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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
MAN WITH PETITION
TO PRESIDENT DIES
Expires on Train on Way Here
With Request for Haiti
Appointment.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, December 1.-THE
body OF colored man, whose name was
gathered from papers in his possession
as F.. w. Williams of Washington, died
on train between Greensboro, N. c.,
and Danville today. A ticket to WASH
ington was found in his possession.
A petition addressed to President
Hoover asking that he be appointed
Minister TO Haiti, which was substan-
tally Endorsed, also was found on him.
Death was due to natural causes, the
coroner said. Other papers showed
That his address in Washington was
known here. The local authorities are
trying to locate his relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
MARINE ACTIVITIES
PROBE IS PROPOSED
Peoples Lobby Leader Asks Quiz
Of Labor Union Suppress
sion Charges.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Prof. John Dewey, president of the
Peoples Lobby, has announced that the
organization will seek an investigation
by the Secretary of State into charges
that the Marines have been used in
Nicaragua Ito prevent organizations of
labor unions"
Contending "the use of United States
Marines in Nicaragua to prevent or
ganiZation of labor unions is a logical
sequence to the illegal use of those Ma
rineS to make Nicaragua safe for Ameri-
can exploitation" Prof. Dewey said the
recent deportation from there of labor
organizer by United States Marines
had served the useful purpose of max
ing the object of American intervention
clear to all Central and South American
countries"
Saloman de la Selva, the labor organ
izer to whom Dewey referred, was de-
ported for alleged completely In a plot
to assassinate the President of Mica
ragua.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
MISSIONARY is FREED.
Chinese Bandits Release Rev,
Matthias Kreutzin of Cincinnati.

Rev. Matthias Kreutzin, Franciscan
Father who was captured by Chinese
bandits early last month, has been re-
leased
general at HankoW. notified the State
Department today that Krcutzin, whose
home is at Cincinnati, now is safe at
Tayeh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
WILL TEST NEW PLANE.

Flight tests of a new type of twin
engined cabin monoplane, known as the
Curtis KingfiSher. built to accommodate
pilot and six passengers, will be made
at the Anacostia Naval Air Station this
week. The plane also will be demon
strated to officials of the War, Navy and
Commerce Departments.
The plane arrived here yesterday eve
ming from Roosevelt Field, N. Y. 1t
was flown down by H. j. White. The
plane may be powered with either Chal-
lenger or Whirlwind engines, giving a
total of approximately $50 horsepower
It has a span of So feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
Rar Meeting Deferred.

The meeting of the Federal Bar As
ISOLATION which was scheduled to take
Mace tonight at the United States
Chsmber of Commerce Building, has
heen nostponed, it as announced today
hv w M Morell of the executive COM
n,,ttee The meeting will take place
December 10, at the same place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
SLIPS ON ICE, is HURT.
Mrs. Lena M. Brooks May Have
Fractured Back.

Mrs Lena M. Brooks, 40 years old,
Of 1914 Twenty-second street, sustained
possibly fractured back today when
she slipped on the sidewalk at the cor
ner of Seventeenth and @ streets She
was taken to the Emergency Hospital in
an ambulance and treated by DR.. I.
Rutkoski. Her condition is undeter-
mined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02

whether or not any person can be held
criminally responsible. It is the duty
of the coroner to fix such responsibility
II 1t is found to exist.
All of the persons killed died after
the explosion in Emergency Hospital
OF the tWenty-odd who were injured.
all but Ave have recovered sufficiently
to be discharged from hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
SCHEDULE is DRAWN UP
FOR PLAY TOURNAMENT
Preliminaries in Fourth Annual
Competition Are Slated for jan
uary 90 to February S.

The fourth annual District of Column
bia one-act play tournament, held each
year under auspices of the Community
Drama Guild of Washington, will be
held the first two months next year,
1t has been announced. Preliminaries
are scheduled to take place between
January % and February at Columbia
Heights and East Washington Com
munity Centers. The finals will be
held at Mckinley Auditorium, Febru-
airy z.
The tournament is open to any adult
dramatic group In the District and
the metropolitan area of Maryland and
Arlington County, Va, that has been
recognized as an organization through
public performance In the past year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
New Mexican Ambassador.

BY Gable to The Star.
GUATEMALA CITY, December a.
Gen. Eduardo May has been appointed
new Mexican Ambassador to Guate-
mala, the foreign once has announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
Boil Eggs by Traffic Lights.

KINGSTON, N. Y. Decemher .
(H1 Household hint from Kinoe,o,,
housewives: Intervals of trafic signai
lights mark the proper period of i'm.
mersion for sott-boiled eggs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
Inaugurates New Bank.

BY Cable to The Star.
GUATEMALA CITY, December o.
A new state agricultural bank is TO be
inaugurated here next January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
FORTY-TWO NURSES
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Army School Class Is Grad
uated at Walter Reed
Hospital.

Forty-two members of the 1929 class
of the Army School for Nursing re-
ceived their diplomas at Walter Reed
Hospital before an assembly of grad
uate nurses, officers, relatives n
friends yesterday afternoon The eXer-
cises were held in the formal gardens
and each of the white -uniformed grad
yates, from % States and the Philip
pines, stepped forward amid an out
burst of applause.
The presentation of the Rea medal
by Mrs. Henry r. Rea of Pittsburgh to
Miss Malvina Mary GrieveS for show
ing "the greatest natural aptitude for
her work, not only from the lessons
learned from books, but also for hu-
man understanding, cheerfulness and
optimism. which are found everywhere
during time of stress, but are much
harder now without the eXultation and
excitement of war;" received a pro-
longed ovation. The medal, which
carries with it $500, is made each year
to a graduating nurse on a proficiency
basis.
Other honor graduates were Ruth
Helen Austin, Helen Mary Baier, Dor
othy Dana Darby, Vera Dean Dark,
Alice Margaret Haughwout, Alma Louise
odhOhbChs AVAIL Eh6AtCS OoAlIfiltCs
Lila Olson. Mary Genevieve Phillips,
Claire Elizabeth Pouchee and Nora Lee
Williams. il.
The exercises were opened by an in
vocation by Chaplain Alfred C. Oliver,
jr., of Walter Reed. Col. Francis A.
Winter, u. S. A., retired, delivered the
address. paying a high tribute to Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the
American Red Cross, and urging the
new graduates to enter Army service,
as furnishing one Of the best fields for
their profession.
The formal presentation of the diplo-
mas was made by Brig. Gen. James M.
Kennedy. head of Walter Reed, while
Maj. Julia c.. Stimson, dean of the
Army School of Nursing, presided.
Maj. Stimson also made a few intro
ductory remarks. The closing benedic-
ton was pronounced by Rev. B. F. Nc
Geary, Catholic chaplain of the hos
pital.
The United States Third Cavalry
Band from Fort Myer, Va, was present,
under the leadership of Louis S. Vas
sci, and rendered several selections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
STUDENTS SEIZE
ALLEGED BURGLAR
Paiama- Clad G. w. U. Boys,
Armed With Rackets aIld
Bats, Take Suspect

Armed with tennis rackets and base
bail bats and clad in pajamas, a half
dozen students of George Washington
University captured an alleged bur-
glar early this morning after an ex-
citing chase which got under way at
their fraternity house, 1907 MasSachu-
sets avenue, and ended in front OF
Secretary Melons residence at Eight
zenith and Massachusetts, venue
The alleged intruder was heard
moving about on a lower floor by a,
medical student. Charles Flick, %
years old. who was burning midnight
oil over his studies in his o on the
third floor. Flick quietly aroused
other occupants Of the Acacia Fra:
ternity House and together they went
down the steps.
The stranger must have sensed that
other occupants were awake because he
tip-toed to the rear of the house and
descended the steps that led to a side
door. At the threshold the man BROKE
into a sprint and his pursuers followed.
The colored man was booked at h
third precinct on a charge of inves-
tigation after the students had tele-
phoned police. He gave his name as
William Thornton, SO, of the 1900 block
OF V street.
The students said they had missed
nothing from the premises today. al
though the fraternity house has been
visited several times within the past
few months by a sneak thief who made
off with jewelry and loose change and
miscellap sous clothing.
The n al is thought to have entered
through an open window on the ground
floor.
The a-tual capture of Thornton was
credited to Charley Riddle, "a years
old. He outdistanccd his companions,
although they we're on hand to help
subdue y]le man soon after he was
caught.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
TWO MEN AT BALL GAME
CHARGED WITH BETTING
Visitors in City Arraigned in
Court, but Released Upon Making
Satisfactory Explanation.

A trip to Washington to see a base
ball game ended in the arrest of the
two visitors and their later release, after
Judge Gus A. Schuldt dismissed a
charge of betting when they appeared
in Police Court yesterday.
Detective w. r. Latin of the eighth
precinct was attending the game in his
official capacity. He observed money
pass between George Wendell and Nor
ris Captain, who claimed they were Bal
timore merchants, and suspecting that
they were betting on the outcome of the
game the officer took them into custody.
They were each required to post $50
collateral for their appearance in Police
Court.
The defendants informed Judge Gus
A. Schuldt that one of them paid the
admission fee for both, and the other
was returning the money when Latin
arrested them.
Diminishing the charge, the court re-
marked that it WIS not probable that
any one would bet on The outcome of a
Washington-New York base ball game,
considering the past history Of each
team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
WOMEN ENDORSE
POTOMAC PROJECT
Pass Resolution Favoring Preserva-
ton of Scenery and Proposed
Washington Parkway.

A resolution indorsing Legislation to
preserve the scenery along the Potomac
in the Capital area was passed by the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
meeting in Swampscott, Mass. yester-
day. The resolution was offered by
Mrs. Charles Cyrus Marshall Of New
York City.
The resolution reads: whereas. the
preservation of the scenery along the
Potomac River in the environs of the
National Capital at Washington, Is of
great Importance to the people of the
United States, because of the unique
scenic beauty and historic interest of
this region: and whereas, legislation
has been proposed, providing for the
establishment of the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway along the Po-
tomac River, from Mount Vernon and
Fort Washington to Great Falls, and
for the acquisition of lands requisite
to the parkway and playground system
of the National Capital: therefore be
it resolved, that the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs Endorses the
principle of such legislation" >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
HOTE. GREETERS MEET
FOR ANNUAL ELECTION
Hugh =. Neason Named to Head
organ1zation-Local Men Plan
to Attend National Convention.

Meeting last night at Colonial Hotel,
the Washington Chapter, No. 81, Hotel
Greeters of America, elected the fol-
lowing officers: Hugh F.. Neason. chief
clerk o. the Mayf1ower, president:
Weston g. Jones, treasurer of the Will
lard. first vice president: Russell F.
Donnelly of the Mayflower, second vice
president: Doll N. Zirkle, manager of
the George Mason Hotel of Alexandria,
Va. secretary; Steuart Bingham. au-
dito- at the Annapolis, treasurer; Ches-
ter Brown, sergeant-at-arms. Aaron J..
Fritz. manager of the McReynolds
Apartment Hotel; William P. Duff,
manager of Meridian Mansions: Charles
P. Gay. manager of the Fairfax; j.
Boyd Henri, general manager H. C.
Maddux Hotel Properties, including the
Fairfax Chain, and Robert d. Mills,
assistant manager of the Continental.
were elected to the board of governors.
A group of local hotel men plan to
attend the national convention to be
held in Detroit, Mich. Fin route they
will be the guests Of the Pittsburgh
hotel men at a dinner dance at the
William Penn Hotel on June 10. Milf
fin Blackstone, formerly assistant
manager of the Hamilton Hotel, but
o manager of the Fairfax Hotel of
Pittsburgh, will be in charge Of the
affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
BROTHERS HELD
UNDER DRY LAW
Dennis and Leonard BeatIey
Arrested After
Search.

Two brothers were arrested last night
by Sergt. George M. Little and members
of his liquor squad at First and 4 streets
when a search of their al reputedly
disclosed "a quarts of corn liquor. They
registered as Dennis r. Beatley, %
years, and Leonard w. Beatley, 20 years
old, living in the 900 block of New York
avenue.
Sergt. Little and Pvts. Leo Murray, T.
O. Montgomery and George c. Deyoe,
members of the squad, had stopped the
Beatley car on the road several times
and searched it, but without result.
Shortly before 9 o'clock last night
they sighted the car, and concluded
they would give it another "once over"
Going to a garage in rear OF a o
in the 900 block of New Jersey avenue,
Sergt. Little and his squad found 1853
quarts of corn liquor. There was nobody
in the garage and no arrest was made.
Police think the liquor belonged to one
of the more prominent bootleggers.
Harry Yudelevit, % years old, giving
his address as the National Hotel, was
arrested at Tenth and @ streets last
night by members of the liquor squad
on charges of manufacturing and Illegal
possession of liquor.
Yudelevit is alleged to be responsible
fer the setting up Of a still and manu-
facture of liquor in a house on Missouri
avenue shortly before the Christmas
holidays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
OFFICERS SLAYER
PLEADS GUILTY
Victims Appeal Influenced
Reduction of Murder
Charge.

The dying wish Of Policeman John F.
McAuliffe, "a years old, that his slayer,
Samuel Jenkins, 43, should not be pros
ecuted, played some part in the de-
cision of United States Attorney Leo
A. Rover to accept a plea of second-de-
gree murder from jenkins yesterday.
The plea carries a penalty of not less
than 30 years in the penitentiary.
Jenkins had been indicted for murder
in the first degree for causing the death
of the policeman, who had been called
by neighbors to quiet jenkins when
the latter was in a drunken fit at his
home. 1918 Thirty-fourth street. Jen-
kins fired through the window and, aft
er striking the policeman, turned the
pistol on himself. Both were in the
hospital at the same time.
McAuliffe pleaded with his mother
just before his death. saying, He shot
me and then shot himself. He didn't
know what he was doing. They must
not prosecute him. Promise me YOU
won't let them do it,"
Jenkins was arraigned yesterday be-
fore Chief Justice Mccoy in Criminal
Division l and entered the plea of gull
ty to second degree. He was remanded
to Jail to await sentence. Attorney
William E. Leahy appeared for the pris.
oner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
Grant Invites Bids on Work
at Parkway Approach to
Memorial Bridge Plaza.
STONE TO BE WHITE,
LIKE THAT Of SPAN
Construction of This Glass Will Be
Complete at Washington
Terminus Under Project.

Granite for the water gate at the
parkway approach to Arlington Memo
rial Bridge plaza, near the Lincoln
Memorial, was called for today in in
vitation for bids by Lieut.. Col. U. S.
Grant, Sd, executive officer of the Ar
lington Memorial Bridge Commission.
This contract is expected to entail an
expenditure by the Government ap-
proximating s4Oo, 600. Construction for
the foundation of the water gate and
parkway approach started a few DAYS
ago by the Grier-Lowrance Co. of
S~tatesville, N. c., as the first step In a
program that will cost Uncle Sam some
81 SOC, 600. Bids for the granite will be
opened June &c.
Bridge Plaza Facing.
This granite, which must be white
to match Arlington Memorial Bridge
itself, will be facing for the bridge
plaza and the approach structures at
the Washington end of the famous
bridge. The contract will call for de-
livery of the granite here and when
finished will complete all the granite
needed for construction at the WASH
ington terminus of the bridge. Con-
TRACTS LOT more granite III conjunction
with the Columbia Island and Virginia
features of the bridge will be called for
at a later date.
The granite now being sought will
be used for the sea wall at the foot of
the water gate, a large amount of
dredging being required to bring the
shore line back to give a view over the
water of the Washington terminus of
Arlington Memorial Bridge, when viewed
from the parkway approach. The
granite will likewise be used for the
lower steps leading from the low-level
driveway to the sea wall platform and
for the main steps leading from the
main plaza level to the low-level drive
way and the parkway approach and
underpass which is TO connect the end
of the Rock Greek and Potomac park
way with the Arlington Memorial Bridge
plaza. The parkway approach and the
underpaSs will be about 1000 feet long,
leading from the vicinity Of Twenty
sixth and B streets on a gradual rise.
Notified of Contract.
Maj. J. c. Mehaffey, assistant execu-
tive officer of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge Commission, today notified
Neumann & Even of New York, that it
had been awarded the contract for a
model for carving a rosette on the
pylons that will be one of the features
of the bridge. The model is to be sent
to Mount Airy, N. c., from which some
of the granite for the bridge is being
secured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
PATRICK ELECTED
NEW CHAIRMAN Of
u UTILITIES BOARD
Chosen by Commission After
Taking Oath of
Office.
GROUP REORGANIZED
j,s AT EXECUTIVE SESSION
Representatives of Corporations
Witness Inauguration
Of General.

Mai. Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick. U. s. A.,
retired. former chief of the Army Air
Corps, took the oath Of Office as a men,
Der of the Public Utilities Commission
to succeed Chairman John w. Childress,
resigned, at a brief ceremony at the
District Building today. The person.
mel of the commission is now complete.
comprising Gen. Patrick, Harleigh H.
Hartman, who was sworn in yesterday
TO succeed Lieut.. Col. Harrison Brand.
tr., and Engineer Commissioner William
3. Ladue, ex-officio.
Immediately after the swearing in
ceremony. at which the oath was adj
ministered by Frank E. Cunningham,
clerk of the District Supreme Court.
the commission went into executive SEES
sion to organize, Later it was an
nounced that Gen. Patrick had been
elected chairman Of the new commits
sion and Mr.. Hartman vice-chairman.
Although no representatives of the
public utility corporations who have
most contact with the Public Utilities
Commission were present at the cere-
monies yesterday when Mr.. Hartman
took the oath, they were all we'll repre-
scented today. except for the Capital
Traction Co.
III IN NOAlSiobd-
lated Maj. Gen. Patrick on his appoint
ment, were Ord Preston, president of
the Washington Gas Light Co.; George
Neale. vice president of the Washing
ton Railway e. Electric and Potomac
Electric Power Cos; E.. D. Merrill,
president of the Washington Rapid
Transit Co., and Dozier De Vane, coun-
sci; C. T. Claggett, commercial service
representative; r. v. Russell, general
commercial manager, and HanSe Ham
ilton. general manager, all of the Ches-
apeake& Potomac Telephone Co.
Proctor l.. Dougherty, president of
the board of Commissioners; Peoples
Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty and en-
ployes of the commission were present
as the veteran Army engineer took the
oath of Office. The first regular meet
ing of the newly constituted commission
will be held at 10 am. Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
BIDS ARE SOUGHT
TO RAZE BUILDINGS
II Temporary Structures Near
Station to Be Re-
moved.

Another step towards wiping out the
temporary war-work buildings that
have disfgured the front yard of the
Capital City between the Capitol and
Union Station. and which have been
known as 1.-THE Government Hotels"
and occupied by women employees OF
the Government, was taken today when
David Lynn, architect of the Capitol.
invited bids from a number of wreck
ing concerns for demolishing half of
these structures
They are invited to bid on removing
IA of the % buildings, the work to start
July |. These first IA are north of the
Capitol grounds and south of G street.
between New Jersey avenue n Della
ware avenue.
The temporary buildings are to be
removed to make way for the new ave-
nue. to be constructed from Union
Station to Pennsylvania avenue at Sec
ond street, and for the ~landscaping OF
the area between the station and the
Capitol, with a relocation of street car
tracks and an underground garage at
the Senate Office Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
COOLER WEATHER Is DUE
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
Downtown Record for Year Set
Yesterday Afternoon With
90 Degrees.

The arrival of a high-pressure area
from the Arctic region today promised
to keep the temperature down to a
maximum of IS degrees and from all
indications the weather tonight and to-
morrow will be even cooler. The weather
will be generally fair. according to a
Weather Bureau report.
A downtown record for the year of
80 degrees was SET yesterday afternoon.
although the maximum official tenn
perature recorded at the Weather Bu-
reau was 92.2 degrees. Approximately
1000 employees of the Bureau Of Gus
toms and Prohibition we're excused from
work at 2:30 O'Clock yesterday after
noon when the heat became unoearable
in the temporary building at Seventh
and B streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
SAILOR FACES CHARGES.

Accused of sending money to a minor
girl to enable her to ONE to New
York to visit him, Thomas E. Robert
son, a sailor in the Coast Guard, faces
a charge of violating the Mann act.
filed by Government prosecutors.
In the charge it is said that the
sailor formerly roomed at a home mere.
and when he was transferred to New
York he sent for his landlady's 14-year-
old daughter.
The girl went to New York and is
now confined in an institution there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
DETECTIVES GUARD HOME
OF HOOVER IN PALO ALTO
Action by Police Force Is Nee
essary to Halt Depredations of
Souvenir Hunters.

o,othas nolica .ro,,nd ~ 49, -
President Hoover in Palo Alto, Calf,
to ave it from depredations of SOU
venir hunters.
Word was received at the White
House recently that shrubbcry and
rosebushes. as we'll as parts of the
house, were being taken away by Wis
itors, and as a result private detectives
were employed to guard the grounds.
The Hoover home, which is not in
closed. is located on the campus of
Stanford University and has become a
very popular s~howplace since Mr.. Hoo
ver's election.