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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
ADDITIONAL OFFICE
BUILDING SITE SOON
TO Be MADE READY
Will Furnish More Space for
House Members Now in
Single Rooms.
AWARD OF CONTRACT
AWAITS COMMISSION
New Structure Expected to I'm
prove Area Adjacent to
Capitol Grounds.

/ Another step in the program Of
improvements which the Federal Gov
eminent plans to carry out in the area
surrounding the Capitol Building will
be taken in the near future, when
David Lynn, architect of the Capitol,
begins to clear of a part Of the site
for the new House Once Building.
The new House Once structure is
to be erected on the square from New
Jersey avenue to South Capitol. B TO
C streets. The architects office has
obtained bids for the tearing down of
the Butler Building at New Jersey
structure, heretofore occupied by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey. These two
buildings were already the property Of
the Government and their demolition
will mark beginning on the House
once project. The awarding Of con-
tract for the clearing Of this one cor
ner of the site will await a meeting
of the House once Building commits
sion.
Arrange Hotel Purchase.
The Government also has completed
negotiations for purchase Of the Con-
gress Hall Hotel, which occupies an
other part o. the site for the new
House ONCE Building, on New Jersey
avenue. According to Architect Lynn.
arrangements have been made where
by the Government will be given pos
session of this part Of the site October
/. There is other property in the
square remaining to be acquired by
the Government. Mr.. Lynn said.
The need for an additional Office
building for members Of the House has
been under discussion for a number of
years. The last Congress authorized an
adjoining structure and made an initial
appropriation to acquire the site and
make a start on the project. The site
for the new building Is just west OF the
existing ONCE building and will be con-
nected with 1t by paSsageways under the
street. The new structure will relieve
crowded conditions in the present
building. In the existing ONCE build
ing Representatives who are not chair
men Of committees have only one room
each.
Will Improve Frontage.
The new House Building will serve to
improve the south frontage of the Capt.
toll Just as the proposed Union Station
plaza parkway will improve the north
frontage.
It is also the hope Of Capitol officials
that when Congress resumes its session
It will include in the next deficiency bill
some funds toward construction Of the
United States Supreme Court Building,
which will be a striking architectural
improvement on the east frontage of
the Capitol. The Supreme Court site,
bounded by East Capitol street, Mary
land avenue, First and Second streets,
has been acquired.
Still another improvement in this
vicinity. which is only awaiting acquisi-
ton Of additional land, is the relocation
and extension of the Botanic Gardens,
which will take in the area between
Maryland avenue and Canal street,
First and Second streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Odd Caches Reveal Coins and
Currency Bringing Total
Near to $1,000.
TWO ROOMS REMAIN
YET TO BE SEARCHED
Miss Blanche Magruder's Home
Entered Upon Order of
Court to Receiver.

Barred and locked and placed under
the watchful eyes Of the police, George
towns ancient mystery" house. whose
musty and spooky interior has disgorged
approximately $4,000 of an inestimable
hoard hidden by its aged and eccentric
owner, will remain deserted over the
week end, save for the rats and mice
that have built their nests amid its
wealth-strewn contents.
Tomorrow the ramshackle. trash
laden old Thirty dwelling,
long the home of Miss Blanche Ma
gruder. bedridden spinster now at the
District poor farm, will become the scene
again OF thrilling treasure hunt by at
torneys and receivers appointed by the
court.
$1,1O0 More Found.
Yesterday the searchers, aided by a
force of colored laborers. uncovered
about 81 100 in old bills and coins Sc
GREETED in strange hiding places about
the two-story frame shack. swelling the
total Of money so far recovered TO q
figure in the neighborhood of $4,000.
So interested have the treasure seek
ers become in their curious court assign
ment that but little time is taken to
count the money as it is found in yell
lowed envelopes, rusty tin cans. rag
bundles and other caches. The money,
as it is recovered, is sent to the Potomac
Savings Bank, where tellers separate
the crumbling bills and tabulate the
coins. The money is being preserved for
later examination, as 1t is thought some
OF it may be worth more than its face
value to collectors.
The quest will be resumed tomorrow
morning by the receivers. Mrs. Marie
Clark, a niece of Miss Magruder. and
w. B. Wright, assisted by A. K. Shipe,
attorney for relatives who petitioned
the court for the search.
Hidden in Rubbish.
Yesterdays booty was found in cof-
fee cans on the first floor and in en-
velopes and clothing bundles found
under great piles of moth-eaten rags,
papers and other trash on the second
floor. Two upstairs bedrooms remain
to be searched. Each contains a con-
fusion Of rubbish that must be rum
mayed through painstakingly.
Even the most worthless looking roll
OF frayed rags may prove to be the
hiding place Of punches of bank notes.
or the most uninteresting old can a
bank" for handfuls of coins bearing
dates as far back as the Sos The
investigators have found it doesn't pay
to overlook the least promising item.
The hunt will continue undated
until every article in the place has
been examined and every nook and
crevice probed, Mr.. Shipe declared last
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
.HAAG PRISONER
AS WIFE IMPROVES
Shooting on Thirteenth St.
Described by Wounded
Man.

With his bullet-wounded wife re-
ported in an improved" condition last
night at Casualty Hospital, Augustus
Haag ~ years old. Of Hyattsville, Md
remained in a cell at the ninth precinct
station for investigation in connection
with the shooting
II was stated at the precinct station
that no charge would be placed against
Haag pending the outcome of his wife's
injuries. In the meantime he must re-
main locked up. without bail.
The wife, Mrs Irene Hutchinson
Haag. was operated on yesterday by DR.
Jimal of the Casualty staff, who re-
moved from her head a bullet that had
fractured her skull.
Mrs. Haag is said to have received a
bullet intended for Thomas Taylor. 39
years old. whom her estranged husband
found with her in an apartment house
in the 400 block Of Thirteenth street
Friday night.
Taylor. himself grazed by bullet
fired at close range, accused Haag Of the
shooting, when seen at the hospital yes
terday. He declared the first shot was
fired when his back was turned, and
that Mrs. Haag apparently had been
struck by the bullet when she jumped
between her husband and Taylor. He
believes he owes his life to her act.
Taylor asserted he struggled with
Haag to get possession of the pistol
and that a second bullet grazed his
forehead. The trigger was pulled
again with muzzle close to his head,
he declared. but the shell failed to
explode. Then. he said. he succeeded
In getting the gun and fired shot at
Haag as he jumped through window.
Haag was arrested early yesterday
by Acting Sergt. John Sirola of the
ninth precinct. after an all-night search
which had extended to Hyattsville.
Police say Haag was caught while
climbing over a shed in the rear of
house on Sixteenth street northeast.
According to the police, Haag shot
his wife in the leg more than three
years ago as she sat on the porch of
her mothers home in Cottage City,
Md. The couple is said to have had
domestic troubles over period of years.
Friday nights shooting occurred
after Haag had met Mrs. Haag and
Taylor as they returned to the apart
ment house from movie. Taylor de-
clared Haag asked his wife for permis-
sion to sleep in her apartment as he
was out of work She refused. he said,
but gave him 50 and then told him to
go. When Haag refused to leave. Tay-
lor entered the room and urged Mrs.
Haag to stand on her rights" The
shooting followed.
An unusual development in the case
was the appearance at the hospital
yesterday of Taylor's divorced wife,
Mrs. Catherine Neugebauer, who Of
fered to care for Mrs. Haags Agar
old and 6-month-old boys at her home,
214 Eleventh street northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
3 WASHINGTONIANS
HURT IN COLLISION
Cars Driven by Mrs. r. B. Donald
and Ralph Krause Crash
Near Accotink.

Three Washington people sustained
minor injuries last night when q ma
chine driven by Mrs. Richard B. Dom
aid Of 420 F street northeast, struck
another operated by Ralph Krause Of
618 Allison street. in a nead-on CO..
lision one mile south of Accotink, on
the mond-Washington Highway.
Krause sustained a cut on his head
and was taken to the Fort Humphreys
Hospital. where seven stitches were
taken to close the wound. while Mr.,
and Mrs. Donald were cut md bruised
about the face and head and were
taken to the Alexandria Hospital,
where they were treated by DR.. i. A.
Amos.
Two other Washingtonians, James
Emmett Moore of 20 Rhode Island
avenue and Eugene Daley Of 10 Rhode
Island avenue northeast, who were
riding in the machine driven by
Krause. escaped without injury.
According to the story told f'airfax
police, Krause was driving south when
machine parked along the roadside
without lights. suddenly loomed in his
path. Krause swerved his ear to the
left to avoid striking the parked auto
mobile and crashed into the machine
driven by Mrs. Donald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
SEVEN ARRESTED
IN SERIES OF RAIDS
Police of Vice Squad Charge
Defendants With Posses
sion of Liquor.

Seven persons were arrested and
nearly 100 quarts Of alleged whisky
was seized in a series of raids con-
Quoted by members of Sergt. o. j. Let
termanns vice squad and police of
The third precinct late yesterday.
Cecil Thompson. 80 years old. COL
ored, was arrested on charges of sale
and possession of liquor when Detec-
tives j. A. Mostyn and Richard Cox
of Sergt Lettermann's squad raided
his house at 1853 Willard street
Police said they found 80 quarts Of
alleged corn whisky concealed in trap
door in a room in the rear OF the
house.
Possession Charged.
A raiding squad led by Detectives
Spottswood Gravelly and r. F. Nc
Carthy of the third precinct arrested
and held him on alleged possession of
so quarts of alleged corn whisky.
Police said they found the supposed
liquor at the home Of Saunders in the
500 block of Twenty-third street.
Bertha Brown, 18 years old. colored.
was arrested by the same raidlng par
ties from the third precinct when the
policemen said they found two quarts
of alleged whisky in her home at Alex
ander court. she was hel0 at the tnlrQ
precinct station house on charge OF
illegal possession of liquor.
Samuel Holden. "a years old. of Falls
Church. Va. and his alleged companion.
Owen T. Whiting. both colored, the
latter of the 1900 block of Twenty
third street. were arrested by police
of the third precinct at the Twenty
third street address on charges Of L.
legal possession Of liquor and permit
ting gaming.
Find Several Quarts.
Police said that several quarts Of al
legged whisky were found and dice
game was in progress at the Twenty
third street house.
Police from the third precinct ar
rested Clarence Schwartz. % years old,
at his home in the $500 block OF K
street where they said they found two
quarts of alleged whisky. He was held
at the third precinct on charges OF
illegal possession of liquor.
Patrick James Jackson. % years old,
was arrested at his home in the 1900
block of L street where police OF the
third precinct said eight quarts OF al
legged corn whisky was discovered con-
cealed in a shed in the back yard OF
the house.
He was held at the third precinct
on charges of illegal sale and possess
sion of liquor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
FIREMEN OF FAIRFAX
WILL HOLD CARNIVAL
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FAIRFAX, Va, August 24.-The
Volunteer Firemen of Fairfax will stage
a carnival next Thursday. Friday and
Saturday nights to raise money to meet
the next payment on their new engine.
The carnival on the fairgrounds last
Spring, managed by an outside COM
pany did not prove success. and this
carnival will be conducted entirely by
the members Of the local department.
1t will be staged on the Mathey lot
on the Lee highway adjoining the
engine house. George Robey has been
appointed general chairman. and he
will be assisted by a large committee.
The electric lights used in the Green
way Downs carnival last week will be
borrowed for the occasion. There will
be dancing each night in an open-air
pavilion with music furnished by the
Night Hawks Orchestra.
The committee chairmen appointed
by Mr.. Robey include Thomas Chap
man, Bob Williams, Charles Smith,
Phil Willis, Roy Hollis, A. Gibson, J. E.
Nickel. John Whalen, Rawley Cline.
Allan Williams, Frank Sagendorf, Fred
Hollis, Hobart Beistel, Wilson Darr,
Ralph Waple, Jack Williams, Jack
Swetnam, Louis Coyner, Thomas Chap
man and Elmer Dove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
D. C. VACATIONISTS
TO TOUR ALASKA
Party Of 20 Will Leave Union
Station Tonight for Trip of
1000 Miles.

Twenty Westinghouse, most OF
them Government employees, will take
their vacations under auspices of the
Interior Department as members of a
tour to the interior of Alaska. The
uarty will leave from Union Station to-
night at o'clock, and will travel about
1900 miles before returning to Wash
1ngton about September 25.
The tour Is what Is known as the
Alaska Railroad party, and will be Of
ficial in the sense that it Is designed by
the Interior Department to introduce
Alaska to the tourist public. 1t will be
the first time the department. which
has administration over the territory,
has sponsored public tour. and the
trip also will mark the first visit Of so
large an American party into the in
terror Of Alaska in the month Of Sep
TENDER.
Members Of the party, who were re-
cruited from various Government de-
partments, which are concerned from
time to time with Alaskan affairs, are
as follows:
Miss Jennie Taylor, General Account
ing ONCE; Miss Bessie S. CARRIER, 1880
Harvard street; Miss Bernice D. Mans
field. 1889 street: Miss Margaret c.
Scofield, 1874 Columbia road; Miss
Luella M. Meyer, 4211 Eighth street;
Miss Eleanor E. Hegeman and Miss
Minnie B. Hegeman, APO Fourteenth
street; Joseph A. Daniels. 524 Tennes-
see avenue; Miss Laura Virginia Walker
and Miss Mary Virginia Britten, 1922
Thornapple street, Chevy Chase, Md
Miss Irene Hudgins and Miss Rowena
Hudgins, 9l9 l. street; j. Ward HIGHER,
1871 Varnum street: Miss Marie A.
Hushen, 1903 Pine street, Philadelphia,
Pa; George D. Nicholson of the Patent
ONCE; Walter H. Olsen, ALL Eighth
street: Capt. H. r. Stanford, U. S. N,
1889 I street, and Mrs. A. H. Brooks
widow of DR.. Alfred H. Brooks. one-time
director Of the Alaska division of the
Geological Survey.
The party will be conducted by G
o. Pickins, general passenger agent OF
the Alaska Railroad, and H. v. Wilmot
special passenger representative of the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
The group will sail from Seattle or
August 81 and arrive at Anchorage
September 7, from which point they will
travel into the interior. The return tc
Seattle will be made about Septem.
Der 81.
One Of the chief purposes of the tour
Is to impress the tourist public with
the Interior Departments observation
that travel in Alaska is as pleasant ir
September as in the Summer months
The Alaska Railroad. which is Govern.
ment-owned, plans to make the tou
an annual event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
NOTE THEFT CHARGED.

By a STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
ARLINGTON COUNTY COU r T
HOUSE, Va. August 24.-Accused by
police of having stolen note for $3.50
without having given value received,
c. D. Duke of Clarendon, was arraigned
before Judge Harry r. Thomas IN
Police Court today and the case con-
tinued until September 9. Bond was
set at $4,000.
According to Commonwealth's At
torney william c. Cloth, Duke Is &C.
cused of having agreed with Edward
Travers of Arlington, to make certain
improvements to the latter's home, cost
ing $3.50, taking a note and deed OF
trust on the property. Duke sold the
note and never did any work, 1t Is
claimed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

A wild liquor chase along the De-
Tense Highway from Priests Bridge to
Lanham yesterday afternoon resulted
in the arrest of two men and the con-
fiscation of q truck after it had been
abandoned in motion, run up bank,
and turned over on it's side, without
breaking a bottle Of its cargo OF 81
cases.
According to Prince Georges County
Policeman v. M. Nichols, who aided
Revenue. Agents Taylor and York in
righting the truck, the chase was fea-
tured by the efforts of large passenger
car to block the officers during their
pursuit of the truck.
AT q one-way bridge near Buena
Vista the car is said to have stopped
completely and the driver refused to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
DRUGGIST Is FINED
ON MEDICINE COUNTS

David B. Citrebaum. q druggist. was
convicted on two counts IN Poiice Jour =,
YESTERDAY and received a $50 fine IN
one instance and a 500 fine in the
other, the latter sentence being sus-
pended by Judge Isaac r. Hit.
Citrebaum was arrested and arralgned
for selling a medicine without a pre-
scription from a physician. He was
found guilty of this charge by the court
Yesterday and fined $50. The druggist
also was charged with the failure to
put the name and directions for use on
a certain bottle of medicine which he
sold, this constituting violation of the
pharmacy law. Judge Hit found him
guilty of this also and fined the man
500 and later suspended the sentence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Truck, Abandoned in Wild Chase, Turns
Over, But Liquor Cargo Does Not Break

90 on. One of the revenue agents then
placed the man under arrest and moved
his car, permitting the other sgent to
continue his chase of the truck. The
latter was reported driven by two col
ored men, both Of whom jumped out
near Lanham, allowing the vehicle to
run wild. It quickly came to rest.
however on its side on the bank.
The agents succeeded in capturing
one of the colored men, who described
himself as A. Davis of Baltimore, and
was taken to jail in Marlboro and
charged with transporting and posses
sion.
TIL, driver of the passenger car gave
the name of James Harris of Baltimore.
according to Nichols. He also was
lodged in the Marlboro Jail on charges
Of interfering with the efaners,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

Her husband tired Of the routine of
married life In three weeks and astound-
ed her with the declaration that he
believed in "companionate marriage"
Mrs. Hazel j. Sloan, 1929 Columbia
road, tells the District Supreme Court
in a petition for a limited divorce and
alimony from Nathaniel c. Sloan, an
employe of the War Department.
They were married June 2. 1927, and
the wife says her husband left her after
making the statement Of his marital be-
liefs and thereafter visited her only
four times q week until last November,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Claims Husband Tired of Married Life,
Astounding Her With 'Companionate Idea

when his visits stopped. After the al
legged desertion, he sent her $50 per
month, she says. but lately has threat
ened to cut her allowance to $25. She
tells the court she needs 500 per
month for the care Of herself and their
baby.
The wife says she is willing to have
her husband return under the usual
marital conditions. but asserts that she
does not believe In the companionate
idea and submitted to 1t only in the
hope of regaining her husbands love
and affection. She Is represented by
Attorney Eta l.. Taggert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
TWO YOUTHS ARRESTED
FOR PURSE SNATCHiNG
Policeman E. 6. Smith Capturas
Boys After Sprint-Face
Robbery Charge.

Two 19-year-old youths who said
they are Jack Fielding Brown, drug
clerk of the 900 block of street, and
william Brown Scott of Vienna. Va,
were arrested last night after they are
said to have snatched purse from the
arm of Mrs Elizabeth r. Pruitt of Mid
dlesburg, KY, who is stopping at the
Dodge Hotel. The boys are being held
at the sixth precinct station house on a
charge of robbery.
Their arrest was effected by Police
man E. G. Smith near Seventh and .
streets, after he chased them several
blocks when they grabbed the purse
while Mrs. Pruitt was walking to her
hotel. The purse. which contained
about $40 In bills and change, was re-
covered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
FARM CLUB TO PICNIC.

BY staR Correspondent Of The Star.
LAUREL, Md, Aug. 24.-Trap shoot
ing and horseshoe contests will fea-
ture the annual picnic Of the Farmers
Community Club here Labor Day, II
was announced today by Evan g.
CLANCY, secretary-treasurer.
Carl Frey of Beltsville will be In
charge of the horseshoe contest, which
will include both singles and doubles
competitions, with prizes for each, in
Guiding q silver cup and gold piece.
A chicken supper and dancing will
feature the evenings program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Named Agricultural Agent.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w Va,
August "a (SpeciaD.-H. c. Wiley of
Monongalia County, w. Va, has been
named county agricultural agent for
Morgan County and has assumed his
duties The county had been without
asa SCENT few Sanaa nanMklaA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
BALTIMORE RECEIVES
LARGE TOY SHIPMENTS
Constitute Large Part of Cargoes
of Vessels Arriving During
Past Two Months.

Special Dispatch to. The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, August a.
Christmas toys from foreign lands con-
stitute a large proportion of the car
goes Of the ships arriving here the
past two months, according to John A,
Janetzke, appraiser at the customs
house.
He said q tremendous rush Of toys
is coming in from Japan, China
Austria, Germany, Switzerland and
other countries.
They are being transshipped through
out the country In July his office ex-
amined nearly $500 packages, an in
crease Of 206 over the same month OF
1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
WORKER IN MINE KILLED.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WESTERNPORT, Md, August "a
Moses Duckworth, Al, was instantly
killed this afternoon in the mine of the
Piedmont and Georges Creek Coal Co.,
at Franklin, near here, when struck by
rock weighing about two tons, which
fell from the mine roof. He was en-
ployed as machine runner. His neck
was broken. Claude Westfall, who stood
three feet away, was uninjured. Duck
worth lived at Franklin with his wife
and four children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

In India there are more than eight
million child wives. of whom nearly
1000 are under years Of age. Nearly
10000 girls under 5 are widows. and
It is not uncommon TO flnd girls who
are grandmothers ct the age Of az.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
HE SEEKS A BULL FIGHT

SENIOR Ell CHICORRITO
OF Madrid, who has arrived In
Washington on the mission TO
make the CAPITAL bull-fight
conscious.
Star staff Photo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

IRON the dawn of civilization, the trend Of mankind has been one
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Dor and facilitated transportation. The accomplishment OF AleXan-
der Graham Bell was introduced to a generation eager for a swift
dependable means of communication. The first telephone -
was an answer to that need. People gasped with incredu- EV
atty when the first telephone service was installed in A
1875. Then it became an accepted necessity and in the en- :"
suing years continued improvements and projections brought about
the switest means of person to person contact available to the Amer
lean public. Today -. the telephone stands first as a means Of
swift, economical and dependable communication.