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PLAN FOR RAZING STERLING HOTEL SITE IS REVEALED 0ld Hostelry Bordered Ave- nue, Thirteenth and E Streets. TITLE TO BE TRANSFERRED | TO THE FORD COMPANY Property and Those Adjoining to Be Temporarily Used for Parking. | T HE policeman on the beat had been a friend to Edna's family through many vicissitudes, but it was a pair of large blue eyes which finally opened the offi- cer's home to Edna in particular, Not that Pvt. George Greenip of No. 11 precinct has lost interest in Edna’s two younger sisters and 6-year-old ‘brother. He still is trying to find homes for them, until their mother recovers her health. As for 4-year-old Edna, however, he and Mrs. Greenip, without children themselves, have decided to adopt her, if the proceeding can be made legal, and share their home in Mount Ranier, Md., with the child. Edna’s mother, almost penniless and recovering from a series of major opera- tions, with her four young children is living with a sister, in little better cir- cumstances, and they have heard nothing from Edna’s father for months, | Policeman Greenip said. For a time two of the children were | cared for by welfare agencies while the mother lay desperately ill in the charity | ward of a local hospital, but the father | returned and placed them with rela- tives, Pvt. Greenip said, only to leave the city again. Policeman Adopts Child COMES TO RESCUE OF PENNILESS MOTHER. Plans for the razing of the old build- | The mother is almost strong enough | ings at Pennsylvania avenue, Thirteenth and E streets were revealed today as arrangements were in progress for the formal transfer of title to the site from the Riggs National Bank to the Ford Motor Co. ‘The property, which will have an im- portant position in relation to the ex- tensive Federal Government develop- ments south of Pennsylvania avenue, was purchased two years ago by the bank 2s trustee for an undisclosed principal. ever, it became generally known that the Ford Motor Co. was the purchaser. Ownership Revealed. The ownership of the properties be- eame definitely revealed today when the Ford Co._filed an lpphuflol} with Lb& District Building inspector for perm for the demolition of the old buildings standing on the site. ey acs e Top parking us as a site for of automobiles. Negotiations for the leasing of the area for this purpose have been under way for a number of ks. Use of the property for automobile parking, if negotiations for that pur- pose was consummated, it was indi- cated today, would be for a temporary period while the Ford Motor Co. com- pletes plans for a permanent develop- ment on the site. ‘The property is zoned for first com- mercial use and does not require a special permit from the District Zoning Commission for use as a lot. The site, however, has a frontage on Pennsylvania svenue and plans for the alteration of an existing building there or the erection of a new structure During the past year, how-; to work, although she has found no| | job and has had little experience out- | side of housekeeping. | Edna, much excited about her new {home and almost as anxious to begin life there as her mother is to have her | enjoy the added advantages, consenud‘ | to pose for a photograph this morning. Pirst, however, she must find her pet | and make the cat comfortable against her new coat. The b SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening StaP WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1932. EDNA. “She’s a fine youngster,” sald Officer Greenip approvingly. “Mrs. Greenip and myself knew her mother before her and her grandparents as well—and, say, even a foster father would be good to &, kid with eyes like that!” | { DEDICATE HIGHWAY 10 MIUNT VERNON Officials Unveil Plague Mark- ing Formal Completion of Road Along Potomac. In a russet-brown Autumn setting | close to the gates of historic Mount Vernon, members of the United States Bicentennial Commission with simple ceremony this afternoon formally dedi- cated the scenic Mount Vernon Me- morial Highway “to the service of the The ceremonies, presided over by Sen- ator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, vice chair- iman of the commission, were marked by the unvefling of a bronze placque ‘would call for approval by the National ; Cor ine Arts. mmissien of Fine | mounted on a huge mica schist boulder Frontages Affected. at the circle-terminus just outside the The application today for permit for | §rounds of the historic Virginia home the razing of buildings in the site af- fecis a frontage of 80 feet on Pennsyl- vania avenue and a frontage of 75 feet on Thirteenth street. An additional application is to be filed shortly calling fer the razing of the old Sterling Hotel, on the southeast corner of Thirteenth and E streets and for other parcels in the property acquired by the Ford Co. Most of the former tenants of the properties departed more than a year 2go and the old buildings were boarded up. During recent weeks the last re- maining tenant, the operator of a drug store on the northeast corner of Penn- sylvania avenue and Thirteenth street, vacated premises. At the time of the acquisition of the wmby the . Riggs National Bank as for the undisclosed principal it was understood the consideration for the site amounted to $1,500,000. The entire site had a frontage of 89 feet on the Avenue, 144 feet on Thirteenth street and 128 feet on E street. The has an area of 18,796 square TWO FILE DAMAGE SUITS AT MARLBORO Prince Georges Men Ask $10,000 Each on Malicious Prosecution and False Arrest Charges. By s Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November 15.—Two suits for $10,000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution and false arrest were filed in Circuit Court yester- day. County Policeman Clause Reese was named defendant in one brought by Norman L. Pinkard, a floor scraper, of Hyattsville. He claims the officer “as- saulted and unlawfully imprisoned” him at Hyattsville on October 3, but gives no | further details of the arrest in his decla- ration. According to Attorney J. Frank Lil- lard, who represents Pinkard, the man was taken in custody for questioning in connection with a report of theft of & pocketbook containing money and dia- monds. The person making the report later telephoned police that the missing pocke! had been found, Mr. Lillard says. of George Washington. Declared Fulfillment, As he pulled aside the American flag draped over the marker, Senator Fess described the picturesque highway link- ing the Nation's Capital with its most famous historic shrine as a “fulfil'ment of a yearning of the people for dezades™ | for a better access from Washington to Mount Vernon. “It was appropriate,” he sald, “that a | great boulevard skirting a new right of way along the river, free from the in- convenience of commercial interrup- tions, devoted wholly to the purpose of a visit to this hallowed spot, should be constructed as a permanent memorial | of the Bicentennial year.” The road was declared formally com- pleted by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, | under whose department, through the | | Bureau of Public Roads, the magnificent | highway was bullt. Senator Fess turned custody of the | | highway over to Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, | | 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Fess to Draw Aside Flag. Senator Fess will pull the cord draw- ing aside the American Flag and offi- cially turn custody of the highway over to Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks. ‘The plaque, mounted on a native boulder quarried at the George Wash- ington mill near Great Falls on the Potomac, is inscribed as follows: “The Mount Vernon Memorial High- way was authoried by Congress May 23, 1928, as an activity of the United States Commission for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. The highway was designed and constructed under the di- rection of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Public Roads. Construction started Septem- ber 12, 1929. Open to traffic January |16, 1932. This highway was formally | dedicated to the service of the people | November 15, 1932.” | i Highway 15.4 Miles Long. From the Virginia end of the Arling- | {ton Memorial Bridge the route of the | highway is 15.4 miles long, traversing | | Columbia Island, passing under both | the Highway Bridge and the Railroad | Bridge shore spans, and following as | closely along the Potomoc’s course as | topograph, alignment, grades and plans | for future development will permit. The highway passes through the cen- {ter of the historic city of Aiexandria, | crosses Hunting Creek and foliows the Claiming malicious prosecution, J. Al- | Potomac to the postern gates of Mount fred Moore of Clinton asked $10,000 | Vernon The nghc of wgay g! tlhe r(‘:nd damages from Harry E. Lusby. also of | js 200 feet wide except within the limits Clinton. Moore declared Lusby hadjof Alexandria and seven artistic ma- | him arrested April 3 on a charge of | sonry bridges, monumental in design, | embezzling $25. The plaintiff says he mark the route. was released on bail to await the action . Headed by Frederic E. Everett, presi- of the grand jury, which ignored the!dent of the American Association of case State Highway Officials, now holding Attorney Lillard. who alsc represents | its convention here, delegates from this | Moore, says the action grew out of the ' crganization attended the dedication | straying of Lusby's cattle on Moore's in a body. property. In addition to the official staff of the Bureau of Public Roads, headed by Thomas H. MacDonald, 'director, other public officials, invited to attend, included members of the National Com- mission of Fine Arts, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the District Commissioners and the mayor and city council of Alexandria. i . ILL WOMAN HANGS SELF FROM BASEMENT RAFTER Mrs. Ncra Heatwole, Former Sani- tarium Patient, Commits Suicide Here. STUMBLE COSTS LIFE OF RAILROAD FOREMAN Harry Martin of Waynesboro, Pa., Falls While Walking on Track Near Hagerstown. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., November 15. —A stumble cost Harry Martin, Waynes- | boro, Pa. foreman on the Edgemont- ‘Waynesboro section of the Western Maryland Railroad, his life last night. Martin was walking with M. J. Itnyre, near this city, along the right of way. when he tripped and fell, his head strik- | Despondent over ill health, Mrs. Nora ing & crosstie. Death was instanta-; Heatwole, 45, of Dayton, Va. hung neous. An sutopsy was performed and ' herself from a basement rafter today 1t was found that the head injury had | in the home of her brother, Second caused death. Precinct Detective Charles C. Carver, —_— 2212 Randolph place northeast. DR. KOLB APPOINTED |, Heatwai, ¥ho hag ber, s pa; tient at the Western State Sanitarium Will Head U. 8. Hospital in Virginia for some weeks, following 8 eld, Mo. ings well, found Mrs. Heatwole's body hang- linquents at Springfield, Mo. other attempts to take her life. Carver’s mother-in-law, a Mrs. Corn- today was 8 ited superintendent of | summoned the fire rescue squid and a the Federal Hospital for Mental De- | Casualty Hospital physician pronounced Sale of Used Cars Barred Until After District Inspection | CommissionersActonVan Duzer’s Request to Safe- guard City’s Streets. The District Commissioners, at the suggestion of William A. Van Duzer, di- | rector of vehicles and traffic, yesterday | adopted a regulation forbidding the | sale of any used car in the District | after January 1 next unless the car be- ing sold has been inspected and ap- proved as to mechanical condition by & representative of Van Duzer’s office or | by some registered auto dealer au- thorized to do so by the Department of | Vehicles and Traffic. recommendation, according to Van Duzer, was made in order to rid the District’s streets of cars in dan- gerously unsafe mechanical condition as & means of securing greater freedom from traffic hazards. It was approved by the Corporation Counsel's Office with the notation that the courts here look with favor upon any regulation tending to increase traffic safety. VETERANS SEEKING U.5.J0BS INCREASE Examinations Reopened for Benefit of Preferential Classes. An increasing number of veterans and their wives or widows are seeking entry into Government service, to which they now have preference, according to a report made public today by the Civil Service Commission, showing the num- ber of examinations which have been reopened for the benefit of these classes. Because of employment conditions, the commission has discontinued hold- ing examinations for the general public for any but technical positions. How- ever, veterans with service-connected disability, wives of totally disabled vet- erans and widows of veterans are granted the privilege every quarter of an examination for any class of work for which there is an employment register. These get a 10-point allow- ance, and, passing, go to the head of the register. . The report shows a sharp jump in applications for these tests. Between the fiscal year 1930 and 1931, it jumped from 637 to 1,065; to 1932 the jump, 6,185, and for the first quarter of the fiscal year 1933 the total was 2,141. At the commission, the opinion was voiced that more than half of those who took the examinations last year re- ceived appointments. ENTERS GUILTY PLEA TO PERJURY CHARGE New York Man Who Sought Di- vorce at Alexandria Is Given 18 Months in Jail. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, November 15.— Pleading guilty to the charge of hav- ing committed perjury in testimony given in his divroce trial here in June, | 1931, Cornelius O'Leary, 29, of New York and Washington, was sentenced to serve 18 months in jail by Judge William P. Woclls in the Corporation Court here yesterday. O'Leary is the former client of Rich- ard B. Washington, local divorce law- yer, who swore out an affidavit charg- ing that Washington had told him it was not necessary to establish a legal residence in Virginia to obtain a di- vorce here if he could produce wit- nesses to testify he had lived here. An appointed Judiciary Court on Oc- | tober 20 found Washington guilty of malpractice and miscondut in the han- dling of this case and ordered his license to practice law suspended for a period of five years. Upon hearing new evidence last Saturday, the ccurt grant- ed Washington a new trial, which has been set for November 26. . INDIAN WILL SPEAK Miss Evelyn Pierce Will Discuss Race at Riverdale Church. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., November 15— Church n!{ht will be observed in the local Pnsh CE)'n:lrch Po‘crmonnw evening, when Miss lyn lerce, an American Indian, will discuss her race. { Joseph D. Arthur, RULES GOVERNING BUILDING DESIGNS HERE ARE DRAWN Planners’ Views Sought on Tentative Draft Affecting Sites Near Triangle. REPORT TO BE GIVEN JOINT MEETING FRIDAY Maj. Arthur Will Submit Data on Waterfront Requested by House Committee. A tentative draft of proposed regu- | lations for Washington builders, under the Shipstead-Luce act, which requires governmental approval for plans for structures to be erected adjacent to parks or other public properties, will be laid before a joint meeting of the Fine Arts Commission, and the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission, Friday afternoon. This will be a fea- ture of the Park Commission's three- day meeting, beginning Thursday. H. P. Caemmerer, executive secretary of the Fine Arts Commission, will make the report. He explained today that the regulations are not yet complete, as his commission desires to secure views of the planners. He sald he hoped completed regulations can be printed during the Winter months. Un- der the Shipstead-Luce act, new build- ings to be erected on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, opposite the tri- angle development, will have to be ap- proved by the Fine Arts Commission, and the District Commissioners, as will similar structures. Presiding over the Planning Com- mission’s deliberations will be PFrederic A. Delano, its cheirman, who is an uncle of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Delano, a Democrat, was appointed by President Hoover. Maj. Arthur Will Report. The latest report dealing with im- provement of the Washington Channel waterfront will be submitted Thursday to the Planming Commission by Maj. jr,, District En- gineer for the War Department for the Washington area. This report, made in responce to a request from the House Rivers and Harbors Committee, deals with extended yacht basin facilities, and wharves on the Washington chan- nel, as well as the improvement of | 10 ASSUME CHARGE ~ OF SENATE GROUPS Several Veterans to Have Choice of Chairmanships in March. EACH IS RANKING MEMBER OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES Fletcher in Line on Banking and Currency and Glass on Appropriations. Several veteran Democratic Senators who, because of long service are each DEMOCRATS READY | | l HE Capital was Iron Boy's happy hunting ground, in a way of speaking, but the Sioux chief- tain could have wished some- thing less practical and a lot showier in the way of trophies to carry b-.cklm the South Dakota lodges of his people. Iron Boy had donned the war paint, feathers and habiliments of his kind, mounted a pony supplied by Fort Myer and ridden to victory in his class well in the forefront of the recent Hallow- een parade. Yesterday afternoon the trophies were awarded, and Iron Boy, conscious of the figure he had cut, somehow concelved as a fitting reward a shining silver cup—something he could show with pride to the braves of South Dakota. He even delayed his departure for the West several days to be on hand | for the presentation at theé District | Building. Iron Boy waited with scme | impatience while the others received first prizes in various classes. The Conduit Road and Glover Park Citizens’ Associations, Vincent B. Cos- tello Post, American Legion; Palais Royal, Frank Portillo, Ella Drysdale, Ethel Urclolo and little Mary Jane and Gloria Fox. Many shining cups were handed out to these winners by the Greater National Capital Committee, | Washington Board of Trade and the different committees, will have a cholce | District Bicentennial Gommission, spon- | of chairmanships from which to select | S - | wl | Iron Boy's name at last was called | g:l:: tet,he Democrats take control of the it recelvetnn 'W“drjd d’g :d";:h h:n Senator Ellison D. Smith of South | MeN's costume adju y & com- | carolina, for example, is the senior | m‘;:,‘;:hm"’fl’dgy M';k h-fli'b‘g’th Democratic member of the Agriculture, | some dismay he received an en- the ranking member of a number of Society and General Trophy Disappoints Sioux CHIEF PREFERS CUP TO SWEATER AS HALLOWEEN PRIZE. IRON BOY. —Star Staff Photo. in the corridor found a friend to read the inclosed slip. It was an order for a sweater, one of the finest manufactured by & sport- ing goods company of international fame. “Ugh!” ejaculated Iron Boy, “I got coat . . . me want cup!” Iron Boy was on his way hame to South Dakota today without his cup. ably would lie between Agriculture and | Banking and Currency, Commerce or | stands next to Senator Fletcher on thei IU UUISIDE I.ABUR rency legislation and if he should be- Interstate Commerce, Manufacturers , Velope. He strode from the room and | Interstate Commerce. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor- | Military Affairs. Senator Carter Glass | | of Virginia is ranking Democratic mem- | Banking and Currency Committee. Sen- ator Glass has taken a leading part in Residents of District Protest Importation of Men on and Patents. His chairmanship prob- ; | ida, is in line for the chairmanship of | ber of the Appropriation Committee and | the consideration of banking and cur- D. C. Building. come chairman of that committee, Sen- ator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee would be next in line on Appropria- | tions. Senator McKellar is ranking Demo- cratic member of Civil Service, Post ;’Omees and Post Roads and Library. Senator George in Line. ‘ltske one of his other possible chair- | manships, would be Senator Walter F. | George of Georgia. | ~Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippl is virtually certain to become chairman | of the Finance Committee, which han- | dles tariff and taxation bills. Senator annie W. Caraway of Arkansas, the only woman member of the Senate, | Agriculture and Library. Senator line for Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas is ranking Democratic member of Irri- gation and Reclamation. Water street. Although the report | has not been made public, Maj. Arthur | in confidence will tell the planners all about it. This report probably will be made public next month, or_early in the new year, by the House Rivers and Harbors Committee. At present, the report is at Norfolk, Va. where 1t is being studied by the divisional en- gineer before being sent to Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, Chief of Army Engzineers. Irving C. Root, engineer of the Mary- land-National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, will acquaint the Washington group with the latest in- telligence on appraisals in the proposed new park area, known as Cabin John unit No. 1. The Maryland authcrities desire, under the Capper-Cramton park purchase act, to secure funds from the Federal Government to begin work on the new park in Cabin John Valley. STETSON APPOINTED T0 G. U. LAW FACULTY Washington Attorney Will Fill Vacancy Made by Death of Prof. Boyd. Francis Carroll Stetson, a Washing- | ton attorney, who graduated six years ago from the Georgetown University School of Law, has been named on its Due to the depleted treasury of the| national commission, it is problematical | at this time just how much money can | be advanced. Mr. Root also will tell| the commission about plans for im-| provement of Alexandria, Va., a_ task on which he was engaged as consultant. | The commission again will take up | the question of proper extension of | faculty to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Prof. Howard Boyd, it was announced at the school today. Mr. Stetson comes of an old Washing- ton and Maryland family. His father | is Charles W. Stetson, vice president of the District Title Co., and is an alumnus of the law school. An uncle, Andrew the Lee Boulevard to link up with the Arlington Memorial Bridge develop- ment. Further plans will be sought in an effort to bring Arlington County, Virginia State officlals and those of the Federal Government into harmonious agreeement, so that the boulevard proj- ect may go forward. Highway Changes to Come Up. The planners will consider a number | of proposed highway changes in Wash- ington’s street maps which have re- celved the recommendation of the Co- ordinating Committee, comprising in- terested District and Federal Govern- ment agencles. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., engineer of the Planning Commis- sion, said the District Commissioners have already held public hearings on some of these. Codification of the various laws bear- ing upon the work of the Planning Commission is being undertaken by Thomas S. Settle, its secretary, who will make a preliminary report on it. Alfred C. Beftman of Cincinnati, Ohio, lega! expert on city planning law and zoning regulation, will speak before the commission on “The Powers of Planning Commissions.” He has assist- ed the District in its zoning laws and planning work. At the joint meeting Friday afternoon with the Fine Arts Commission the planners will consider a number of problems relating to the central area of the city. These embrace the future of the Washington Mcnument garden— a prcblem long in the public eye—and an attempt to settle the question of whether formal or informal treatment will be given the garden. The next development in the Mall will likewise be considered, as will the future of Fif- teenth street crossing the Mall. is also an alumnus of | Georgetown College, as well as the law | school. On his mother’s side, Mr. Stet- | son belongs to the Carroll family of | Maryland, of which Rev. John Carroll, first Archbishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown College, was a member, with his cousin, Charles Car- roll of Carrollton. The young man was a member of the | class of 1916 at Harvard College, but |did not obtain his degree of bachelor of arts until 1920 because of inter- vening war service. He quit Harvard to enlist as an ambulance driver with the French Army. When the United States entered the war, he enlisted in Battery D of the 60th Field Artillery, seeing action in the Battle of St. Mihiel and in all three phases of the Neuse- Argonne offensive. After the war he completed his course at Harvard and later returned to Washington, attending the Georgetown Law School. Since his graduation he has specialized in the law of real property. TWO HELD I;FTER CRASH | Driver and Owner of Machine Ar- rested by Park Police. Two colored men—Sam Ethridge, 26, of the 900 block of Liberty street scuthwest, and Henry Williams, 62, of Falls Church, Va—were arrested by park police last night after their car collided with a post at the intersection of Constitution and Virginia avenues. Willlams, said to be owner of the machine, was charged with intoxica- tion; Ethridge, who was said to be driv- ing, with reckless driving and failing to exhibit a permit. LIFE-AND-DEATH CLOCK STOPS; WILL BE SHOWN AT EXPOSITION Commerce Department’s Census Tabulator Packed for Century of Progress The Government's life and death clock has quit running. ‘The Census Bureau's timepiece on the number of babies born and the num- | ber of deaths occurring in the United | States every minute is now resting in a box here preparatory to being shipped to the Century of Progress Exposition at Chicago. Commerce Department officials said today the clock, which for years was on exhibition in the old Census Bureau Building, hauled and ready for ‘When it is returned ment. ere the clock will be placed in the big reception room | in the Secretary’s suite, on the fifth floor of the 8-acre building. Meantime, the bureau, according to Clarence E. Batschelet, a statistical chief, is getting along witout the clock and will announce shortly that the population of the country has passed the The le's department of the schoal will condu will be fol period. ‘The Church been planned by ht programs have at | 8 nervous breakdown, had made three Dr. Lawrence C. Kolb of this clty!mg in the basement this morning. She Dr. Kolb has been connected with the Public Health Service here, B . G. Robinson and session, Prof. W. C. Myers of the church llowed by an entertainment)persons in this country, an increase 125,000,000 mark. On July 1 last_ the ct the program, which ) bureau estimated there were 124,822,000 of [60.8 per 1,000 live births. The rural area had a 59,338,000 popu- | Natives of the District of Columbia will Iation with 1,078,758 births and 67,531 | be held Friday evening at the Washing- approximately 2,000,000 since April 1, 1930. when last Federal Census was taken. ‘The latest estimate has been delayed, ¢ been completely over- | Exhibit at Chicago. due to the bureau moving from its old | headquarters to the new Commerce De- | partment Building, it was explained. Willard C. Smith, another statistical expert of the bureau, said the infant mortality rate has now, struck a new |low. He said less than 62 deaths per {1,000 live births occurred in 1931, as | compared with 100 per 1,000 in 1915. For this year, he said, two Massachu- tion, could boast five successive weeks without a single infant death. These cities are New Bedford and Salem. Long' Beach, Calif, and Schenectady, N. ;II., boast of records of four weeks | each. In the 1931 low figure city areas had slightly fewer deaths than rural areas. ‘The urban birth registration area com- prised 938 cities and towns with an esti- mated ulation of 57,560,000 on July 1, in which there were 1,005,687 births and 61,114 deaths of infants under one year, for an infant mortality rate of deaths under one year, for 62.6 deal per 1,000 live births, setts cities of more than 100,000 popula- | The second man in line on the Civil | | Service Committee, if McKellar should ' , is | the Democratic member of the Com- | mittee on Enrolled Bills and is also on | | Claude A. Swanson of Virginia is in | | i A strong protest against employment | of non-resident mechanics on District Government building projects, while lo- cal workmen are unable to find work, was filed with the District Commission- ers today by a group of local building tradesmen. “We petition you as citizens and tax- | payers.to do all in your power to re- | lieve the existing conditions in the Dis- | trict of Columbia on all construction in the District and other work,” the state- ment reads. “We ask that you do something to break up the practice of importing foreign labor. For the five years the contractors have not given SERIES OF HOLD-UPS NET THIEVES §1.000 Apartment Houses, Lunch Room and Shoe Store Among Places Visited. A number of burglaries and hold-ups during the past 24 hours netted the | thieves more than $1,000, police re- | ported today. One woman succeeded in driving off two men she surprised in the aet of ransacking her apartment. Robs Lunch Room. Early today a colored bandit, after purchasing a package of -cigarettes, robbed Robert Wellborn, night man- | | ager of a lunch room tn the 2300 block the taxpayers a square deal on this work, | of Fourteenth street of nearly $75. The and we think we should get a just per- centage of the work.” The petitioners make the point that they are home owners here and are un- able to obtain work because the jobs are taken by mechanics imported from other cities. Agreement Cited.. ‘When a similar protest was made re- cently by a group of local carpenters, an explanation came from two sources that an agreement existed between the em- ploying contractors and organized labor which permitted the contractors to em- ploy as much as 50 per cent of his force from out of town. the Taft Junior High School, declaring, “We do not believe it is necessary that workmen should be imported from the States to do this work when there are plenty of good men in the District that pay taxes to build these schools for their children to attend. Is it just that they should walk the streets and say nothing about this job racket? No group of men has a moral right to organize to control any job. We can prove that { this is done and has been done for the { past five years here. “Citizens are being evicted from their homes at the rate of 50 families per week. If some of the fathers of those who are on starvation rations could get ia job it would relieve the Community | Chest and other relie! organizations of much of their work.” Signers of Petition. The petition bore the names of the following: Albert Caya, 1010 Tenth street; D. T. McLellon, 4109 Emery place; P. F. O'Brien, 818 B street; T. J. Gaskill, 908 Hamilton street; Howard L. Freet, 2434 Wisconsin avenue; Elmert Brooks, 1209 Fifth street northeast; William T. Wan- nan, 337 Concord avenue; J. A. Hayzell, 3411 Sixteenth street northeast. Charles A. Swank, 215a P street; G. B. Wathen, 1234 V street southeast; W. A. Weiss, 1421 Taylor street; J. J. Malloy, 326 Adams street northeast; H. J. White, 712 Sixteenth street south- east; D. Noldy, 1121 Staples street northeast; H. R. Beales, 4421 Fifth street, and F. J. Hirrlinger, 3421 South Dakota avenue northeast. YOUTH DETE(.ITED IN ACT OF PASSING FAKE MONEY Flees When Earlier Victim Sees| Him Offering Counterfeit $10 Bill A young man with an oversupply of counterfeit $10 bills had to take to his heels last night when an earlier victim recognized him in the act of passing another bill I 1 Sealfon, who runs a drug store in the 6100 block of Georgia avenue, had just taken one of the counterfeits and drove his car up to the store of Oscar Basseches, in the 7300 block of Georgla avenue, where he saw the same young man handing a $10 bill to the proprietor. The man, recognizing Sealfon, fled in an automobile which had been parked outside. Sealfon gave chase, but was otudistanced. e INQUEST HELD TODAY FOR CHILD AUTO VICTIM Harriet Monashkin, 3 Years 0ld, ‘Was Killed by Truck Driven by W. C. Lane. An inquest was being held at the District Morgue today into the death of Harriet Monashkin, 3, who was killed when struck near her home yesterday by a truck driven by Willlam C. Lane, 40, of Baltimore. Harriet, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Monashkin, 2410 Nichols ave- nue southeast, was playing with a com- panion when she ran into the path of the vehicle. She was dead when taken to Casualty Hospital by Lane and Henry Smith, 1600 block of Second street. Lane furnished bond of $1,000 for ap- pearance at the inquest. Society of Natives to Elect. The annual meeting of the Soclety of i The petitioners today cited the case of | o bandit, who was armed with a pistol, herded Wellborn and three mmt:roomnbernulmfinlmewh A white man walked into a shoe store in the 400 ?locekd‘o{h Seventh street late yesterday, forcs e manager, B. R. Frye, and ldcletk, 3 'Wmunlng home with me Grace Feder, 914 M street, Mrs. grapped one of the men by sleeve and ran down the hall He and the other man escaped, how- ever, before neighbors could respond to the calls of the two women for help. Mrs. Nellle M. Marshall, 2700 bleck . A number minor thefts were reported. o altien School Locker Robbed. Miss Marian H. Volkman, Western High School Amden:,afi'ulflnx at 4345 avenue, of the taking of her $50 coat from a sc y‘:u’:fl"' hool locker orinne Smith, fourth-floor at 1426 M street, also report;s. fifl’fi? a fur coat, valued at $150. The coat, she said, was taken from an apartment in the 2100 block of G street this morn- An early morning store robbery was reported by Alexander Falchuk, 1900 Sixteenth street. Burglars gained en- g;:c;e totha;'wudthm;gh o Tear win- . he stated, and stol - ued at $150. e —_— F. E. HICKEY AGAIN HEADS MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY Other Officers Chosen at Annual Meeting Last Night at Shoreham. Frank E. Hickey was re-el presi- dent of the Ma;uch\uett!ecstfldte S(g- clety at its annual meeting last night at the Shoreham Hotel. Other officers are George Robertie, first vice presi- dent; Leon E. A. Chagnon, second vice president; Miss Fannie Buck, third vice president; Robert H. Kempton, secre- tary; Miss Harriet M. Cheney, treas- urer, and Representative Pehr G. Holmes, Representative John W. Mc- Cormack, Miss Helen G. O'Neill, Dr. Alfred Rothen- The association made early plans for its first social function of l{hg season, to be held Thanksgi: the first vi) which originated in makmfik. will combined with the Washington Bicentennial celebration, according to present plans. PAGE B—1 PARKING PROBLEM UP T MARCHERS, POLIGE HEAD SAYS Chiefs of 14 Cities Asked to Help Discourage Pilgrimages. RADICAL AFFILIATION OF PROMOTERS CITED Demand for Food and Shelter Feared Despite Promises of Group Leaders. “Hunger marchers” and other organ- Ized groups of unemployed, planning pligrimages to Washington in caravans of motor trucks, must provide their own parking facilities as well as food and shelter, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, super- Intendent of police, announced today. hl-nst year the Police Department, at the direction of Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, then superintendent of police, rl;w parking space on John Mar- E 1l place and on C street for the trucks which brought the first army of ‘hunger marchers” to W: . But this year, according to Maj. Brown, those muscth.mmlk OL{: :he various pilgrimages, e their own p‘xl;.u?g the vehicles. BT R e meantime, Inspector F. S. W, Burke, chief of detectives, in ufmfi.& with the policy of the ioners and the Police Department to discour= age the marches, sent an identical let- ter to the police chiefs of 14 principal cities, urging them to try and prevent any groups of men and women in their respective jurisdictions from joining the on-to Washington movements. The let- ter pointed out that those promoting the various marches are connected with Communist or radical organizations, Promoters Said to Be Radicals. “Information received by this depart- ment,” the letter said, "fi’nmumum in a large number of States and prin- cipal cities there are movements on foot toorn'.ni.lfrwpt{ormnchulomo Nation's Capital under the guise of rep- resentatives of farmers, unemployed, bonus men, etc, and that those pro- moting these movements are said to be more or less connected with Communist or radleal organizations. “This department is desirous of ob- taining your co-operation and support in discor and prevent, as far as possible, ory groups from at- tempting marches of this character to the Nation's Capital. However, in the event you are unsuccessful in this re- gard, and you find that groups have formed and will attempt a movement to thie city, it is requested that you in- form this department of the - mate number of those from your city, together with the Ximate number that will be to Toute, 1 | ing these and such tion that muen will be to this d Ma)j. Brown said the co-operation of the police officials in other cities would deparment i making e % arrangements deal with the marchers when they reach here. The force, he declared, is ready to handle any large disturbing | element, although no serious trouble is | anticipated if the leaders of the various 1| velop.” ving ing to the pre-arrang: Charity Appeals Feared. ‘While leaders of the groups have as- sured District officials that arrange- ments will be made to feed and shelter the marchers during their stay in ‘Washington, the promises are regarded rather skeptically. There is a fear that ties for food and shelter. Plans of the Police Department to use horse maunted men to meei riot gemndfl have been discarded, it was d, because it was found impossible to get animals for such use. An ample supply of gas bombs will be distributed among the men, however, which police officials believe will be effective erough to subdue any kind of a disturbance. Maj. Brown explained that tear gas bombs would be used only when found absolutely necessary. Although reports from Spokane and Chicago indicate the vanguard of “hun- ger marchers” has left these ts_en route to Washington, the Police De- partment has not yet been advised of any such movement. Police are in- clined to believe the reports were based on an announced schedule of hunger- march leaders that the Northwestern column would leave early this week. TRADE BODY TO URGE NEW DISTRICT MORGUE Public Health Committee Will Make Recommendation Thurs- day Night. Construction of a new home for the District Morgue will be urged by mem- bers of the Public Health Committee of the Washington Board of Trade at & meeting Thursday evening in the offices of the trade body in The Star Building. Dr. D. Percy Hickling, chairman of the committee, will preside. The need for the proposed new development will be outlined by William Gawler. Albert L. Harris, municipal architect, and Dr. William C. Fowler, District health offi- cer, have been invited to attend. The Streets and Avenues Committee of the trade body, headed by George V. Graham, will meet Friday noon at the Hamilton Hotel for consideration of 8 street closing bill. Thomas S. Settle of the Park and Planning Commission, go P tion Counsel W. W. Bride and ‘apt. NEW CLASSES PLANNED “Christmas Gift” Group to Be Or- ganized at Center. A “Christmts gift” group will be or- ganized tonight at Langley Community Center, Pirst and T streets, for instruc- tion to women in hooked-rug weaving, needle-point, beadwork, knitting, cro- cheting and crepe paper art under di- rection of Mrs. F. C. Chaney. The class will meet regularly until the middle of December. The usual activities of the center, H. C. Whitehurst of the District eering Department have been in- vited to attend. RIOT DEATHS REACH 13 GENEVA, November 15 (#).—Another death today brought the total number slk;lnwlnlllst ‘Wednesday’s political riot- Meanwhile from Bern came of the iss The iny) the crowd of manifestants gathered deliber- erately to attack W] had been called to avert ‘The said the fired only ‘wher physicaly irestened by the