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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28
NORMAL OUTLOOK
URGED OF PEOPLE
Alexandria Citizens Body
Hears Plea to Loosen
Purse Strings.
apeclal Dispatch to The Star,

special Dispatch TO The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, october %
The things community needs and
what is necessary to make Alexandria
q better place in which to live were
told the members of the Alexandria
Citizens Association at the regular
monthly meeting, at Potomac, last
night by Dan S. Hollenga. business
manager Of the Chamber of Commerce,
who made the principal address.
Hollenga said that if people would
assume normal outlook and loosen
their purse-strings the hard times
would disappear. The campaign to
have people buy now" is bad psychol-
ogy, he said, since it gives people the
idea that merchants are trying to un-
load their goods in fear of prices drop
ping to lower levels.
Gas Official Speaks.
Vice President Woodhead of the
Alexandria Gas Co. addressed the
the company which recently bought
the municipally-owned gas generating
plant here.
Wood1lead explained that the gas
company would make extensions where
the net revenues from the gas consumed
would pay the interest on the cost of
the extension, which, he said, had been
4OuIlQ W DC u very IdlT mSJIlOC lOT DOCn
the company and the other consumers.
He told of the method of grading the
mains and service pipes The new
mains from Washington will be in use
before cold weather sets in, he stated.
Free School Books Discussed.
William Kleysteuber, as chairman of
the Committee on Free School Books
reported for his committee, and it was
suggested that his committee work with
the Chamber of Commerce Schools
Committee and the parent-teacher as
sociations on this project. Kleysteuber
suggested that If the city could not
finance free books at this time, it might
be able to buy the books and sell them
at cost plus slight addition to cover
distribution.
Several residents of the Potomac
section stated that in reality their taxes
had been increased, as they were now
forced to buy books for their children,
while under the Arlington County rule
these were furnished free.
Lawrence Roland, local manager of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co, spoke on the telephone service and
q proposed zone rate basis. Maj. Rich
ards made report from the committee
on Sanitation, Streets and Lighting.
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From the Front Row
Reviews and News Of Washington 5 Theaters.

''Hallelujah Chorus" one was con-
scious that these actors, who have
made this their life work, had pre-
sented something not likely to be
forgotten.
The Christus, as portrayed by
Adolf Fassnacht, was remarkable for
a number of things. Pictorially con-
vincing, acted with simplicity of
manner so necessary to the part, It
was possibly the metal of his voice
that seemed the most vital and
superb element in his characterize
ton. Mr.. Fassnacht, who, since the
death of his father, has played this
role for 81 years, brought a reson-
ance to his speaking voice defying
Interpretation. but carrying with it a
majestic quality that scared thrill
ingly through the vast Auditorium.
His sincerity in his work, his evil
dent devotion to the role, made his
portrayal a religious picture that
struck eminently true.
The scenes, therefore, and neces-
sarily from the dramas sequence, in
which he appeared, were by far the
most impressive.
Especially to be remembered were
his entrance into Jerusalem, the
Last Supper, reminiscent of the
Da Vinci painting; his trial before
Pontius PLATE and then the last
poignantly enacted scenes of the
death and the resurrection. In all
these Mr.. Fassnacht brought not so
much as an iota of theatricalism to
his part-he was, essentially, and
perfectly. the divine Christus.
AS in the case of the leading men,
Der of the cast. the others in the
Fassnacht family had beautiful
voices and simplicity of expression In
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life can, by the force Of her will and
understanding rule those about her,
there is no reason why much atten-
ton should not be given to the work
of the members of the jury" In
the opening scene they are pre-
scented in jury box In an ensemble
which excites no interest other than
that they must have been engaged
for the sole purpose of making an
inanc background for SHOW" but
as they come to life SUCCESSFULLY, and
engage in one of the most hilarious
comedies extant, they soon do their
respective parts in a crescendo of
fun which gives every impression of
proper selection for abcut the finest
assortment of groteSque personali-
ties that has been seen in a long
time. The cast includes, in addition
to Mrs. Fiske, Ethel Strickland,
Jennette Bowling, Elsie Keene. Alice
Cowan, Eleanor Gordon, William
Ingersoll, Luke CONFESS, Kemble
Knight, Vincent James, Robert
Leslie, Thomas Shearer. Edmund
Elton, Sydney Booth. Sherling Oliver,
viii Geer, Edward Butler. Marga la
Rubia, Mona Smith, Mary Emerson, =,
George Seibold. D. c. C.
Speed Girls"
Pleases Burlesque Fans.
A ROLLICKING fest of fun.
laughter and thrills Speed
Girls" featuring an array of femi-
nine pulchritude, is pleasing the
burlesque fans at the Gayety this
week.
This revue has some promising
burleSque material and is very en-
tertaining, but seems to lack orig
inality, and a little more refreshing
humor would add to its attractive
ness
Fails" Binder and Max Sachs,
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featured as the masculine leads,
work hard, and their efforts are APP
preciably amusing.
Mae DIX, perhaps the shining star
of the revue, Is lively lass, who
has pair of very nimble feet
and pleasing voice. Adeline Parks,
Frances Farr and Alice Kennedy
give creditable performances. Miss
Farr, particularly, is good in q spe-
cialty number that was well received.
Johnny Cook, Juvenile dancer, q
versatile young man. combining his
talents to sing, dance and clown, Is
the high spot Of the masculine side
of the show. The chorus Is well
costumed and deserving of praise.
B. w.
Stella Maris Club
In 1.-THE Cat and the Canary"
4 FINE bit of evidence that the
Theater Is not in danger of
perishing from the earth was fur
niShed at Carroll Hall, last evening,
when the Stella Maris Dramatic
Club presented to and delighted q
large audience with the famous
mystery play of John Willard, "The
Cat and the Canary"
The players, distinctly non profess
sional, headed by the chaming Mar
garet Frawley, in the role of Anna
belle West" under the direction of
Charles A. Russell. with the assist
ance of Kathleen Baker and Helen
Collins, gave a performance well
worth while, and that means a great
deal. for THE Cat and the Canary"
as dramatic task, Is no small chore
by any means. Flaws. perhaps, yes,
but the remarkable thing about It
all is that no one seemed to notice
them, and under the circumstances
they must have been, indeed, trivial.
Doubtless they will all completely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28
YOUTH CAPTURED HERE
ORDERED TO ASYLUM
stBoy Hcudini" Committed to In
sane Hospital After Report of
Examing Alienists.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Mass, october 2S-victor
Etanwhite, 16-year-old hoy Houdini,"
who on at least five occasions has sue
cessfuliy operated on the principle that
"bars do not prison make" yesterday
was ordered committed to the Bridge
water Insane Hospital.
Stanwhite was captured recently IN
Washington, ID. c., with a companion,
after having escaped from the Worces-
ter State Hospital. He previously had
escaped from two other hospitals.
His principal escapade was walking
70 liberty from the city prison here after
he had wriggled out of straightjacket
and pilfered the keys of doing police
guard.
The court in ordering the commit
ment yesterday acted on the opinion of
alienists who examined the boy.
Stanwhite first came into police tolls
after series of breaks in Greater Bos-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
Staying IN MONTANA
Officials Believe Enemies From
East Trailed Man to Home
in Northwest.
y the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BONNERS' FERRY, Idaho, October
28-Llewellyn Curtis, 40, who came
here from Maine about a month ago.
was slain Sunday night by bullet his
wife said was fired through window of
their home.
After searching many hours near his
home, miles from here, without find
ing definite clues, and in face of Mrs.
Curtis statements her husband had no
enemies. sheriff's officers said they be-
lieved the man was killed by enemies
who followed him West
Mrs Curtis said she and her husband
had returned from card party that
night when the bullet killed her hus-.
band. A second shot was fired, she
said, presumably at her, but she was not
injured.
A rifle was reported by officers to be
missing from the house. Automobile
tracks were found near the residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28
Little Offers
"Unguarded Girls"

THE picture, "Unguarded Girls"
strongly reminiscent Of the
nickel days of the movie, is merely
an incidental feature offered in
conjunction with q series Of pictures.
shown under the auspices of the
Public Welfare Pictures Corporation. s
A short lecture, delivered between
reels, Is conducted by q representa-
tive of the picture corporation. >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28
HONDURANS AT POLLS
Congressional Elections Held-Re-
suits Not Yet Known.

TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras, October
% (P).-CongreSsional elections in Hon
duras were held throughout the coun-
try over the weekend under orderly
conditions
The returns were still incomplete
yesterday, but indicated there would be
O very close race between the Nation
alist and Liberal parties, with the victor
having lead of only one or two votes
IN Congress.
The Liberals have so far won nine
seats and the Nationalist IL. The
Liberal Insurgents got one seat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28

long in its initial stages were COM
PEELED to overlook their complaint
with the rising of the curtain after
the intermission. The cross at Col
gotha, raised against a saffron-col-
ored sky, was one of the most i'm
pressive religious taaleaux ever con-
ceived by the stage. Followed by
the glorification and triumph Of
Jesus, with the chorus singing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28

Mems Cotton Hose.
Seconds, Solid colors, g for soc
Mems BroadcIoth Pajamas. Seconds.
Novelty patterns. Full cut and Zoo
we'll made. Sizes A to C....... W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28

remarkable I'M
folding of the
Christus drama,
gained in dig
nifty, authority
a n d dramatic
effectiveness as
the evening wore
on, until with
the scenes Of
the . Crucihxion
and the Resur-
rection the i'm
pressiveness of
the production
reached a mo-
mentous climax.
T h Sc W h o
thought that the
unfolding of this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28
Boxer Nay Be President.

RIO DE JANEIRO. October % Op).
The big shot in Brazil Is Zhetooli0
Vahrgahs. That's about the way %
pronounce Getulio Vargas, name of The
fighter who has been invited to become
President.
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The passion Play"
Profoundly Impressive.

TINE Freiburg Passion Play"
whose inheritance comes
from the Dark Ages, and
Il whose cast has been headed
for eight generations by
members of the same family, had its
first Washington presentation last
night at the Auditorium.
Greeted-as is asked on the pro-
gram-by a reverent silence, this
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disappear in the performance that
Is to be repeated this evening ct the,
same place--and for an excellent
cause. =
Miss Frawley's work was especially
good, her performance being accen.
tuated by admirable poise and her
adaptability to her role. Paul MUIR
ply rs the timid Paul Jone: Justin
Wrinkle as Charlie Wilder. Miss Baker
as the spiritualist, Nanny PLEASANT :,
Harold Hamill as Lawyer Crosby
and George Wrinkle as Harry Blythe.
all did very well In their respective
parts, while Mary E. Mccarthy and
Dorothy Collifiower acquitted theni@
selves as the gabby Susan ana
Cicily Young respectively. Otherx
who shared In the success Of the
evening were Kenneth and Richard
Collins and Mathew Fenton.
The play was well staged and, COM
sidering the diniculties, 1t was ex-
cellently performed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
STOCK FUND THEFT
Jury IS SELECTED
Seven Women and Five Men
to Hear $500 EmbezzIe-
ment Charge.

A jury of seven women and five men
was sworn today before Justice Jesse C.
Adkins in Criminal Division l to try
Miss Elzina Howells, 40 years old who
is charged with the larceny after trust
or the embezzlement of SIS 700 intruSted
to her for stock investment by two
nurses residing in the Toronto Apart
mentS between December 10, 1928, and
June 81. 1929.
Miss Irene Biggs ard Miss Lillian
Girard, the nurses, were sent on a
complimentary" ocean voyage, it is de-
clared. on which their passage was
booked to Paris. The check given to the
booking agent/was reported to be not
good. The vessel was radiogrammed,
and the two nurses had to make other
arrangements for their passage, the
Government will contend.
Assistant United States Attorneys
William A. Gallagher and Charles B.
Murray. are conducting the prosecution,
while Attorneys Paul j. Sedwick of
Washington and Donald w. Smith of
the North Carolina bar are defending
Miss Howells. According to the in
dictment the accused interested the
two nurses in stock speculation on the
representation that she had expert
ence in such transactions and received
the various sums from them. 1t is
alleged that she failed to return the
money, but converted it to her. own use
The indictment Is in 16 counts, eight
of them charging the embezzlement OF
the several amounts as received from
the nurses and the other eight alleging
the larceny of these same amounts
after they had been intrusted to the
woman by the nurses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
WESTERN INSECT .
ARMY is INCREASING
Grasshoppers, Caterpillars, Beet
Pests, Descend on Farm
Lands.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An increasing army Of insect pests
was reported mobilizing today to plague
the Western farmer, and plans were
pushed forward in the Offices and labo-
ratories Of the Department of Agricul-
ture to combat the invasion.
An outbreak of grasshoppers, forecast
by the department two months ago. was
described as apparently Undertaking. in
half a dozen States.
DR.. W. H. Larrimer, department en-
tomologiSt, at the same time reported a
host of range caterpillars, capable of
laying waste to thousands of acres of
grass, was gathering in Northern New
Mexico.
Meanwhile, other department ento-
mologists indicated the dreaded sugar
beet leaf unprecedented as one of
the most serious existing drawbacks to
the beet industry-might appear in
greater numbers than last year.
Grasshoppers similar to the 'locusts'
which have plagued Egypt and Palestine
since biblical days were reported in
creasing throughout the entire United
States, although threatening most in
Norh and South Dakota. Michigan Me-
braska, Idaho and Colorado. An ex-
pected outbreak in Montana was averted
by cold, wet weather at egg Matching
! time
THE grasshopper is not the dreaded
pest of the West it used to be, DR.. Lar
rimer said today. Although it eats
practically everything edible, is born
hungry and never satisfies its appetite
poison has been devised capable OF
killing the pests in such great numbers
they fall 80 to the square foot"
He said experiments were being con-
Quoted by the Agriculture Department
to cheaper the cost OF this bran-masn'
arsenic poison and give it wider use.
A curious, wasp-like insect was belnt
| introduced in the West to combat thC
range caterpillar, DR.. Larrimer said
Feeding on its enemies eggs, ne ex'
blamed, the wasp should wipe out thu
caterpillar within four years.
No means has yet been devised u
combat the sugar beet leaf hopper. othel
entomologists disclosed. Intensive eX
periments are being conducted TO dis
| cover a means of chemical control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
HOOVER TO GREET
DISABLED VETERANS
Reception on White House Lawn
Today First of Kind Within
Year.

President and Mrs Hoover will be
hosts at a lawn party on the south
grounds of the White House this after
noon in honor of veterans of the World
War from Walter Reed and other hos
pitals in Washington and nearby.
This will be the first social affair of
it's kind held by the occupants of the
White House within a year and it is
expected that more than 1000 per-
sons, many of them prominent officially
and socially in Washington, will be
present.
The event is scheduled for 5 o'clock.
The veterans will be presented to the
President and the First Lady and fol-
lowing that the other guests will file
along the receiving line. Wives of cabi-
net members will assist Mrs. Hoover in
receiving
The reception of World War vet
Grams on the lawn at the White House
was first inaugurated by President and
Mrs Harding and with only one or two
exceptions has been carried out an
nually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
MISSING FAIRFAX
GIRL COMES HOME
Father Takes Her to Sheriff When
She Refuses to Tell of
Whereabouts.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. July 16.--Louise Sis
son, l4-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Sisson of Franconia, who
disappeared Sunday afternoon, was re-
turned TO her home this morning at 4
O'Clock after a countrywide search had
been instituted by Sheriff E. p Kirby.
Mrs. Anna Padgstt, an employee of a
lunch room at Potomac, Va, whose
home is four miles from the Sisson
home, said that she heard some one
walking on her porch at 4 o'clock this
morning. She went down and found
the girl there alone and at daylight
took her home
When the girl refused to give her
parents any information as to where
she had been since Sunday afternoon
or who her companions have been, her
father brought her to Fairfax land
turned her over to Sheriff Kirby for in
generation in the jail She will be
turned over this morning to Mrs. Leon
| Manghum. Fairfax County superintend-
ent of welfare.
The girl is said to have peen accosted
by man in an automobile Sunday
| afternoon as she was about to enter the
! BaptSt Church at Franconia. witnesses
say they saw her get into the machine
and drive away after the stranger is
said to have given two younger sisters
| several dimes.
Sheriff Kirby declared this morning
that he has information which he be-
lleVes VIII lead to the arrest of the man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
POSTAL CLERK FINDS
$4,000 IN WALLET
James A. Heaney Returns Valuable
Checks to Owner After Cashier
Loses Them.

Through the honesty of James A.
Heaney, a Post Office Department file
clerk, the Consolidated Press Associa-
ton yesterday afternoon recovered
S16l 900 in checks which one of its
young women cashiers had lost while
eating lunch in a cafeteria on Penn
SylYania avenue near Eleventh street
on her return from the Riggs National
Bank
The wallet found by Heaney was re-
ported at first to contain approximately
hall million dollars, made up mostly
of checks covering the deficit of the
Byrd Antarctic expedition, but Thomas
j. McBreen, traffic manager for the
Consolidated Press, explained today that
the full amount, $161,0 900, was in nom
negotiable chacks. They had no re-
lation to the Byrd expedition.
Heaney stumbled over the wallet as
he approached the cashiers desk in the
restaurant. To avoid being late re-
Heaney, who is 33 years old and re-
sides at 1922 Ninth street, took his find
to E. w. Van Meter, chief of the divi-
sion of rural delivery in the Post Office
Department, where he works. A pass
book of the Riggs Bank having been
found in the wallet, Mr.. Van Meter
called the bank by telephone and the
bank in turn called Mrs. King. tenn
porary employe for the Consolidated
Press, who went to the Post Office De-
partment and reclaimed the checks.
Two of the checks were in amounts
of $50,139 and $50,971, each non-rego-
table and involving an exchange of
accounts. Mrs. King missed the wal
let, she explained, after she had finished
her luncheon. 1t had probably been
on the floor about 90 minutes when
Heaney stumbled over it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
HERFURTH SUBMITS
LOW WRECKING BID
Offers to Demolish Buildings
Around Polls Theater
for $21,760.

II. Herfurth, Jr., Inc of this city is
low bidder for the big task of demolish-
ing an entire block of buildings in which
Polls Theater is located and turning
that area into park
Herfurth submitted the lowest bid of
five firms competing for the job, with
an offer of S2l,760 when bids we're
opened late yesterday. The highest bid
was $42,357, submitted by John Albert
Hunter, also of this city.
The office of supervising architect
VIII take few days to consider these
bids, and contract is expected to be
awarded shortly. The contractor will
have 80 calendar days in which to COM
plete his work.
The first building to come down prob
ably Will be Polls Theater, according to
indications today, and the wreckers will
then probably take down the old Ok
ford Hotel on the corner of PennsyI-
vania avenue and Fifteenth street.
The United States Coast Guard, the
largest activity of the Federal Govern
ment in the block, will move from its
quarters at Fourteenth ana streets
to The Treasury Annex No. /. corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Madison
place, beginning about August l.
The traffic bureau of the Metropolitan
Police Department, tits understood. is
hoping to remain in its quarters on the
avenue as long as possible, as arrange
ments for its new quarters have not
yet been fully completed.
When all the buildings have been torn
down the cellars and other depressions
are to be solidly filled in and the odd
shaped square. bounded by Fourteenth,
Fifteenth, E streets and Pennsylvania
avenue will be leveled of and seeded in
grass.
Final plans for this park have not
yet been completed. Eventually, how
ever, fountain or pool is to be uscd
org with trees and shrubbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
NEW TAXI THREAT
SEEN IN RATE WAR
Fleet May Operate Over
Definite Route for Low
Fares.

Washington's taxicab rate war, In
tenSified by the appearance OF fleet
of cabs operating on low meter fare
of cents third of mile, is expected
\ to become more pronounced in the near
future with advent of another cab COM
pany which proposes to operate in di-
rect competition with the street car
| lines.
Information has come to the Public
Utilities Commission, it was learned to-
day, of plans of a new company to run
taXicabs between definite points, pick
ing up passengers along street car
routes and carrying them at a low rate
of fare. The name of the company
and those at the head of it have not
been disclosed to the commission.
Attorney Inquiries Into Authority.
First intimation of the proposed ven
ture was given the commission by an
attorney who made inquiries as to what
authority it had to control taxicabs
operating over definite routes and be-
tween fixed points. The commission de-
clined to rule on the question in adj
vance of the actual start of the service,
but its members are said to be of the
opinion that there is a way to prevent
the operation if it is desirable in the
public interest.
The present rate war started in Feb
ruary with the advent of the fiat rate
35-cent cabs. This type of service has
increased in popularity and hundreds
of cabs which were once operating on
a meter basis are now running on the
35-cent fiat rate. The latest scent
third-of-a-m service, however, is said
to be lower than the 35-cent rate, par
ticuarly on short hauls of four or five
blocks.
Believe Force-out Intended.
There is a firm belief among public
utility experts that a movement is I'M
derway to swamp Washington with
taXicabs giving lower rates, and ulti-
mately force some of the companies
out of business, the survivors thus be-
ing in position to resume regular
meter rates without competition.