Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1931, Page 17

"~ Washington News WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foen ny Star | Features and Classified | WASHINGTON, D. . MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 1931. *¥ PAGE B—1 PENNSY PUTS COSTS OF TUMNEL PROJECT AT $50.000000 SUM Proposed Tube Under River Would Involve Shifting of Yards and Market. NETTLETON SAYS ROAD WILL STOP USING COAL Abandonment of Present Trackage and Building of Food Center Boost Expense of Plan. En road have estimated that a railroad tunnel under the Potomac River, as proposed by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, would cost $38,000,000 and that rearrangement of facilities would run up the ex- ure to $50,000,000. This was made known today by J. G. | neral agent of the Penn- sylvania Railroad in the National Capi- tal, who told The Star that officials of the road are giving the proposal care- ful study and propose to co-operate closely with the Federal Government in any plan found practicable. Officials of the planning commission, prior to publication of the railroad tun- | nel proposal in the annual report yes- | terday, had conferred with Pennsyl- vania Railroad authorities on_the plan. | With Mr. Nettleton, Lieut. Col. U. S.| Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the commission, and Charles W. Eliot, 2d, its director of planning, had consulted with the Pennsylvania executives in Philadelphia. The whole project was examined by the engineers of the railroad and is now receiving the attention of its high officials. Railroad Will Study Plan. Authorities at general headquarters in Philadelphia told The Star by te! phone today that the study of the tun- nel under the river will be made to determine feasibility of the project, its effect on traffic and costs. They ex- pressed renewed interest in the plan although they have not yet received®a copy of the commission’s annual re- iving further details and the re- of the project to Southwest ston generally Nettleton c2id that an act of ss would be necessary to bring ation of the program. Under 3, under which the | d abandoned its s Sixth street and nnsylvenia avenue, paving the way | for the Un Station development, | both the C ment and the railroad made concessions. The Planning Com- mission wants the railroad tracks along Virginia and Maryland avenues south- west obandoned. Mr. Nettleton pointed carrier occupies _these er the legislation settir up the Union-Station. At that time, d, it was never contemp’ated tha of Federal projects in that | 4 go 1 8 1 Nettleton, ge neers of the Pennsylvania Rail- + and Robbed Boy Tied Up A 13:year-old boy reported to the police today that he was waylaid in an alley in the rear of his home last night by a colored man, who left him lying bound and gagged with old rags after robbing him of $2.50. The youngster, Victor Curto, said he was on his way to his home, at 612 G street northeast, shortly after 11 o'clock when the man, whom he described as “a real tough-lookin' guy,” leaped at him frcm the shadows “T was usin’ the alley as a short-cut. figurin’ on goin’ in the back door,” he said. “All of a sudden this guy jumped out and grabbed me by the collar. ‘If you yell, he said, ‘you'll meet your death.’ “] was too scared to say anything, and when I saw he had a wrench in his hand, ready to sock me, T was just about twice as scared. “There was a little pile of rags a few feet away. He grabbed a handful of ‘cm and gagged me. Then he tied my hands and legs, all the time tellin' me to keep quiet. “After he'd tied me up he searched {my pockets, taking my penknife and | the $2.50. An automobile was parked a little ways down the alley and he | drove off in it. It didn’t have any !tags on it, but I know what kind it | was.” | Victor struggled in vain to free him- self, he said, and finally decided his best bet was to drag himself along the | alley toward G street. About half an hour later Thomas | Haden, propristor of a grocery at 640 | G street, on the corner of the alley. | found Victor. still bound and gagged, | slumped against the wall of the build- ing Haden cut Victor's bonds and noti- | fied ninth precinct police. Although | officers searched the neighborhood. | they found no trace of the fugitive. Victor, who came to this country from Italy about two years ago, earned the money running errands for the pro- prietor of a tailor shop in the neigh- | borhood. “Whether I have any money or not,” COLORED THIEF FLEES WITH $2.50. VICTOR CURTO. —Star Staff Photo. he declared, “I'm not goin’ to walk through any more alleys.” PRESIDENT PAYS HONOR TO WILSON Wreath of Palms Is Laid on Tomb on 75th Anniver- sary of Birth. While friends and admirers todny‘ honored the memory of Woodrow Wil- son on the 75th anniversary of his birth, a wreath of rago palms from President Hoover was placed upon the tomb of the war-time President in | Bethlehem Chapel at Washington Ca- thedral. The memorial wreath sent by the President was brought by a White House naval aide and placed upon the tomb in the presence of Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- | ton, and the bishop’s chaplain, Rev. Raymond L. Wolven, canon of Wash- ington Cathedral. It was placed beside a floral tribute sent from California by BRUTALITY REPORT GVEN GLASSFORD Police Chief Gives No Hint as to Future Action in 56 Cases. A report on the result of Corporation Counsel William W. Bride's study of 56 cases of allegad police brutality uncov- ered by the Department of Justice sev- eral months ego was forwarded by | Commissioner Crosby today to Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, superintend- ent of police. Sent to Commissioners. The 56 cases are those which the Department of Justice considersd non- indictable, and for that reason did not present them to the grand jury. The BANDIT PAIR ROBS THREE CAB DRIVERS AND A PEDESTRIAN Colored Men Who Obtained $185 Are Suspected in Several Recent Hold-ups. [FALLS CHURCH SCENE OF ANOTHER ROBBERY Cabman Says Passengers Ordered Him to Drive Into Virginia, Took His Taxi. Police were searching today for two | colored bandits who held up three | taxicab drivers and a pedestrian over the week end, escaping with $185 in cash, jewelry and clothing. The men | are believed to be the same pair re- | spensible for a number of similar rob- beries during the past two week: | Members of the Detective Burt hold-up squad also were assisting fax County authorities in the investi- | gation of a robbery in which two armed | white men stole $9 and a cab from a, | Capital hacker at Falls Church, Va Saturday night. i Take $7 at Gun Point. | Early yesterday the two colored men ; hailed the cab of John Goss, colored, 11624 Sixth street, at Sherman avenue | | and Girard street. They took $7 from | | him at the point of a pistol after they had been driven less than a block A short time afterward a pair of bandits, thought to be the same two who robbed Goss, held up Roland John- | son, 35, a glass blower living at 1347 Shepherd street, in an alley near Sixth | street and Maryland avenue south- | west. They fled with $14.90 in cash {and a $60 overcoat after beating their victim about the face with their fists Another Cabman Robbed. Robert Purcell, 27 a colored hacker, | who lives at 1706 V street, was robbed of %G.70 apparently by the same two colored bandits on H street southwest last night. Purcell told police he pick- ed up the two “fares” at Third and D streets southwest and drove them to several destinations before the robbery occured | The bandits discontinued their ac-| tivities shortly after midnight after tak- ing $30.85 in cash and a $65 watch| from Jose H. Rivera, a taxi driver of | 225 Morgan street, at Livingston road | southeast ne: the District line. Rivera | had been hailed by the men at Four-| and-a-half and E streets southwest. | | Another cab driver, Milton Brandon, | | 1400 Massachusetts avenue, reported to iFfills Church police that two white men who hired his taxi at Chevy Chase | Circle instructed him to drive to the Virginia town and robbed him of $9 and his automobile upon arriving there. BOY, 15, IS CAPTURED | Southeljn Boys Visit National Museum MEMBERS OF SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION INSPECT EXHIBITS. Pictured above on the National Museum steps are, left to right, front row: Rear row: J. D. Snuggs, Roderick Cotten, Churchill Bragaw and J. F. Oertel, their hos hotograph was made. Blake Lewis. the group were absent en th CHEST'S CAMPAIGN 0 BE GENTRALIZED City Divided Into Districts for Drive—Economy Will Be Keynote. Compactness and centralization will the metropolitan unit of the Communi- y Chest under the direction of H. L. Rust, jr., chairman, officials announced today The city will be divided, with Sam- uel H. Kauffmann as chairman of Re- gion No. 1, the western section; Mark Lansburgh, chairman of Region 2, the central section; James E. Collifower chairman of Region 3, the eastern sec- tion, and Dr. Kelly Miller, chairman of Region 5, including all colored neigh- borhoods. Region 4 has been elimi- nated for the time being. Central headquarters_will be main- tained at the Willard Hotel. Division headquarters will be done away with this year in the interest of economy. The organization will include 24 di- vision chairmen, 96 captains, 960 work- ers, 1 unit secretary, 1 assistant unit Hugh_Sterling, Taylor Attmore and | t. Four members of Star Staff Photo. GROUP of young curio collectors from a remote North Carolina village arrived in Washington to- day to feast their eyes on the | treasures of the National Mu- seum. The boys, 10 in number, are members | of ‘the Star Club of Washington, Beau- fort County, N. C., otherwise known as the Washington Field Museum. Their organization, one of the first of several | junigr museums now existing in widely | scattered sections, is affliated with the American Association of Museums. Arriving at the National just as the doors were opened this | morning, the young visitors had the | time of their lives inspecting the count- less relics on display. They got their biggest thrill out of seeing Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's celebrated Spirit of St. Louis. They also displayed” par- | be the guiding factors in organization of | ticular interest in the taxidermic ex- | author whose work has been the great- hibits. J. F. Oertel, a nature writer and re- tired employe of the Labor Depart- ment, guided the young visitors through | the Museum. He told of their work, with which he became familiar on a visit to North Carolina several years ago. He said half a dozen of the boy would be guests at his home in Vienna, Va., until they depart for North Caro- lina Wednesday. | The boys, Mr. Oertel said, have been | complimented by nationally known scientists on_their success in gather- ing relics. He said their collection in- | cludes everything from a two-tailed | snake_to the skeleton of a Cherokee In- The young scientists were presented with the Indian skeleton after it was found in a marl pit near their home town. The Indian is believed to have Museum | ACCOUNTING PRIZE * L BE AWARDED iBeta Alpha Psi Scroll to Be Presented at Instructors’ Dinner. | The Beta Alpha Psi award to the | est contribution to accounting during the year ended May 1 will be presented tonight at the annual dinner of the | American Association of University In- structors in Accounting. Sessions of the association, which will continue through tomorrow, opened earlier in the | day at the Raleigh Hotel. | Announcement of the name of the | recipient of the 1931 award was with- | held until tonight's program The award will be a scroll bearing testimony to the particular work of the author and the appreciation of the association. Many university professors who belong to the association are members of Beta Alpha Psi Fraternity. | School of Business Administration of | the University of Minnesota, is presi- | dent of the association, which now has Russell A. Stevenson, dean of the1 T, VERNON ROAD OPENING HINGES ON RULING OF A Legality of Turning Policing of Highway to Grant Now Is Questioned. PUBLIC USE BEFORE FEB. 1 HELD LIKELY Planting in Parkways Is Scarcely Begun—1,000 Acres Must Be Guarded by Patrols, The exact date of the openin, the Mount Vernon Memorial H\ggwgls to public travel hinges on a decision of Controller General J. R. McCarl, re- lating to the legality of turning the policing of the highway over to Lieut, Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of pub- lic buildings and’ public parks, at this time, while construction work is still in_progress. The general accounting office is now wrestling with this problem. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, which is supervising con- struction of the highway, said today that at present it appears as if the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway will be officially opened to public travel before George Washington's birthday and possibly before February 1. Cer: y, he said, it wil in the new year. o teiona catly Work for Year Yet. “We expect to be doing some wi on the highway for at lega.st a yeaorr.l'(’ said Mr. MacDonald today. “There will l;: s{s}:l]emegt on the uncertain ground, e road was 2 s the built over a bed of The Bureau of Public Roads is loaf to organize its own police force to ta)t(z over traffic control of the highway, its chief asserted, particularly as Col. Grant is now organizing his force for this work. This organization has now progressed to such a point that Capt. R. C. Montgomery, U. S. A., superin- tendent of the United States Park Po- lice, has been interviewing recruits who will fill vacancies when experienced of~ flvcers are sent out to patrol the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks is ready to take over policing of the highway almost immediately. Practically all of the planting work remains to be done along the highway, Mr. MacDonald explaingd, and the Bu- reau of Public Roads may have to turn over its jurisdiction piecemeal to Col. Grant's office. The plan—unless the controller general interposes an ob- Jection—is to turn over, first, traffic control and policing. In addition to the highway proper, Mr. MacDonald explained, there are more than 1000 acres of parkway to be policed and in fact a new park has been added to the environs of the National Capital. Asked Traffic Regulations. Mr. MacDonald revealed that he has requested the Office, of Public Buildings contract be- | Mrs. Mary J. McKinley, chairman of | record in each c2se was turned over to| | secretary and 3 regional secretaries. and Public Parks to take over the or- y : y T to ¥ 8! e hameq died 200 or 300 years ago. His death 700 | - | the California Woodrow Wilson Memo- ' the Commissioners for any action they land avenue: Would Abandon Present Yards. The planning commission first sug- { gested that the tracks be straightened | out, taking out the Maryland-Virginia | avenue hump, he explained, as it was this plan was abandoned, as it was! found that this procedure would give only a couple of blocks for Federal development, to the south. Then the rial Wreath Fund, with an accompany- ing note, which said in part “We humbly thank God for having given Woodrow Wilson to America and to the world. May his name and mem- ory be revered forever.” Although Armistice day is the annual occasion for tribute at Woodrow Wil- son’s tomb in Bethlehem Chapel, where his widow worships, it always has.been the practice of many of his admirers to observe also the anniversary of his birth. They began arriving early today. proposal for a railroad tunnel under the Potomac River was advocated at| the confer in Philadelpbia, and the enlerged on this program aban- on r river, from 8 point near the Army War College 10‘ Four Mile Run, Va.. would mean the junking of the $2,000,000 market cen- t near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, at Fourteenth and Water streets southwest, as well as abandon- ment of the railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Further, it would entail abandonment of a number of yards of the Pennsyl- tunnel vania Railroad in Southwest Washing. | ton to which trucking facilities are now available. While establishment of a new freight station at First street and North Carolina avenue southeast, as suggested in the commission’s annual report, would not seriously inconvenience truck- ing interests, it would concentrate dis- tribution centers, now at a number of | points, and would mean that the size of | the yard would have to be extensive. | At the present time the Pennsylvania Railroad has its team track yard at Fourteenth and Water streets, its Twelfth street southwest yard for per- e delivery, its Ninth street south- yard for team track delivery, main- automobiles; its Sixth street south- yard for miscellaneous distribution and its Four-and-a-hall street yard with its freight sheds and tracks. Then there is the New Jersey avenue coal- e yard, where much of the ma- into the construction of the rnment buildings here is cold-storage plant, at Thir- teenth and Water serves whole- salers in that vicinity, and freight cars can be “spotted” right at the premises of the commission men, facilitating the stored. A Democratic meetings in Washington and elsewhere were being held in mem- ory of the party's great leader. “The years only serve to add luster to his name and fame,” said Nellie Tay- lce Ross, acting chief at Democratic ational headquarters, who had helped arrange s2veral Wilson birthday cele- brations. Largest of these was the State-wide gathering of Democratic | women at Bridgeport, Conn., to be ad- dressed by Robert A. Cooper, former Governor of South Carolina. At the regular luncheon meeting of the Woman's National Democratic Club in Washington, with Edward Keating, former Representative from Colorado and editor of Labor, as the guest speak- er, reference also was made to the ideals and schievements of Wilson. Mrs. Samuel Herrick, president of the club, presided. SAFE CRACKERS TAKE $100 FROM THEATER in 1200 Block C Street Northeast. Using & high explosive which shook surrounding buildings, safe crackers early today blew open a safe in the Home Theater, 1230 C street northeast, | and robbed it of about $100. Entrance !to the building was gained by smash- | ing the glass in a window leading from a fire escape. | " Neighbors who heard the explosion "\md it occurred between midnight and might care to take against the officers involved. Each of the cases was studied thor- oughly by Corporation Counsel Bride | Warns Other Colored Youths as| and Chester Gray, one of his assistants, | to determine whether the Commission- | Police Approach—Couple Thwart . IN PURSE-SNATCHING| Explosive Shakes Other Buildings ers would be justified in taking dis- | ciplinary action against the policemen named. Although Mr. Bride's report was not made public, it is understood he recommended that a number of the cases be abandoned because of the lack | of sufficient evidence, or because the alleged brutality cited had outrun the statute of limitations. Now Awa Trial. i Mr. found in his study that in seve e cases the officer nemed also were the 18 indicted by the grand jury for third degrec| practices, and now are awaiting trial. The report of N de and his| recommendations hdVe been discussed | by Gen. Crosby and Gen. Glassford, but | there has been no intimation from | either of them whether any of the | officers involved are to be ordered before the Police Trial Board for disciplinary action. 500 ORPHANS TAKEN TO THEATER PARTY Knights of Columbus Give Show, With Stage Stars Performing and Children as Guests. Approximately 500 orphan children | of the District, selected from repre- sentative institutions throughout the city, were guests of the Washington | Chapter, Knights of Columbus, at its |annual theater party in the National | | Theater yesterday. | | “'Headline performers appearing in vaudeville at Washington theaters this week staged acts for the entertainment of the children. These actors included | Harry Langdon, Joe Penner, Les Stey- | {ens and his “Diplomats,” “The Thr ." |Jacks,” Charlie Edwards and Jack Mulane. Mike Durso was master ;of | ceromonies Performers and stage | | Southan and 1 Pair in Auto. A 15-year-old colored boy, believed to be a member of a gang of purse snatch- ers, was arrested yesterday after he| jumped on the running board of nni automobile which had stopped for a | traffic light at Twelfth street and New | York avenue, grabbed two purses and | ran. He was later Trafic Off S. R. Collins, summoned by Miss Alma ss Regina A. Crawford, both of 1738 Q street, whose pocket-| books had been snatched. The boy, who said he was Naymon James, 1211 New York avenue, was charged with petty larceny. After tell- ing police other boys were involved in similar practices, he took the officers to Seventh and M streets, where several colored youths were congregated. Upon approaching the group, however, he shouted, “Run, here come the police!” and the bcys escaped. Later two colored men made an un- successful attempt to _snatch the pocketbook of Mrs. F. E. Lucas, Shore- ham Hotel, who, with her husband, was walking along Cleveland avenue near Thirty-second street. The couple said they were walking along the avenue when a touring car bearing New York licenses drove alongside them and two men jumped out and reached for Mrs. Lucas' purse. When they ran up the| steps of a house nearby, the colored men drove away. CHAMBER TO DISCUSS MAPES TAX MEASURE Finance Committee Will Study Bill Passed Recently by House. an alley who cornered in by had been William J. Plunkert has been named unit secretary, Maj. Campbell Johnson assistant unit secretary and secretary of Region 5, Miss Bertha Pabst, secre- tary of Reglon 1; Maurice Bisgyer, Re- gion 2, and Ensign Charlels H. Dodd, Region 3 Team captains and workers will be selected at once in order that all par ticipants may receive adequate instruc- tion in preparation for opening of the campaign, January 24. Mr. Rust has been a regional chair- man in former drives. Mr. Collifiower and Dr. Miller are veteran regional chairmen. Mr. Mark Lansburgh and Mr. Kauffmann have been active in earlier campaigns, but this will be their first yoar as regional chairmen. “T am greatly pleased,” said Mr. Rust. start of the organization of ropolitan unit. We plen to y it compict and effective and hope to accomplish our task within the time set for the campaign RESCUE SQUAD FAILS TO SAVE SICK BABY Whooping Cough Fatal to Infant Girl—Sister to Surwive Disease. Although rescue squad firemen re- sponded In record time, they were too late to save 3-month-old Shirley Ann Babbitt, who died of whooping cough this morning at the home of her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Babbitt, 2402 Second street northeast. Shirley Ann’s sister, Eloise, 2, is re- cuperating from the disease at home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Earl S. Babbitt, in Riverdale, Md. the infant was stricken, about 2 weeks ago, she was taken by her grand- | mother to prevent the contagion from | spreading to Eloise, who came down with the illness several days later. The infant died a few minutes after the firemen were summoned. Moviegécrg Asked To Aid Fund for apparently was caused by a broken eg. Another of their proud exhibits is an eight-legged pig, preserved in alcokol. They also have one of the first sewing machines manufactured in this country, |a plug of chewing tobacco taken from the person of Jefferson Davis, Confed- |erate President, after his capture; a | three-legged rooster, a leopard crab, numerous butterflies, stuffed animals, |old firearms, antique furniture and | clothes in style more than a century ago. The museum is quartered in the Washington Town Hall. The club was formed in 1923 with four members The membership now ctands at 18, numbering boys and young men from 14 to more than 25 years old > townfolk the museum is own as “The Bughouse.” The boys motored to Washington at their own expense. VICTIM OF AUTO'S PLUNGE SUCCUMBS Mother of 3, Hurt When Car Went Over Park Cliff, Dies of Skull Fracture. Mrs. Edith J. Christoph, 34, of 2017 Ordway street, died yesterday in Gar- field Hospital without regaining . con- sciousness after being injured when the automobile in which she was riding with her husband and three small chil- dren plunged over & cliff in Rock Creek Park Thursday afternoon. Death was due to a fractured skull, and came at 9 o'clock yesterday morn- | ing. Puneral services will be held at 2 | o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the fam- | ily residence, and interment will be in | Congressional Cemetery. All members of Mrs. Christoph's fam ily also were injured in the accident, a membership of approximately accounting instructors. Sessions today were devoted to discussions of technical problems in accounting, with David Himmelblau of Northwestern University | acting as chairman. Among the speakers this morning were Edwin L. Theiss of the University of Illinois; F. G. Donner, assistant treasurer of General Motors Corpora- tion; James L. Dohr of Columbia Uni- versity and Arthur W. Hanson of Harvard University. “Accounting Re- search” will be the subject for this after- noon, with the speakers including John J. Reighard of the University of Minne- ‘sum, R. C. Rorem of the Julius Rosen- | wald Fund, J. B. Taylor of Ohio State | University 2nd Roy B. Kester of Colum- n of changing the name | ssociation will ba taken up tonight's dinner meeting at 6:30 o'clock | at_the Raleigh The association’s Committee on Local Arrangements for the annual meeting was headed by William M. Deviny of Catholic University, general chairman, and James E. Gillis, Columbus® Uni- versity, secretary. MARKETING SOCIETY OPENS SESSION HERE First Annual Meeting to Conclude With Dinner—U. 8. Offigials Discuss Current Projects. The American Marketing _Society opened its first annual meeting here to- | day, devoting the session to consider- |ation of the practical application of marketing information and methods de- veloped by the fact-finding services of the Commerce Department. The so- ciety represents individuals engaged in developing scientific methods of mar- keting. At this morning’s session, presided | over by L. D. H. Weld, first vice presi- | dent, the utilization of census data de- | veloped through the census of distri- | bution was discussed by Robert J. Mc- [ Fall, in charge of that activity. |~ Representatives of the Commerce De- partment’s Bureau of Foreign and Do- ganization of traffic control and formu- late regulations for the use of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. “Just as soon as we can get the legal questiors settled and finish the phys- ical work of hauling across the high- way, It can be open,” said Mr. MacDon= ald, in explaining that there is consid+ erable grading work remaining to be done. The actual dedicatory exercises for the opening of the Mount Vernon Me= morial Highway will likely be held in the Spring. Mr. MacDonald has re- quested that these exercises await ®the ccming out of the leaves, to improve the present bare appearance of the highway. COLORED MAN HELD IN DOONIS KILLING Murder Charged After Inquest, When Witnesses Tell of Quarrel Over Matching Game. Cyrus S. Shippen, jr., 38, colored, was held for grand jury action on & murder charge today following an inquest into the death of Andrew Doonis, 42, Whose body was found early yesterday in an automobile parked in the 1200 block of Six-and-a-half street Witnesses_testified Doonis, who lived in the 1200 block of Eleventh street, and Shippen, whose home is at 1330 Cedar court, quarreled over a nickel- matching game at the home of Pearl Grimes, colored, 1243 Six-and-a-half street. Doonis lost, the coroner’s jury was told, and followed’ Shippen from the house, attempting to strike him. Ship- pen slapped Doonis, it was added, and the man fell, striking his head on the sidewalk. He died of a fractured skull, according to Deputy Coroner Nicholas J. Murphy, who performed an autopsy. e . POLICEMAN DENIES BEATING PRISONER 1 elock Hospital Talkies The robbery was discovered by Joseph | hands donated their services. but it is thought that they will recover. | masti, Transportation for the children was | g gz mestic Commerce discussed current sale of whole carload lots Fred A. Christoph, 37, an assistant in | marketing projects of the bureau at the Arthur The District of Columbia Finance Estimates Outlay of $50,000,000. of the program of the Na- | Park and Planning Com- 1d_mean the virtual aban- of all these facilities of the ania Railroad in Southwest Washington, as well as abandonment of ng Maryland and Vir- id the various spur ) the food district y constructed a new Water treet to carry 0 the ne who'esal:ng distribution of food- The wining out ilities and the erection ot center, toget of the rail tomac River some $50,000,000 serted. Mr. Nett cantly that the que pay for all this has not yet been con- sidered. The new food distribution cen- ter would be placed in the Buzzards Point area in all probability, Mr. Net- tleton said The Pennsylvania Railroad is now expending great sums of money in its program of electrification of its lines between Washington and New York, rmit grains to travel be- {wo points in from thre» Some Phil f these fa w food di with the construction tunnel benedith the Po- would 1 the outlay of t on added signifi- t the station and for passenger syl ia Ralilroad struction of a new Mr. Nettleton pointed out nt mtrlncmvm program is advanced. | Roane, porter at the thezter. | Kilburg, menager, said the money taken was kept on hand to meet current ex- penses and did not include any of Sun- | day's receipts | | donated. Besides blowing open the safe, the ‘v-ggs ransacked a locker and desk |~ William G. Feely, past state deputy Ny s of plastering and other of the Knights of Columbus, addressed | 313:5 fl'fe" xcaugred ovexr the floor lme children at the show. The Wash- | | furnished by the Washington Railway | | & Electric Co., the Capital Traction Co. | and members of the Rotary Club. The | i use of the National Theater also was! Committee of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce Wil meet at 4:15 o'clock tomorrow in the board rooms of the chamber, in the Homer Building, to discuss the recent legislation passed by the House as a Tesult of the Mapes Committee recommendations, designed to increase taxation in the District. The committee is expected also to con- ribution | general agent as- ( stion of who is to 55,000,000 is now | i adelphia in the re- | gement of the tracks of the Penn- con- In Balti- more, Md., some $22,000,000 is being on a new tunnel there as the . eed ihe |ington chapter of the organization in- Headquarters detectives expressed | cludes the five councils of the Knights of Columbus functioning in the city. JAILED AS OWNER OF LIQUOR CARGO | belief the robbery was the work of ex- perts. | HEARINGS POSTPONED The public hearings on the valuation of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., Commission for January 4, have been | postponed by agreement between the commission and the company until February 1, it was announced today. tion of & new tunnel under the Po- tomac River, he said. In Washington, within about the next year, Mr, Nettleton asserted, there will not be & coal-burning or ofl-burning locomotive on the Pennsylvania Rail- | road. Gas-electrio engines will be used | for the shifting of cars in the railroad yards, and half of the tracks in the Union Station will be electrified. Purther, Mr, Nettleton said, the Pennsylvania Railroad's freight tracks from Landover, Md., into Washington will be electrified .| on into Potomac Yards, Va. All this expense makes the likelihood of the construction of a tunnel under the Potomac River remote at this time. Congress must first act on the program This heavy expense is & factor to be|of geiting the tracks off Maryland and considered in the proposed construce 4 Virginia svenues, Mr. Nettigton asserted. | previously slated by the Public Utilitles | | Prisoner Says He Had 54 Gallons of Rum for His “Own Use.” Charles H. Pflieger, 24, 3007 Cam- bridge place, said he had the 108 half %fllons of liquor which police found in is car for his “own use.” But it wasn't quite clear to what use he meant to apply it, S0 he was charged with | possession in Police Court today. Pflieger was arrested in an alley in the rear of the 3000 block of Fifteenth | street by Policeman E. W. Brown this morning. He pleaded not guilty to the possession charge. On an additional charge of having “dead tags” on his car Pflieger was wfll by Judge John Pi’yMl’:Mlhon. requested a trial jury for fsflure to have @ driver's permit, sider and act upon the recommenda- tions made by the Citizens' Joint Com- mittee on Fiscal Relations between the District and the ®nited States. The | joint committee last week voted to o] | pose increased taxation here for the | purpose of reducing the Federal con- tribution to the city’s maintenance, as | proposed in the Mapes bills. Col. Edward Goring Bliss is chair- !man of the chamber's committee in | charge of this matter. MRS. J. W. CANDEY DIES Succumbs at Her Home After Pro- tracted Illness. Mrs. Jemima White Candey, 52, died vesterday at her home, 1118 Eighteenth street, after a protracted illness. Fu- neral’ services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the establish- ment of Joseph Gawler's Sons. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Candey, a native of Scotland, had been a resident of Washington for the past 30 years. SI?C is sur{']ved by her husband, Wil- liam J. Candey; & brother, Duncan Henderson, and two sisters, Mrs. James Phillips and Mrs. John G. Lindsay, all of Washington. " $1,000 to $1,500 Needed | to Provide Modern Ma- chine for Incurables. A renewed appeal was made today for every Washington theatergoer to donate the price of one admission toward the purchase of talking picture equipment for the entertainment of in- mates of the Home for Incurables, Wis- consin avenue and Tilden street. As a result of the first appeal some time ago donations totaling $40 have been received, but this falls far short of the lowest possible price for sound picture equipment. When the neces- sary funds have been received bids will be asked of three companies to supply the machine, but it is not believed the lowest bid will be less than $1,000 to $1,500. ‘The board of directors of the home was represented today as feeling that it would purchase the equipment itself, if possible, but a survey of its finances has disclosed an inability to take on further obligations. Instead, it believes resi- dents of Washington will be willing to donate enough, in large and small con- tributions, to make possible the pur- chase of the equipment. ‘To the 125 persons confined to the home, ranging in age from 12 to 99 years, two-thirds of whom are bed- ridden, motion pictures are the greatest pleasures in their drab lives. Until re- cently they have been entertained by silent pictures, but with the advent of the “talkies” production was ceased on the old-style films and none can be bought now, the forelgn commerce section of the United States Chamber of Commerce, husband of Mrs. Christoph, and a 6- year-old daughter, Katherine, are still | in hospitals. Christoph received a frac- tured pelvis and is in Garfleld Hospital. The girl is in Children’s Hospital with a skull fracture. The two other chil- dren, Carolyn Edith, 7. and Mary Joan, 3, have been returned to their home. At an inquest held at the District Morgue today, a coroner’s jury held | Christoph blameless, returning a verdict of accidental death. The accident occurred about 2:15 p.m. | Christmas eve. The automobile, driven by Mr. Christoph, was proceeding east on Park road about 200 yards west of the Park Road Bridge. car's brakes and the machine skidded, crashing through a guard rail and over a 30-foot cliff. Witnesses at the inquest testified the car skidded when Christoph applied his brakes and then left the road, crashing through the rail fence and plunging over the precipice. It was raining at the time, they said, and the road was slippery. Victim of Horse Kick Buried. LURAY, Va., December 28 (Special). —The funeral of Dorothy Gochenour, 2-year-old daughter of Fred Gochenour of near Luray, was held with interment in the Zion Church Graveyard. Serv- ices were by Elder A. W. Campbell Dorothy died Thursday night at Rock- ingham Memorial Hospital, Harrison- burg, where she had been taken several weeks ago when kicked by & horse. She is survived by her and father and & mzmb' of brothers and sisters, » He applied the | | afternoon session. Archibald M. Cross- ley, treasurer of the American Market- ing Society, presided. A dinner meeting tonight at the Washington Hotel, presided over by Paul T. Cherington, president of the society, Wwill conclude the sessions. TRAFFIC LINES PAINTED Twenty miles of white traffic lines have been painted on the streets of Washington since July 1. it was re- | vealed today by Traffic Director Wil- |liam A. Van Duzer. Approxmately 500 gallons of white paint were required for the work, | 'The trafic lines included those in the | center of the streets at intersections and cross walks. A special paint, made in accordance with Bureau of Standards specifications, was used. Despite the durability and lasting qualities of this paint, Mr. Van Duger saic, i will be necessary to repaint the lines two or three times a year. Kent County Official —chs. CHESTERTOWN, Md., December 28 (Special) —Miss Helen' L. Shriley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. | Shriley of Rock Hall, and Stanley B. Sutton, assistant eounty agent for Kent | County and son of Mr. and Mrs. Lin- wood A. Sutton of Chestertown, were married at St. James' Methodist Protes- tant Church here Saturday. The cere- mony was performed by the Rev. J. Lee Bond of $100 Fixed When He Pleads Not Guilty—Accuser Held in $1,000 Bail. Charged with assaulting Wilbur A. Hofman, 614 Massachusetts avenue, in the first precinct station Christmas day, Jeremiah J. Cullinane, suspended po- liceman, pleaded not guilty before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court today and was released on $100 bond. At the request of Attorney James A. O’Shea, defense counsel, the case was continued until January 5 to allow time to determine whether his client will seek trial by judge or jury. Shortly before Cullinane's case was called Hofman, the complaining wit- ness, was arraigned on a charge of housebreaking. He was held for the grand jury action after entering a plea of not guilty to breaking into the Wil- liam Hahn Shoe Co., 930 Seventh street. Bond was fixed at $1,000. Hofman, who was arrested at the shoe store and taken to the first pre= cinct, was allegedly struck in the mouth by Cullinane when he refused to change his cell. Two of Hofman's teeth were knocked out. Several witnesses stated that the attack was unprovoked, while another said Hofman resisted the officer, Fire Routs Yule Guests. LONDON, December 28 (#)—Several hundred Yuletide guests were routed last night when fire destroyed a wing Marker, pastor of the church. The fldfn rcir s:{v"tlrli ynfi‘s past, has been n e Hanesville Public BchooE in Worton, themselves by clambering d - Pipes. myfhels night clotes - g of the St. Austell Bay Hotel in Corn- wall. Some of the occupants saved