Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1932, Page 11

he Foening Star Society and General WASHINGTON, B C, 14 ESCAPE DEATH INTAKOMA PARK AS BLAZE RAZES HOME Fire Is Belicved by Poiice to Have Been Incendiary. Girl, 16, Is Cut. KITCHEN DISCOVERED ENVELOPED IN FLAMES Wife and Husband Arouse Two Families and Lead Them to Safety Through Window. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md, Jul 4— Fourteen people fled to safety when a fire believed by police to be of incen- diary origin destroyed the home of Frank Collins at Third street and Cockrell avenue here early today. Only the charred framework of the struc- ture, a frame bungalow, was left stand- The fire was discovered shortly be- fore 5 am. when Collins’ wife, Mrs. Florence Collins, arose to prepare breakfast and found the kitchen en- veloped in flames and the fire rapidly spreading to other parts of the house. Arouse Family in House. Mrs. Collins screamed for her hus- band and together they managed 1o arouse their nine children, a son-in- lJaw and two grandchildren and led them to safety through a side window which they smashed out when the flames spread to the hallway and cut off escape by the front door. A daughter, Irene Collins, 16 years old, suffered severe lacerations of the right leg in climbing through the win- dow, and was taken to the Washington Sanitarium, where she was admitted for treatment. = Mrs. Collins, Who is 40, suf- fered minor cuts about the fingers of her right hand and was given first-aid treatment by neighbors. Meanwhile, a_ driver of a milk truck saw the fire and called Town Policeman Frank Lane, who notified the Takoma Park Fire Department. A valiant effort was made by the volunteer firemen to save the structure, but the fire had gained too much headway, and the building was razed. g Collins’ family and that of his son-in- law, which were forced to flee from the bungalow with only their night clothes and whatever apparel they managed to gather up in their haste, were being cared for at the home of a neighbor today. List of Those Escaping. In addition to Collins, who is 52, and his wife, those who escaped were . 22; Prank, 5, Bernard, Edith, 10; Audrey, 7; Louise, 3, and Mrs. Mildred Milestad, 21; her busband, Eugene Milestad. 22, and Mr. and Mrs. Milestad’s two children, Jean, 2 years old, and Kenneth, 6. Ernest Collins, a crippie, was helped through the window to safety by two of his brothers. It was estimated by Collins that the damege to his home would total $4,000. The building was not covered by in- surance, he said Town police declared they are of the opinion that the fire was the work of a “fire bug” The blaze is the fifth in which homes in that area of Takoma Park, in which Collins’ bungalow was located, have been destroyed by fires ©of mysterious origin D. C. MAN ESCAPES BANDITS’ BULLETS William W. Scott, Jefferson Junior High Teacher, Reports Expe- rience in Indiana. William W. Scott, teacher at Jeffer- son Junior High School, was fired upon by supposed bandits just outside of In- dianapolis, Ind., Thursday afternoon but_escaped uninjured, according to re: ports reaching the Capital Scott, who was on his way to Virden, 11, stopped ar to rest near Green fleld, Ind, he reported, when a ca bearing two men pulled up alongside of him, and one of the men leveled a revolver at him. Seott was eating an orange at the time, and, hurling the bandit's eyes, he dashed before the hold-up man composure. Shots fired went wild n given police by Scott of across a fi could regal at him as he ra The descr tallied wit shot two S| Ohio, policemen fatally wounding one lived at 1301 Massa- GEORGIC AHéAD OF TIME Made on Maiden Voyage. NEW YORK v 4—The Georgic tor vessel to be built for the s fleet and sister ship arrived yesterday on hours ahead of from Liverpool passengers, 000 gross tons, the tions for 1,636 tourist and et long, with nd a speed of st er among the fastest passenger mc HOWARD HUGHES SIGNS UP 0il Millionaire to Become Directc M-G-M Studios for HOLL Film cir Hughes, entered The report, ri source although ficially confirmed, d ayer studios to direct His first picture with M-G-M was re- | two gunmen who | authoriative signed _with HE charred remains of the home of Frank Collins, at Third street and v Takoma Park, Md, which was destroyed early this fire believed by police to have been started by a “fire bug.” Fourteen members of Collins’ family and that of his son-in-law, Eugene Milestad, fled to safety after the blaze was discovered shortly before 5 a.m. PROGRAN S HELD o RCES AT ENEINE HOUSE Oidest Inhabitants Conduct | 67th Celebration With Judge Mattingly as Speaker. iWASHINGTUN SPIRIT Patriotic Sermon at Cathe- dral Blames World Ills on Ethical Stupidity. The spirit which George Washington bequeathed to the Nation is necessary today to drive “the charlatan and the | spoiisman” from high places in our Government, Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, radio preacher for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, declared yesterday in & sermon in the great choir of Washington Cathedral at a national patriotic service held in co-operation with the Bicentennial Commission. The world today still suffers “col- lapses of the public good traceable to | greed, folly and ethical stupidity,” Dr. Cadman declared. Rogues Still Flourish, The sixty-seventh celebration of the | | Nation's birthday by the Association of | Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia was_held today at the old | Union Engine House, Nineteenth and H streets, with Judge Robert E. Mattingly of Municipal Court delivering the prin- cipal address Previous to the July Fourth celebra- tion the association members held a | regular business meeting. In the absence of Theodore W. Noyes, president of the association, the meet- in- was presided over by Fred A. Emery, vice president. Declaration Is Read. Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, pastor of | the Western Preshyterian Church, gave | the invocation. Following this, a decla- | “The churl and the clown still gain ration by the House o Burgesses of |official preferment,” he said. “Rogues Virginia, entitled “No Taxation With- [still flourich in high places and betray out Representation,” was read. The the trust of those who elevate them. | declaration is as follows Nevertheless, ignorance, insolence, flip- | “No power on earth has a right to | pancy and downright treachery are | impose taxes on the people or take the |always liable to encounter the spirit smallest portion of their property with- | Washington engendered in our Repub- out their consent given by their repre- |lic, and when they do it is nightfall sentatives. This has been considered as | for them.” the chief pillar of the Constitution.| Dr. Cadman, discussing the unde- | Without this support no man can be | served abuse that was heaped on Wash- | caid to have the least shadcw of liberty.” | ington after he became President, and u istrict” which has been heaped on Presidents My District” Is' Sung. lof the United States since, declared Prederic William Wile'’s “My DIstrict” | “this wretched tendency to abuse the | was sung by the assembly. The Dec- | Chief Magistrate fér not furnishing a laration of Independence was read by | fool-proof world for our Republic per- John B. Dickman, sr. after Wwhich | sists till now, deflant of facts, rational- Judge Mattingly delivered his address. | ity and decent behavior.” The celebration was concluded with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” How- Always True to Self. ard Moore sang several selections, ac-| The secret of Washington's ascend- companied by Miss Esther Spier. ency, Dr. Cadman said, is that “he was The Celebration Committee was com- | always true to his fundamental self and posed of James F. Duhamel, chairman; | more careful of his conscience than of Washington Topham, vice chairman: | the opinions of his fellow men.” | J. Eliot Wright, secretary; Samuel Alt-| The Divine Providence which gave | man, Henry L. Bryan, Frank W. Dow-| washington to this country in its time | fing, Mr. Emery, Artemas C. Harman, | of dire need, Dr. Cadman concluded, | Percy B. Israel, Jack- ‘will “continue to be gracious to a peni- {son, John Clagett Theodore | tent and believing America; an America W. Noyes, ex officio. determined to silence the demagogue, TO THREE CHOIR BOYS &> *¢ > ret | New Trophy, for Character ana AIR FORCE DESERTION I awarded | HALTS CHINESE WAR tegrity and honor—President Washing- | at Cathedral SIS e ton.” ‘ Conduct, George Brufl Proctor, Eighty Per Cent of Canton's Flyers Refuse to Take Part in Further Civil Conflict. Three medals, one of | honor, were conferre | members of the Cat | Washington Cathedral ration of the holy cc terday by Rev. Wil ‘canon and precentor The honors were pre ows: The Lane Johnst ong service in the chol Wood: the Mount St the boy Who has made tt improvement in singing dur R s | year, Rollie Howard Wk the | Tong, whict e | Gover Memorial medal, to Charles F.|the rebels, was crippled by the desertion b sgid including many American- | “'The Gover Memor is a new | trained aviators and representing 80 per | honc vear to the | cent of the tot { boy * d conduct | The fiyers r nas < further _attac e Alban’s | Admiral Ch: s excel- | istration. inion ‘there .. De Vries, By the Associated Pre: HONGKONG, Ci medal for | tion of most of the e Barton | prought hope yesterday of a truce in nedal for | Canton': 1 strife, involving the re- of Admiral Chan Chak. d as fol- a, July 4.—deser- Cantonese air force to take part in Hainan, seat of s separatist naval admin- They declared adherence to > previous | the recent statement of their former leader, Chang Wal-Churg, that the air force would not be available for future civil wars, This defectior ' agreement for wh: Cantonese leader John | government, a The | Jeader of the Ct D. | heavy fighting Shanghai last W. | | ing. | The gallant voung Gen. Tsal received | an enthus c welcome at Canton, 1 leading to suggestions that the Can- tonese navy and air force, as a_com- promise, might go to Amoy and join Gen. Tsai's 19th Army. 7 {\rx:c"?l newspap éxd the Hongkong government had s s dozen armed Meeting Will Formulate Plans for Jaunches of Admiral Chan's (;1:3,;'hich took refuge here after an aerial attack, | Senate Hearing to Fight and would hand the boats over to Can- | ton authorities, but a spokesman for i the admirz] said permission had been obtained for the liunches to remain here. They are too small for the voyage to Hainan LECTURES TO BEGIN Dr. Wilgus Will Open G. W. Semi- | School |lence of character | year.” {” The new | ward J en by Mrs. Ed- V. Hopkins, Miss Jennet ised hopes of a peace Sun Fo, a former the Nanking Gen. Tsai Ting-Kal, se armies during the 1st the Japanese at 1, have been work- | ner | Ric ty will be Robert Robert Snow and John Kent. h | PROPOSED GAS TANK ns will be Tep- »w mcrning Senate hearing as holder on | to formulate plans f to protest erectior | virgin | The Southeest { made 2n eff | Senate a ns' Assoclation sday to block authorizing ubie-foot sasLight | Dr. A. Curtis Wilgus, associate pro- i favorably by fessor of Hispanic history at George mittee and is | Washington University, will deliver the es of lectures in the uni- T conference on Latin 9:40 o'clock tomorrow nar Conference Tomorrow. s holder by th The bill was te District it is argued, are a n h ,| the odor from them polluting the air | morning and the waters of the Anacostia River | Dr. Wilgus, who will direct the sem- |and saturating the soil. The citizens | inar, which will be participated in by %o contend the proposed holder would | leading authorities on Latin America, ported to be “Lulu Belle” or “The Good | serve as an auxiliary to existing storage | will introduce the conference, which Earth.” tanks and should be located in the sec- | will continue for six weeks with daily One of his independent productions | tion of the city it is intended to serve | two-hour sessions was “Hell's Angels Seek Foreign Exchange. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 4 (%) ~—Importers of gasoline and coal have | send two delegates. sppealed to the government for for- eign exchange facilities to met pay- and not in the Southeast. The associations to be represented at tomorrow are Southeast, | Lincoln Park, Anacostia, Randle High- lands and Congress Heights. Each will Gets New Police Pos! By a Stafl Corre: pondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md, July 4—Corpl. A. E. Markley, in charge of the local State police substation, will be transferred to ‘The late John Stainer’s collection of Randalstown Wednesday, assuming di- ments abroad, saying that otherwise | old English song books, which was the rection of substation “G" there. Sergt. they would be compelled to reduce their | most extensive in ‘private ownership, ' Louis Bloom, recently transferred to|such devoted importations sharply. was sold in London recently for $2,000. Frederick, will return here. ‘ DR. CADMAN URGES THREE DROWNS N CAPTAL AREA HELD ACCDENTAL Police Investigate Death of Corpl. D. A. Quick at Bolling Field. WIFE WATCHES SWIMMER DIE IN OCCOQUAN CREEK Carpenter Loses Life Mysteriously in Potomac Near Wide- water, Md. Police investigation of the deaths of two or three persons whose bodies were Tecovered from the Potomac and its tributaries, showed all were accident Although the death of Corpl. David Quick, 20, stationed at Bolling Ficl E«: sixtxsplclou: circumstances surround- g it. Quick had been missing since Thurs- day. His body, fully clothed, was sight- ed in the Eastern Branch. opposite the ber of the Bonus Army at Camp Marks. Harbor police recovered it. Both mili- tary and local authorities will hold in- vestigations tomorrow. John Alton Lynn, 29, of Woodbridge, Va,, seized with cramps while swimming in the waters of Occoquan Creek, near Occoquan, Va., was drowned despite the valiant efforts of a companion to save him. Willlam Pearson of Woodbridge went to his rescue, but was grabbed about' the neck and pulled under by Lynn. He was able to break the hold and swim to shore. Wife Sees Drowning. A group of persons, including Lynn’s wife, witnessed the tragedy, but none was able to swim. Pearson recovered strength and swam back to bring the body to the surface. It was removed to the Hall & Davis funeral home, at Occoquan. Lynn's mother, Mrs. Janie Lynn, and Mrs. Gladys Anderson, a s ter, live at 504 Maine avenue southw A physician’s examination of the who lived at 306 Seventh street north- east, who was drowned in the Potomac near Widewater, Md., Saturday, showed no marks of violence, W. Reuben Pum- phrey, Rockville coroner, said. Patterson, a World War veteran, dis- appeared while swimming with his roommate, John Vollmer. The latter missed Patterson about 1 o‘clook, but thought he had gone off in the woods, and did not become alarmed until se eral hours later. He notified police about 6:30 o'clock. Arranging Funeral While arrangements have not been completed, Pumphrey announced, funeral services will be held from the Colonial Funeral Home, in Rockville. Patterson will be buried, Pumphrey said, in Arlington Cemetery. He is survived by his wife who live: brother, Willard W. Patterson, block of K street, and his mother. of Corpl. Quick was bedly decomposed, it bore no suspicious marks as far as they could ascertain. Dr. C. J. Murphy, deputy_coroner, issued a certificate of death by drowning, and left open the question of whether it was accidental Police said Quick was a widower. Relatives in Barcroft, Va., were notified |JERSEY RIFLEMAN WINS TWO EVENTS Lieut. Walter R. Stokes of Wash- ington Scores 199 Out of 200 at Sea Girt. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEAGIRT, N. J., July 4 —William P. Schweitzer, Maplewood Rifle Club, Hill- side, N. J., yesterday scored 186x200 over 94 competitors to win the small- bore Spencer match and 396x400 over 80 entries to capture the Camp Perry rifle tournament. First Lieut. Walter R. Stokes, Med- fcel Detachment, 121st Engineers, Dis- trict of Columbia Natfonal Guard, out- shot 83 participants and took first hon- ors in the 100-yard individual cham- plonship match with one point less than & perfect score of 200. Fifth prize was awarded John D, abb, nationai headquarters, American Red Cross, Na tional Capital Rifie Club, who rang up 197 points. ‘The 300-yard individual champion- ship event, which involves the longest competitive distance for .22-caliber am- munition, attracted only 62 marksmen and was won by Lawrence J. Corsa, Crescent Athletic Club, New York. with 93 points out of & possible 100. Tenth and eleventh places, respectively, went |to Maj. Clarence S. Shields, 2d Bat- tallon, 121st Engineers, District of Co- Jumbia National Guard, and Donald H McGarity, 1332 Quincy street, 17-year- old manager-elect of the Central High School rifie team, by reason of their 88-point totals. Maj. Shields also took a 182 tally. The official bulletin also listed the following local prize winners: Palma individual match—John D. McNabb, fifth place, 217x225, and Licut. W. R. Stokes, ninth, 216 ‘Willlam P. Schweitzer, already winner of two events, led the field of 99 with 218 points and took home the gold watch fob. Eastern individual championship —50-yard stage—won by Alex Eisen- hauer, Prankfort Arsenal Rifle Club, Philadeiphia, “possible” 100 points: 100~ |yard stage won by Harold J. Wood, Elizabeth, N. J., “possible” 100; First Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley, headquar- ters, 121st Engineers, fifth place, 9 200-yard stage, Walter N. Kenda 93, twelfth prize. Champlonship aggregate—Harold J. Wood, 294, first prize, and R. H. Me- Garity, 289, twelfth. CHINESE DYKES FINISHED Tribute Paid to Workmen on Flood Relief Program. [ANGHAL July 4 ((#).)—Sir John l‘losp}el Simpson, having completed his work as director of the Chinese Na- tional Flood Rellef Commission, sailed for England yesterday with Lady Simpson aboard the liner Empress of Japan. Telling how a colossal force of 1,400, 000 workmen built 3,000 miles of dykes to check floods, he paid tribute to the devotion c{ thousands of volun- Chinese workers. ur‘{t is impossible to believe there is no hope for the future ohl. China when o he said. on such a huge MONDAY, will be probed, police stated there were | Navy Yard, by Charles Webber, a mem- | body of C. A. Patterson, 32, a carpenter, | in Philadelphia, a | 1100 | Police said that although the body | special event at the Eastern small-bore | tenth place in the Spencer match with | Towell, Ky, 98, winner, and Ralph H. | MeGarity. National Capital Rifie Club, | JULY 4, 1932. PAGE B—1 PLANTOBLANEL.S FOR ARMS PARLEY FALLRE 15 FEAED Counter-Proposals of Other Nations May Be Rejected by Washington. [JAPAN’S STAND CALLED KEY TO GENEVA PUZZLE Britain Leads Move to Demand Separate Discussion of Categories. BY CONSTANTINE BROW While most of the foreign countries, with the exception of Japan, are re- ported to consider favorably the Hoover arms reduction proposal, certain official quarters are worried lest the counter proposals of these countries should be such as to make it difficit for the United States to consider their acceptance, President Hoover and the State | Department have indicated the arms |cut proposal must be discussed as a whole and not in parts. That is to say, that the United States is prepared to make the necessary reductions of its Navy only if land and air dis- | armament tekes place simultaneously |~ According to the latest reports from Europe, it appears some of the coun- tries, and especially Great Britain, in- tend when offering their counter pro- | posals to divide the arms reduction | plan into two categories—the land and | the naval reductions—and are deter- | mined to demand a separate discussion for each of these two classes of arma- ments, The argument brought forward in favor of such a distinction is that naval and land armaments are not inter- velated and consequently should not be discussed simultaneously. Countries with large navies, it is said, have en- tirely different problems from the na- tions with large armies. Consequently any eventual reductions must be made by the two groups of powers in accord- ance with their various problems, and the naval reductions, for instance, must not be made dependent of the arms reductions. * | Japanese Stand in Doubt. ‘This viewpoint is not shared by any member of the American administra- tion. The American view is that the burden of armaments weighs heavily on all countries and if America is will- ing to make a substantial sacrifice by | reducing the Navy a similar sacrifice | must be made by the other nations with large armies. But the most deli- cate point is Japan's attitude. The Japanese government has made it known officially that it does not ap- | prove the Hoover plan. But indirectly it is learned that Japan is willing to | consider participating in a conference where her naval ratios in regard to the United States, as established in 1922 and 1930, should be changed. That is to say that Japan desires to attend an international arms parley on the basis ! of the Hoover plan only if she can reach , @ situation where she obtains a “de | facto” naval parity with the United States. At the present moment the United States naval superiority over Japan is mostly on paper. By 1936, however, it is expected that, with new constructions, | superiority of the United States will be | an accomplished fact. Under the Hoo- | ver proposal it is clear that the sacri- | fices required from this country will be the “scrapping of blue prints.” These blue prints, however, represent for the United States warships, because they | will be translated into actual ships within the next four years. | ‘Wants to Keep Light Ships. | Japan, it is reported, is willing to make certain sacrifices in her submarine |and battleship tonnage, which would | please the European naval powers, but he wants to maintain her cruiser and | destroyer tonnage as it is today. Such a proposal will be acceptable to the Eu- ropean nations and consequently it seems probable that they will find no objection in Japan's contention for parity, especially if Japan is willing to give up some of her battleships. But [to this country any proposition which would prevent the United States from having enough ships to maintain the naval ratios as established in the previ- ous naval conferences, either by the other nations scrapping some of their new ships or by our building in accord- ance with the treaties, cannot be ac- ceptable. | The situation at present, is not alto- gether pleasant. According to news from Geneva, Paris and London, most nations are considering favorably the acceptance of the Hoover plan &s a basis for future discussions for a general arms reduction. France vhich was expected to be the most recalcitrant country, is rapidly alligning herself to the general point of view of Europe—that arms should be reduced. But, should Japan bring forth her point of view—that she | must maintain a good proportion of her cruisers and other lighter ships, while America must cease to construct the cruisers and destroyers which Congress has authorized—Japan’s proposal may be endorsed by the other nations and rejected by the United States. Under these conditions we may have to face the unpleasant position of re- fusing to act on a disarmament pro- posal which the Government of the United States has suggested to the world. The stand of the American Govern- ment, of course, will be sound, but there is the possibility of the European coun- tries and Japan laying on our door- steps the responsibility of an eventual failure of a disarmament conference. MAN BEATEN BY GANG Five Unknown to Him Broke Into Room, Barber Says. James W. Stevens, 33, a barber, liv- ing at 2108 Eighteenth street, was in an undetermined condition at Garfield | Hospital today, the victim of an as- sault last night by five men, who, Stevens sald, were unknown to him. His assailants, Stevens told police, broke into his room while he was sleep- ing and fell upon him with their fists. The men then threw him on the floor and jumped on him, Stevens said, ap- “Fathometer” and Designer DEVICE REVOLUTIONIZES DEPTH-FINDING METHODS. A or foggy weather, COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY officlal is reported to have contributed to safety at sea with a machine that warns of hidden shoals on the ocean’s floor while a vessel is proceeding at full speed in heavy The machine measures the ocean’s depth by checking greatly the time it takes for sound to travel from the hull of a vessel to the bottom new instrument. 1 of the sea and back to the hull. It is capable of taking four scundings a second. | The designer, Dr. Herbert Grove Dorsey, is shown above standing beside the —Star Staff Photo. SHUTTLE DRVER ON°HILL" RETIRES by Economy Program at Age of 68. Another familiar figure today was missing from the ranks of elderly Government employes forced to step aside by the new order of things de- | creed by the economy program. Robert C. Perkins, 2300 Q shuttle pilot between the Capitol and Senate Office Building, duties over to younger nands. He is retiring earlier than most of those forced to drop out now, being only 68, but he was subject to the law at 65, and has been serving under a second extension. In the two decades Mr. Perkins has| worked on the Hill he has come in| | ed a cemetery lot was made available. contact with most of the Presidents. all of the Vice Presidents and all the Senators. ‘The times change, Perkins concedes heartily, but, regardless of the years,| “the big men are the easlest to get along with.” “Only the little fellows in public life are fussy about things” he con- tinued, and displayed the warm place he hoids in his heart for the leaders of the era in which he began, William O. Bradley, John Sharp Williams and “Bob” Taylor. “Those three were birds,” he chuckles reminiscently. : “President Harding was a prince,” he added. “We used to have lots of talks when he was Senator. “Vice President Coolidge only rode the cars when it was raining outside. No, I don’t think Wilson ever was on one of these cars. “President Hoover, I believe, rode sometimes when he was Secretary of Commerce or food administrator. “I used to drive down the corridor to | pick up Vice President Marshall and meet him half-way from his office.” Perkins came here in 1907 from Caney, Kans., to a job as House door- keeper. He went over to the Senate side in 1910, driving the first vehicle that plied in the subway between the two build- ings, with Vice President Sherman his first passenger. Two cars were put in use—massive, 10-seater, battery-propelled, jaunting 2utomobiles with two drivers’ seats and steps. ago. Perkins has driven continuously since. THREE DIE IN GERMAN POLITICAL CLASHES Score or More Injured as Nazis, Communists and Police Battle in Many Cities. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 4.—Three persons were killed and a_score or more injured in Sunday's political clashes throughout the Reich. At Essen a Nazi-Communist clash ended with one fatality, and a Com- munist-police pitched battle brought death for one policeman Communists shouted “Kill the police dogs!” at their sports meeting, where- upon the police guards resisted with firearms. One of their number was rid- dled with bullets. A Hitlerite was slain in a Nazi-Com- munist setto and two Communists were hurt. Communists fired into a group of pedestrians who failed to answer their shout of “Hail Moscow!”, wounding two persons. Seven were wounded in & Nazi- parently under the impression that he | Rel | was some one else. Stevens, suffer- | ing from internal injuries, managed to | jured in | reach the street, and a taxicab driver | Were Iwok him to the hospital. [ Ewe Has Four Lambs. ELKIN, N. C. (A).—A ewe owned by | 9. G. Ray, Elkin farmer, attracted at- tention here by gh birth to four lambs this 3 the mother sheep was one year old she startled the farm with twins, and a year later bleat- e. the news of lets. Her latest records for sheep achievement in this section. street | southeast, who since 1910 has been a! turned his | Monorail cars, made by the Navy De-‘ partment, came into use about 15 years | | | Bonus Army Child’s Funeral, Lacking Funds, Problem Father Seeks Burial of | Robert C. Perkins Forced Out| 4-Year-Old Pneumonia Victim in Arlington. Although nobody knew where the money was coming from, arrangements were being made today to bury 4-yea old Johnny Greer, bonus army child, who died yesterday of pneumonia in Gallinger Hospital. ‘The child’s father, Robert C. Greer, came here from Union, 8. C., with the bonus marchers. Mr. Greer, his wife and brother-in-law are living at 1432 A street southeast with 14 children. Johnny, suffering from malnutrition, caught & cold several days ago and soon developed pneumonia. Lacking | the money for funeral expenses, the parents were obliged to leave the body at the hospital yesterday and last night. This morning a representative of W. W. Chambers Co., took the body away. They said they would bury the child as & charity case if necessary, provid- Capt. Kirby I Tyndall, head of the North Carolina delegation of bonus marchers, said_arrangements had been made through B. E. F. headquarters to pay the child’s funeral expenses. A the headquarters, however, it was said the tgeasury was empty and that they were ‘hoping to meet the expense through public contributions. Mr. Greer was out this morning try- ing to make arrangements for his child to be buried in Arlington Cemetery. BIRL IS GAPTURED IN POLICE CHASE Four Officers in Cars and on Motor Cycles Pursue Her as Liquor Suspect. Four policemen, two in automobiles and two on motor cycles, had to show some fancy driving last night to arrest the girl chauffeur of a supposed rum car. "And their success was modified by the fact the arrest was accomplished in another jurisdiction, one of the police | machines had been hit and dented and | the supposed liquor had been tossed onto the highway in fragile bottles. Policemen A. H. Prusser and E. E. Devey, seventh precinct, noticed what they termed a suspicious car leaving Potomac and Prospect avenues with a young woman at the wheel and two men on a rear seat. The officers fol- lowed as best they could in separate machines. Crosses Key Bridge. The fugitive car threaded George- town’s crowded streets and made for the Virginia end of Key Bridge, while motorists urged their machines over the sidewalks and police sirens sounded an * | alarm and some apprehension. Two Virginia motor cycle officers joined the procession which by that time was wending its way through Rosslyn. The party was almost a mile down Military road when Devey drew abreast of the girl driver and then got in front. Held as Speeder. There is a large dent in Devey's ma- chine, marking the spot where the woman driver stopped. Virginia police arrested the three. on charges preferred by the visiting officers, and the prison- ers, police said, offered no protest at re- turning to the local jurisdiction. A case of whisky, police said, had been tossed out en route. At No. 7 pre- gl. who said she was Frances , 23, of the 400 block of police this morning _that 35, colored, serving 60 RAIN POSTPONES VETERANS' PARADE UNTL TOWORROW Bonus-Seekers to March to Capitol in Protest Against Adjournment. WATERS VISITS TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER Many Ex-Service Men Hungry as Meat Supply Fails to Arrive. Rain today caused postponement until tomorrow of the Bonus Expeditionary Force parade down Pennsylvania avenue in support of bonus legislation. ‘The bonus army was ordered by Come mander in Chief Walter W. Waters to form at Fifteenth street and Constitu- tion avenue shortly after 9:30 o'clock. Instead of parading from the Capitol up the Avenue to the Treasury, the host of veterans will tramp down the his- toric thoroughfare to the legislative hall, beginning at 10 o'clock. In the Capitol grounds the parade will disband and the marchers concen- trate on the Capitol steps in a demon- stration against adjournment of Con- gress before bonus legislation is en- acted. Commander Waters and his staff visited Arlington National Cemetery about 11 o'clock today and placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldler. Standing in the rain, Waters and his aides paid a brief tribute to their slain comrade. While rain poured steadily the vet- erans in billets scattered throughout the city clung close to their improvised shelters and passed the day sieeping, chatting and playing cards. With their food practically gone, many of them were hungry and scarcely knew where their next meal was coming from. All that remained in the B. E. F. commis- sary was cracked wheat and a small amount of bread. Meat Fails to Arrive. ‘The only meals today consisted of a porridge made from Farm Board wheat. Out of the 20 tons of fresh meat ship- ped from New York, only 2 arrived, the rest being stranded on the road when trucks broke down. Washington bak- eries, which have been supplying unsold bread to the men, have ceased this service. In the parade tomorrow wives and children of the veterans will accompany their husbands and fathers, according to national headquarters. Every man was ordered by Waters to walk, and vehicles were barred. The possibility of obtaining bands and drum and bugle corps appeared brighter this morning with postponement of the parade. Had the men marched today they would have been without mausic, as the bandsmen of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars were out of town over the holidays. Tomorrow, however, the bandsmen will be back in | Washingtn, and are expected to lend their services to the bonus army. Health Reported Better. The health situation at Camp Marks in Anacostia was somewhat better with a report by John E. Noble, health de- partment bacteriologist, that the out- break of dysentery was not of the “epidemic type.” Fear of an epidemio of the more dangerous type was ex- pressed by Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler. Only one case of epidemic dysentery has been reported, this from Walter Reed Hospital, and all the others have been checked as ‘“simple dysentery.” Repeating their demonstration of Saturday, the veterans will mass to- morrow morning on the steps leading to the three main entrances into the Capitol and on the plaza. The demon- stration will- take place prior to the convening of Congress and resolutions are expected to be sent to the House and Senate asking the two bedies to remain in session until the bonus bill is passed On Saturday ;some 12,000 men went to the Capitol, only to find the House and Senate had recessed over the holidays. MANAGER IS BOUND IN DAYLIGHT HOLD-UP Woman One of Three Robbers Taking $25 From Oehmler Floral Store. A daylight hold-up was stagged in mid- town Washington yesterday by three robbers, one a woman, who took $25 from the manager of the Oehmler Floral Co., Inc., shop, 1223 G_street, and escaped in @ taxicab after binding the manager with cord. Police believe the three are the same persons who perpetrated several similar robberies here in the last few weeks. The manager, Sidney Resnick, 30, of the 3000 block of Wisconsin avenue, | was alone in the shop when one of the | men entered and asked to be shown some roses. Resnick felt & gun in his back as he started to comply with the man's request. Resnick said he saw the man's com- panions seated in a taxicab in front of the shop as he was robbed of $10, which he had in his pockets, and $15, which the bandit took from the cash register. Resnick was obliged to lie on the floor while his wrists were bound with cord. Resnick freed himself and gave the alarm a few minutes later. While he could not describe the man and woman in the cab who served as lookouts, he said the robber who entered the store was dark complexioned and of small stature and heavy build. The man was unshaven and wore a reddish-brown suit, black shoes and no hat. “BONUS DIVER” JAILED Veteran Held After Plunge From Bridge in River. Simon F. Gohebaski, 34-year-old New York bonus marcher, decided to cool off yesterday in the Anacostia River. He executed a dive from the Eleventh Street Bridge, and as a result was lodged in the Eleventh street precinct station drunkenness. watched from the bridge and from the Anacostia parkway below. John Owens, N. J, lea) into Nine Killed in Train Wreck. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, July 4 (#)—Nine were killed and 32 injured, 12 , in of two_trains o ) Ilisjon e-trach