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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-31
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[. R. SHOEMAKER
WILL UPHELD
BY C0BRT

The bitter court fight waged by
host of re1ativ of the late
Miss Anne n. Shoemaker to break
the will in which she left virtually
her entire 100000 estate for the
establishment Of the Elizabeth IT.
Shoemaker Retreat for Friendless
Maiden Ladies, proved futile to-
day when jury in thet District
Supreme Court upheld the bequest.
After six days OF trial and jury
elaboration that started early yes
terday the talismen determined the
testator was Of sound mind. despite
the contrary contention of the 13
cousins VINO were listed as plant
ifs representing 178 heirs-at-law.
Miss Shoemaker died May last,
beaueathing all her valuable real
estate holdings, with the exception
of $1,000 which went to relatives
and charity, to the American Secnr-
ity and Trust Company for the
erection and maintenance OF the
home in memory of her mother
She stipulated in the will that
the institution should provide for
25 inmates, and should be erected
at the junction of Brandywine
street and wisconsin Avenue.
Spinstens of the Shoemaker blood
are to be given preference.
During the night one OF the
Jurors. Emory E. Barry, became Ill,
and it was thought for a time the
ia mel would be dismissed but he
was revived sufficiently to continue.
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DR|F | IN
To TALK OVER
WORK CRISIS

,Tobiess workers from all parts
OF the country were gathering here
today for a three-day hobo mass.
meeting to deal with the national
unemployment situation.
Delegates Of the unemployed are.
arriving on the rods. riding
the tops and pounding the ties"
Two Philadelphia delegates arrived
on foot early today and are to re-.
port to j. E;ads Howe. millionaire
hobo. and publisher Of the Hobo.
News. who is arranging the mass
meeting.
The delegates are to draw up
resolutions for presentation to Con
gress and will call upon all Presi-
Dental. candidates for definite
expression of their stand on the
unemployment situation. Howe said.
General Jacob M. Coxey,
famous AZ the leader OF "Coxey's
army. which staged a march Of
the unemployed on the Capitol in
1894 will be present 10 Govern.
nent leaders and members Of Con-
gress dn not seem disposed to treat
the unemployment situation seri-
onsIy. IL was stated, Coxey will
make plans at the meetings to or
ganize another army Of the unem-
pIOyed in nearby cities to march on
Washington before the adjournment
of Congress.
The conference will open at 1890
a. m. tomorrow in Typogra pnical
Temple. Howe said. An afternoon
session also will he held. On Mon
day and Tuesday sessions will be
held At the temple from 10 q. m.
to noon and 2 To 4 p. m.
Officials OF the American Fedora
tton III Labor are to speak at both
sessions tomorrow.
I'VE have invited Secretary of
Labor Davis. members OF Congress.
ain Presidential candidates and mem.
bers of the clergy to attend our
sessions" Howe said.
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PL An U|V|FO
AUTO SIGNALS

The washington traffic cop who
INDUCES in gyrations with his arms,
dances jig on his feet and seems
to have ST. Vitus dance Is going to
be reformed.
A system OF uniform gestures
which mean the same thing at
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
Avenue that they do at Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania Avenue
will be enforced on the traffic Of
ficers who have an original but
orttines grotesqne system OF signals.
Major Edwin b. Hesse has re-
ceived many complaints from
motorists who declare that the
antics of some OF the traffic Of
ficers are confusing and frequently
meaningless.
Lieut.. b. r. Lamb has been
directed TO visit each precinct.
beginning Monday, and instruct the
force in making signals and how
To blow q whistle.
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Mrs. Orville Staples, wife OF
the Third precinct policeman
who Is on trial before the
police trial board on number
az serious charges, today took
the stand as defense witness
n addition to telling Of her hus-
band,s movements and whereabouts
on the two days which it has been
testified thar q serious offense oc-
CURED. she told of sIeepleSs night
and of her husbands extremely ner.
vous condition following pot
shot which someone took at him
n his garage the day after the po-
lice department filed the charges
against him for which he Is now on
trial.
staples went 10 the Naval Hos
nital for an operation on February
"a. she testified, and came back on
tlle eth only because Of the Sc
riOns Illness OF their baby. She said
that for over week following his
return home his nose and upper lip
we're swollen and that the only
time ne left the house was to go to
the hospital for treatment.
Address Is Fixed
Just before the noon recess In
apector Louis y Stoll was put on
the stand to report to Blanton
the address OF the mystery house
where the apparently false affidavit
back Of the Staples probe vas
signed.
Stoll stated this time that he Is
positive thar 1242 Nineteenth St
was the place.
The reason YOU held back this
information all the time, BiantOn
shouted ut him, was that You
wanted to shield the owners Of that
house from notOrIetyg :"
Well, yes, StOll slowly said.
Then You have deliberately de-
Deived this board because You
wanted to shield these people,
BlanfOn Numbered.
Before StOlI could answer. Assist
ant Corporation Counsel, Robert a.
Williams. who is prosecuting the
Staples case. started a long wrangle,
Ia which he charged BlantOn with
siurring StOH when he referred to
the inspectors brass buttons,
Two bOOtieggers were nut on the
stand BY BIantOn. who testified that
StoII had asked them II they had
paid bribe money to Staples and
other officers.
Roth said they told StolI they had
not.
Robert (Slim) Caldwell, Of 1900 I
ST. n. w, and Silas Jefferson, alias
Brother Gale, both colored were
the affiants. Both readily admitted
their occupation. Jefferson, In re-
ply to 4 question BY BIanton. said
he was not afraid To say this III the
presence of ali these policemen.
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differences over the plan.
Representative Frederick n. zihi-
man of Maryland. chairman Of the
House District committee and Of
the subcommittee on public utIli-
ties. has called upon the Pubic
Utilities Commission for COPY Of
testimony at the merger hearings.
In the Federation, the situation
II regarded as serious. With the
election OF new members Of the
Citizens Advisory Council only 2
week away and the merger plan
pending, the federation has divided
into factions which are bitterly Al
odds.
"InfIuence' in Federation
William Mckay Clayton, chairman
of the utilities comittee of the
federation. and his vice chairma nj
w. Al. Roberts, who stand for rad-
ical changes in the plan, plan to
carry their fight to Congress.
The Clayton committee will make
It's report to the federation tonight,
and will ask authority to take the
matter to the Capitol.
Because of the powerful influence
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Designed for motor vehicles but
also useful with other machinery. 4
new meter registers the number OF
hours that a machine is run, re-
CARELESS of the speed.
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NO. 136-NO. 5 ENGINE HOUSE
ACCOUNTANTS no DINE

9 The fifth anniversary dinner OF
the District Institute of Certified
Public Accountants win be held TO-
night at z o'clock at the Mayflower
Hotel. Prominent members of Con.
gress and OF civic and business af-
fairs Of the Capital have ssen In
VitDd To attend.
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CHARGE HOTELS
WI III BIC Xxi
PROFITS

Testimony that sightseeing bus
companies are paying local hotels
thousands of dollars yearly for the
privilege of parking in public streets
adjacent to the hotels was given TO
the Gibson subcommittee OF the
House District Committee today.
Lawrence Gassenheimer, owner Of
the Green Line Sightseeing CO., WAS
the witness who gave the testimony.
GagsenIleinler told Of the fees he
Days hotels and restaurants In the
neiehbOrhOOd Of North Capitol and
n Streets. for parking space and
listed thousands Of dollars in fees
which he said are paid by other
sightseeing companies 10 the big
local hotels.
The bus owner said that in order
Ia mark his busses at the corner
IL which the police has assigned him
At North Capitol and r Streets he
had to paw the Harris Hotel $1,000
A year and two nearby restaurants
$50 a month each.
Has Difficult Time
He told a long and involved story
of efforts to hold his place OF bust.
ness against the competition Of
other bus lines aided by local bust
ness men.
He intimated tina. w. r. CALI.
her, local business man and political
boss. had Joined the efforts Of busi'
ness men to make him pay for the
privilege Of parking.
Gassenheiner said that among the
fees paid TO other hotels by Local
sight seeing companies were $4,000
year to the Washington Hotel
&S, 900 to the Willard Hotel ana
$4,000 to the Capitol Park Hotel
He said that he. himself. had
offered the Grace Dodge Hoe
$4,000 but his offer was not even
considered.
District Commissioner Sidney r
TaIiaferrO, who had been called
before the committee on another
matter, was questioned in regard
to Gassenheimer's testimony alf
also in regard To the hotel conces
sions to taxi cabs which the com
mittee began to investigate yester
day.
Action BY ID. &. Due
Taliaferro promised that the Dis
tr.ict Commissioners would give
their attention to these problems
as soon as possible.
Representative Ralph Gilbert o.
Kentucky, questioned Taliaferrs
about the taxicab situation and
gained an admission from the Com
missioner that no action lnfd beeI
taken on the recommends tons 81
the Bureau OF Efficiency and th'
Police Department last July.
Taliaferro stated. however. tha
The taxi rab situation comes direcsl.
under Commissioners Proctor L
Dougherty.
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LOW PAY mo- BE DISCUSSED

Mrs. Margaret Hopkins WorrelI,
of the Indian Affairs Bureau. who
recently led an army of Federal
workers to Capitol Fill, in support
of the Welch bin for higher Govern
ment salaries. will address the
E,rgatocrats Clubs on underpa vment
in Federal service tonight at 317
Thirteenth st. N. w.
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Of traction interests in the feeders.
fiOn, however. such authority pro-
baby will be denied.
Roberts is "A candidate from the
Conduit Road Citizens Association
for place on the Advisory Coun-
ell. Because ~ his stand against
the street railway company merger
plan, the ''prO-utiIity element In the
federation has sounded the warning
to "get Roberts. "
Six council posts are to be filled.
next week. The action OF the fed
GRAFTON tonight on the merger plan.
II is expected. will give a clue TO
the trend of the election. j. @.
/ Yaden, president of the federation
and of the council. IS not a candi-
date Nor is DIR. George G. Haven-
ner, now vice president of the fed
Grafton.
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Action BY d. G. Due

Taliaferro stated. however. that
The taxi cab situation comes directly
under Commissioners Proctor L.
Dougherty.
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E. ]. NEWCOMB TO TALK

.sThe working Of the Board of
Public Welfare" viii he the topic
Of an address to he delivered by
r.. j. Newcomb at the meeting
of the Columbia Heights Citizens
Association Tuesday at 8 p. m.
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JURY REPORT
ON NJ QUADE
SCORED

Members Of the Gibson snbcom-
mittee today expressed their belief In
the truth OF the charges made before
the committee by two policemen
against Martin ID. McQuade, foreman
OF the District Grand Jury.
The charges were discredited by
the Grand Jury In its report yester-
day.
Representative Ralph Gilbert OF
Kentucky denounced the Grand Jury
verdict that Policeman George Hell
rnuth, one of the witnesses against
McQuade, had been transferred Tor
the good Of the service.
IN my opinion, he said, HeI.
muth WAS removed for the good Of
bIle gamblers z
1t was also learned at the meeting
OF the Gibson subcommittee today
that certain of the records of hear
ings before the subcommittee on the
police scandal have mysteriously dis
appeared. Among the missing testi-
mony is that offered by Inspector
Alfred J. Headley, who testified that
he frequently had smelled liquor on
the breath of his chief. Major Edwin
b Hesse, superintendent of police.
Duplicates Missing
Only the duplicates Of the tran.
script of the record are missing. The
originals were found in the files of
the committee and turned over to the
District Commissioners. An investi-
cation will be made to find the dupli-
Gates.
A third outstanding development
at the meeting today was an In
ferential rebuke of Representative
Thomas II. Blanton Of Texas for
claiming that he Is representing
the Gibson Committee in his de-
tense of Policeman Orville Staples
before the police trial board.
The report OF the Grand jury
was brought up at the meeting by
Representative Gilbert. He inserted
i'm the record the following state.
ment:
Controversial publicity is dis
agreeable to me. but would feel
cowardIy IL did not raise my
voice In behalf Of what my con-
scious feels to be true.
.aRegardless OF what Mr.. McQuadP,
foreman of the Grand Jury, hiss
said and OF what the Grand Jury
| found said Representative Gilbert
II am sure in my own mind that
the evidence OF Officer Helmuth
and other testimony given before
the Gibson Committee against Me.
Qnade was absolutely true. and
every member of the committee
who heard all the evidence, men ex.
Derienced on the bench, came "a
the same conclusion.
Good for Gamblers"
tsIIalY, tftl,ts Il ,.nY.anxtat may haVA
been for the good OF the service,
| but 1t was also for the good OF the
gamblers and was certainly not
for the good of the public. One
who has knowledge Of the methods
Of the selection of juries and other
activities pertaining TO court fnnc
tons In the District does not fee
that the grand i,Iry's report is nee
sssarily free ofNinfluence. 8
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ALL WANT INITIALS ON EGGS
Crisis In Federation
OUer Merger
Times stair Photos

merger proposal agreed to this week BY the
Public Utilities Commission under study by members Of
Congress tonight will be injected into meeting OF the
Federation of Citizens Associations
serious split the federation threatened as result q
snvarf he
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Let Your Children Eat in Peace, Expert eau tiOns

a chicken leg and he sucked 1t
and bit at it indifferently Cor q
few minutes.
Every time he got up any In
terest in it somebody asked him
where the choo-choo was, or what
Grandma said when they left. or
did she cry when he went by
bye"
Meanwhile, the parents and
their guest enjoyed fried chicken
and yams prepared as only a
Southern cook can prepare them.
Why not? They didn't have to
talk. They only had to ask ques.
tions of the members OF the party
who needed food the most.
/ hope my readers who hail from
south of the MasOn-Dixons line,
won't think there is in this story
any prejudice. There isn't. This
hurling of asinine questions at
our young takers isn't confined
to the South. I've seen it in all
parts Of our vast United States.
But let's give our little people a
chance to eat without being gazed
at constantly without having to
show off every second they are
trying to supply their growing
bodies with food. A baby is fas-
cinating to watch. It's prattle is
interesting to listen to, but let
us at least let him have his
meals peacefully without having
to demonstrate his budding abili-
ties every second of 1t.
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Increase Your Weight
5 Pounds in 80 Days
Make Yourself Strong,
Healthy and Vigorous at
the Same Time

Byt this time most people know
that the world s great flesh pro-
ducer is McCey's Tablets.
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Capital Mother
is Proud, Now

Don't allow your child to remain
weakened or rundown for any
length Of time. In that condition.
children are so easily attacked by
the millions OF tiny germs that are
seething and swarming around us.
And it's so easy to get the bilious,
headachy, constipated, feverish,
cross, fretful. puny. underweight
ones back into condition, with
hearty appetite, rosy cheeks and
abundant energy. by using purely
vegetable product which physicians
have endorsed for over so years.
Children love the rich. frufty taste
of California Fig syrup and it acts
almost like magic to regulate their
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these organs tone and strength 50
they continue to act as Nature In
tends them to do and you don't
have to keep dosing your child.
Four million bottles used . year
and the enthusiastic words OF moth.
ers everywhere prove 1t gives salts
faction.
Another Washington mother. Mrs.
r. w. Harper. 1857 Irving St., says:
MY little daughter. Bootsie, suf-
fered terribly from constipation un-
til she got very weak, rundown
and underweight i gave her Cali
fornia Fig Syrup and in just a
little while she was eating heartily
and gaining weight. Soon she was
her bright, normal self again"
Always ask for California Fig
Syrup by the full name to avoid
substitutes.
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By Constance Cameron

/ have written before about the
mother who nags child inces-
sanity while he eats, in an effort
to promote correct table man
ners. But the other day wit
messed. and not for the first
time, another type of mother-one
who did not mention the fact
that the child should say thank
you" or wipe his lips. but who
piled him with questions during
the entire dinner, in order to
show him off to other members
of the group, who were evidently
admiring relatives of the little
fellow.
This isn't an uncommon prac-
tice in otherwise intelligent fami-
lies. There are homes where the
child is the center of attention all
during a meal, whether or not
there is company present, where
the adults say little to each other,
but hurl questions AMI remarks
at the smallest member of the
family.
have even heard parents talk
indirectly through their youngster
with remarks such as: mo, don't
put that on daddy's plate. He got
in late last night and doesn't feel
like bothering with US today" To
me that is a silly form of coward
ice, but aside from that phase of
ii, why can't a child be allowed to
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Beatrice Fairfax Advises LOUelOrn

friend IL seriously interested in you.
or he would not give up going
about with the other girl. He
has known you a long enough
time to know what he is doing.
He has not yet. fully made up
his mind to marry you, but, with
out doubt, he Is eager to court
you. To the extent that you in
terest him and win him, he will
not wish to go about with anY
other girl. If he does wish to do
so, promises made to you will not
keep him from preferring her So
ciety to- yours.
So accept the comradeship he
offers without eXacting any prom
ises of exclusive attentions or Civ
ing your pledge to him. II he
falls deeply in love with you and
asks you to marry him he will
naturally wish to give you all his
time and thought and attentions
and will wish yours. Meanwhile,
to refuse his proffered friendship
and comradeship would shut the
door on your own chances of hap
piness. Isn't that true?
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CUNNING BLOOMER FROCK
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Do Not Frighten
Child With
BOgies
By Constance Cameron

nECENTLY during a conversa-
~ ton with one of America s
noted psychiatrists I asked him
to tell me what were the most
common causes in making chill
dren neurotic. Having observed
and helped thousands of children
who suffered from nervous dlsor
ders. he told me, as result or MS
wide experience, that one OF the
big contributing causes or puttlns
children into such a nervous state
that fantasies and hallucinatlons
developed, was the manner IN
which parents presented the loed
of God to them.
But" he added, ''you can't ap::
proach people on the subject Oh
religion easily"
I don't fully agree with him. TO
be sure. my idea of God and yours
may be totally unlike. You may
attend one church and l announcer.
But on one thing | believe we
agree. We stand on common
ground in our desire to give the
best we have in knowledge ana
practice to children. You and 1
want to see the largest number
possible of children grow to nor
nal healthful and capable matur-
ity. We are all trying to lead
constructive, helpful lives aid as
intelligent individuals. / am sure
we respect each others right to
think of a Supreme Power just as
we choose.
So, no matter in what faith you
are raising your children, so long
as it helps you and helps them,
I feel sure it is the right one
for you to follow. But no matter
what creed you adhere to, l want
to put in a plea that you present
the idea of God to your small peo-
pie in such way that there is
no FEAR connected with it.
Please don't acquire the habit
of telling your children that If
they don't do thus and so, God
will punish them. The Supreme
Power which is accessible to us
all. should be, through all their
lives. their refuge and their
fortress" a source of strength
and comfort. and how can it be
If we frighten them and present
God as a power which doles out
misery and sorrow?
The doctor with whom talked
told me of 12-year-old boy
brought to him for observation
and help. The boy had gotten
into such a state that he would
have violent Mysteries each night
when he went to bed. His mother
questioned him and he told her
that the clock had two great glar-
ing eyes in it which watched him