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Evening star., 1932-11-21
CAR UPSETS, ENDING
HIT-AND-RUN CHASE
Passengers Escape, but One Later
Is Located in Emergency
Hospital.

A l0-block chase of hit-and-run
car early this morning ended when the
machine overturned on Canal street
near First street southwest and the
occupants escaped. One of the passen--
gers in the machine later was located
in Emergency Hospital while second
man was arrested and is being held at
the fourth precinct for investigation.
According to police, car, containing
several colored men, struck a parked
automobile while turning from First
street southwest into M street. 1t failed
to stop and Policeman G. L. Norris OF
the fourth precinct, who happened to
be nearby, gave chase in police car
The fugitive machine sped north TO
Canal street and there overturned. All
of the occupants escaped before Norris
could reach the scene.
Several hours later, Howard Actor,
colored, 35, of the 800 block of Twenty
second street, was located in Emergency
Hospital, where he was being treated
for a possible fracture of vertebrae. He
is said by police to have admitted being
a passenger in the machine when the
collision occurred. Still later, Charles
West colored, 33, of the 1400 block of
P street, was arrested by Norris and is
being held for investigation.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
KING IS UNDECIDED
ON SENATE POSTS
Utahan in Line for D. c. CON-
mittee and Two Other
ChairmanshipS.

Senator william H King of Utah,
who is in line for the Craftsmanship
of the Senate District Committee when
the Democrats take over Senate con-
troll, has not decided whether he would
prefer that post to one of the other
chairmanships for which he is also in
line. The Utah Senator returned to
Washington from the West shortly be-
fore noon today.
Democrat on the District of Columbia
Committee, Senator King also stands at
the top of the Democratic list on privi-
leges and elections and also on the I'M
migration Committee. The Senator said
today he has reached no conclusions
yet on the question Of committee pref
erences.
The transfer of Senate control from
the Republicans to the Democrats is
certain to take place after March 4,
when the new Democratic Senators
elected November 8 come in. While
there has been considerable speculation
at the Capitol Senate control might
change during the remaining short ses-
sion of the present Congress, nothing
definite along that line has developed
thus far.
Senator James E. Watson of In
diana, Republican leader, indicated
upon his return to the city today that
he does not believe it likely that Senate
control will change for the short session.
If the Republicans retain Senate con-
troll during the coming session Senator
Capper, Republican, of Kansas, will
continue as District Committee chair
man until March 4. He prabably will
continue as one of the Republican
members of the committee after the
Democrats take over the Craftsmanship.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
BANDITS
HOLD Up OPERATOR
Rob Lone Motorman of $40
and Escape in Waiting
Auto.

Two colored men boarded a one-man
street car at Sumner road and Nichols
avenue southeast shortly after l O'Clock
this morning, held up the motornlan
and robbed him Of S79, making their
getaway in a waiting automobile with
two other colored men. No passengers
were on the car at the time.
Kelly Holmes, 500 block of M street
southeast, operator of the car, told po-
lice the bandits madc no move to
molest him as they entered his car, but
that as soon as they were inside one
of them drew revolver while the other
took his change carrier and $79 in bills
and change. They then forced him to
open the door to permit their escape.
Description Broadcast.
Holmes is said by police to have seen
them get into an automobile, the motor
of which had been kept running by two
companions
Police broadcast description of the
robbers and the automobile.
Eric Williamson, colored, 1900 block
of Flagler place, a student at Howard
University and native of Jamaica,
was held up and beaten last night at
Flagler place and w street.
Williamson said he was returning
home after spending the evening study
ing in the university library when a
colored man walked up behind him and
struck him on the head with the butt
of a revolver. He wheeled and his as
sailant struck him in the mouth with
his fist and then pointed the gun at
him and demanded his money, taking
$1.60.
Boy, IL, Seized.
While walking behind the refresh
ment stand in the Zoo yesterday after
noon 12-year-old Carl Blanchett of lit
Dixon street, Clarendon, Va, was seized
by two colored men, who searched him
and turned him loose without attempt
ing to harm him when they found no
money.
Samuel Gevinson, proprietor Of store
at 100 e street, reported to police his
store was entered early this morning
and $474 in bills, $50 pennies and six
cartons of cigarettes stolen. The pen
nies were taken from the cash register
and the bills from a dish wnere they
were hidden in the china closet of a
rear room.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
SPEEDS
NEW BUS TERMINAL
Furniture of Famous Old Met
ropolitan Hotel Is Put
Under Hammer.

Making way for the new bus terminal,
to be erected at Sixth street and Penn
sylvania avenue, the auctioneer's ham,
mer today began selling off the furni-
ture of the historic old Metropolitan
Hotel, which soon is to disappear from
the scene.
The sale marked the passing of one
of the famous old places on the north
side of the avenue, development fol-
lowing the Governments pretentious
Federal building program on the south
side of the avenue, and the proposed
new Municipal Center, between Third
and Sixth streets, on the north side
and adjacent to the old hotel.
The sale today was of furniture only,
the building itself having already
changed hands in a deal which will re-
suit in construction of the new bus
terminal on the site.
Hotel Once Pride of Capital.
The old hotel, seedy looking now,
once was the pride of Washington.
Much of its former Chinatown environ
ment already has disappeared in the
destruction of old buildings for the Mu-
nicipal Center and the Federal triangle
and Mall development.
Passing the old hotel now, one prob
ably never would guess that many of
the Nations great passed through its
pillared portals in the nineteenth CEN
tury.
In a corner of the lobby a bus COM
pany is doing business At one side Is
the bar room Quite evidently an un-
successful attempt once was made to
transform it into a lunch room. A
steam table is cut into the center of
the big mahogany bar, with the brass
rail conspicuously missing.
Lincoln Once Slept There.
Believe it or not, Abraham Lincoln
once slept in this hotel" reads sigr
above a f1y-specked list of sandwiches
and Specials for Today"
Here, too,- was the residence Of Anson
Burlingame. appointed Minister to
China by Abraham Lincoln, in 1851,
and later named by the Chinese gov
eminent as its representative in dealing
with this and other nations.
Before it was rebuilt and named the
Metropolitan, the hotel was kept by a
colorful figure, one Jesse B. Brown.
The Prince of Landlords" he styled
himself. and tradition records that the
hospitable Mr.. Brown, wearing a large
white apron, presided personally at table
and that there were served thereon.
without extra charge, bounteous de-
canters Of brandy and whisky.
Tyler Sworn In There.
Under the name of the Indian Queen
the house flaunted large swinging sign
bearing a brightly painted picture in
tended to represent Pocahontas.
There, in l84l, John Tyler took the
oath of Office as President of the United
States. Sam Houston, the Texas
pioneer. is listed among the guests.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
NEEDED FOR JOBLESS
AS COLD WAVE REACHES CITY
Conservation Committee Receives Most Requests for
Mems Suits and Overcoats.

has been unable to accommodate them
during the past few days.
They come in here chilled to the
bone" she said, "and haven't a single
masculine garment to offer them, ex-
cept shirts. The women folk have been
generous to their kind, and to the chill
dren, but the contributions from the
men are slow in coming in"
There is also a great demand for
mems shoes and underwear. With the
aid of clothing turned over to them by
the District Committee on Employment,
the members of the committee, of which
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president OF the
District Federation of Women's Clubs
is chairman, have been able to pro-
vide for dozens of children whose
mothers had been forced to keep them
home from school for want of warm
clothes.
Those in need are requested to Sc
cure cards from the American Legion,
Associated Charities, Catholic Charities,
Disabled American Veterans, Lutheran
InnermissionS, Salvation Army, Trav-
elers' Aid, Board Of Public Welfare
Emergency Relief, or the United He
brew Relief, before applying to the
Clothes Conservation Committee for
wearing apparel Contributions are re-
ceived at the Ford Building or at any
fire house.
Evening star., 1932-11-21

The cold hand of Winter, making it
self felt over the week end, brought
many a shiver to scantily clothed bodies
in the ranks of Washington's needy, at
the same time doubling the demands
on the Clothes Conservation Committee,
fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue,
for warm garments.
In its efforts to meet the emergency,
the committee, a subsidiary of the Dis
trict Committee on Employment. was
faced with real handicapS, in that sup
plies to meet the greatest needs were
lacking.
The sympathetic women who are con-
Quoting this charitable work in the
Ford Building found they have sub
stantial quantities of clothing for wom-
en- and children, but masculine gar
ments are conspicously absent. And it
is from among the needy, unemployed
men that the committee receives most
of the calls for aid.
Old suits and overcoatS are greatest
in demand. With the exception Of a
few shirts, the committee is lacking in
every form of mems garments. Mrs,
w. H. Bradbury, who is in attendance
at the clothing distribution agency most
of the times, said she has received
visits from scores Of needy men and
Evening star., 1932-11-21
GAS STATION PERMIT
REFUSAL Is UPHELD
Appeals Court Holds North Capitol
Street Property Owners Fail
Zoning Group Plea.

Charles Connor and other owners of
premises 70l to 705 North Capitol
street today lost in the District Court
of Appeals their appeal from decision
of the District Supreme Court denying
writ of mandamus against the Dis
trict Commissioners to require the is
suance of a permit to locate gas
station on the property, which is di-
rectly opposite the extension of the
Post Office and also the Government
Printing Office.
The lower court had held that the
Commissioners had the right to confer
with those in charge of the Govern
ment-owned property within the con-
sent area and refused the permit after
opposition had come from these sources
The Appellate Court in an opinion by
Justice Charles H Robb holds, however,
that the owners had not exhausted their
remedy under the zoning laws before
asking for the extraordinary writ of
mandamus. The zoning law provides
for an appeal from the District Com
missioners to the zoning Commission,
the court pointed out. which was not
taken.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Robert
z. Lynch appeared for the Commi5-
sionerS, while the owners were repre-
sented by Attorneys Toomey & Toomey
Evening star., 1932-11-21
R. F. C. LOANS VOTED
TO OHIO AND TEXAS
Two Counties to Receive $3.50, 900
Are Summit and
Ell Paso.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Relief funds today were voted by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation to
FL Paso County, Tex, $4,000, and
Summit County, Ohio, $4,000.
The loan to the Ohio county will be
used in Akron, Barberton and Cuyahoga
Falls during November. The county.
during the last year. has issued $780,
500 of utility bonds for relief of which
the Finance Corporation purchased
S240, 500. Akron alone has received an
additional $182 887.
The El Paso County loan is for use
from November 16 to December 81. On
October the corporation voted $4,000
to the county for the period from Octo-
Der to November Is.
The State of Texas has received
1,443, ,463 previously and Ohio up to
today had received ST, ,405, ,526.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
TURKEYS PLENTIFUL
AND MARKET LOW
Price May Run as Low as 25 Cents
a Pound-Gobbler Ship
ments Heavy.

Turkeys will be plentiful and cheap
for Thanksgiving, according to a con-
sensus of marketmen.
Although the announcement Of prices
by chain stores tomorrow will influence
the market prices. dealers expect 27-
30-cent and in some cases a ascent
market.
The gobblers have been shipped
heavier this year than usual, coming
from as far South as Texas and Ten
neSsee. Maryland and Virginia farmers
have added to an abundant supply.
The Christmas market is expected to
be about the same as for the coming
holiday,
Evening star., 1932-11-21
Clock Winder Dies;
so Pendulums Stop
In Federal Offices

But two clocks licked in the
Civil Service Commission today;
the pendulums of half a hundred
were motionless.
For 10 years it had been the
weekly task of Frederick w. Busey
to wind and care for the time
pieces scattered throughout the
commission offices.
Yesterday. when customarily he
would have made his rounds,
Busey died suddenly of a heart
attack at his home in Greater
Capitol Heights.
Fifty clocks, set for seven days,
were silent when commission en-
ployeS reported for work this
morning. Two eight-day clocks
continued to so.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
HATCHING SPREE OF 1000 FISH
GIVES AQUARIUM A SURPRISE
Dates Apparently Mixed, as Eggs Sent from Alaska for
Birthday January Begin Turning Salmon and Trout

Two thousand salmon and brook trout
were born today in the Commerce De-
partment's aquarium.
The wholesale Matching caught the
aquarium officials off guard because the
eggs had been shipped here from
Alaska and the Northwestern States
with the understanding. they said, that
they could be placed on exhibition for
a period of l20 days before Matching.
The hatchery was set up about three
weeks ago and the first baby was ex-
pected around the middle Of January.
However, dates evidently were mixed at
the shipping points and this morning
officials reported salmon and trout eggs
Evening star., 1932-11-21

we're bursting right and left in the
water-filled tanks and baby fish began
scrambling around on the bottom.
The fish will be left in the tanks
until they have consumed their indi-
vidual food sac and then will be trans
ferred into larger tank, where they
may be fed properly, officials explained
About 98 per cent of the eggs have
been Matched, and officials estimated
that about 20 per cent of the whole
sale hatch will live to see adult age.
They will be kept on exhibition at
the aquarium in an effort to show the
general public the various stages Of
fish life.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
TWO VICTIMS OF GAS
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Edward S. Wohlfarth, As, in Seri-
Gus Condition at Hospita1-John
Klozaska Treated.

Edward S. Wohlfarth, 48, rooner
in the 900 block of Sixth street, was in
a serious condition in Emergency Hos
pital today after inhaling Illuminating
gas yesterday morning.
The man was found unconscious in
his room. Gas was flowing from
partly opened jet of stove. The Fire
Department Rescue Squad was sum-
moned and the firemen took Wohlfarth
to the hospital, where he was treated
by DR.. James Thompson Of the hospital
staff
Neighbors found John Klozaska, 33,
Of the 900 block of Eighth street, un-
conscious in the kitchen of his home
with gas flowing from a range. Police
man S. F. Smith of the first precinct
was summoned and gave the uncon-
scious man artificial respiration until
the arrival of the rescue squad. Klo-
zaska was taken to Emergency Hos
pital
He later was allowed to return home.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
CAPITOL HEIGHTS HOME
is DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Fireman, Fighting Flames, Is
Knocked Unconscious by
Hose,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, November
21.-Damage estimated at $1,000 was
caused to the interior of the residence
of George Miles, 200 block Of Sixty-first
street, by fire Of undetermined origin
early today.
An unidentified fireman was knocked
unconscious by the hose while fighting
the flames. The blaze was extinguished
by firemen from Seat Pleasant and
Capitol Heights.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
ROBBERY INTERRUPTED
Policeman Hears Breaking Glass
and Catches Suspect.

Attracted by the sound Of breaking
glass. Policeman J. K. McConville Of
the Traffic Bureau, arrested James H.
Marshall, 10, colored, of the 900 block
OF r street yesterday in the store OF
Joseph Bernstein. 1910 Seventh street,
into which he is alleged to have broken
McConville said the youth had gath
cred up about $50 worth of MERCHANDISE
when he was apprehended.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
Park Police Hunting
Owner of 2 Horses
Which Ran Into Car

United States Park Police are
attempting to locate the owner
of two horses, running footloose
yesterday, that ran into the side
Of a coupe near the Tidal Basin
at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing and knocked woman
passenger unconscious.
Udo B. Waldecker of TIA Web
ster street, told the police that
while he and his wife were riding
around the Tidal Basin the pair
of horses dashed out Of a side
drive and smashed into his ma
chine. Mrs. Waldecker was
knocked unconscious and was
bruised in the impact. but re-
fused hospital treatment. Officer
Oren Spears was advised.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
AL SMITH SONG LE&DER
New York Fest for Infrmary for
Women and Children.

NEW YORK, November 81 P.-
Former Gov Alfred T. Smith will make
his bow as a song leader on November
20 at a songfest in the Town Hall.
He will lead the audience in the
caroling of "The Sidewalks of New
York" his political theme song.
The proceeds will go to the Golfers
OF the New York Infirmary for Women
ard Children.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
TWO HURT IN ACCIDENTS
Man Struck by Auto, Woman Hit
by Truck,

Karl Fenning, So, of 1868 Chevy Chase
parkway, suffered a fractured collar
bone last night when he was knocked
down by an automobile near Connecti-
cut avenue and Northampton street.
Struck by truck near her home,
Mrs. Florie H. Barr, 81, of 5112 Con-
necticut avenue, was cut and bruised
She was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
$4,000 SUIT DEFEATED
Pennsylvania Woman Failed to
Show Hecht Co. Blame in Fall.

Edna c. Longshore, Kane, Pa, lost
in District Supreme Court today her
suit for $4,000 damages brought
against the Hecht Co. fo- injuries re-
ceived April %, 1880, when she tripped
over a low platform used to exhibit
merchandise in the store and frac-
tured her arm.
verdict for the company after the tes-
timony for the plaintiff had failed to
establish negligence on the part of the
merchants in maintaining the exhibit.
Attorneys Simon, Koenigsberger, Young
g. Brez appeared for the merchants.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
WALLS WILL FILED
Merchant Left Estate Valued at
$15,75S.

Bernard Walls, merchants, who died
November 6, left an estate valued at
S15,758, according to the petition of his
widow and executrix, Mrs. Margaret
Walls, for the probate of his will He
owned premises 1901 East Capitol street,
assessed at $15,513, and had personal
property of $245, the court was told.
Under the will life estate is given
the widow and at her death the estate
is to be distributed among his chill
dren, Mary B. Mallette, Bernard E.
Walls, Mary T. P. Field, Mary A. L.
Walls and John Alvin Walls. Attorney
George R. Iinkins appears for the
executriX
Evening star., 1932-11-21
FREED IN CAR DEATH
Woman Driver Is Exonerated by
Coroner's Jury.

Mrs Evelyn M. Woodard, 20, of 1921
Charming street northeast driver of
the automobile that struck and killed
Mrs. Martha A. Henault, 10, at Fifth
street and New York avenue. Saturday
night, was eXonerated today by COR
oner's jury.
Mrs. Henault. who lived at SIT l.
street, was dead when she reached
Emergency Hospital a few minutes
after the accident.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
URGE CHANGE IN STAIRS

Engineers Studying Recommenda-
tion for Meridian Park.
Engineers of the Office of Public
Buildings and Public Parks are study
ing a recommendation by Officer Will
liam E. Freeman of the United States
Park Police that the sidewalks in Me-
ridian Hill Park, leading to the head
of the lower park stairs, be built up
about six inches.
Police complain that these sidewalks
in very wet weather become flooded
with water. AS the sidewalks are made
of small stone, they say there is no
drain for the water to run off.
Evening star., 1932-11-21
: OPPOSES "THUMBING"
Superintendent Brown Would End
School Children Asking Rides.

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The "thumbing'' of rides by school
children must be stopped, Maj. Ernest
w. Brown. superintendent of police, in
formed his men today.
The confusion caused by motorists
stopping to pick up children seeking
free rides to school has contributed to
a number of accidents. Mai. Brown de-
clared. He directed that the existing
regulation prohibiting the practice be
enforced.
Evening star., 1932-11-21

Farmers of Italy are cheerfully ex-
pectfng higher prices with the increase
In tariffs on agricultural imports.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-13
PLEA FOR HABEAS
CORPUS IS DENIED
A. J. Reichert, Appellant, Serv-
ing Prison Term For At
tempted Murder

A writ of i1abeas corpus sought bv
Andrew. j. Reichert in an effort to
obtain his release from the state pen
itentiary, where he is serving a 30
year sentence for attempted murder,
was denied today by the North Da-
kota supreme court.
Reichert was sentenced in Dunn
county district court, Oct. %, 1925. af-
ter pleading guilty to charges of at
tempting to kill his wife and minor
daughter, Adeline, by plotting to push
the automobile in which they were
occupants over an embankment.
Reichert applied to the Burleigh
county district court for a writ of
habeas corpus, but this was denied
and he made an original application
for a similar writ to the supreme
court.
He predicated his right to the writ
alton filed against him in October,
1925, did not state facts sufficient to
constitute public offense and that
consequently his plea of guilty did no:
Igive the court authority to impose
sentence.
The supreme court held that the in
formation lin clear and specific lang
|uage charges the feloniouS intent and
premeditated design on the part OF
the petitioner (Reichert) to effect the
death Of his wife and daughter"
Reichert was charged with remov-
i ing a stay bolt from the front wheel
of his automobile in which he, his
wife and their daughter were riding
from their Dunn county home to Kill
deer.
The information set forth tina,
NH IN nS,<N
of hill, Reichert planned to stor
the car under the. pretext that some
thing had gone wrong, and in ad.
justing the trouble he planned Il
push the machine down an embank.
ment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-13
CAPITOL THEATRE

There are plenty of millionaireS
who can afford a whole fleet of air
planes II they wanted them, but the
number of wealthy men who actually
own planes, and pilot them for their
own amusement can be counted on
two hands, according to figures fur
nished by Washington.
There are. perhaps, less than 100
really wealthy men In the United
States who fly to business or on
pleasure regularly. and of this num-
Der, there are only score who use
the air continually as a means Of
travel to their offices.
A wealthy man was asked about
this. and said most millionaires are
in big business, and the risk of reg
ular air travel Is still too great to
take chances, hence their corpora
tons discourage the idea.
Hughes Pilot
Howard Hughes. who made the
great air epic, "Hell's Angels" and
who has just completed another spec
tacular air picture, "Sky Devils"
which will be seen In this city at the
Capitol Theatre commencing Thurs
day is not one of the millionaires who
is afraid to take chances.
The young producer has been pilot
ing airplanes since he was IA, and IS
considered the foremost amateur pilot
Of the Hollywood movie colony Now
he can perform stunts with a plane
that cause veteran aviators to gasp
in amazement.