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Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
DEA THIS
IN BLAZE:
REACH 26
Inmates OF Pittsburgh
Home For Aged Vic
TINS OF Flames
TOLL MAY MOUNT
o. ,,Firemen Seriously Han
dicapped In Efforts To
Halt Blaze.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. July IS. W.P)

PITTSBURGH, Pa. July 25. W.P)
Fire from a spark in the base
ment cobbler's shop of the Little
Sisters of the Poor Home for the
Aged, roared through the four
story brick structure during the
night hours and left behind today
u toll OF 26 dead and 1873 injured.
Only three booie: OF the aged,
trapped in the terrible fire, had
been identified shortly before noon,
and there was a possibility that the
death list would rise from those
suffering in hospitals.
The fire caused bewilderment and
disorder among the 23l inmates,
none of them under CO. Many were
feeble and some inyalid--trapped
with no chance of escape.
Many tales of heroism came in
the wake Of the tragedy. Mother
Superior Agatha, 80, mustered her
l6 nuns and they sought to lead to
safety the aged and ailing. Fire
men. needless of danger, were aided
by volunteers, once the firemen had
battered down the wooden gates
that led to a high brick wall en-
closing the retreat of men and wo-
men living out their ebbing years
In the calmness of the Little Sis
ters institution.
Fate played III with them. There
was no telephone in the building
to give the fire alarm, and the path
of rescuers was blocked temporarily
by locked gates and a high wall
around the institution.
! AS the fire swept upward, canes
trapped on the floors. Some inmates
yelled. Mother Superior Agatha
vigorous and brave, heard the sum-
mons and groped her way to the
alarm bell on the first floor.
Meantime pasSersby saw the
flames shooting from the roof and
summoned fire apparatus. Six
alarms were sounded.
Firemen were forced TO batter
down the wooden gates TO the bigh
brick wall, losing valuable minutes.
Scenes of Horror
Volunteer rescuers scaled the
high wall
Ladders were run to the third
and fourth floor windows where
many of the men and women stood
screaming and praying.
The rescue workers dashed into
the building. Some men entered
the flames as many as 10 times.
One by one of the inmates were
brought out. The lawn on fire.
clear side of the hospital was turn
ed into a temporary hospital.
Resuscitation apparatus from
the bureau of mines was used. This
saved many lives.
Several of the braver inmates
jumped into fire nets without in
jury.
The blaze continued to mount
from a spark in the cobblers shop
in the basement, the fire had spread
to the roof and the entire building
was doomed.
Rescue work continued method
ically. Mother Agatha and the lf
nuns refused all offers Of aid until
their charges were reached
Late this morning only five OF
, the dead had been identified. They
were Mary Waldur, j. Stewart
Catherine Mcclure, Marta Tiley
and Mrs. Mary Thompson, all OF
Pittsburgh.
The fire marshal and the cor
oner started separate investigation:
to determine what started the
blaze It's origin was traced to the
cobbler's shop but the cause was yet
undetermined.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
Six Killed In
Airplane Crash

SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 25. W.P) -
Six persons were killed when a
French passenger airplane burst in
to flames and crashed in the Balk-
ans last night.
Three of the victims were believed
to have been English, including one
woman.
The airplane crashed SO miles
west Of Bourgas, during a storm.
Bodies of victims were badly
charred and Identification was diff
ficult.
The plane, belonging to the Com
paign Internationale de Navigation,
was flying from Stamboul, Turkey
to Bucharest, capital of Roumania.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
DEATH CLAIMS
LEADING FIGURE
in CIRCUS WORLD
AL C. Barnes Dies At In
dio Following Lengthy
Illness.

INDIO, Calf, July 25. U.P) Al
@. Barnes, 68-year r-old circus mag
nate, died on the Robson ranch
here at $50 o'clock this morning af-
ter an illness of seven months.
His wife, Margaret, was at his
bedside.
Several children by a previous
marriage also survive.
Barnes, who started in the show
business in 1895 with phonograph,
pony and a picture machine in
GlenWood Springs, Colo, became
one OF the most colorful circus men
in the world before his death.
Barnes sold his show two years
ago and retired to Southern Cali
fornia to live after 35 years under
the big top. He personally took
part in the performances of his cir
Gus, leading nightly procession in
to the arena mounted on the "larg-
est elephant in the world"
The last few years of Barnes life
were featured by marital trouble.
He was divorced from two wives,
on in 1921 and 1923.
Death was not unexpected as
Barnes had been weak for several
months after his attack of pneumo-
MIA. He was stricken while visiting
at his ranch outside of Indio and
died in the ranch house.
Several days ago Barnes staged
on Of the numerous rallies which
marked his fight for life. Last
night, however, he took a sudden
unexpected turn for the worse.
DR.. B. G. Morris, one of the sew
eral physicians who have been at
tending Barnes, was called. He was
at the bedside when the circus man
succumbed.
Survived Operation
About month ago when Barnes
Illness was acute major lung op-
Grafton was performed by DR.. Rus
sci M. Grey. Although death was
expected momentarily, the opera
ton was successful and Barnes raj
lied to the point of convalescence.
Barnes started in the show busi-
ness with his wife, Dollie Barlow
Together they toured the country
with their small outfit which grad.
ually grew until it contained more
than 1000 performers and hundred,
of animals when Barnes finally sole
out.
Dolie Barlow continued with tht
show until it reached the "big top.
| She was divorced by Barnes in 1921
| and She kept their names in court
for about six years with her efforts
to set aside the decree. She finally
was defeated by decision in 1929.
Meanwhile Barnes had married
again but the second marriage end
ed in divorce in 1923.
The Snowman was married for the
third time last December to Mrs
Margaret johnson Goldsborough OF
Denver.
Although the name of Al G
Barnes became known the world
over, the Snowman was not born to
the name. He was called Alpheus
George Barnes Stonehouse when, in
1862, he was born in Bobo, On
tario, Canada.
Barnes went to live near the
ocean at Santa Monica when he
retired. He did not leave all of his
circus loves behind him, however
Tusko, his largest elephant in the
world" occupied a specially built
pen near Los Angeles and frequent
ly was visited by his former master
The body of the Snowman was
taken to the Casey undertaking par
lorS in Indio.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
Youngsters Flee
Raid By Police

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 25. W.P)
Seventeen boys and four girls, ap-
parently of high school age, fled to-
day when vice squad raiders kicked
in a door of a pretentious residence
at 8493 Franklin avenue, according
to q police report.
Joe Clark, 35, was arrested as
proprietor of an establishment
which police said produced 480
quarts of assorted liquors.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
rs YEARS ON BOAT-NOT SEA

BOSTON, U.P) Captain De-
Walden Brown, oldtime seafarer, has
spent the past quarter of century
aboard a ship, but not once during
that period has he been at sea. His
home, where he has long enjoyed
a hermit-like existence, is a house
boat which lies in tiny creek off
Dorchester Bay.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25
ARIZONA BRIEFS
By UNITED PRESS


Aqua PRIETA, Sonora, July 25.
U.P)-Damage amounting to $4,000
was sustained when flames gutted
the International club here late yes
terday. The club is owned by n
Chinese syndicate which also
operates in Nogales, Sonora.
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 25. W.P)--
The Rev. Lawrence Emmett O'Keefe
assumed the presidency of Brophy
college here today, succeeding the
Rev. James E. Malone, who will be
student advisor and professor OF an
cient languages at Bellarmine Prep
aratory college at San Jose, Calf.
RAY, Ariz., July 25. (U.R)-Robert
A. Cook, 44-year-old clerk OF the
Nevada Consolidated Copper COM
pany here, died here yesterday fol-
lowing an operation. He was also
chairman of the Pinal county DEM
ocratic central committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-25

Free passage over the former Col
orado River toll bridge near Blythe
is assured not later than August /.
Evening star., 1931-06-21

White and flesh colored
Japanese silk shields In regu-
lar and crescent shapes. The
first time we have ever sold
them for less than 39c a pair.
Kann's-
Street Floor.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
FIRE DAMAGES
MADES HOTEL

Fire today badly damaged the
old Mades Hotel. 800 Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. W., once one of
the most famous eating houses
in the country. It is more fondly
remembered by many old-timers
for its long mahogany bar and
pre-prohibition cheer.
One fireman, S. G. Carter, of
Truck Company No. 13, was cut
on the hand by falling glass as
ladders were being placed against
the three-StOry frame building
He was treated at Emergency
Hospital.
A large crowd was attracted by
the dense clouds of smoke that
drifted off toward Capitol Hill
Street car traffic was tied up
for a quarter of an hour. Other
traffic was detoured.
In the days before the war
the Mades Hotel was a favorite
meeting place for Congressmen.
being only a few blocks from the
Capitops doors. The hotel had
been closed for some time and
was to have been razed to make
way for the new Federal build.
ings to be constructed through.
out that area.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
JOB DETECTORS
DUE To FLY
Times staff Photo
TOITISE

Seeing the National Capital
from the clouds - picking out
their homes. their schools and
other familiar places as they soar
above the city and surrounding
country-is one of the treats in
store for the boy members of The
Washington Times Job Detector
Force.
On Saturday afternoon, August
8, the boys will board an Atlantic
SeabOard Always plane at the
Washington Hoover Airport for
flights over Washington.
Trip Is Free
The trip is to be free to each
fortunate lad. Arrangements for
the flights have been completed
by j. S. Wynne, general manager
of the aviation company. and
George j. Adams, jr., executive
secretary of the District employ.
ment committee which is CO.
operating with The Washington
Times in finding jobs for unem-
ployed residents of the city.
Parents who may not be as air.
minded as their sons may obtain
assurance from the fact that the
plane carrying the boys will be
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The Washington times., 1931-07-24
WARDMAN F|RM
ASSETS SEIZED

The receivership Of the Ward
man Real Estate Properties, Inc,
established several days ago by
Justice James M. Proctor, was
broadened today when a supple
mental order directing the re-
ceivers to take over all cash,
notes and other securities of the
corporation, was signed.
Thomas D. Carson, Joseph P.
Tumulty and Julius I. Peyser,
the receivers, last week were au-
thorized to take over the property
of the corporation and direct its
management, and the present
order enlarges their duties. Their
bond was increased from 100000
to $250,00O.
A general creditor of the cor
poration brought the suit under
the $16.O00.0O0 bond issue used to
refinance the extensive ventures
of the corporation and alleged
that a default had occurred in
interest payments under the issue.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
MRS. WHOLEAN
ASSURED BULK
Of ESTATE
Henderson Grand = daughter
Profits Under Fathers Will;
Early Division of Riches Due

Regardless of which of the
many wills of Mrs. John B.
Henderson is admitted to probate,
the big fortune which the Six.
teenth Street dowager controlled
faces an almost immediate
division. it was declared today.
And the principal beneficiary
of the division, attorneys who
have studied the complicated case
assert, will be Mrs. Beatrice Hen
dersOn Wh0lean, reputed grand.
daughter, who was cut off in the
last will of the aged widow with
out a penny.
Entitled to One-Half
The division will be necessary
in order to carry out the terms
of the will of the late Senator
John B. Henderson and his son,
John B. Henderson, jr., whose
parentage of Mrs. Wholean was
questioned by Mrs. Henderson. .
Under the terms of the wills of
the Henderson men, Mrs.
Wholean is entitled to about one
half. of the entire Henderson
estate. This estate must be
divided. it is said by lawyers. be-
fore attempt can be made TO
carry out the terms of any of
the six wills of Mrs. Henderson
now on file in the District
Supreme Court.
George Edelin,, counsel for
Mrs. Henderson, who is named
as executor under the will filed
for probate, admitted today that
Mrs. WhOIean is entitled to her
share of the old Henderson
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The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Traffic Director Has
No Voice in Area
Restriction

A protest against setting aside
certain parking areas near Gov
ernment buildings for the use OF
members Of Congress and Federal
officials was answered by William
A. Van Duzer, director Of traffic,
today with a denial that special
privileges" had been given Off
cials by him. He said:
Congress directed in the
traffic act that such areas be
set aside, and I have no alter
native but to do as the law
directs"
The traffic act provides that
the commissioners shall designate
certain areas near Government
buildings for the use of Congress
men and officials, but which are
to be used by them only when on
official duty.
Mr.. Van Duzer said that the
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
MOT0R|ST HELD
AS RECKLESS

Charged with committing two
offenses of reckless driving within
an hour, Albert Robert Moore, 20,
1744 Columbia Rd. N. W., today
was released on $500 bond after
he had demanded jury trial be-
fore Judge Gus A. Schuldt in
Traffic Court.
According to Third precinct po-
lice, Moore was riding with James
Smith, "a, 1927 Twelfth st. N. W.,
at $3.50 a. m. today when Smith
was arrested for driving without
a permit. They went to the sta
ton house, where Smith got out
of the car.
Then, police charge, Moore took
the wheel and drove backward at
full speed along X Street North
west from the station to Washing
ton Circle, where he cut into New
Hampshire Avenue. He was pur-
sued by Policeman E. p. Hartman,
who lost the man after leaving the
circle.
A short time later, Hartman
said, Moore returned in another
car with a friend who came to the
station to visit Smith. He parked
short distance from the station,
he said. and fled when Hartman
approached him. The policeman
pursued him along a devious
route, including several circles,
finally overtaking him near
Eleventh and F Streets North
west.
The policeman charges that
part of the time Moore was driv-
ing at over 65 miles an hour
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Six Boys Lectured,
Freed in Theft
From Church

Six frightened little boys
faced Judge j. Chew Sheriff in
Police Court at Capitol Heights,
Md, yesterday. to answer
charges of stealing candles out
of st. Matthew's Catholic
Church. The boys were Sc
verely lectured by the Judge,
and the case dismissed.
The lads. James Hunt, Mel
vim Carr, Robert Kelby, Benny
Abel, Ramon Remerso and John
Cowan. we're arrested on war
rants sworn to by John Brooks,
sexton of the church.
According to James Hunt,
q chubby lad of 9 years, he
and another child entered the
edifice through an opened win
dow and took the candles.
They lighted a few and gave
some to their friends.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Father, Son Fined
For Same OffenSe

A father and son appeared be-
fore Judge Gus A. Schuldt in
Traffic Court today, each charged
with the same offense, involving
the same automobile, as result
of a single arrest.
Warren w. Sonneman and his
father, William j. Sonneman,
were each charged with having
bad brakes on a large truck
owned by the younger man. Police
said that the truck had no foot
brake at all and a defective hand
brake. The father was operating
the truck at the time of his
arrest. Judge Schuldt fined each
man $40.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
$4,000 Suit Filed
For Taxi TniurieS

Charging she was seriously in.
Jured when a taxicab owned by
Myron Taylor, a member of the
Independent Taxi Owners Associ-
alton, overturned after a COLI
sion, Sarah Greenberg, 401 Twen-
ty-third st. N. W., a passenger in
the cab. today filed suit for $5O,-
900 damages.
Attorney David Wiener filed
the declaration for the plaintiff
who says the accident occurred at
the intersection of Twenty-first
and e Streets, N. W., last Nov. 27.
She was rendered unconscious
and suffered permanent injuries
because of the drivers negligence
in operating his machine, the
plaintiff says.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
NEW SLASHES
ADD FUEL
TOF|GHT
Private Owners File List With
P. U. C. for Dime Anywhere
In District of Columbia

Taxicab rates toboganned to 10
cents today as a price war caused
turmoil among the cab companies
Of the city.
Signs, which proudly read IS
cents at the beginning Of the
struggle for mastery of the field
and which were rewritten to 20
cents yesterday, gave way to tenn
porary signs reading IS cents, and
then, in other cases, to those read
ing 10 cents.
The Private Taxicab Owners
Association, through its president,
John M. Goldrick, and its secre-
tary, H. r. Harlow, filed q
schedule with the Public Utilities
Commission which calls for a ride
anywhere within the District of
Columbia at the 10-cent rate.
Immediately after the Inde-
pendent Cab Operators Associa-
tion, a subsidiary controlled by
the Pro-Tex-U Company, an
nounced that it would cut rates to
10 cents for the first zone, ef.
fective tomorrow at midnight.
The second zone rate for these
IS cabs will be 20 cents and the
third zone rate 80 cents.
In the meantime, the Bell, City
and Broadmoor companies were
hauling passengers today at the
15-cent rate which they adopted
at midnight last night. Diamond,
the Pro-Tex-U cabs proper and
other smaller companies were
operating at a 20.cent rate.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Community Institute
Plans 1882 Program

Following the policy Of Wash
ington's new Symphony Or
chestra, the Washington Com
munity Institute will feature
American music, American
musicians and one American
author in it's entertainments for
the coming season.
Of the four programs, three
will be entirely musical and the
third will be a lecture by John
Erskine, author of The Private
Life of Helen of Troy" who will
speak April % on the subject
Music in Our Daily Lives"
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Surrey to Be Made
Of Traffic LiqhtS

Washington's traffic light sys-
tenn may undergo complete
change following survey in
heavily congested districts, which
will be started Monday.
Checkers will be stationed along
Rhode Island Avenue from North
Capitol to Twelfth Streets where
lights are to be changed from q
limited progressive to a flexible
progressive timing system. the tim
ing ratios of which will be deter
mined BY the count.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Military Graduates
ASHAMED to Air COrDs

Thirty per cent Of the gradu-
ating class of 296 of the West
Point Military Academy have
been detailed to the Army Air
Corps for flying instructions, the
War Department announced to.
day.
Upon expiration of their gradu.
alton leave. on September II,
these SO newly commissioned lieu
tenants will report at Randolph
Field. San Antonio, Tex, for
DUTY, where they will undergo an
intensive primary flying course
of eight months.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
MUM
ON PLANS To
APPEAL
Using Up l20 Days Allowed
BY Commission, Utility Is
Likely to BaIk Hearings

The Potomac Electric Power
Company, apparently playing q
waiting game. has yet to take ac-
ton on the Public Utilities Com.
missions order setting up new
sliding scale for fixing electric
rates.
Ultimately, the company un-
dOubtedly will carry its fight TO
the District Supreme Court in an
attempt to have the order ren-
dered invalid.
The company, under the law,
has 100 days in which to appeal
from the commissions order, is
sued early last month. Judging
from present indications. he com
pany will wait until October when
the 120 days have about expired,
before taking action.
Directors Silent
Since the order was issued, the
eompany's board has held two
meetings. But not so much as
q peep issued to reveal the Of
ficials' stand on the order.
BY waiting until October. the
company has opportunity to
block the commission from using
the new sliding scale as a basis
for 1882 rate reductions.
The opportunity lies in obtain
ing temporary injunction, then
conducting a fight against time
so final action on the injunction
might not be taken until after
the first of the year.
Commission Seen Baked
The commission, usually, in
fixing rates for an incoming year
conducts public hearing in
December. So if the company
gets a temporary Injunction and
the fight against time holds out,
the commission would be pro-
hibited from using the new scale
IN rate hearings this December.
This would leave two alterna-
tives to the cOmmissiOn-either
TO revert to the sliding scale in
the 1924 Equity Court consent
decree of a IA per cent return
to the company, or set up a
return independent of the decree
and the new scale.
The new scale cuts the COM
pany's return from 712 to per
cent. 1t provides that If the
excess profits are between and
8 per cent. one-half will be used
in rate reduction. If the profits
are between 8 and 9 per cent,
three-fourths will be used, and
over 8 per cent, five-sixths.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
LegiOn Post Picks
PdrLey Delegates

Delegates and alternates to the
annual convention of the District
of Columbia Department of the
American Legion were elected by
the Cooley-McCullough Post. No.
%, at a meeting held last night
in the quarters of the Board Of
Trade in the Star Building.
Official delegates are John B.
Keller. post commander. and Nor
man B. Landreau, post finance
officer, and the alternates are
James Pierce and James e.
Chinn, adjutant of the post.
The annual convention of the
local legion department is to be
held next week at Buchanan
School, D st. between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Sts. S. E.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Touring BLin1p Here
To Make Short Hops

The dirigible Emma JettlcK,
making a nationwide tour, yes
terday landed at Washington Air
port where it is scheduled to
make short flights until it takes
off early this afternoon.
The ship, said to be the first
privately owned commercial light.
er-than-air craft, is 1876 feet long
and SO feet in diameter.
Major Arthur Wadsworth is
chief pilot of the dirigible, with
Lieut.. william j. MacCracken. CO.
pilot. They are assisted by Lieut..
Harold Miller, of Langley, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Title Applications
Swamp Traffic
Bureau Vainlv

The Traffic Bureau is going
bankrupt buying stamps, if
people don't stop mailing in
applications for automobile title
blanks, the director said today.
There is no provision made for
mailing out the blanks and
those who continue asking for
them by mail probably will get
no reply.
The blanks are available at
every motor club, the District
Building and all police stations.
Car owners should call at those
places for them, it was pointed
out.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
36-Cent Meat Case
To Be Heard bu Juru

Charged with stealing SO cents
worth of meat from St. Elizabeth's S
Hospital, where he had been en-
ployed for SO years. w. S. Sellmer,
of Oxen Hill Md. today was held
on $500 bond after he had de-
manded a jury trial before Judge
Robert E. Mattingly in Police
Court.
The man declared the meat was
spoiled and of no value and he
took it for his dog.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
Infant, Badly Burned,
ShOUs SLiQht Gain

Little Gloria Roberts, yearold
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Flour
noy C. Roberts, 818 C st. N. E.,
was slightly improved today. The
child was seriously burned late
yesterday when she upset pot
of coffee while sitting in her
high-chair. She was treated at
Casualty Hospital and later taken
home.
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
MOtOrist Pays $I3
To Do 4O-MiLe SDurt

Charged with driving his auto
mobile at 40 miles an hour on
Georgia Avenue Northwest yester-
day, Justin S. McGraw, 646 Park
Rd. N. W., today was fined $13
by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Traf.
fic Court.
Policeman J. o. Patton said
he pursued McGraw from Kalmia
Road south on Georgia Avenue
for seven blocks.