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=~ -He said the alleged four-ye = the w A—2 x¥¥ THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON. D. DECEMBER 17, 1931. RILEYS' CONVICTED OF TORTURING GHILD Justice Letts Defers Sen- -tence After Declaring Couple Guilty. (Continued From First Page) normal condition,” the specialist tes- tified. con- finement in a dark closet in the Riley home “could and probably cid do a «great deal toward producing her physi- *cal and_mental condition Mrs. Elmore previously had testified the child had shown on intelligence tests a mentality of only a 6-year-old srney Stephenson sought rt's testimony to show had been confined et, as alleged by would be unable that if the continuously il the prosecution, she to either see or walk “If a child were kept in a closet without light, without ventilation, with- out the proper food—sometimes without any food at all— without water, would you say. Dr. Gilbert. that such a child would be able to live2” Stephen- son asked. & “If you are speaking of this child, responded Gilbert, “she must have had sufficient light, air, food and water to live, else she would be dead.” “How long would you say a child couid be kept in a dark closet and still be “Indefini eriod of years.” daughter Supreme gence tests 4 months. quotient at the time I examined her w 48," said Mrs. El- more. This is the ratio of the age level represented by the score to the actual #ge of the individu g’I‘h\u if Edith Riley 13 years oM and the intelligence shows that ghe has preciscly the intelligence of a @-year-old child. the intelligence quo- tient is 6 civided by 13 Effects of Confinement. Asked by Assistart United Sta torney William H. Collins whether the condition could have been caused fi r a period of eight spent in a Mrs. Elmore i ch were years, four of w dark. unventilated clos replied “The confinement wc cause & ined her she conld Later, on the second © ted 13 pennies rarid any diffi- culty. On the first examination she couldn't draw a square, but on the sec- ond, she drew a rough ofie.” Stephenson. cross - questioning _the witness, asked if continuous confine- ment in a closet for four years “would not permanently retard the child's answered Mrs. El- Effect Upon Reason. “But would not such confinement over a four-year period in a dark, un- ventilated closet have & great effect upon her reasoning power?" Stephenson ed, Yes, to some extent.” o what extent, could you say?” “None, too definitely.” . “How would jt affect the average ‘ehiid?” “That would depend upon the origi- nal mental endowment.” Stephenson ghen asked if other chil- dren examined by Mrs. Elmore had not shown the same backward tendency to Tespond as had Edith. “I never gaw another child fail to re- £pond as sk did,” the witness replied The tests given by -Mrs. Elmore were the Stanford Revision of the Binet Scale, including ages 3 to 18, she sa Stephenson attempted to gain from ess an_admission that Edith’s condition may have been the resuli of a “basic deficiency,” but Mrs. Elmore termed jt a “functicnal retardation “From your own personal knowledge, then, you know nothing of the basic condition of this child, do you, Mrs. Elmore?” the defense attorney asked. “I am not a physiclan,” she re- sponded. She declared. however, she could not state whether a basic deficiency might T the child's condi- rather than the eiTects of the alleged confinemen* “Then you say a child may be abso- lutely normal up to a certain point and then its development may be arrested?” Btephenson asked. Appearance of Normality. “A child may appesr to be absolutely normal in early development, even hid- ing the defect from psychologists.” Mrs. Elmore disclosed that Edith had passed all tests in the Binet Scale up to the year three, except repeating a sentence such as “I have a liitle dog.” She also knows the days of the week and the months of the year up to June, Elmore said Mrs. Elmore admitted & question by Ste the months cou child of the mental in answer to a e of six and a he witness ps_normal intelligence “we can be reasonably sure there was no basic deficiency, but if the child does not develop normal intelli gence then we may never know whether the condition is a result of a basic defi-| that he gave no order with reference | ciency or functional deficiency.” With respect to the Riley child, she | OF any of the other deputies give such | said T liigence, | the local officers may have recelved an | Was proposed by Mr. Hoover in his an- then ts, Jevelops normal intelligence, | orer from one of the other deputies. | ual no child ““’l’ a basic deficiency can dc‘!(\!‘ that they may have misunderstood | Ameri velop normal inteliigence.” She admitted on recross-questioning that she nad never had under observa- tion a case paralleling that of Edith Riley. HAGUE APPOINTEE NAMED Robert E. Olds to Succeed Boyden | as U. 8. MemBer of Court. President Hoover has appointed Rob- ert E. Olds of St. Paul. Minn, former Undersecretary of State, to be the American member of the Permanent » Court of Arbitration at The Hague. He succeeds the late Roland W. Boy- den of Boston, Mass. Among those who urged Olds’ ap- pointment was Frank B. Kellogg of St Paul. former Secrc of Stale, and now justice of the vt of Inter- national Justice at The Hague. s At-| | Figures at Riley Trial RITCHIE REQUESTS OUST!NG PAIR WHO BEAT PHOTCGRAPHER (Continued From First Page) | duct of this kind on the part of their appointive officers, but will administer prompt and adequate punishment. | The report of Maj. Lane, dated De- | cember 11 lows request T asked Mr. Hen- of this office to attend the trial of Thom: P. McAvoy. a photographer | of the Washington Daily News, held at the Police Coutt in Hyattsville on De- cember 9. I beg to submit hrrewith a t the proceedings for your con- s tion | “McAvoy was chirged with disorderly conduct and Prince Georges County | Bladensburg following |t on the night of D t quire into the hon de ial Tea House. {la rge against the officer, al- \Ii.uuuh he suffered a severe injury in the encounter. “It appeared from the testimony that McAvoy was present together with | other newspaper men, for the purpose of taking photographs. A hearing was held in the fire house, and at the re- quest of the fire authorities the coroner issued an order that no pictures were to be taken in the building. The pho- tographers gathered outside with an idea of taking flashlight pictures of the prisoners and automobiles after the in- quest was over. Marshal Opposed Pictures. “Officer Ralph Brown testified that he asked one of the United States mar- shals whether any picture-taking was to be permitted outside of the building and that the marshal told Rim no pic- tures were to be permitted; that he and the other officers undertook to carry out this order, although he admitted that he had received no such order from his superior officer or from the coroner or State's attorney, who were inside the building. He further stated that he ordered McAvoy not to tike any pictures or he would hit him with his blackjack and further stated that he was scrry he had not struck him. but that his attention had been diverted o other members of the newspaper party. Incidentally, it was this officer Wwho took a camera away from one of the other newspaper men connected with the Washington Post, and this camera was not returned until several days later. “The testimony showed that Officer Howard Slater warned McAvoy that he would strike him if he attempted to take a pi 2nd backed McAvoy about 30 feet away from the entrance. As the cars started away from the en- | trance, MecAvoy attempted to avoid | Officer Slater to take a picture. in de- flance of this order. and was there- upon struck by the officer with a black- | jack, and his scalp severely lacerated. necessitating two stitches. Several of the officers understood to say that Mc- Avoy had attempted to strike the | officer with his flashlight and had then oropped the flashlight and struck the |officer in the mouth before he was struck by the officer. This statement was denied by numerous witnesses. | Charge Found False. | _ “At the conclusion of the testimony, Police Justice J. Chew Sheriff found the photographer not guilty on both charges, laying stress on the fact that the photographer was backing away from the officer holding his camera in one hand and flashlight in the other, at the time of the alleged assault. “A deputy U. S. marshal testified that he escorted the prisoners out of | the building in company with Marshal Collier, and three other deputies, and ember 4, 1931, | to picture taking. nor did the marshal |an order. While it is conceivable that jthe scope of the coroner's original ! order, it is my belief that no order with reference to taking pictures outside the | building was ever given by any one. and that the action of the police officers i was entirely cfficious. Camera Deliberately Destroyed. { “I further feel that the officer was I not justified in striking McAvoy under the circumstances. out contradiction, that when McAvoy | asked by what authority he was forbid- | den to take a photograph on the public | highway, Officer Slater brandished his 1hlark-jack, and did not at that time {refer to the statement now attributed ito the depry U. S. marshal. It was | admitted that McAvoy was not placed { under arrest until after he was struck end knocked down in the gutter. There was also testimony that the officer de- liberately stamped upon and broke up his_camera. | “These police officers are I believe, anpointed by the county commissioners of Prince Ceorge’s County. under the authority of Chapter 231 of the Acts of 1931 Section 9 provides ‘that the county commissioners of Prince George's County shall have full author- ity and supervision over any and all members of said police force, and shall pass such orders and regulations gov- erning their actions as said commis- sioners in their discretion shall, from time to time, deem necessary.’ “Under the facts as developed in this case, I would unhesitatingly recom- | mend that you request the county com- missioners cf Prince Georges Countv to take disciplinary measures against Officers Brown and Slater. T personallv om inclined to think that they should both be dismissed from the forre.” At their weekly meeting Tuesday, | the county commissioners directed | Stater and Brown to appear before them next Tuesday to ‘“give full ex- nlanation” for their action at the As the board meets only once a week, the Governor's letter will not come be- VOTE ON DEBT PLAN SEEN BY SATURDAY| Victory for Moratorium in House Expected Despite Opposition. (Continued From First Page) ternational bankers were very active in conferring with important Government officlals, particularly offiglals of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank of New York, at or about the time of the declaration of the moratortum, “It ought to'be clear to any one that the New York international bank- | ers, fearing a loss of these private debts, were extremely anxious to secure | priority ‘and just as willing and in- | sistent to see that reparation payments were reduced or canceled. Despite tne amount of opposition which has shown itself, victory for the debt plan was not expected to prove difficuit. Mr. Davison, called to testify re- garding press reports that the countries had had the funds on deposit, said: “They did not have funds with us and did not offer any. Have Working Funds. Davison sald he assumed any such deposits would have been made with the house he represents. “Of course they have current working funds,” he said. He added he did not know whether funds had been depcsited in any other bar but intimated it was unlikely. He said he would have known about it if the three countries had offered to make deposits for payments. | Opponents of ratification of the President’s plan to suspend debt pay- ments for one vear had cited press r ports that the funds were on deposit as evidence that the suspension was un- necessary. | Representative Rankin, the Mississippi Democrat who first raised the question | before the committee, asked permission to quiz the witness Questioned by Rankin. Representative Treadway, & Massa- chusetts Republican, raised the question {of permitting a non-committee member | to_participate, but Chairman _Collier | ruled Rankin could question Davison if the committee did not object Ran- | kin | 1o d the requy Morgan & Co. December 15 sted to do so in assent, but later Assuming they had the funds with | us . { “Are not your financial relations with | Little Edith. brought into court yes- |these countries such that you would | terday by Miss Dorothy Ireland, Gal- h: met the payment at their request linger Hospital nurse. | anyhow?” Below: Mrs. Edith Sutherland Elmore,| Davison declined to answer. chief psychologist at the hospital, who| “I came down here to answer one | testified at the trial today. question.” he sald, addressing the com- | Star Staff and Harris-Ewing Photos. | mittee rather than Rankin | funds were on dep ) meet the pay- “I was called at 6 o'clock last night | FARM LUAN P AN and am not prepared to enter into a | { ments had been contradicted, discussion of this subject.” | Rankin told th~ committee he did not consider that the press report that Committee Ends Hearing. The committee then ended the hear- ng Earlier, Representative Patman, a Texas Democrat, spoke bricfly in op- | | position to the moratorium proposal. | Patman called the moratorium “an | entering wedge for cancellation.” i Chairman Collier, before the fury of | opposition climaxed by the attack of | Representative McFadden yesterday. had hoped to get the measure on the floor today. but it became impossible The prospect in the Senate was still somewhat uncer.ain. with an investi- gation of foreign bond sales slated to pen tomorrow and with amendments | readv to alter the value of the ratifi- cation House Bill to Set Aside | $100,000,000 Fund Is Approved. By the Associated Press The House Banking Committee today approved the Steagall bill to create a $100 000,000 revolving fund for the Fed- eral farm loan banks. Stands By His Gun This is the first item of the Hoober Ands) By iy = T Al ¢ 1d marked by he 572,000 IN RANSOM ASKED FOR WOMAN Buy a new Sa an and Tivo! wise be barren ar turn it TOYS ARE POURING IN AS ELDERS PREFARE FOR SANTA’S MATINE. {Continued Prom First Page) P Warner Bros. and The Star in an effo: Kidnapers Threaten to Blind to provide a brignt, new toy on ch ; mas morning for every child of the un- Kansas City Garrment | employed, the underprivilcged, the des- Manuiacturer. perately needy. Already, two days before the perform- | ances, people are begi the S | great Santa Claus ham will pers which By the Assoclated Prese. Penrod and Sam” or “'Skip py” at 1as m the Metro- migh children whose t other- "ORONER REOPENS KIZER DEATH CASE ry That Returned Suicide Firding Reconvened for New Hearing. “reconstruction” program to be acted on. Congressional Republicans yesterday were urged by President Hoover to press for early action on his proposed $500.- McFadden stuck by his guns under the denunciation of his fellows yester- | day and delivered one more blow at the international debt agreement. He ap- | { peared before the House committee after | KANSAS CITY, December 17.—Mrs. Nellie Donnelly, wealthy Kansas City garment manufacturer, was reported | replace the box-office tilis in the thea- The same coroner’s jury which re- turned a suicide verdict last week in the case of Harry D. Kizer, 53-year-old War Department auditor, began a sec- ter_lobbies. People leaving town, people who have engagements they cannot break, people 000.000 “reconstruction _corporation.” and Senate committee hearings will | the administration witnesses had wound | up their case. In calm, precise lan- | start tomorrow. guage, which contrasted with his heated Hoover Delivers Plan. | utterances on the floor, he charged that | President Hoover made his plea yes- | international bankers, with permission ¥ 10 a group headed by Snell |of the administraticn, had loaded the “While we Republicans are not in a Mibanks oTiihe county with Tovel position to formulate the House pro- | Mall banks o s = g many failures. g1am. we plan to do everything possibie | socurities, cau | t action on this measure,” Snell| This idea lies also behind the resolu- osaay LSRN |ton of Senator Johnson of California Mr. Hoover believes this measure i A o will do much to bring about economic | Under which the investigatioh by the | improvemeng that will relieve the banks | Senate Finance Committee is to be | 100 old, t00 sick to attend are bringing and sending contributions—dolls, a | miniature rtocking chair, a little red | drum, a shiny new hearth broom, candy | in_gay boxes. The hampers already are beginning to fill, and old Santa himself could not but_chuckle over the prospect of the eventual outpouring. I the response is enthusiastic enough | If those who have no one ese to buy for will seize the opportunity to make a personal gift. the result will sweep a bright tide of happiness and good cheer |to the doorsteps of the neediest families in Washington. held today by kidnapers who threat- ened to blind her and kill her colored chauffeur unless $75.000 ransom was paid without interference by police The demand for ransom was made in three notes in Mis. Donnelly’s hand- writing, received today by her husband Paul Donnelly: James Taylor, her at- torney. and a third addressed to former Senator James A. Reed They were instructed to pay money demanded and & power torney was executed by M elly in the letter addressed to her husband the { at- ond inquest into his death today. The in, got under way in the District Morgue after the jury had heard testimony regarding an automo- bile accident in which John T. King. 59, operator of the Highway Bridge draw was fatally injured early yesterday. ¢+ Coroner A. Magruder Mac- ented to reopen the Kizer P Coroner Joseph D. Rogers had refused to do so. Kizer was overcome by carbon mo- | noxide gas Sunday a week ago in the garage in the basement of his home, Colorado avenue of much strain.” Senator Walcott, the Connecticut Republican who backs the measure in : The manufacturer disappeared after La i S rtedtom oOR IhomAS W, LamOHt | e etCiher igarmion TWatory Tast hig partner of the Morgan firm, and Charles |at § o'clock. She had canteiren Loil an The Metropolitan bill features Booth | Tarkington's “Penrod and Sam.” which 5 Pneumonia d veloped and he died at Emergency Hos- will be shown as a special pre-view | PItal 1ast Thursday. | the Senate, will head the committee E. Mitchell of the National City Bank | to begin work tomorrow. Other com- of New York, have been called as first | hour earlier with her attorney. |to the film's regular booking at the | Arrangements were made to comply theater. The suicide verdict was rendered at an inquest the following day. The dead DIGGS TRIAL NEARS CLOSING STAGES Jury May Get Case of Door- man Who Killed Attor- ney at Hotel. Pinal arguments were begun today in the District Supreme Court trial of Joseph H. Diggs, colored doorman, charged with slaying Capt. Willlam P. Norman, prominent attorney, last Au- gust in an argument over parking spacg at the Wardman Park Hotel Indications were that the case weuld 80 to the jury later in the da Th trial began Tuesday Justice James M. Proctor spent tw hours today discussing his po: charge to the jury with sell Kelly defense counsel and Julian I. Richards, an assistant United S At y The judge at first appes instruct the jury on the possil an acquittal. Such a charge, h plained, would have to be based a plea of self-defense. The judge nounced he would give such an tion, however, en Mr said he would not object. Declines Manslaughter Instruction. Justice Proctor said he would charge the jury on first degree and sccond de- gree murder. He de to instruct on chirge will not be made “fter finz] argume The Gove contention thi Norman witnesses testified wounded twice in th instruc- Richards th the back n Diggs told the j threat:ned by before the fat:l ordered the atto to park Norman's car zone near the hotel fendant testified he met No hotel lobby two da ing. He said the I er 2d in a vulger manner a struck him in the It was th to arm himself to guard sg attacks. Hotel Guests Testify, Diggs told the in front of the hotel August 12, wren Norn e said, t two tanding mer Assistant Secret and Representative Hull HOUSE APPROVES ESTATE LEVY AND GAS TAX INCREASE _(Continued From First Page.) $24 instead of $15 | amount collected | approximately { which, before what he describes |is appropriated. | “This increased tax of about 000,000 annually should be p District dole can be v fixed,” he said an Mapes statement on the ir “The truth is in’ the District welcome this i $14.- d before perly or ncome tax, but owns a house and | seneral propert | |c cannot pay it, he I of the purposes of the comr porting this bill is to relie extent the general prope committee believes i an income tax {of the fairest and most eq | that can be levied and |1t should be adopted for Columbia. | believes that ntative La Guardia said “I feel it would ha: structive had we to study and su organization of the municip ment of the city of Washington 1 present arrangement is cumbersome, | unwieldy, and unsatisfactory. Congress ppointed It was stated with- | mitteemen have not yet been named. Walcott said PFederal Reserve and Treasury officials will be their first Witnesses called, after which some of the leading private bankers in the ;L would be asked their views. expects to concluds | v next Tuesday. The bill preferred status in the its hearing will have Senate | The Senate Banking Commttee, under Norbeck of South Dakota, to discuss “in rtant mat- he $500.000,000 corporation is the first of these. Senator Walcott of Connecticut, close friend of the Presi- | dent, introduced the measure. Modeled along the lines of the War Finance Corporation, the organization message to help in mobilizing ca’s wealth to overcome national difficulties, Opposition the meau the gener pected Under the Walcott bill, the half-bil- lion capital stock would be subscribed by the Government. Loans would be made to various financial inscitutions, including banks, building and loan sassociations, trust | companies, insurance companies and ! | others upon such security as the cor- | Poration might require, | The loans could be direct or in dis- | counting and rediscounting paper ten- | dered by the participating institutions. | They would be limited to three years, ‘bul could be extended not more than five years. |, Railroads unable to cbtain funds | “upon reasonable terms” through or- dinary banking channels or bond is sues for aid would be eligible. A dipute is expected to arise in the committec’s meetings and probably on the Senate flsor over the provisions | permitting the Federal Reserve banks |to discount paper of the corporation or to accept its debentures as collat- eral for bankers' notes. Senator Carter Glass, the Virginia Democrat, closely allied with the establishment of the Reserve system, is likely to lead an attack upon this sec- tion. Others have indicated a similar view. . faces some provisions of sre, but eventual approval of val principles at least is ex- BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening, at Stanley Hall, at| 5:20 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, i bindmeaster. Anton Pointer, assistant. | March, “Florentiner” Overture, “Our Gl Dascriptiv A Hunting Scene"”... Scenes from musical comedy | _“The Merry Widow"”. | Oddity, “The Funny Gu orious Nation”...Bergenholtz ’ { with the demands, pending the arrival lof former Senator 'Reed. who quit & law suit hastily at Jefferson City and started by automobile for Kansas City The first intimation of the kidnaping me in a telephone call at 11 o'clock last night to Mrs. James Taylor . - was Infermed by the speaker. a man. 1 | that Mrs. Donnelly’s car s at the Telephone Bill Withdrawn, | J38F e fonnelye car w vequested NEW YORK, December 17 (#).—The to get it. She believed the mess: Internaticnal Telephone & Telegragh | a joke until her husband received {ho Co. was informed today that the bill| first ransom mote at his office today. presented by the Spanish cabinet to the| The notes instructed that the ransom Cortes for taking over the Spanish Na- | money should be paid either at 1 p.m. tional Telephone Co.. an associate of |today or at 930 am. tomorrow in the International, had been withdrawn. | front of a downtown hotel. en wanted thase men called before the House committee also, but the time schedule of that group was, counted upon to prevent such extended ca hearings At the Tivoli one of the screen’s most popular juveniles, Jackie Cobper, will hold forth in a revival of Percy Crosby's | “SKippy.” Both pictures are moving portrayals of the joys and heartaches of living breathirg, fighting, erring, whistling American boys. Specialty shorts and news reels will round out regular two-hour programs at_both treaters. The toys will be distributed with careful regard to placing them where they will bring the most Christmas hap- Piness. by social welfare workers in con- tact with the poor throughout the Dis- trict. SSION PRICE AT THE METROPOLITAN AND TIVOLY SATURDAY. |can not, in the very nature of things, man’s brother-in-law, William O. Tufts, ‘devote the time and attention which 1635 Madison street, objected to the de- | the details of a municipal governm cision on the ground it was “incon- | ceivable.” | With Dr. Rogers' permission. he ad- dressed the v that bodv, after icide verdict oner declined to order Tufts threatened When the cor- another inquest, o tike the matter up t Commissioners Before doing so, however. he con- ferred with Dr. MacDonald who, in the absence of Dr. Rogers, ordered the tecond investigation, Kizer's widow and daughter, both of whom were unable to appear at the first inquiry, were expected to testify today. and Tufts announced that new evidence would be presented. King was struck by an automobile driven by Millard E. La_Fontaine, 21, nephew of “Jimmy” La Fontaine. died at Emergency a short time later of a fractured skull and other injuries Young La Fontaine. who lives in the 700 block of Sixth street southwest, was arrested by fourth precinct police. ROBINSON ATTACKS HOOVER IN SENATE POLITICAL DEBATE (Continued From Pirst Page.) demning President Hoover for not hav- ing called a special session of Congress. Borah demanded that the Senate take a five-day recess instead of the cus- tomary two weeks at Christmas time. | Senator Shortridge, California Re- | publican, carlier had interrupted the light-humored Harrison speech to asi ! whether he would not _iike to get rid of John J. Raskob as Democratic party | chairman. Harrison said that if this were done the Republicans would have nothing to talk abcut. Pressed, he said that per- sonally he favored Raskob. Fletcher Opposes Recess. Senators Fletcher, Democrat, of Florida, and Kean, Republican, of New Jersey, supported Borah's demand. “We owe it to the country to stay here and render what service we can in this time of distress,” Fletcher said. | “We would not be doing our duty to the public to take a full recess.” | Fletcher said he was willing to go right ahead without any recess. | Kean said Congress had been here ce December 7 and had not passed a ingle bill nor done anything to relieve the terrible distress of the people all over the country.” “Financial institutions are waiting ‘|anxiously to know what the Senate He | | Tequire. Just think of !and repaving of street. | streets,” lamp-posts, p: |and many, many petty de municipal ‘government mu-t comes bcfore the Hou tives and the Senatc ticularly interested in the s ter. “It is simply impossible to resolve this body into a board of aldermen to prop- | erly attend to District matters. Wants Model C “I believe the city The paving opening of ect mat- of country, the best police and fire depart= ments, and the best eet-cleaning de- parment, and up-to-date he: ment, and proper supe |ing. "It ought to be the model mun count | Therefore I believe we matter of the gover trict of Columbia lieve we should provide form of government. with f [trol and supervision by Cor limiting the powers of Congress to the supervisory end of it, instead of -trying to do the work of a board of aldermen. “I submit that some reorganization of the District government ought to be brought about in order to relieve the Congress of the details of a board of aldermen. A city manager should be provided; the people of the District should have a voice in the election of the Commissioners; the government pshould be properly represented in the coxmmission managerial form of city gov { ernment. The budget J c | mitted to the Congress f determined as to its | comes out of the Federal Tre; ! studying the conditions of the City of Washington and the tax rate cond | here are not comparable to any oth city in the country. We have no dustries here, and properly so. We have more space taken up by public buildings is usual in any other American city. We have more boulevards and avenues and parks, necessary to provide proper landscaping for our monumental public buildings. Therefore we cannot compare comditions in the City of Washington with those of any ihdus4 trial or commercial city in the country.” POWERS GOE.S T0 PRISON CLARKSBURG. W. Va, nblr. 17 (#)--Harry F. Powers today was® removed from the county jail o the State penitentiary at Moundsville. The “bluebeard,” under sentence to die on the gallows there March 18 for killing Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, and Congress are going to do,” he said. | Northboro, Mass., divorcee, was taken to | Waltz suite, “Gypsy Love”. y until| Finale, “For Honor and Home’ “The Star @wangled “I would “vl?;hnmn‘ h}e‘{e u;nll ';a the grugn in an auu;:;wbfle“!:y Shfinfl Tivoll at 11 o'clock | have accomplished something for the W. B. Grimm and three State police= o b e ok Star Photo. peopleof the United States.: men. 4 fore the commissioners officiall; Bring & new toy to the Metropolitan at 9 o'clock Saturday and see “Penrod and Sam,” next Tuesdsy. and see “Skippy” at toy benefit matinees arranged by Warner Bros. and The Evening Star,