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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
WIN
$1,2OO,01O VERDICT
Court Finds Against Surety
Companies in Washington
Building Suit.

Holders of first mortgage bonds of
the Washington Building, monumental
office structure at Fifteenth street, New
York avenue and G. street, here, yes
terday obtained a Judgment of $780,
900, with interest, against surety COM
panies connected with the building
project, under a decision handed down
by Judge Thomas D. Finletter in Com
mon Pleas Court of Philadelphia,
according to an Associated Press dis
patch received today by The Star.
The action was sought by commit
tee OF Philadelphia bankers representing
holders of first trust notes on the build
ing, some of whom are Washington
investors, as means of protecting their
interest in the property, which now is
In the hands of three co-trustees,
Harold E. Doyle. Spencer Gordon and
Andrew B. Duvall of Washington.
The defendants in the huge judgment
case we're the Hartford Accident & In
demnity Co., the Metropolitan Casualty
Insurance Co. of New York and the
MARYLAND Casualty Co., surety for the
bonds issued to finance the building.
Private Sale Sought.
The co-trustees for the Washington
Building, by authorization of District
Supreme Court. now are seeking private
sale of the building subject only to ex-
isting leases on the property. All parties
claiming interest in the property, in
Guiding the holders Of trust notes, lien
claimants and tenants in the building,
will be represented at hearing before
Justice Gordon of District Supreme
Court, scheduled for April Is, to deter
mine the priorities of the interests Of
the different parties in the case.
There are outstanding first mortgage
bonds aggregating about S3,300,000 on
the building, it was explained here
today. These bonds were sold by Bos-
ton and Philadelphia houses and a
nominal amount was said to have been
purchased by Washington investors. who
would be affected by the Judgment
awarded in favor of the bond holders in
The Philadelphia court yesterday.
Suit Alleged Default.
The Judgment suit was brought in the
Philadelphia court In the name of the
National Shawmut Bank of Boston as
trustee for the Washington Central
Trust. an association organized to erect
the building. Default was made on the
interest of the first mortgage bonds on
December l, 1927, it was alleged in the
suit.
The basis of the action was that the
surety companies, by an unusual surety
bond. guaranteed not merely completion
of the building. but until 1t was COM
pleted and paid for, free Of all lien, the
owners would perform all the covenants
of the mortgage
Judge Finletter held that the surety
companies, under the circumstances,
were bound To- make good Immediately
the default in the principal and interest
under tire mortgage, and that the bond
holders need not Just sell the building
and establish deficit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
TAX REFUND PUBLICITY
PLANS MADE BY MELLON
Secretary Prepared Proposals OF
Own Volition, Independent of
Presidents Instructions.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Mellon prepared the recent
proposals making public tax refunds OF
$4,000 or more Of his own volition and
without instructions from President
Hoover.
1t was learned today that the regu-
lations were drawn up by the Secretary
and submitted to the President for his
approval. 1t had been intimated IN
several published reports that president
Hoover caused the Secretary 10 TAKE
the action. This, 1t was learned, was
not fact ,or
AT the time that the executive order
making public the tax refunds was Is
sued, it was stated at the Treasury
that Mr.. Mellon had drawn up the
order. which went farther than re-
CURED under the deficiency appropria-
The bill required that all tax refunds
of $4,000 or more be made punic.
Secretary MELONS action made aVano
able to the public all refunds OF $2o'ooc
or more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
MarOOned Flood
Sufferers Signal
Thanks to Flyer
''Cod Bless YOU Spelled
In Rags After Plane
Drops Food.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. March 10
Discussing the attitude of the flood
victims of Alabama toward the pilots
of 10 Army planes who few food to
them, Maj. M. L. Weaver, commandment
Of the field, related yesterday how one
group of famished refugees thanked
the pilot who brought them food.
Zone of my pilots had been flying
over an Isolated farm house near Brew
ton for three days." Maj. Weaver said.
land each time he dropped them food
or clothing. Apparently several families
had congregated there because the
house was on hill and we'll above
water. Each time they waved to the
pilot until yesterday. He noted they
were running frantically about and
circled his plane to discover why.
white strips of cloth began form
ing letters. First big &c" and SO on.
In few minutes they spelled In old
white rags, God bless you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
LUNG" FOR SUBMARINE ESCAPES
TO BECOME NAVY EQUIPMENT
$500 Devices Will Be Made
for SubmersibIeS' Crews
and Officers.
Apparatus Successfully Un-
dergoes Tests in Deep
Water Off Florida.

AS the parachute has given the avia-
tor a chance for his life when his ma
chine goes out of commission in mid
air, SO now will sailors who go to sea
in submarines have chance when and
il their ships, disabled, sink to the bed
Of the ocean.
The Navy Department today an
nounced that the lung" the simple
oxygen bag which has stood every test
for submarine escape, will be made Off
cial equipment of the Nays submarine
within the next three months.
Some few simple structural changes
in the catches Of submarines will have
to be made, but in the main the lung"
as they now are built, Lieut.. c. b. Nom
sen, co-inventor of the apparatus,
stated at the Navy Department today.
Plans of the Navy Department as an
nounced provide for the immediate
manufacture of $500 of the devices and
the distribution of them so that there
will be two lungs" for each of the
$500 officers and men who comprise
the submarine personnel in the Navy.
700 Devices Being Made.
Seven hundred of the appliances,
which were first developed in the Wash
ngton Navy Yard, are being made now
and these will be distributed on the
Nays V-type submarines. Next they
will be installed on the S-type vessels.
of which there are As now In commits
sion, and then on the 20 R-type and
the 9 O-type ships.
In addition to the distribution Of two
lungs" to each man In the submarine
service, the Navy Department also
plans, 1t was announced, to provide
each ship with extra escape devices for
emergency use.
The lung" resembles the soldiers
gas mask, having a rubber oxygen con-
tainer to which is fitted a specially de-
signed mouthpiece which fits tightly
between the teeth and lips and pre-
vents the user from breathing in water
while using 1t in rising to the surface
from q disabled undersea craft.
The device was completed last Sum-
mer after about three years of eX-
perimentation at the Washington Navy
Yard. and received its first tests under
simulated conditions to a depth of 200
feet of water in the diving tank of the
Diving School at the yard.
Then it was taken by its inventors.
Lieut.. Momsen, Chief Gunner Clarence
l.. Tibbals and Frank M. Hobson, a
civil engineer in the Bureau Of Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
FLORIDA FEARS NEW MENACE.
Apalachicola Basin Flooding Rapidly as
Crests Move South.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 19 H).
with rescue work completed and the
task of caring for approximately 5000
refugees confronting the area OF North
west Florida from Caryville to Milton,
near Pensacola, fresh alarm has been
sounded in the rapidly flooding paSn
OF the Apalachicola River.
Half of the 800 residents OF River
Junction, where the Chattahoochee and
Flint Rivers reach the Apalachicola, al
ready have evacuated their homes,
which were flooded by 33-foot stage
In the river, to sections of the town
above overflow. Anxiety was expressed,
however, for many small communities
along the Apalachicola from River
Junction to its mouth.
The crest Of the swollen currents OF
the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers
still was moving from the north and
was not expected to reach River juno
ton before tomorrow.
Many houses were reported washed
away at Careyville. where the Choctaw-
hatchee River reached % feet.
State highway forces have sand
bagged the approaches TO the Victory
Bridge at River junction, the link in
the Old Spanish Trail.
Water poured over the rails Of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad trestle
across the Apalachicola River at River
Junction. The river was rising steadi-
ly and was expected to crest at above
SO feet. The normal stage OF the river
Is about 3 feet.
Water was receding rapidly from
Careyville to Pensacola.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
POLICEMAN SLAIN
IN GANG RUM FEUD
officer Riding With Brooklyn
Leader When Rivals Open
Fire on Car.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 19.-In gang
feud over control of liquor supply BUSH
ness, a policeman riding in the car of
Brooklyn gang leader was killed early
today. The leader engaged in gun
fight with members Of a rival gang.
Patrolman Daniel Maloney, % years
old. died on the way to Norwegian Hos
pital with a bullet near his heart.
Thomas Connell, 33 years old. who,
police said. was q friend OF Maloney's,
was shot in the leg. Harold Richard,
al, was shot in the shoulder.
Council, Richard and Charles Hig-
gins, % years old, said by police to be
the leader of the other gang, who was
captured near the scene OF the shoot
ing. were held for questioning.
Police Sergt. Charles McGarty re-
ported to his superiors that he shot
Maloney and Connell when he came
upon the gun fight and, believing 1t was
hold-up. opened fire.
After the shooting police found six
pistols in the street and two guns were
found on the body of Maloney, one of
them his service pistol.
Detectives said they learned that
Maloney, who was off duty for the day.
had spent 1t with Connell
The policeman and Connell. the de-
tectives said. met Higgins and two
companions in a saloon. Later, the two
parties left and drove to the Owls Head
Tavern, Bay Ridge. 1t was outside this
place that the shooting occurred.
Police and feud of several years
standing had existed between Higgins
and Connell over control of the liquor
trade In the Bay Ridge district.
Higgins has been arrested several
times on homicide and gun-carrying
charges. but there was no record Of his
ever having been convicted.
The three who were held for Ques-
ton all professed to know nothing oil
the shooting. Higgins. who was cap
tured running from the scene, said he
was seeking shelter from the bullets.
Council said he and Maloney were
talking when three men drove up and
| opened fire on them.
Higgins was arrested running away
| from the scene Of the shooting. He
with Paul Eckert, 40 years old, of 331s
Dorchester road, Baltimore, Md, and
Connell, later were charged with as
sault In the wounding of Richard, who
was released after questioning. Richard
said he was leaving the tavern when
] he was hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
FAILED TO SEE CARS,
DEATH PILOT SAYS
Jersey Crash Pilot Declares Efforts
Were Concentrated on
Clearing Wires.

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., March 19.-Lou
Foote. pilot Of the Colonial Always
sightseeing plane which crashed Sun
day with loss Of IA lives, today told
Newark police that all his efforts were
concentrated on clearing high-tension
wires ahead and that he did not see
the string Of freight cars against which
the craft hurled itself.
The statement was the first coherent
account gained from the sole survivor
OF the disaster. Foote. suffering from
fractured skull and numerous broken
bones, Is in a serious condition at st.
James Hospital. Authorities said he
has the hallucination that he made a
successful forced landing. The police
took the statement from him without
questioning. They had been warned
that he would die from shock II he
knew Of the death of his passengers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
TWO FISHING SITES,
ARE SELECTED FOR
USE OF PRESIDENT
Continued From First Page.)

in anticipation Of the presidential visit.
William E. Carson, chairman of the
Virginia Conservation Commission, al
ready has started plans for the Presi-
dents fishing expedition. which include
the building of the new road and the
fishing lodge.
The State and county and the Ma
tional Park Commission will share the
expense, which will be small. and the
Federal Government will not be re-
Quired to make any appropriation. It
IS now definitely established that Presi-
dent Hoover has absolutely no intention
OF either using Mount Weather, near
Bluemont, Va, which was selected by
President Coolidge for a presidential
rural retreat, or even spending any OF
the $4,000 appropriated by Congress at
Mr.. Coolidges request In putting Mount
weather In shape for occupancy by the
presidential family This place. aside
from the immediate scenery, is said to
hold out no attractions for Mr.. Hoover
as recreation spot. The nearest fish,
ing to 1t is in the waters of the Shenan-
doah River. more than 20 miles away.
Mr.. Hoover said today, while discus
sing his hobby for fishing, that he pre-
fers to live in a cabin or a tent rather
than in a mansion or well appointed
house when he goes on a fishing trip.
He likes to be close to nature and while
indulging himself in this manner, he
likes to be away from conventional
things and from servants. In view of
this, it Is expected, that when he goes
to fish in the head waters of the Rapi-
dan River. he will live in a small lodge
which will be simple and rustic in its
architecture and arrangements.
No Permanent Summer White House.
1t is also fairly well established that
Mr.. Hoover will not set up permanent
Summer White House this coming
Summer. He will remain in Washing
ton until the extra session of Congress
finishes its business. which may be as
late as July. after which he likely will
take trips to several sections of the
country. Although the President him
self has not made any statement, 1t is
generally accepted about the White
House that he will postpone visiting his
home at Palo Alto, Calf, until next
year.
While 1t is recognized that Mr..
Hoover derives his greatest pleasure
from fishing, there Is reason to feel that
he will use the presidential yacht
Mayfiower once in while, but not so
frequently as did his predecessor. It Is
thought by those who know Mr..
Hoover's characteristics, that when he
does go for a week end cruise aboard
the Mayflower that he will 60 fishing
from the yacht in small boats in the
lower Potomac and In the Chesapeake.
MANOR HOUSE BUILT IN 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
BYRD'S DOG TEAMS
READY FOR HUNT
OF 3 LOST IN ICE
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
of their silence, now of four days dura-
ton, and when the causes of that are
considered, We become more puzzled
than ever.
Capt. Sir Hubert wilkins announce
ment over WIS network on Sunday
of dinner next Christmas with Comdr.
Byrd at Little America met with promp.
response from Antarctica.
A wireless message was received about
two hours later at the New York Times
station, Manhattan, from Radio Oper-
ator Howard Mason of the Byrd expedi-
ton, which said that Sir Hubert's pro-
posal had been accepted in the name of
the expedition and that a penguin ley"
would be saved for him.
Sir Hubert's message was carried to
the receivers at Little America between
8:15 and 9:15 pm. by way of the short
wave broadcast of Station KDKA, Pitts
burgh, which was linked with the WIZ
network. The reply, picked up before
IL o'clock, was addressed to George A.
Wendt of the Canadian Westinghouse
Co., Montreal, for delivery to the
NINA OAllEldlc, dttQ Wdo dS AtllOWS
I'VE have couple OF hundred seals
for the Winter. We are eating seal
and whale now and like it.
I'VE are using a third-harmonic IT
antenna against the ground-I mean
the snow-and are getting an antenna
output of 1.6 amperes with an input
Of 400 mills on the tube plates. Pete
and I sleep right by the set. The
KohlerS gasoline electric generators
for transmitting power are about 20
feet away, out in the machine shop
It looks like a young NAA with our
three steel towers"
Station NAA is the naval transmit
ting station at Arlington, Va, near
Washington, D. c., the antenna system
of which is held hundreds of feet In
the air by three large steel towers.
Radio Operator Howard Mason was
at Point Barrow. Alaska, with Sir HUI
bert Wilkins before the season OF the
successful fight across the North Pole
to SpitZbergen. 1t was said that the
KDKA broadcast afforded to Mason the
first opportunity Of hearing Sir Hubert's
voice since they parted in Alaska.
"At the Collier hour today on KDKA
we heard Sir Hubert Wilkins tell us he
is coming down for Christmas dinner
Tell him we will save him a penguin
leg. We had two big penguins in a
pen here, but they got away.
+ I'VE have couple of hundred seals
for the Winter. We are eating seal
and whale now and like 1t.
ITO catch seals here we first chase
them up the trail so we don't have to
drag them so far"
-tcopyriEht by the New York, Times and
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch, All rights for
publication reserved throughout the vorld.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
MANOR HOUSE BUILT IN 1881.
Estate Has Many Historic Points, Al
Well as Providing Shorts.

FREDERICK, Md. March 10 [P.--
The Catoctin Manor estate, IL miles
from here. a portion of which was
bought today by Lawrence Richey, ex-
ecutive secretary to President Hoover,
not only provides fine fishing grounds,
but also has many historic associa-
tionS.
The property was owned by Thomas
johnson, first Governor of Maryland,
and the manor house. which is not in
cluded In the portion sold to Mr..
Richey, was built in 1871, for his home
Old iron furnaces, used during the
Revolutionary War to furnish cannon
balls and other munitions, still stand
nearby. t
Through Mr.. Richey's land runs
Hunting Greek, described as zone Of the
finest trout streams within 1000 miles
of Washington" and several smaller
streams and it was reported here that
several cottages were planned, to-
gether with dams In the stream and
additional stocks of trout.
The tract is So miles from Washing
ton, near the highway between Fred
erick and Gettysburg. Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
IOWA'S OUTLOOK IS BLEAK.
Rivers Continue Destruction, With
Seant Hope for Relief.


DIES MONIES, Iowa, March 10 Dr.
Iowa streams, swollen to record proper
tions by Spring thaws, continued their
destructive courses yesterday, with little
hope of relief in prospect.
At Cedar Rapids the rampaging Cedar
River submerged streets In the lowland
section, forced numerous industrial
plants to close and scores of families to
abandon their homes.
A levee five miles below Wapello on
the Iowa River broke and 5000 acres
of land in the district faced inundation.
All levees were being patrolled
Keokuk watched the swelling of
waters In the Mississippi with apprehen-
sion. Predictions were that stage of
between 10 and 1875 feet would be
reached soon.
Day and night patrols were being
maintained at the big Egyptian levee at
Alexandria, Mo.
Waterloo. which before Sunday had
faced the most serious condition. started
its work of rehabilitation. A check of
property loss indicated damage at more
,, than half million dollars.
Herman Miller, chairman of the
Waterloo Red Cross. said 5000 persons
had been forced to abandon 800 homes
by the high water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19

struction and Repair of the Navy De-
partment, to the deepest hole in the
Potomac River, just off the naval prov
ing grounds at Dahlgren. There 1t was
tested by Lieut. Momsen and corps of
Navy divers to depth OF ITO feet,
with the use of a specially designed
diving lock resembling as near as pos
sible the escape matches of the sub
marines of the Navy.
Later the device was taken to Chesa-
peake Bay, where Lieut.. Momsen and
his diving assistants tested the device
by rising from the bed of the bay 155
feet down.
Tests in Florida.
From there the "lung" was taken to
Florida aboard the reclaimed submarine
S-4, which was used as test vessel for
various submarine escape and salvage
devices. In the waters off Key West
Lieut.. Momsen and Navy divers escaped
from the S-4 matches when the vessel
was resting on the bed of the sea 200
feet down.
These tests were all made without any
serious effect upon the physical condi-
tons Of the men making them, despite
the extreme danger of the tremendous
pressures encountered in the deep
waters in which the device was used.
The Jung is donned by the man es-
Gaping from an undersea vessel, the bag
is filled from a tube attached to an
oxygen tank and then the man enters
an escape hatch. His entrance to the
escape hatch is then closed off from
the submarine, the hatch is flooded and
a buoy, to which is attached a long line
also attached at the ship end is released.
Slipping out of the hatch. breathing the
pure oxygen in the auxiliary lung with
which he has fitted himself, the escap-
ing man lets himself Slowly up the buoy
line to the surface, taking the ascent
slowly to avoid serious consequences
from too rapid change of pressure. On
the surface the lung" will keep a man
afioat indefinitely, as will also the buoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
RED CROSS REDoUBLEs EFFORTS.
Emergency Forces Increased as Work
ers Warn People of Danger.

ers Warn People of Danger.
The Red Cross, in its effort to pre-
vent further loss of life and suffering
in flood-stricken Southern areas, last
night increased emergency relief forces
and supplies conferred at Montgomery,
Ala, and moved to prevent disaster in
Florida, through its headquarters in
Washington.
Edward H. Gavin was ordered to pro-
coed down the Apalachicola River in
Florida, in launch loaned by the War
Department, to warn residents Of
bordering counties OF the approaching
flood crest.
Gavin left Bainsbridge, Ga, on the
Flint River. to journey to the point
at the Florida border where this
stream converges with the Chatta-
hoochee River to form the Apalachi-
cola, and thence into Florida.
Another Red Cross worker, Charles
Smith, was ordered to travel by boat
down the Chattahoochee River in
Georgia, to see that local chapters and
| volunteer committees were fully
supplied and ready to care for emery
ency needs.
The Coast Guard has ordered all
vessels In the vicinity of the stricken
districts to remain at the call Of Red
Cross workers.
Red Cross officials were in almost
constant communication with relief
workers in and around Montgomery.
The most serious condition In Ala
bama, 1t was reported, is at Geneva.
where, 1t was said airplanes continued
to drop food, clothes and medical
supplies In response to urgent signals
| from stranded refugees.