Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1931, Page 17

THRD MYSTEROLS | ATTACK ON GRL | PROBED BY POLICE Mildred Jackson, 17, in Near- Collapse After Strange Knife Assault. TWO WARNING NOTES ARE SHOWN BY VICTIM Weapon Found Beside Young ‘Woman in Faint Had Been Taken From Grandmother's Kitchen. Mildred Jackson, 17-year-old secre- tarial school student, was. in & state of near-collapse in her home at 3701 Mas- sachusetts avenue today, following what she described as & mysterious attack by « middle-Aged. .man armed with a butcher knife. The assault, which occurred ln‘.l night, was the third made on the girl by the same man since last Spring, she told fourteenth precinct police. It was| by two notes of warning, in pencil on the backs of velopes, she declared. Miss Jackson, according to the story | Attacked ] MILDRED JACKSON. FOUR-HORSE COAC SPARADE FEATIRE = Ancient Vehicle to Carry Princesses of Halloween Saturday Night. An ancient stage coach, 150 years old. drawn by four horses and carrying “Princesses of Halloween,” will “I'be one of the features of the Halloween down over his eyes, she recog- man who had pre- . He was badly in she added. & bullding, heard her grand- Gaughter’s cries and ran to the apart- ment. She found the girl lying in.the | doorway, the butcher knife nearby. The knife, according to Mrs. Smith, had :been tsken from her kitchen.| the theory the man! the epartment when Miss | for & few minutes to go to | or elsewhere on the same ! | irst Note Monday. | The' fo5t of the threatening notes | v Employes of tment house said they saw box on remove the a) Miss Jackson go to her mail the first floor of the building, Crumj in lared, was B tol- | The second nole, found In the uul ¢ save it T get | 3 unsigned. | occurred while bed in her previdus home in the block of Woodley road. Accosted Twice Before. The man grasped her wrist, she said, | but she brcke loose and ran downstairs for help. Police, called by other occu- pants of the apartment house, were unable to find any trace of her assall- , however. ““fi.:a ‘weeks later, Miss Jackson said, « the man accosted her on the street, but | she fled, running all the way home. Until last night, she declared, she had not seen the man since last Spring. Miss Jackson was graduated Irom ‘Western High School, last June and has since been attending the Washington School for Secretaries. Her mother is in Cleveland. Both the girl and her grandmother were in & highly nervous condition to- day and denied themselves to all callers, even refusing to answer their telephone. WOODWARD OFFICE BUILDING IS SOLD | Meirs of Original Owners Acquire, Structure at Public Auction. The Woodward Building, 11-story of- | fice sructure on the southeast corner of Fifteenth and H streets, was bought in | at public auction yesterday afternoon | by Donald Woodward, representing the | heirs of 8. W. Woodward, its original owner. Mr. Woodward, president of the de- | nt store of Woodward & Lo- throp, submitted a bid of $250,000, sub- jeet to outstanding obligations totaling | $2.143,16151, bringing the total con-| sideration to $2,393.161.51 | A large crowd attended the sale, | which was conducted by Vernon G. Owen of the firm of Thomas J. Owen | & Son. i The winning bid of $250.000 for the | property was subject to & first trust of $2,000,000, interest amounting to $77.- | 483.01 and taxes of $65,698.50. | The current assessed valuation on | the property, for land and building, amounts to $2,699,989. The auction is | the largest here since the sale three | } years ago of the Washington Buflding. | Francls H. Duehay, Inc. was the vecent owner of the property. The original building was erected by Mr.| Woodward in 1911 and an 1l-story addition on-the H street side of the property was erected by the Duehay Corporation in 1929. _The structure :nnuu 430 rooms and the .dgt:ul rty has & frontage of 185 on street and of 131 feet on th street. MEMORIAL TO BE STUDIED 'Women to Discuss Plan for Jeffer- son Monument. mxm%mmu-mn to Thomas Jefferson will be discussed parade Saturday night, as an entry by , | the Society of Natives. Last seen in a parade in Baltimore and at the PFair of the Iron Horse of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Hale- thorpe, Md., this antiquated vehic with high-topped seats, carried travelers of early days between Benning and what was then the City of Washington. ‘The exact age of stage coach an- tedates the Civil War by many years, however, and a veteran maker who inspected it in the stable of Wise Brothers in Georgetown yesterday ex- pressed the opinion it 150 years old. It is the Victor J. Evans estate and years has been Winkle existence on and hilly acres of that estate, called Accli- mation Park, near Ridge and Foxall roads and Cathedral avenue. Loaned by Evans Estate. It was Joaned to the Natives for the city-organized celebration through the courtesy of Arthur L. Evans and his co-executor of the estate. Mrs. Evans. An expert driver and a team of four horses, volunteered for the celebration by the Chevy Chase Dairy, will fur- nizh the motive power for it in the cele- bration. It will be decorated by a committee Te) ting_the Society of Natives, of Mrs. Watson V. Shelton is chair- man. Mrs. | patient have a gayly-deco- in the Soclety of Natives' section. A float designed after the fashion of a room in an old Colonial home, and occupled by characters representing George Washington and his ocabinet. will feature the entry of the Associa tion of Oldest Inhabitants. The role of President Washington will be taken by George B. Jackson. Others who will ride on the float in clude Frank B. Kelly as Attorney General Randolph; Capt. Edward O'Connor, as Secretary of State Jet- | ferson; Frank W. Dowling, as Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton; Artemas C. Harmon, as Secretary of War Knox, and Samuel Altman, as Postmaster General Osgood. The committee in charge of the work, in addition to the participants, includes James F. Duhamel, chairman; Percy B. lsrael, J. Eliot Wright and B. F. McCauley. The background and settings are being arringed by Mr. Jackson. MOONEY PROMINENT IN MASONIC CIRCLES. W. E. MOONEY. W. E. Mooney, 62, prominent builder jand contractor and long associated |with fraternal and church activities here, died early this morning after a long iliness at his home, 5844 Firsi street southwest. Born in Charlottesville, Va, Mr Mooney came here 35 years ago to go into business. He bécame & member of the Amity Lodge of the Odd Fellows, La Fayette Lodge of the P. A. A. M the Wi Round Table and the Shriners. He also was a vice president of Master Builders' Association, treasurer of the Organizad Bihle Class, & member of the board of the American Temperance Life Insurance Co. and chairman of the board of deacons and trustees of the Pifth Baptist Church. Surviving are his wicow, one daugh- ter, Mrs. Grace Mooney Richards, both of this eity: a brother. Perley Mooney and two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Bailey and Mrs. Nela Evans. all of Charlottesville. day at 1:30 u.“'.&‘m -’.‘;‘L at 1:30 pam. Church. wn prcbably is about propert; th -~ Che WASHINGTON, IHOSPITAL STAFF GETS NEW ORDERS | ON TRANGFERRING Emergency Aides Are Told to Use Every Precaution in Moving Patients. MUST TELL RELATIVES WHY CHANGE IS NEEDED Dootors Told to Make All Prepara- tions for Receiving of Ill Elsewhere. The staff of been instructed by tors to use ency Hospital has board of direc- | every precaution in trans- ferring patients to other hospitals who cannot be . properly cared for at ney. ‘The directors issued definite instruc- | to the hospital staff, it was| learned y, that in every case in which it becomes necessary to transfer | a patient from the hospital after ren- | first aid, every precaution be | taken to insure that such transfer will | not endanger the favorable outeome of | the case or cause unnecessary suffering. Relatives and friends accompanying the patient are to be advised just why the transfer is necessary. Must Make Arrangements. Instructions were also issued, accord- ing to B. Brent Sandidge, superintende mt:e of Emergency Hospital, that defl- ni ception of the patient in the insti. tution to which he is to be transferred before such transfer takes place. On account of the large number of emergency cases brought to the hos- ipital it has been found impossible for | that insfitution to undertake to hos. pitalize all cases which come to its emergency department. Emergency steps, taken by Hospital, have met with full approval of the District of Columbia Hospital | Association, of which the president is tson W. Eldridge of St. Eliza- beth's Hospital. Dr. Eldridge com- mended highly the principles laid down e T always e policy of the board of directors of Emergency Hos- pital that emergency service should be rendered 24 hours a day, it was ex- plained, and the rapid growth of the city h: developed a demand which has grown to such proportions that dur- ing the past fiscal year there were treat- | ed in the emergency department alone 14,363 persons, or about 40 daily, and the number of ambulance calls amount- ed to 5.821, or about 16 daily. ‘The board of directors have insisted that of these patients be given proper first-ald and shall be transferred only after every J;reuuucn has been taken, ey will suffer no harm. Surgery Predominates. ftnter part of work done in the per, it was explained b; tions 1 i 1 | hospit ‘The tal Mr. San cases nor obstetrical patients only a very limited number of two four-bed re- | to avoid the admission of con- | tagious disease in order that these rooms | | be not placed under quarantine. { The necessity of having these rooms ' available, it was recalled, can be well vnderstood, for instance, in the case of | the Knickerbocker disaster, when the first 65 patients were brought to Emer- gency Hospital. During a food poison- ing of excursionists on the Potomac in the Summer of 1928, it was recalled, about 40 acutely ill patients were rushed to the hospital, and more re- cently, when the.old Federal Trade Commissica Building burned and | score of firemen were injured and over to the These particular cases were cited by Mr. Sandidge, to show how necessary j it is for this hospital to reserve a reas- | onable amount of space and beds to be {able to meet such emergencies when- ever the occasion arises. During the last fiscal year the hos- |pital cared for 2,924 public ward pa- tents, of whom 1091 were accepted !rh.rm of the Board of Public Wel- | fare, from which board the hospital re- ceived $2 per day as agairst a per day jcost of $7.76. This high cost, Mr. Sandidge said, was explainable when there is taken into consideration the | fact that many cases require expensive | serums. drugs, orthopedic and surgical appliances, some cases creating bills as high as $400 and $500 for two or three | weeks' hospitalization. For instance, it | | was recalled a colored woman was ad- | ! mitted with a tetanus infection and re- mained 15 days under treatment. She | was admitted as a Board of Public Wel- |fare beneficiary ana the hospital re- ceived $2 a day, or a total of $30, from e Board &f Public Welfare for her ization, whereas the cost to the for her care was $439.50. maximum amount of satisfac- tion to the public and of assistance to the hospitals would b> secured,” said | Mr. Sandidge, “if the individual wher- | ever possible, would secure the advice of a physician prior to applying to any hosr#al for admission. ————— |CENTRAL LABOR UNION FAVORS TAXI METERS | Fair Wages and Restricted Hours | for Drivers Advocated—Ren- tal System Scored. | The Central Labor Union yesterday filed with the Public Utilities Commis- sion a brief n favor of a return to the | meter system of taxicab rates. ! The brief also demanded fair wages for ; (the taxi drivers and restricted hours, ;O‘hnlmflflvul"'fllnmb!w acd mion strongly condemned the rental system of taxi operation, saying | the cabs operated under such systems are sold to the drivers “under terms so manifestly unfair as to permit unscru- pulous concerns to exact such condi- ticns that practically enslave chauf- feurs ‘the time they are attempt- ing to pay for ownership of their cabs. The commission has before it a mass "~ | termined that this is the historical Key i bought to set off the Key Bridge, which | was taken to Emergency. WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, THURSDAY, U. S. Gets Old Key Home RESTORATION @F FAMOUS OLD BUILDING SOUGHT. Upper: The famous old home of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner,” at 3516-18-20 M street, is shown in its original state. Lower: The Key residence with a remodeled business front, which, it is expected, will be removed and the building restored to its original state as a part of the plans for beautifying approaches to Francis Scott Key Bridge. —Star Staff Photos. HE famous old residence in|remodeled some years ago for business Georgetown long occupied by | purposes. It houses a hardware store Francis Ecoit Key, author of |and an antique shop is located in the “The Star Spangled Banner,” | former law offices of the author of “The has just been purchased: by the | Star Spangled Banner.” Mr. Key, who National Capital Park and Planning | was an outstanding attorney in Wash- Commission. ington, had his law offices in & small Lieut. Col. U. 8 Grant, 3d, vice|structure on the west side of the resi- president and executive officer of the | dence. D, made the announcement| The National Capital Park and Plan- advised that the: - ' It was & colonial structure, rather at- tractive, with a Colonial doorway and fan light and hand carved window sills. These features were. withdrawn when hat the | the front was remodeled. ‘The commission is informed ti ed to Francis Scott Key it he dequired title to residence, but it is problematical if the Federal Government will expend funds for its restoration, as a national relic. Col. Grant is hopeful that some pa- triotic organization, such Ilh'.he D.lnA. | house was ass in 1809 and it in 1830. torn down, to make it stand out more prominently. Col. Grant announced today that he would | yook -ominen! approve the recommendation. historical aspects' of the residence for Negotiation for purchase of the his- | the commission. torlc residence was completed by H.| Col. Grant is hopeful that a patriotic Tudor Morsell, the commission’s land- | group will come forward at an early purchasing officer. The property was .date and offer to restore the structure |as a national relic, as the Government: !lack funds, at present, for thus honor- |ing the author of its National anthem. Capt.. Chisholm, who has been down in the cellar and subcellar of the old residence, sald today that the original | timbers are still in good condition. INDUSTRIAL SHOW ATTENDANCE 18,000 spans the Potomac River, and to keep industrialism away from that section. The Key residence area probably will be linked up with the George Washing- ton Memorial Parkway. ‘The front of the Key residence was SIX PERSONS HURT IN AUTO MISHAPS OCTOBER 29, bening Sfar 1931 SIEGAL ON STAND | | | DENIES ATTEMPT T0 BRIBE JAIL GUARD Testifies in Own Defense and Intimates He Was Trapped. SAYS COMMITMENT CARD SHOWN HIM BY EXPEHTi Failed to Find Record of Damiani's | Arrest on Conviction Here, He Tells Jury. Intimating he had been entrapped, Abner Siegal, Washington lawyer, took | the witness stand at his District Su- | preme Court trial today and denied he | ofle:;d & $250 bribe to a District Jail Cuard. Abandoning the shouting tactics he “:ad employed in examining cther wit- “esses, Siegal became a suave, mild- annered individual when he began to znfold his story to the jury. Under questioning by his assoclate counsel, E. Russel Kelly, the defendant testified he had no intention of doin; ;my?.hh"g dishonest to cbtain the free- | dom of his client., Vincenz Damiani, under indictment in Pennsylvania for alleged participation in two murders. He declared he did not seek to bribe Harry Dean, fingerprint clerk and guard at the jail, to insert a spurious commitment card in the jail records, to establish an alibi for Damiani. Says He Saw Card. Explaining he was arrested March 31, last, Siegal said he was shown the | allegedly spurious commitment card, by Dean March 15. He said he told Dean the card contained no court case number or commitment cause. “I told Dean,” testified, “a 6-year-old child could see this was a ‘phony’ and a ‘fake.’ had enough experience to know no court and jury could be fooled by such a paper. around to me and said he had a wife and six children, and asked me not to say lmhlnf; about the whole affair for a couple of days.” tain confirmation of ‘reports that Dam- jani was in the District Jail at the time the double murder was comunitted. It was for this reason, Siegal said, that he inspected the Police Court dock- 16, in an effort to learn definitely whether Damiani ever had been arrest- ed or convicted in Washington. He said he cx’coukl find nothing to substantiate such reports. Salsberg Not Retained. The laywer-defendant testified he was to have received $3,000 to represent Damiani, while Abram ‘Wilkes-Barre, Pa., attorney, :mf? of $12,000. He said they believed tha had such a good case, however, Salsberg was told his services would x’xlmtm\w needed, in (;rder that Siegal ? obtain a bigger fee. in the court room for the diet not guilty. TUCKER PRESIDENT OF VIRGINIA SOCIETY Representative Elected to Succeed Bettle—Lewis First Vice President. ‘Representative ‘Tucker was elected Society of Virginia t in the Willard ceeds T. S. Settle. Other officers chosen were: FPielding M. Lewis, first vice t; Repre- sentative Patrick Henry Drewry, second Mrs. ‘Hilda Neister Wiggen, secretary. Man, 72, and Boy, 13, AmonglFigure Sets New Daily Rec-|smin ord; Inventor to Be Guest Tonight. Victims of Traffic Acci- dents Here. Six , among them a 72-year- | Approximately 18,000 persons visited old man and a 13-year-old boy, Wwere | the Washi Auditorium_yesterday injured in tarfic accidenis yesterday | and last night to set a new higl Kk and early today. for daily attendance at the seventh an- The elderly mishap victim, Harry | nual Industrial Exposition cf the Wash- Ashion, 1725 %venm&m u’"e“ig sa; | i’m Chamber of Commerce. The ex- in traffic accidents yesterday | sponsors were hosts last night :‘:"L"finmm and R streets, near his | to industrial leaders 3 ny | _ C. Prancis Jenkins, Washington in- | ventor of television, one cf the out- standing exhibits at the exposition, will to Emergency Hospital, where he was | be the guest of the chamber tonight, found to be suffering from a broken Which has been designated arm, a fractured pelvis and a severe | Television Night” in his honor. nose injury. “mmm.vmmw: aln accepted an mm.‘. Hurt In Colliston. | torium, provided h“x:“&';a?ho':‘ m.k-“d - The boy. Edward Hannum, 13, of 300 ' ened through long iliness, will permit. Pirst street southeast, was hurt early | The miniature theater at the exposi- today in a collisicn between a milk | tion in which the first truck driven by Howard D. Wildman, | stration in Washington of projected 1829 First street. and a taxicab oper- | television pictures is being undertaken, ated by Sidney P. Heselton, 28 Seaton | was again the center of attraction at the show last night. | people waited in line for the of the evening program at 9 o'clock. Several models built by Mr. Jenkins Quring the experimental stages of his development of television are being dis- |played in the “inventions exhibit” at | the Auditorium, in which are shown creations of various Washington ~in- ventors. The exhibit, arranged with the [Somieption ot the Smithsonian Insti- | and the War Department, in- Sustains Broken Leg. cludes the prototype of the mu.:; M"}. Adolphus Reid, 44, colored, 1218 ture project now in universal use in Thirty-sixth street, was bit at Sixteenth | movie houses, which Jenkins is cred- and Decatur streets last night by a ma- | jted with inventing in 1890, chine operated by Prank T. Whitty, 35,| The coal division of of Silver Spring, Md. He, too, was|and Manuf: F A S the taken to Emergency where he was found | Anthracite Institute, as well as other to be suffering from a broken leg and |coal merchants exhibiting at the ex- an eye injury. position, plan to give away several tons Knocked down by an automobile at of coal as prizes in a unique contest Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania ave- | running all this week. The awards will nue southeast last night, George H. Bo- be made Saturday night. Jey. 54, of 1318 Potomac avenue south- gk e east, escaped with a slight head cut. He ¥ 3 v-_x;_;mu;l at c‘:uua‘nz‘crtlxut 2 Spanish Doctor Retires. e o8 Soutn | BARCELONA, Spain, October 29 (). liam McDuffie, 29, colored, 408 South _ P TS - T oggh fessor of infantile at the uni- versity here, was credited with reduc- Capitol street, who was struck by a car atmbmm, He was treated at Tslghal. |ing infant mortality in Spain, retired mammmthm[m«m. 5 United States in recent years was made | He is well known among the medical ‘Tecently. of the United States, home. A taxicab driver, Clyde C. Bowers, 22, of 1971 Biltmore street, took Ashion lace. P The youngster was taken to Emer- gency Hospital, where ne was treated for an injury to his' back Argel Boggs, 22, of 1328 V street, re- ceived a broken leg and a hip injury last night in s collision between his bicycle and a car driven by Vincent J. Reilly, 238 First street southeast. Boggs. a Postal Telegraph Co. messenger, also public demon- - The first social function of the so- clety for the coming season will be a reception in December for the Virginia members of Congress, it was announced. Arm in Sling FALL FROM HORSE BREAKS WRIST BONE. T also said T had |, ets and headquarters records on March | ¢ ROBERT BRIFFAULT. —Star Staff Photo. MALE DOMINATION HIT BY SCAENTIST = obert Briffault Says Mrs. Caveman Accepted Respon- sibility for Family. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Basing his conclusions on studies of life among mammals and among primi- les the world over, Dr. Brif- ive peop! fault denies the of an ol and their e Eii}si H i g £ £y Es wEES3E £ of 555 h [ H yg aig ] H i g i i In primitive Society, Dr. Birflault points o:: ]:ba'e is always EBEHESRR :55:55553 5457 . T Egsiégg PAGE B—1 LIGENSING UNDER SIEN REGULATIONS T0 BEGIN AT ONGE Writs Bearing Identification Numbers to Be Issued Those in Sign Trade. FOOT SQUARE OR LESS PRODUCTS UNAFFECTED Permits Required for Stores, Busi- ness Men and Property Owners, The new sign regulations having be- come effective upon thelr adoption Tuesday by the District Commissioners, although non-enforcable for another vember 1, it was belleved to be desir~ able to require the licensing of all such individuals or firms engaged in the sign business as soon as possible. These licenses, each bearing identificaf number, will be - — § | i B : i g i i § 3 e £ i i e o I § i 4l ¥ ¥ §28s i i £ i i i A | C3 1 T i g 53k i : ; l 1 i i I 1 L gF i 8 § : if ? § | E % | i Meeting, Pree Lance Club, 1106 Con-~ ecticut avenue, 8 p.m. Meeting, Line Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Phoenix Lodge Hall, Benning, Md., 8:30 FUTURE. , Council of Social Agencies, - Epeaiichs 8 E 3 § B ¢ E f ? g ¥ i ! r gr i & l i saf H 5 ! ] } ki