Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1931, Page 12

A—12 x» THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., BAP”AI_ m SIARI l mer Wise Man” Players B110 CHEST CANPAIGH . 24 Drive Will Continue Through February 1, Chairman Col- laday Announces. $10,000 SAVING OVER LAST YEAR FORECAST La ger Contributions From All Needed to Maintain Slogan, “No One Shall Go Hungry.” Shortened to ¢ 1932 Comm week's duration, the Chest campaign will Washington on Sun- it was announced to- d F. Colladay, chairman ign Committee. thrcugh February day by E of the Cam will stated The total goal for the campaign has $2.601.000. Already $1,03 1 pledged by Government this will be cut down by is estimated that 8 go to outside agencies cmployes residing in continue 1, he workers, b about $80,000. a will by nearby c Col commitiee had tion to the ques- date for the cam- < selected was chosen to provide an opening meeting on Sun- day. Heretofore, he explained, it has been the custom to start the drive with a night me on Friday and con- tinue the solicitation through a 12-day period. $10,000 Saving Forecast. The Community Chest will save ap- proximately $10.000 in the customary expense of the campaign, Elwood Street, director of the Chest, estimated, because of the curtailment of the drive period and the reduction in the campaign rmy” made possible by advance licitations “The corps of Chest workers,” he'said “wi ller this year than in 1l 2lso be much mor The splendid work departments { savings to reducing the cost of the plan of the depar heir own_colloctir 1 effcct in reducing the administration for the enable us. we think, tn estimated cost of 5.6 10 doller, which compa rage of 20 cents on dependent organizations & money in separate cam- before the advent of the Com- Ch Full Quota Needed. cct emph ased dem his tion of s g tl paign, and the we In addition the ¢ mpaign ments to do have a mate cost of Chest ds for aid made ovment, all of cherity drive to maint no one e sh t of ec c The Gove nts have set us a splendid by their wonderful s issued a_challen sure will be acc ashington has never failed to erg ney and will not, I am s at this time when confronted by the great time em FRIEND SHOOTS MINER IN STRUGGLE FOR GUN Allegany, Md., Man Was Trying to Take Weapon After Threat of Killing. December 26.— an acquaintance, . a coal miner of critically wounded police say, by Harry wa » police, Shriver after s son. ing a shot d to left a threat- Cullen gun on the ke it y y. The gun being hit fficers sa Cullen in n said to have further armed | hi h a rifle and revolver and barricaded himsclf in an automobile Police arrested him without further gunfire, however. He is being held in Jail here. At a Frostburg h Cullen would not Jured man is m ospital it was said recover. The in- narried His father is well known in while his_brother, v A. Cullen, is a_former American Legion post commander 60 GALLONS.OF LIQUOR CONFISCATED IN AUTO Prince Georges Police Arrest Three. Cargo Was Hidden Under Floor Boards. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 26.— ee men were arrested and 60 gallons of alleged alcohol confiscated by Prince | Georges County police following a Christmas night chase on the Baltimore boulevard The prisoners gave their names as Edward Jackson, first block of L street, Washington; George Morton and Vin- cent Jones, also of Washington. All are colored Charges of possession were placed against, the trio, while Jackson was also accused of operating an automobile with bad brakes, speeding and transpor- tation of liquor Sergt. H. G. Machen and Policeman d Ralph Brown, who made the arrests, | The drive | wil | will | ized that because of the | t peace- | GIRLS HAVE ROLES | 11 IN CHRISTMAS PLAY. | o | | | | 1 h, who has ap- esentation of “Tho > Man 1925, who will play the part of *he Parthian lin the play as it will bo pre t | the *Luther Place ial Church to- m; day. ¥ | v | pe: | Other Wi Nemc vd. who the temble in [5: in tomorrow’s two ns of the Christr | dran e will be taken | ers on Monday and Tuesday. AN FOUND SLAIN 1N UNUSED WELL 'Bedy !s Discovered Near Sterling, Va., With Buliet Wound in Head. | Special Dispatch to The Star. STERLING, Va, December 26.-— The body of Alfred Beavers, 42 years old, who had been missing from his home since early Thursday was found last night in an abandoned well on the Svwedberg place, about a |mile and a half from hera. Beavers had been shot once in the head and had been robbed of his watch and ap- proximately $27. authorities claim Beavers, it was said, left his home lcarly Thursday morning for his ac- | customed_duties on the dairy farm of {H. E. DeKay and when be failed to i return at his regular time a search was ed with him Well Top Replaced. was discovered, since the top of the well had been replaced after the body |was thrown in. Searchers first saw | Beavers' dinner pail floating “on the water and then discovered the body. Authroities declare that Beavers inever reached his place of employment jon Thursday morning. son of Loudoun County, however, was (unablc to say when the man was killed, body indicated that Beavers had been shot and then thrown in the well. There { place at the well. Had Received Pay. Beavers had been paid off at the | dairy farm the day before said they found 12 five-gallon cans in | theory that this fact was kown by a trap under the floor boards of the car. | the murderer. The victim, it is said, morning, | 2 instituted by Walter Crozen, who board- ' It was only by chance that the body | Coroner Gib- | but declared that the condition of the | go { was no indication that the slaying took | i his disap- | pearance and police are working on the 'SENATOR QUESTIONS - THIRD-DEGREE CASES Brookhart C.>s Possible Effort to Hamper Enforcement of Law in Charges Filed. | Belief that law enforcement here | has been affected somewhat by prose- I cution of police third-degree cases was cxpressed yesterday by Senator Brook- hart, Republican, of Towa The Towa Senator said people have told him that “something more than A desire to suppress brutality” may have been behind some of the cases. Senator said that. pcrsonally, he had no charges to make against any one, but infended to scc that the subject is looked into. He said he has not made any immediate plans. He said he has heard a suggestion that efforts to discourage energetic en- forcement may have entered into some of the cases. Discussing law enforcement generally Senator Brookhart renewed his in- dorsement of the Howell prohibition en- forcement measure for Washington, and said_it_should be_enacted. ['THE WEATHER il il District of Columbia—Fair. colder tonight: tomorrow fair: not quite s0 cold in the afternoon and at night moderate north winds Maryland and Virginia—Fair, con- tinued cold tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy: slowly rising temperature in the afternoon; fresh northwest winds, diminishing West Virginia—Fair and continued cold tonight; tomoriow partly cloudy; slowly rising temperature Report for Last 24 Hours. Tempera Barometer. Inches, 30.05 30.14 30.20 30 30.26 Year ago. . Year ago. . 4 pm 8 pm Midnight 4am 8am Highest Lowest 3:30 p.m, 31.7:30a.m. Tide Tables (Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) Today. 8:58a.m. 3:4lam. 9:18pm. 3:28 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. 7:25 40 34 ‘Tomorrow. 9:44a.m. 4:24am. 10:02v.m 4 High Low Low Sets. Loday 51 tomorrow 6 52 och, today.. 6:31pm 09a.m | Automobile lamps to be lighted onc- | half heur after sunset. 1 | Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Capital (current month to date): | Month. 1931. Average. Record. | January . 156 3.55 7.09 ‘82 Febiuary 6.84 '84 March 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 14.41 10.81 8.57 8.69 1.56 Weather in Various Cities. August September . October | November | December The | slightly 11pm. | OF MAIN STREETS ' URGED BY GROUP Planning Commission Asks Arterial Highways Be Given Precedence. ROUTING OF TRAFFIC INCLUDED IN PLAN Restriction of Vehicles to Marked | Lines Held Important to Scheme in Annual Report. The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, in its annual report, made public today, “urges the adop- tion of the thoroughfare plan as a priority-paving program and Yecom- mends the establishment of a policy of pavement widths in accordance with the plan.” “There is in Washington and vicinity | urgent need for the promotion of the | major thoroughfare idea,” the com- mission sald with reference to the rapid handling of trafic by an exten- sive system of arterial highways. “If streets of this type can be set apart from all others in the popular mind and in the minds of officials, a | notable step will have been taken. to- ward the creation of & more perfect Capital City. Franchises for car or bus routes cannot be discussed intelli- gently without a major thoroughfare plan. Restrictions Proposed. “Traffic regulations, such as those re- stricting the movement of vehicles of certain classes to marked routes, must be related to the major thoroughfare svstem. Street-lighting plans, traffic signals, paving specifications, school and playground sites, location of neigh- borhood store centers, fire and police stations, tree-planting policies, even deed restrictions on private property, all are dependent upon a designation of major thoroyghfares.” Discussing its propesal to have a priority paving program, the report said "During the last year a beginning has been made toward such action through the preparation by the District authori- ties of a five-year paving program cov- ering major arteries, bridges and street | widenings. The usefulness of a thor- oughfare plan is demonstrated in_this paving program, which closely follows | the plan prepared by this commission. | This auspicioes beginning warrants the pectation of greater usefulness in the me and related fields.” Cross-town Problem. | The report asserted the best indicated | solution for an adequate cross-tonn | route in the vicinity of Columbia road {and Harvard street from Sixteenth | street to the Soldiers' Home is provision {for development of Columbia road for | westbound traffic and Harvard strect | for eastbound traffic. Realignment of | the existing road around the north end of the McMillan Reservoir is essential | the report held. | eastward to connect avenue. Passage of the act for elimination of the Michigan avenue grade cressing, the report continued. with the subse |quent change in the highway plan, I “clears the way for the next step in | the development of this primary cross- | town thoroughfare.” | The commission said another project | to continue this route with Michigan lin | deserving of early consi i extension of Vermont ave avenue at Trumbull street ration ‘s the to Georgia Bridge Change Sought. | The studies of the commission ! cate. the report added, the desirability 1 of changing the location of the proposed bridge at Ninth street to make it con- nect the intersection of T street and Brentwood road with Brentwcod Park | (Patterson tract). The proposed bridge at Fifteenth street might well be relo- cated farther East, it said. “With the closure of Thirteenth street south of Pennsylvania avenue under the building program of the Treasury Department.” the report said, “the necessity of increasing the traffic capacity of Twelfth street will become |apparent. With this in mind the com | mission urged the adoption of a prej- lect for cventual widening north of Pennsylvania avenue and the imme- ate cessation of permits for projections and sidewalk vaults.” With this subject | widening here, the commission | thus: | of future strect dealt public space have been tolerated under a permit system in Washington and the appearance of the city, occupying necded public sidewalk space for pri- i vate profit. and causing serious compli- cations when street widening is Te- quired. “The commission has consistently advocated immediate discontinuance of the practice and gradual climination of projections on public space, and has suggested that as a first step ground rentals might be charged for use of space on public property in lieu of taxes.” WOMAN HURT IN DROP OF CAR FAILS TO RALLY Temperature. o | | TSy sy, 2 ey Stations. - “Awpinsak oy asw] 3 we g 01 mre | Abilene, Tex... | Albany,” N. ¥’ Fetioud A clou Buffalo. N, Clear ' harleston, Chicago, 111 Cincinnati, Ohio Sleveland, Ohig. Sa s.C. Glear 3 Clear Clear Clear Tex. . Mont... S. Dak.. 29.90 ianzpolis.Ind 30.5¢ Jacksonville Fla. 30.30 iKansas City, Mo 30 28 Los "Angeles.. ... 30.26 Louisville, Miami, s N. Orleans. La. | New York. N. Y. Oklahoma_ City. Pt.cloudy Clear Clear Pt.cloudy in Grave Condition After Auto Plunges Over Cliff. Mrs. Edith J. Christoph, 34, of 2917 Ordway strect, was still unconscious today as a result of injuries received bile in which she was riding with her husband and three daughters plunged over a 30-foot cliff in Rock Creek Park. It was said at Garfield Hospital thi morning that her condition was ex- !tremely grave. The husband, Fred A. Christoph, 37, and the children, Kath- erine, 6; Carolyn Edith, 7, and Mary Jean, 3, all were injured, but were said to be progressing satisfactorily. Kath- erine was the most seriously hurt. Her skull is believed to have been fractured. TWO DIE IN CAR UPSET Petersburg, W. Va., and Shipways, cluded in the thoroughfare plan and | “Projections of private buildings over | | have resulted in excrescences, marring Mrs. Edith J. Christoph Reported | Thursday afternoon when the automo- LEAPED TO DEATH FROM APARTMENT Verdict of Suicidal Intent Is Returned at Inquest on Claude E. Moore. WOMEN SAY HE WALKED 14 MILES TO PAWN WATCH | Victim Was Despondent and Told Four at “Jolly" Party He Was “Broke,” Witnesses Add. A suicide verdict was returned today by a coroner's jury which investigated the death of Claude E. Moore, 37, who plunged from a third-story window of the Roosevelt Hotel during a Christmas eve party. The death of Moore, who lived at 1741 Church street, at first was termed “accidental, but with suicidal intent.” After a conference with Coroner Joseph D. Rogers, however, the jurors changed their decision to “jumping from a win- dow with suicidal intent.” Women Testify. The principal witnesses were Mrs Virginia Gould, 27, 3718 Benton street: Miss Ethel Taylor, New York City, and Robert Witt, 37, Cincinnati. Th: women, both recently returned from France, where they visited Moore's | wife, testified both men had been drink- ing all day Christmas eve. Moore, they said, was despondent. ccmplaining that he was “broke.” He told them, they sald, that he had walked 14 miles that day to pawn his watch. Although he procured the liquor consumed at the party, they said he did not pay for it Nervous on Witness Stand. Both women appeared nervous on the witness stand | scemed on the verge of tears several | times. fell against the kitchen stove, cutting | his head. Later she said he dashed into the bed room with her behind him. She heard a gasp, she added, and when she entered the room Moore had disappeared Witt. who described himself as a {to that of the women. The party. | said, was “just a jolly celebration. " A taxicab driver, Thomas J. Con- | nelly, testified he was driving past | the hotel at about the time Moore dropped from the window. Hacker Says He Saw Scene. “I heard somebody yell ‘hey,’" Con- nelly said. “I looked up and saw a man | leaning from a window, waving some- thing. " I looked up again a few | moments later and the man had one foot on the window sill and seemed to { be holding on to the frame. He looked as though he was trying to jump, and behind him I thought I saw a woman, with her hand on his coat collar, ap- parently trying to pull him back." Both Miss Taylor and Mrs. Gould denied having been in the room when Moore jumped Second Inquest Heid. A second inquest was being held to- day into the death of Philip W. Pugh. 54. victim of an automobile accident ¥ morning. who lived at 415 Second street | soutk.west, was &illed when struck by a car at Massachusetts avenue and Second street The driver, Francis Mulcare. 29, of 405 Tenth street. was released in the custody of his attorney after being arrested on charges of driv- ing with bad brakes and a suspended permit he Body Still Unclaimed. Pugh, a driver for the Children's Aid Society, was hit when he stepped from behind a parked machine. His body is still unclaimed at the Morgue. efforts to trace his sister, Mrs. John J. Blee, who formerly lived near Fourteenth and N streets, having proved futile | His wife and two children are said | to live in Ohio. HOSPITAL CHILDREN 1100 Boxes Left From Foxhall Vil- lage Celebration Yesterday Will Be Distributed. Santa Claus left a big surplus of candy for the children of Foxhall Vil- and its neighbors, Foxhall, this Christ- mas, and yesterday afternoon the 106 extra boxes of candy were taken to Children's Hospital for the second party of that instituion, today. The candy distribution was part of Foxhall Village’s annual Christmas community celebration, which this year was patterned after old England's street caroling. A group of 25 persons, led by Dr. Seba L. Christie, filed through the streets of the village sing- ing carols following the lighting of the community tree on the village green in Greenwich Parkway. As the procession went on, the orig- | | residents and by the time it returned to the tree, where Santa Claus was to | give candy to every child present, a |crowd of 300 men and women had | gathered . After every child had re- ceived candy from Santa Claus, 100 boxes remained and the decision was i reached to present the sweets to Chil- | dren’s Hospital. Participation in the community | Christmas _decoration competition in { the Foxhall Village this year includes the placement of lighted electric can- idles in every window and the lighting of numerous evergreens. Besides Dr. Christie, the commitee- | men in charge of the celebration in- | cluded T. G. Emmons, lighting; Charles | C. Boswell, Santa Claus; Lieut. Louis | A. Packett, U. S. N., marshal, and Maj. Blake R. Van Leer, president for the Foxhall Willage Citizens' Association, and Fulton Lewis, president, and Miss Annie C. Keliher, celebration chairman, of the Foxhall Club. and Miss Taylor | She told the jury that Moore | “promoter.” offered testimony similar | SHARE YULE CANDY | inal group was augmented by other|ing SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 193t PRIORITY PAVING {JURY DECIDES MAN | ME s, like “Little Boy Blue” Onad Pather be roasted on Ciftist- mas for exceeding the speed limit than just plain roasted. Maybe he was going nowhere rom some place when the police’ over- ;muled himpnpnr Fourth and Jefferson streets yesterday Policeman J. O. Patton, who said he was raised on the farm. had need to be nimble when he leaped from a No. 13 precinct patrol wagon and gave chase. It was nip and tuck u Christmas weight which “Little Boy Blue” had put on began to tell. Winded, but still kicking. he was bundled into the wagon and driven to the precinct There, where “Little Boy Blue” was til the pre- Nabs f.‘Little Boy Blue” POLICEMAN J. 0. PATTON GAPTURES PET PIG. but this small pig really was coming | being held for his master today, it was | learned he escaped Christmas eve from Charles Clark’s back yard at 5309 Third street. Clark telephoned he had fed the pig well for weeks before Christmas. and that the holiday had not been the same to himself or his family without “Little Boy Blue.” He added that the Clarks had even prepared an apple to place in the small pig’s mouth on Crristmas dav | “Anyhow.” said Patton. “you better | come get him soon—we just picked h | up for speeding and several policeme: around here are anxious to roast h again!” ¥ Meanwhile, “Little Boy Blue.” 45 pounds of blue and white pig. if h dash for liberty cost him no flc looked forward to New Year's from “cell” in the precinct basement PLAY TOURNAMENT PLANS ANNOUNCED Contest Dramas This Year Must Be Based on Days of Revolution. The 1032 District of Columbia one- act play tournament. conducted by the | Community Center Department of the | public schools in conjunction with the Drama Guild of Washington, will be held February 27 to March 12 inclusive, at the Wilson Teachers' College and the East Washington Community Cen- | ter. Firals of the tournament will be | staged in McKinley High School Audi- torium on March 16 Registration blanks for participants in the competition are available and will be mailed from the Community Center Department in the Franklin School Administration Building Or- ganized dramatic clubs and amateur theatrical groups which have presented public performances during the past 12 months are eligible. Plays acceptable in the tournament this year are confined to the American Revolutionary and American Colonial periods, but they need not be American subject matter, the Community Center Depertment_has announced. A list of new and officially approved American plays of the period and an additional list of plays of the pertod, but which by the District Public Library and are available for drama groups at the center department. The committee in charge of the tour- nament this year includes Mrs. E. K. Peeples, director of tne Community Center Deprtment: Dr. DeWitt C. Croissant, Capt. R. C. Montgomery, Mrs Marie Moore Forrest, Dennis E. Con- nell and Miss Bess Davis Schreiner. s TRUCK DRIVER HELD IN MAN‘S DEATH Declares Colored Pedestrian Was Victim of Hit-Run Motorist. Frank Riley, 35. colored. of 538 Tenth street, was rundown and almost instantly killed early today while cross- K street near Fifteenth street. A two-ton coal truck overturned in the street just abreast of where Riley was hit. and police arrested the driver, Fred Stepney, 24. colored, of 1667 Montello avenue northeast. who at first admitted, they say, and later denied that his vehicle struck the pedestrian. ‘The accident occurred before many people were abroad and police ob- tained their only version of the affair from Stepney. Tire marks on the pave- ment, however, showed Stepney’s truck skidded almost 100 feet before it top- led over. pRney died & few minutes after his arrival at Emergency Hospital, where he was taken by a passing taxicab driver. He was unable to make a statement. According to Policeman A. T. Davis of No. 3 precinct, Stepney at first ex- claimed: “I told him (the injured man) I did it!” and then added, “— but I was so frightened I didn't know what I was saying!” At the station house, where Stepney was held pending inquest, the dray-| man said a hit-and-run motorist ran| down the pedestrian and proceeded are not American have peen compiled | PARK BOARD LISTS FIVE YEARS WORK Report Discloses Resistance Met From Some Ultra-Con- servative Officials. | Surveying five yea nual report made pub) tional Capital T mission said that co-operation of terests in the Wash | area, but that some offi pered its activities. The report name these officials. ““As was to be expected, resistance ha been encountered from ultra-conse | tive officials, who natu change in their established routine, ar from private interests as well as ir dividual Government agencies who pre- fer an inadequate and merely expedient solution of a problem to a better and generally advantageous solution at slightly greater price.” the report said On the whole, however, the commi sion has found unexpected support in most quarters, and has been happy experience the readiness of most execu- tives to concur in any and every well | thought out plan, and has received co- operation from architects, landscape architects, builders and real estate men to an extent that was hardly expected, and which is the best evidence of the public spirit with which most of them attack their problems.” | Accomplishments Listed. The commission listed these among its acomplishments during the past five years A thoroughfare plan for the District of Columbia, together with acceptance by the municipal authorities of stand- ard street widths and sidewalks. nd_private ir metropolit he Plans for a complete system of city | playgrounds and neighborhood | parks. recreation centers. Legislation and authorization of ap- propriations for the purchase of th land needed for the park and recreation | system of both the city and region. A study of railroad and terminal facilities and plans for relocations where | needed. | Plans for future commercial water- | front development | Plan for improvement | street car lines and their development | to meet new requirements relating espe- | | cially to the Federal building program Studies and recommendations to the appropriate officials relating to city- planning elements of the Federal build- ing program. Platting Regulations Prepared. | _ Studies and recommendations to the ! municipal authorities relating to the | city-planning elements of their school and municipal center building pro- grams. |~ Preparation and recommendation of | new platting and subdivision regula- tions. Some 88 changes in the street plan | to secure economy and better layouts, such as straightening thoroughfarc: | fitting residential streets to the topog- | raphy, eliminating unnecessary streets. | Legislation to protect Government projects against injury by incongruous | or harmful developments on adjacent | private property. | Revision of legislation for acquisi- | tion of property by condemnation | Wide study of park administrative | organization and recommendations for | better co-ordinated administration of recreational facilities here. Traffic Problems Studied. Intensive study of automobile traffic and parking problems in the congested central arca, and recommendations for solving them which resulted in special legislation at the last session of Con- is | & h, | Com- | d of existing | IPOLICEMAN GIVEN SUSPENSION WhEN MAN 5 BEATEH Cuitinane of First Preoinct .46 Face Charge of Knocking Out Prisoner’s Teeth, FOUR INMATES BACK W. A. HOFMANN’S CHARGE Scene FoMows Arrest in Shoe Store by Watchman—Resisted Officer, Bootblack Says. Policeman Jeremiah Cullinane, first precinet, was under suspension tod following an official investigation of a charge that he beat a prisoner ing out two of the man The victim of knock- teeth, the alleged assault, chusetts aventie, was meretd Lo~ vesterday in y Seventh and K George Nix turned Hofmans Lineburg and 1 ceman sen, also of the first joner was : gaining e | of glass fror When Ci cinct cor ton shortly & told Ho!mar mouth, when he over to Lieut A the Horac Poul- nst a Four Support ¢ Under questic { however, thc harge, | stories Capt. r T. R. Bean, ®mmander. suspend Cul- further in- C! Be ut. Denr precinct. Capt efficient offic nane, eleventh Holmes termed him an 5 be arraigned in Police t on a housebreaking charge Mon- Discussed by Glassford. Pelham D. Glassford, of police; Inspector Hofmann dis- United y at However, against Cullinane ough presentation Monday morning. nesses to the d assault have been instructed to sent in Police Court. James A. attorney for Cullinane, said he would have the suspended policeman in Police Court then. McInerney said he decide at this time whether any charge would be filed against the policeman. If the facts presented form the basis of a charge. he explained, papers will be made out against Cullinane and he will be arraigned immediately. MOTORIST IS SOUGHT AFTER TRIPLE CRASH Driver Flees Following Collisions. Woman Taken to Hospital as Result of Shock. the | cussed case W | s Attorney Wi ce Court ti { no charge was lodged Wwas unable to | . Police today were searching for the | driver of an automobile who fled after his machine had two others in a triple crash on H v Bridge about 7:30 o'clock last night Mrs. Elizabeth Howell, Alexandria, { Va., driver of one of the cars. was taken to Emergency ering from shock after the acci The car which struck her machine had first | sideswiped an automobile operated by George Vollin, colored. of Alexandria. Witnesses said the automobile, occu=~ pied by two colored men. was on the wrong side of the road when it erashed into Vollin, who was headed north on the bridge. The machine then careened and struck the Howell car. The two colored men leaped from their machine and fled Mrs. Howell returned home after re« ceiving hospital treatment. No onu else was injured. SANTA CLAUS GREETS CHILDREN AT AIRPORT Nearly 1,000 Youngsters and Theii Parents Attend Party at Wash ington- Hoover Field. Nearly 1,000 Washington children and their parents attended the first Chris mas party at Washington-Hoover Air port yesterday afternoon. The party was held in the Ludington Line hangar and was sponsored by the line, the American Legion and several charitable organizations. A ton of candy and hundreds of toys were given to the children by Santa Claus, who arrived at 4:45 o'clock in a transport plane piloted by an old gen- tleman in long white whisker: With- out the whiskers_the pilot is George Hand and Santa is John Kaskey. Christmas music was played by musi- cians of the Club Michel, which also supplied refreshments. The children were taken to and froth the field in busses provided by the Arnold Bus and Traction lines. Md., Residents Are Victims. west on K street. gress. Capitol The airport bore a good reputation in the neigh- |Omaha, Nebr WOMAN WHO NEARS 100-YEAR MARK DIES Eliza Jane Dodson Was Na- tive of Rappahannock Mrs. County. Al Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va, December 26— Mrs. Eliza Jane Dodson, who would have been 100 years of age in March, died at her home near Washington, Rappahannock County. She is sur- vived by a large family of sons and daughters. ‘The funeral was held at Washing- ton, with Elder Corbin officiating, and :al was in the Washington Ceme- Before her marriage 80 years &g0 she was Miss Eliza Jane Nichols, cnd was a native of Rappahannock County. Bpeci: “~ borhood, where he had resided for many years. He is survived by his widow, from three months and who is living at ainesville, and four children, who range in age f.m 13 to 23 years. FALL VICTIM IMPROVES Student, 14, \:;as HI; in 75-Foot Drop From Tree Platform. Henry George Wallace, 14, Western said to be “much improved” today at Mount Alto Hospital, where he was taken after the accident. The boy was hurt when he fell from a tree platform in the woods near Klingle road and Courtland place. He is the son of Capt. and Mrs. Henry G. Wallace, 2029 Connecticut avenue, whom he had been separated for the | High School student, who was seriously | 5O injured Thursday in a 75-foot fall, was | | Philadeiphia | Phoenix. Ariz.. | Bittsburgh,* Pa Portland, Me. Portland, Oreg Raleigh, C. 30 Salt Lake City. Antonio. .’ 30. Deigo. Calii 3 Francisco. St. Loufs, Mo St. Paul.’ Minn. 30, Scattle, Wash.. Spokaiie, Wash. Tampa. Fla.... 30 WASH., D. . Clear 0,06 Rain Pt.cloudy 4 Cl FOREIGN. (7 a.m.. Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. 49 Rain 141 Cle Grey time, today.) Horta (Fayal), Azores Part cloudy (Current_observations.) San Juan, Porto Rico... 16 R . _Poj Havana, Cuba Colon al atn 68 Part cloudy 80 Part cloudy \ Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., December 26.— Irvin Weath, 19, of Petersburg, W. Va., and Daniel Morgan, 23, of Shipways, Md., were killed on the Green Ridge road last night when the roadster in which they were riding overturned on a sharp curve. Ruel Alderson, a third occupant of the car, escaped unhurt. Police said the accident was caused by a locked steering gear. SCIE Deaths Reported. m'!‘:il.nnlh §. Jacobs, 86, Homeopathic Hos- Henry Mol 3 ““,"‘ ":E‘,”B’f reland, 84, Home for the Aged ar 8tein, 74, Providence Hospital. versity Hompitalo L oo o piisathryne” Widmayer, 41, Providence Hos- al, Arthur Willlams 57, Gallinger Hospital. Robert Ford, 54, inger Hosmital. 44, Carson’s Hospital, Gallinger Hospital. H N ', - Infant o. Henrietis Travis, 1 hour, Gal 5 Infant o. lin o Through an inadvertent mistake, it was stat,ged 1n The Star yesterday that a large number of Christmas baskets had been furnished to the city’s needy by firemen at No. 7 Truck company. Instead, the baskets were given through the .generosity of all of the city’s fire- fighters, who contributed the necessary funds. The baskets were assembled at No. 7 station for delivery. JEFFERSON DOCTOR DIES R Special Dispatch to The Star. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., Decem- ber 26.—Dr, Willlam E. Perry, 71, for many years a practicing physician in Jefferson County, died at his home here He had been in failing health for some time. He was trained at the Univer- sity of Maryland and first practiced in Halltown. .Three children survive: Mrs, Isa- belle Dawson, Harpers Ferry; John L. Perry, Pittsburgh; and Gilbert E. Perry, Harpers Ferrz. w Stepney declared he tried to stop too suddenly following the accident, with; the result that his truck overturned. The vehicle was empty at the time. . MAN DIES AT 99 Culpeper County Resident Is Bur- jed at Trenton, N. J. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., December 26— Charles E. Graham, formerly of Tren- ton, N. J., wh% came to live mcc:g- fi unty 20 years ago, died at the e ?f’ M.r’; El.\lly be!;l Hlt’t.9 in Sbev; ensburg, where he lived, at years of age. He was ill two weeks before his death, His son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Graham, jr., were with him when he died. Funeral services were held at the Hitt home, both ministers of Stevens- burg uniting in the service. "was taken. to Trenton, Ny J., for- Study of slum dwelling conditions, with particular reference to alley dwellings which have grown out of the old slave quarters, and drafting legisla- ticn for their elimination. Study of dwelling and housing con- ditions with special reference to the effect thereon of existing zoning regu- iations, 2 Study and recommendations on a multiplicity of other local problems too numerous to mention individually. ‘The commission pointed out that dur- ing its life “Congress has authorized or appropriated funds for major projects of the Washington plan running to a staggering total.” “The fact that plans were ready or in the making for some of those proj- ects may have had some effect upon Congress in the selection or order of work,” the report said. “Certainly the existence of plans has been a safeguard against some mistakes. In a period of such vast expenditures a plan is es- sential to orderly work and satisfactory resultsy” restaurant provided orangeade. B COUNTESS DIES IN PARIS Jean de Kergorlay Was Descendant of Charles Carroll. Countess Jean de Kergorlay of Pa: France, died there Monday last, accord ing to word received here. She was a great-great-granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a daughter of the late former Governor of Maryland, John Lee Carroll, and Anita Phelps Carroll. A mass will be held for her at St. ‘Matthew's Catholic Church here next Thursday morning at 8 o'clock. She is survived by a son and two daughters, all of Paris; two sisters, Baroness de la Grange of Paris and Mrs. Herbert D. Robbins of New York, and a brother, Philip Acosta Carroll of New York,