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| Washington News FOOD REBELLION AT LORTON PROBED BY D. C. OFFICIALS Dr. Reichelderfer, Crosby and Wilson Investigate Three Outbreaks. BOTTLES AND PITCHERS HURLED IN MESS HALL Capt. M. M. Barnard Blames Trouble on Excessive Heat. Steward Is Removed. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LORTON, Va., July 3.—Commission- ers Reichelderfer and Crosby and George S. Wilson, director of public welfare, came (o Lorton today to make a personal investigation of a rebellion among some of the 1142 prisoners at the District Reformatory against the food they have been served. ‘Three times in the last 48 hcurs a large group of the prisoners staged pro- test demonstrations and were quieted each time with promises that the food | would be improved. Thirty life-termers were among the risoners during the demonstration, t no attempt was made by any one to escape and no prisoners or guards were injured. The most serious outbreak occurred at supper Saturday evening when the prisoners hurled baked beans, vinegar bottles and molasses pitchers around the mess hall, while a dozen guards stood by powerless. Again Saturday night the prisoners in their dormitories shouted and howled their complaints for several hours before being quieted. Third Demonstration Yesterday. ‘The third demonstration occurred at the close of the noonday dinner ycster- day when the prisoners refused to leave the mess hall after eating until A. C. ‘Tawse, superintendent of the reforma- tory, promised them that the conditions would be corrected. Later in the after- noon, Capt. M. M. Barnard, superin- tendent of District penal institutions, called all the prisoners together in the asserably hall and assured them that immediate steps would be taken to ad- Just their complaints. Capt. Barnard then removed F. C. Coffin, the steward, pending an inves- tigation of the complaints of the pris- oners, and replaced him with William Devers. This move apparently satis- fied the prisoncrs. There was no dem- onstration this morning at breakfast and Capt. Bernard said he expected no further trouble. Capt. Rénard s making a thorough investigation of the disturbance and arnounced he weuld file a complete re- port with the Board of Public Welfare in a few days. He said his inquiry thus far had convinced him that the rekellion was not premeditated or in- spired by any organized group at the institution. Prisoner and Waiter Fight. It was pointed out by Capt. Barnard that a fight between a waiter and a prisoner in the mess hall during the Saturday supper evidently furnished the spark for the original demonstra- tion. As soon as these two men had been separated by guards the general disturbance started. The only damage done was the break- | ing of a number of ketchup bottles, which are used as vinegar cruets, and the destruction of a numter of molasses jars. These were the only breakable utensils on the tables of the prisoners. ‘The two prisoners who started the; fight were locked up, but no disciplinary | action has been taken against any of | the others who participated in i demonstration. An effort is being made, | however, to uncover the ringleaders. Claim Sour Milk Was Served. Capt. Barnard said the complaint of the prisoners concerned the alleged poor | preparation of the food and not the quality. He declared the prisoners claimed they had been served cereals with sour milk on one occasion and beef stew on another occasion that ‘was not properly cooked. He vigorously denied reports that smoked pork, which the prisoners called “fatback,” had been served at mearly every meal, and cited the menus of the last week to show that 2 wide variety of food had been served. The menus revealed that smoked pork had been served at only one meal last week. Capt. Barnard said he did not doubt that the milk might have been sour on one occasion as some of the milk served at his house on the reformatory reser- vation last week had soured slightly | from the heat. Blames Hot Weather. H “I believe the whole trouble has been due to the excessive hot weather we have had in the past week” Capt.| Barnard declared. “The prisoners crowded into the dormitories have been restless and unable to sleep. “However, I assured the prisoners at an assembly vesterday afternoon that if there is anything at the refcrmatory that is not right I will have the condi- { tions they complain of aijusted.” Capt. Barnard said he did not regard the situation as serious, and expressed the belief that the chang® in stewards probably would solve the whole problem. Believe Trouble Is Over. Reichelderter investigation and an- Commissioners Crosby after the nounced that they were satisfied that there would be no further trouble. he Commissioners also expressed ut- most confidence in the ability of Capt. Eernard to adjust the conditions which caused the trouble and left for Wash- ington after an inspection of the re formatory mess hall and kitchen. ‘The Commissioncrs made their in- spection a few minutes after the pris- oners had finished a quict midday din- ner, accompanied by Wilson and Fred W. McReynolds, a member of the wel- fare board. D Reichelderfer, president of the Beard of Commissioners, declared: The Commissioners are satisfied that there will be no further trouble and that Capt. Barnard will adjust the conditions to the satisfaction of the prisoners. Capt. Barnard will make an official report in a few days and until that time the Commissioners will make no further statement.” 5 Commissioner Crosby said he did not regard the situation as serious. “When- ever there is a large group of men to- gether,” he said, “some of them are bound to blow off steam. That’s all that has happened here.” —_—————— WOULD END DISPUTE GENEVA, July 3 (%) —The League of Nations Council today voted unani- fmously to dispatch an _international ‘commission to the Gran Chaco area of South America to settle the dispute be- fween Bolivia and Paraguais | Miss Blanche Israel Near Death—Came From Greenwood, S. C. Without funds and unable to obtain work, Miss Blanche Israel, 20, of Green- wood, S. C., leaped five floors into a paved alley this morning from her room in the Ambassador Hotel. She is be- lieved dying at Emergency Hospital from multiple fractures and internal ! injuries. Miss Israel plunged, feet first, into the alley shortly after 9 o'clock. Taxl- cab drivers on a stand nearby heard her cries and ran into the alley. They placed her in a cab and hurried her to_the hospital. Before losing consciousness, Miss Israel was able to tell police where to locate E. M. Headrick, 45, of Knoxville, Tenn.,, who, she said, had registered at the hotel with Miss Israel Friday morning as “E. M. Headrick and wife of Asheville, N. C.” Police Find Escort. Headrick, an unemployed electrician, was located at a bus station at Twelfth street and New York avenue, where he was waiting for Miss Israel to join him before getting on a bus for South Caro- lina, he told police. Miss Israel left a note, saying, “Please don’t blame this on anybody. I did it myself.” The message was scrawled on a piece of hotel stationery and placed on the writing desk. Headrick, who was taken to head- quarters and probably will be held for investigation pending the outcome of Miss Israel's injuries, told police that he had come East to look for work and met Miss Israel in Washington. He said he had known the woman about a year and a half. Miss Israel, Headrick said, came from her home in South Carolina about a fortnight ago to look for work as a waitress. He said she visited several resort hotels on Chesapeake Bay in an effort to find a job and came on here | Priday to renew the attempt. Had Phoned Her. Headrick sald he went to Philadel- phia Saturday to look for work, return- he telephoned Miss Israel to meet him at_the bus station. Headrick had removed his suitcase Woman Leaps From Fifth Sto Of Hotel; Police Hold M |ing to Washington this morning, where | he pening Sfaf WITH SBUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1933, an MISS BLANCHE ISRAEL. from the hotel room and police said he admitted being without funds and had expected to “skip the bill.” Headrick said he and Miss Israel had had “a slight misunderstanding,” but could advance no other reason for her attempt at suicide than lack of funds. Police telegraphed Miss Israel’s m:;g-er. Mrs. Lilly Burton of Green- W ESCAPED REFORMATORY. | Capital Victim Ran Away From State Institution, Mother Declares. GREENWOOD, 8. C, July 3 (#).— Miss Blanche Israel, 20, who plunged from a hctel window in Washington today, is the daughter of Mrs. J. W. J. | Burnett of Greenwood, who was Mrs. Israel before she married her present husband several years ago. Mrs. Burnett said her daughter had been away from home for some time and that she ran away from the State | Reformatory at Columbia two years ago. She said she had kept in touch with her daughter but that the last | she had heard from her was several | months ago when the girl wrote from | New Jersey. GAS FIRM SET-UP HELD UNCHANGED {Chase Bank Action Leaves | same Ownership Here, Attorney Reports. | | ties Corporation from the Chase Na- | tional Bank resulted in no substantial change in the ownership set-up of the | Washington & Georgetown Gas Light The separaion of the Chase Securi- | VICTIM OF ATTACK SLIGHTLY BETTER Police Locate Three “Miss Dugans” in Helen Vic- toria Mahan Case. With Georgetown University Hospital authorities reporting “slignt improve- | ment” in the condition of Miss Helen Victoria Mahan, 33-year-old attack vic- | tim, police revealed today that they had | Companies, the District Public Utilities | located three “Miss Dugans,” whom Miss Commission was told today by Arthur| Mahan had named at various times as H. Dean, attorney for trustees of the her companion just before she says she | Weshington & Suburban Companies, Wwas beaten by a colored man in Rock | which control the Capital gas utlilities. | Creek Park Saturday morning. This notice came by letter in re-| Miss Charlotte Dugan and Miss Julia sponse to a question raised by the Dis- Dugan have been talked with by police | trict commission after report was re- and, while each knows Miss Mahan Bank and its securities te. Holds Interest Remains. | “We are advised that the recent steps ! taken by the Chase National Bank and | Chase Securities Corporation, now the | Chase Corporation by change of name,” | Dean wrote, “have resulted in no sub- stantial transfer of the shares of bene- ficial interest of Washington & Subur- | ban Companies or any substantial in- | jn terest therein.” : In reference to another question, Dean informed the commission “Certain voting trust certificates rep- resenting common shares of Public Util- ity Associates, Incorporated, which was shares of beneficial interest of Wash- ington and Suburban companies for- merly were owned by the Chase Harris Forbes Companies, Which was a wholly- owned subsidiary of Chase Securities Corp. Chase Harris Forbes Companies has been dissolved and its former hold- ings of Public Utility Association, Inc., voting trust certificates now are vested directly in the Chase corporation.” Cites Company Denial. Mr. Dean also quoted an affidavit by Walter W. Downing, secretary of Chase Harris Forbes Co.. declaring that firm dees not have any interest direct or in- direct in the Washington & Suburban Co. TO HANG FOR MURDER Two Who Slew Elderly Invalid Will Meet Death on Gallows on September 11. By the Associated Press. AMHERST, Nova Scotia, July 3.—Al- vah Henwood and Trueman Smith, each 18 years old, were sentenced today to be hanged September 11 for the murder of Mrs. Elmer Smith, an elderly invalid. Accdrding to confessicns introduced at the separate trials of the youths, Smith struck the elderly Mrs. Smith over the head with a base ball bat and ycung Henwood cut her throat. The youths esceped with $130, taken { frcm the house after the crime, which = committed last February, but were arrested two days later. SUICIDE PREVENTED | Starving Youth Caught Trying to Jump From Bridge. out of work and starving. 20-year-old John Gallagher of Philadelphia was prevented from jumping into the Po- | tomac River early yesterday when an |attendant at the Lincoln Memorial . Bridge caught him as he was poised on I'the bridge rail. Edward Waller, bridge caretaker, re- ported that he saw Gallagher unlace his shoes and climb up on the railing. As he grabbed him the boy collapsed. He was taken to Gallinger Hospital and treated for starvation. He said he had not eaten for several days. COLD IN NEW YORK Lowest July 3 Temperature on Rec- ord Reported Today. NEW YORK, July 3 (#).—This was the coldest July 3 on record in New York City. The new cold record for the date was established at 9 a.m. Eastern standard time when the official ghermometer tered 55 degrees. normal average and is the order of the 600 common | BOYS, 18, AR.E SENTENCED | ceived here of the divorce of the Chase | slightly, both denied having been with her Saturday, Detective William J. Liv- day. Miss Alice Dugan of 31 M street, also questioned, declared that she did | not know Miss Mahan. Miss Mahan, who was found wander- ing about in Rock Creek Park near the Q Street Bridge Saturday, told police she had been sitting on a park bench with a “Miss Dugan” Saturday morn- | | her to make a telephone call and dur- the bench. When she screamed the | man struck her over the head with a piece of concrete and from that time on, she told police, | nothing. She first said her girl com- panion was “Julia Dugan.” Then she said she was “Alice Dugan,” and finally she named her companion as *Charlotte Dugan,” police say. Meanwhile, Miss Mahan is in a seri- ous condition with a fractured skull, a dislocated arm and several fractu fingers. When she first entered the hospital it was thought she might die, luulz‘_Is since last night she has made some gains. From informatiou given by two wit- nesses, police also are seeking a white man. COLORED MAil IS SHOT IN ARREST INTERFERENCE James E. Briggs Receives Bullet in Chest by Special Po- liceman. James E. Briggs, 21, colored, 4600 block of Hunt place northeast, was shot in the chest last night when he is al- leged to have interfered with the ar- rest of another colored man by Special Policeman Leo A. Watkins, colored, 5700 block of Eastern avenue northeast. ‘Watkins was attempting to arrest Wil- liam A. Johnson, 22, colored, 400 block of Fiftieth street, after Johnson in- ermore of the homicide squad said to- | g. Her companion, she continued, left' | ing_the girl's absence, a colored man ' | grabbed her from behind as she sat on | she remembered red | ry STOCKHOLDERS0.K. TRACTION MERGER Rock Creek Becomes Angry Society and General | Torrent WILD WATERS RUSHING OVER STONES AFTER HEAVY RAINS. N VOTNG TODAY Balloting Unanimous Shareowners of Capi- tal Traction Co. by OUTCOME WAS FOREGONE CONCLUSION TO PUBLIC New Company to Take Over All Transportation Property of Two Conoerns. Consolidation of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Capital )y Traction Co. into a single street rail- way system to be known as the Capital Transit Co. was approved today by | stockholders of the parent companies. ‘The long-discussed merger, as pro- posed by Congress in a joint resolution passed early this year, was accepted in a landslide of ballots cast this morning by the thousands of shareholders of the veteran traction concerns. Capital Traction stock owners cast a unanimous ballot for the merger, by a vote of 87,536 to none against. The Washington Railway & Electric | Co. stockholders also gave unanimous indorsement to the proposal at a meet- ing in the Pepco Building. Out of 150,000 shares outstanding, 109,753 votes were cast in favor of the merger and |none against it. the company an- | nounced this afternoon. | The voting was accomplished with little or no formality and none of the excitement usually apparent in an elec- tion. The vast majority of the ballots were cast by mail and the tellers in the executive offices of the two com- panies had little to do further than open the letters and record the returns. Outcome Known. Suspense was lacking, because the firmative outcome of the balloting regarded in advance as a certainty. Stockholders were known to be willing to try the merger plan as the only solu- tion left for the critical financial prob- lem presented by rapidly declining reve- nues. The companies’ owners voted to adopt & five-point unification agreement drawn up by Congress. This agreement lays the groundwork for formulating actual details of the merged street railw system. The agreement calls for establishment of a new company to take over all prop- erties of the Capital Traction Co. and all transportation properties of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. The latter is affiliated with the Potomac Electric Power Co. 15 on New Board. ‘The board of directors of the new Capital Transit Co. will consist of 15 members, of whom each of the merged systems will contribute 7 directors, with the fifteenth member elected by the other 14 directors. The Capital Transit Co. will have au- thority to absorb the Washington Rapid Transit Co., at present its only bus competitor locally. This additional merger would be effected through pur- chase of the stock of the bus company. consolidation, Transit Co. will be protected from all street railway and bus competition not considered by the Public Utilities Com- mission as absolutely essential to public convenience. Will Liquidate Firm. | ~The new company will assume all | liabilities of the Capital Traction Co., and will liquidate that company after | proper exchange of the new stock for that of the Georgetown company. Many vital details of the financial set-up must be worked out later. mittees in both companies are studying these details and will submit a joint plan for another vote by the stock- holders. The question of competition for the new company already had reared its head. The Public Utilities Commission next Friday will hold a hearing on ap- | plications of the Alexandria, Barcroft ' and Washington and the Arlington- Fairfax bus lines for permission to carry intrastate passengers here. The railway | companies are preparing to make a bit- ter fight against the applications. {MRS. MINNA B. MURPHY’S { RITES TO BE WEDNESDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Minna B. Murphy, 57, who died suddenly in Georgetown Hospital Saturday, will be held from the home 3728 Oliver street, Chevy Chase, Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Rockville, Md. Mrs. Murphy, wife of William T. Mur- phy, chief of postal savings division, General Accounting Office. was born in After the Capital Com-, A chusetts avenue. VIEW of the usual quiet Rock Creek at the Pierce Mill Dam this morning after the heavy rains of last night. the creek overflowed in many places and a foot of mud was deposited on the road in the culvert under Massa- | MONths, as are furloughs, and there also —Star Staff Photo. .G, SUNDAY SCHO0 LEADERS ELECTED Groups Also Name New Officers. Special Dispatch to The Star. WESTMINSTER, Md., July 3.—Elec- tion of officers marked the closing ses- islons here yesterday of the three-day s | conferences ‘of the administrative offi- cers and teachers and young people of | the District of Columb.a Sunday School Association and the joint sessions of the Christian Endeavor Societies and Baptist Young Peoples’ Union. Mrgaret Sangster of the Wallace Memorial Scnior Christian Endeavor Society was presented with the D. Roland Potter jeweled endeavor pin for jthe most outstanding contribution to tion to being elected president of the Christian Endeavor Conference, the first girl to achieve this office. Other C. E. Officers Named. Other officers of the Christian En- deavor group include: Vice president Dr. Darrell Crain, Eckington Presby- terian Church. former president of the Christian Endeavor Union; treasurer, J. F. Crowell, Ninth Street Christian Church; secretary, Louise Smith, Co- lumbia Heights Christian _Church; registrar, senior, Anna Widmayer, United Brethren; registrar, interms diates, Claud Cowan. Columbia Heights Christian Church; intermediate repre- sentative on the board, Hillman Harris, Cavalry Baptist; publicity, Frank Mc- Geary, Wallace Memorial. Wins Attendance Banner. The banner awarded annually to the | society having the best attendance at | the conference, was presented to the Wallace Memorial Christian Endeavor. Election of officers of the Young Peo- | ple's Conference resulted as follows: President, Miss Anna Laura Sanford, Mount Vernon M. E. Church South; vice president for the District of Co- lumbia, William W. Everett, jr., Cal- vary Baptist; vice president, Maryland, Miss Dorothy Cathcart, First Baptist Church, Baltimore; secretary, Miss Nola Eaton, National City Christian Churc conference reporter, Miss Audrey Yaden, | Petworth Baptist Church; sponsor, John A. Patterson, jr., Calvary Baptist. ‘W. H. Barringer, general superintend- ent of the Bethany Baptist Church, was named president of the adminis. trative officers and teachers in the an- | nual election. | Sunday's program also included an address by Rev. Theodore E. Miller, pastor First Baptist Church, Baltimore, delivered at a joint session of the ad- ministrative officers and teachers and young people’s groups. Outstanding features of yesterday’s Christian Endeavor session were an ad- dent; a model Christian Endeavor meeting and an inspirational address by William James Lineback, former president of the District Intermediate Christian Endeavor Union, now in charge of young people’s work at the Columbia Heights Christian Church. | Approximately 300 registered for the sesslons. Bible Classes Meet. With a registration of 200, the |D.C.Worker’s Effort| 'For Economy Leads To Loss of Position !Man Wh o Opposed High-! Let Out in Economy. ‘ . | | By a peculiar trick of fate one veteran | District employe has been retired large- | |1y due, according to District officials, to his own activities in seeking to have Congress abolish the Highway Testing Laboratory. He is Vernon Cleaver, for- merly inspector of asphalts and cements, who, in recent years, has held a more minor position with the Highway Test- ing Laboratory. He was retired last Saturday under the 30-year service pro- vision of the independent offices bill | due to the necessity of reducing per- | sonnel expenses in his own department. CAPITAL T0 MARK INDEPENDENCE DAY Young People and Endeavor way Testing Laboratory 'Fireworks Display at Monu- ment Will Climax Celebra- tion Tomorrow Night. With traditional fanfare and cere- mony, the citizenry of the Capital will join with the people of the Nation to- morrow in the annual celebration of Independence day. “Fair and warmer” was the weather man’s prediction for the glorious fourth as arrangements were completed in the success of the conference in addi- | an Cle.velr was oppose'dmw ;;thu' ‘every community for fitting festivities, ation, several years ago, of the Highway Testing Laboratory, which took over \"i"““"" “m:""“’m' night with _the | some of the work of which he had been | 8igantic works display and official in charge. He claimed m’n l:.he De‘:g;e: program at the Washington Monument. system was more economical ict | ¢l 3 | netae oy ithishialnotithescaresiana || Cooice VCJOWer Fchatiman s of che | that the testing laboratory not only did | much more effective work, but saved | July 4th celebration, announced today | thousands of dollars which otherwise 'the program would get under way [ would have been spent replacing pave- |5t the Sylvan Theater, Monument e ITRD ineficient materials ' Grounds, promptly at 7:15 o'clock. Citizens’ Committee in charge of the\ Mr. Cleaver. however, carried his | campaign to Capitol Hill, circularizing | members of Congress about the matter, | |and also appeared before numerous | citizens’ associations. asking their sup- ‘The opening number on the program will be a concert by the United States Marine Band, conducted by Capt. T”'I lor Branson. Six thousand chairs will be made available on the north slopes of the Monument Grounds for the port in the movement to abolish the | ceremontes, at which Senator William | Highway Testing Laboratory. District officials made no direct reply to Mr. Cleaver's charges, but did seek | to have Congress retain operation of the laboratory. Congress, however, dic- | | tated the laboratory be closed during, | the fiscal year beginning last Saturday. Mr. Cleaver was retired in order to re- | | duce personnel expenses ag a result of H. King of Utah will be the prin speaker. e Massing of Colors to Feature. At the conclusion of the band con- cert a massing of the colors, partici- pated in by veteran and patriotic organizations from all over the city, will take place. The flag processional | will be formed and marshalled by offi- cers of the District National Guard. | . Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, will deliver the invocation at 7:55 | o'clock, immediately following which | Chairman Owen will introduce the | speaker, Senator King. The Senator's talk will be carried over a Nation-wide network of the Columbia Broadcasting | the change. | Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer | Commissioner, today declined to en- gage in a controversy with Mr. Cleaver, | but did say that he had a sympathy for Mr. Cleaver and all Government em- ployes forced to be let out, adding thac | the past controversy or animus haa nothing whatsoever to do with his re- System. The remainder of the program in- : LEAVES LOV dress by Henry Wertman, district presi- | | E NOTE AND SHOOTS SELF Clyde W. Marsh Ends Life Be- cause of Depressed Spirits. cludes the reading of the Declaration | |of Independence by Judge Robert E.! | Mattingly, and an oration on “Thomas | Jefferson, the Founder of Constitutional | | Democracy,” by Miss Grace Colliflower, who recently won second place in the | National Oratorical Contest held here. | Bomb to Open Fireworks. As the speechmaking is concluded, 100 torchbearers will march to the | platform accompanted by the Drum and i ?ugle lggps of ';lh“ Victory Post, Amer- Vi ote addressed to & young | ican lon. e colors will be pre- w;:nmelx;reflsifigg his love and tiolux;‘.? | sented by a soldier, a sailor and a Ma- | her not to be discouraged at any action | rine, with 13 Boy Scouts representing he might take, Clyde W. Marsh, 31, 126 | the 13’ m‘mi‘l.l‘ i&lw of the .!Jnlen. A E street, fatally shot himself early yes- 3\18 t:!!u'l en }ounfl Retreat,’ terday In a vacant lot near Four-and-a- | 8nd as the flag is slowly lowered to the Half street and Missouri avenue south- | f}?flm of “The Star Spangled Banner’ | west. His body was found about six |!F e ::l:lbeur;n wfl!l ro{:xe a_procession R e e e entaeAC IEiDainE e ‘}';E,,S" pegrsie i gy 214 | the serial bombs will announce the be- | ~Marsh's body was found by John W. | 8inDing of the fireworks display. | £ Mission. A .38 | Cabinet officers, members of the, Murphy of the Gospel on. & iplomati lco District caliber revolver was found a few inches | 4iP] corps, ict Commission- | ers and other high ranking officials. as from his right hand. A bullet had | 00 %00 distinguished guests, are | | | | " | twelfth annual conference of the Or- | passed completely .through his head. ! ganized Bible Class Association of the | Dr. MacDonald said he learned that | District opened Sunday evening when |Marsh had been depressed in spirits an address of welcome was delivered by |lately and Saturday night told his Church Hill, Md., on the Eastern Shore, | Dr. Albert Norman Ward, president of and had lived in Washington for about | Western Maryland CoUegeA Response 30 years. She was the daughter of the | ;fl;ela:ge by Louis B. Nichols, executive late Rev. Willlam A. Schubert, well | 3 known in both local.and national affairs | _The evening program included a me- of the Episcopal Church. morial service conducted by Rev. Har- | Besides her husband, Mrs. Murphy is | Yy Baker Smith, pastor, Columbia | survived by two sons and two daughters, | Heights Christian Church, and an ad- Paul S. Murphy, Chevy Chase, Md.; dress by Dr. Oscar Blackwalder, pastor, Wwilliam S. Murphy of Rock: ‘Mrs, | Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore. brother and his landlady good-by. ‘The gun with which he killed himself belonged to his father who had thought it stolen. The note was found among his effects. It was addressed to Miss Dorothy Wel- borne of the E street address. It ended with “God bless you—I love you.” In it, Marsh directed that his clothes be | turned over to Miss Welborne’s brother. Ralph E. Hall of Pittsburgh, and Miss jured Thomas Burrows, colored, in a Mary K. Murphy of Chevy Chase; six for July 3 18 73 shot when, poiice say, he tried to pull Johnson away from the officer. The shooting took place in the Suburban Gardens. Fifteenth street and Hunt place northeast. Burrows and Briggs were treated at Casualty Hospital. Physicians said the bullet wound in Briggs’ chest was seri- ous, but that he would live. 'MRS. MARY SAUER DIES TALKING WITH FRIENDS A heart attack suffered Saturday ‘night as she stood in front of her home, 11056 Qucbec place, conversing with {riends, was fatal to Mrs. Mary Emma | Sauer, a resident of Washington for many years. | Funeral services will be held at St. | Stephen and the Incarnation Episco- pal Church, Sixteenth and Newton streets, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Bur- ial will be private in Rock Creek Cem. etary. Mrs. Sauer was born at Piney Point, Md.. in 1896, the daughter of Mrs. Ida R. Costin and the late Thomas Wesley Costin. Since coming to Washington she was an active worker in the St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church and was president of the Mothers’ class of that church. Besides her husband, Edward Sauer, she is survived by her son, Thomas George Costin Bobert T. Castin, Miami fight, according to police. Briggs was grandchildren, two sisters and a brother. 'HELD FOR IIJVESTIGATION Colored Man Arrested After Climb- ing Through Stors Transom. Rudolph Williams, 23, colored, first block of Pierce street, was arrested early today after he climbed through the jtransom into the Market Pharmacy, Seventh and P streets. He told police he wanted to get out of the rain. Nothing was stolen, but Williams is being held on a charge of investigation. GIRL SWALLOWS POISON Hotel Guest in Critical Condition at Emergency. Mary De Vault, 25, of Chillicothe, ©Ohio, in_a critical condition at Emergency Hospital after swallowing poison early today in her room at the Ambassador Hotel, where she had been registered since Friday. A guest in an adjoining room heard her groans. Attendants had her re- moved to the hospital. A e Dog Rings Burglar Alarm. A pet bulldog entangled in the burglar alarm apparatus at the c! estab- leaning N., lishment of Irving Johnson, 1647 Elev- | met. enth street, last night brought police and a curious crowd place. Police searched for time before \ b they found what was csusing the alarm rug. : JULY FOURTH FAMOUS NOT ALONE Occurred Beforc By the Associated Press. July—has it only one claim to fame? Is the Declaration of Independence the sole distinction of the “glorious Fourth?” A glance at memorable events of American history shows that many im- portant events fell on the t |and his compatriots were born—things on tha’ date. For Congress. first Provincial Congress of After 1776 the date marked an in- creasing number of memorable happen- ings. Here is & gmal list: July 4, 1§04—Nathaniel ' Hawthorne FOR SIGNING OF DECLARATION .Many Memorable Amcrican Events Have of Great Document. NEW YORK, July 3.—The Fourth ol‘ tarted. Fourth— ! even before the founding fathers dip-'signed. and After Signing July 4, 1817—Work on Erie Canal ! g July 4, 1826—John Adams and Thom- as Jefferson, who signed the Declara- tion, died. 1:d“ly 4, 1831—Ex-President Monroe July 4, 1831—Treaty with France July 4, 1836—United States Patent Bureau established. July 4, 1845—Texas ratified act of tion to United States. July 4, 1863—Vicksburg surrendered to Gen. Grant. July 4, 1863—Grant appointed major general. July 4, 1872—Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth President( born. .Nleydi. 1874—Eads Bridge, St. Louls, opened. CRem ‘without & stop near Kokomo, expected to attend the ceremonies. A parede, patriotic exercises and| athletic events will mark the Takoma | Park celebration tomorrow. The usual| fireworks display will be omitted this year. T. P. Littlepage Is Speaker. The parade will start at 9:30 am. from Ethan Allen avenue, and pro- ceed along Carroll avenue to Cedar tlepage, president of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce, as speaker, will take place in the auditorium of the school after the parade. ‘The parade will be headed by a detail of police from the Maryland and Dis- trict Police Departments as it swings through the Maryland section of the town over into the District. Following will be the United States Army Band, under the direction of Capt. J. W. Stannard, and Mayor Frederick L. Lewton, who is grand marshal of the parade. In the line of march will be & company from the 121st Engineers of the District of Columbia National Guard, company of Infantry from Silver Spring, Md., of the Maryland National Guard, and a detachment g:n'l‘r Walter Reed Hospital Medical N Allied Flags to Be Displayed. Takoma Park Post, No. 28, American Legion, will lead the veteran section Dublc the Tors colleciign of famdo. c the col o do- nated by the allied cmxnmufllg the PAGE B—1 INTERIOR WORKERS WILL BE CUT BY 91 WITHIN TWO WEEKS Separations Are Principally From 30-Year and Mar- ried Classes. FURLOUGHS IN PROSPECT IN NEXT FOUR MONTHS Today’s Figures First Definite An- nouncement of Department on Retrenchment. ‘The Interior Department today an- nounced that 97 persons are being dropped by July 15, principally from the 30-year and married classes. Other separations, however, are in prospect over the next three or four will be strict adherence to the policy of not filling vacancies. Today's figures were the first of defi- nite nature to be issued by the Interior Department on its retrenchment opera- tlons, but it was said that a more com- prehensive statement was expected in the next few days covering bcth Wash- ington and the field. The department has arnounced that there will be “several hundred” fewer jobs in this new fiscal year, but this Trepresents not only out and out separa- tions, but furloughs and vacancies which arise from natural causes. Geological Survey Worst Hit. ‘The department said today that the largest group separated was in the Geo- logical Survey. where 74 persons have been notified their service will end July 15. Of these, 36 are eligible for re- tirement; 15 are being dropped under the marital status law and 23 are going out because of elimination of work, these, it was explained, being separated on an efficiency basis. There are four | who have asked for optional retire- ments. | Of the 74, 50 are in the professional {and subprofessional group; the re- mainder are in the clerical and custo- dial service. Notices are to go today to 14 em- ployes of the secretary’s office, four being dropped at the middle of the month. All but one of these, it was said, will receive a retirement annu- ity. There will be no further reduc- ‘ggin in the secretary’s office at this | time. Indian Office Separations. In the Indian Office nine employes | are to be dropped and two indefinitely | furloughed. Seven of these come un- der the 30-year clause and two the marital status clause. At the Department of Agriculture, which is the only department now from which there has been no definite res on separation. it was expected | that something would be forthcoming !late_today. ! Thi¢ week also is due to see the | furlough scale fixed by the Post Office Department for departmental workers. . {POLICE BROADCAST LOOKOUT FOR AIKEN Doubt That Building Loan Teller Committed Suicide as Indicated in Note. Doubtful that Wilfred E. Aiken, 31- year-old building association teller, committed suicide as he had indicated he planned in a note to his wife, police have broadcast a lookout for the miss- ing man. Aiken's automobile, parked carelessly, was found on the Virginia bank of the Potomac River a short distance above Key Bridge Saturday. It contained a blue suit, & pair of shoes and a necktie, together with a note addressed to his wife, Mrs. Helen Aiken, in which he expressed suicidal intent. Later, how- ever, Mrs. Aiken discovered that her husband’s shaving equipment and a gray suit, together with several shirts and a valise, were missing from their home at 6306 Eighth street. Meanwhile, the Perpetual Building Association, where Aiken has been em- ployed, has completed a final check of his books, and Edward C. Baltz, presi- dent, announced that the missing man's accounts “were exact to the very penny.” SPRAGUE, TREASURY AIDE, DENIES PLAN TO RESIGN By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 3.—0. M. W. Sprague, special assistant in the United States Treasury Department, this afternoon vigorously denied a report he was in- tending to resign and had cancelled a Teservation to sail Thursday on the Manhattan en route to Washington. He declared he had never thought of such a thing and had just completed arrangements for sailing. He added: “What is it that occurs in P.|the Holy Writ about keeping the hand to the plow? Well, anyway, that is what I intend to do.” POLICE “RESCUE” CHILD Frankie Chandler, 2!; years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Chandler, locked himself in the bathroom at his home, 1364 Locust road, this morning, and his mother called police to get him out. Frankie was standing, naked, in the bathroom, laughing at Officer Frank E. Kenney of the sixth precinct as the policeman broke down the door. His mother feared he was drowned when the lad didn’t answer her calls. OWENS RITES HELD Clarence F. Owens, a representative of the Prudential Insurance Co. here World War, which they are authorized | street. to carry as representatives of the na- ;leom they represent. In line also will patrols. i The various civic organizations will include the Takoma Park Citizens’ sociation, the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C.; Comm: League of ‘Takoma Park, the Young 's Demo- cratic Club, the Women'’ Club and the Takoma Park ' ...J BiE7 i |