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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
AIR STATION PLANS
INVOLVE 100000
Project for Washington Air.
port Terminal Described
by Sutherland.

Development at an approximate cost
of 100000 of the air terminal now in
progress at Washington Airport, at the
south end of Highway Bridge, was de-
scribed at a luncheon meeting given by
former Senator Howard Sutherland,
head of the development project, at
the Metropolitan Club yesterday.
The field, on which a modern air
port terminal and a large hangar now
are being built at cost of 100000. is
to be developed exclusively as passen-
ger and mail terminal, with Mile
Square Airport, at Hybla Valley, Va,
also owned by the company, to be de-
veloped later for more general flying
and servicing facilities.
The airport will be fitted into the
water front development plan of the
Office of Public Buildings and Public
it was announced by officials OF the
development company.
The field itself is to cover SO acres,
of which all but 80 acres have been
filled and prepared for flying, and
there will be an east-and-west runway,
in the direction of the prevailing winds
$500 feet long, and two other run
ways of 2,100 and 1900 feet.
Among those attending the meeting
we're Senator Sutherland District Com
missioner Proctor L. Dougherty, Rep
resentative r. Walton Moore of Vir-
ginia, Dr. Charles Moore, chairman OF
the Fine Arts Commission; Lieut.. Col
U. S. Grant, Sd, director of Public
Buildings and Public Parks; Lieut.. Wal
ter Hinton, chairman, and Greed W.
Fulton, vice chairman, of the aviation
committee of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce; Dorsey w. Hyde, secre-
tary of the chamber; Lawrence E. Will
lians, chairman of the aviation COM
mittee of the Washington Board of
Trade, and John j. ESch, former inter
state commerce commissioner ana
member of that committee; Robert j.
Cottrell, assistant secretary of the
Board Of Trade; James o. Watson OF
Hambleton & Co., Col. M. G. Cooper,
chairman of the board Of the Federal
Aviation Corporation, developers OF the
field; Albert G. Ober, jr., executive vice
president of the corporation; T. How
ard Duckett, member of the board OF
directors, and Capt. Thomas Carroll,
former chief test pilot for the national
advisory committee for aeronautlcs ana
now technical adviser to the corpo-
ration.
Capt. Carroll predicted that the Ma
tional Capital is destined to become one
of the great aviation centers and said
that it would be necessary to develop
chain of airports here to handle future
traffic. The present Washington airport
program need not interfere in any way
with the proposed municipal airport
project, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
MRS. C. H. UMSTEAD SUES
FOR LIMITED DIVORCE.
Wife of Civil Engineer in Treasury
Department Charges Cruelty
and Inadequate Support.

Charles H. Umstead, a civil engineer
in the ONCE of the Supervising Archi-
tect of the Treasury Department and
who is said to own considerable real
estate, was sued yesterday in the Dis
trict Supreme Court for a limited di-
vorce by his wife. Mrs. Mary Reid UNI
stead, APO Fourteenth street. Cruelty
and inadequate support are charged in
the wife's petition, in which she also
asks the court to restrain her husband
from writing her insulting letters such
as, she says, he has been sending to
her on post cards through the mails.
She also requested that he be not al
lowed to leave the jurisdiction pending
the hearing Of her case.
They were married at Baltimore jan
uary /, 1920, and the wife declares that,
although she had been used to the
comforts, and even some of the luxuries,
Of life, her husband took her to a
rooming house after the marriage,
where she found the room Uttered with
old newspapers and broken bottles. She
asks alimony in the petition fileu
through Attorneys Robert H. MCNEIL
and H N. Bernstein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
SHELBY AND KELLY
SILENT AS TRIAL
PLANS ARE FINISHED
Special Board Will Open Case
Tomorrow in Sixth Precinct
Station House.
DEFENSE FAILS TO ASK
SUMMONS FOR WITNESSES
Those Testifying for Prosecution
Expected to Be Called to
Stand for Accused.

Final arrangements for the trial to-
morrow of Inspector William S. Shelby
and Lieut. Edward j. Kelly before a
special trial board were completed
today.
The public will be admitted to the
trial, which is to be held on the third
floor ofthe sixth precinct station, on
New Jersey avenue between D and E
streets. 1t is expected, however, that
only such as can find seats IL the room
will be allowed to enter. A special
detail of policemen will be assigned as
bailiffs to keep the proceedings
orderly.
Transferred From Posts.
The men are to be brought to trial on
charges of conduct unbecoming officers,
conduct prejudicial to the good order of
the force and ineff1ciency supported by
IL and Is specifications, respectively.
The charges contain the substance of
the complaints against the men made
by the July grand jury for their hand
ling of the police investigation into the
death of Mrs. Virginia Mcpherson at
the Park Lane Apartments Septem-
Der IA.
The men were transferred from their
posts October 3, after the grand jury'S
special report had been received. Their
attorneys had twice demanded a pub
lie trial on these charges. but this re-
quest was granted only after the Sep
TENDER grand jury had returned an
"ignoramous" report against Robert A.
Mcpherson, jr., whom the July grand
jury had indicted in connection with
his wefe'S death.
Defense Calls No Witnesses.
Neither of the men under charges
had any statements to make today. No
defense witnesses have yet been sub
poenaed. The defense will probably
not resort to subpoenas in order to
bring its witnesses to testify, it Is
understood.
Some of the witnesses who have been
Subpoenaed to testify for the prosecu-
ton also will be called to the stand
as defense witnesses, 1t was learned
The special board appointed by the
Commissioners to try the men consists
of Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Layson E. Atkins. chairman; Capt.
Herbert C. Whitehurst, chief engineer
of the District, and j. B Gordon, Dis
trict sanitary engineer. The case will
be prosecuted by Assistant Corporation
CounSelS Robert E. Lynch and Walter
l.. Fowler. Shelby will be represented
by Henry I. Quinn and George E
Strong. Kelly will be represented by
James A. O'Shea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17

The ayahuasco. says Killip is a woody
vine, from which the drug is secured
by pressing the juice from the stem. A
tea is also brewed from the leaves, but
the drug is much weaker in this form.
1t Is sometimes known as dead mans
vine.
The expedition also brought back
specimens OF the plants from which
the natives make barbasco-a poison
prepared by MASKING the roots and
mixing them with water. This results
in milky substance which is dumped
in the river. 1t StunS all the fish within
q considerable radius so that thew can
be speared or Melted without difficulty.
At the same time 1t does not make the
fish poisonous to eat. 1t works such
havoc that its use is strictly forbidden
and 1t is "bootlegged" among the
Indians.
They also secured some curare. a
deadly poison prepared from the
strycnos bush, with which some of the
jungle Indians cover the heads of their
arrows. The barest scratch from an
arrow thus prepared means death to
man or animal.
The expedition secured a large COL
lection of Indian medicinal plants. The
native, says Mr.. Killip. considers most
plants purely from their values as
medicines or polsons and has built up a
great jungle pharmacopea. Many of
these plants still are unidentified.
The expedition left Washington in
March and proceeded by muleback
and canoe from Lima over the Andes
to the headwaters of the Amazon
Killip and Albert S. Smith of the New
York Botanic Gardens, required ~ days
to make this trip. William j. Dennis OF
the University of Iowa, the third men,
Der of the party. remained for nearly
month at Lima and then few ovel
the mountains in two hours and hall
to join them at Masisea, at the juno.
ton of the Amazon and the Pichis
Part of the journey consisted of shooting
rapids of the Pichis River m canoes.
The object was to obtain as complete
as possible a collection of the noun.
tain and jungle fora. Mr.. Killip mad,
extensive collections at 1900 fee
among the Andean glaciers. Much o
the country had not been explored
hitherto by botanists. Three specimen
Of each plant were obtained which. will
give complete collection to each o
the three institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
BOY HURT AS CYCLE
CRASHES BUILDING
Four Others Sustain Minor
Injuries in Traffic
Accidents.

An 1S-year-old colored youth was seri-
ouSly injured and four others were
slightly hurt in traffic accidents reported
to police last night and early today.
Raymond Wise, 10 years old, colored,
of 2021 Sherman avenue, Is reported
to be in a serious condition at Freed
mems Hospital today from injuries sus-
tanned yesterday as the motor cycle
he was riding along Seventh street near
@ street crashed into the side of a build
ing when it got beyond the boys con-
troll. The boys skull was fractured. He
is believed to have been injured inter-
nally also.
Lavina Turner, So years old, colored,
of 2l2 C street southeast, is in Casualty
Hospital with q fractured right leg and
body bruises, sustained when run down
at Second street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. by a machine driven by Jack r.
Griffith, 10 years old, of 1918 G street
southeast.
Morris Alien, % years old, who gave
an address in the Munsey Building, was
treated at Emergency Hospital for lac
erations to the right hand which he
said were received yesterday afternoon
when his machine was in collision at
Eighteenth and F streets with an au-
tomobile operated by Charles Dove, %
years old, of 1345 Florida avenue.
John M. Cavell, 81 years old, living
at ga L street, was slightly injured
when run down at Thirteenth and K
streets by a machine operated by
Thomas Kinton of l167 Nineteenth
street. He was treated at Emergency
Hospital.
James Moffat, SO years old, of 100
Third street northeast received in
jurieS to his right foot when run down
cycle ridden by Jack Ertter of 613l Geor-
gia avenue and Military road by BIZ
cycle ridden by Jack Erter of 6131 Geor-
gia avenue, The injured man was treat
ed at Walter Reed General Hospital
and later sent home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17

Monday evenings. Last night he dis
cussed at some length the situation in
Haiti. stressing the need for sympa-
thetic supervision of the country by the
United States. He asserted mo one
can expect a stable government there
under present conditions" and said edu-
cation was a dire need there.
The Philippine situation is another
problem, he stated. He said special
interests" involved in tariff controver-
sizes are DESTROYS that the United States
should grant the islands independence,
so that they will be amenable to our
tariff laws. There is a growing opin-
ion, he said, that independence must
come before very long.
The speaker was introduced by Leon
ard w. De Cast, general secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. A showing of The Eve
ming Star Universal Newsreel completed
the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
THREE PERSONS INJURED
AS RESULT OF FALLS
Woman Drops on Stairway, Man in
Theater Mishap, Another Slips
in Leaving Street Car.

Three persons were injured yesterday
as result of accidentally falling, two
on stairs and the third on the street.
Mrs. Madeline Klatt, AZ years old, of
7l2l Georgia avenue, received a lacerat-
ed forehead when she fell on the stairs
at her home. Her son took her to Wal
ter Reed Hospital, where she was given
first aid.
Ormond Wallace. 81 years old, ZIG
John Marshall place. appeared at Elmer
gency Hospital last night and was given
first aid for an injury TO his right knee
He told physicians he fell on the Ma
tiOnal Museum steps.
John Scivener, 1910 Columbia road
fell TO the pavement while alightine
from a street car at Fourteenth and
Clifton streets and injured his left
wrist. He was treated at Garfield Hos
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
THREATENS SWEETHEART,
GETS 90-DAY JAIL TERM
Walter johnson Sentenced for An
noying Former Fiancee, Who Had
Broken Their Engagement.

Walter Johnson, 80 years old, was
sentenced to 80 days in jail by Judge
Ralph Given in Police Court today
when arraigned on a charge of threats
against his former sweetheart, Mary
Myers, 14O0 block of Newton street.
Miss Myers told the court she had
broken her engagement to Johnson and
that he had persisted in annoying her.
Yesterday she called. Policeman A. D.
Mansfield and when the defendant ac-
costed her In the presence Of the of1cer,
he was arrested.
"He threatened to drag my reputa-
ton into the dirt she told Judge
Given. I'm afraid for my life, your
honor"
johnson begged the court for leniency,
promising to leave the city Immediately
if released Judge Given refused, say
ing he was afraid Johnson might harm
his former f1ancee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
BENJAMIN'S TRAIN IS AWAITING
! ENGINEER WHO WON'T BE BACK
Boy, Who Proved His Right to Toy by
Building Tiny Plane, Was Slain in
Hunting Accident

All this convinced Benjamin's father,
Ben S. Franklin. Several days ago ne
bought young Benjamin's hoped-for
train. fine outfit with several coaches
and network of tracks. Then he
stored it in the darkest closet until
Christmas day.
Benjamin, however. will never see his
train. He was buried today in Rock
Creek Cemetery. the victim of a hunting
accident Saturday afternoon.
Although the boy had never been a
hunter-most of his hunting was for
pets, once a young squirrel, again liz
ard, or a frog-he stopped to watch
while five older boys prepared to shoot
a squirrel in tree
A moment later and shot rang out
from where two of the hunters were
scufiing for possession of the gun. Ben
jamin had been hit in the head.
Benjamin's train is still in the closet,
on an upper shelf. His father Is uncer-
tain what disposal will be made OF it,
because although Benjamin never saw
it. the small engine and all the cars
werh undeniabIy Benjamin'S own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
ARMY CHANGES ORDERED.
War Department Reassigns officers.
One Retires, One Resigns.

Col. Christopher C. Collins, Medical
Corps, has been designated as assistant
commandment. Army Medical Schools,
Walter Reed General Hospital, TINS
city: Col. William M. Morrow, Infan-
try, has been relieved from duty at the
General Staff School, Fort LeaVen-
worth, KanS., and ordered to Brooklyn,
N. Y, for duty at the overseas Dis
charge and Replacement Depot; Capt
Guy Hill. Signal Corps, has been re-
lieved from duty with the Federal Ra-
do Commission, this city, and ordered
to the Philippines.
Warrant Offlcer Louis T. Nathan, at
tached to the General Depot, this city;
has been placed on the Army retired
list.
The President has accepted the resig-
nation of Capt. Thomas F. Bridges,
army Medical Corps, recently statloneo
at Fort Totten, N. Y. Capt Bridges Is
from Tennessee ana was appointed 10
The Army in June, 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17

The eldest boy at 632 Quebec place
had hoped for an electric train this
Christmas Last year he was bit too
young to be intrusted with a toy SO
complex.
Yet in the interval Benjamin Frank
Inns tenth birthday came around. A
l0-year-old boy, Benjamin told himself,
is able to look after fine train.
often of late he had paused to eye
them as they trundled about their
tracks in shop windows. Yes, Benjamin
was sure he was old enough. He even
mentioned the fact to his mother, quite
casually.
And meanwhile, Benjamin proved in
several ways he had grown up. He
built an airplane which few six and
one-halt seconds, more than enough to
win his wings. His manual training
instructor at Park View School an
nounced he would receive them the FRI
day after Christmas
Too, BENJAMIN had been elected
registrar of Harriet Lothrop Chapter,
Children of the American Revolution,
and Saturday a week ago presided at
his first meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
MRS. TRAMMELL DEAD.
Fairfax County Native Expires at
Daughters Home.

Mrs. Elizabeth Trammell, 70 years
old, native of Fairfax County, Va, died
Yesterday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Annie Thompson, East Falls
Church. Her husband, Phillip Tram
nell, died II years ago.
Mrs. Trammell is survived by three
sons and three daughters. The daugh-
tiers, in addition to Mrs. Thompson, are
Mrs. Loubert KearnS of Seat Pleasant,
Md, and Mrs. Hattie Hurley. The sons
are Detective Curtis H. Trammell, Frank
and Maurice Trammell.
Funeral services will be conducted at
Mrs. Thompson's home at O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. Interment will be
in lakewood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
SHOP LIFTING CURBED,
ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES
Merchants Maintain Watch and
Offenders Will Be Vigorously
Prosecuted.

Indications are that the annual losses
of local retail stores from the opera
lions of shoplifters will be less this year
than last, the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association announced today on
the basis of q survey of conditions IN
downtown shops.
Local retailers, however, will maintain
strict watch for the shoplifter, and those
caught stealing merchandise from collr1-
tiers will be prosecuted vigorously, it
is stated by Edward D. Shaw, secretary
of the association.
Merchants this year also are keeping
sharp watch for bad check artists.
especially since the recent disclosure OF
wave of activities in this line.
Caution is being exercised in appre-
hension of shoplifters, Mr.. Shaw said,
so that honest persons may not be en-
barrassed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
Woman War Veteran Held Not Entitled
To Claim She Filed for disqualification

woman was sent to the hospital by au-
thority of the regional manager OF the
Veterans Bureau in that district; his
action was questioned by the Veterans
Bureau on the basis that her cause for
disqualification cannot be considered
to lie within the same category as the
ordinary disabilities to which the ex-
service person is liable
If the Government undertook to care
for all ex-Service women in confinement
cases, the bureau told its regional man
ager in an earlier letter on the matter.
1T would then be necessary to set aside
separate wards, operating rooms, and
in many instances, private rooms, be-
sides additional personnel and equip
ment in all of our general hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
COLLAPSES AT WHEEL,
DIES THREE DAYS LATER
Joseph P. Kelly Expires without
Regaining Consciousness at
Providence Hospital.

Joseph P. Kelly, "a years old, of -
O street northeast, who collapsed last
Friday night at the wheel Of his auto,
died early yesterday at Providence Hos
pital without regaining consciousness;
His death was attributed to cerebral
Kelly, stricken while driving his
mother to church on North Capitol
street between and K streets, was able
to bring his car to stop before losing
consciousness.
Kelly had recently entered the plumb
ing business, being formerly employed
at the washington Navy Yard. Besides
his mother, Mrs. Nora A. Kelly, he is
survived by two brothers, Thomas E.
and Francis x. Kelly. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at the residence to-
morrow morning, with celeoration or
high requiem mass in st. Aloysius
Church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in
Holy Rood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17

The law which authorizes the Vet
Grams Bureau to hospitalize and care
for veterans of any war, military occu-
patton or military expedition, without
disabilities, cannot be applied in order
to pay the expenses of a woman dur.
ing confinement" in a private hospital,
it was decided today by Controller Cen
eral McCarl. Ruling on specific case,
the Controller General denied pay
ment of $75 In favor OF the Strong Me-
mortal Hospital, Rochester, N. " Tor
the use of its facilities from November
20 to December 9, 1928, during confine-
ment of Mrs. Ruth Thomas Healy.
World War VAteran.
The records in the case show that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
TWO DIE AS CAR
HITS PARKED TRUCK
Woman Also Injured in Acct
dent on Washington BouIe-
ward, Near EIkridge.

Two persons were killed almost in
stantly early this morning when the car
in which they were riding crashed into
truck parked in the roadway near
Elkridge, Md, on the Washington Boule-
ward. Those dead are Caroline Thorn
ton, SO years old, colored, of 100 block
Randolph street, and Lewis Willis, Al
years old, of 300 block Sherman ave-
nue.. Mary Willis, wife Of Lewis Willis,
was seriously injured in the accident.
She is in a Baltimore hospital.
1t is said the car in which the party
was riding toward Washington collided
suddenly with the truck after rounding
a curve. The automobile was demolished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
ARMY MAKES 6 COLONIES.

Six officers of the Army have Just
been promoted to the grade of colonel,
according to announcement made at
the War Department. They are Lieut..
Col. Gordon Johnston, military attache
at Mexico City; Lieut.. Col. William A.
Austin. at Omaha, Nebr., and Lieut.. Col.
Otto w. Rethorst at San Antonio, Tex,
all of the Cavalry; Lieut.. Col. John E.
Hemphill, Signal Corps. at San Fran
cisco, and Lieut.. Col. John E. Smyser,
at Fort Bliss, Tex, and Lieut. Col. Rob-
ert Sterrett. at Baltimore, both Of the
Quartermaster Corps. ..,-.-.-s,..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
SENATE CONFIRMS LIST
OF u. S. ENJOYS ABROAD
Eleven Named as Ministers in For
eign Countries Are Given
Formal Approval.

The Senate late yesterday confirmed
IL nominees to be American Ministers
to foreign countries. They are Evan E.
Young to Bolivia. Nelson T. johnson to
China, H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld to
Costa Rico, Charles B. Curtis to the
Dominican Republic, Sheldon White
house to Guatemala. Julius G.. Lay to
Honduras, Matthew E. Hanna to Mica
ragua, Roy T. Davis to Panama. Post
Wheeler to Paraguay. John Glover
South to Portugal and Arthur H Cess
Ter to Siam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
"BETHLEHEM TABLEAU."
Student Nurses and Children to Of
fer Presentation Tonight.

Student nurses of the Episcopal Hos
pital and children of the Sunday School
of the Church of the Epiphany, will
present THE Bethlehem Tableau," to-
night at Sis O'Clock at st. Paul's
parish hall, Rock Creek Parish, Web
ster street and Rock Greek Church
road.
The presentation will be given under
the auspices of the Department of Re-
ligious Education of the Diocese of
Washington. Mrs. Mary C. d. Johnson
is chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. DeaconeSSeS Macdonald
and Crane will have charge of the
childrem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
Uses American Argument.

PARIS, December II tA1.--Premier
Andre Tardieu has Gained an opposi-
tion talk with these words Don't
shoot the piano player. He is doing
the best he can" That is an American
argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
Rock Obliterates Home.

Falling from hillside at the Marvia
Valley in the South Island of New Zea-
land, rock weighing 10000 tons fell on
a homestead and completely obliterated
it. Three persons in the house were
killed. No trace OF the home or home
stead has been found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17

Goethe, in his youth, startled Europr
with his "Werther"; invented, or, at
any rate, popularized, a new kind or
folly; caused no one knows how many
suicides and influenced the dress OF
continent.