Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1937, Page 12

: * A—12 % ALEXANDRIAYOUTH HURT AS CAR ROLLS 3 TIMES IN' CRASH May Have Fractured Skull. Struck Auto Bumper in Trying to Pass. LAW STUDENT KILLED ON EASTER VACATION Physician's Son, 6, Is Injured in Crash—Street Car Pit Worker Injured. outh was serious], when his automobile An Alexandri injured last ni rolled over fiy With a car he was trying to pass on Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. George W. Gill. 18, of 314 North Royal strect, the victim, possibly suf- fered a frac skull and internal injuries. He is in Alexandria hospital. Gill's n > struck the bumper of a car driven by Norman Ferguson, colored. of Alexandria red His car rolled 175 feet before it halted, Park Police | said. Ferguson was absolved of blame. ther persons were injured in juring the night in Wash- ington, and two students of educa- | tional institutions in this section were | reported dead as a result of mishaps &t distant points | Law School Student Dies. James Laughlin, 24, Columbus Uni- | versity Law School freshman, died in | & Cumberland (Md.) hospital, of in- juries received in an accident at Cre- saptown, Md. He was on his way to | #pend his Easter vacation at his home | in Westernport, Md., 40 miles from Cresaptown, Richard Fielding Lewis Wartham, Asheville, N. C, a former student at | Episcopal High School’ Alexandria, died of injuries received in a mishap | Wednesday on the Frechold-Hights- | town road. near Princeton, N. J. He | was a freshman at Princeton Uni- | versity, Tommy Mullin, 6, rested comfort- ably today in Emergency Hospital, where he was sent late vesterday as & result of an automobile accident | during & ride with his father, a physi- | cian, in answer to an urgent sick call. | The car driven by Dr. E. F. Mullin, | 8044 N street, was in collision at Twentieth and P streets with another | car, the driver of which unidenti- | fied. Tommy was thrown against the €ide of his father's machine, suffering | cuts and shock. Police decided the mishap was unavoidable and no ar- rests were made Hit in Street Car Pit. Samuel Berman, 45. of 415 Fifth | street, a laborer in a street car track | pit in the 2200 block of Georgia ave- | nue, was struck while in the pit by | a car driven by James Lockart, col- ored, 22, no fixed address. Berman | was sent to Freedmen's Hospital suf- fering from a fractured leg and arm, | while Lockart was held by police. | However, Charles C. Marbury, dele- Two young women, who were con- | versing behind a tree at Fourteenth and Farragut streets. were injured | when a car driven by Frank Southard, s after r(\ihdmfl‘ | day under a new bill before the House | | { This is Tommy Mullin, 6, in He was admitted after an accide; | and P streets. His father was | answer to a sick call. THE EVENING '| A Sick Call Put Him Here his bed at Emergency Hospital. nt involving a car driven by his father, Dr. E. F. Mullin, and another automobile nt Twentieth driving to a patient’s home in —Star Staff Photo. W BOND RACKET BLL INTRODUCED | Directs Prince Georges Offi- cers to Take Offenders to Nearest Justice. B) » Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, March 27.—A further curb on the possibility of collusion be- tween Prince Georges County's police | and justices of the peace was seen to- of Delegates. ‘The measure would require that all persons who are arrested in the county be taken before the nearest available justice for commitment. Fines of $10 to $100 are provided for violations of the proposed statute. It is aimed squarely against “bond rackets” and justices retaining rich fees by any favoritism on the part of officers in arraigning their prisoners. The bill is one of two plann2d by the Prince Georges delegation to pre- vent repetition of the scandal result- ing from the recent “pond-racket” probe, in which six officers, one desk clerk, a justice of the peace and & bondsman were indicted. Merit System in Force. Its mate, a bill calling for reorgan- ization of the entire force and placing it under a merit system of apvoint- ment, passed the House and Senate a week ago and already is in effect. Under the latest bill, should the of- fender be a member of the county po- lice force, he would be subjected to suspension from duty for upward of 10 days. The delegation also introduced the bill empowering the county asssssor to make plats of subdivisional real estate developments when property owners do not submit plats of the tract to his office. The cost would be assessed against the owner. gation chairman, wrote its advocate, Assessor Thomas W. Baxter, that be- cause of the nearness of the end of the current session and the little time left for the legislators to study the 22, of 1220 Delafield place, crashed into the tree and sent the women sprawling | The victims were Alice Gossage, 21, | of 3333 M street, who suffered cutsand | bruises, and Elinor Berrick, 21, 1334 | Fairmont street, who lost & front tooth end suffered cuts of the legs. Both were treated by a private physician. | Southard was released in $300 bond on | charges of reckless driving and driving | without a permit. $50,000 DAMAGE SUIT FILED BY FATHER OF 5 ™% tenein Charles Martin Claims Injuries When Struck by Automo- bile September 24. A $50,000 damage suit was filed in District Court today by Charles Mar- tin, 410 Sixth street, father of five effect of the bill, it might not be enacted. Present Law Held Inadequate. The proposal, which bears the county commissioners’ indorsement, would remedy the present law, which Baxter has branded as “inadequate,” because it does not require the riling of maps of all subdivisional develop~ ments. Baxter said because of this it is virtually impossible to make accurate assessment of property split among several owners when land is sold in A third bill by the delegation would | reduce the license fee for hawkers who travel by foot from $200 to $25, and cut the fee for those who use wagons or other vehicles from $300 to $50. Delegation members said the old law | was intended to “tax hawkers and | peddlers out of existence,” and should be rectified. ohildren, who was injured last Sep- | tember 24 n he was s by an | sutomobile allegedlv driven by Leon- | ard Hawkes, 5430 Fourth street Through his attorneys, Fred J. Teen- | hower and William K. Teepe, Martin | told the court he was permanently dis- abled. He charged Hawkes' car hit him as he started to cross in the 400 block of Sixth street, opposite Police Court. | Martin is a carpenter and Hawkes 4= employed at the vy Yard. | SENATE DUE TO BACK | INFANT BLINDNESS BILL | Measure Would Protect Eyes of New-Born Children in | District. | The Senate District Committee probably w approve at its next meeting the bill to prevent blindness in infants, already favorably reported by the House District Committee. The measure may come up in the House | Monday. Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York said yesterday he will favor the bill as reported to the House. It r quires the Health Department to fur- nish in suitable containers a solution | to protect the eyes of newborn chil- dren The bill would require the physician | or other person in attendance at child- birth to apply the solution to the baby’s | eyes BAND CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band in| Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John | 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant | Program. | March, “Il Berseglieri” (The Italian | Rifiemen) Eilenberg | Overture, “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna”_ _.__. -..-Von Suppe Buite d'Orchestre, “Scenes Poetiques,” Godard 1. “In the Woods” 2. “In the Mountains” 3. “In the Village” Scenes from the light opera, “Boc- caccio”- eee-w-....Von Suppe Chinese one-step, “Sing-ling-ting,” Cobb Valse intermezzo, “Springtime,” Drumm “Salute to Williamsport,” Vand: “The Star Bpangled Banner.” Finale, | Col. Ernest Clark. Air Corps, assumed | after them, all to no avail. NEW AIR CORPS OFFICER ARRIVES IN BALTIMORE | Lieut. Col. Selfridge Field, Replaces Col. H. C. Kress Muhlenberg. BY the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, March Ernest Clark, From 27.—Lieut. his duties as air officer for the 3d Corps Area, succeeding Col. H. C. Kress Muhlenberg, recently transferred to Langley Field, Va Col. Clark came to Baltimore from Selfridge Field, Mich. He was born in Terre Haute, Ind. Prior to re-| ceiving his commission he served four vears in the Regular Infantry and | seven years with the Indiana National Guard. RELIEF CASH NEED WILL BE ARED Public Hearings Called Next Friday on Question of Jobless. The Commissioners today agreed to hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. next Friday on the question of the need of funds for relief of the unemployed destitute in the District, at the re- quest of the District Workers' Alliance. The hearing was arranged after & delegation from the alliance, headed by David Dixon, had appealed first to Commissioner Allen and later to Engineer Commissioner Sultan. The alliance, consisting of workers on W. P. A. projects, began picketing the District Building some days ago, first in protest against dismissal of more than 300 from a project at Bolling Field and later for an increase in work relief funds. The delegation is protesting spe- cifically against the present rule which bars direct relief to any one who is in the “employable” class. They also protest Federal rules that no one who is not certified as in need of relief can be given jobs on the W. P. A. even if sufficient project money were available. A recent statement by Otto J. Cass, deputy District works administrator, showed there were more than 1,000 unemployed persons awaiting assign- ment to W. P. A. jobs here. Dixon said between 12 and 18 spokesmen would be called by the alli- ance at the Friday hearing to testify as to the need for increased funds during the remainder of this fiscal year and for the next fiscal year, be- ginning July 1. LICENSE TRANSFER DISAPPROVAL RAISED School Officials Reconsider Stand on Permit Shift to 52 * 0 Street. On the basis of new evidence pre- sented, school officials have reconsid- ered their previously expressed disap- proval of the transfer of a liquor li- cense to premises at 52 O street by the District Wholesale Corp., it was learned today. The Board of Education has noti- fied the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board that no objections will be raised, provided all operations are conducted from a court in the rear of the prem- ises and the liquor sign is as small as legal requirements will permit. Previous objection from the school officials was based on the fact the premises is practically diagonal across the street from the Margaret Murray Washington Trade School and very near the Armstrong and Dunbar High Schools. Reconsideration by the board was requested at the last meeting by Rep- resentative Bloom of New York on behalf of the corporation. Bloom pointed out that there was already & brewery near the school in question and also that all business would be carried on from the rear court. The matter was turned over to John H. Wison, a lawyer member of the board, who, after a personal inspec- | tion of the premises and proposals, de- | clared no legal, physical or geograph- ical objections could be seen. Barrington Jefferson, 29, colored, 322 I street southwest, died in Providence Hospital last night a few hours after being shot in the back allegedly during an argument with a relative at Fourth and E streets southwest. Police are searching for the relative. ‘Stuffed Owl in Electric Cage Finally Solves Starling Problem For years the attempts of Herbert Thomas Dyett to drive the starlings from his yard got him nothing but sassy back-talk to the effect that the birds had come to stay. | Dyett shot at starlings, lighted their | noctural roosts with flares, screamed at them and sent grotesque balloons He even cut down some of his trees. They visited in flocks as thick as locusts. But now Dyett has found a starling antidote which seems so effective that the Food Habits Section of the | Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture is ready to suggest to the first Washington starling sufferer who calls for aid. The remedy is electrocution, with a stuffed hooty owl, the starlings’ public enemy No. 1, as the bait to lure the unwelcome chirpers to a quick and sizzling end. The use of an owl is nothing new in the eternal fight of man vs. starling. The trees around the Army War Col- lege were alive last Fall with taxi- dermist specimens of the wise old bird, whose mere presence was supposed to send the starlings somewhere else. But the use of an owl in a cage wired for death is new, said Dr. Clar= a new anti-starling technique but his principle is based on a different starling psychology from that of the Army College owl users. The latter went on the theory that the starling would take one look at the owl and depart. Dyett supposed that the starling would take one look at the owl and attack it, suffering electro- cution in the effort. The Dyett theory, which is due for & thorough trial here next Fall, when the starlings will be thickest and most unwelcome, originated in Rome, N. Y., where Dyett, a retired president of a wire cable company, owns sev- eral grassy acres, whose many trees provided just the homes the starlings were looking for. How successful was the high- powered owl is described by Dyett in a letter to Gerard F. Hubbard of the National Geographic Society here. He wrote, in part: “Briefly, I mounted a stuffed owl in a wire cage which was electrified. The first night that the cage was put at the top of a pine tree four or five of the starlings were killed and from that time on the starl “ouble disappeared in my yard. Be.ove that I had had several thousand of them in my yard every night.” ence Cottam of the Food Habits Sec- | tion. ‘The starlings, Dyett said, were gone Not only has Dyett developed [ by dawn, never to seturn. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (€., SATURDAY, HIN-ONE HOMES T0 BE ALLOWED 1 INLARGER AREA Construction Is Permitted in “A-Semi-Restricted” Territory. CHANGE CONSIDERED NEARLY TWO YEARS Better Development of Land Ber tween Commercial and Resi- dence Zones Intended. Construction of “community houses,” the so-called three-in-one homes, in the “a-semi-restricted” areas of the District will be permitted hereafter under an amendment to regulations adopted today by the Zoning Com- mission. The classification in the past has been used for “two-in-one” houses, if properties in such areas were not used for detached dwellings. The change has been under con- sideration since July, 1935, when the amendment was proposed by the com= mission itself. Members of the com- mission staff said the change had been indorsed by spokesmen for the Na- tional Capital- Park and Planning Commission and numerous civic bodies. At the latest actual survey made, in November, 1933, the commission found that 147 acres, or slightly less than 1 per cent of the total of private- ly-owned land in the District, was zoned “a-semi-restricted.” Since then, some additional land has been placed in that classification, and it is be- lieved that slightly more than 1 per cent now is s0 zoned. The change is intended to permit better development of the land lying between commercial and restricted residential areas. Experts of the com- mission were convinced there was not in the past enough of a “buffer guard” between the two. Furthermore, some experts believed three dwellings built as one structure can be made more attractive than the two-in-one house. The commission also announced it has denied the request of Fulton R. Gordon, real estate operator, for & change from residential to first com- mercial classification for the property on the east side of Connecticut avenue between Legation street and Military road. LANGLEY GIVEN THIRD NAVAL VESSEL ROLE First a Collier, Then an Aircraft | Carrier, It Now Enters Task as Plane Tender. ‘The veteran Langley is now enter- ing her third life, so to speak, Navy officials today announced, for this vessel, which began existence as a collier and was converted to Uncle Sam's first aircraft carrier, now be- comes an aircraft tender. From carrying coals to becoming nursemaid to planes is the history in epitome of this famous vessel, but the old Langley, which was named for the Smithsonian Institu- tion scientist, Prof. Samuel Pierport Langley, pioneer aviation enthusiast, still holds one record. She was the first electric-drive vessel in the Amer- ican Navy. = Officials anngpunced that the Lang- ley has just Deen converted to an aircraft tender at the Mare Island, Calif., Navy Yard, and is now with the base force as a tender for patrol planes. Officials of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, ex- plained that fhe is now equipped to do major repair work of an emergency nature on planes. CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR PIER CONSTRUCTION Bid of $21,300 by Fred Drew Co. Wins Waterfront Job. Plans for improvement of the Dis- trict waterfront were carried forward yesterday when the Commissioners awarded a contract for construction of a large pier for the Municipal Fish Market at Twelfth and Water streets. The work will be performed by the Fred Drew. Co., Inc, of this city, which submitted a bid of $21,300, the lowest received. The project was among items contained in the budget for the current fiscal year. The pier will be approximately 190 feet long and 60 feet wide. It will be about equal to the combined size of the two old piers, both of which will be continued in service for the time being. HODGKINS RITES HELD Former Resident of City Was Auditor on West Coast. Private burial services were held yesterday in Congressional Cemetery for Edward Montgomery Hodgkins, farmerly of this city, who died March 10 in San Diego, Calif. Rev. Dr. Edward Gabler, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, 600 block of G street southeast, officiated. The body had been cremated. Mr. Hodgkins had been an auditor on the West Coast since 1916. His father, the late Samuel Hodgkins, for many years a resident here, was a Civil War veteran and artist. Among survivors is a brother, Arthur W. Hodgkins, architect in the office of the quartermaster general, War De- partment. CAPT. HARVEY BURIED Retired Army Officer Died at Walter Reed Wednesday. Funeral services for Capt. William K. Harvey, U. S. A, retired, who died Wednesday at Walter Reed Hospital, were held yesterday, with interment in section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery. Capt. Harvey, & native of Brook- lyn, N. Y, served through the Span- ish War as an enlisted man and was then commissionéd a captain in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. He was called to active duty in the World ‘War. serving until 1919, when he was honorably discharged. He did not become an officer in the Regular Army until 1920 and was retired in March, 1932, for disability received in line of duty. v Plans for New Doctors’ Hospital i1 flém“’mm " M e o AR W 7 TP WY Ry By = iyt o 424 Sty £'] THIRY ey ey ey ey 5Y Capital. This architect’s sketch, just approved, shows how the new Doctors’ Hospital is to be erected on I street, between the Washington Medical Building, right, corner of Eighteenth street, and Co- lumbia Medical Building, left, corner of Nineteenth street, by Doctors’ Hospital, Inc. The building designed by Francisco & Jacobus, engineers and architects of New York, is of eight stories and basement, with total floor space of 84,600 square feet, and is to be the latest in hospital design, equipment and facilities. In architecture it not only harmonizes with the two medical buildings already there, but also is in key generally with the new construction now going on in the Nation’s WASHINGTON JEWS OBSERVE PESACH Church Services and Seder Rites Held in Celebration of Passover. ‘The passing of the Angel of Death | over the homes of the children of Israel as he struck dead the first-born of the tyrant Egyptian families more than 34 centuries ago was celebrated here last night by District Jews. Beginning with church services and followed by Seder rites in the home, ‘Washington Jewish families joined the rest of their race all over the world in opening the traditional eight-day observance of the Pesach which ends at sundown next Saturday. In the synagogues, reformed and orthodox, in the Hebrew Home for the Aged and other institutions, opening services were held and the congrega- tions were told of other and more |modem Pharaohs cracking the whip | over the children of Israel. In the home, over the festive table heavy with the wine, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread, the head of the family read from the Haggadah the tale of the Israelites fleeing with Moses in search of the Promised Land in observance of the Seder ceremony. All members of the family participate in the ceremony and eat of the matzos or unleavened bread first used by the fleeing tribes as, in their haste, they baked their bread on boards in the sun. Rich symbolism attends the cere- mony, observed last night by all Jews and again tonight by the orthodox. | Doors were left ajar and an untouched | cup of wine symbolized welcome to the stranger. In another rite each member of the family pours 10 drops of wine commemorating the 10 plagues visited on the subjects of Pharaoh— blood, vermin, murrain, hail, dark- ness, frogs, flies, boils, locusts and death to the first-born. One of the larger community Seders was held at the Jewish Community Center. The Passover generally comes about the same time as Easter, both dates being fixed by the lunar calendar. Rabbi Julius T. Loeb of the South- east Hebrew Congregation was to take for his subject in this morning's service, “The First Keynote of the Emancipation Re-echoing Through the Ages.” Visitors, transients and any other non-residents of the Capital are in- vited to attend services tonight at the | Hebrew Travelers’ Sheltering Society, 407 Massachusetts avenue. ILL SEVERAL YEARS, MAN ENDS HIS LIFE Harry C. Allder, 59, Leaves Note | Requesting That “No Fuss” Be Made. Leaving a note requesting that “no fuss” be made over his act, Harry C. Alider, 59, ended his life yesterday by inhaling illuminating gas in the basement of his home at 4121 Fourth street. Allder’s body, lying on an ironing | board with the head over two open jets of a stove, was found by his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Allder, when she re- turned from a shopping trip. The note, found in an upstairs bed room, also requested that certain funeral arrangements be made. A certificate of suicide was issued by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. Allder, formerly employed by a chain grocery store, had been in ill health for the last five or six years, members of his family said. Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Harry C., jr.; Francis L. and William | R. Alider. ' HOUSE GROUP PLANS TRIP TO FLOOD AREA Control Committee Members to Leave Monday on Visit of Inspection. B5 the Associated Press. The House Flood Control Committee will leave Monday to inspect part of the area hit by Ohio River floods early this year. | About 12 Representatives intend to | make the automobile tour. They will go first to Pittsburgh, swinging down into part of the Ohio and Muskingum Val- leys and returning by way of Tyzart Dam in West Virginia. Representative Gehrmann, Pro- gressive, of Wisconsin said their main purpose will be to look over six dams under construction and sites for eight more which are intended to help con- trol flood waters of the Ohio and some of its tributaries. The committee members expect to spend one night at Zanesville, Ohio; another at Tygart, and to return to | the Capijtal Wednesday. | HIGH MASS TOMORROW Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FOREST GLEN, Md, March 27— | High mass will be sung at 8 a.m. to- | morrow at St. John's Catholic Church | here. There will also be mass at 10 fa.m. with special music. | Masses will be said at the Holy Redeemer Church at Kensington at | 8:30 and 10:30 am. | In Wheel Chair, Tells D. C. Audience of Borneo Mrs. Johnson Widow of Explorer Shows Films of Jungle Life to Capacity An expedition into British Borneo | pointed out. The Johnson party cap- | for sound films of jungle life was de- | tured one in the hope of bringing it to | scribed to a Washington audience lecturing before a capacity audience at Constitution Hall. The attractive widow, who lost her husband in an airplane crash in Cal- | ifornia several months ago, was brought out on the stage in a wheel chair. She had received a broken leg in the accident and still was under care of physiclans. Mrs. Johnson spoke briefly of the expedition by airplane and boat into Borneo before introducing Joseph Til- ton, a sound technician who ac- companied the explorers. Mrs, John- son appeared under auspices of the National Geographic Society. Cuss-Cuss Photographed. Motion pictures illustrating the lec- ture showed the endless lush forests which flank the rivers of the interior | of Borneo, and the strange animal life of the region. Among animals photographed was the cuss-cuss, a queer rodent-like creature with vacu- um-cup finger tips; orang-utans, gib- bon monkeys and bears. Far in the interior, the expedition photographed the probosis monkey, named because of its queer, elongated flat nose. No 200 has ever been able to keep one of the monkeys, Tilton Killed in Air Crash Audience. | the United States. It was active and | last night by Mrs. Martin Johnson, | apparently liked captivity for about | | two weeks, and then suddenly died. A large section of the film showed HENRY R MILTON HELD N WELFARE ROBBERY ATENPY Paroled Prisoner Arrested by F. B. I. in Attempted Theft of $22,000. SEARCH CONTINUES FOR TWO ACCOMPLICES G-Men Called Into Case Because Crime Was Committed on Federal Property. Henry Raymond Milton, 32, well known in local police circles, has been arrested by agents of the Federal Bu= reau of Investigation and charged with participation in a vain attempt March 16 to rob | the Welfare Rec- reational Associa- tion of $22,000. Milton is being | held by the F. B |I. pending ar- raignment Mon- day before United | States Commis- | sioner Needham | €. Turnage under statutes relating to crimes on Fed- eral property. A search for two alleged accomplices of Milton is being continued H. R. Milton, | native animal hunters capturing a 400-pound male orang-utan. For five ‘;days. a score of trappers and mem- ! bers of the expedition tracked the an- |imal until he was caught. He was placed on exhibition at the Bronx Zoo on the return of the expedition, but \he died a few weeks ago of influenza. | Natives Are Friendly. ‘The expedition had no trouble with | the natives of Borneo, some of whom | have from time to time been reported | to be head hunters. The motion pic~ tures showed the expedition's leader mingling freely with Murats on the | banks of the Kinabatangan River and | with the Tengarrahs far inland. Til- ton said the Johnsons visited the Ten- | garrahs 18 years ago and he believed |no other white men had seen them | again until the recent visit of the ex- pedition. Frequent rains and the loss of sev- | en men to crocodiles which infest por- | tions of the Borneo rivers did not pre- | vent the expedition from spending 15 | : months among strange peoples and strange beasts, in a strange place, ac- | cording to the lecturer. 0. SUPPLY BILL AGAINS DELAYED To Be Reported Monday, but Debate Due for Day’s Postponement. For the second time House leaders today postponed consideration of the 1938 District appropriation bill. Originally scheduled to be re- ported March 15, leaders last week moved the date back to March 29, and | chusetts avenue, where she died yes- | FUNERAL MONDAY FOR MRS, LISNER Services for Wife of Former Store Owner to Be at Home Here. Funeral services for Mrs. Laura | Hartman Lisner, wife of Abram Lis- ner, former owner of the Palais Royal Department Store, will be held Mon- day at the residence, 1723 Massa- Milton, who has been on probation | here since last June on a grand larceny | charge, is alleged by the bureau to | have been a member of the gang which | bludgeoned Herbert Leonard, colored | janitor and night matchman at the | welfare building, 215 Eighth street | southwest After binding Leonard securely and | placing adhesive tape over his mouth and eyes, the intruders endeavored for | some time to open two safes contain- | ing & total of $22.000. | PFailing in this attempt the men fled. About 45 minutes later the jani- { tor managed to hop to the fr-nt porch of an adjoining house and giic the alarm. G-men were called into the case be- cause the crime took place on a Fr | eral reservation. They declined to re- | veal how their investigation led them to arrest Milton. A formal complaint was filed againss the prisoner today. Milton's finger- print record at the F. B. I, it was an- | nounced, showed he was relsased on probation under a grand larcen charge on June 15. 1936. The recor also showed he was arrested in 1934 for investigation, released on $3,000 bond in June, 1935, on a grand larcen: charge and that a charge of robbery | against him was nolle prossed on Octo- ‘ber 11, 1935. 'MONTGOMERY’S BEER ITAX MAY BE HALVED Bill Proposes ileduction of “Han- dling Charge” to 5 Cents a Case. By 2 Staff Correspondent of The Star. | ANNAPOLIS, March 27.—One an- | swer—or rather half an answer—to the | pleas of Montgomery County beer deal- | ers was to be found in State Assem! files today. It’s a bill proposing to reduce the they now announce it will be April | terday of a heart attack. The hour of 1 county’s “handling charge” on beer to 1 before the measure can be con- sidered. The latest change in plans was | the funeral and other details are to be announced later. | Mrs. Lisner, a lifelong Washington 5 cents a case and 50 cents a barrel, a | 50 per cent cut. Actually, the county government made to give the right of way to the | resident, was prominent in social cir- | handle ; YaLo: | 3 s no beer, but exacts the tax on legislative appropriation bill which | cles and had contributed to many edu- ;P\'ery case and barrel brought into is to be reported to the House Monday. | cational, welfare and charitable enter- | Montgomery for delivery to local mer- The District bill has been com- pleted and is ready for House con- | sideration at any time. Although the legislative supply bill is to be reported Monday, debate on it since House leaders Chairman Norton of the District Com~ mittee she will be permitted to call up District legislation Monday. The principal District measures on the calendar are those permitting bowling alleys to operate on Sunday between 2 p.m. and 12 midnight, and to prevent blindness in children by requiring prophylactic treatment of the eyes of infants at birth. LAW STUDE.;\IT KILLED BY the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 27—/ James Laughlin, 24-year-old law stu- dent at Columbus University, Wash- ington, D. C., died yesterday in Alle- gany Hospital here of injuries received | in an automobile accident near Cre- saptown. Laughlin, who lived at Westernport, was a passenger in a machine driven by Edmund J. Niland, 21, of Piedmont, ‘W. Va. Others in the car were George | Woods, 20, and Francis Niland, 18.| The latter received head injuries. Edmund Niland told police another car forced him off the road and his machine overturned. Laughlin’s death was Maryland’s | thirteenth automobile fatality since | January 1. | prises. Among institutions to which she | and Mr. Lisner had contributed vere | George Washington University and | hospital, Georgetown Hospital. the | of her death Mrs. Lisner was an asso- | ciate member of the Women's Board of George Washington University Hos- pital. She was a member of the | Covenant-First Presbyterian Church. | Her husband is her only immediate survivor. She leaves a nephew, how- | ever, John T. Graham, retired Wash- | ington business man, who lives in | Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Lisner's sister, | the late Miss Wilhelmina Hariman, | was a well known public school teacher | here. Mr. Lisner retired from busi- ness and sold his interest in Palais Royal about 12 years ago. PRINCIPAL RESIGNS Francis Cady Quits at Accokeek. | Successor Named. | ACCOKEEK, Md., March 27 (Spe- cial.) —Francis Cady, principal or‘ the Accokeek Elementary School, has resigned. He will be succeeded by Mrs. Rose Mary Boehleigh of Washing- ton. Mrs. Boehleigh is a graduate of the | Frostburg Normal School and formerly | taught in the Forestville Elementary | School. She will take charge of the school here Wednesday. Egg Rollers Practice Shots For White Ho BY the Associated Press. The Capital’s champion egg rollers | entered final training today for their | annual contest on the White House lawn Easter Monday. Pudgy first-timers still in the “baby” | class practiced shots in Capital back- | yards, determined to make a showing | against more seasoned brothers and | sisters. Fathers who learned egg| rolling before they could crawl took | sons aside to.tell how it was done| back in the 80s. One 4-year-old Californian in | Washington for the Easter Monday event cried when his practice shots with a candy egg ran afoul a de- partment store escalator. All the young hopefuls eyed the skies fearfully. Everything else is in readiness for | the egg roling, which vies with Christ- mas in the affection of the children. | “A fine turf,” commented William | Reeves, White House gardener, a little | sadly perhaps. The grounds won't look so velvety when 50,000 children | and grown-ups get through rolling, tiarowing, eating and scattering Easter eges. “All set,” sssured the Red Oross. ™ | from the south portico for a part of use Lawn Eveat An ambulance and first aid tent, well- manned, will be on hand to patch up the youngsters’ scratches and revive he old folks who get caught in the rush. “A better program than usual,’ promised Raymond Muir, White House usher. A magician and puppet show will furnish entertainment. There’s even the possibility of a ventriloquist. | Four boys’ bands will play. | President Roosevelt will look on the day. Mrs. Roosevelt will be in the | thick of things. | The egg rolling will begin at 9 a.m. All children under 10 will be admitted —accompanied by only one adult each. Every body brings his own eggs. No holds are barred as far as egg roll- ing rules go, but there is a traditional way of playing the game. Its essence is a slope. The trick is rolling an egg downhill in an attempt to hit an opponent's egg perched on the grass at the bot- tom. Some play for keeps—ceding an egg if it’s hit by that of a rival. At 5 pm. grounds are cleared—of visitors. It usually takes weeks to get rid of the eggshells. A | chants. | The fee is part of the plan of county monopoly of alcoholic beverage sales. | Proceeds from that charge and oper- | ation of county-owned liquor dispen- | will not start until the following day, | Home for Foundlings and various In- | saries g0 to tax relief purposes. have assured | stitutions for the blind. At the time | ‘ Abolition of the beer levy was urged by the Retail Beer Dealers’ Association, who termed it “unfair,” but members |of the Montgomery delegation, who _sponsored yesterday's bill, agreed only to a 50 per cent reduction. Other items on the dealers program advocating general “liberalization” of | all county liquor laws this session were | irmly and flatly rejected. HELD ON AUTO CHARGES, 'MAN COMMITS SUICIDE “Started Out on Wrong Foot,” He Explains in Note, Then Turns on Gas. Less than six hours after he had posted $29 collateral for speeding and driving on the wrong side of the street, Oran M. Thompson, 36, colored. wrote a brief note explaining he had “started out on the wrong foot” and ended his life by inhaling illuminat- ing gas last night in his home at 172 | Willard street. Thompson, an employe of the Gen- eral Accounting Office, was found in a third-floor room by his wife, Mrs Frances L. Thompson. A rubber hose had been attached to a jet and a blanket placed over his head, police said. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide. THIEF BREAKS GLASS T0 OBTAIN $130 LOOT Neck Watch, Cameo Pins and Brooches Stolen From Home of William M. MacKellar. A woman’s silver neck watch, two cameo pins and several brooches, valued at $100, together with $30 in cash, today were reported stolen from the home of William M. MacKellar, 6100 Thirteenth street, who said his house was entered by breaking the glass in a rear deor. John P. Morris, 5719 Kansas avenue, told police some one entered his home in a similar manner and took a watch and a diamond ring valued at $131. Joseph Lawson, 1846 Sixteenth street, reported he was assaulted by three colored men while repairing his automobile in the 1100 block of Reeds Court, near a newspaper substation where he is manager. They robbed him of $40 and fled, he said. Widows Predominate. In the town of Louisa, Va. (Popu= latio. 301), there are 53 widows and 39 maiden ladies.