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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
Marriage Licenses.

Franklin P. Parker, %, this city. and Mil
licent w. Hetrick, 1s, Rensselaer,, N. ";
Rev. Richard N. Edwards.
WEIGH 2; Beavers, %, and Lillian A. Nc
Ettore Volta, 81, and Georgia Lazzari. %;
Rev A. Catania. =,
field, 81; Rev. C. H. Fox.
n Gore. Corey E. 2; bbaairim9re., g, and Marcia c.
Lloyd Prather, Sd, Al. and Malvina H. FL
motif, 40; Rev. Joseph T. Kennedy.
Turner West, IS. this city, and Delitha
Jarvis
Yerger, %; Rev. Lawrence j. Shehan.
Frederick H. johnson. q, and Alice C.
Snowden, 10; Rev, Daniel Washington.
Robert M. Waddill, "a. 1856 8th St NV.
and Harriet c. Apland, 81; Rev. J. Harvey
William C. Still. 26, Cumberland. Ohio.
and Julia D. Pennington, 80, GAINESVILLE,
Ohio: Rev. Earle Wiley.
: Leo E. Thomas, %. and M. Edna Devlin,
Frank FOrness: 50. and Rosa BiElcr. "a;
Rev. II. III. Hennig.
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PLEA TO END BUS LINE
SERVICE is ENTERED
Improbable to Continue Runs to
Foxhall Village, Utilities
Commission Is Told.

The Washington Railway & Electric
Co. yesterday petitioned the Public
Utilities Commission for permission TO
abandon its Potomac Heights and Fox
hall Village bus line. The reason given
for the request is that the line is los
ing money. Its financial success origin
ally was underwritten by Boss &
Phelps, developers Of the Foxhall Vii
lage subdivision, but the underwriting
contract, according to the petition, ex-
pired March II.
If the petition is granted, many resi-
dents Of the section will be without
public transportation service, although
the Glen Echo street car line of the
same company serves some Of the resi-
dents A public hearing will probably
be held before the petition is acted Oh
Residents of Kennedy street filed a
remonstrance with the commission
against its recent order permitting the
Capital Traction Co. to extend its car
line and install switch on that street,
in connection with improvements in its
Takcma Park service. The property
owners were told by Earl v. Fisher.
secretary of the commission, that the
work had already been approved by the
commission, but that their protests
would receive consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
bill TO BAN ALLEY
HOMES is PUSHED
Planning Commission Conf
dent Congress viii Approve
Legislation.

Legislation designed to eliminate
gradually WaShington'S alley dwellings
will be pushed in the coming Congress.
This decision was reached today by the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, which feels the measure
will be passed.
The bill is based upon a study made
by John Ihlder, housing expert, who was
retained by the commission to make a
special study here. Frequent efforts
have been made to move the alley
dwellings of the civic map, but these
efforts have been frustrated and now
the commission feels the time is ripe
for successful action.
A communication was received from
the District Commissioners assuring the
commission they will not approve the
erection of projections beyond the build
ing line on Twelfth street, from Massa-
chusetts to Pennsylvania avenues Flu
ture plans call for the widening of this
thoroughfare, which will be one Of the
arterial highways across the Mall.
The commission left to its member,
Frederick Law Olmstead, the drawing
up Of suggestions for proposed memo
rial to his father, who bore the same
name and was also prominent in the
Identification of Washington. Yester-
day commission members visited several
recreation centers and schools to gain
frst-hand information on their program
of supplying adequate playground facih-
ties to the children of the Capital.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
hours:
Phebe W. sawtelle. 10. 2O7 lst ST.. ne.
Alena p Brummett. 10, los 5th st. ne.
Phillip Scheid, ~, 499 18th st. ne.
Lille M. Pyons, 20, 1854 Parkwood pl.
pftal.
Lucille j. Belts. 81. 4s1i 46th st.
Margaret Crawford. SO, Gallinger Hospital.
Mary A. Jenkins. So. 1881 B st. sc.
Frank Serio. 46, 1406 list st. ne.
Edna J: Myers, as Columbia Hospital.
Edmund Lingeback. A. Sibley Hospital.
Infant of Maxwell s. and Ida Z. Sher-
man, 2 days. Sibley Hospital.
Maria Brown. SO, Home for Aged ana
Infirm.
Georgia Goodall. 81. Gallinger Hospital.
Calvin H. Dickerson, 40, Gallinger Hos
pital,
Archie Hawkins, IS, 121 Pierce St.
Theresa Hill, 81, Gallinger Hospital
Harriet L. Hall. IS, GIL 18th st. ne:
Mary g. Jones 20. Freedmen's Hospital
Golden Harris. 49, i22 Madison Alag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21

Mrs. Verna Mae Hall, 19-year-
bride of a month, is being held fol
observation at Gallinger Hospital today
after slashing her right arm with a
razor blade in what her husband de-
clared was her sixth attempt to end
her life.
Mrs. Hall, the mother of a 4-year-
old daughter by a previous marriage
returned to her home at 140l-A
Buchanan rect yesterday, after an
absence of I days, during which police
had been Arching for her. She re-
fused to explain where she had been
according to her mate, Albert T. Hall
Used Razor Blade.
Soon after her return, Mrs. Hall an
nounced she was going to the home OF
her parents in Chattanooga, Tenn
When her husband insisted on accom-
panying her, she ran into the kit
chenette, picked up a carving knife and
attempted to cut herself, he said.
Hall wrested the knife from his wife'S
grasp, he continued, but a few minutes
later she went to the bath room, slashed
her arm with razor blade and COL
lapsed. Hall summoned taxicab and
look ms VIE 10 george washington
University Hospital, where doctors de-
cided a blood TRANSMISSION was neces-
sary to save her life.
Gets Blood TRANSMISSION.
Hall volunteered, but his blood was
found unsuitable. A friend, Richard
Waterman, 1916 Thirty-third street,
supplied the necessary blood and Mrs.
Halls condition showed q slight i'm
provement. She later was transferred
to the Municipal Hospital.
The Halls were married last February
10 and week later the bride swallowed
poison in an attempt to end her life,
her husband said. She told him she
had made four previous attempts to kill
herself, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
HAMPTON CHOIR DUE
TO SING HERE TONIGHT
40 Institute Singers End To-Day
Tour of U. S. After Singing
Abroad.

Completing a Today tour Of the
United States, following a trip to 10
European cities, the Hampton Institute
Choir Of 40 voices will appear at Con-
stitution Hall tonight, before returning
to the institute at Hampton, Va. The
choir arrived in the city today.
The student choir. of international
fame, is under the direction of DR.. r.
Nathaniel Dett, and tonight's concert
will be the only appearance here this
year.
Speaking of the training of the choir,
Der Tag, Vienna newspaper, in its re-
view of their concert, said ut was at
times as though one heard celestial har-
monies"
The concert is under the local man.
agement of the T. Arthur Smith Con-
cert Bureau and is sponsored for the
benefit Of the National Memorial ASso-
citation.
In addition to the Ambassador of
Great Britain and Mrs. James w. War
son, jr., the list of patrons includes
Vice President Curtis, Mrs. William
Howard Taft, Mrs. Mary F. Henderson,
the, Ambassador from Mexico, Senior
Don Manuel Teller; Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Mrs. James S. Parker. Mrs. Thomas d.
Thatcher, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr, and
Commissioner L. H. Reichelderfer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
THREE BOYS, ARMED
WITH BAYONET, HELD

Armed with a three-foot- bayonet,
which they carried as protection
against highwaymen," three Baltimore
boys were arrested last night by Police
man H. D. johnson of the Traffic Bu-
reau and are being held at the Receiv-
ing Home for their parents.
A glimpse of the glittering weapon
protruding from under the coat of one
of the young travellers sent Johnson
racing to the side of the boys when
they passed his traffic post at Four
tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
The boys, George Appleby, Is; Melvin
Luby, 16, and Clarence Dougherty, Is,
told the officer they had run away from
their homes in the Maryland city to
view the sights of the Capital. They
said they had brought along the bay
onet to protect themselves from ban
dts along the road"
johnson escorted the trio to the first
precinct station, where they were ques-
toned and then sent to the Receiving
Home. Their parents were expected to
reach the District this morning to take
their sons back to the Monumental City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
BURGLAR ROUSES
MAN, 70, FROM SLEEP
James H. Smith Complies With De.
mand of Armed Intruder for
Contents of Purse.

James H Smith, 70 years old of 2846
Twenty-eighth street, was awakened
from a sound sleep last night by an
armed burglar who switched on the
bed room lights and forced him to get
up and empty his pocketbook, which
contained SIS.
Smith was alone in the house when
the intruder aroused him. He got up
as he was told, found his pocketbook
and emptied the contents into the
burglars hand. The burglar made his
escape through a rear door.
Entrance had been effected through
window left unlocked. Smith was able
to furnish police good description Of
his aSsailant, a white man.
Two colored men, who waved him
down with pistol as he was driving on
Alabama avenue southeast near GARFIELD
School yesterday afternoon, robbed
Charles Whalen of Cherrydale, Va, of
$23 before ordering him to step on
the gas" Whalen told police Of No. IL
precinct.
Whalen, former constable in Fairfax
County, furnished descriptions of the
men. A search of the vicinity by police
failed to turn up any suspects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
CHURCH AND HOME
TO SHARE ESTATE
Cash Bequests Left Under
Will of James B. Lambie,
Who Died February 2.

Western Presbyterian Church is given
$4,000 and the Eastern Star Home
81 900 and both are to share in the
residue of the estate of James B.
Lan1bie, prominent merchant, who died
February 2, after the death of the
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lambie The
Union Trust Co. is named as trustee Of
the estate.
BY the terms of the will the house
hold effects, SIS, 900 in cash, the use of
certain properties and a life annuity of
5000 Is provided for the widow. At
her death, the trustee is to distribute
the estate. Requests of $4,000 each
are to be paid to three nephews, Charles
W., James B. and Theodore D. Pimper.
when the youngest reaches the age of
81 years; $4,000 to the children Of a
deceased sister, Annie E. Neal, $4,000
to another sister, Emma j. Hamm;
$4,000 to Henry F. Morris; $4,000 to a
niece, Annie B. Parker; $4,000 each to
nieces, Millicent B. Sitter, Mary 3.
Greer and Ruth M. Denham; $1,000 to
Henry F. Broadbent, a nephew, and
stock in the Lambie Co. and rs shares
of the stock of the Union Trust Co.;
$4,000 to a nephew, William j. Broad
bent, who IS also to have stock in the
Lambie Co.; $4,000 to Annie D. Pimper;
$4,000 to another nephew, James L.
Denham, and $4,000 each to Lena C.
Denham and James D. Crammond.
After a number of smaller legacies
are paid the remaining estate is to be
divided by the trustee in 20 parts, 8
of which are to go to the Eastern Star
Home, to the Presbyterian Home for
the Aged, 2 to Children's Hospital and
/ each to Western Presbyterian Church
and Hiram Lodge, No. 10, F. A. A. M.
The remaining shares are to be dis
tributed among relatives.
The estate is valued at 1854 ,519.25,
and includes real estate in the Dis
trict, Florida and New York State, with
personal property of $328,151.25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
AMARYLL|S SHOW
RIOT OF COLOR|NG
Eighteenth Annual Exhibit
Contains 1900 Bulbs in
Many CoIors.

The eighteenth annual amaryllis
show Of the United States Department
Of Agriculture opened today in the green
houses at Fourteenth and Constitution
avenue.
Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife Of the
Secretary of Agriculture, entertained
the wives of Cabinet members and lead
ers in Washington society at a private
showing this morning.
DR.. William A. Taylor, chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, which has
charge of the greenhouses, officially
inspected the show before it was thrown
open to the public and congratulated
j. Wise Byrnes, superintendent of the
greenhouses, upon the excellence of the
exhibition, which he said is "the best
amaryllis show ever opened to the
public
Exhibit 20 Years Old.
Annual exhibition of amaryllis blooms,
Or knights Star Lily" as an Easter at
traction for the visitors to Washington,
was originated 20 years ago by Mr..
Byrnes' father, who was then super
intendent of the greenhouses, and has
been carried along with increasing eX-
cellence by father and son for two dec
AIDES. 1t is today recognized all over the
world that the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture has the most varied
collection Of amaryllis bulbs to be found
anywhere, and has achieved what
botanists believe for many years was
impossible of white
amaryllis bloom.
Show Open Daily.
The show will be open daily from
9 am. until 9 pm, closing Sunday,
March 20, at 9 pm.
There are 1900 bulbs in the show
this year, each having from one to four
spikes, and each spike bearing from
two to six flowers. The flowers show
an amazing variety of coloring, with
reds predominating
Parking space has been reserved in
the Department Of Agriculture grounds
for visitors to the show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
CONTRACTS FOR 40 PLANES
ARE GIVEN ARMY o. K.

Contracts for 40 new airplanes and
12S additional engines, involving an
expenditure of $1,269,652, were ap-
proved yesterday by the War Depart
ment.
The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co.,
Hartford, Conn.,, will receive q contract
for SO Wasp type and so Radio air.
cooled engines, costing $728,912.
The ThomaS-Moree Aircraft Corpora
ton, Buffalo, N. Y, will receive a con-
tract for 80 observation planes costing
$450,910
The Northrop Aircraft Corporation,
Burbank, Calf, was awarded a con-
tract for three transport planes and
three other aircraft, costing $50, 500.
They were described as of the Iow-wing,
an-metal, monoplane type, capable of
carrying four passengers and a pilot.
Contract for four primary training
planes, costing $27,227. was let to the
Verville Aircraft Co., Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
Births Reported.

Jesse r. and Dorothy NJ. Stein, girl
William A. and Vera Ross. girl.
James F. and Helen Gates, girl.
Lawrence v. and Margaret Appleman, girl
Robert L. and Esther C. Mariner, boy.
James H. and Evelyn A. McGuigan, boy
Howard B. and Hazel H. Watkins, boy.
Winfield l.. and Dallas E. Costello. boy.
Leo F. and Mary E. Janezeck, boy.
John A. and Evelyn Neeb, boy.
Clarence l.. and Leitha r. Hurst, boy.
Blair ]. and Bessie v. Ballenger, boy.
Douglas r. and Frances Estes. boy.
Eugene and Geneva Turner, girl.
Harry and Bessie williams, girl.
James and Willie Holloway, bog.
James and Laura Davis. boy.
James and Margaret Price. boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
D. C. Police Hope to Link Him
Definitely With Staying
of SpinSter.
FINAL IDENTIFICATION
ON WAY BY AIRMAIL
Los Angeles Authorities Say Man
Talked Freely Until
Last Night.

His voluntary confession to the muir
der of Miss Emma Kirk was repud1ateu
in Los Angeles last night by George
p. Tucker, too late to halt an lnVesti-
cation which bids fair to link him
definitely in the death of the 68-year-
old spinster here January %. 1926.
Tucker changed his whole story
while talking to detectives who were
seeking to learn if he knew anything
of another crime-the strangllng OF
Mrs. Frences Kudner in Los Angeles
two years ago.
I'm the kind of man who would be
greatly worried had he done such a
thing" Tucker said of the local muir
der. I'm not worried about 1t, as
you see. 1 don't believe I did it,
d. C. Police Await Record.
Police here. however, are awaiting
bnly a final identification record by air
mail from Los Angeles before going
before the grand jury to seek an m
iiictment and bench warrant on which
10 return the prisoner to this Jurlsolc-
ton.
The impression Of a mans LETT
thumb upon the dead woman'S spec
tacles has been positively identified,
police say, as having been made by
George p. Tucker arrested in Denver
during November of 1926. Police have
been unable as yet to establish the
fact that the latter man is the one
under arrest in California.
Confession Expected Today.
The full text of fuckers statement
has been forwarded by air mail from
California, along with the suspects
Identification record. This data is ex-
pected here later today.
Los Angeles authorities said that up
until last night Tucker talked freely OF
details of the murder here and OF his
subsequent travels from city to city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
OIL FIRMS OFFER
TO AID IN DISTRICT
BILLBOARD FIGHT
TideWater and Sinclair Com
panieS, Have Announced
Cooperation.
OBJECTIONABLE MATTER
WILL BE ABANDONED
Local Group Urged to Get All Con-
Germs to Back Scenic
Drive.

Replies from two national Gil con-
Germs to protests of citizens against
their use of outdoor advertising signs
in the Washington area, indicate a will
ingness on their part to investigate con-
ditionS with view to cooperating with
the movement to improve the appear
ance of the highway entrances to the
National Capital.
These replies from the Tidewater
Oil Co. and the Sinclair Refining Co.,
both of New York, were forwarded to
the American Civic Association.
Interest in Campaign.
Reports reaching the association from
members of its Federal City Committees
throughout the country indicate wide
spread interest in efforts to prevail
upon national users of billboards to put
themselves in the favored class of those
businesses which do not desecrate rural
scenery in such manner.
Reply of the Tidewater OIL Co.
stated that the concern would sub
scribe to any program which will re-
suit in elimination of the use of OBJ
jectionable outdoor advertising by all
the companies in the petroleum indus
try:
zenS in all communities to preserve nat
ural scenic beauty through the elimina-
ton Of Objectionable outdoor advertis-
ing" the company wrote, through Ak
tell j. Byles, one of its executives.
Cooperative Movement.
st therefore suggest that you use
your influence with the various associa-
tons or councils working toward this
end in Washington and its environs to
initiate a cooperative movement among
all companies connected with the Pc
troleum industry"
The Sinclair Refining Co., one of the
largest of the independent concerns in
the petroleum field, replied that it had
no regular outdoor signboards under
contract in this area. However" the
local officers or dealers have put up
some small signs. If you have any spe-
cif1c complaint, will you please write,
giving the location of the board or
Boards? In the meantime, we are in
vestigating to see what we can do to CO.
operate with your movement"
The communication was signed by
Sylvester M. Morey, to whomt the protest
had been referred by Harry F. Sinclair,
president of the concern.
List Is Prepared.
A list of the oil companies advertis-
ing on the highways leading to Wash
ington was prepared by the American
Civic Association from the survey of
such boards in use made by Mrs. w. L.
LaWton for the American Nature ASso-
citation.
Miss Harlean James, executive secre-
tary of the civic association, said she
felt encouraged by the attitude these
and other companies have taken in con-
nection with the movement TO clean
up roadside conditions in this area be-
fore the 1892 Bicentennial celebration.
Our members throughout the coun-
try are responding readily to our ap-
peal for cooperation" she said. THE
replies received indicate that a number
Of the large oil companies ara beginning
to see that public reaction is unfavor-
able to outdoor advertising"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
CORCORAN is WILLED
G.B. DAVIES PAINTINGS
Miss Lizzie P. Bliss Leaves Four
Pictures by Modern Artist
to Gallery.

Four works by the late Arthur B
Davies, one of the most prominent
of modern American artists, come to
the Corcoran Gallery, under the terms
of the will of Miss Lizzie P. Bliss
daughter of Cornelius NJ Bliss, who
served in President McKinley's cabi-
net.
The will of Miss Bliss, disposing OF
notable art collection, was filed in
New York yesteSday.
The four Davies pictures coming here
are: Hill to HILL" 'Frankincense, "
Before Sunrise" and THE Great
Mother"
The announcement of the bequest
came as surprise to Corcoran, which
was one of a number of art institu-
tions which will benefit under the
Bliss will.
She also made a number of cash
requests, including $350,000 to charity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-21
METZERoTT BILL ADVANCED.
Advertiser Made Responsible for Unlaw
full Signs in Measure.


BY a stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 21.-Initial
steps toward the passage of pending
bills designed to remove unSightly and
dangerous signs from Maryland's roads
was taken yesterday with the adoption
by the House of Delegates of a favor
able report on the Metzerott bill max
ing manufacturers and merchants re-
sponsible for illegally placed signs adj
vertising their product or business and
the decision by the Ways and Means
Committee to consider the bill regulat-
ing and restricting signboards through
taxation Monday afternoon.
Good Chance for Tax Measure.
The latter bill, imposing one-half
cent per square foot annual tax on bill
boards and placing them under the
supervision of the State Roads Commits
sion, Is believed to have as good a
chance to get a favorable start on its
trip through the legislative mill as was
accorded the Metzerott bill yesterday.
The Ways and Means Committee
demonstrated its sympathy with bill
board regulatory measures by voting
unanimously for the favorable report
on the Metzerott bill, and the House
promptly accepted the report without
a dissenting vote.
Metzerott of Prince Georges County,
Republican floor leader, would make the
existence of roadside signs illegally
posted without the written consent OF
the land owner prima facie evidence OF
the responsibility of the individual or
company whose wares or business was
advertised upon them.
EnfOrces Present Law.
The measure makes enforceable the
present law prohibiting the posting of
signs without the written consent Of the
owner of property on which it Is erect
ed. In order to obtain a conviction,
however, 1t is necessary to catch per-
son in the act of posting the sign. AS
this is practically impossible, the law
has not been enforced.
The Ways and Means Committee yes
terday was ordered back to Annapolis
for meeting Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock, four hours before the other As
semblymen return for the first session
of the coming week.
The bill board taxation and regllla-
ton bill Is among the legislation sched-
uled to be considered at that time.
In announcing the meeting. Delegate
James j. Lindsay of Baltimore County,
Democratic floor leader and committee
chairman, said the committee would
report one way or the other" on all
controversial legislation which has been
referred to it up to this time.
The billboard regulation measure has
been amended to eliminate a few
features considered unwise by some OF
the House members, and co-incidently
to remove practically all of the talking
points" which the billboard lobby has
been using against it.
Delegate Metzerott is also one of the
hackers of this bill, having introduced
it jointly with Delegates Lavinia Engle
Montgomery County; Kent r. Mullikin
Prince Georges County, and Lawrence
P. Williams, st. Marys County.