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The Washington times., 1929-02-22
NOR i CAGE
! RACKET"
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. BAREDBY
GILBERT

Grave abuses in the local
real estate field are to be
probed tonight by a section of
the Gibson subcommittee
headed by Representative
Ralph Gilbert of Kentucky, in
charge of realty investiga-
tions, at a public hearing in
the District committee room.
The outstanding complaint which
Gilbert's group will consider, is that
uniformed home owners with their
property paid for and a clear title to
hheir home have received notices
that mortgage is due on the prop
erty and that foreclosure proceedings
will be brought IL payment is not
made.
How do you explain that?" Gill
Bert was asked today.
Your guess is as good as mine,
he replied. "It seems to be par
ticularly pernieious form of crooked
ness"
Gilbert stated that number Of
other individual complaints will be
taken up at the hearing tonight with
q view to showing the people of
Washington the seamy side of GER.
tain real estate transactions in this
city. The Parkway apartment house
ease IS not to come up, as Gilbert
deems that investigation practically
completed.
They have been able to fix the
guilt on one man in that swindle, y
he said, "and IL they had been as
anxious to get him as they were to
get Mrs. Blalock, he would be back
here in Washington to answer the
charges"
Gilbert declared that legislation
will not effect a cure of the present
situation in the local real estate
world. He said it is a question OF
enforcing the existing laws and he
charged that the courts and the
District Attorneys office were
apathetic in assisting the public to
obtain justice.
IF. you go in to get warrant" "
he charged, ''the employees will try
ali kinds of excuses and bring un
all sorts Of reasons why 1t should
not be issued. Those whose, salaries
go on regardless of their attention
TO public duty are apt to be negli.
gent to their duty to the people"
The Washington times., 1929-02-22
Cy Pres Club to Hold
Annual Banquet Tonight

With Miss Addie Hughes, presi-
dent, presiding, members of the Cy
Pres Club, National University wo-
mems organization, will hold its an.
nual winter banquet tonight at the
Women's City Club.
Dean Charles 8. Pergler, of the uni
versity; Representative Ernest j..
Gibson, Justice Frederick L. Siddons,
of the Supreme Court of the District;
Judge Charles s. Hatfield, of the
United States Court of Customs Ap-
peaIs. and Prof. Glenn Willett, all Of
the faculty, win tell the members of
the club in short talks whether col.
lege professors are human.
The Washington times., 1929-02-22
NO. 413-PROF. S. D. GROSS sTATUE

The statue was modelled by Alex
ander Sterling Calder, and cast In
Paris by Jaboeuf and Bazout.
1t is inscribed: American physi-
clans erected this statue to com
memorate the great deeds of a man
who made such an impression upon
American surgery that it has served
to dignity American medicine"
The Washington times., 1929-02-22

Georgetown date line, a florid but
eloquent story OF how "all that re:
mains OF Washington the Great"
had been entombed.
1t speaks of the beautiful and
sublime scene at Mt. Vernon" and
the grief shown by the friends OF
that noble and august inhabitant
who was now no more.
The account concludes with the
declaration that the unclouded
glory of his name will illuminate
future ages"
The obituary notice, however
did not carry much detail. 1t names
the pallbearers, but little more than
that
The Washington times., 1929-02-22
-WashingtonDeath
Note Preserved Here

Picture to yourself small country newspaper shop IN
upper New York State in December 1899.
The Washington times., 1929-02-22

A stage coach with a mail pouch
swings to the door and leaves upon
the editors desk a long and grave
letter from his Georgetown CORE.
spondent--or perhaps some worthy
acting in that capacity-telling Of
the death and burial of Gen. George
Washington.
Paper Survives Here
This was the scene enacted in the
office Of the Ulster County Gazette,
published in Kingston, n. z, on a
wintry night, and one Of the copies
Of the edition which the Gazette
published that day has come to
pesterity-it is an heirloom in the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Ringgold, Of 1856 Gales st. N. E.
The yellowed pages of that edi-
ton. with a black border and black
column lines, show that under a
The Washington times., 1929-02-22
Sues for Alleged
Damages in Crash

Alleging that he was seriously
injured when a bus of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com,
pany, in which he was riding, was
in collision with the. automobile Of
Henry A. Merriam. Army and Navy
Club, Henry P. Bleser, 800 block
Mt. Pleasant st. n. W., has filed
suit for $4,000 damages against
the electric company and Merriam
in Circuit Court.
The accident occurred at Seven
teenth and K Streets Northwest
last January 8. Attorneys Milton
w. King and Joseph c. Bruce Ap
pear for the plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1929-02-22
Shipping Board Vessel
Sold for S49.319 Cash

Sale of the S. S. Kosciuszko to
the Bull Line, of New York, for
$49,319 cash was announced yes.
terday by the u. s. Shipping Board.
The purchaser agreed to spend
$15O,0O0 to recondition the vessel,
which has been laid up since July,
1921. 1t is planned to substitute
oil burning boilers and install ac-
commodations for eight passengers
on the ship.
The Washington times., 1929-02-22
FEDERATION TO MEET

Amendments to the constitution
limiting the duties of the cores.
kponding secretary will be considered
Tonight at the meeting of the Fed.
Grafton OF Civic Associations at the
District Building. DR.. George Rich
erdson will preside.
The Washington times., 1929-02-22

This monument to Prof. Samuel D.
Gross, who lived from 1906 to 1884,
was erected in 1897 in front of the
Medical Museum, in the Mall by the
American Surgical Association. in
honor of the work done by Prof.
Gross in furthering the worlds
knowledge and mastery of diseases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
MISS CIRCUIT LOSES
TO GLENNA COLLECT
Women's Champion Takes Match
at z and 5 Through Bril-.
liant Play.

BY the Associated Press.
OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB,
Birmingham. Mich, October 2.-Glenna
Collect, national women's golf cham
pion, survived the second round test Of
the national tournament at Oakland
Hills today by defeating Miss Maureen
circuit of White Beeches. N. j., and 5.
Miss Collett circled the first nine
holes in 81, 4 under par, to gain her
big lead. while the best accomplished
by Miss circuit, conqueror Of Helen
The champion bagged four brides
on the journey and did not 60 over
par ION a single hole. The only hole
she lost was the short ninth, where
she misjudged her drive. It was the
first hole she dropped in the Is holes
played in the tournament. and her
first-round opponent was unable to
gain any yesterday
While Miss circuit was wild with her
pitches, the champion was spectacular
in that department, frequently placing
ting distance of the cup. She also out
drove Miss circuit off every tee except
one.
A gallery of 1000 followed the match.
Collett, out. 80. 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 S 4-37
circuit, out. 80. S S 4 5 544 6 al
Edith Quier Of Reading. Pa, was 2
up over Mrs. Harley Higbie, Detroit, at
the turn, which she rounded under
par to her opponents A.
Mrs. Hill Leads Miss Wright.
Mrs. o. s. Hill of Kansas City was
up on Kathleen Wright, Pasadena,
Calf. at the turn.
Mrs. Stewart Hanley, another, Detroit
hope, held a up lead on Mrs. Lee
Mida, veteran Chicagoan, at the end Of
first nine holes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
SWANSON TO SPEAK .
ON ROOT FORMULA.
Senator to Broadcast AID.
dress as Feature of Radio
Forum Tomorrow Night.

1.-THE Root formula" contained in
a revision Of the statutes of the World
Court and designed to make possible
the membership Of the United States in
that tribunal, will be discussed in the
National Radio Forum arranged by The
Evening Star and sponsored by the CO.
lumbia Broadcasting System by Senator
Claude A. Swanson Of Virginia at 1890
o'clock tomorrow night.
Senator Swanson is the ranking
Democratic member of the Senate for
eign relations committee. He was the
author Of the reservations which were
attached to the entry of the United
States voted in the Senate three years
ago. One of these reservations, declar-
ing that the World Court should give
no advisory opinions" in matters in
which the United States has or claims
to have an interest without first OBJ
tanning the consent of the United States,
has been stumbling block to the entry
of this Nation into the Court. The
Root formula is designed to cover the
intention of the United States in the
adoption Of this reservation and at the
same time make it agreeable to the
member nations of the Court. The
formula has been written into a re-
vision OF the statutes of the court.
which have recently been approved by
Illc Lcdkue Oh NatIOnS Assembly.
Senator Swanson believes that the
Root formula Is adequate and takes
care of the interests of the United
States. He will give his reasons for this
belief tomorrow night. The probable
course, If this country is finally to agree
to enter the World Court with the Root
formula as a safeguard, will be a vote
in the Senate eliminating or amending
the original Swanson reservation re-
lating to advisory opinions, ETC. The for
mula Is the work of Elihu Root, eminent
jurist and former Secretary of State,
who labored with other jurists on the
revision of the statutes of the World
Court last Summer
The Virginia Senator has been a
member of the Senate for 10 years
Prior to that he served for several
terms in the House and as governor Of
his State. He has long taken an interest
in the foreign relations of this country.
III addition to being the ranking DEM
ocratic member of the foreign relations
committee, he is his party's ranking
member of the naval affairs committee.
His name has been mentioned in con-
nection with appointment to the dele
cation of the projected five-power limi-
tation conference, to be held in Lon
don.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
PITT AND BRANTLEY
TIE IN QUALIFYING
Rainstorm Brings High Scores in
Golf Tourney Held at the
Manor Club.

Playing through driving rainstorm,
under conditions more fitting a duck
hunting expedition than golf tourna-
ment, Thomas S. Pitt of the Argyle
Country Club and w. G. Brantley of
Chevy Chase took the lead in the quail
flying round of the Manor Club golf
event today, each registering scores of
80. The large field of entrants sched-
uled to play today. the first of the
two days set aside for qualifying. was
considerably reduced when many of
those scheduled to play. discouraged by
the elements, failed to appear in time
to start
The fairways in some cases were
flooded with water and made the use
Of temporary rules necessary. Under
the conditions the scores of Pitt and
Brantley were considered unusually
good, as they played through most of
the rainstorm.
T. NJ Belshe of Argyle registered an
85. Other early scores today follow:
A. T. Wannan, unattached. SO; P. w.
Calfee, Washington, SO: c. w. Stoddard,
Manor, SO; Kenneth Welton, Manor, SO;
Erwin P. Hair. Washington, go; Earl
Carbauh, Manor. 90; j. B. Dulin, I'M
attached, 90; w. A. Warthen, Manor,
90; Major H. Robb, Bannockburn, %:
r. L. Schreiner. Manor. "a; w. w.
Smith, Manor, 95: E. L. Morris, Manor,
90: George D. See, Manor. ct; o. p.
Fits. Columbia, 81: G. G. Heath, Ban
nockburn, 100: Daniel Dillon, Manor,
10l; c. G. Storm. Manor, 102.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
CHICAGO BOMBERS
ATTACK RICH CLUB
Dynamite PeriIs Members of
Exclusive Lake Shore Ath-
Ietic Group.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, october I'm a year of
nearly 100 bombings, last nights dy-
Mantle attack upon the Lake Shore
Athletic Club was the first to be made
group of Chicagoans.
The bomb was tossed through q win
dow of the $6,O00,000 clubhouse, tear
ing hole in the wall of the natatorium.
The club is at $50 Lake Shore Drive,
in the heart Of the Gold Coast, and
the force Of the explosion was felt in
nearby homes and hotels.
Several members in the locker room
and men and women in the lounge were
staggered by the blast.
Frank ]. Loesch, 76-year -old assist
ant States attorney, and member Of
was aroused from sleep in his Drake
Hotel apartment and joined in the in
vestigation.
Must BE Solved
"The persons who did this bombing"
he said, advanced to the very door
of the civic leaders of Chicago. The
DOmDulS uluSG DC SOlNcu,
The actual damage was estimated at
"a few hundred dollars" and was con-
fined to the natatorium.
Police were investigating two theo-
ries; one that the bombing may have
been done by terroriSts employed by
garage racketeerS, who in turn were
disgruntled over the fact that many
members of the club used an adjoining
vacant lot to park their cars.
Taxi War Hinted.
The other theory was that rival cab
drivers, vying for the privilege OF wait
ing at the club entrance for fares, had
reSorted to violence to show their dis
satisfaction with the present arrange
ment, which gives the club business to
single company.
The bombers, in an automobile. were
seen as they tossed the bomb, with
spluttering fuse, through the window
The witness, a cab driver, pursued
them, but was outdistanced.
Apartment Is Bombed.
A second powerful dynamite bomb
exploded early today in an apartment
building, in the exclusive South Shore
residential district, few hours later.
It was placed in front Of the door to
the apartment Of G. H. Mccarthy at
7119 South Shore drive. Mccarthy, an
official of Stein, Alstrin 81 Co., New
York and Chicago brokerage concern,
told police he knew of no motive.
The explosion shattered the door TO
his apartment. smashed furniture. and
caused dsmage to the building esti-
! mated at $4,000.
Mccarthy, his son Austen, who was
once captain Of the University OF Chi
cago foot ball team, and other members
of the household were thrown from
their beds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
DISPLAY OF MODEL
YACHTS ARRANGED
Miniature Craft to Be Shown in
Connection With Industrial
Exhibition.

Plans went forward today for a large
exhibit of model yachts at the indus
trial exposition to be held In the Wash
ington Auditorium from october 81 to
Is.
The purpose of the display will be
to permit residents Of. Washington to
become better acquainted with the de-
lights of this sport. T.. Brook Amiss,
jr., president of the Washington Model
Yacht Club. announced a member OF
his organization will be present during
the exposition to explain the design
ing, building and sailing of the tiny
craft.
The boats are made on a scale of
two inches to one foot to represent six
meter craft raced along both coasts
by the Six-meter Yacht Clubs. They
are about six feet long and have sail
spread Of about 1000 square inches.
Their pennants wave about eight feet
above the water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02

CONTINUED From First Page.)
With the stream beginning to fall be-
fore midnight.
Bright sunshine this morning aided
in restoring the morale of the city
after a night Of apprehension due to
softening levees beneath a steady rain.
With the exception of the 100 blocks
in the lower section, most of which were
flooded last week because of back
water from the 500-foot crevasse be-
low the city. it was believed the city
would escape the overflow.
Water Shortage Is Relieved.
Telephone. telegraph and electric
service continued with slight Interrupt
ton. Fire engines were pumping water
into the standpipe in the hill section. -
where the better residences are located
relieving q threatened acute water
shortage.
The weak spot in the 13-mile levee
north of the city was the scene Of
feverish activity last night as more
than 1000 men labored to strengthen
the levee protecting the city and work
at that point continued.
E. B. Enrich, United States meteo-
rologist at Augusta, said the floods were
AiLlOSL SCL Idhi W OiCOA hAAOuSH AAtS
the city and told Mayor Bell the situa-
ton constituted the gravest crisis In
Augustus history.
City Is Isolated.
r. s. Howard, United States district
engineer at Savannah, in charge OF
strengthening the levee here. had said
there was grave danger Of a crack at q
point opposite the business section, and
that in its weakened condition, the levee
probably would wash out If water
entered the flSsure. Mr. Howard advised
residents Of loWland sections to move
to higher points in the city.
Augusta was completely isolated. A
Central of Georgia washout caused can
collation. of all train schedules by off,
Gals of that line and Southern Rail
way trains were held here while the
roads food gates over the tracks lead
ing through the levee to the Savannah
River Bridge, were closed.
Rainwater Stands In Streets.
Early this morning 800 men were
rushed to a point north Of the city,
where q slide occurred in the levee.
They were strengthening the embank-
INIT with sand bags.
At places in low-lying streets water
stood from two to three feet deep. but
1t was explained this was rainwater
unable to drain of because OF the con-
oition of the river.
At z am. today the water in the
river continued to rise at rate Of
four inches an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
SIX DEATHS FROM GALE.
Communication Lines Broken and Traf-
fic Lines Blocked by Tropical Storm.

AAhACo DhVACn anu 80
fic Lines Blocked by Tropical Storm.
ATLANTA, October 2 P.-As the
fury of the tropical gale blew itself out
somewhere near the Virginia capes to-
day, six deaths were added to the seven
it took at Nassau, Bahamas. last week
before 1t circled the Florida peninsula,
turned inland near Pensacola and head
cd northeast across Alabama and Geor-
gia.
In addition, the storms progress
across Northwestern Florida, Southeast
ern Alabama and Central Georgia was
marked by a trail Of tangled commune
cation lines, halted rail and roadway
traffic, and in scattered localities, dam
aged homes and buildings.
One man was drowned near Panama
City, Fla, as the wind whipped in from
the Gulf of Mexico. A carpenter was
killed at Albany, Ga, by the falling
bricks Of cotton gin. A woman was
electrocuted near Blackshear, Ga, by q
fallen high voltage wire and a coloreo
man was killed near Valdosta, Ga, when
an electric wire was blown down upon
him. Two colored men were killed on a
highway near Post st. Joe, Fla.
Excessive rainfall accompanied the
gale as IL moved northward across the
Southeast. Georgia rivers and streams
were sent to near flood stage in many
Instances.
A check today showed little damage
had been caused at Pensacola, Fla,
where the wind apparently attained its
highest velocity after leaving the Ba.
hamas Scattered damage to garages
and q few broken plate glass windows
was the extent Of the winds 102-mile
fury there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
COL. WOOTEN ASKS
FOR RETIREMENT
Officer of Engineer Corps Has
Record of Thirty-five Years
of Service.

Col. William P. Wooten, Corps of En-
gineer6, attached to the office of the
Assistant Secretary of War as director
of the procurement of military supplies,
including the mobilization OF material
and industrial organizations for war
time needs, and also as director of the
Army Industrial College. has applied
for transfer to the retired list February
l next, after more than 35 years con-
tinuous military service. President Hoo
YER has approved the application and
as special compliment has granted
him leave Of absence from october %,
when he will complete some important
work now IN hand, up to the date Of
his retirement.
Born in La Grange, N. c., February
IA. 1873, Col. Wooten was graduated
from the University of North Carolina,
1898; the West Point Military Academy
1898; the Army Engineer School. 1902.
and the Army War College. 1922. His
Corps of Engineers. in which he
reached the grade of colonel in 1920
During the Philippine instruction he
commanded attachments Of Engineers
and scouts in the campaign which
ended in the capture of Dagupan and
later served in the Luzon campaign.
Commander in World War.
In the World War he commanded
the l4th United States Engineers, at
tached to the British Sd Army, from
August, 1917, to July, 1918, and was
continuously on the British front for
nine months during the operations near
ArraS. From January, 1918, to January.
1919 he was engineer of the Sd Army
Corps and took part in all its engage
ments and in the march to the Rhine.
Later he was chief engineer of the
Army of Occupation in Germany. For
these services he was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal by the united
States and the medal OF the Order OF
st. Michel and st. George by Great
Britain.
Wide Range Of Activities.
His purely engineering activities have
been diversified and important. In 1902.
1905 he was in charge OF all the neio
work in the construction Of the WASH
ington City filtration plant near the
Soldiers Home; in 1905-l908 he hao
charge of river and harbor improve
ments in Texas; in 191l-l9l4 he was IN
charge of all harbor Improvements and
fertilization work in the Hawaiian Is
lands; in 1919 he was In charge OF the
engineering district at Newport; IN 1871
1871 ne was III charge VI tlt laAe ouA
vey at Detroit, and, in collaboration
with Mr.. Bourden, Canadian engineer
of railways and canals. made report
to the International Joint Commission
on the practicability and cost of i'm
proving the st. Lawrence River from
Lake Ontario to Montreal; in l926-1927
he was at New Orleans as division en-
gineer of the Gulf division during which
period ne served as chairman of the
Spillway Board, whose project for the
reduction of the flood stages on the
lower Mississippi proposed the principal
engineering. features of the project now
in course of execution. It is stated
that Col and Mrs. Wooten will con-
tinue their residence in this city at 2540
Massachusetts avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
Youth Asks Court
To Keep Parents
Hands Off His Paw
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, october flames
Vlastnik, 20, asks of his parents
only one simple boon-that they
keep their hands out Of his pay
envelope.
The young man has taken the
matter to court, explaining that
he earns SOS a week, but that his
parents allow him only SIS of it.
The other $50, he said, goes for
an automobile and other Injuries
for their enjoyment. He COM
planned that he hadn't had a new,
suit in Is months and that he
was obliged to 60 barefoot, hav-
ing no funds to buy shoes.
He asks the court to compel
the pair to leave him and his
S65 alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
LIGGETT COMMENTS.
Bay State G. o. p. Leader Discred.
its Shearer's Testimony.

BOSTON, october 2 [Pl.-Louis K.
Eigsett, Republican national committee
man for Massachusetts. says he had
seen william B. Shearer once for IS
minutes during the last presidential
campaign, when asked last night 70
comment on the statement of Shearer
before the Senate naval committee that
he had worked hand In glove with Re-
publican leaders in Boston last Autumn.
Shearer said he had succeeded In get
ting the Irish interested in a big navy
Liggett said he never saw or heard OF
the propaganda again after the first
interview. when he promised careful
consideration" to the latter'S story.