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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
FIRE ROUTS PUPILS
FROM THEIR BEDS
Damage of $4,000 Done to
Landon School, on Massa-
chusetts Avenue.

With their clothes tied in bundles and
carrying miscellaneous articles under
their arms, Is pupils Of the Landon
School for Boys at 2131 Massachusetts,
avenue made hasty exit from the up
per floors of the four-story school
building early today when fire was dis
covered in the kitchen.
The blaze, however, never got out Of
control and the boys, instead Of troop
ing out on the snowy streets, remained
in the ground-fioor class rooms while
firemen put out the flames, Two alarms
were turned in and brought out eight
engine companies and two truck COM
panies.
Edward Waterhouse, an instructor,
discovered the fire in kitchen cabinet
shortly before o'clock this morning.
He used a chemical extinguisher in a
futile effort to cope with the flames
while some one else telephoned for fire
apparatus.
The flames got under the ceiling and
also were led upward three floors
through a conduit for pipes and cleo
trio wiring, damaging the building to
the extent of about $4,000. Little dam
age was done to the furnishings.
Battalion Chief E. O'Conner, in
charge of the firemen, said he was UNI
able to determine the origin Of the
flames. 1t was thought, however, they
may have started from defective electric
wiring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
MONUMEN GROUP
GETS GARDEN DATA
Report OF Drilling Received and
Decision Will Be Made on En-
cheering Work Required.

The Washington Monument Advisory
Committee was in session this after
noon to formulate plans for establish
ing the proposed gardens around the
famous shaft.
The committee had before it a mass
Of figures, compiled as a result of sew
eral weeks Of drilling operations by the
Giles Drilling Corporation of New York
in the vicinity of the Monument. Small
Jars of the types of soil encountered by
the drillers we're ready for examination.
The committee will decide If further
drilling is called for and Just what en-
cheering action is indicated.
Attending were j. Vipond Davies of
New York, consulting engineer; Fred
-eNick Law Oimsted of Brookline. Mass,
landscape architect; William A Delano,
architect. and Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant,
Sd, the commissions vice chairman and
executive officer.
The National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission initiates a two-day
meeting here tomorrow, and 1t Is pos
sible that the advisory group may be
able to make a report to the parent
body in the next couple Of days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
ACTION ASSURED
ON BORLAND LAW
TiISon to Clear Way if House
Committee Makes Favor
able Report.

Assurance was given today by House
Leader Tilson to the District Commits
sioners, Corporation Counsel Bride and
Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis
trict Committee, that If that commit
tee makes favorable report on the bill
to amend the traffic code, to restore the
Borland law which was made inopera-
tive by Supreme Court decision, and
for authorization for widening upper
Thirteenth street that an opportunity
will be afforded for the House to act
upon these measures.
Chairman Zihlman took the District
officials into the conference with House
Leader Tilson because they have been
insisting that the restoration OF the
Borland law and the measure to estab-
liSh a traffic director are imperative
and that the measure for widening up
per Thirteenth street to Spring road
can be passed without serious oppoSi-
ton.
This conference followed earlier con-
ferenceS with the more active members
on the House District Committee. This
committee has not yet considered these
measures, but House Leader Ttlson told
Chairman Zihlman and the District
officials to go ahead with. hearings and
that If the committee reports favorably
he will see that such measures are af-
forded an opportunity to be called up
in the House.
Mr.. Tilson anticipates that there will
be very serious opposition, especially to
the proposal to restore the provisions of
the Borland act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
Effort Will Be Made to Act
on Measure Affecting
School Car Rate.
HANNA TELLS CAPPER
CAPITAL TRACTION VIEW
Was Misunderstood on Provision
Limiting Cut, He Writes
to Senator.

The Senate District Committee will
be called together by Chairman Capper
at 230 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon IN
an effort to act on the new bill relating
to reduced fare for school children,
under which the fixing of the reduced
rate would be left to the Public Utilities
Commission instead of being deter
mined by Congress.
The Capital Traction Co, through
John H. Hanna, its president, advised
Senator Capper today that its position
toward one feature of this new bill has
not been correctly understood The new
bill, which resulted from a suggestion
advanced by Senator Copeland at the
hearing last week, was drafted by the
Public Utilities Commission. It pro.
vided that the commission be empow.
cred and directed to establish a reduced
fare for school children with a proviso
that such reduced fares shall not -ex-
coed one-half of the corresponding con-
current adult fares"
Tells His Position.
Mr.. Hanna wrote Senator Capper to-
day saying he had noticed newspaper
reports from which it would appear
that the companies had opposed the
provision limiting the reduction to not
more than half the existing fares.
This statement does not correctly
represent the position of the Capital
Traction Co. as stated by me in answer
to an inquiry of Senator Copeland at
the recent hearing, nor as stated by me
70 the chairman OF the Public Utilities
Commission, Mr.. Hanna wrote. we
were shown by Chairman Patrick of the
commission draft of a bill which
would empower and direct the commits
sion to establish reduced fares for
school children with the proviso that
such reduced fares would be not more
than half the adult fares. AS our I'M
Outstanding of Senator Copeland's sug-
gest1on was that the proposed legisla-
ton gives the commission unhampered
authority in the matter of reduced
school fares, we objected to the use OF
the word direct but did not object to
the limitation on the amount of reduce
ton, which correctly stated Senator
Copeland'S suggestion.
Would Prevent Error.
st am sending you this communica-
ton in order to prevent any thought
that the Capital Traction Co. had
changed its position as stated to Senator
Copeland before your committee, with
out reference to the position of either
of the companies involved"
In transmitting the proposed new bill
to the Senate Committee several days
ago, Chairman Patrick of the commits
sion advised the committee that the
street car and bus companies object to
the words land direct" Gen. Patr1ck's
letter added:
"They desire the omission of the last
sentence contending that no limitation
should be placed on the rate-fixing
commission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
RUM CAR WRECKED
TRYING TO ESCAPE
Two Colored Men Make Escape
After Machine Skids and
Crashes Into Tree.

A heavily loaded whisky car was de-
moiisAed last night when it skidded
while endeavoring to escape from pur-
suing police and crashed into a tree
at North Capitol street and Rhode Is
land avenue. Two colored men es-
capped from the wrecked car
Ninety half-gallon jars of whisky
were found packed in the tonneau Of
the car and removed in a patrol wagon
to the twelfth precinct station. The
wrecked machine was lowed to the
same station house and will be turned
oYer TO Federal prohibition authorities.
Pvt. C. B. Kimbell spotted the whisky
car at Fourteenth street and Rhode
Island avenue northeast shortly before
IL o'clock and started in pursuit.
Swinging In behind the automobile in
q police machine. Kimbell gave chase
down Rhode Island avenue at rapid
rate of speed.
A screen of smoke was put out by
the fleeing gar, but Kimbell kept close
behind and iwas only a short distance
in the rear when his quarry made a
left turn into North Capitol street,
skidded and hit the tree.
The officer chased the occupants, but
they had commanding lead and made
their escape. A number of jars of
whisky in addition TO those seized were
broken in the crash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
MRS. LEE TO ASK
ISLANDER RETR|AL
Motion Prepared After Jury
Awards $4,000 Damages
to Mrs. Ford.

Mrs. Marguerite du Pont Lee, So
year widow, will ask the District
Supreme Court for a retrial of the suit
for $4,000 damages for alleged SANDER
brought against her by Mrs. Maude
Bell Ford, realty operator, in which a
jury of two women and ten men yes
terday afternoon returned verdict for
$4,000 damages against her.
Attorneys j. Edward Burroughs and
Mackall & Mackall are engaged today
in the preparation Of the motion for a
new trial.
Should counsel be unsuccessful in
their request, it is expected they will
note an appeal to the District Court OF
Appeals.
Mrs. Ford. in her suit claimed Mrs.
Lee had made reflections against her
morality and had accused her of caus-
ing the intoXication of Rev. William
Thomas Reynolds, former rector of
Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown,
when the minister was conducting q
healing service at a fashionable Episco-
pal church near Washington Circle in
February, 1928.
The hearing of the case, which end
ed yesterday, was enlivened with the
reading to the jury of q number of let
tiers from the defendant to the 4012-
year-old minister.
Mrs. Ford was represented by at
torneys w. Gym Gardiner, Edward L.
Marthill and South Trimble, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
z IN CLASS ASKED.
FOR KINDERGARTEN
Number Proposed as Basis
for Justifying Continuance
of Service.

A kindergarten policy under which q
one-teacher class would have to show
at least % children as "the average
number belonging" to its rolls in order
to be continued in service, is being
studied by the Board of Education
members this week in preparation for
action at the boards next meeting.
The new policy was proposed by DR.
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools, at the school board meeting
late yesterday, so that, as the school
official explained, the board could have
a definite statement of its kindergarten
policy for presentation to the House
Subcommittee during the hearings on
the 1892 school budget. If the hear
ings on school matters are begun prior
to the next regular board meeting, DR..
Charles F. Carusi, president, will call
a special meeting for consideration of
the policy.
Policy Change Explained.
The chief difference between the new
policy and the statement of policy
adopted by the board last month IS the
basis of class size. At present, kinder
garten may be discontinued IL its saver
age daily attendance" falls below 10.
Thus, a class is endangered by a long
period of bad weather or an epidemic
OF children'S disease, because absence
of pupils reflects definitely in the aver
age daily attendance"
In the proposed policy the class would
be discontinued if its average number
belonging"-the actual number of chill
dren carried on the class rollS-falls be-
low %. In raising the number from 10
to % the school officials pointed out that
an average daily attendance of 80 per
cent of the total number of children on
class roll is very good" for children
Of kindergarten age. They showed fur
Their that by using the average number
belonging" instead of average daily at
tendance" it would be possible for the
actual attendance to fall far below the
present standard of Is, If it were shown
that the absent pupils really expected to
return, without threatening the elinina-
ton of the class.
Oppose Present Basis.
School officers have consistently OPP
posed the basis of average daily attend
ance. but this unit of measure was i'm
posed by the House subcommittee under
the Craftsmanship of Representative
Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska.
Other standards contained in the new
policy follow:
"A class with an average NUMBER De-
longing of from % to As will have one
teacher who, with the authority of her
superior officers, may divide her charges
into a morning and an afternoon ses-
sion;
A class of between As and 20 chill
dren may have a part-time assistant
for the one teacher in charge;
A class of more than 70 may have two
full-time teachers.
In cases where the kindergarten al
ternates with first grade in the use
of class room, the kindergarten teach
err may have part-time assistant if
her class exceeds 35 and second full
time teacher will be assigned if the
class exceeds As. If such a kinder
garten exceeds so children the excess
pupils may be transferred to nearby
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
WORK IS ORDERED AT ARLINGTON
TO GIVE JOBLESS IMMEDIATE AID
Hurley to Break Ground Tomorrow for Approaches to
Tomb of Unknown Soldier.

With the special purpose of giving
immediate relief to unemployment con-
ditions in this city, the Secretary of
War, Patrick j. Hurley, has instructed
Quartermaster Gen. Dewitt to start at
once the construction of the approaches
to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
at the Arlington National Cemetery,
for which project has been provided
the sum of $416,000.
The work will be inaugurated tomor-
row afternoon at 4 o'clock by the
breaking of ground by Secretary Hur-
ley, in the presence of a distinguished
company including Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, Chief of staff; Col Arthur
Woods, chairman of the Presidents
Emergency Committee for Employment;
Maj. Gen. j. L. Dewitt, quartermaster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
DEATH DEMANDED
FOR TWO ON TRIAL
FOR BUSH MURDER
Defense Counsel Asks for
Any Finding Except One
of EIeCtroCution.
MOTION is OVERRULED
FOR DIRECTED VERDICT
Prosecutor Collins Characterizes
Crime as Premeditated
and Cruel.

Death sentences were demanded for
both defendants today in the argument
to the jury of William H. Collins, As
sistant United States attorney, at the
murder trial of William ]. CARMEL and
Frank Mahoney in District Supreme
Court.
/ The defendants have been on trial
all week on charges of numbering Louis
Bush, bus line operator, october last,
In the garage of his home at 1884 Fulton
street.
Louis L. Whitestone of defense coun-
sci made an equally insistent plea for
any verdict other than that of guilty
Of first degree murder which alone
carries execution as the penalty.
OverruIes Defense Motion.
Arguments began after Associate JUS
tice Peyton Gordon again had overruled
q defense motion for a directed verdict
of not guilty In so far as ,.firSt-degree
murder was concerned. This motion,
previously denied, was renewed by
Whitestone in last-minute effort to
save the defendants from the electric
chair.
Collins declared the murder was pre-
meditated and deliberate. He charac-
terized it as one of the most cruel STAY
ings ever committed in the District. He
contenced the defense was seeking to
make the jury believe Bush had COM
mitted suicide.
do they expect you to believe" Cold
Inns demanded, that Mr.. Bush fired
four shots and was able to shoot him.
self but once? The theory is absurd"
The prosecutor stressed the fact that
the defendants had purchased bullets
and deliberately set out to pull stick
UP" and commit murder il necessary to
carry out their designs.
Admits Robbery.
Whitestone said Collins exhibited
''brazen effrontery' by suggesting the
defense had intimated Bush committed
suicide. He added there had been
nothing in the testimony from which
such an inference might be drawn. He
said the prosecutions contention that
the Staying had been premeditated was
refuted by testimony that CARMEL had
not been acquainted with Bush, did not
buy the bullsts for the pistol or load
the weapon.
"Robber, yes" Whitestone said, "mur-
derer, no. I wouldn't have you return
Carnell to the streets nor would have
you find him guilty of first degree
murder"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18

to provide a seat for every child in our
school system and this costs a great
deal of the taxpayers money. We
think education and the proper facil-
tiles for 1t are worth every dollar we
spend on them but at the same time
We ought TO take any means we can
to save those dollars. i asked about
the annexes only with this object in
mind
In the same meeting yesterday. DR..
Carusi announced the personnel of the
committee he was authorized two weeks
ago to appoint for the purpose of MAX
ing study of the relation of academic
education and physical treatment for
public school systems and just how far
a public school ought to go in providing
facilities for cripples, tubercular, blind
and deaf and dumb children. DR.. H.
Barrett Learned, vice president of the
School Board, was named chairman of
the committee. Other members include
DIR. j. Hayden Johnson, School Board
member: Robert l.. Haycock and Gar
net G. Wilkinson, assistant superin-
tendentS of schools; George Wilson Of
the Board of Public Welfare; Allen
Talbert of Children's Hospital: DR..
William A. Warfield Of FfeedmenS Hos
pttal; Radford Moses of the Kiwanis
Club; DR.. Joseph Murphy of the Dis
CAICJ Vi SOluIlDld f1SdlSIl department,
and Mrs. Ernest Grant
j. E. Zearfoss, teacher at Mckinley
High School, was promoted yesterday
to be director of manual training in the
white schools. Mr.. Zearfoss succeeds
the late John A. Chamberlain, and he
comes to his new position sSmultaneoussM
with the launching of the reorganiza-
ton of the manual training depart
ment.
Faced with the possibility of the
Commissioners failure to receive bids
for the construction of the Dunbar
High School stadium within the allow
ed $4,000, through the second adver-
tisement for proposals now out, the
School Board will request the Commits
SionerS to ask for an additional appro-
priation. The first bids for this con-
struction were, without exception, in
excess of the money appropriated for
the purpose, and new bids now are
being sought. Dunbar's stadium has
been awaited by that school for 10
years, delays having been caused by
land acquisitions, plans for the struc-
ture itself and now by high prices.
The clerical and janitorial forces of
the public schools will be given holi-
day on Christmas eve in accordance
with the School Boards action at its
meeting late yesterday This follows
the lead set by the President in giving
Federal employees holiday through his
executive order. The teachers Of the
school, system, of course. will be or for
the Christmas holidays anyway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18

general, Brig. Gen. L. H. Bash and
Lieut.. Col C. G.. Mortimer, Quarter
master Corps; Lorimer Rich, architect;
j. w. Harris, representing the Hage-
man Harris Construction Co.. the con-
tractors: Capt. J. H. Gilman, con-
structing quartermaster, and many
others interested in the project. The
ceremonies will be open to the public
Plans for the approaches were pre-
pared by LoriIner Rich and Thomas H
Jones of New York City at a Nation
wide competition and have been ap-
proved by both the Commission of Fine
Arts, and the National Battle Monu-
ments Commission, of which latter
Gen. John j. Pershing is chairman.
The contract calls for completion by
December 81, 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
CORNELIUS MCCOY SHEDS
STOLEN SHOES IN COURT
Practically Barefooted, He Begins
Serving 1S0-Day Sentence for
Theft of Clothing. .

Cornelius Mccoy, colored, not only
had the hard luck of receiving l801day
jail term in Police Court today for
stealing clothing, but the embarrass-
ment of losing his shoes before an audi
ence of 200 persons seated in the court
room.
After Judge Robert E. Mattingly had
sentenced Mccoy for taking suit of
clothes, shoes and an overcoat, from
Percy Lewis, colored, 458 Kings Court,
he asked Mccoy if he had any of Lewis
wearing apparel on him at this time.
Sure" said Mccoy carelessly, these
shoes are his"
take 'em off then" ordered the
Judge; mo, don't go back in the lock-
up Take 'em off right here"
But Judge" pleaded Mccoy, Il have
: hole in my sock"
Mccoy reluctantly sat down in front
of the magistrate took of the shoes,
gave them to Lewis and strolled, prac-
tically barefooted, into the lookup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
! parked auto at North Capitol and

a parked auto at North Capitol and
x streets.
Police roped off Thirteenth street
from Florida avenue to Clifton street
and Sixteenth street from Florida ave-
nue. to Crescent place as precaution-
airy measure against further mishaps.
Several machines skidded down both
hills and miraculously escaped harm
before officers had time to block the
streets to vehicuIar traffic.
Inspector Albert j. Headley ordered
cinders spread on the steps and side
walks in front of all station houses
OF the Police Department as further
safeguard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
C0AGE GETS APPROVAL
OF DISTRICT COMMITTEE

The nomination of Jefferson S. Coage,
colored, to be recorder of deeds may oc
acted on by the Senate today or tomor-
row. having been given a favorable re-
port by the Senate District Committee
late yesterday.
The nominee has been a deputy re-
corder in the deeds Office since 1925,
and has been serving as recorder since
September on recess appointment. DR..
George c. Havenner, an investigator of
the Bureau of Efficiency, told the Sem
ate committee that bureau made a
study of the recorder of deeds Office not
long ago and that Coage co-operated in
making that study. DR.. Havenner said
he regarded the nominee as competent
official.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
JOHN B. KELLEHER'S WIFE
PAYS $500 COURT FINE

Seventeen Sentence Reduced to
Five Years and Prisoner Is Eligi-
BILE for Parole Feb. IA, 1881.
The fine of $500 imposed on John
B. Kelleher at the time of his convic-
ton and sentence Of five years on a
charge of setting up gaming table
last year was paid this morning by his
wife, Mrs. Anna B. Kelleher. Later, 1t
was reported an application for parole
would be filed in Kellehers behalf.
Kelleher, who has been in the District
Jail since June, 1929, Is eligible for
parole February IA, 1891, 1t was said at
the Justice Department today. A SEN
tence of seven years imposed by the
trial court was reduced to five years by
Chief Justice MCCOY after the Court of
Appeals passed .on the case and SEN
tence was passed November Is. 1e2a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
GEN. DUNLAP SHIFTED

Brig. Gen. Robert H. Dunlap, who
has been commanding the Marine Corps
Base at San Diego, Calf. was ordered
today to report to Marine Corps Head
quarters at the Navy Department for
duty.
Washington, will be relieved by Brig,
Gen. John H. Russell, until recently
American High Commissioner to the
Republic 0f Haiti,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
THIRTEEN CLUB TO MEET
Annual Election is to Be Held at
Dinner Tonight.

The Thirteen Club will hold its an
nual election of officers at a dinner in
the Arlington Hotel at $50 o'clock to-
night. Nominees include: For president,
Charles E. Huff and Lucian i. MERCER;
for vice president, Herbert G. Pillen;
for secretary, Charles w. Prettyman;
for treasurer, E. Hanson Ely and Will
liam w. Wheeler; for parliamentarian
Frank Moulton; for marshal, Col. Jo-
seph G. Let's, u S. A., and w. Richard
Harvey, and for the Board ofGovernors,
Clyde Kellogg, David r. Lehman, DR..
Carl J. Mess, Ralph H. Houser, Hcrry
Schnable and Dewey zirkln.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
CHILDREN TO BE FETED

Front Line Post, No. 14O1, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. will give a Christmas
party for children of veterans, at Logan
Hall, 1902 Fourteenth street, Monday,
December %.
Miss Edith Reed will direct a class
of children which will furnish enter
tainment in the form of recitations,
singing and dancing. The program
will be broadcast over a local radio
At the conclusion of the party gifts
will be presented to the children from
the Christmas tree. A business session
of the post will follow the party. Later
dance will be given by members of
the post and the ladies' auxiliary.