Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1931, Page 16

FEDERATION PICKS OFFICERS TONIGHT ATD.C.BUILDING Clayton and Havenner in Race for Presidency of Association. INCUMBENTS’ RETURN URGED BY SUPPORTERS Work of Organization Can Best Be Done by 0ld Leaders, Cam- paign Plea Says. The race for presidency of the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations, which will hold annual elections tonight at a meeting at the District Building board room, moved into its final stages to- day with an appeal to the delegates from Sidney Roche, delegate from the Connecticut Avenue _Assoriation, for votes for William McK. Clayton. Mr. Clayton is running against 0r. George C. Haven who has bewo president for the last three consecutive terms. Yesterday, E. S. Hege of Chevy Chase sounded a call for votes for Havenner. Mr. Roche's slate includes George E. Sullivan for vice president and David Babp for secretary. Dr. Havenner's slate includes H. C. Phillips for sec- retary. H. E. Young is also running for vice president. Federation Aim Cited. “The federation,” Mr. Roche's letter states, “is designed for but one thing, and that only, as so well stated in its constitution: ““The object of this federation is to obtain the expression of the gen- eral public sentiment upon matters { of special interest to all the citizens of the District and to secure and make effective_their united action.’ “Dr. Havenner, president, has been asked, as a tribute to his zeal and in- dustry in acting as our president for the three years past, again to occupy the president’s chair, and that this courtesy has been extended to him is a cause of mutual rejolcing; but we have work to do—and Dr. Havenner also has work to do—and therefore we bespeak your votes for the following gentlemen, one of whom (Mr. Clayton) was engaged in civic work more than 10 years grior to the organization of the federaticn, and who has been in addi- tion to being a charter member since 1910 one of its most active workers and i NAVY ANNOUNCES FREE THE EVEN] 00 RONSIES” | OUE N CAPTAL THS AFTERNDON Famous Fighting Craft Will Be Ready to Receive Vis- itors Tomorrow. ADMISSION TO VESSEL! | Sea Scouts, Aboard Argo, Will Form Guerd of Honor on Arrival Here. “'Old Ironsides,” the frigate Constitu- tion, more than a century old and the victor of many sea battles, will put into the Washington Navy Yard this after- noon and receive visitors tomorrow. This announcement was made this morning by the Navy Department, fol- lowing a conference with Lieut. Comdr. Lucien B. Green, 2nd, aide to Rear Ad- miral Henry V. Butler, U. S. N., mandant of the Wasaington N Under the command of Comdr. J. Gulliver, U. S. N., the Constitution, in tow of ‘the mine sweeper U. S. S.| Grebe, was scheduled to leave Quantico, Va., about 11 o'clock and arrive at the Washington Navy Yard about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Admission Will Be Free, ‘Tomorrow and until further notice, the Constitution will be open to visitors daily from 10 to 4:30 o'clock. There will be no admission charge, the Navy Department making this specific an- nouncement because in other ports a “racket” has been worked whereby tickets, purporting to give admission to the Constitution have been sold fraudu- lently. Capt. Verner Smythe, leader of the Sea Scouts here, arranged to shove off from the Sea Scout base at Ninth ana Water streets southwest about 1:30 this afternoon, to push down the Poto- mac River to greet the Constitution aboard the old Naval Academy training yacht, Argo, which is the Scouts’ vessel. About 35 of the 100 Sea Scouts were expected to make this trip. The Argo will form a guard of honor for the Constitution, as she comes up the River to the Washington Navy Yard. Ships May Remain Here. ‘The Constitution anchored off Quan- tico yesterday afternoon, to give the Marines there an opportunity to see the famous fighting craft. She left An- will make an excellent officer. “Mr. Sullivan, like Mr. Clayton, en- Joys the love and respect of all of us, and Mr. Babp, who has served the federation well and acceptably, also merits our highest regard and ap- preciation.” The federation will elect a presi- president, secretary and treasurer. A. H. Gregory is unopposed for treasurer. In addition to the offi- cers, the election will elect 12 mem- bers of the new Executive Committee and Advisory Council. THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow; lowest tonight about 35 degrees; increasing southerly winds. Maryland—Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow; increasing southerly winds, becoming moderate to fresh. Virginia—Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer; moderate northeast winds, becoming southerly tomorrow. West Virginla—Fair and warmer to- night and tomorrow. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Inches. 30. dent, vice 4 pm. 8 pm. ... Midnight 4 am. . 8 am. Noon . Highest . Lowest .... 30 7 am. Year ago. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. ToToro! 6:14 The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, tosay.... 6:4lam. Sun. tomotrow. 6:42aT. Moon, today 3:45am. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Cap- ital (current month to date): Month. 1931. Average. January . 156 355 February March . d. '82 ‘84 September October November Stations. Bismarck, N. T Ma ¥ Pt.cloudy . Cloudy . Clear * Clear ! Cloudy Clear Clear ! Cloudy Clear Pt.cloudy Clear Ohio. 30 32 S C. 3044 Colo.. 30.10 Mich'.. 303 Tex. . 3012 n. Tex 3026 Helena, Mont... 29.80 Huron.” S. Dak’ 20.92 Indiaapolis Ind 028 Galves Clear . Cloudy Pt.cloudy '|CONTRACT AWARDED napolis, Md., Thugsday evening and was taken into the Potomac River and up to Quantico. “The ?uextion of whether or not the cruise of the Constitution will be ex- tended beyond Washington has not been | decided definitely,” the Navy Depart- ment said in a statement today. Unless funds are forthcoming, the Constitution will be laid up here indefinitely, with a reduced crew of about 25 aboard. The vessel now carries a crew of nearly 80, 65 naval enlisted men and 15 Marines, as well as 7 officers. ‘The Constitution was laid up for a long time at the Boston (Mass.) Navy Yard, until she was restored. through | the assistance of the pennies of the Na- tion’s school children. BEAN IS FOUND CAUSE IN GiRL’S STRANGLING| Autopsy Reveals Impediment in Throat of Child Who Died While Rushed to Aid. A ‘“navy bean” caused the death of Doris Jean Clark, 15 months _old, Deputy Coroner A. Magruder MacDon- ald announced today. MacDonald, who performed an autopsy on the baby's body last night, said the bean had lodged in her throat, causing strangulation. The child was playing on the kitchen floor of her home at 2024 Higdon road northeast yesterday, when her mother, Mrs. Mabel Clark, saw her “put some- thing in her mouth.” Mrs. Clark's screams attracted the attention of neighbors, who rushed the girl to_Sibley Hospital in an automo- bile. The 3-mile race against death was futile. Doris Jean was dead when she reached the hospital. Mrs. Clark 1§ the ‘mother of two other children—Thomas Eugene, 4, and a 2-week-pld boy, as yet unnamed. Her husband. Samuel Clark, a Marine, is stationed in“Cuba. FOR SCHOOL ADDITION| Local Man Gets Hine Junior Job. Police Private's Pay Raised $5 Monthly for Work. The District Commissioners yester- day awarded to Frank L. Wagner, Inc., a local contractor, a_contract for tho construction of an'addition to the Hine Junior High School, consisting of a gymnasium and three class rooms, for $60,899. A contract for the construction of the Fifteenth street replacement sewer, be- tween Constitution avenue and E street. was let to Corson & Gruman for $3,906.35. The Commissioners approved a $5 monthly increase in pay for Pvt. M. W. Hanger, eleventh precinct, for his work in connection with the arrest of Joseph H. McGuire and Robert L. Ponton, who are sald to have admitted that they broke into the post office at Port To- bacco, Md. The Commissioners refused a pension to the widow of William N. Still, a for- mer District policeman who committed suicide. The decision was based on a | ruling of the Court of Appeals that the | widow of a policeman who ends his own life is not entitled to the benefits of the pension laws. l PUBLISHER FLYING HERE | Bernarr Macfadden Coming to 0334 Cloudy .. Clear . Clear Clear . Clear ; Clear 001 Cloudy ear 098 Rain Cl Cl Pt.cloudy . Cloudy . Ci Clear Pt cloudy 36 Cloudy 0.03 Cloudy Clear Cloudy . Greenwich time, today Te ) mperature. Weather. 47 Rain Cloudy Part cloudy Forey ¢ Gi e, togars o .. Gre me, today. Fays1). Azores... Fart cloudy Morta (PAYE irent observations.) Bermuda o Capital in Own Plane. Bernarr Macfadden, 62-year-old pub- lisher, said to be the oldest man suc- cessfully to pass the Department of Commerce examinations for pilot's li- cense, is expected to arrive at Washing- ton-Hoover Airport this afternoon on a business trip in his speed plane, said to be capable of 230 miles per hour. FRIENDS’ FOF.!UM TO MEET Frederick J. Libby Will Speak on Arms Parley November 15. ‘The first seasonal meeting of the Priends’ Forum will be held in the Friends’ Meeting House, 1811 I street, Sunday night, November 15, with an ad- dress by Frederick J. Libby, executive secretery of the National Council for the Prevention of War. Mr. Libby will discuss “America and the Disarmament Conference.” The forum, under the chairmanship of Dr. Daniel N. Shoemaker, will meet on alternate Sunday nighta, | ELDERLY MAN PERISHES | Intimate Photographs of Premier Laval’s Recent Conferences Here NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1931 CAMERA LIFTS CURTAIN ON FRENCH PREMIER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT HOOVER AND OTHERS. | | i | | | Relations Committee, after the state dini s s | vania, Senator Borah, Premier Laval and J. Theodore Marriner of the State Department. Great-Grandson Is Named by: Union Group Camp at J' Temple Meeting. John R. Wells last night was in-| stalled as commander of William B Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Union | Veterans, at a meeting in Pythian Tem- | le. P!, Wells is the first great-grandson of a Union Army veteran to serve as a commander of & camp of the Depart ment of Maryland, Sons of Union Vet- erans of the Civil War. His great- grandfather, Richard Wells, was a mem- ber of Company D, 119th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Other officers installed at the meet- ing were as follows: William _J. Knight, senior vice com- | mander; Eugene Gurney, junior vice| commander; Past_Comdr. William B.| Wells, secretary; Past Comdr. John F. Hauck, treasurer, and Past Senior Vice Commander in Chief Charles F. Davis, chaplain. Patriotic instructor, Past Department | Comdr. Herbert W. Rutledge; color | guard, Percy Parker; guide, Past Comdr. George L. Myers: inside guard, Past Department Comdr. J. Clinton Hiatt; | outside guard, J. N. Knappen; camp council, Past Comdr. John H. Beck-| with, George L. Myers and J. N. Knap- pen: representative to Soldiers and | Sailors’ Temporary Home, Lieut. Roscoe | L. Oatley:. representative to Grand | Army of the Republic Relief Commit: tee, Past Comdr. John L. Bateman:| delegates to the National Death Benefit Association, Past Department Comdr. Frank A. Degroot and Past Comdr.| James S. Jones. | Officers of William B. Cushing. Camp Auxiliary No. 5 also were installed at the meeting. They are as follows. Mrs. Percy Parker, president; "H. Beckwith, vicc president; Mrs. | Anna J. Kirley, chaplain: Mrs. Sadi P. Woitz, guide; Mrs. Denbroder, as- sistant guide; Mrs. Mabel D. Gates, | treasurer; John H. Beckwith, councilor; | Miss A. Wallace, press correspondent, | and Mrs. Mary L. DiPetta, planist. | A number of the Grand Army of the | Republic veterans were present at the | Mrs. i meeting. | OF AUTO INJURIES | | Casius Blacklidge, 77, Is Victim. | Driver of Car in Accident I Held. | Injuries which he received almost two weeks 8go in an automobile accident caused the death yesterday of Casius Blacklidge, 77, of 1106 Seventh street| northeast. Lewis Salatto, 31, of 331 Eighth street northeast, driver of the car in the accident, is being, held by police of the ninth precinct pending an inquest. According to police records, Black- lidge was struck by Salatto’s car as he | was crossing the street near the inter- | section of Eighth and H streets north- east on October. 26. He was taken to his home by Salatto and treated for contusions and possible fracture of the hip. Later, when his condition became | Labor will not be received at the Wash- T the matters Upper of world-wide right: Premier Laval HIS remarkable group of photographs, recording intimately the historic moments of Premier Laval's recent Visit, & was taken by Dr. Erich Salomon, noted German photographer, who was given the unusual privilege at the request | of the French premier, whom he accompanied to this country. Upper left: President Hoover and Premier Laval conferring in the President’s study at the White House on importance which brought the French statesman to this country. (with back to camera) talking with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Under- secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills after the state dinner at the White House. Center left: The celebrated conference between Premier Laval and Senator Borah, chairman of the Senate Foreign ner at the home of Secretary Stimson. Left to right: Senator Reed of Pennsyl- Center right: Premier Laval (left) and Secretary Stimson at luncheon on the train from New York to Washington. Lower left: Premier Laval and other guests at the luncheon given in his honor at the French embassy. Lower right: Discussing affairs of state on the train from New York to Washington. Ambassador from France; Secretary Stimson, Premier Laval and a member of the premier's —All photos copyright by Dr. Erich Salomon, Left to right: Paul Claudel, party. from Wide World Photos. STEWARD BACKED BY 1.5, EMPLOYES Letters to Federation Head Prior to Referendum Ask Actionon A. F. L. While returns on the referendum sub- mitted by the National Federation of Federal Employes to its 408 locals_on the question of withdrawing from affli- ation with the American Federation of ington headquarters for some time, daily indications of the feeling of the mem- pership of nearly 60,000 are being re- ceived. Prior to the announcement that the | referendum was to be taken, while the | Executive Council was still considering | the question of what action should be | taken because of the American Federa- | tion of Labors repudiation of the per- sonnel classification principle, Luther C. Steward, president of the employes’ fed- eration, 'was in receipt daily of numer- ous and insistent demands that some action be taken. Within the last few days these voluntary suggestions from the membership have continued to ar- rive in increasing volume. “So that proposal to break away from the not always dependable support of the Americar Federation of Labor is sprouting from the ground up,” ex-| plained Mr. Steward today. “It is not | engineered by officfals of the federation, | but it is their action in obedience to | Co. the insistent demands of the members.” In pointing out why the returns on the referendum will not be in for sev- eral weeks at least, Mr. Steward said that the locals to whom the referendum was addressed are located as far west as Manila, as far east as Paris, as far north as Anchorage, Alaska, and as far south as the Canal Zone. MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN BASEMENT OF HOME Wife, Who Made Discovery, Tells Police He Was Working in Cellar When She Retired. Willlam S. Potter was found dJead early today in the basement of his home at 1912 Newton swreet northeast. The discovery was made by his wife, who told police he was working in the cel- lar when she retired lasy night. Mrs. Potter summoned Dr. Robert R. Hottel, 1222 Monroe street northcas:, who, after pron.uncing her husband dead, notified Coroner Joseph D). T s. ter suffered a severe chest injurv in an automob:le accident about ‘wo years ago, according to his wife, who DISCUSSES REVOLUTION C. U. Professor Describes Spanish Conditions to Local Professors. Spain’s recent revolution, in which King Alfonso lost his throne, was de- and endless” Moroccan wars, which e hausted the patience of the Spanish people, by Dr. Angel Cabrillo Vasquez, Catholic University instructor, in an | address at the November meeting of the Association of Professors of Spanish ‘Thursday. Prof. Vazquez was reporting to the association on his visit during the past Summer to his native Spain. He de- clared he found his country ‘“remark- ably tranquil and undisturbed” despite the revolution. The meeting, held at George Washington _University, was presided over by Dr. David Rubio, also of Catholic University. CHILLUM CITIZENS FIGHT GAS TANKS Detriment to Beauty and Il Odors Cited in Reso- lution. ‘The proposed erection of gas storage tanks by the Washington Gas Light at Riggs road and Third street northeast was unanimously condemned last night in a resolution adopted by the Chillum Heights Citizens’ Asso- clation. The largest assemblage of the asso- clation for the past 10 years gathered in the Joseph R. Keene School, Rock Creek Church road and Riggs road northeast to protest against the erec- tion of the tanks in that section. Tanks Condemned. E. W. Dickson, who introduced the resolution, pointed out the detriment which would be caused by their erec- tion. Odors of the illuminating gas would also ruin the ride along the Forts Drive, which is now being plan- ned by the Park and Planning Com- n;i.l‘e!gonéaltluwalsn stated. The heighth of the tanks will be xima 01 Xeeti‘ it was said. s sl Thomas W. Joy was re-elected presi- dent of the association for his vthlrd consecutive term. Clime Is Secretary. Other officers elected were Arthur W. | Clime, secretary, and J. B. Hopkins and | E. F. Blanchard, as delegates to the | Federation of Citizen's Assoclations. The‘delenu to the federation were :ntu 'ul:lm;tr;ljcled" to the election eeting tonight and told to “use their own judgment.” President Joy announced that the ‘worse, he was taken to Providence Hos- S smid he recently had complained of in his chest, - next meeting would be Priday in d held u’f first L to property value and beautification | LEGAL AID SOCIETY PLANNED BY GROLP scribed @ the outcome of the “fruitic=s | | Council of Social Agencies | Studies D. C. Problem and . Will Map Charter. Formation of a city-wide legal aid society in Washington under the auspices of the Community Chest, and sanctioned by the leading trade, civic and legal organizations of the city, is planned by a committee of the Council of Social Agencies, which has been studying the problem for several weeks, t became known today. ‘The committee, under the chairman- ship of Louis Ottenberg, local attorrey, met yesterday and appointed a speci: subcommittee to prepare and present a charter and by-laws to be submitted in the near future for the considera- tion of the whole committee. Outstanding legal talent of Wash- ington is represented on the council’s tive study to the legal aid situation in other American cities. Dean John McDill Fox, of the School of Law of Catholic University, yesterday was named head of the subcommittee ap- pointed to study a charter. Others in this group include S. Regis Noel, Mrs. | Pearl Beliman Klein, Arthur Hellen and Gregory Cipriani, Mr. Ottenberg said today the tenta- tive plan is to incorporate the society as a non-profit organization. It prob- ably would be directed by a board com- posed of representatives of the District Bar Association, Women's Bar Associa- tion, Federal Bar Association, Washing- ton Bar Association and the Council of Social Agencies. It is hoped, also, he declared, to enlist the support of the trade and civic organizations of Wash- ington in the movement. Washington never has had a defi- nitely established legal aid society, ac- cording to the council. The sponsors of the present movement hope to establish an office headquarters and obtain an appropriation enabling them to hire a salaried attorney to direct the soctety. CLUB PLANS NEW WORK Members of Cosmopolitan to Tm- prove Mechanical Equipment. Cosmopolitan Club members were urged to set aside this week as “me- chanical improvement week” in an ad- dress Thursday by Edward A. Rule, chairman of the club’s Unemployment Committee. He urged the members to overhaul their radios, washing machines and other household appliances to furnish the extra two dags’ work per week em- bodied in the club pl An address or foot ball methods was dclivered by Arthur J. Bergman, Catholle University athletic directot | committee, which has devoted exhaus- | D.C.LETS GOTHAM -~ CLAIM GANGSTER | Police Fugitive Sent Back for Brooklyn Slaying In- quiry. Dominick Surace, 43 years old, who was arersted early today by headquar- | ters detectives and police of the ninth precinct, was taken to New York today for questioning in the gang slaying of Salvatore Trimboli in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn October 18. Surace, described as a member of “Little Obrie” Obregon's notorious mob, leaped from a second-story window in an attempt to escape, when police closed in upon him at 1028 Bladensburg road northeast, but was found hiding beneath a tarpaulin on the porch of a house several doors away. Trimboli on “Spet.” Detective Carl L. Laurence of Brook- Iyn, who came here in search of Su- race two days ago, said that Trimboll was “put on the spot” after he had en- deavored to extort money from a chain of disorderly houses Surace, accompanied by his wife and | two children, fled New York shortly after the slaying, and took refuge in Pennsylvania, _Laurence said. He moved to the Capital one week ago. Notified of Hiding. Detective Sergts. Dennis J. Murphy and Floyd A. Truscott of the Homicide Squad, located Surace after Brooklyn police notified local authorities that the man was in hiding here and went to the Bladensburg road address shortly after midnight with Laurence and a squad of police from the ninth precinct. Surace, clad only in his underwear, leaped from his bed room window and hid beneath a tarpaulin on a porch four doors away when police approached the house. He was found nearly half an hour later by Patrolman J. J. Culinane, after a systematic search of the entire square by nearly a score of police and detectives. Glaring defiantly at his captors, Su- race refused to make any statement re- garding the Brooklyn murder. “I just wish I had had a gun. You birds would sure have had a swell time taking me,” he growled. Surace was treated at Casualty Hos- pital for minor cuts of the leg suffered when he jumped from the window, and was taken to the ninth precinct station. INDENTIFIES PAPERS Trustee Ap;enn in Bankruptcy Proceedings Against Rheem. Appearing in the personal bank- ruptey proceedings against Edmund D. Rheem, former head of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., Henry P. Blair, one cf the trustees of the bankrupt company, vesterday identified in Dis- trict Supreme Court & number of pa- rs and stock certificates said to be- foeng to Rheem. The material was brought into court in response to a subpoena issued at the direction of Rheem'’s attorney, Leon Tobriner. They were wanted by At< torney E. Hilton Jackson, representing | editors seeking to have Rueem ;'ermnl.\ assets made available for satisfaction pf their [HALLOWEEN FETE T0 BECOME ANNUAL EVENTIN CAPTAL First Step Toward Creation of Committee Taken by 1931 Director. CITY-WIDE CELEBRATION CUTS PROPERTY DAMAGE Police Bare Decrease in Lawless- ness and Influx of Visitors as Results This Year. _Steps to form a permanent city- wide Halloween celebration committee will be taken immediately, it was an- nounced today by Willlam A. Roberts, an assistant corporation counsel and general chairman of last Saturday’s huge celebration. Pians to place the cvent on an an- asis reached after a con- Mr. Roberts and of the Greater N tee. They de- s Hodges, director tional Capital Com- mittee, as permanent secretary of the Halloween Committee. The_celebration idea originated with the Greater National Capital Com- mittee and details of management were conducted through its office. Leaders Will Confer. Arrangements to continue the fete as a city-wide enterprise will be worked out at a conference soon between Harry King, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; George W. Offutt, presi- dent of the Board of Trade, and George C. Havenner, president of the Federa- tion of Citizens' Association. Each of these men will be an ex-officio member of the Executive Commnittee. There was a marked reduction this year in Halloween abuse and destruc- tion of property due to the interest in the official celebration, Mr. Roberts was notified by Inspector Ernest Brown, acting superintendent of police. Mr. Roberts declared the celebration attracted a large number of out-of- town visitors, as shown by an increase of 60 per cent in the customary num- ber of visitors at the Smithsonian In- stitution. He also announced a meet- ing of his committee would be held Monday night at the District Building. Costume Prizes Awarded. Individual prizes for outstanding cos- tumes in Washington's first celebration were awarded last night at the Fox TS tei icials were forced to postpone se- lecting the winners last s-turd‘:;n night because the huge crowd became un- wieldly in the vicinity of the Consti~ tution avenue reviewing stand. The judges were Mr. Roberts, Al Mitchell, gg);wmlilwlr of ce;:{rkxlonles, and A. K. , chairman of e Board of Cc;_;textk Committee. e ank Partillo won a silve donated by the Rialto Thelbele".' g:l? and Mrs.” Arthur C. Barrett wers awarded a sterling silver platter con- tributed by Kahn's Jewelry Store. ‘They rode in the Society of Natives float. Phil Drysdale was given a coffee set received from the Rudolph & West Hardware Co. Oliver Stafford obtained an all-day airplane trip as the guest of Eastern Alr Transport. Mary Louise Snyder won the Hahn's Shoe Store trophy; Robert Anderson, a Dreyfus Hat Co. prize; Harry MacFishell, a Cascade Cafe trophy; the team of Sebastian and Yost, the Kann's Department Store trophy; Betty Jane Coll Hecht Co. trophy, and Mack Athey, Peoples Drug Store priz: BOY, LEFT BY MOTHER, DIES IN HOME FIRE Three-Year-Old Son of Alexandria Couple Was Locked in House. Matches Are Blamed. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. Ni | — Left locked in his home &v?m l.,ve- nue while his mother went visif in the neighborhood, 3-year-old Charles Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller, was burned to death yesterday after- noon in a fire which he is believed to have started in a bed room with matches. Frantic efforts of the mother to save her child by rushing into the burning Troom caused her to be badly burned about the arms and overcome by smoke. She was revived by the Fire Depart- ment rescue squad and carried to the Alexandria Hospital. Another boy, Lewis Miller, jr., 6, was not at home at the time. Mr. Miller is an electrician, employed by the Mount Vernon, Alexandria’ & Washington Railway. The fire damage to the house was small. RETIRED ARMY OFFICER SERIOUSLY HURT BY FALL Lieut. C. L. Brockway Sustains Fracture of Skull in Plunge Down Stairway. Lieut. Charles Leon Brockway, U. S. A., retired, was in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital today with a fracture of the skull, suffered last night when he tripped and fell down a flight of stairs at his home, 5332 Fifth street. He is 68 years old. Mrs. Myrtle Brockway, his wife, told police she heard a noise and came from another room in the house to find her husband lying unconscious at the foot of the stairs, with blood flowing from & cut in his head. It is believed he fell the entire distance from the sec- ond-floor ianding to the first floor, his head striking the corner of a small table at the foot of the stairs. Lieut. Brockway, a veteran of the Spanish-American and World Wars, who retired from the Army in 1919, was removed to the hospital after being given first-aid treatment by Dr. John Marion Baker of 1819 G street. Brock- way worked until last January at the General Accounting Office. WILL PRESENT PLAY Xaverian Players to Offer ‘‘Stop Thief” as Church Benefit. A benefit performance of Carlyle Moore's farce, “Stop, Trief,” will be presented by the Xaverian Players at Immaculate Conception Auditorium on Thursday, November 12. Box-office re- ceipts will be turned over to St. Francis Xavier Church. The play is directed by Luke O'Reliy. Members of the cast include Anna Wolf, Dorothy Nelson, Eleanor Swann, Eva Koday, Mae Bailey, Mrs. Mary E Brahler, Vernon Goodwin, Walter Jes- sup, Ben R. Swann, J Charles L. Cook, Harry D. , Ray- mond O’Donnell, Rollo Caton and ward Sontag. .