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Evening star., 1933-11-14
Witness Quizzed on Additions
on Pump installation
Expenses.
INTEREST OF 2,463,0O0
IN CONSTRUCTION FILED
Assistant Corporation Counsel Says
Commissions Valuation Does Not
Consider General Contractor.

The Washington and Georgetown Gas
Light Companies valuation hearings
today reached presentation of testimony
on overhead costs which the companies
desire included in their value. For the
two companies these amount to S4,-
100000. of which $3,703,000 are allo-
Gated to the Washington company and
the rest to the Georgetown.
The amounts are claimed for en-
gineering, law expenditures during con-
struction, taxes during construction, in
terest during construction, miscel-
laneous construction expenditures and
organization. The largest single item
is $2,463,000 for interest during con-
struction Of the Washington plant: the
smallest is $4,000 for law expenses
during construction of the Georgetown
plant.
Reviews Costs.
In completing his summary of the
valuation of the physical properties
however August G. Kline, the COM
panies' engineer witness, showed how
certain costs, in addition to first costs
were added to items Of physical prop
erty.
He gave as an example an 11-foot
water gas set, on which there was an
appraisal, delivered and erected" BY
the Gas Machinery Corporation, OF
$3l 500. Later this set was changed SC
as to be able to handle heavy oils, and
the expense of the added equipment
brought the appraisal up to $33,228.
Then Mr.. Klein added 102 per cent
to this figure for miscellaneous struc-
tural costs, bringing the figure up tc
$36,61726.
Quizzed on Additions.
Acting Chairman Riley E. Elgen
pointed out that the appraisal was on
the basis of delivered and installed, ;
and asked the witness why anything
was added. He replied that even where
the contract so reads, 1t is necessary
for general contractor to spend money
in his accounting and other depart
ments co-ordinating the work of in
stallation, and for the use of the gen.
eral contractors cranes, steam, COM
pressed air, water and to make other
disbursements.
Assistant Corporation Counsel William
A. Roberts pointed out that the COM
Missions valuation Of physical property
does not take into account the existence
of a general contractor, SO that pre-
sumably these added costs referred tc
by Mr. Klein Will play no part in it.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
EyTORT|ON CHARGE
FACEDBY MUSICIAN
Seized in Office of Father of
Youth Acquitted in Wom-
ans Death.

Fred Williamson. whose hancee was
accidentally shot to death in his room
in the Franklin Park Hotel last June 8,
was held by police today after he was
said to have been trapped in an attempt
to extort money from the father of the
man who did the shooting.
Williamson, 29-year-old musician, was
arrested yesterday in the Office of Elmer
w. Holland, whose son, Elmer w. Hol-
land, jr., IS, was acquitted by jury in
District Supreme Court last week on a
manslaughter charge placed against him
after. the shooting
According to Capt. Bernard w.
Thompson; assistant chief of detectives,
Williamson spent $125 on the funera.
OF his fiancee, Miss Leila Morrison, %,
and tried to induce the Hollands to as
sumo half Of the expense.
"I'hat might have been all right,
detectives assigned to the case pointed
out, "but Williamson, instead of going
about the matter in the usual way,
threatened to put young Holland on
the spot If he or his father didn't
come across"
Following receipt of complaints from
the elder Holland. who is a nlanufac-
turers' agent, Detective Sergts. A. d
Mansfield and Richard j. Cox installed
a dictaphone in his Office in the Colo
RADIO Building. Secreting themselves in
an adjoining room. the detectives used
the dictaphone to listen in on William
sons conversation with Holland
Mansfield and Cox heard Williamson
demand money, then waited until Hol-
land had given him a marked SIS bill
they declared After Williamson hao
accepted the money, they said, they
stepped from their hiding place and
arrested him. He was booked for in
vestigation, but Inspector Frank S. w
Burke, chief of detectives, said an ex-
tortion charge would be placed against
| him.
Miss Morrison was shot in William
sons room while conversing with hin
about plans for their wedding, sched
uled for a few weeks later.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Latuian Offer to Repair Shoes
Of Children Repays Old Debt
american Tells HOiU He
Spent All His Funds on
Youngsters abroad.
Likens Var Time Suffer-
ing to That During
Present Depression.

When Max Stamm, q native OF Latvia
offered to repair the shoes of needy
Washington children, as reported in The
Star Yesterday, he was unconsciousiy
repaying a debt to a Washington man
from the children of that country.
The experience Of the two men Is
similar. both being impressed by the
need of children for shoes, but Stamm,
a Latvian, found his children IN
America, and j. Anthony Marcus, an
American, found his needy children in
Latvia.
Marcus, an expert for the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration on Russia
and foreign trade, was SO impressed by
Stamms generosity that he revealed his
own experience when serving as Amer
ican relief commissioner to Russia and
the Baltic states after the World War.
Confused by New Map.
Marcus was on his way from Reval,
ESthonia. to Paris in January. 1921,
Train travel then was difficult and
natives of the newly-created states were
uncertain just where their boundaries
were or how long the new nations would
survive.
"I left Riga. Latvia." Marcus said,
around midnight and was to be
awakened by the conductor around 4
o'clock in the morning to change trains
at the Latvian-Lithuanian border sta
ton of Mozheiki, to 60 on to Kovna
and thence to Berlin. My number was
I6.s There were no Sleepers in those
days, just seat in a soft car with
a 'piatzkart'-a number seat.
At was tired from three previous
sleepleSs nights and fell sound asleep
in my seat. When woke up the next
morning I was still on the same train,
and I soon learned we were approach
ing Libau, Latvia. / took the conduc-
tor to account for his failure to wake
me up at the border station.
Evicted Wrong Man.
"He. scratched the back of his head,
stared at me and shouted: My God,
now I understand why that fellow
didn't want to get of at Mozheiki. In
stead of waking up No. l6. woke up
and forced of the train No. 26.'
There was nothing left for me to do
but go on to Libau and remain there
throughout the day. 1t was terribly
cold day. Snow was high on the
streets, and biting frost was in the
air. As ! roamed around the streets
/ noticed how poorly dressed the people
were. Two urchins attracted my atten-
ton. One of the boys, about 9 years
old, had wooden shoes tied to his feet.
They told me they were on their way
to their grandfather's to have some
leather put on the wood to keep the
shoes from falling off their feet
II put the two children in a cab and
Evening star., 1933-11-14
FIRE R0UTS OCCUPANTS
FROM BOARDING HOUSE
Score of Young Women Escape
Uninjured as Blaze Is
Controlled.

Z Smoke from a basement blaze in a
boarding house at 1772 Massachusetts,
avenue routed score of young women
occupants into the early morning chill
today. The fire was discovered by a
servant who reused the household at
about 2:30 am.
Firemen extinguished the flames be-
fore they broke from the basement and
the roomers returned after the build
on the ground floor was slightly dam
aged by flames which worked up
through a partition.
The fire was Of unknown origin, ac-
cording to Mrs. Mary Spruill, operator
Of the boarding house, and started in
the furnace room No estimate was
placed on the damage.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
INJUNCTION is SOUGHT
AGAINST WALK-OUTS

Seeking an injunction against Frank
M. Biggs, 1348 D street northeast, agent
for local union, John Page, 60 New
York avenue, complained yesterday in
District Supreme Court that Biggs had
caused walk-out of employees on two
construction jobs for which Page holds
contracts.
Page, who is engaged in the structural
and ornamental iron work business,
alleged the contracts for the construc-
ton jobs specify he must employ only
union labor and pay union wages. He
stated that although he was complying
with the contract, Biggs appeared at
the two construction places yesterday
and caused walk-out by notifying all
employees to stop work on the ground
Page was not paying the union wage.
Evening star., 1933-11-14

fell few days ago in the early morn
ing. 1t came after mild day, during
which the thermometer got up to q
reading of So degrees Last nights
minimum was %.
The thermometer was rising early
today and stood at 43 at pm.
The cold snap due tonight and to-
morrow night Is moving down rapidly
from Northwestern Canada, the Weather
Bureau pointed out Accompanying this
movement an area of warm air is NOV
ing up the Pacific Coast and over the
Rocky Mountain States. where high
temperature records for November are
being set. Yesterday the temperature
at Los Angeles was ee degrees.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Appoint Four Students.

Four Washington students were ap-
pointed yesterday to the staff of the
Cardinal, Catholic University senior
annual. They are Sidney w. Russell
sports editor; John M. Wigglesworth,
associate feature editor; William r,
McAndrew, associate senior section edi-
tor, and Robert Maloney. member of
the business board. Daniel E. Lawler
Is editor in chief.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
NEW EMPL0YE OF BANK
ERRS AND GIVES ALARM
Police Cars Whiz Through Streets,
Only to Discover All Is
Big Mistake.

A new employees unfamiliarity with
hold-up alarm systems brought several
automobile loads of detectives and po-
licemen to the Northeast Branch of
the Hamilton National Bank today
The new employe, young woman
went to work yesterday in the branch
at Eighth and H streets northeast. To-
day, while working at one of the pay
ing and receiving counters, she acci-
dentally stepped on a treadle con-
trolling the banks hold-up alarms.
Police cars roafed through the streets.
sirens wide open, and headed for the
bank from all directions.
The embarrassed young woman said
she would watch her step in the future.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
BURNS PROVE FATAL
Miss Mary Whittlesey, II, Dies in
Casualty Hospital This Morning.

Miss Mary Whittlesey, n. who was
severely burned Sunday morning when
her dress ignited from gas range IN
her home, 322 e street northeast, died
this morning In Casualty Hospital.
Her nephew, Thomas W. Sargent, who
also was severely burned while trying to
assist his aunt, is still confined to the
hospital, Miss Whittlesey's death was
reported TO Dr.. A. Maguder MacDon.
aid, acting coroner.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
MRS. DELPHINE KISTLER
FUNERAL TO BE TODAY
Active Patriotic and Charity Work.
er Died Sunday at the
Age of SO.

Mrs. Delphine Selland Kistler, SO, &C
tive in patriotic and charity organiza-
tions here, died Sunday at her home
721 E street northeast. Funeral sery-
ices were to be held at pm. today
at her home. followed by burial in Rock
Creek Cemetery
Mrs. Kistler was born in Canton, Pa,
in 1547, but had lived in this city many
years. She was a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States Daughters of 1912, Amer
ican Colonists, Rebecca Lodge. Eastern
Star, and Woman's Relief Corps, and
former president of Grant Circle
Ladies Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
She also had served as president OF
the Presbyterian Home Board, and wa.
active In the work of that church.
Evening star., 1933-11-14

transferred in 1917 to the State De-
partment. At the end of the war DR..
Henckles suffered a physical collapse
and for l3 months was unable to do
anything. Nevertheless, the work he
had started was still his ambition.
In 1920 he became chief economist
and trade adviser for large automobile
concern with Offices in New York, but
he wanted to return to Washington.
In May of 1922 quit my good job
and came back to Washington" he said,
II wanted to compose music and this is
the place I wanted to live. In JULY
I was again in the Government service. /"
Then he became supervisor of the
translation section of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce until
early this year, when he was assigned
to his present position.
"All my leisure time, I kept compos-
ing" he said Then, when had fin
ished, I took my work to the Library
Of Congress and they accepted it to be
filed. 1t is there> now in the music
section. But, somehow, I wasn't quite
satisfied.
Inspiration Comes.
"Then one day in September I felt
the urge TO write. I went out in the
woods in Rock Greek Park-that's where
work best-and soon it began to come.
I began writing. After a bit I went
home and at my piano I wrote the
march. In my spare time I began the
orchestration and finally took it to Capt.
Branson and he and the Marine Band
played it."
It is this selection, the climax of 81
years work that Capt. Branson and the
band will present Friday afternoon as
part of their regular concert.
The symphony at the Library of Con-
gress DR.. Henckles calls "The Soul of
America" Included in It are many
choral numbers, and DR.. Henckles and
Capt. Branson now are considering its
presentation in washington, possibly
next Spring.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
METROPOLITAN POLICE
WIN PISTOL SHOOTING
Lorton Reformatory Guards De-
feated in Team and Indi-
vidual Scores.

Rookie officers of the Metropolitan
Police Department, in training for less
than two months, defeated Lorton
Reformatory guards in a pistol match
last night at the police indoor rifle
range at ABS G street.
The police won both the team and
individual matches.
In the team matches, No. ! police
team defeated the Lorton No. 1 team.
9l1 to Ss9. The second police team won
its match, 867 to 794.
In the individual matches Dickerson
had the high police score of 236 out
Of q possible $50. and Trims the high
Lorton score, with 100 out Of possible
250
The judges were Eugene r. Mitchell
Of the National Rife Association, Police
Inspector L. I. H. Edwards and ]. E. c.
Bischon, business manager of District
penal institutions.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
COLDEST WEATHER OF SEASON
DUE IN CITY WITHIN FEW HOURS

The coldest weather to visit the city
this sc ason was on its way today on the
heels Of furry which brought half
inch Of snow early this morning.
The Weather Buseau forecast that to-
night the thermometer will get down
TO about 26 degrees, that no warm mid
day will temper tomorrowis chill and
that tomorrow night and Thursday
morning will bring temperatures even
lower. No probable temperature figure
Was set.
This mornings snowfall, which came
between Sis and 7.3O O'Clock, was the
frst "real snow" of the season, though
what the bureau described as q trace"
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Noted Poet Dies in Crash.

MEXICO. ID. r., November II (Pl.--
Manuel Muzquis Blanco. secretary OF
the local penitentiary and well known
In the United States as q poet, author
and journalist, was killed when his au-
tomobile overturned here yesterday. His
wife was seriously injured Remorseful
because Of the accident the chauffeur
shot himslef IN Tho head and died I'M
rnediateIy.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
Gas Heater Explodes.

Windows and doors were blown out
by the explosion of q gas heater IN
the basement of an apartment at 9l7
c street northeast jlut before noon TO-
day. No one was injured.
Evening star., 1933-11-14
WILL HEAR SENATOR KING

Political Study Club Plans Meeting.
Miss Catherine Toomey Will Sing.
Senator King of Utah will address
a. meeting of the Political Study Club
next Saturday at the Washington Club,
1701 K street.
Mrs. Flora McGin Keefer, chairman
OF Music, will present Miss Catherine
Toomey, mezzo-soprano, accompanied
by Miss Dorothy Andrews.
The Washington times., 1933-07-13
The Beauty
Box

If you have q yen to com.
pound cosmetics-some women
like to fuss with them-you can
make up a hand lotion that
will keep the little mits white,
soft and smooth.
Soak go grains Of gum tragar
canth in IA ounces of stronger
rosewater for two or three days;
add one ounce Of glycerine, one
ounce Of rubbing alcohol and a
few drops Of your best and
most precious perfume. This
formula will give you a Jelly
like substance that disappears
a few minutes after it is ap-
piled. It is comforting to a
skin that is subject to eczema.
Women who sew all day and
those who run typewriters
should sit with q small cushion
placed at the small of the back.
Not alone for support, but as a
suggestion to keep the body
erect. BY acquiring the habit
Of letting the spinal column
take on the wrong outline-out
at the waist and not in-there
will develop a protruding
tummy, slumped-in chest and
rounded shoulders. At all times
the body should be kept tall.
The Washington times., 1933-07-13
Secrets Of Health
Keep the Mind Alert for Old Age Z
By LOUIS E. BISCH
Famous Authority ON Health and Psychology

Keep the Mind Alert for Old Age
Almshouses are full Of old
men and women whose bodies
are still sound and strong but
whose minds are clouded and
dulled even to the point Of
actual m e tai deterioration.
Such a condition to be in
surely is q sad plight.
Such cases, Of course, are
not to be found In public in
titutions alone. They impress
one more strongly there, how
ever, because the economic diff
ficulties which have forced
these people to seek charity is
so directly connected with their
failure of mental powers.
Yet there is no scientific
reason why the mind should go
to pieces any quicker than the
body: nor should the body be-
come incapacitated before the
mind. After all, mind and
body constitute a single entity,
q unit. Both are nourished by
the same blood stream; both
are activated by the same
glands Of internal secretion;
both start with the same initial
and inherent capacity and
vitality.
That each Of us possesses
one or more organs-and in
this conception the brain must
be included (which sh ows
weakness as time goes on, can
not be denied. The reason,
nevertheless, why the brain so
often turns out to be a weak
organ is because people have
not yet learned that the mind
must be exercised, kept alert,
and given the same solicitous
attention that is accorded the
muscles, the heart, the kidneys
and the rest of the organs.
In other words, we must pre-
pare for old age mentally.
To do this it Is necessary to
develop interests in early life
which will continue, and SO
stimulate the brain cells, even
after we retire from active life
and give up the daily grind.
We must keep the thinking
processes fluid 50 that the
passing Of the years will not,
SO to speak, rust the machin-
cry.
It Is a fallacy to believe that,
after we have saved enough to
take 1t easy, we can then-and
then only-become absorbed in
some new pursuit or hobby and
that it is time enough to think
about leisure and the advan-
tages it will yield us when the
opportunity for leisure actually
arrives. It is likewise an
erroneous notion, also held by
many, that when we are old it
will be glorious to do nothing
not even to think.
Unless we find a use for our
minds in one or more activities
The Washington times., 1933-07-13
Married for q Home and
Isn't Happy.

M&EE1CW 4OE 0VAU0 @UW
Isn't Happy.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a bride Of only two
months, and I married my hus-
band because he could give
me a good home. The whole
trouble is can never love any
man. You see I was dis
appointed in my first love affair
several years ago, and I cannot
love anyone else, try as I will.
My husband is very good to
me, gives me everything, and
has no idea that I don't love
him. Is it possible to go
through life like this, and have
any happiness? I have no
affection for him, although he
Is very much in love with me.
I don't care anything about
my life. Death Is always on
my mind. I often pray to God
to take me away.
Unhappy Bride.
I've forgotten where the
quotation occurs, but it runs
something like this: "Go down
on your knees and thank God
for a good mans love-" And
I hope you will do this thing
and stop indulging in morbid
reflections over a love affair
that turned out badly several
years ago. If your husband
grows tired of your coldness
and lack Of sympathy, he Is
The Washington times., 1933-07-13
Fashion Fads and
Fancies

Right on top of the fashion
news from abroad Is the fact
that evening hats and head
dresses are slated for promotion
next season. One advance model
is a cap Of lustrous white satin
surmounted by question mark
fronds Of white feathers.
Becoming dramatic is easy in
a lovely, colorful hostess gown.
A delightful model has the skirt
of pale mauve chiffon, while
the bodice and the long flowing
sleeves are of broad striped
chiffon in sapphire blue and
American beauty shading to
mauve.
Some change from the care
less little caps Of linen or pique
is indicated by a smart square
toque Of black lacQuered quills
covered with a square mesh veil
that just reaches the eyes.
Just enough printed chiffons
to be interesting are being
worn at the smartest places. A
very lovely evening frock Is Of
black chiffon printed with flow
ers in red and mauve tones and
made with shoulder straps Of
American Beauty velvet. The
straight, rather shallow decol-
lettage Is bordered by ruffles.
The Washington times., 1933-07-13

II guess" said the girl in a
small voice, II guess I'll be the
catcher"
Right" said the man con-
tentedly, "you are"
Her surrender was complete.
She understood that, and,
strangely, found no humiliation
In the thought. Suddenly,
strangely, Patricia knew that
arrogant, insolent, sgotistical
as he was, she would not change
Julian Haverholt. In SOM dim
way she realized that it was bet
ter that she should be defeated
always than that he should be
defeated once. He would not
yield in anything; he could not.
He would die before he gave
ground.
Lets shake hands on 1t, Pa
&ricia."
Gravely she gave him her
hand.
I'VE should mark this day
somehow" said Haverholt, smil-
ing at his own drama, "this day
when we reached understand
ing. I'd like to give you some
thing. What will you have,
Patricia? A string Of pearls, a
diamond ring, what will you
have?"
II don't want anything" she
protested, embarrassed.
"You must have something.
Young girls always cherish a
pet desire, don't they?"
Every well, then," said Pa
tricia abruptly. I'D like q
Madison roadster with wire
wheels"
Haverholt looked at her
meditatively.
The Automobile
''Xou shall have one tomor-
SOW" he promised. "But I'd
(COmtinued on 2nd. Comic Poge)
The Washington times., 1933-07-13
WASHINGTON FASHIONS By Wilma LoVNe

Although we can count on q
good two months Of hot
weather yet to come, some Of
us find ourselves in quite a
plight as to clothes and &C.
cessories. Our hats, particu-
larly. get out Of shape and
dirty in a few weeks, some
times in a few days with espe.
cially hard wear. Sometimes
we can have them cleaned, or
can wash them, and sometimes
they won't stand for any kind
of refreshing. So. II we're out
much, we're in q bad position
for something to wear, o re-
placement, or o hat to use while
our old regular is being
cleaned. II tho budget Is low
and we can't buy another, the
question may be serious.
The Summer FavOrite
So, again we come to the
rescue and suggest that you
crochet yourself a hat Of crepe
paper. Perhaps you did make q
turban or fez, for which we
sent out instructions many
weeks ago. II you did, you
will probably want to add o
brimmed hat now, to fill in.
and help out in the months to
come. The shallow sailor type
of spring and summer has GER
tainly walked away with the
. millinery laurels Of this year.
so this time we offer q simple,
shallow sailor, as perky a hat
as ever found its way on fem
inine head.
Easy 20 MAKE
AS you may know, these hats
may be made Of one fold Of
crepe paper, which costs IS
cents. If you want the attrac-
tive band and bow of checked
gingham or taffeta, it is extra,
or you could finish it with tiny
neat bunch of flowers in gay
colors, or simply with a gros-
grain band. It takes approx
mately six hours to make, just
two evenings work. and, as a
simple crochet stitch is used,
anyone can do it, even a child.
We give you the instructions
free, if you send a stamped en-
velope; but don't forget the
stamp, as we do not send them
out without it. And If you need
further instruction, q downtown
store is glad to give it to you.
For instructions for making
this hat, send q self addressed,
stamped envelope to Miss La
vile, care Of The Washington
Times.