Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1937, Page 3

“KIDNAPED" WIFE HUNTED BY POLICE Grieving Ohio Husband De- clares Rival Forcibly Abducted Her. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, Ohio, January 4—A grieving husband urged police to press their search today for his missing 18- year-old wife and the husky red- haired man he accused of kidnaping her in an unrequited love. “I guess the fellow was just crazy about her,” declared Weley Wheeler, 24, as he filed an abduction charge against Arthur Spence, 32, named as the man who forced blond, attractive Mrs. Onie Wheeler into an automobile near the public square Saturday night. “Onie and I have been married about two years,” he added. “We were very happy together and I'm all broken up about this thing.” The State highway patrol broadcast ‘an alarm for the missing pair, but no trace of either had been found. Mr. and Mrs, Richard Shaffer told police that they and Mrs. Wheeler were walking to town to attend a movie when a car stopped beside them and| Spence, with hands held ominously in| his pockets, commanded them to ge! in. Frightened, they did so, but the| Shaffers began to shout as the ma- chine pulled from the curb. They| ‘were shoved out and the car continued| with the man and Mrs. Wheeler. The woman's father, G. H. Sickles declared Spence, known to him alsc by the name of John Carleton, once| roomed at the home of Mrs. Wheeler's| sister, Mrs. Oleta Mitchell, and wag employed by a Newark furniture fac-| tory. “He met Onie about two mont! ago,” said Sickles. “He seemed t fall for her right away. He was arj awfully nice-acting fellow at first, bu she was scared to death of him. “About three weeks ago he went t( Columbus to work, but last week came back here and asked Onie to g | away with him. She refused. but hi kept coming back, and pulled a & time or two and talked wild.” Wheeler said his wife told him of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Mourns Actor’é Death the man’s attentions and he had askefl | fi police to see that she was not mo- . lested. | ALEXANDER DEATH IS TERMED SUICIDE Youthful Screen Player Killed Self, Detective Holds | After Probe. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, January 4. — The death of Ross Alexander, portrayer of youthful insouciance on the screen, was pronounced suicidal yvesterday hy Detective Lieut. Ray Giese. The body of the dark-haired lctbr was found last night in a barn 9n the estate where he and his bride, Anna Nagel, lived since their ‘mar- riage September 16, 1936. Cornelilis Stevenson, Alexander’s chauffeur, who found the body, said a pistol whs clutched in Alexander’s hand. The actor'’s death was a tragic finale to the story of a young couple who deserted the Eastern stage gain film fame. Alexander's fin wife, Aleta Freile, shot herself death December 6, 1935. Alexand she said, was depressed because s could not get film roles—because ) professional progress did not ke pace with his. Giese said he was informed Ale ander had never shaken his despon| ency over the death of his first wi FOUND. CAT—Red d Persian s also_mixed crow-police. female. red Hill Cemetery. 10 d 880;, owner ‘must fully identify. Call W ROGCH_Giamona_and “sapphire. | m 1 lor vicinity Shorzhlm Hotel, Frldly nig| }’l!. Jan. 1. Rew ._Adams 4107 COIN PURSE—Lost 8 Bell cab nr wlrd | : l'ml ail_ Miss Perry. E e er ’(l!ei ZARRING. diamonis set in Nllmum 30 “Hoon 1 Ol OO RN, 8 ar ock 100 ot Reward: Sa0." Notlly Nichols Co__Woodwayd Bldz. Met. 0316. CAT—White_and black. neute disappeared December 1R, Calvert st. n.w._Adam: EVENING BAG. mber Que st. or black. contain- 00 biock Rod- "Nis. ‘Sickier. 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THE DAVIDSO! | pigeons at their ranch home. ber 16. taken soon after their elopement to Yuma, Ariz., | Anne Nagel, actress widow of Ross Alerander, 29, rising young fikm actor, found shot to death in what police termed a suicide at his ranch home near Hollywood Saturday mnight, being comforted by her mother, Mrs. Veronica Nagel. PRESIDENT DRAFTS ANNUAL MESSAGE S. E. C. Chairman Is Among Callers as Roosevelt Works on Speech. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Completion of his annual message to Congress regarding “the state of the Union,” which he will read in person before s joint session at the| Capitol Wednesdsy afternoon, occu-| pled the principal attention of Presi- dent Roosevelt today. ', The. President has virtually com- pleted a rough draft of the message, but the task of revising it for dicta- tion in its final form still confronts him. It was necessary for the President to interrupt his work on the speech this morning to receive several callers. Among these were James M. Landis, chairman of the Securities and Ex- change Commission; Representative Jones of Texas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee; Senator Die- terich of Illinois, and the members of the special committee studying reor- ganization of the Government. It is understood Chairman Landis is contemplating resigning from the 8. E. C. to return to the faculty of Harvard University, and that this was the principal topic discussed. Indica- tions are that while Landis eventually will retire from the commission, he will remain on for some little time. The Reorganization Committee of which Louis Brownlow, former Dis- trict Commissioner, is chairman, has been studying proposals for re-organ- ization of the executive branch of the Government for more than six months. It has about completed its report to the President, it is under- stood. The President also must have ready within the next few days his budget message to Congress. The principal part of the details of this message are being worked out by Daniel W. Bell, acting director of the budget. ‘The President will confer with Bell this afternoon, and also with Secre- tary.of the Treasury Morgenthau, who will be his guest at luncheon. No other engagements were made for the President later today, it being his purpose to have his time to dis- pose of accumulated routine business and to finish the annual message, — :Stlte Roads Body Says Legal| In happier days—Alerander and his wife with their pet This photo of the couple was last Septem- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Mellon (Continued From First Page.) yet been worked out in detail, how- ever, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of G. W., has been in consultation | recalled today, the university was lo- cated where the Pan-American Build- ing now is, at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue. The Memorial Building was plmned .| 8s a monumental structure, to be| erected by the Memorial Association $2,000,000. struction to proceed was passed March | tended by acts of June 12, 1917, and March 1, 1919. The memorial in later years came to be known as the Victory | Memorial, giving it a World War aspect. The corner stone was laid No- | vember 4, 1921. Foundations were practically completed in February, | 1924, Park Service Concerned. Since then comparatively little has been done, and it is known that the National Park Service, which has jurisdiction over the Mall, expressed concern over the project, the founda- tions of which have lain for years exposed to the weather. If Congress accepts Mellon’s gift on behalf of the Nation, the law authoriz- ing the Memorial Association to con- struct its building will be wiped out, . (and the,site taken over for the Na- tional Gallery of Art. The construction of the National Gallery of Art will fit into the de- - | velopment plan for the Capital, as laid down in 1901. Under that pro- gram, buildings on the Mall would be . | devoted to those in which the public 5 |1s primarily interested. Maj. L’Enfant, in planning the Capital, wanted to house the Ambas- sadors along the Mall, but this plan was never fulfilled. The PFreer Art Gallery is already located on the Mall, at Twelfth street. Museum Wings Opposed. The Fine Arts Commission is op- posed to the extension of wings on the New National Museum. To pro- vide additional space for the Smith- sonian Institution, the National Por- trait Gallery is projected on the Mall, to occupy space now taken up with the Agriculture Department’s green- 7 | houses. These will be transferred later to the agricultural development at = | Beltsville, Md., under present plans. Mellon’s great collection of por- traits for the present would go into #|his National Gallery of Art. Later, when the National Portrait Gallery 'pe | is built, they would be housed there. ‘The National Portrait Gallery would contain many of the paintings now scattered around the Government buildings portraying cabinet officers and other officials. The FineeArts Commission believes it should contain only portraits of women and men who have really contributed to the upbuild- ing of the Republic. ‘There already exists in. the Smith- TO TL. | sonian Institution a National Gallery verene, | ecutive Committee of the National el Gnlleryolmnoup which has been working to establish undm.chn Torld, Sqmplete tunerals as Dels. twelve wlnl'l. Cartes. twenty-ve underia assistants Anbuluwu now only Chlfln st nw. . B o s Atlllnl' 07 with Mrs. Dimock concerning the new | auditorium. Some years ago, ofllclnla; without expense to the United States, | i and Congress set a minimum cost of The act enabling con-| have an open frontage to the west and also to the south. Fourth street will be widened and become an im- portant thoroughfare, officials said today. ‘The National Gallery of Art will be located opposite the proposed Mu- nicipal Center, which will be on the | north side of Pennsylvania avenue. Just when the Fine Arts Commission will take up the detailed plan for the National Gallery of Art Building | depends on the action of Congress. Under the proposed legislation the commission would have to approve | plans and materials for the building. | York architect, has been working for some time on plans for the new gal- lery. He is represented as feeling that pictures should be shown with the least fatigue to the observer and | s modeling his construction accord- ingly. Natural light will be used as far as possible in the new building. Pope designed the Archives Build- ing, which will be a near neighbor of the projected art gallery. He was architect for the addition to the Metro- politan Museum in New York and to the British Museum in London and is generally regarded as the leading museum architect of his day. Mellon Withholds Details. Pending definite acceptance of his gift by Congress, formal approval of designs for the building by the Fine Arts Commission and completion of arrangements for the site by the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission, Mellon refuses to disclose details of the plans for the gallery. One of his associates said today he is prepared—in fact, is very desirous— to proceed with oconstruction of the building the moment the Government gives its final executive and legisla- tive O.K. President Roosevelt has assured the former Treasury Secretary he will recommend immediate acceptance of the gift by Congress, which must pass an enabling act providing for creation of a board of trustees of the gallery, under: the Smithsonian In- stitution. After his return to private life, Mel- lon made a trip to Washington to visit Mr. Roosevelt. He told friends he had in mind taking up the ques- tion of the art gallery. But the subject of sound money came up and the banker left without mentioning his pet. project, intending to do 50 on a later trip. Tax Fraud Charges Made. Before that trip materialized some- thing like a bombshell exploded in charges of fraud in making out his return for 1931. The final briefs in this 18-month income tax battle before the Board of ‘Treasury, said today, “no doubt an in- come tax reduction wili be allowable. But it would not appy to his 1931 tax. It is a question of timing.” Kent said the transfer of paintings to the A. W. Mellon Charitable and means the National Gallery of Art will | John Russell Pope, prominent New | CROSSING PETITION WILL BE REJECTED Aspects Necessitate Closing of Pass Where 14 Died. BY the Associated Prass. BALTIMORE, January 4.—State Roads Commission officials said today | they would have to reject any peti- | tion urging them not to close the Rockville grade crossing where 14 Williamsport high school students were killed in April, 1935. A large number of persons in Rock- ville and vicinity were reported to have signed such a petition on the grounds that the closing of the cross- ing would have a bad effect on busi- ness and property values, The petition would have to be re- jected, commission officials said, be- cause of legal questions involved. The commission has finished the construction of a bridge over the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad tracks south of the grade crossing. One official , pointed out an agreement with the railroad specified that the crossing be closed. Another said the work was a Fed- eral-aid grade-crossing elimination project and unless the crossing was | closed the morey expended would not | have been used in accordance with the Federal specifications. S s GANGSTERS SOUGHT Wanted for “Execution” of One of Members in Blast. SIOUX FALLS, 8. Dak., January 4 (P).—Federal fugitive warrants were sought today for three gangsters who “executed” one of their members by means of a titanic explosion New Year eve. The men named as the slayers are Lee Bradley, Harry Reeves and William Nesbeth. Police held warrants charging all three with murdering Harold Baker, former convict, who was blown to bits in the explosion. Baker and Mrs. Helen Sieler, 25, Sioux City, Iowa, were taken by the gang New Year eve to a powder ware- house near Sioux Falls after a dis- pute with the other members. Mrs. Sieler, although shot eight times, es- caped before five tons of dynamite and blasting powder was detonated. She is in a hospital in serious condition. enormously to the cultural value of the National Capital.” “This will put the American Capital for the first time in the list of grea! art centers of the world,” he uld “There are a number of very im- portant individual objects in the Mel- lon collection, and the level of the ‘whole group is very high. D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937. Society Couple Weds The largest and most fashionable wedding of the holiday season took place in Turedo Park, N. Y. when Priscilla St. George, debutante daughter of Mr and Mrs. George B. St. George, became the bride of Angier Biddle Duke. They are shown here after the wedding ceremony. Among the guests was Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the President. James Roosevelt, the President’s son, and his wife also were present. COBNSON TANED s o ASSEMATE LEADER Caucus Names Black Demo- cratic Conference Secre- tary, Lewis Whip. Re-election of Senator Robinson of Arkansas as party leader marked the! | caucus of Senate Democrats today on | {lhe eve of the convening of the new | Miss Bessie Bialek, operator of a Congress. | grocery store across the street. Senator Black of Alabama again was | Becoming angered, she smashed the made secretary of the Democratic con- | ference and Senator Lewis of Illinois | g'l::' and tiienecthe key;toiopert; the was re-elected whip. i i Authority was given to select an as- [ Torncay: Miss Bialek said. sistant whip. This will be done later. Robinson also was empowered to ap- Ipoint. & Steering Committee and a Policy Committee, The Steering Committee will get to work as soon as its membership is lected to determine the committee as- signments of Senators, after the ratio | of Democrats and Republicans on the | various committees has been settled. Senators Robinson, Black and Lewis wijl be ex-officio members of the Steer- ing Committee, the others to be named later by the chairman. ‘The Policy Committee was originally created a few years ago to co-operate with a similar committee in the House. The conference unanimously adopted resolution commending Chairman G fey and the other members of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Com- mittee for their work. Majority Leader Robinson addressed the conference briefly on the work cf the session, emphasizing the impor- tance of thorough study of legislation in committees and pointing out that under present conditions, “ample op- portunity will be afforded for delibera- tion on important measures.” Senator Robinson suggested that certain matters may require a prompt consideration by the Senate, including extension and modification of the neutrality la extension of the gold content and stabilization statutes, the extension of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and the law which authorized reciprocal trade agreements. JUSTUS MILLER DIES, FATHER OF RECTOR Justus Miller, 76, father of Rev. Henry J. Miller, rector of 8t. George Episcopal Church in.Clarendon, Vi died yesterday at his son’s home. Funeral services will be held to- Searches Alarm Box for Some Minutes for Slot, Then Breaks Glass, Turns Key. Firemen rushed to Twenty-sixth and P streets yesterday only to be in- formed a woman had set off the alarm while trying to mail a letter in the firebox. The woman searched about the box for several minutes in an effort to locate a “letter slot,” according to STATUE BY RODIN IN GALLERY HERE Sculpture “Paolo and Fran- cesca,” Gift of Eugene Meyers, Installed. Rodin’s marble statue of “Paolo and Prancesca,” recent gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art made by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer of this city, has reached Washington and today is being in- stalled in the gallery. This group, rep- resenting two of thg most famous lovers in literature, was bought by the donors direct from the sculptor in Paris some years ago and has, until this time, been in New York. The sculpture, inspired by Dante’s description in his “Divina Comedia” of the tortures of Francesca and Paolo, was one of the themes which Rodin de- veloped for his “Doors of Hell,” ordered for the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, but never completed. It is con- sidered a representative work. The two nude, reclining figures are carved out of a rough block of marble, their smooth bodies contrasting sharply with the uneven surface of the unfinished mass from which they seem to have been released. The spirit of the work is highly emotional, the expression on the face of the woman | that of one intensely tortured. The statue is considered an acquisition of outstanding merit. Auguste Rodin, who lived from 1840 to 1917, is considered by many au- thorities one of the greatest sculptors who ever lived, comparable with | Michelangelo and Phidias. For many | years he exerted a powerful influence on the art of sculpture in America and Europe. Among his most famous works are “The Thinker,” an of the Bronze Age,” “Thought,” “The Kiss” and an heroic statue of Balzac. Included in the W. A. Clark collection of the Cor- coran Gallery is his “Eve,” also in marble and created originally for the “Doors of Hell.” —_— Farmers Push Electrification. Farmers of Howard County, Mo., have organized a co-operative associa- tion for promotion of rural electrifi- cation. PAINT For Fuery Purpose LETTER, CALLS FIREMEN Realizing her mistake she left | LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTI BYRON . ADAMS If Auéo i’a}nting haleys ‘ 2020 M ST. N.W. Let Haley's Do It Right! | SUPERIOR DAIRY PRODUCTS “One of the interesting features is | morrow at 2:30 p.m. in the church, that it brings to America some of | Rev. M. M. Perkins, rector of Grace the very notable objects which were | Episcopal Church of Georgetown, offi= secluded for many years from the |ciating. Interment will be in Co- general public in the Hermitage col- [lumbia Gardens Cemetery. lection in Petrograd—now Leningrad.| Mr. Miller was a native of Buffalo, The distance ot that collection made (N. Y., and lived there until three it almost prohibitive for students to|years ago, when he retired because of travel to Petrograd to see it. ill health and came here with his “While it is impossible to make a | wife, Mrs. Louise A. Miller, to live final estimate of the value of this great | with his son. He had been secretary gift until we see it all installed, there |of the Buffalo Cemetery Association. 1is no question but that it is the largest | Besides his widow and son, Mr. single art foundation established in|Miller is survived by & sister, Mrs. owr time.” Anna Pfeil of Buff Solid Comfort In your home is assured, if you burn Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite The solid fuel that makes solid comfort. An Alaskan snowslide would not .chill it. 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