VISITS IN MARYLAND (Continued From First Page.) yesterday evening for the week end. Clagett made his home at the National School for Boys, where he was ) 3 Neighbors heard the losion, and Merill Morn! les Fritz the injured men. Chfil ‘was taken to the home of his uncle, Dr. E. W. White of Poolesville, in the am- bulance of William T. Hilton, Poolesville undertaker. He died there about two | hours later. Rushed to Hospital. Gringell was rushed to Emergency Hospital in the same ambulance with a police escort. ‘The run of more than 30 miles was made in about 45 minutes. ‘The Rockville Volunteer Fire rtment was summoned, but neigh- put out the flames before the fire- men arrived. Only the kitchen wes aged. Clagett, one of the four original members of the Montgomery County Police Force when it was created in 1922, had been in the habit of spenc- ing recent week ends at his mother’s home with his bride. Before her mar- riage she was Miss Rowena Jefferson, Washington trained nurse, She lived at 3513 Thirteenth street with her younger sister, Miss Rebecca Jefferson, and Miss Anna Ball, both trained nurses. The three young women planned to break up their home April 1, when Miss Jefferson was going to New York. At that time Clagett and his wife intended to set up housekeeping in Poolesville Visits Her Mother. ‘This was the last week end when the young bride would have opportunity to visit her mother in Pederalsburg before establishing a home of her own, so the usual trip of husband and wife to Poolesville was called off. Besides his mother and widow, Cla- is survived by & sister, Miss Mary Clagett of 2120 First street, and three brothers, Dr, . dentist, of Easton, Md.; Ricl Cla- , Who lives in Pennsylvania, and jamin O] tt, a Na harmacist, now luuonel:fi Y.he‘ rhnvlipfne Islands. was & widower. He was a uty sheriff for 15 years and went out of office five years ago. Since that time he has conducted a private detec- tive sgency and a furniture renovating business in Rockvill EVANGELISTI&_SERVICES BY MONTANA WOMAN Mrs. Etta E. Reckley to Conduct ‘Week’s Series at Bible Hall Assembly. At Bible Hall Assembly tomorrow Mrs, Etta E. Reckley, Miles City, Mont., religion, t, | man, 1301 Fifteenth street, early last | AKRON, Ohio, March 14—A busi- ness woman who is just as efficient in the air as in the office today claimed to have broken the women’s altitude rec- ord by more than half & mile. Miss' Prankie Renner, 30, who ordi- narily is known as secretary-treasurer of the Robbins Flying Service, took her Waco biplane up through a howling gale and numbing cold yesterday to a celling estimated by the Weather Bu- reau at 33,000 feet, about 5.7 miles. New Record Broken. If calibration of her barograph at easily will have surpassed the record of W,flxd feet claimed only eight days ago by Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. Y., . Her airmeter stopped re- 28,000 feet. Renner came down after four hours and four minutes, showing little effects of her ordeal. “A couple of my toes froze, but after 1 was down awhile they felt all right, she said. Her gums bled a little and her ears “crackled some” in the 50- below-zero weather she encountered. Otherwise she had no trouble. The plane and motar worked so well she just set the controls and let it climb while she busied herself with calculations and notations. She carried a special oxygen supply and kept warm with three suits of heavy underclothing, two sweaters, two pairs of woolen stockings, a pair of moccasins, a flying suit and an oxygen helmet. Soars in Cold Sunshine. “It wasn't so terribly cold,” she main- tained, with all that clothing, despite her numbed feet. Mist froze on her goggles and it was hard to see, but the skies were clear and she soared in the cold sunshine. She had planned to climb as long as her gasoline held out and then glide down, but when darkness threatened she landed with a small supply still left. Miss Renner, a native of Akron and educated here, began flying four years ago and has 200 hours to her credit. She has had several near accidents, but none serious. Her boss says she's a good business woman, too. ROBBER VCTINS REPORT LOSSES Eight Thefts and Two At-| tempted Robberies Listed in 12-Hour Period. Eight thefts and two attempted rob- beries were rted to police within | the past 12 hours by victims Who sought the recovery of a variety of loot, ranging from sausages to bonus certificates. cates. Toblas C. Stockdale, 801 B strect southeast, reported the theft of his soldiers’ bonus certificate for $501 and | his Army discharge which be said | were taken from his coat pocket in an | H-street-northeast poolroom. | Mary Adams, colored, 406 P street, told police a colored burglar, armed with a pistol, broke into her room at 5 o'clock this morning and threatened to km‘:ergl she Mln: l: outery. )})!1;}-, regard! e warning, however, ltrenmeg with such gusto that the in- truder dove through the glass in a| kitchen window. 'hen he fled, the | man left behind him his shoes which he evidently had removed for more| cat-like performance, and these are being held for identification. Robbed at Point of Gun. Amanda Waite, colored, 59, Myrtle street, told police an armed colored man took $75 from her at 3 o'clock this morning. The woman gave police the name of the robbers, one of whom, she said, covered her with his pistol while his companion took the money. Mannie Norford, 1312 Twelfth street, reported that two men abbed him from behind and rified his pockets of $27 as he walked in the 1100 block of Eleventh street at 8:30 o'clock last night. gdrs. Stella R. Snyder, apartment 501, 1735 New Hampehire avenue, lost $6 and a mirror which were contained in a purse snatched from her hand yes- terday afternoon in the 1700 block of | 8 street by a colored man. The empty purse was found later in a nearby alley. Snatchers Unsuccessful. ‘Three colored boys made a similar unsuccessful_attempt on Louise Buck- | ht as the young woman walked ?lllgo\lxh N street near Fifteenth. The rse was damaged but Miss Buckman 1d it. Wearing apparel valued at $75 and a pocketbook mnummi $4 were re- ported taken from the basement of a Fourteenth street drug store last night by Hugh Hawkins, 833 Eleventh street, and Mack Darling, 1525 1 street, the . evangelist, of will begin jval .m&n:kr:e"tlm the victims of the robbery. Three etchings, said to be worth $300, were re&‘)md by James P. Meegan, 814 Seventh street, to have been taken sometime during the pest 10 days from the Seventeenth street address. Gordon E. Duvall of Gaithersburg, Md., told police that a quantity of fresh meat and sausage was stolen his motor truck as it was parked on Louisiana avenue at Ninth street yesterday afternon. Miss Estella Belt of 1720 Varnum street, a teacher at the Wallach told police that her k, con- $2, was taken her desk in 1 et day. e Seine Falling in Paris. PARIS, March 14 ().—After main- threa vels for several School, | pajl RUM AUTO OWNER SOUGHT FOR CRASH Police Find Car Which Fled After Wrecking Vehicle of E. T. Stafford. Police are making a city-wide search for the owner of a whisky car which demolished the new automobile of Ed- ward T. Stafford, assistant secretary of the Washington Gas Light Co, in a hit-and-run collision at Fourteenth and Clifton streets while fleeing from imag- inary pursuers last night. ‘The machine was seized later in the night by Eighth Precinct Detectives M. J. Mahaney and D. A. Davis in a ga- rage on Champlain street and Kalo- rama road, where a colored man left it for repairs after disconnecting a smoke screen attachment. Both head- lights were smashed and the bumper was badly damaged. Fled at Backfire. Officers investigating the case believe another automobile indirectly furnished the cause of the collision. The rum car, with a crew of two colored men, was running at a moderate rate of speed near Thirteenth street and Park road when the engine of a nearby ma- chine backfired. Apparently belleving they had been fired upon, the men ac- celerated their speed and raced from the scene. Stafford was proceeding northward on Fourteenth street when the machine, its exhaust belching a heavy blanket of acrid smoke, crashed into his auto and wrecked it. No one was injured, but a pedestrian, G. C. Stagg of 2701 Four- teenth street, narrowly d being run down. Hacker Gives Chase, Backing off from the wreckage, the colored men fled north on Fourteenth street and turned west into Euclid street, .where they threw out six half- gallon jars of salleged whisky in full view of Policeman Preston E. Peterson of the tenth precinct station. A taxi driver who witnessed the col- lision pursued the rum car, but lost the trail when his quarry turned into an alley under cover of the smoke screen and dlaagpelred. Mahaney and Davis located the machine two hours later in the Champlain street garage and re- moved it to the eighth precinet station. DAISY DE BOE DENIED BAIL PENDING APPEAL Must Stay in Jail Until Decision on New Trial in Grand Theft Case. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 14—~The State Supreme Court Thursday denied the of Daisy De Boe, former sec- to Olara Bow, screen actress, that set for her rnd.ln‘ her applica- tion for & new trial for grand theft. Miss De Boe must remain in the Los Angeles County Jail while the cou~ts de- cide whether she was entitled to a new trial, The Los Buperior Court and thenwnd:lefiol:ot e State District Court ot Appul.mmmmmnam trial, have refused bail ts | appeal for a new to the former IWALKER CHARGES 10 BE FILED SOON City Affairs Body Data May Lead to Probe Ousting Gotham Mayor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 14.—As the result of a year's investigation, the City Affairs Committee will file with Gov. Roosevelt next weck charges of incom- petence, neglect and indifference against Mayor Walker. John Haynes Holmes, chairman of the committee, a civilian body, said that Henry Rosner, research secretary, had quietly been assembling the material on which the accusations will be based. Holmes and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, vice chalrman, personally will present them. Under the State public office act, the Governor may accept or reject the charges. If he accepts, he may inves- tigate them himself or ‘appoint a com« missioner or the attorney general to act for him. If the charges are sub- stantiated, he may remove the mayor, Crain Raps Seabury. District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain has made a move to combat accusations made against him by the City Club. He protested in a letter to the Governor Ithe appointment of Commissioner Sam- uel Seabury as his judge on the grounds that the latter is a member of the City Club and already has criticized him on several occasions. ‘The New York Society of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, representing a hundred churches, has added its voice to the demand for a thorough investi~ gation of city government. It adopted a Iresuluflon upholding the action of the Greater New York Federation of Churches in calling for a non-partisan city-wide inquiry. Prominent individuals who have joined the movement include Chancellor Ellsworth Brown of New York Uni- versity, Prof. John Dewey of Columbia University and Henry Morgenthau, former Ambassador to Turkey and a close friend of the Governor. Vice Man Banked $35,800. ‘The magistrates courts inquiry pro- duced evidence yesterday thal the vice squad patrolman, Andrew G. McLaugh- lin, who first married Vivian Gordon, slain Broadway blackmailer, banked $35,800 in two years on an annual salary of $3,000. Risking a citation for contempt of court, he refused to answer on the ground that Referee Seabury was exceeding his authority, but bank records showed his deposits. McLaughlin testified he had made between 1,000 and 1,200 arrests in his 11 years on the vice squad. It had be- come increasingly hard in late years to secure convictions of women seized on the streets, he sald, but Magistrate Jean Norris was the best bet, Magistrate Norris, the only woman on the Manhattan bench, also is under fire for her judicial acts. CITIZENS ASK BAN ON COUNCIL HERE Brightwood Group Charge: Body Has Violated Its Provisions. Abolition of the Citizens Advisory Council of the District of Columbia was suggested last night in a vote at a meeting of the Brightwood Citizens' Association in the Paul Junior High School, Eighth and Nicholson streets. Only one dissenting vote was cast against the resolution and that by John A. Saul, a member of the council. Elimination of the council was pro- posed by Willlam McK. Clayton, who outlined in detail the history of the organization since its inception in 1925. It set forth “that the so-called Citizens Advisory Council has, since its organ- ization in 1925, violated many times the provisions of the organic pact under which it was delegated and authorized to act within certain positively defined limitations.” Violations Charged. “The present District Commissioners,” continues the resolution, “have not for reasons best known to themselves seen fit to refer any matters whatsoever to the council for its study and advice and no meetings have been held for nearly a year. The Brightwood Citizens’ Asso- ciation believes that the best interests of organized citizenship demand its abolishment and that the delegates to the Federation of Citizens' Associations be instructed to vote in accordance with the action of the association the matter.” John Clagett Proctor was nominated to serve as chairman of the annual Me- morial day exercises at Battle Ground Cemetery. Delegates Appointed. Prof. L. J. Cantrell and M. M. Flan- ders were appointed to represent the association at a meeting to be held tonight at 7:30 o'cloek of the Special Committee on Recreational center at Friends Meeting House, Thirteenth and Irving streets. ‘The association was advised by the Public Utilities Commission that the Capital Traction Co. will request the extension of routing cars now operat- ing on the Fourteenth street line with terminus at Third and _Sheridan streets through to Takoma Park dur- ing mid-day non-rush period, which would provide a 6-minute headway to Takoma Park instead of 12 minutes as at present. The association favored the idea. William D. Wilson was appointed hairman of the Library Committee of association. L'..he CREDITORS HISS RHEEM IN COURT; ELECT TRUSTEES (Continued From FPirst Page.) ru!d with a statement of assets and labilities recently filed by attorneys for the bankrupt. The receivers’ account- ants have made a more thorough study of the firm's books, and the opinjon has been expressed that their report may vary from that filed by the attor- neys. The latter statement listed assets in excess of liabilities. Mr. Eden said that only creditors who have proved claims are entitled to vote at today’s meeting. U. §. Winding Up Probe. It was understood that Department of Justice agents are pr g the final reports of their investigation of the bankrupt firm. When this matter is in the hands of Assistant At- rney General Nugent Dodds and Neil haw, assistant United States at- umudv, the case will be presented to the grand jury. Rheem, vice president of the defunct firm, is now under bond on a chi of embezzlin, lggfoxlmluly $162,000 in notes left wi e firm for safekeeping by the purchasers, X J——— In Austria 263,000 receiving the dole pensioners. ns now are 57,000 are ol RCH 14, 1931 Civie Groups Asks City-Wide Inquiry R Y Associated Press Phote Demands for-a city-wide inquiry into the official acts of Mayor James J. Walker (top center) and his New York City administration have been made by civic organizations led by Willlam J. Schieffiin (left center below), head of the Citizens’ Union, and Rabhi Stephen S. Wise (right center below), vice chairman of the City Affair Committee. Samuel Seabury (right), who already i making an investigation of magistrates’ courts and probing charges against District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain (left). was urged as the commissioner to make the investigation. -A. P. Photo. BUS-RAIL HEARING NEARING WIND-UP R., F. & P. Plans Freight Truck Service From Rich- mond, Official Testifies. ‘The motor bus-rail co-ordination hearing was drawing to a close today at the Willard Hotel, with indications pointing to a wind-up by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Several railroads still were to offer testimony in support of their contention that trucks and busses should be regulated to put them gn a parity of operation with the rail nes. The Richmond, Fredericksburg Potomac, which already has entered the bus field in an effort to compete witn other highway carriers, plans inaugura- tion of freight service by truck from Richmond to Washington, and cover- ing intervening points, John B. Mor- decal, traffic manager of the road, testi- fied yesterday afternoon before Chief Examiner Leo J, Flynn, conducting the hearing. Certificate Applied For. Application has been made to the Virginia Corporation Commission for a certificate of operation, he sald. The trucks will stop over on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Mordecal estimated that competing busses and icks cost the R, F. & P. $1,000,000 last year, and said this ap- proximation was “moderate.” 250 Trucks on Road Daily. He said that between Richmond and Washington there are 19 trucks each way daily. Of these the R., F. & P. sub- sidiary, the Richmond-Greyhound Lines, operates eight. He sald also that the average number of trucks daily using that highway is 250. He recommended that highway car- riers be placed under regulation com- rable to that exercised over railroads y the I. C. C. and said it was his be- liet that railroads should be given pref- erence in establishment of truck and bus lines. G. W. U. TO CONFER DEGREE ON KING Siamese Monarch Will Receive Honorary Doctor of Laws Here. By the Assoclated Press. A modern ruler of an ancient state, King Prajadhipok of Siam, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws from George Washington University when he visits the Capital next month. ‘The presentation will take place April w0, just before the King leaves for Bal- timore to have his eyes examined by Dr. Willlam Holland Wilmer. Cataracts have limited the sport-loving monarch's outdoor activities to golf. ‘The curricula of European and Amer- ican universities are familiar to Siamese royalty. King Prajadhipok was edu- cated in France and England. Prince Asani of Bangkok, grandson of a for- mer King, studied medicine at Harvard, and Prince Mahidol of Songkia, a brother of the King, went back to Siam and hung out his shingle after studying medicine in this country. Almost all the princes of the blood have attended school abroad. ‘The royal party, about 17 in all and including the Queen, is expected in Washington April 28. The program the State Department has outlined includes an official welcome at Union Station, a call at the White House, a return call by the President and a state banquet. BOASTS OF “13” LUCK, DROPS DEAD IN CAR Former Police Captain in Chicago Had Told of Ignoring Jinx of Friday, the 13th. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 14.—Robert E. Lee James, former police captain, told his employer Thursday that “Fri- day the 13th has always been my lucky day.” He fell dead in a street car yesterday morning. The former officer was a collector for an ice company, In reviewing yester- day the vart 13 had played in his life, James said: “Everything good that has come to me has come on the 13th. When I went on the palice force, I walked 13 beats before I was put on the mounted squad. After 13 years I was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the 1300 block St.. Louis avenue. My badge number was 13 and on the 13th day of the month I was recommissioned as a police captal o BAND CONCER;. By the United States Soldiers' Home Band, this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S, M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Kwang Hsu”. Lincke Overture, * s Boufle .Finck Suite Romantic, “Norweg Scenes,” (Matt), “View of the Mountains,” t's Dance,” “The Sleigh Ride.” Excerpts from the comic opera, “Boc- caccio” . .. ‘Waltz song, “Ukulele Moon” Finale, “Reaching for the M Cobbler Takes Shoes Off Customer Trying | To Dodge Payment By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, 1ll,, March 14—It might have paid Tony Fraggasi if he had gone some other way. AF it was, however, he right by the mending shop of John Sokras, Evanston’s 250- pound cobbler—the same shop where Tony had heels and soles put on his shoes the other day without paying for them. A moment later, Tony told Police Magistrate Harry H. Por- ter, Sokras took his shoes off his feet and left him standing there. “Undoubtedly,” said the magis- trate, addressing Tony, “the up- pers of these shoes belong to you, but John is unquestionably the owner of the heels and the soles and he may keep them until the bill is paid.” : KIMBALL DISDAINS * FLIGHT AID GREDIT Transsea Hop Weather Man | Will Be Given Gold Medal by Flyers’ League. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 14—Dr. James H. Kimball appreciates that gold medal the boys are pinning on him today. ‘Who's Who will tell you in cold Eng- lish he was consulting meteorologist for Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Byrd, Bertaud, Brock, Haldeman, Lotti and Yancey be- fore they braved the elements above the Atlantic. Dr. Kimball will peer out under gray locks that fall over his forehead and disclaim any personal credit. “It's the Weather Bureau, not me,” he will say. “Of course, I was the one who came into contact with the boys and they make it personal.” ‘Will Be Member. The medal to Dr. Kimball is b!ln% presented by the International Ligue of Aviators, of which King Albert of Bel- ium is honorary chairman. He is also honorary member and will be the first American so honored. Flying the Atlantic, to him, 1s more than heroic. “D“E down their hearts they know they have done a great thing. They don't say so, when they fly over the Atlantic they have been 1{}0‘{“ :6 t‘m'l:‘r‘ltfn the verge of crash. o e it Dr. hKlmblu has been with the ‘Weather Bureau since 1895. He was the first meteorologist ever to prepare a weather map for transatlantic flying. He still prepares these maps daily. Pi- lots waiting to cross the ocean go over the maps daily with Dr. Kimball, ‘Would Test Ability. Dr. Kimball never advised pilots to start. His tip was always against start- ing when bad weather threatened. If he had actual control of trans- atlantic flying he would insist that planes be sufficiently efficient and have ample fuel supply to carry them con- siderably beyond their goals. He would insist upon each plane carrying a navi- gator versed in astronomical observa- tions and on two-way radio equipment. “I would also try to prevail upon the pilots to make a test flight to Bermuda and back before starting across,” he says. “If a pllot can navigate well enough to find Bermuda, he can fly over the ocean.” SPECIAL NOVENA Herbert Kennedy to Lead Ursuline Convent Services. A special novena to our blessed mother invoked under the title of our lady of prompt succors will be held at the chapel of Ursuline Convent, 519 Fourth street, beginning at 8 pm., March 17 and continuing each night to March 25. Prayers and devotions will be sald each evening together with benediction of the blessed sacra- ment. There will be a sermon nightly by Rev. Herbert Kennedy of the Cath- olic University. Leaflets about the novena may be obtained by mailed requests to the con- vent and mailed petitions will be placed upon the shrine. STOLEN CAR IN MEXICO Gen. Gaby Offers to Return It to Owner for 2,500 Pesos. KANSAS CITY, March 14 (#).—Gen. Clemente Gabay, Monterey, Mexico, has an expensive motor car and for 2,500 pesos he has offered to return it to its owner, Floyd E. Jacobs of Kansas City. machine, stolen from Jacobs’ chauffeur, through Rev. an ce firm are going to see about it. ek Physician Here. Efforts are being made by the po- lice to locate Dr. Harry F. Pohlman of Middleton, N. Y., who is motoring with his wife and Mrs. M. D. Holmes his home to Virginia, His mother from is L to i 1 End A revarn Bome 15 desired by Teln: “The boys who do it will tell you that | firm f *|it is nothing,” he says. in street, ear) tl.hem o $1,000000 JEWEL THEFT 1S PROBED Looters of Palm Beach Shop Leave No Clues—Manager Tells of Kidnaping. By the Associated Pre PALM BEACH, Fla, March 14— Police groped in virtual darkness today as they sought a guiding gleam to lead them to approximately $1,000,000 worth of diamonds and pearls that disap- peared in the largest jewel robbery | resort. The gems were taken from the local branch of Charlton & Co., New York jewelers. Neither Otto Wegener, local manager; D. H. Odom, night watch- | man, nor J. Schuler, employe of the firm, gave the authorities any tangible clues. ‘The burglary apparently occurred at |the one hour of the day in which no | watchman was on duty. Says He Was Kidnaped. ‘Wegener said four men, who had ad- kidnaped by four men Thursday night, who forced him to deliver the keys and combination under threats of his life. Sheriff R. C. Baker relcased Wegener, Odom and Schuler after he had inter- rogated them. Odom, who left the store at 7 o'clock ing received into the league as an | diam 50,000, and ond worth $15,000. Peacock said he had full confidence in Wegener, a trusted employe of the or 20 years. but | CHAPLIN IS ENMESHED IN POLITICAL DISCUSSION Denies He Made Statement Declar- ing Sympathies Are With Com- munists of Germany. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 14—Charlie Chaplin today found himself unwillingly en- meshed in German political discussion. The Young Guard, Communist youth organ, quoted the movie actor as de- claring to its editor: “My greetings and all my sympathies are with the Com- munist youth of Germany.” The Conservative Nationalists Boer- senzeitung asserted that if the remark were true it constituted an unwarranted ;n:'c_i.dung with Germany's internal af- airs, Chaplin denies having made any such U oy s 3 aplin’s secref said t he be- lieved the lnclden'.lz:i have arisen from the visit of a delegation representing German unemployed in the stage and film fields. The actor expressed pro- found sympathy with their lot, but pointed out that 100,000 American film People were also unemployed. “The word communism was never mentioned,” the secretary sald. “Charlie is no politician and never expresses po- litical opinions.” e BOYS’ CLUB UNIT PUSHED Georgetown Branch Will Open in Few Days. The new Georgetown branch of the Washington Boys' Club at Thirty-first and M streets been virtually' com= pleted and will open in a few it Was announced yesterday by Clarence C. Richardson, fleld secretary of the Boys' Club of Wlshlng'fln, sponsored by local Rotary Club. Prospective youthful s rating the clul the past few weeks, ‘The new branch is being Leetch, to meet the any boys of Geo: wn wholesome leisure time activity. POLICE HUNT VETERAN Man, Missing With $700 Bonus, Sister Reports. Mrs. Hattle Moser, 1304 East 1 this morning asked m find her brother, Lawrence E. Phillips, 35 years old, a World War may have been Mrs. Moser n tion of her brother carrying @ suit case when Fpaeion, for Mflu&dhw LAST OF WENDELL SISTERS DIES AT 80 Secluded Life of Famed Heir- ess Ends in Old Family Residence. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 14.—Miss Ella V. Von E. Wendel, last of the Wendel sisters who inherited the vast fortune of John Gottlieb Wendel, died in her sleep last night. She was 80 years old. The simple announcement said merely that Miss Wendel had “died during the night.” Miss Wendel finished her days in the red brick mansion of Fifth avenue which stood through the years, now amid towering office buildings, as a monument to the family motto “buy, but never sell real estate.” Left $100,000,000 Fortune., There were six daughters and one son in the family to inherit the t:.no'fgn.?nw’mmme ‘which 'gohn ‘Wendel starte ur as a contemporary of John Jacob Astor. i The son, John Gottlieb Wendel, jr., became head of the family upon the death of his father. He frowned on marriage for his sisters and decreed they should stay out of society, live in the simplest possible style and wear the fashions of their youth. Georgiana Wendel once defled her brother’s decree and made & trip to Europe. She came back W sev- eral languages and indicating she pre- ferred to live as a lady of fortune. She died two years ago in a lum. Rebecca also defied the brother. She married. Her death last July left Ella alone in the wr:lmim The mansion has for years been famous landmark, pointed out to sight- seers. The sisters lived behind drawn curtains, refusing flattering offers for the property. Out Only at Night. Broadway moves northward 10 m a decade; tenants must make their ““Miss Ella,_ventured forth only ‘vent night to give her P :: within the memory of this wealthy | h THE WEATHER District of Columbiu—Mostly cloudy; Tide Tables. | (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 11:13 am. and 11:42 pm.; high tide, 4:30 am. and 5:01 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:08 p.m.; high tide, 5:25 a.m. and 5:53 p.m. The Sun an1 Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:23 am.; sun sets 6:13 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:21 am.; sun sets 6:14 p.m. obile half hour after n‘l‘\sut. Weather in Various Citles, S Temperature. =3 SSEMBERETES |- yqa, et Il Glncirnat ¥ Sleveland Sler 3093 lumbia, 8. C.30.13 nver, Colo. 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