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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
ALLEYS IN CAPITAL
CALLED DISGRACE
Situation Here Scored in Talk
Before Monday Eve
ming Club.

The alley situation in Washington
was brought forcibly before the Monday
Evening Club last night, with reports
that the situation had improved since
1928, but with a charge by Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins that the alleys still con-
stituted a national disgrace" and should
be eliminated entirely.
Mrs. Hopkins scored conditions de-
claring that the alley houses, which now
amounted to about $4,000, were the
haven of bootleggerS, and offered places
for these violators of the law more
easily to operate. Mrs. Hopkins referred
to the great public construction and
identification program now under way
in the National Capital, and declared it
was high time that sufficient pressure
be placed on Congress to obtain further
action.
Repairs Cost $4,000.
A. ]. Driscoll of the club, an active
civic worker, announced today, follow
ing the meeting last night, he intended
to take the matter up vigorously at the
next meeting of the Mid-City Citizens
Association.
Progress has been made in improv-
ing the alley situation, It was reported
by Albert S. j. Atkinson of the board
for the condemnation OF 1nSanlCary
buildings. Since 1928, he declared, re-
pairs on 5000 of the houses had cost
$82, 900, and large number had been
entirely eliminated, under the special
condemnation law.
John Ihlder, discussing Proposed Al
ley Legislation" declared that two
phases of the question were involved,
the improvement of housing for present
occupants of the dwelling, and also the
use to which the property vacated and
RACED should be put, for the benef1t OF
the property owner.
Nominating Committee.
It has been proposed, Mr.. Ihlder
pointed out, that bill be submitted to
Congress to turn the alleys into streets.
The committee selected to nominate
officers for the next year was named as
follows: Evan H. Tucker, A. j. DriScoll,
Paul Kirby, Miss Rose Brown and Mrs.
Mildred Percy. It will meet at the Dis
trict Building a week from Thursday
to take action.
New members were elected as follows:
Miss Florence c.. Abbott, Mrs. Serbia b.
Croxton. Miss Irene Donovan, Mrs. Ruth
w. Hoover, Miss Marie Johnson, Mrs.
Margaret Reed Merritt, Miss Mary
O'Brien, Miss Alice Pollock, Miss Helen
E. Samuel, Miss Rebecca Sweeney, Miss
Amy N. Stannard, Miss Eta Louise
Taggart, Miss Esther Rae WockSlert, T.
Bernard Wyckoff, Miss Agnes Hanna,
A. H. Mccormick and Gardiner S.
Rogers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
Justice Gordon'S Action
Clears Way for important
Criminal Trials.
BUCKETSHOP CASE HAD
BEEN IN SESSION 3 DAYS
Accused Man and Woman, Arraign-
ed After Decision, Plead
Not Guilty.

Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal
Division today cleared the way for the
trial of number of important criminal
cases by directing jury to return a
verdict in favor of the Government in
Is out of % pleas in abatement filed by
Benjamin r. Buck and others charged
with conspiracy to violate the bucket
shop law, who had attacked the validity
of the October grand jury, which in
dicted them. The court had previously
sustained demurers by Assistant United
States Attorney Neil BurkinShaW to the
remaining seven pleas.
Testimony in support of the conten-
tons Of the accused had been presented
for three days before the jury by At
torney H. Winship Wheatley and Harry
s. Barger and at its conclusion Burkin-
shaw asked for direct verdict in favor
OF the Government, which was granted.
Some OF the points settled by the
action of the court are the presence of
q baillH in the grand jury room dur
ing the giving of testimony; the eStab-
l1Shment of the jury commissions room
at the court house as a public place for
the drawing of juries; the substitution
OF petit jurors for prospective grand
jurors found to be disqualified; the
validity of the appointment of Mrs.
Lillian Pritchard, widow of a former
justice of the court, as a member of
the jury commission, and the adequacy
of summons of prospective jurors when
initials are erroneous.
Following the verdict Of the fury,
Benjamin r. Buck and Edith G. Freas,
said to have been his treasurer, were
arraigned on the indictment and en-
tered pleas Of not guilty. An early
date will be sought by Burkinshaw for
the trial.
Among the criminal cases which have
awaited the action of the court, Dexter
Dayton, charged with murder in the
first degree; G. Bryan Pitts and other
officials of the F. H Smith Co.; George
Cassidy, the man in the green hat"
and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
DISTRICT Scar CE1ES IN VAIN
FOR AA FOOT FOR GIFT SHOES
1000 Pairs Left Over From War Go
Unused for Lack of
Ciinderellas.

The list of the surplus supplies re-
ceived by the District is published in
detail in the report on the recent hear
ings on the 1881 District appropriation
bill. The shoes and sheepskin coats
are only two of the items. Hospital
supplies, hack saws, lathes, blankets,
microscopes, hair clippers, horses. pigs,
sows and books are included in the
collection.
There were 268 Of the microscopes, on
which the Government placed value
of $20,087. These were distributed
among the science classes in the public
schools. The pigs and the Sows even
tually found home at the Home for
the Aged and Inf1rm at Blue Plains.
Nearly all of the other materials also
were distributed among the institutions
under the supervision OF the Board OF
Public Welfare.
Of all the materials, however, only
small portion, according to District
officials, found immediate use. A great
deal has been put in stock and will last
for two or three years. Some, like the
small-sized shoes, may never be used.
The surplus supplies, it was said, I'M
doubtedly have saved the District a
sizeable sum, as some of the materials
would have to be purchased in the
course of time, although there was no
current need for them when the Gov
eminent turned them over
The District would have had to have
bought shoes for the inmates of its
institutions, it was explained, although
it would not have purchased them in
such vast quantities and would have
been more careful in the selection OF
the sizes
The $279, 093.28 worth of surplus sup
plies was cited by Representative Sim
mons of Nebraska, chairman of the
House subcommittee on appropriations
during the hearings on the appropria-
ton bill as one of the examples of the
Federal Governments generosity toward
the District, not to mention its annual
100000 lump-Sum contribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18

The Federal Government turned over
to the District government without cost
In the last fiscal year a miscellaneous
assortment OF surplus supplies, among
which were 16,026 pairs of russell shoes,
1000 pairs of which were of such mar
row last that they would pinch the feet
OF a Chinese woman.
The shoes were originally made for
the doughbOyS in France but when the
war ended the Army had no use for
them. They were offered to the District
and were accepted. And they came in
broken lots and sizes. Many of them
found their. way to the feet of the in
mates of the various District institu-
tons, but not the 1000 pairs in AA
last, the smallest made
District officials tried in vain to find
a foot small enough to wear these shoes.
Prisoners at Occoquan and Lorton tried
them on. So did those in the jail A
canvass of the inmates of the hospitals
and training schools even failed to pro-
duce the Cinderellas with the small feet.
And SO the 1000 pairs of AA last are
languishing to deterioration in the store
rooms of the various institutions,
The 16,026 pairs of shoes had a value.
according to the Federal Governments
record, of $58,790.92. But the District
got them for the cost of the freight,
which was Insignificant, since most of
them came from the Army's warehouses
at Perryville, Md. And some day the
District may have use for all of them
except the 1000 pairs of double A lasts.
The shoes are one example of the sur
plus supplies for which the District
found some use. For instance, the Fed
eral Government sent along in the COL
lection number of sheepskin- lined
coats, so long they scraped the ground
The prisoners at the penal institutions
these. But the prisoners protested. The
coast, aside from restricting their muscu-
lar activities, made them look like Rus
sian cossacks dressed for a Siberian
blizzard. So the coats were bobbed and
served some useful purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18

Mr.. Simmons-You do not mean con-
gressional in the sense that the Con-
gress has anything to do with it.
Mr.. Kramer am referring to the
Congressional Club.
Mr.. Collins-I am not going to let
you get away with that statement either,
because that is not so. The Congress
sional Golf Course or Golf Club is q
privately owned golf course, and every
body who is a member of 1t has to pay
a certain fee and monthly dues.
Mr.. Kramer-And very considerable
dues, too.
Mr.. Collins-It is not supported d.
rectly or indirectly by Congress.
Mr.. Kramer-In addition also greer
fees, after you pay your own dues, yoU
pay green fees.
Mr.. Collins-You know very well Con.
gress does not appropriate any money
for that.
Mr.. Kramer-Not directly.
Mr.. CollinS-0g indirectly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18

On the home diamond, where the
youthful base ball team of the Christ
Child Society is in Spring training, a
group of small boys are anxiously
awaiting delivery of new bats. gloves
and balls promised them by benevo-
lent stranger who has lately watched
them train.
The stranger, now identified as H. d.
Stewart of Atlanta, Ca, has failed to
come across with the new equipment
and is facing charge Of uttertng a
worthless check in connection with the
purchase of the promised parapher-
MALTA.
For days, according to police, Stewart
has watched the boys Of the Christ
Child Society practice base ball on
diamond at Four-and-a-Half street and
Missouri avenue, and had become ac-
quainted with the instructor, r. j.
Boyle. Yesterday, police say. Stewart
informed Boyle that he would like to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18

Charles F. Dickson, colored, 23-year-
old former elevator operator of Cathe-
dral Mansions Apartments, who recently
ran amuck through fashionable sec
ton of Northwest Washington and
finally was shot down by Grover G.
Shumaker of the park police, was sent
Court today for mental observation.
Although alienists upon examining
Dickson at Gallinger Immediately after
the shooting reported him to be sane,
Judge Isaac r. Hit and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney John r. Fitzpatrick de-
cided that his outbrust, which was
March /, as well as on several other
occasions, required that he be observed,
1t was said at court that Dickson was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
COLORED MAN WHO RAN AMUCK
is RETURNED TO GALLINGER
Ex-Elevator Operator, Held Sane by
Alienists, Should Be Kept Under
Observation, Court Rules.

committed to st. Elizabeth's Hospital
in 1928. and on at least five occasions
since his release the following year he
has made "breaks" similar to the last.
only one charge of simple assault
was recorded against the colored man
TODAY. This one stated the nature OF
the attack on Policeman Shumaker
in Dickson's home, at 2727 Eleventh
street. directly before the officer fired
two shots from his revolver. 1t was
continued to April 4.
It is understood at the district at
torney's Office that several other per-
sons who were attacked by Dickson
during his flight from Connecticut ave-
nue. to Eleventh street, will come to
court and press charges If the man is
declared to be mentally sound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
BAD CHECK FOR 500 BLOCKS GIFT
OF OUTFIT FOR BASE BALL TEAM
Strangers Offer to Christ Child Society Nets Him
S18-and Arrest for Fraud.

make a donation Of new Spring equip
ment for the boys and asked the in
structor to recommend an athletic store.
Stewart Is said to have presented
Matthew Twoomey. clerk in the Fair
way Sport Goods Store, at 1916 G street,
with letter of introduction from
Boyle. After carefully surveying the
line of athletic equipment, Stewart
picked out 10 base ball gloves and sew
eral base ball bats. The cost was $72
but Stewart gave a check for 500, re-
ceived $lS in change and was assured
that prompt delivery would be made.
The check was made out to the First
National Bank of Richmond, Va. De-
tectives say there is no such institu-
ton. Stewart was arrested at down.
town hotel and is being held by De-
tective Sergts. Ira Keck and B. F.
Thompson. Detectives say they will
charge Stewart with uttering worthless
checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
AWARD SEWER CONTRACTS

The District Commissioners yesterday
awarded to the Warren F. Brenizer Co.
contracts for construction of two sewers
on Tilden street near Rock Greek. One
is a sanitary sewer between lockwood
Parkway and Fordham road; the other
a stormwater sewer between Rock Greek
Park and Twenty-ninth street. The
contract price Is $28, 460.25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
GAS VICTIM SERIOUS

Still suffering from the effects of in
haling Illuminating gas, Willard W..
Wheeler, Sc years old, of 1882 North
Capitol street was reported in serious
condition today at Casualty Hospital.
Members of fire rescue squad No.
revived Wheeler at his home after
working over him for more than one
hour.
Wheeler formerly was a mail carrier
in this city. He has a wife and two
children, all of whom were shopping
when he was overcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
MRS. BERNHEIMER DEAD
longtime Resident of Washing
ton to Be Buried Tomorrow.

Mrs. Sarah Bernheimer, 80 years old
long resident of Washington, died
yesterday at the residence of her SON
lrl-law, William Blum, 1920 Cleveland
avenue.
A native of Mount Carmel, Pa, Mrs
Bernheimer came to Washington at the
age of Is. She was the wife of the late
Henry Bernheimer. She is survived by
five children: Mrs. william Blum, Mrs
Charles Baum, Mrs. Julian Brylawski
Jonas Bernheimer and Louis Bern
heimer of this city. A sister, Mrs. Eliza
beth Myers, is also of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at 1890
o'clock tomorrow morning at the resi-
dence. Interment will be in the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
CAPPER BILL PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL JUSTICES
Measure to Increase staff of Dis
trict Court of Appeals Is Re-
ferred to Committee.

Two additional justices would be pro-
vided for the District Court of Appeals
by a bill introduced late yesterday by
Senator Capper, chairman of the Sem
ate District committee. The measure
was referred to the judiciary commit
tee, which already has under consid-
Grafton a similar bill to add two more
judges TO the bench of the District Su-
preme Court.
The Court of Appeals Dill was sug-
geSted to Senator Capper by the law
and legislation committee of the Dis
trict Bar Association. which recently
made a survey Of the needs of that
court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
Asks Permit to Adopt child.

Harry Walsky today asked the Dis
trio Supreme Court to legalize his
adoption of Frances Raum, I3-year-oId
daughter of his wife, Anna, by a for
mer marriage. The girls father died
some years ago, the court is informed,
and Walsky married her mother Sep
TENDER S, 1926. He is represented BY
Attorney Joseph Stein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
TENANTS FLEE FIRE
Apartment Dwellers Are Driven to
Street by Small Blaze.

Occupants Of the nine apartments in
the four-story structure at 906-908 $40
Fourteenth street were driven to the
street shortly after l o'clock this morn
ing by smoke from small blaze in a
vacant store on the first floor.
The damage was negligible.
The fire was discovered by Norman
Taylor, a tenant, when he smelled
smoke while reading in his apartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
GIRLS FINGER INJURED

End Severed when Caught in
Bread Cutter at School.
Elizabeth Mullineaux, is years old, of
40 Gallatin street lost the end of the
middle finger of her left hand yesterday
afternoon when she caught it in a
bread-cutting machine at Jefferson
School, Sixth and d streets southwest,
where she is a student in the domestic
science class.
She was taken to Emergency Hospital
and treated by DR.. j. C. McLain, after
which she was taken to her home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-24
: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

or two. then he win go to London
to turn out some music for British
revue.
Gilbert wrote, among other hits.
Ramona" my Little Dream Girl,
20 Katherine" 81 Miss My Swiss"
"Jeannine," Waiting For the Rob-
ert E. Lee" and Raging the Baby
to Sleep"
In the Broadway hotel room
where he isworking on a new song,
he told the United Press how the
talkies are affecting Tin Pan alley.
Everything in Hollywood at the
present time, he said. is woefully
mismanaged. Everything is all
higgledy -piggledy. Enough money
is being wasted in the production
Of pictures to feed the unemployed
all winter, he believes. Yet there
is hope of improvement.
Picture this scene, for example, "
he offered. Here are twenty-five
song writer's in one company, each
with little cubbyhole Of an office,
all jammed up together.
"We have to report for work
every day. But there is no work
for us. No songs to write. We
can't play cards-it's against the
rules. We can't drink. So what do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-24
SIMPLE QUIZ
STOPS ALUMNI
OF UNIVERSITY
Imagine Any One Not Being
Able to Answer Such
Easy Questions!

~ United Press
BERKELEY, Cal, Oct. "a
only an elephant never forgets. but
who wants to be an elephant?
Thus do alumni Of the University
Of california-those who admit they
have seen it-nonchalantly pass of
the results Of their encounters with
the newest humber, the university
graduates QUESTIONABLE.
The questions are directed at in
formation every student is supposed
to have absorbed at some time in his
campus career. Some of them:
/. What state was formerly known
as Desert?
2. What is the oldest university in
North America?~
3. When did the Holy Roman en-
pire go out of existence?
4. What famous American revolu-
tionary leader later served in the
Russian navy?
5. For what are the plains Of
Abraham famous?
8. What famous geographer gave
hissnanae to two continents?
z Approximately when did Blu
ddha live?
8. Who said "They shall not
cruelty labor on this cross of gold?
Q. What we're the Boxers?
10. What were the Shoguns?
IL. Who is known as the father Of
history?
-. What was the Jacquerie?
10. What was the Hundred Days?
ID. In what war did the charge of
the Light Brigade take place?
Is. What are the ABC powers?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-24
HOLLYWOOD is
BUNK SHORTS
SONG WRITER
Everything Is Wrong Out
There, Composer of
Many Hits Asserts.
BY H. ALLEN SMITH
United Press STAFF Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-'Love-
love- said L. Wolfe Gilbert, thump-
ing industriously on one of the piano
keys, "love-shove-abo dove. /"
Gilbert was writing a song.
He has just returned from two
years in Hollywood and he has some
scorching ideas about the talkie
capital. He is stopping in New York
only long enough to write a song
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-24

we do? We sit around all day. day
in and day out, playing spelling
games. We go around and collect
our big checks with the feeling that
we are robbing the company"
As for the effect the talkies are
having on song writing. Gilbert
holds it is destructive, if anything.
It used to be, he said, that song
writer sat down and wrote a song
for the public. He knew pretty well
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-24

what his public wanted. and he
governed himself accordingly.
But in the talkies We don't write
for the public" he said. They come
to us and say they want a song for
Clara Bow. She's in love with O.
Spaniard and he's thrown her over.
So they say write a song.
We've got to write it so Clara
Bow can sing it. That is the great
est drag. Most of the movie stars
can't sing. Most of them admit it.
But the producers insist upon their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-24
OCT. "a, 1880
lie. and we've got to-

chirping a little. and we've got td,
write the do-re-me."
Gilbert sees an unnistakaole
trend. however, toward the singing
star-the star with good voice, ana
it is here that the hopes lies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-24

A noise filter is being perfected,
which will be placed in windows
and not only keep the uproar OF the
street from the ears Of those m
doors, but also remove dust and dira
from incoming air.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-09-15

Congress makes very nne speeches on almost any subject, Home Rule for Alaska and even on Abol- ishment of Fish Traps.
 We judge men by the company they keep and not by words, but by their actions. MT. Grigsby is preaching the doctrine of abolishing the fish traps. His main support is the Juneau Empire The Empire is not, has not and will not support abolishment of fish traps. It will not support any candidate who sincerely advocates such mea- sure. The pledge of the Democratic candidate therefore cannot mean anything to the citizens of Alaska It is only blind, vote-catching pledge without sincerity of purpose back of it.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-09-15
GAFFNEY ON MINORS DELINQUENCY

By his vote, which is on record in the House Journal, Tom Gaffney indicates that he does not believe that persons who contribute to the delin- quency of minor child should be punished.
 Prior to 1927 TT WAS NOT CRIME to con- tribute to the delinquency of minor child To cure this situation and to protect the children of Alaska, William L. Paul introduced bill No. 78- copy of the Oregon Act. On final passage it pass ed by vote of 15-1, Gafney thinks it is no crime and should not be made such to contribute to the delinquency of minor child. While in Petersburg electioneering for votes this campaign in order that he might be elected Territorial Auditor, Tom was seen in the company of girl who was delinquent and who should be under the Board of Children's Guardians Is this one of the reasons why Tom opposed that good law?
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-09-15
LAW SUITS FOR WAGES

House Bill 58, The Monthly Pay Day Bill" was introduced by Representative Paul This bill pro- vided that corporations should pay wages on the days if the person is fired. In case of lawsuit to collect wages if the laborer won his substantial claim, the wages should be figured up to the date when judgement is paid. This provision was to stop groundless appeals to try out honest claims.
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-09-15
against home rule.

against home rule.
 In the last legislature, Gaffney fought against the home rule bill called the Controller Bill. He said 1t was g bad bill and should not be made law. But he either showed his ignorance or his bad faith when he voted for the Emergency Clause. The emer-
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-09-15
TOM GAFFNEY

Tom Gaffney represents in Alaska the "blarney Kissing" Irish, the same breed who en- joyed the bounty of the English carpet baggers in Ireland.
 They were loud In their sup port Of home rule and voted
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-09-15

gency clause is this -"An emer- gency is hereby declared to ex- ist, and this act shall take effect immediately upon the passage of this act"
 When Gaf1ney voted for the Emergency Clause, he declared that AN dERGENCY EXIST ED.