Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1935, Page 25

General News [ — GRS STRUGGLES NEAR LORING HOME STIR MANIAC HUNT Residents Tell Police of Scene Involving Man in Car Last Night. PROBERS FEAR SLAYER MAY STILL BE ACTIVE Redmond Virtually Eliminated After Grilling—To Recheck Victim's Finances. BACKGROUND— Four weeks ago tomorrow night Corinna Loring, 26, public stenog- rapher, disappeared from Mount Rainier home. Two days later she was to have wed Richard Tear, hospital attendant. On Saturday, November 9, her garroted body was found in woods near home. Police investigation has been placed in charge of Lieut. Itzel, Baltimore detective; dozens of persons have Dbeen questioned, clues investigated but complete mystery still sur- rounds crime. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Novem- ber 30.—The theory that a sex maniac may be still at large in Mount Rainier and have had some connection with the murder of Miss Corinna Loring was advanced by police probing that month-old mystery. Chief of Police Eugene Plumer of that town advanced the theory as he started an investigation of a report that & man known to local residents had tried to force a young woman into his car at Thirtieth and Ash streets tonight, & spot only two blocks from the Loring home at 3110 Beech street. In support of the possibility that the man may have been involved in previous attempted street assault cases in the town, Chief Plumer noted that four high school girls failed to iden- tify Victor Harrison Redmond, 42- year-old Washington restaurant man- ager, as the man who had made an effort to force & young girl into his car three weeks ago. Redmond Theory Fails. Police efforts to link Redmond with the Loring case were all but aban- doned today. The man is in fail here on a charge of attempting to attack a 9-year-old Mount Rainier girl last Sunday. Lieut. Joséph Itzel and Sergt. Leo Vogelsang, Baltimore detectives and chief investigators in the case, ques- tioned Redmond almost two hours to- day, but made no headway in regard | to connecting him with the garroting of the 26-year-old public stenographer whose body was found on Saddleback Ridge, five blocks from her home, -three weeks ago. Before they count Redmond com- pletely “out of the picture,” however, they want to learn whether stains found on the canvas top and seat cov- ers of his coupe were made by blood. Lieut. Robert W. Hicks, Washington criminologist, who found the stains, said it would take 24 hours to deter- mine their nature. * Gloves which Hicks found in the Redmond car were turned over to Chief Plumer today. He said they would not fit Miss Loring. Girl Sought for Story. Chief Plumer said he would call on Hicks early next week to examine the car of another man who has been regarded as having a possible connec- tion with the case. Over the week end, Chief Plumer- also is attempting to locate a girl who, according to a “tip” which the chief regards as important, saw a man on the Loring porch the night of No- vember 4, the date on which she dis- appeared. Another phase of the case which will receive investigation when the detectives return here from Balti- more Monday will be a further probe of Miss Loring’s accounts in Washing- ton banks. Police are inclined to at- tach increasing significance to the young woman’s financial affairs as they delve deeper into her murder. Admitting the results of the three- week investigation of the case have ‘been more negative than pesitive and developed “nothing definite,” State’s Attorney Alan Bowie said that plans for the fourth week would necessarily follow the procedure used to date— running out all possible clues in the hope of getting a “break.” Wisconsin Brings Outdoor Sport Joy To Cities’ Youths La Crosse Maintains Fish Pond, Stocked by U. S., for Boys. By the Associated Press. & MILWAUKEE, November 30.—The Mshomet and the mountain legened is here are shown above as they left Ui “OFF-SALE” STORE LIMIT STAYS 400 A. B. C. to Refuse Licenses to Combination Shops. Few Excepted. The present plan of limiting to 400 the number of retail establishments licensed to sell bottled liquor goods will be continued during the next year, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board announced yesterday. The statement was made as Chair- man George W. Offutt warned all dealers they should hasten to apply for renewal of permits if they expect | to continue in business after next February 1. Applications must be on file by January 1 if dealers are to have any assurange actiop; will be taken on them before expiration' of existing permits February 1, he said. Payment of the 1936 fees must be | remitted by January 15, he added. The number of permits for sale of bottled liquor was fixed at 400 during the past year when the board | decided there was an ample number of stores in all sections. So-called “eombination stores” will | not be granted new permits for sale | of bottled liquor, the board said. In other words, shoe stores and gasoline stations no longer will be given per- mits. Drug stores and groceries, how- ever, are excepted. The board also plans $o inquire deeply into the question of whether the predominant business of licensed “on-sale” establishments is in food {or in liquor. The law requires that the major business be in food, rather than liquor. Agents of the board plan to study reports of business done in the past year. 'JOB REPLACEMENT BY W. P. A. CHARGED | Civil Service Employes Losing Out | to Low-Pay Workers, Fed- eration Protests. Charges that civil service employes are being replaced by Works Progress Administration forces at a pay rate ranging from one-third to one-half of the standard scale were laid before W. P. A. authorities yesterday by 8| delegation from the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and ‘Technicians. At the same time, the federation, it was announced, arranged to take the matter up with the National Labor Relations Board and planned tenta- tively for a conference Tuesday, when a prevailing wage scale will be urged. Complaint of civil service workers being displaced by those from W. P. A. has been heard several times re- cently. The present cases are said to have developed on the Eastern sea- board and in the Middle West. Members of the delegation which called on W. P. A. heads yesterday cited several specific instances of wages| being driven down by the relief scale. In Baltimore, it was said, technical men are getting 40 and 50 cents an POSTAL OFFICIAL Members of Mexico’s foot ball team which played Central High ScLool number of girls from local high schools were on hand to see them off. N The Sunday Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1935 Mexican Players Say Adios nion Station yesterday for home. A —Star Staff Photo. DEFICIT OF §140.000 INGHEST IS LIKELY, Final Audit to Be Made, but Books Are Open to Late Comers. A final audit of returns in the re- cent Community Chest drive will be made next Friday, with indications pointing to a deficit of from $140,- 000 to $150,000 in the anticipated budget of §1,877,900. James A. Councilor, chairman of the Audit Unit, announced yesterday he will hold the ledgers open for pos- sible returns during the first four days of this week. A number of teams are continuing their ‘“clean-yp” activities in an effort to reach or exceed their quotas. ) aihi That there-are a number of pros- pective contributors who have not been evidenced by the arrival at Chest headquarters almost daily of checks sent in direct by unsolicited sub- scribers. Some of these gifts are be- lieved to be the outcome of a special appeal made by radio last week by Herbert L. Willett, jr., director of the Chest, who urged persons who had not been reached personally to send in contributions direct to the Chest. Willett pointed out that if the 160,000 persons who gave to the Chest had added just $1 more the goal would have been attained. The next problem confronting the Community Chest will be the alloca- tion of the funds already subscribed. Chest officials have repeatedly de- clared that the goal of $1,877,900 set for the last campaign represented the minimum needs of the 65 agencies to function adequately in 1936. Failure of the Chest to reach its goal, it is explained, means that the Budget Committee must revise the budget of all the agencies, seeking in every in- stance to inflict the least possible hardship on the clients of each. Louis Ottenberg, chairman of the Budget Committee, will take up this work after getting a final report from Chairman Councilor of th¢ Audit Unit. In the meantime there are still divisions in the Government and mer- cantile establishments in the city whose key men are striving to get the necessary percentage of quota of gifts of personnel to win one of- the honor posters. These honor posters are being filled in and sent out as rapidly as new returns justify them. PER—— CHRISTMAS DRAMA REHEARSALS SOON “The Other Wise Man” to Be Given by Chapel Players. Rehearsals for the annual Christmas drama, “The Other Wise Man,” will be started by the Chapel Players of Washington at the Luther Place Me- morial Church this week. The play will be presented December 26 to 28, inclusive. The play will be presented in the historic church where it has been an annual feature for the past 10 years. Thousands of persons have seen the Henry Van Dyke drama enacted by the Chapel Players. All persons who have taken part in the play in past years and others who been approached by Chest solicigors has | BOUNDARY GROUP EXPIRES, REPORT AWAITS CONGRESS Decision on Century-old Dispute Put in Hands of Public. Printer. JURISDICTION OF D."C. AND U. S. MAIN ISSUES Authority Over Airport Also to Be Decided if High-Water- Mark Theory Prevails. The District of Columbia-Virginia Boundary Commission expired Jast night, with its final report completed, | but withheld . from publication until | its presentation to Corgress in Jan- | uary. | The decision of the commission on | the century-old dispute over the juris- | dictional . dividing line was in the hands of the public printer last nght, together with voluminous testimony | taken durng the protracted hearings before the three-man body. William C. Gloth, a member of the | commission, said the commission had | intended to release the report coin-| cident with expiration of the group’s official life, but plans were changed on advice of officials at the Capitol. Other members of the commission were former Gov. Charles H. Brough of Arkansas, who served as chair- man, and Malcolm 8. McConihe. Chief Points at Issue. The ‘chief points at issue were| whether jurisdiction of the District of | Columbia and the Federal Govern- | ment extends to the low or high water | mark on the Virginia shore of the Po- tomac River, and whether, in event the high-water-mark theory pre- vailed, the Jine should be drawn where it now touches the Virginia shore or where the Government claims it existed in the days of Alexanders Island—far inside the present air- port area. The District’s side was presented by | G. A. Iverson and H. H. Glassie, Jus- | tice Department attorneys, and Vir- ginia's by Frank L. Ball, representing the State and Arlington County. An agreement with the city of Alexandria | disposed of certain wharfage rights claimed by this municipality without necessity of a decision by the com- mission. Government counsel contended the United States Supreme Court had ruled in several cases that the high- water mark constitutes the boundary. | Old maps showing the airport prop- erty as part of Alexanders Island, with a narrow stream separating it from the mainland, were presented by the Government in support of its claim to part of the airport property at the south end of the Highway Bridge. Arlington Fights for Taxes. Arlington County fought the Gov- ernment’s claim vigorously because of the estimated $40,000 in taxes received annually by the county from owners of the airport and contiguous prop- erty. * The Virginians denied that tidewater ever separated Alexanders Island from the mainland and con- tended the area in question was marshy lowland. The testimony and arguments harked back to 1632, when the original British charter to Lord Baltimore was signed. This charter extended Mary- land’s authority to the Virginia shore. The District of Columbia acquired similar jurisdiction when Maryland | ceded its portion of land for the site | of the Capital, the courts have held. MASONIC BUILDING LEASED FOR 1. C. C. Tenth and U Temple to Be Occu- pied as Overflow Quarters. Expanding activities of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, includ- ing bus and truck control units, yes- terday caused the Federal Govern- ment to lease the colored Masonic ‘Temple, Tenth and U streets. A. E. Demaray, acting director of the National Park Service, Interior Department, under which the division of Government space control comes, announced the few tenants now occu- pying: the- building will arrange to vacate within 30 days. The five-story structure contains some 40,000 square feet net of usable floor space. - Demaray declared large auditoriums, lodge halls and office suites, readily adaptable for governmental needs, are already available for use. “Although it is decided already to transfer some of the overflow of the Interstate Commerce Commission to the newly acquired location, the mat- ter of remodeling will await an analy- sis of the actual character of the Government work to be carried on there,” he explained. For some time lo- and tution avenue, has led wish to take part have been invited " RETIRES, AGED 70 William C. Beck Served .in De- partment More Than 45 Beck was employed in the Signal Corps, War Department, July 2, 1885, to attend the first rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The cast will be com- pleted on December 14. Maurice Jarvis will play the role Artaban, the other wise man of the . |legend, and it is expected that about 76 Washingtonians will be in the cast. POLICEMAN RETIRED Several Years Ago. Women Best Dr DISTRICT RELIEF ON OWN, FACING GRITIGAL PERIOD Officials Puzzled How to Meet Load With Re- duced Funds. BUT $166,666 MONTHLY UNTIL CONGRESS ACTS November 30 Count of Cases Ex- pected: to Show From 10,000 to 12,000 Still on List. Back on their own resources with the ending of the Federal dole, Dis- trict officials last night were puzzling over how they could meet a sustained relief load with greatly reduced funds. Until Congress acts again, the Dis- trict can count on but $166,666 a month for its relief purposes, officials said. This is the rate at which the District’s own relief appropriation of $2,000,000 for the present fiscal year has been expended. Against his there were latest esti- mates that the number of cases on re- lief at the end of November would prove to be substantially the same as at the end of October, when the fig- ure was 11,700. Critical Problem Seen. Elwood Street, director of welfare, said last night these facts indicate the relief problem in December and sev- eral months following would be “critical.” Early in November the Federal Emergency Relief Administration an- nounced the “final” grant of relief funds to the District as $250,000, far less than grants for previous months. There has been a suggestion offstage that an unannounced supplementary grant may have been made, but to date there has been no confirmation of this. Reports are that various States had received supplementary grants which had not been officially recorded. District relief officials regard such supplementary help as only tempor- ary, however, since the F. E. R. A. has | been declared abolished. Reinvestigation Asked. ‘When the “final” grant was made for November Commissioner George E. Allen ordered all existing relief cases reinvestigated. About a week ago, es- timates were that some 6,500 of the 11,700 had been reinstated. Officials warned them hteqturnover had not been completed and that the figures probably would rise. Accurate fig- ures still were not available yesterday, but some officials estimated the No- vember 30 count would show from 10,- 000 to 12,000 still on relief. Of this number, some 2,000 family heads were to be transferred to proj- ects under the Works Progress Ad- ministration tomorrow. This would bring the reported total of persons on W. P. A. unemployment aid to about 10,000, but would still leave about 8,000 dependent on the District for relief, according to the best available calculations. Figuring use of $166,666 per month for 8,000 relief cases, there would be about $20 a month per case. This sum would have to include cost of | administration and other office serv- fuel for needy families, Street ex- plained. During October it was fig- ured the average cost per relief case here was $33.21. RETIREMENT PLAN WILL BE PUSHED 30-Year Optional Bills for Gov- ernment Workers to Be Discussed. Renewed efforts to obtain action on the 30-year optional retirement bill for Government employes are ex- pected to be made at the approach- ing session of Congress. The subject Senate committees, where bills were introduced during the last session. Hearings were held, but no action was taken before adjournment. ‘The question of optional retirement after 30 years of service is due for discussion by the Joint Conference on Retirement of Civil Service Em- ployes at a meeting called for Tues- day evening by Robert H. Alcorn, conference chairman. | for automatic retirement are 70 years for clerical and other departmental employes; at 65, for letter carriers and postal clerks, and at 62 for those in certain hazardous lines of employ~ ment. The present law gives each of these groups the option of retiring two years earlier than the compulsory age limits, or at 68, 63 and 60. ‘Woman Is Granted Divorce. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 30 (Special) —Mrs. Frances R. Pond of Park has been granted an bsolute divorce by Judge, Charles W. Woodward in the Circuit Court here from William G. Pond of Washington, and allowed to resume her maiden name of Roseman. The couple, the | petition stated, were married Novem- ber 17, 1931, and have no children. ‘) Desettion was charged. ivers of Autos, Van Duzer Says, Citing Record When the family goes out for its it might Policeman Herman L. Lay, crippled | ¢ up his statement. ©Of the total number of automobile " per cent “Women are safer drivers because men,” Van 'D\Igr said. “They don't take the killed and 394 injured in 801 acci- dents in the District since November 1. He criticized particularly the care- lessness of drivers on rainy days, say- ing three of the month's fatal acci- ices as well as food, clothing, rent and | is already pending in both House and | Under existing law the age limits | A Reminder Attracting much attention at Exposition of Progress is this old fire ‘The exposition opened last night display in the Calvert Exhibit Hall. night. CULLEN RELEASED INLYNGH SLAYING Police Wait for Inquest Tuesday With “dreak” In Case Near. Leo Cullen, 31, held with William A. (Dutch) Kappel, 34, in connection with the mysterious death of Miss Elizabeth R. Lynch, Potomac Elecmci Power Co. switchboard operator, was | released by police late last night in | custody of his attorney. ‘The move was interpreted as mean- ing investigators are convinced that | Cullen, who lives at 718 Fourth street northeast, did not kill the 35-year- | old attractive brunette who was found | shot through the head early Wed- nesday at her home, 918 Fourth street northeast. Kappel, still held at the ninth pre- cinct station, and Cullen will appear before a coroner’s jury Tuesday morn- ing, when an inquest is scheduled in the case. Although police have intimated a “break” was near in the case, they were reticent last night to discuss any new developments which might aid in solving the apparent murder of the woman. It was Indicated, however, investi- gators are in possession of important evidence which will be revealed at the | inquest. Kappel's Story Checked. Homicide squad detectives have | been busy checking the story told by Kappel, friend of Miss Lynch, and the last known person to see her alive. Kappel, an iceman with a long po- | lice record, found the woman sprawled on the kitchen floor of the Fourth street house, where he roomed. A bullet hole in her cheek was unmarked by powder burns, showing, police point out, that the shot which killed her was not fired at close range. A 38-caliber revolver, which Kappel admitted owning, lay. near Miss Lynch’s feet, and close by was a broken chair. Both Deny Connection. Both Kappel and Cullen, who is employed as a pressman on a morning newspaper here, have repeatedly de- nied knowing anything about the shooting. Miss Lynch was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery yesterday after serve ices at Ryan's undertaking establish- ment on Pennsylvania avenue south- east. \ She was the third member of her family to die within the past two years, her parents having died within a space of six months. Surviving her is a sister, Mrs. Eugene Brooke. OFFICIALS INSPECT-SITES‘ OPTIONED .FOR HOMES Conference Is Held on Disposition of Land to Persons in Park Area. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., November 30.—Fed- eral and State officials spent yesterday and today in inspecting optioned sites on ‘which it is proposed to locate homesteads for relocation of. Shenan- | Office. of the Past the Federation of Business Men's wagon loaned by the Association of Oldest Inhabitants. Pictured on the fire apparatus is Mrs. Catherine Hayden, front, and Miss Mary Lee Trader. and will continue through Saturday. More than 50 exhibits by civic and commercial organizations are om ‘The Washington Boys’ Independent Band entertained the several hundred persons attending the opening last President Charles H Doing of the Washington Chapter, Bankers' Association; Isaac Gans of the A. B. C. Board and Arthur Clarendon Smith, general chairman of the exposition, spoke. American —Star Staff Photo. FEDERAL WORKERS INCREASED 1830 Gain During October Smallest in Year, Re- port Shows. Federal employment continued to mount in October, but the gain na- Is | tionally over the previous month— 1,830—was the smallest in a year, the monthly statement from the Civil Service Commission showed yesterday. The pay roll advance was more than $3,773,000, however. As of October 30, employes in the executive agencies here totaled 110,- 009, an increase of 1057 for the month; in the field, the total was 686,288, or 773 more than in Septem- ber. Aggregate of fleld and District— 796,297—compares to the estimated war-time peak of 917,000, which was | divided—District, 117,000; field, 800,- 000. Increasing relief counted for the personnel boost, and in conformity with its new policy of “breaking down” the figures and showing relief personnel in a sepa- rate listing, rather than lumping all employment figures together, the com- mission shifted several thousand workers previously carried on the reg- ular old-line agency tabulation to the relief statement, which covers all | units involved in relief administra- | tion. The comparative totals follow, the top figure in each case being that of October, and the low—in brackets— for September: District. Fleld. 79,568 526,050 (81,960) (540,842) New Agencies 14972 42,167 (Permanent) --.‘(15,117) (44,289) Relief 15469 118,071 Activities (11,875) (100,384) The total pay roll was $119,867,437, Enrollment in the Civilian Conser- vation Corps, which fluctuates, was up about 20,000 to 469,192, to which is added 9,339 enrolled Indians. Inter- mittent camp workers were down about 3,000 to 13,772. TRANSIT SERVIC HEARING ON DEC. 12 Complaints Against Bus and Street Car Lines to Be Heard in Public. The public hearing on service rendered by the Capital Transit Co. will be held at 10 a.m. December 12, activities ac- | Sports—Pages 11 to 15 PAGE B—1 GAS COMPANIES T0ASKCUT APPLY T0 ALL SERVICES New Schedule Will Go to Utilities Commission Tomorrow. CONSUMERS’ SAVING ABOUT $850,000 A YEAR $21,000,000 Valuation as of June and 61, Per Cent Return Basis of Prqpoul. BY JAMES E. CHINN. ‘The Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos., it was learned last night, are planning to recommend to the Public Utilities Commission that the proposed reduction in rates be applied to all classes of service, commercial as well as domestic. The new schedule will be submite ted to the commission when it begins public hearings tomorrow at 10 a.m. on the plan of the companies to set- tle the long-pending valuation case by adopting the sliding-scale method of making rate adjustments. The reductions, which the com- panies are willing to make, effective as of December 1, are calculated to save consumers about $850,000 a year. Actually, the cut will amount to about $350,000, because the plan would make permanent the temporary 8!2 per cent discount ordered by the com- mission several years ago, which cut approximately $500,000 annually off the gas bills of District consumers. $21,000,000 Valuation. The plan also is predicated on al- lowing the companies a valuation of $21,000,000 as of last June, and a 63 per cent return on that valuation. Just how the additional reduction, amounting to about 5 per cent, would be spread over the various rate sched- ules has been a matter of conjecture. Even members of the commission are unaware of its features. Enough information has leaked out, however, to reveal that the companies desire to apply the reduction to all schedules. The amount will vary, but it is understood the greatest cuts will | be distributed among the larger do- mestic consumers—those who heat their homes as well as cook and heat water with gas. The principal re- duction to this ‘- class will come through elimination of the so-called demand charge for gas used for heat- ing. The proposal of the companies has been indorsed by Corporation Coiune sel E. Barrett Prettyman, Assistant Corporation Counsel Hinman D. Fol- som and People's Counsel William A. Roberts. > Satisfactory to Roberts. Roberts pointed out that the pro- posal of the companies is in accord- | ance with his basis for settlement and a sliding scale arrangement, which is satisfactory to him as a representa- tive of the consumers. Prettyman and Folsom, both ex- plained that the rate of return of | 61, per cent seemed to be reasonable | in connection with the sliding-scale arrangement. “A sliding-scale arrangement seems greatly to be desired, since it places a premium upon efficient management |and automatically permits the con- sumers of gas to reap the benefit of a proper portion of the ificreased earn- ings, which such increased efficiency will bring,” said Prettyman. “At the same time it gives the officials of | the companies staple, fixed factors upon which to exercise their judg- ments, and their investors likewise fixed quantities upon which to con- | template their investments. It avoids | periodical, expensive, long-continued, | disturbing rate and valuation litiga- tion.” The sliding-scale plan goes much further and is much more detailed than the one now governing rates of the Potomac Electric Power Cq. Like the power company plan, however, it provides that the gas company shall keep whatever excess earnings it may receive, but it provides for more rapid translation of excess earn- ings into reducted rates. Earnings and Rate. If earnings are in excess of 615 per cent and less than 72 per cent, one-half of the excess shall be avail- able for rate reductions. If the earnings are 7'2 per cent and less than 8); per cent, a new élement is introduced into the computation. Then rates shall be reduced by three- fourths of the earnings in excess of 7Y, per cent, plus one-half of 1 per cent of theé rate base. For example, if the companies earned $1,000 in excess of 7!; per cent return on a $21,000,000 valua- tion, approximately $750,000 would represent the three-fourths excess earnings available for reduced rates. To this would be added about $108,- 000, which is one-half 6f 1 per cent of the rate base, bringing the total for rate reduction to $109,000, instead of merely half the excess earnings. Man’s Sore Throat Ends With Finding Of False Teeth Hunger Leads to Hunt for Lower Plate With X-Ray. - By the Associated Press. PUEBLO, Colo, November 30.—D. ‘W. Danielson, 63, was free today from a “sore throat” and again the pos- sessor of his false teeth. Danielson’s “throat trouble” began a week ago when he wakened from a nap. Swallowing became so painful he refused to eat. Doctors were puzzled. Yesterday the elderly man's hunger overcame his disinclination to swallow, he couldn’t find his false teeth, plate. When a thorough the house falled to reveal one suggested he might them. revealed the plate lodged It was removed