Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1931, Page 16

‘"A—16 %= : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON IFOUR COUNTRIES |OIL FIRMS OFFER 1S REPUDIATED T00 LATETOHALT PROBE P. C. Police Hope to Link Him Definitely With Slaying of Spinster. FINAL IDENTIFICATION ON WAY BY AIRMAIL | Tos Angeles Authorities Say Man Talked Freely Until Last Night. i His voluntary confession to the mur- | der of Miss Emma Kirk was repudiated in Los Angeles last night by George P. Tucker, too late to halt an investi- gation which bids fair to link him definitely in the death of the 68-year- old spinster here January ‘23, 1926. Tucker changed his ~whole story while talking to detectives who were seeking to learn if he knew anything of another crjme—the strangling of Mrs. Frences Kudner in Los Angeles two years ago. ‘l'lei the kind of man who would be greatly worrled had he done such a thing,” Tucker said of the local mur- der. “I'm not worried about it, as you see. I don't believe I did it.” D. C. Police Await Record. Police here, however, are awaiting pnly a final identification record by air mail ‘from Los Angeles before going pefore the grand jury to seek an in- ictment and bench warrant on which ra return the prisoner to this jurisdic- tion. " ‘The impr&:écndl:(d lumn::ll?.l!pl:gt upon the dead W - L“é‘fé’?n&'? been positively identified, police say, 8s having been made by George P. Tucker arrested in Denver during November of 1926. Police have been unable as yet to establish the fact that the latter man is’ the one under arrest in California. Confession Expected Today. The full text of Tucker's statement has been forwarded by air mail from California, along Wwith the suspect’s ldenflflcl(lonl “cm;g;i This data is ex- ted here later lay. Dtios Angeles authorities said that up until last night Tucker talked freely of details of the murder here and of his subsequent travels from city to city. G S Fails 19-YEAR-OLD BRIDE SAVED IN SIXTH ATTEMPT. MRS. VERNA MAE HALL. Mrs. Verna Mae Hall, 19-year-old bride of a month, is being held for observation at Gallinger Hospital today, after slashing her right arm with a razor blade in what her husband de- clared was her sixth attempt to end her life. Mrs. Hall, the mother of & 4-year- old daughter by a previous marriage, returned to her home at 1401-A Buchanan ‘veet yesterday, after an absence of . _days, during Which police had been ¢ arching for her. She re- fused to explain where she had been, according to her mate, Albert T. Hall. Used Razor Blade, Soon after her return, Mrs. Hall an- nounced she was going to the home of her parents in Chattanooga, Tenn. ‘When her husband insisted on accom panying her, she ran into the kit- chenette, picked up a carving knife and attempted to cut herself, he said. Hall wrested the knife from his wife's grasp, he continued, but a few minutes later she went to the bath room, slashed her arm with a razor blade and col- lapsed. Hall summoned a taxicab and took his wife to George Washington University Hospital, where doctors de- | to e cided a blood transf usion was neces- sary to save her life. Gets Blood Transfusion. Hall volunteered, but his blood was found unsuitable. A friend, Richard Waterman, 1316 Thirty-third street, supplied the necessary blood and Mrs. Hall's condition showed & slight im- provement. She later was transferred to the Municipal Hospital. ‘The Halls were married last February 13 and a week later the bride swallowed KERN BACKED FOR POST Favored for Successor to Position as D. C. Engineer. ‘Walter E. Kern, assistant electrical engineer of the District, was ‘unani- mously indorsed to succeed Warren B. Hadley, engineer, upon the latter's re- tirement next Fall at a meeting of the Flectric League of Washington last night. The resolution, which was ad- dresed to the District Commissioners, also praised the wprk of Mr. Hadley ring his term. cu'l’hs‘meeflnz ‘was addressed by Dr. A. R. Stevenson, jr., of the General Elec- tric Co. and George W. Moister of the ‘Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur- ing Co. THE WEATHER District of _Columbia—Increasing tloudiness tonight, followed by rain to- morrow; not much change in tempera- ture, lowest tonight about 35 degrees; increasing northeast and east winds. Maryland—Increasing cloudiness, fol- Jowed by rain tomorrow; not much change in temperature increasing northeast and east wine becoming moderate to fresh tomorrow. Virginia—Increasing cloudthess, fol- lowed by rain tomorrow, and in the -~ southwest portion _tonight; slightly warmer in south and west portions to- pight; increasing northeast and east winds, becoming strong tomorrow. West Virginia—Cloudy, followed by rain tomorrow and in south and cen- tral portions tonight; slightly warmer tonight. Record for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 46; 8 p.m., 43; 12 midnight, 35; 4 a. 32; 8 am, 30; noon, 47. Barometer—4 pm., 30.11; 30.16; 12 midnight, 30.19 8 am, 30.24; noon, 30.2 Highest temperature, 47, occurred at 11 am. today; lowest temperature, 30, occurred at 7 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 54; lowest, 33. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today-—Low tide, 3:51 am. and 4:23 p.m.; high tide, 9:27 am. and 9:49 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:22 a.m. and 4:57 pm.; high tide, 10 am. and 10:24 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:12 am.; sun sets €:20 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:10 a.m.; sun sets 6:21 p.m. Moon rises 7:09 a.m.; sets 8:48 pm. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. . Weather in Various Citles. Stations. Ablene, Tex Albany, N Kansas City,M Los Angeles poison in an attempt to end her life, her ‘husband said. She told him she had made four previous attempts to kill herself, he added. GREDTORSDELAY QUZZING OF RAEEH Attorneys Desire More Time to Study Records of Bank- rupt Company. Examination of Edward D. Rheem, vice president of the bankrupt firm of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey, by - his creditors, was postponed today unti! April 11 to give the individual note- holders opportunity to familiarize them- selves with the details of their trans- actions with the company. ‘The postponement was ordered by Fred J. Eden, referee in bankruptcy, at the suggestion of attorneys for some of the note holders. Maj. Julius I. Peyser, one of the trustees, announced the books and rec- ords of the bankrupt company are ready for examination by creditors. He said the company’s offices in Fifteenth street would be opened next week and the trustees would render all possible assistance. It was pointed out that no intelligent examination of Rheem would be possible unless the examiners were familiar with the details of the items concerning which they might desire to question Rheem. In response to a question by a cred- itor, Maj. Peyser said the trustees had found several incidents in which the bankrupt company had been given gen- eral authority to reinvest money re- ceived by it after trusts had been re- leased. He said, however, such author- | izations had not been found in every case. Maj. Peyser sald the books of the Sompany had been “very accurately ept.” HAMPTON CHOIR DUE T0 SING HERE TONIGHT 40 Institute Singers End 10-Day Tour of U. S. After Singing Abroad. Completing a 10-day tour of the United States, following a trip to 16 European cities, the Hampton Institute Cholr of 40 voices will appear at Con- stitution Hall tonight, before returning to the institute at Hampton, Va. The choir arrived in the city today. The student choir, of international fame, is under the direction of Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett, and tonight's concert will be the only appearance here this year. Speaking of the training of the choir, Der Tag, Vienna newspaper, in its re- view of their concert, said “It was at times as though one heard celestial har- monjes.” The concert is under the local man- agement of the T. Arthur Smith Con- cert Bureau and is sponsored for the benefit of the National Memorial Asso- clation. In addition to the Ambassador of Great Britain and Mrs. James W. War- son, jr, the list of patrons includes Vice President Curtls, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, the Aml or from ~Mexico, Senor Louisville, ... Clear 633 Cloudy 0.02 Cloudy San _Antonio. ! Ban Diego, Cail Prancisco. (1 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. . 8¢ Clear Part cloudy Clear Don Manuel Tellez; Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. James S, Parker, Mrs. Thomas D. ‘Thacher, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr, and Commissioner L. H. Reichelderfer. LABOR TAL Mrs. Wiley to Discuss Women Tex- tile Workers’ Problems. Labor problems involving woman workers in textile mills will be discussed by Mrs, Harvey W. Wiley tomorrow aft- trict branch of the National Woman's Party in Alva Belmont House. ‘Those in the recelving line will in- ch Mrs. Paul Myron Linebarger, Mrs. TOBEVISTED ON ORATOREALTOUR England, France, Italy and Switzerland Named on Itinerary. WINNERS WILL SAIL FROM GOTHAM JULY 16 Seven Entries in Contest Here May 23 Will Get Long Journey Free. ‘The 1931 prize tour of th® National Oratorical Contest, arrangements for which have just been completed, will be an attractive one. Under rules of the contest, now en- tering its eighth year, the tour, with all expenses paid, will be awarded to each of the seven rticipants in the national finals, to held in Wash- ington May 23. ‘The winner of the championship in the Washington - Virginia - Maryland area, sponsored by The Evening Star, will be entitled automatically to a place on this tour, this division counting as one of the seyen major national zones of the entire nation. That arrangement also gives the Washington winner a place in. the national finals and a chance to advance to the international competition. Preparatory Study. An important feature of this year's trip will be a preparatory study of the history and art of the chief countries to be visited prior to the commencement of the tour. The winners will be given & list of helpful readings in June. On the steamer the party will be further instructed relative to the chief points visited by the director of the tour, Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett. Dr. Swiggett, who has lectured for years in leading universities in the United States as well as in Europe and Latin America, is considered particularly competent for such work. He has, fur- thermore, conducted the oratorical tours for the last three years and is thoroughly familiar with the interests and needs of the members of such a party. Mrs. Swiggett, also widely traveled, accompanies Dr. Swiggett and assists in looking after the students, giving her attention particularly to the girls. Incidentally, there are almost always two or more girls among the sevent contestants who win a place in the national finals. The party will sail from New York on the steamer America of the United States Lines July 16, reaching South- ampton July 23. Nine days will be spent in England, with London as headquar- ters, and with many attractive side trips to Oxford, the lake district, the Shakespeare country, etc. August 1 the party will enter France by way of Calais, making Paris is head- arters. Side trips will include the chateaux country, Versailles, Fontaine- bleu, the battlefields, etc. Thereafter the south of PFrance will be visited. In Italy the party will travel by private motor vehicles, visiting Florence, Milan and Rome. Switzerland Tour. In Switzerland the chief stops will be at Interlachen, Montreux and Geneva. Upon leaving Switzerland the party will re-enter France, stopping for a day in Paris before proceeding to Cherbourgh, from which port it will sall on the steamer George Washington, reaching New York September 16. ‘The prize tour will differ from .the ordinary sight-seeing party in many respects. One of these is the arrange- ment whereby, except for a few basic stops, the itinerary is kept flexible. If some particular village proves espe- cially enchanting to the party the stay there may be lengthened. If it develops that more points can be visited—for which most tourists have not the. strength—the itinerary may be ex-| panded accordingly. ' - In short, it is more like a tour by a family or a group of friends than by clients of a travel bureau. No tour details are entrusted to such an agency, everything being provided for by the director of the tour, with a view to the | needs and interests of the party itself. CITY LIBRARIES CLOSE EARLY ON SATURDAYS Forced by Half-Holiday Law, Effective Today. A new Saturday closing hour of 4! o'clock in the afternoon went into effect today, in the Central Public Library, at Eighth and K streets, and the major branches at Mount Pleasant, South- east and Takoma Park. The closing hour, announced by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, is in accordance with a resolution of the board of library trustees passed at a meeting on March 17. In passing the resolution, the board “deplored the ne- cessity for shortening the library hours at a time when the release of Govern- ment workers from duty gives them greater opportunity to use the library.” Inasmuch, however, as the law en- titles the employes to a four-hour day, they said, the new hour will be observed until a sufficient increase in staff is se- cured to keep the library open full hours, from am. to 9 pm, as on other week days. The library will be closed all day on May 30. The usual hours of opening, from 2 to 6 o'clock Sunday afternoons, will be observed until June 1. e s G CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Card party, Ladles’ Auxiliary, De Molay Commandery, No. 4, Chestnut Farms Dairy Auditorium, Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, 8 p.m. Card _party, Good Will Chapter, No. 36, O. E. S, 625 Fifth street northeast, 8 pm. Annual banquet, George Washington University Medical Society, Willard Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Card party, American Legion Post, No. 23, Boyer show room, Capitol Heights, Md., 8:30 p.m. Card party, Officers’ Club, W. B. A, 1750 Massachusetts avenue, 8:15 p.m. Meeting, Vermont State Association, ‘Thomas Circle Club, 8:15 p.m. Meeting, League for the Larger Life, 1336 I street, 8:15 pm. FUTURE. Meeting, St. Vincent's Auxiliary, St. Jenflie C. Berliner, Mrs, Andrew Stuart, |yt o VROl XL, ng Mrs. Lucy Cooper Shaw, Mrs. Rose Stet- son, Mrs. Harry Moore Payne, M Faith Binkley and Miss Mabel Van L. Veerhoof, president of the lub, will ir tea. She will Mrs. Edgar Merritt, presi- dent of the Federated Clubs, and Virginia White Speel. iss | Streets northeast, tomorrow, 3 p.m. Hike, Wanderlusters' Club, meet Seventeenth street and nsylvania avenue southeast, tomorrow, 2:45 p.m. Hike, Red Triangle Outing Club, Mrs, meet Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, tomorrow, 2:30 p.m. New 4 0Clock Quitting Hour,|b | board regulatory measures by voting 10 AID IN DISTRICT BILLBOARD FIGHT Tidewater and Sinclair Com- panies Have Announced Co-operation. OBJECTIONABLE MATTER WILL BE ABANDONED Local Group Urged to Get All Con- cerns to Back Scenic Drive. Replies from two national cil con- cerns to protests of citizens against their use of outdoor advertising signs in the Washington area, indicate a will- ingness on their part to investigate con- ditions with a view to co-operating with the movement to improve the appear- ance of the highway entrances to the National Capital. ‘These replies from the Tidewater Ofl Co. and the Sinclair Refining Co., both of New York, were forwarded to the American Civic Association. Interest in Campaign. Reports reaching the association from members of its Federal City Committees throughout the country indicate wide-; spread interest in efforts to prevail upon national users of billboards to put themselves in the favored class of those businesses which do not desecrate rural scenery in such a manner. Reply of the Tidewater Ofl Co. stated that the concern would sub- scribe to any program which will re- sult in elimination of the use of ob- jectionable outdoor advertising by all 39 companies in the petroleum indus- Y. .company is in entire sympathy with the efforts of public-spirited citi- zens in all communities to preserve nat- ural scenic beauty through the elimina- tion of objectionable outdoor advertis- ing,” the company wrote, through Ax- tell J. Byles, one of its executives. Co-operative Movement, “I therefore suggest that you use your influence with the various associa- tlons or councils working toward this end in Washington and its environs to initiate a co-operative movement among all companies connected with the pe- troleum_industry.” ‘The Sinclair Refining Co., one of the largest of the independent concerns in the petroleum field, replied that it had no regular outdoor signboards under contract in this area. ‘“‘However,” the company wrote, “it may b> that our local officers or dealers have put up some small signs. If you have any spe- cific complaint, will you please write, ving the location of the board or ards? In the meantime, we ars in- Vesuglllnf to see what we can do to co- operate with your movement.” The communication was signed by Silvester M. Morey, to whom®he protest had been referred by Harry F. Sinclair, president of the concern. List Is Prepared. A list of the oil cempanies advertis- ing on the highways leading to Wash- ington was prepared by the American Civic Association from the survey of h boards in use made by Mrs. W. L. Lawton for the American Nature Asso- ciation, Miss Harlean James, executive secre- tary of the civic assoclation, said she felt encouraged by the attitude these and other companies have tak:n in con- nection with the movement to clean up roadside conditions in this area be- fore the 1932 Bicentennial celebration. “Our members throughout th: coun try are responding readily to our ap- peal for co-operation,” she said. “The replies received indicate that a number of the large oil companies ar> beginning to see that public reaction is unfavor- able to outdoor advertising.” METZEROTT BILL ADVANCED. Advertiser Made Responsible for Unlaw- ful Signs in Measure. By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 21.—Initial steps toward the passage of pending | bills designed to remove unsightly and dangerous signs from Maryland’s roads was taken yesterday with the adoption by the House of Delegates of a favor- able report on the Metzerott bill mak- ing manufacturers and merchants re- sponsible for illegally placed signs ad- vertising their product or business and the decision by the Ways and Means Committee to consider the bill regulat- ing and restricting signboards through taxation Monday afternoon. Good Chance for Tax Measure. The latter bill, imposing a one-half ent per square foot annual tax on bill- boards and placing them under the supervision of the State Roads Commis- sion, 1s believed to have as good & chance to get a favorable start on its trip through the legislative mill as was accorded the Metzerott bill yesterday. The Ways and Means Committee demonstrated its sympathy with bill- unanimously for the favorable report on the Metzerott bill, and the House promptly accepted the report without a dissenting vote. The bill, introduced by Delegate Oliver Metzerott of Prince Georges County, Republican floor leader, would make the existence of roadside signs illegally posted” without the written consent of the lahd owner prima facle evidence of the responsibility of the individual or company whose wares or business was advertised upon them. Enforces Present Law. The measure makes enforcable the present law prohibiting the posting of signs without the written consent of the owner of property on which it is erect- ed. In order to obtain a conviction, however, it is necessary to catch a per- son in the act of posting the sign. As this is practically .impossible, the law has not been enforced. ‘The Ways and Means Committee yes- terday was ordered back to Annapolis for a meeting Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, four hours before the other As- semblymen return for the first session of the coming week. ) ‘The bill board taxation and regula- tion bill 1s among the legislation sched- uled to be considered at that time. In announcing the meeting, Delegate James J. Lindsay of Baltimore County, Democratic floor leader and committee chairman, said the committee would “report one way or the other” on all controversial legislation which has been referred to it up to this time. The billboard regulation measure has been amended to eliminate a few features considered unwise by some of the House members, and co-incidently to remove practically all of the “talking points” which thz billboard lobby has been using against it. Delegate Metzerott is also one of the backers of this bill, having introduced it jointly with Delegates Lavinia Engle, Montgomery County; Kent R. Mullikin, Prince Georges County, and Lawrence P. Willlams, St. Marys County. M. G. 3IBBS TO TALK Malcolm G. Gibbs, president of Peo- ples’ Drug Stores, will speak on “Chain Stores” at the meeting of the Wash- ington Round Table, at its Tuesday meeting, to be held at the University Club at 12:30 o'clock. Other entertain- ment will be featured. - The club will attend a pageant at Luther Place Memorial Church ursday night, sitting in a body. Several of jts mem- bers have parts in the play. Amaryllis Show Opens ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF BLOOMS ATTRACTS FLOWER LOVERS. \HE amaryllis show at the Department of Agriculture green houses formally opens tomorrow, but wives of two cab- inet members were the first visitors at the preshowing today. Left to right: Mrs. Arthur Hyde, wife of the Secre- tary of Agriculture; Mrs. Willlam N. Doak, wife of the Secretary of Labor, and Mrs. R. W. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. ), wife of the —=Star Staff Photo. AMARYLLIS SHOW RIOT OF COLORING Eighteenth Annual Contains 1,200 Bulbs in Many Colors. The _eighteenth annual amaryllis show of the United States Department of Agriculture opened today in the green houses at Fourteenth and Constitution | avenue. 5 | Mrs, Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the | Secretary of Agriculture, entertained | the wives of Cabinet members and lead- | ers in Washington soclety at a private| showing this morning. | Dr. Willian®™ A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, which has charge of the greenhouses, officially inspected the show before it was thrown open to the public and congratulated J. Wise Byrnes, superintendent of the greenhouses, upon the excellence of the exhibition, which he said is “the best amaryllis show ever opened to the public.” Exhibit 20 Years Old. Annual exhibition of amaryllis blooms, | or “Knight's Star Lily,” as an Easter at- traction for the visitors to Washington, was originated 20 years ago by Mr. Byrnes' father, who was then super- intendent of the greenhouses, and has been carried along with increasing ex- | cellence by father and son for two dec- | ades. It is today recognized all over the world that the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture has the most varied | collection of amaryllis bulbs to be found | anywhere, and has achieved what botanists 'believe for many years was impossible—production of ‘a white amaryllis bloom. Show Open Daily. The show will be open daily from 9 am. until 9 pm, closing Sunday, March 29, at 9 p.m. There are 1,200 bulbs in the show this year, each having from one to four spikes, and each spike bearing from two to six flowers. The flowers show an amazing variety of coloring, with reds predominating. Parking space has been reserved in the Department of Agricultufe grounds for visitors to the show. PLEA TO END BUS LINE SERVICE IS ENTERED Unprofitable to Continue Runs to Foxhall Village, Utilities Commission Is Told. The Washington Railway & Electric{ Co. yesterday petitioned the Public Utilitles Commission for permission to abandon its Potomac Heights and Fox- hall Village bus line. The reason given for the request is that the line is los- ing money. Its financial success origin- ally was underwritten by Boss & Phelps, developers of the Foxhall Vil- lage subdivision, but the underwriting contract, according to the petition, ex- pired March 12. If the petition is granted, many resi- dents of the section will be without public transportation service, although the Glen Echo street car line of the same company serves some of the resi- dents. A public hearing will probably be_held before the petition is acted oi Residents of Kennedy street filed a remonstrance with the commission against its recent order permitting the Capital Traction Co. to extend its car line and install a switch on that street, in connection with improvements in its Takoma Park service. The property owners were told by Earl V. Fisher, secretary of the commission, that the work had already been approved by the commission, but that their protests would receive consideration. THREE BOYS, ARMED WITH BAYONET, HELD Armed with a three-foot~ bayonet, which they carried .as “protection against highwaymen,” three Baltimore boys were arrested last night by Police- man H. D, Johnson of the Traffic Bu- reau and are being held at the Receiv- ing Home for their parents. A glimpse of the glittering weapon protruding from under the coat of one of the young travelers sent Johnson racing to the side of the boys when they passed his traffic post at Four- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. boys, George Appleby, 15; Melvin Luby, 16, and Clarénce Dougherty, 15, told the officer they had run away from their homes in the Maryland city to view the sights of the Capital. They said they had brought along the bay- cnet to “protect themselves from ban- dits along the road.” Johnson escorted the trio to the first precinct station, where they were ques- tioned and then sent to the Recelving Home. Their parents were expected to reach the District this morning to take their sons back to the Monumental City. Births lieported. d Dorothy M. Stein, irl. nd_Vera Ross, girl. Helen Gates, girl. and Margaret Appleman. girl. nd Esther C. Mariner, boy. nd Evelyn A . and Hazel H. Watkins, boy. and Dallas E. Costello, boy. nd Mary E. Janezeck, boy. Neeb, boy. R Hurst, boy. Bessie V. Ballenger, boy. Frances Estes, boy. Turner, girl, Willia: Exhibit | st | widow, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lambie. McGuigan, boy. | Yerger, GIVEN FIVE-YEAR TERM Man Sentenced on Charges of Girl 15 Years Old. Alfred Roland Mears was sentenced today by District Supreme Court Jus- tice Peyton Gordon to serve five years in the penitentiary. He was convicted recently of intimacy with a 15-year-old Robert Willlams, colored, was also sentenced for a term of five years in the penitentiary for robbery. He snatched a pocketbook from Emma Payne, colored, of Hall's Hill, Va, in Lafayette Park January 28. The purse contained $350. Joshua Callander, colored, will serve five years for housebreaking. There were two charges against him and the court fized the penalty at five years in each case, to run concurrently. CHURCH AND HOME T0 SHARE ESTATE Cash Bequests Left Under Will of James B. Lambie, Who Died February 2. ‘Western Presbyterian Church is given $5,000 and the Eastern Star Home $1,000 and both are to share in the residue of the estate of James B. Lambie, prominent merchant, who died February 2, after the death of the ‘The Union Trust Co. is named as trustee of the estate. By the terms of the will the house- hold effects, $5,000 in cash, the use of certain properties and a life annuity of $6,000 is provided for the widow. At her death, thé trustee is to distribute the estate. Bequests of $10,000 each are to be paid to three nephews, Charles W., James B. and Theodore D. Pimper, when the youngest reaches the age of 21 years; $6,000 to the children of & deceased sister, Annie E. Neal, $3,000 to amother sister, Emma J. Hamm; $3,000 to Henry F. Mojris; $3,000 to a niece, Annie B. Parker, $2,000 each to nieces, Millicent B. Stitler, Mary B. Greer and Ruth M. Denham; $5,000 to Henry F. Broadbent, a nephew, and stock in the Lambie Co. and 25 shares of the stock of the Union Trust Co. $5,000 to & nephew, William J. Broadt bent, who Is also to have stock in the Lambie Co.; $5,000 to Annie D. Pimper; $5,000 to another nephew, James L. Denham, and $2,500 each to Lena C. Denham and James D. Crammond. After a number of smaller legacies are paid the remaining estate is to be divided by the trustee in 20 parts, 3 of which are to go to the Eastern Star Home, 3 to the Presbyterian Home for the Aged, 2 to Children’s Hospital and 1 each to Western Presbyterian Church and Hiram Lodge, No. 10, F. A. A. M. The remaining shares are to be dis- tributed among relatives. . The estate is valued at $564,519.25, and includes real estate in the Dis- trict, Florida and New York State, with personal property of $328,151.25. MRS. R. H. TOWNSEND IS CRITIGALLY ILL Capital Social Leader Believed Near Death—Famed for Her Philanthropies. Mrs. Richard H. Townsend, leader of Washington society, is critically ill in her home at 2121 Massachusetts avenue and it is said that her death is a matter of a brief time. Mrs. Townsend practically retired from society 10 years ago because of failing health and since that time has only occasionally appeared in public. Her home has for more than a quarter of a century been e megting place for the highest officials, diplomats and society, her invitation being a passport into the innermost circles of this and other citles. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Welles, son-in- law and daughter of Mrs, Townsend, are with her and there is a constant stream of inquiries relative to Mrs. Townsend's condition from all branches of society. She came to Washington many years ago, her father, Willlam Lawrence Scott, being a member of the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, and he was presi- dent of the Erle & Pittsburgh Raifvay at the time of his death in 1891. Mrs. Townsend was Mary Scott before her marriage, and has been a widow for nearly 30 years, Mr. Townsend dying from the effects of a fall from his horse while riding in Rock Creek Park. Marriage Licenses. Franklin P. Parker, 22, this city, and Mil- 19, Rensselaer, N. Y. wards. ‘cich D Beavers, 23, ind Lillian A. Mc- Connick, 26; Rev. John C. Ball. Ettore Volta, 31, and Georgia Lazzari, 23; v, A. Catania. Wilie J. Elder, 31, and Eugeria E. I War- fleld, 21; Rev., C. H. A Core: Larimote. '35, and Marcia C. Rev. U. G. B, Plerce, 41, and Malvina H. PFi- A : 7. Kennedy. West. . this city, and Delitha ard, 30, Brandywine, Md; Rev. W. D. Potter, r., 21, and Clara H. Rev. Lawrence J Shehan. H. Johnson, 21, and Alice C. Tev. Dantel Washington. ‘Waddill, 24, 736 8th_st. n.w.. C. Apland, 31; Rev. J. Harvey unham. William C,_ Still, 26, Cumberland, Ohio, and Julia D. Pennington, 30, Zanesville, Ohio; ‘Rev. Earle Wilfley. Thomas, 23, and .M. Edna Devlin, Tner 23; Rev. John W. Doviing Frank Forneas, 33, and Rosa Bigler, 3 Rev. H. M. Henalg. BILL TO BAN ALLEY HOMES 1S PUSHED Planning Commission Confi- dent Congress Will Approve Legislation. ‘to Legislation designed eliminate gradually Washington's alley dwellings | p, CORONER AWAITS DRIVER'S STORY IN FATAL BUS CRASH John McCall Too Badly Hurt to Leave Washington Hospital. MYSTERY BODY NAMED AS THAT OF NORFOLK MAN Formal Report on Accident Killing Three to Be Made to Fairfax Court on Monday. Dr. C. A. Ransom, coroner for Falrfax County, Va., today was continuing his investigation of the collision between an interstate bus and a truck, in which three persons were killed and 11 others were injured, yesterday on the Wash- ington-Richmond Highway, near Fort ‘Humphreys. ‘The coroner has completed his in- quiry except for the questioning of the driver of the bus, John McCall, 1114 Fourteenth street, who is confined to Emergency Hospital. Dr. Ransom sald he planned to have Sherift P, Kirby of Fairfax County bring McCall to Virginia today. Condition Serious. At the hospital, however, it was sald that McCall's condition was too serious to warrant his leaving the institution. He is suffering from a broken arm, cuts and possible internal injuries. Hospital authorities saild they would notify Dr. Ransom of McCall's condition and ask the coroner to interview the driver at VS anwitis Dr. Raeom % preparing eanwhile Dr. his report of the accident, which occur- red Oon an 18-foot cuivert about s mile north of Fort Humphreys. The coroner sald he expected to present the report to the Fairfax County Circuit Court Monday. While the nYon probably will con- tain no formal recommendations for increasing the width of the culvert, T, m sald he would take the will be pushed in the coming Congress. This decision was reached today by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which feels the measure will be passed. ‘The bill is based upon a study made by John Ihlder, housing expert, who was retained by the commission to make a special study here. Frequent efforts have been made to move the alley dwellings off the civic map, but these efforts have been frustrated and now the commission feels the time is ripe for successful action. A cmmunluoofit{:hwu received from the District loners assuring the ing line on Twelfth street, from Massa- chusetts to Pennsylvania avenues. Fu- ture plans call for the widening of this thoroughfare, which will be one ef the arterial highways across the Mall. ‘The ccmmission left to its member, Frederick Law Olmstead, the drawing up of suggestions for a proposed memo- rial to his father, who bore the same name and was prominent in the beautification of Washington. Yester- day comntission members visited several Tecreation centers and schools 'to gain first-hand information on their program of supplying adequate playground facili- ties to the children of the Capital. AT R MAN, 70, FROM SLEEP James H. Smith Complies With De- mand of Armed Intruder for Contents of Purse. James H. Smith, 70 years old, of 2846 Twenty-eighth street, was awakened from a sound sleep last night by an armed burglar who switched on the bed room lights and forced him to up and empty his pocketbook, which contained $5. Smith was alone in the house when the intruder aroused him. He got uj as he was told, found his pocke@boog and emptied the contents into the burglar’s hand. The burglar made his escape through a rear door. Entrance had been effected through a window left unlocked. Smith was able to furnish police a good description of his assailant, a white man. ‘Two colored men, who waved him down with a pistol as he was driving on Alabama avenue southeast near Garfield School yesterday afternoon, robbed Charles Whalen of Cherrydale, Va., of $23 before ordering him to “step on the gas,” Whalen told police of No. 11 precinct. ‘Whalen, a former constable in Fairfax County, furnished descriptions of the men. A search of the vicinity by police failed to turn up any suspects. CORCORAN IS WILLED '6.B. DAVIES PAINTINGS Miss Lizzie P. Bliss Leaves Four Pictures by Modern Artist to Gallery. Four works by the late Arthur B. Davies, one of the most prominent of modern American artists, come to the Corcoran Gallery, under the terms f the will of Miss Lizzie P. Bliss, daughter of Cornelius N. Bliss, who ur:ed in President McKinley’s cabi- net. ‘The will of Miss Bliss, disposing of a notable art collection, was filed in New York yestesday. ‘The four Davies pictures coming here are: “Hill ,” “Frankincense,” “Before Sunrise” and “THe Great Mother.” ‘The announcement of the est came as a surprise to Corgoran, which was one of a number of art institu- tions which will benefit under the Bliss will. She also made a number of cash bequests, including $350,000 to charity. GEORGE MAY'.S FUNERAL IS HELD AT BALTIMORE Son of Late Maryland Member of Congress Buried in Cathe- dral Cemetery. Funeral services were held in the Cathedral, Baltimore, today for George May, banker, of that city, and former municipal official, who died in Balti~ more Thursday. Interment was in the New Cathedral Cemetery. Mr. May was the brother of Col. Henry May of this city. Col. May is a former president of the Su:q'lm Club, member of other leading clubs here and widely known in social circles. Mr. leaves other of this city and beock of Cali- May ' m: two | matter up with Wilson Farr, Fairfax County district attorney. “The narrowness of the culvert is were riding in the front part of the bus, which is owned by the Great East- - Stages, and was bound for Norfolk, 8., were: Mrs. Ruth Dudley, Newport News, Va.; Ray- A. Morris, Portsmouth, Va., and Lloyd B. Mitchell, Norfolk, Va. Mitchell's identity remained s mys- tery until late yesterday afternoon, when his ts, which had been turned over to a Star reporter by were given to J. H. Tayl Dr., of Identificat CONTRACTS FOR 40 PLANES ARE GIVEN ARMY 0. K. Contracts for 40 new airplanes and 128 additional engines, involving an expenditure of $1,269,652, were ap- ,';,r:;,’:d yesterday by the War Depart- ‘The Pratt & Whil Co., p TS T e ey for 68 Wasp type and 60 Radio air- cooled engines, costing $728,912. ‘The Thomas-Moree Aircraft Corpora~ tion, Buffalo, N. Y., will receive & con- 3?,%'»{8' 30 observation planes costing ‘The Northrop Aircraft Corporati Burbank, Calif., was awarded a c:x?—’ tract for three transport plames and three other aircraft, costing $62,600. ‘They were described as of the low-wing, all-metal, monoplane type, capable of carrying four passengers and a pilot. Contract for four primary training planes, costing $27,227, was let to the Verville Aircraft Co., Detroit. OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY National Capital Chapter of Towa State College Holds Meeting. Dr. C. W. Warburton, director of ex- tension work of the Department of Agri- culture, was the principal er at the annual dinner of the National Capital Chapter of the Iowa State College in the Burlington Hotel last night. dinner was in celebration of the seventy- third anniversary of the founding of the institution. L. R. Ender of the ent of Agriculture was re-elected president of the chapter at the dinner, while Miss Catherine Ford of the National Museum was elected secretary-treasurer. KALININ’S BROTHER DIES RIGA, Latvia, March 21 (#).—Paul Kalinin, brother of the President of the Soviet Union, is dead here. : He worked here as a janitor rather shan hold some goverrmental sinecure in Russia, said the Exchange Telegraph announcement of his death. “Authorities at the hospital where he died sent a telegram to President Kalinin,” the announcement said, “but it has been ignored.” DEALER SUES BANK Sam Freeman, trading as the Rain- bow Meat Market, 520 Florida avenue, aaes from' the North, Canitol Seviags s from the Noi a) Bank for alleged dishonor of nhemm He charges that the bank declined to pay_two checks totaling $509.85 when he had funds on deposit sufficient to me;c Athem 5'2';1”'":3' J. W. Heilman and A. M. wartz appear Piaintir, for the Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been {o the Heath Department in the e Phebe W. Sawtelle, 79, Alen B Brimmett, 1. 108 Sth' st. i, Phillip Scheid, . 439 12th st. n.e. Liltie b, Pors. o, 1308 Earkivosd st piilian N. Remey, 63, St. Elizabeth's Hos- Luctle 7. Betts, [arga; W 59, Mary A. Jenkins. 54, Fr Serio. 46, 1406 1st st. n. Edna J. Myers, 46. Columbia Hq Edmund Lingeback. 44, Sibley Maurice Jarboe. 40, R SoE Ny A s Maria own, %. Home for Aged and sistens, Mrs. o Bal for and Lady Bafet of England. u‘thm h’:}e auumm 1855, the son e enry May, for ma; s P S e e . May en! 3 glub and municipal aTArs. g - N nfirm. ‘Georgla_Goodall. 51, Gallinger Hospital. 9-|m§'n? e San, O S eee Hon. Atbrie Brown, 39, Gallinger Hospi Archie Hawkins, 35. 121 st. L, 31, e S e e e i ta