Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1935, Page 4

Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. GETTING AT THE CAUSE. LL studious Sunday school children are familiar with the story of King Herod and his attempts to destroy the Christ Child through the murder of all male babies in his kingdom. Well, that was the subject of dis- cussion recently at the Faith Luth- eran Evangelical Church in Ashton Heights, Va. Miss Beth Turner, the teacher, had just finished telling the story when 9-year-old Deanie Gable of Lyon Village interrupted: “Miss Turner,” he said, “that bad king could have saved himself a lot of trouble by killing the stork.” S £ BEGONE, OFFICER! T'S a race between the law and the press on accidents, fires, hold- ups, etc. A “tip” sometimes gets reporters on the scene first, but the long legs of the police usually win. And then newsmen are more than likely greeted with “Stay out of here, you guys” when they arrive. But the tables were turned when & laundry in the 1400 block of K street was held up recently. Evidently mistaking reporters for detectives, the manager of the place had taken them into his confidence and given out the whole story when the robbery squad finally wheezed up. Believing them to be newspaper men, the manager hastened to lock the door, remarking as he did so: “Nothing for the papers, boys.” And the reporters echoed as they slipped out, “Beat it, you mugs.” * k %k X OLD CHINESE CUSTOM. RE you certain that you will never be a victim of amnesia, aphasia or kidnaping? If not, you should get in line to hand in your fingerprints to one of Attorney General Cummings’ bright young men at the Department of Jus- tice. They have been waiting some six months to get your imprint—and in that time several thousand other careful American citizens have sent in theirs, to be put in the Federal files “for personal use” in Wash- ington. Relatively few persons you meet each day have ever been fingerprinted —and yet it was a well-developed custom in China some 1300 years ago—where wisdom that would shine in these days lies buried under the sands of centuries. * X ¥ X “JUST A CLEARING HOUSE.” ORMER REPRESENTATIVE | CHARLES I. STENGLE, who now describes himself as an “es- | caped Congressman,” thinks Govern- ment employes have become nothing but animated ‘“clearing houses.” Qovernment checks, he explains, come to their hands, stay only long enough to be countersigned, and then are passed on to the butcher, the baker and the landlord. Now connected with the American Federation of Government Employes, Stengle has been active in support of the agitation for a rent control bill for the District. The landlords, he complains, jumped the rents as soon as Government pay was restored to its pre-cut level and the employes benefited not at all. * ok % ok MAN OF MANY JOBS. AVID LYNN, architect of the Capitol, a member of the Dis- trict Zoning Commission, 2 member of the Commission on En- larging the Capitol Grounds, and on the commission to acquire the site for the addition to the Library of Congress, 8 member of the United States Supreme Court Building Com- mission, and acting director of the United Stat . Botanic Garden, has also a ew other jobs which don’t sound so high and mighty He also is in charge of various shops located In the basement of the Capitol. where almost any kind of re- pair and upkeep work is done—a paint shop, metal-workers’ shop, car- penter shop, machine shop, electrical shop, plumbers shop, upholstery and furniture shop—and a mighty big storeroom with all manner of supplies for the domestic care of the Capitol. * % Kk X QUICK RECOVERY. | “yYN CASE of emergency—" Well, it was like this. A col- ored man collapsed in the dock of Police Judge Isaac R. Hitt's court the other day anu, following the usual custom, the clerk was informed to summon the matron to administer first aid. The call developed the fact that the matron was out, so it was sug- gested that the Police Court engineer might well handle the situation, hav- ing upon previous occasions demon- strated his ability, especially when the prisoners were “playing 'possum.” Alas, the engineer was out, too, and | something had to be done, or so | court officials thought, and they de- cided to call the assistant engineer. | He was in, so was summoned to come | immediately to Judge Hitt's court. He arrived—carrying in his hands | & hammer and chisel. R (2 AT NG WERONG De T~ . el A RN The prisoner took one look at the tools and exclaimed: “Look here, boss, I'm all right. Get them things away | from here, please.” * X x X POWER ON CAPITOL HILL. HE Capitol power plant has a heat, light and power for a city | of 250,000 inhabitants. It consumes an average of 4,000 tons of coal a capacity sufficient to furnish | month. FATHER CAARGED WITH FIVE DEATHS All-Night Grilling Fails to Shake His Denial of Poison Slayings. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 11—Frederick Gross, 49-year-old bookkeeper, was charged with homicide today in con- nection with the poison deaths of his wife and four children. Gross was arraigned in a Brooklyn Police Court after he had underzone an all-night questioning which, police said, had failed to shake him in his denial that he had used a rare poison to take the lives of his wife, Kath- arine, 38, and the children, Frederick, 915; Katharine, 7; Leo, 3, and Bar- bara, 18 months. Spectograph Used. Evidence allegedly obtained by a toxicologist using a spectograph on tissue taken from the bodies of the mother and the son Leon caused District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan to order the placing of a hbmicide charge against the prisoner. Investigators said Gross, a $20-a- week bookkeeper for an importing firm, had access to a stock of poison intended for killing rodents. Because it had been used so rarely in taking human life, they said, medical knowl- edge of its effects on the human body 1s limited. Investigators said the deaths re- sulted from poison taken in food. Gross's mother-in-law, Mrs. Olga Bein, in a Brooklyn hospital suffer- ing from symptoms of poisoning, pro- fessed her beliaf in the bookkeeper’s innocence. Eldest Child Died First. “He couldn’t have done it,” she m;lld. “He thought too much of them The first of the bookkeeper’s family to die was his eldest child, Frederick. ‘That was late in March, the other deaths—Leo, Mrs. Gross, Katharine and Barbara—followed, all attributed to natural causes. A fifth child, Frank, b, is ill of chickenpox, according to diagnosis. GASQUE IMPROVING ‘The condition of Representative Gasque, Democrat, of South Carolina, was reported by his wife today as “much better.” Gasque has been con- fined at his home in the George Wash- ington Inn since last Saturday when he was stricken with an attack of acute indigestion and ptomaine poison- ing. doctors said. ‘The Representative suffered a sec- ond severe setback Wednesday and his condition was termed “critical” Thurs- day. He improved steadily throughout yesterday, however, and his complete recovery is expected. —_——— MAN SUICIDE WITH GAS Norman Raymond, 62, real estate salesman, committed suicide late yes- terday with gas in his apartment in the 1600 block of R_street. His body was found in the kitchen by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Raymond. All burners on the stove were open. Members of the Fire Rescue Squad worked for nearly an hour in an effort to revive him. Coroner A. Ma- gruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide. CITIZENS FAVOR ~ ARMORY FUNDING ‘P. W. A. Source Urged to i Include D. C. in Its ; Building Plans. | In response to a letter from the Dis- ; trict National Guard, a motion was passed| by the Friendship Citizens’ As- sociation last night favoring the use | | of P. W. A. funds for construction of a National Guard Armory in Washing- ten. The letter stated that public works money had been set aside for armories in other cities, but that as yet no pro- vision had been made for one here. Samuel J. Flickinger, president of the association, pointed out that the Na- tional Guard now used the old Na- tional Hotel as an armory, but that building did not fully meet require- ments. Letters were ordered sent to President Roosevelt and Secretary of ‘War Dern informing them of the asso- ciation’s action W. A. Driggers of the Kenilworth Citizens' Association spoke before the assoclation, asking that it support the action tavoring the old Benning race track as a site for a municipal airport. He stated that if the Gravelly Point | site were selected for the alrport money spent there would benefit Virginia resi- dents He contended that if District money was to be spent for an airport it should be spent within the bound- aries of the District so that the invest~ ment would bring some return. A res- olution was passed indotsing the ac- tion of the Kenilworth Association. In another resolution passed an ap- propriation was asked to reduce the deficit in the Children's Hospital budget. A motion was introduced by James J. Galvin asking that the name of Tenley Circle be changed to Friend- ship Circle. He pointed out that the community was no longer known as Tenleytown, but was now called Friendship Heights. The motion was passed. Fall Proves Fatal. Landon Lowry, 47, colored, 1300 block of Q street, died yesterday in Georgetown Hospital from a head in- jury suffered in a fall from a truck in the 4800 block of Conduit road. 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