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WIFE O FORMER ATTACHE ENDS LIFE Takes Poison in New York Hotel—Husband Was in Spanish Embassy. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 15—A woman who said she was the wife of Fred- erico Monreal Pilon, former naval at- tache of the Spanish Embassy at ‘Washington, died in Bellevue Hos- pital today of poisoning and a slashed artery in her right wrist. Police de- clared the death a suicide. Shortly before midnight yesterday. the officers said, she swallowed poison in a midtown hotel. They could learn no motive. A futile attempt to save her life was made by Harold Tarnac, night manager of the hotel, whom she had asked to send a physician to her room. He said he found her seated on the edge of her bed, bleeding from a razor blade wound. He stopped the flow of blood with a towel tourniquet and called police and an ambulance. Revived in first aid treatment, the ‘woman told of swallowing the poison. Questioned by Detective Charles Dugan, she said she left Washington July 8, intending to go to Battle Creek. Mich,, for a rest cure and reducing treatments. She was quoted as saying her husband is now in Russia. ‘The woman had registered at the hotel July 9, giving what police said | was her maiden name, Caroline| Harriss, and an East Eighty-fifth| street address. Before she died shel gave 3301 RRtenhouse street, Wash-| ~ ington, as her residence. | Officials at the Spanish Embassy here said today the woman who died in a New York City hospital was the estranged wife of Federico Monreal Rilon, until a year ago naval attache at the embassy here They said the Monreal Pilons were | married three years ago and that she | was formerly “a Mrs. Harris.” They | separated two years ago, officials said, | and he later returned to active duty with the Spanish Navy. They were unable to explain why the woman gave her Washington ad- | dress as the present home of Secretary | of War Dern. Residents there said | she never had lived there. | . RESIDENTS ON RELIEF | ARE ASKED TO GATHER | Self-Help Co-operative to| | New Request Government to Give placed ngainst eim-r of the dn\er.l THE EVENING BAR ON GOLD SUITS S HELD NO PERIL Morgenthau Says Credit of U. S. Is Not Questioned by Bond Market. By the Associated Press. Secretary Morgenthau told the Sen- ate Banking Committee today he‘ could not see that the administration’s bill to block recovery of damages from | the Government on gold clause con- tracts would have “any noticeable ef- | fect on the Government's credit or prices of securities.” His views were given in a letter to Chairman Fletcher. The committee plans to hear the Treasury head per- Materials. District residents on relief have been | ! invited to attend a meeting t,omor-1 row night of a new self-help co-oper- | ative now being organized by R. L.! ‘Whipple. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets. It is expected that grants of Government materials may cbtained for the group for tailoring, shoe repairing, broom making, furni- | ture repairing and other activities. Whipple said that membership in the co-operative will not affect the status of persons on relief. A T S SR DUCK FACES SOUP Bird Awaited at| Second Precinct Station. Unless a claimant appears for Don- | ald, the duck, booked yesterday at the second precinct station on an informal | charge of vagrancy, Donald is very apt to become duck soup. Donald, much bedroggled, was | found splashing in a gutter puddler near Eighth and O streets during yes- terday afternoon’s rain by Policemen i B. F. Howze and R. W. Creel. The | duck was given his name by Sam | Hartung, clerk at the second precincv.’ station, who booked the wanderer, Resources Claimant for | (Continued From First Page.) where the relief load is light. It| also would require several years to complete. This would leave little for projects in large cities, where the destitute are concentrated, or for the 750,000 cr more white-collar workers. Urged Big Material Expense. 2. The Resources Board program | called for a larze expenditure un ma- | terials—how much wes never dis-| closed, but ceriainlv more than the $1,500,000,000 to be spent on ma- terials under the revised program. As a result, it wos said, a halt was called after Mr. Rooseve:t had allotted about $1,000 000,000. It was| decided that the Works Progress Ad- ministration wouid spend about $2,- 000,000,000 on projects calling for com- paratively small exvenses for ma- | terials Emphasizing the value of rivers| and harbors improvements, tne Re- | sources Board quciza an estimate by | Army Engineers that $8,000,900,000 | could be spent profitably on such work. Mr. Roosevert has allotted $97,000,000—meaning that activity in this line will ke considerably less than at any time D recent years. Hopkins is reported tc have auvised against any further extensive projects because of their high material cost. SPECIAL NOTICES. “HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE- holders of the Northeast Building Associa ilon will be held Thursday. July 18 1935, ‘glock p.m office of said Narlhe-u Butiding Association. 5010 Rhode Island ave. n.e.. for the purpose ol elect- ing directors for the ensuing year th transaction of such other business provetly come before the meeting. SCHUYLER 8. ONS. etary. _ ‘Fo W OM IT CONCERN—ONE ord, coach, ensine No. ALOS1. body. will be sold at public -\lcunn .vuly "3 1nab 4t Eichberg's, 1227 . JONES. 1703 6th st_ n.w. 'rHE n USINESS OF THE NATIONAL Je'lel“! umuhcnmm Company. formerly 8 F street n.w.. Washington. s ‘heen closed f Wil Bot. be e momh:u for anv dzdbll; incurred by any erson OF PErsons trading under this name s JOHN J. QUILL 'OWNER-DRIVEN hmr!tycx 1HAUld.mAN'Y X n n 1 out ™ Phone Cotumbia 3724, 16° ANTED—RETURN LOADS FROM xuox- Ve Fenn..: Pittsbureh, Pa: z N. Y. and Springfleld, Hu‘: meve IE 0. 1313 You st. n.W. North_3: DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART to_and from Balto, Fhila. and New henuent trips to other Eastern ble Service Since TRANSFER & STORAGE DA"Dwemh A DEAL FUNERAL AT $75 ;q-:nd:n same service as one ne;::l'ng gall DEAL, with 25 vears” n ~ TILEWORK. Artistic—Durable—Sanitary. ELLETT 1106 9th 8t N.W. , G MAY Phone ‘exveri National 8731 | sonally tomorrow. | bonds. | the Congress his message on this sub- ireason of the fact that they bear -+ ment Grounds, tonight at 7:30 o’clock Morgenthau said there had been no | weakness in the Government bond | market since President Roosevelt’s message asking for the legislation. “There is no implication in the | resolution of a congressional or | | Treasury intent not to pay pnnclpal and interest in full on Government | obligations,” he added. Senators Are Concerned. Several Senators have expressed | concern about the effect of the pro- | posed legislation on Government | credit. They included two former Secretaries of the Treasury, Senators Glass, Democrat of Virginia, and Mc- Adoo, Democrat of California. The letter said: “I cannot see that there will be any noticeable effect on the Govern- | ment’s credit or prices of securities by reason of the passage of this reso- lution, either because of the fact thnt[ | suits on bonds would be barred, or by | reason of the offer to pay at par for a short period of time the gold clause “Since the President forwarded to ject there has been no weakness in | the Government bond market. On the contrary, there has been an ad- vance. The gold clause bonds, by rates of interest above those now re- quired, are selling considerably above par, and, hence, will not be offered by their holders at par. Sees Payments in Full. “There is no implication in the resolution of a congressional or Treas- ury intent not to pay principal and interest in full on Government ob- ligations. “Indeed, the resolution expressly re- affirms the determination of the Con- gress and the Treasury to assure that the United States will continue to pay to the holders of all its securities principal and interest dollar for dollar on an equal and uniform basis. “Under the circumstances, I can see no possible objection from the point of view of Treasury finance or Gov- ernment credit, to the passage of this resolution.” —— GAS FIRM BAND TO PLAY Presentation Tonight Will Fea- ture Summer Festival Program. Featuring the Summer Festival pro- gram at the Sylvan Theater, Monu- will be a half hour musical program by the Washington Gas Light Co. Employes’ Band. Otto Siebeneichen will direct the band of 60 musicians. The Bekefi-Deleporte Institute of Dance will present a program begin- ning at 8:15 o'clock. * Stalin Bust Crowns Peak. NOVOSIBIRSK, U. 8. 8. R, July 15 (). —An expedition of mountain climbers today placed a bust of Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, on the summit of Mount Belukha, 14,000-foot peak of the Altai Mountains. 2,200 Civilian Navy Workers Wait for Pay in Funds Mix-up Because the Navy did not have suf- ficent funds to its credit in the Treas- ury, some 2,200 civilian employes of the Navy Department waited in vain for - their pay today. Officially, it was pay day, but for the first time in recent memory the Navy employes failed to line up at the disbursing office. Naval officers, who are paid by in- dividual checks, were paid on time, however. The explanation in the case of the civilian employes, who represent a two weeks' pay roll of $195,000, was that” through an oversight either in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts or elsewhere, the Navy's cash, suffi- By the Associated Press. | Prancis E. Warren, Wyo. r Visiting “Messiahs” {Most Troublesome To Capitol Guards Cranks Are Attracted to| Congress, Says Capt. Orthman, The man who guards the lives and ' peace of the Natlon's lawmakers said | { today that mildly insane “messiahs” | cause more trouble at the Capitol than | criminals u.ndy radicals put to- gether. | “We know how | to deal with no-f lent agitators and | with ordinary prowlers,” said| Capt. William 8. | Orthman, com: mander of the | Capitol guard, “but we often wonder what in ! the world to do| with a particular | type of nut mnp seems to be attracted by Congress.” This type, he declared, is usually‘ harmless, but is persistent. “It in- | cludes both men and women. Usually, they once had some money, but have | lost everything and this has got to preying on their minds. They come to the Capitol, determined to tell Con- gress what is wrong with the country.” TWo or three such persons turn up | every week, he said. It is Capt. Orthman’s policy to do what he can to humor them, listen to | their stories and theories and if pos- | sible get them to leave quietly. “But it is often not as easy as it| sounds,” he said. Sometimes he has members of Con- gress get in touch with relief agencies in the State from which the demented visitor has come and provide railway fare back home. These people usually are spotted by the 61 members of the Capitol guard as they attempt to enter the offices of legislators or as they try to get into the galleries. “Most persons are perfectly behaved when they visit the Capitol,” said Orthman. “We have more than 2,- 000,000 visitors every year. More than 9,000,000 automobiles pass over the Capitol grounds.” Capt. Orthman. R NEW UNIT SOUGHT Bill -Would Add Another Front to War on Crime. Another crime-fighters’ college would be set up in Washington beside the “G-Men’s” training school under a bill now awaiting Senate action. ‘The new school would train Federal district attorneys and marshals in crime-fighting under a new Justice Department unit to be known as the Bureau of Crime Prevention. ‘The unit would also act as a clear- ing house for -information on State and local police systems and crime statistics. e CAPTAIN’S BODY FOUND Army Officer Falls From Jagged Bluffs in Hawaii. HONOLULU, July 15 (#).—The of Cept. Alvin K. Robinson, U.'S. A, lost while fishing last Friday, was found yesterday by military police on the beach near Diamond Head ithouse. Police believe the 43-year-old In- fantry officer fell from the jagged bluffs, struck his head on rocks below, and was knocked unconscious. Capt. Robinson was born in Hawaii. At one time he was stationed at Fort in the mix-up, for the Treasury cid not have their funds and balked at sending over the whole amount to the Navy. Soon after the Treasury doors swung open this morning the Navy Depart- ment sent over a check covering the sum for the N. R. A. workers, but did not obtain the money in time to pay today. Extermination 8 Fumigation ENTS :{ dutnutl‘v'u -ms. l&'“ pH quickly ccompiied. * Furniture _ Mothpreofing _ Service cient to cover the pay roll, was not in the hands of the Treasury on time. Some 300 N. R. A. employes, working in connection with the shipbuilding program, were particularly concerned 4 itare fumi- suarantee, fl-fl. Furni DISINFECTANT and woring | AC 1426 G S& FUMIGATING = CORP. National 2088 STAR, No one was injured this morning when the heavily laden 5-ton truck, shown above, crashed into and over- turned on the smaller car at Twenty-second and M streets in attempting to avoid a collision. The cars knocked the street and traffic light pole off at its base. Charles C. Parker, 31, of Lynchburg, Va, was driving the truck, and Thaddeus B. Melton, 49, of Rockville, Md., the automobile, police said. Police said charges would not be —=Star Staff Photo. AUTO-STOP AGTION LIKELY THIS WEEK Rockville First Community | to Request Grade Cross- ing Guard. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, July 15—The Rockville Town Council’s proposal that an auto-stop be installed at the local grade crossing as a temporary safeguard for motorists is expected 10 meet with favorable action in the State Roads Commission, it was learned today. Highway officials have been anxious for some time to test the new me- chanical device, but Rockville is the | first community that has come forward ‘vdt,h a request for installation and it is thought very likely that the Town Council’s appeal will be granted. Action Likely This Week. Dr. E. N. Tabler of Hancock, chair- man of the State Roads Commission, said today the appeal probably will | be acted upon at & meeting of the road group this week. The auto-stop is & new type barrier that is actuated by the approach of trains and swings into place in such & manner that it cuts off the flow of all traffic across the tracks while the train is still some distance from the crossing. ‘The device has found favor in many sections, road executives say, and the Town Council has urged that it be installed here pending the re- lease of Federal funds for elimina- tion of the dangerous crossing where a number of fatal accidents have oc- curred. 14 Children Killed. It was the tragic bus crash here on April 12, in which 14 school children lost their lives, that led President Roosevelt to order a portion of the new public works funds be allocated for elimination of dangerous crossings throughout the country. The Rockville crossing is the fore- most project on a program of per- manent crossing eliminations to be constructed as soon as funds are re- leased. PETITIONS ON PARKING HALTED BY SWANSON Employes of Navy Department Protest Space Is Taken by Government Workers. Because disgruntled employes have been circulating petitions over the parking situation in the rear of the Navy and Munitions Buildings, con- tenduig that outsiders are using the space, Secretary Swanson decided to- day to clamp down a ban on all peti- tions and notices save those that have departmental approval. & &The employes contend that Govern- ment workers from other departments —notably Agriculture—are sneaking in and taking the places before the Navy workers get on the job. Officials of the buildings branch of the National Parks Service, which has jurisdiction over automobile parking space, say they are at a loss to know what to do. After all, they reason, it it is all Government property and it would be difficult to insure that only Navy and Munitions Building workers get the parking spaces. Secretary Swanson directed a letter to all personnel of the Navy Depart- ment and headquarters of the United States Marine Corps, revealing that the department has ordered circula- tion of such petitions stopped. Paper From Enenly_ptus. Paper is to be produced from euca- lyptus in Australia. “See ETZ and See Better” Order an extra pair of glasses now for your vaca- tion, for in the hurry and bustle of packing they may be overlooked. ETZ Optometrists 1217 G St. N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, W.T. HUTCHINSON SUCCUMBS AT 8 Retired From Patent Unit in 1930 After 63 Years’ Continuous Service. Willlam T. Hutchinson, 83, who was retired in 1930 after 63 years of continuous service in the United States Patent Office, died yesterday morning at Homeopathic Hospital. Beginning work in the Patent Office when only 14 years old, Mr. Hutch- inson’s retirement five years ago at the age of 78, occasioned notice in several publications. Mr. Hutchinson advanced steadily through various positions in the Pat- ent Office, serving as a clerk in sev- eral divisions. In 1884 he was ap- pointed to division 20 of the exam- ining corps, and at the time of his retirement held the positions of asso- ciate examiner and assistant chief of that department. By virtue of his long service, he was popularly refer- red to as “dean” of the Patent Office. Termed “Conscientious.” Mr. Hutchinson is described by 8. D. Grove, associate examiner in the| Patent Office and one of Mr. Hutchin- son’s close friends, as “one of the most conscientious men I ever came in contact with.” Mr. Hutchinson was known by his associates in the office for his kindness and good humor. A man of temperate habits, he was said to have attributed his longevity to the fact that he lived “calmly.” His first service in the Patent Of- fice was during the hectic years of restoration following the Civil War— a period when, within three years, the number of patents applied !or‘ jumped from 7,000 to 20,000 annually. | Mr. Hutchinson recalled with remark- able clearness the second inauguration of Lincoln and the anxious moments in Washington following Booth’s shot. | Mr. Hutchinson was characterized by a remarkable physical vigor, even during the last years of his life when ! he added golf to his life-long hobby | of fishing. Since his retirement he| had spent the Winters with a son in| Carolina and the Summer with a| daughter in Winnipeg, Canada. How- | ever, he had always managed to take a month off between times, when he came back to Washington to indulge his piscatorial hobby. Church Elder 25 Years. For over 55 years a Mason, Mr. Hut- chinson was for several years organist for the St. John's Lodge. He had also been an elder in the Metropolitan | Presbyterian Church for the past 25| years. His late home is at 12 Third street southeast. Besides his widow, Mrs. Sarah Catherine Hutchinson. he is survived by a son, Ernest of Columbia, S. C.; a daughter, Mrs. Wilson Smith of Winnipeg, Canada; two grandchildren in Washington, one in Winnipeg and three in Columbia, S. C. When taken ill last Wednesday Mr. Hutchinson was visiting his son at a Summer cottage in Shady Side, Md. He was brought to the hospital here | that night. Funeral services will be held at Metropolitan Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow in Congressional Cemetery. R 2 HELD AS ATTACKERS ARE HANGED BY MOB| Pair Taken From Mississippi‘ Sheriff Is Lynched by Side of Country Church. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Miss, July 15—Two Negroes, identified as Bert Moore and | Dooley Morton, were lynched today | eight miles from Columbus by a mob of infuriated white citizens. The victims were accused of two attempted attacks on white women in this section during the past two ‘weeks. They were taken from the sheriff | while he was seeking to spirit them away from Columbus to Aberdeen, and were hanged to a tree behind a church on a country road. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY' Meeting. Women's Democratic Edu- cational Council, Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 pm. Excursion, Knights of Columbus, steamer City of Washington, Seventh street wharves, 8:30 p.m. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Civitan Club, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Washington Credit Men's Association, Raleigh Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Lunchecn, Trade Executives, La JULY 15 1935. Expires WILLIAM T. HUTCHINSON. TELEVISION GABLE INSTALLATIONSEEN New York-Philadelphia Line Permission to Be Re- quested Soon. By the Associated Press. Television may be put on a long- distance hook-up early in 1936, it was announced today as Dr. Frank B. Jewett, president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, ‘prepared to request the Federal Communications Commission for permission to approve installation of a new “coaxial cable” between New York and Philadelphia for television transmission. Permission is expected | to be granted. ‘The improved cable has been used in laboratory experiments to transmit television images which are clear and definite. Research has been carried to the point where it is necessary to test its performance under field conditions. It 1s a simple device seven-eighths of an inch in diameter and resembling any other lead-covered cable. The core, however, is made up of two side-by-side copper tube conductors, each of which contains a copper wire supported by a series of rubber disc insullators which prevent contact with the tubes. The space between the tube and its shielded wire is filled with air or nitrogen gas. The cable also contains eight ordinary telephone wires. Each tube will carry the current only one way. The new cable, offi- cials said, is capable of transimtting a band of frequencies about 1,000,000 cycles wide, which will carry 200 tele- phone conversations or the extremely rapid impulses necessary for tele- vision. KNOW THE TRUTH { ABOUT YOUR TEETH Dr. Vaughan will a__complete Y EXAMINA- of your teeth There reasonable. My ‘own personal atten- tion ‘o every patient. DR.VAUGHAN, Dentist 932 F St. N.W. MELt. 9576 LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON S. ADAMS Fayette Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, Socialist-Labor party, An- napolis Hotel, room 225, 8 p.m. Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at— A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. 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The boy died in Providence Hospital, Washington, this morning. Rupert Reed acted as foreman of the coroner’s jury which was con- vered before Judge John K. Keane, Prominent Minister Retires. LAVERGNE, Tenn, July 15 (#).— Rev. William A. Provine, 68, retired Presbyterian minizter and long a prominent figure in the affairs of his church, died here yesterday of a heart attack in the railway station. He was on his way back to his home in Nashville, Tenn. NO ONE CAN QUESTION A BELL REDUCTION IT HAPPENS ONLY TWICE A YEAR BELL'S Half=Yearly Sale of Year Around SUITS Get Acquainted With Bell Clothes CHOICE OF ANY GARMENT IN OUR HUGE STOCKS at these 2 low prices Washington men don’t need to be told that Bell never owned a suit made to sell for as little as $15.85. It’s only twice 2 year Bell Clothes are reduced . . . 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