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Evening star., 1935-08-12

Also Johnny says, America has
become harmorica conscious Almost
every other boz in America has taken
to playing the harmonica. Recently,
the Boy Scouts of America made the
harmonica part of its equipment, mu-
sically speaking. The New England
Boy Scouts go. Borrah Minnevitch to
teach them. There are about $50 Boy
Scout harmorica bandrand a Boy
Scout on the West Coast. a lad named
Mcdonald is now about the best play
er in the business"
Minneviteh Is King.
Modestly eliminating himself, Johnny
Puleo says that the outstanding har-
monica players are Borrah Mime
witch, the king of them all; Larry
Adler, Baltimore boy, now playing
in London town and Glenn Brooks, a
New England champion. 1t was
Johnny Puleo, though, who put Wash
ington on the map in harmonica
circles. He entered contest in Bos-
ton 10 years age and won first place
among the champions. Since then he
has played in % countries, introduc-
ing the harmonica even in such a
celebrated musical center as Rome
and playing in grand opera house.
Johnny's immediate concern, how
ever, is this North Capital Street
Band. Give me time" he says. land
they'll make monkeys out Of all the
other harmonica players in the world"
Evening star., 1935-08-12

convoluted folds of skin. Their four
short legs end in thick feet. Their
heads are covered with warty tuber-
cules.
They are extremely voracious In
their food habits, and Snuggled in the
mud at the bottom of stream, will
snatch at any baited hook that comes
their way Their bite is like a bull
dogs, and if they haven't chewed
off both bait and hook by the time
the line is drawn to the surface. the
sportsman usually hacks them off one
way or another after a few choice
cuss words.
Their tenacity Of life is remarkable,
and this quality makes them also
especially, desirable for Georgetown's
experiments. william Frear, an au-
thority on fish, gives one story which
admirably illustrates this point.
Desiring to note few points on
the structure of the Menopoma (toad
fish," he says, Il found one which
had been lying on the shore In the
sun for 48 hours. ! brought it to my
laboratory, where it lay another "a
hours before I placed it in alcohol.
After another day in an alcohol jar
I removed it and placed it on my table.
There it began to open its big mouth,
sway its tail and give other un-
doubtable evidencNof life"
Evening star., 1935-08-12
STATION FOUNTAIN
CLOSED TO WADERS
Health Office Says Water Is Un-
safe for Use by Chill.
dren

The Columbus Fountain in front of
Union Station, which serves young
sters of the area as a swimming and
wading pool during the Summer, was
ordered closed today because of pol
luted water.
Supt. C. Marshall Finnan of the
Once of National Capital Parks issued
the order, he said, at the request of
the District Health Office. DR.. George
H. Rutland, the health officer, had
the water examined and found the
bacteria content made it unsafe for
use.
With prevalent Summer diseases
the Health Office feared youngsters
using the fountain would contact dis
ease and become carriers.
The water used in the Columbus
Fountain recirculates and for this rea-
son has become polluted. The only
fresh water added is to make up for
evaporation.
In the new recreational centers
being developed, the superintendent
said, ample facilities for wading are
being provided, with constantly chang
ing water.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

Wilson, 20 colored, of the 1400 block
of @ street. was treated at Emergency
Hospital for injuries TO he1 hip.
Five persons were injured early this
morning when cars driven by Eden
E. Channel, 10, Marine stationed at
Quantico, Va, and Robert Gray, 81,
colored, of 1923 Thirteenth street north
Mount Vernon boulevard and route 1.
Both drivers were hurt as also were
Violet Taylor, 20, of 1922 B street
northeast: Dorothy Gray 20, of the
300 block of Thirteenth street, and
Hortense Taylor, 25, of the B street
address, all colored. The last three
are in Emergency Hospital
Meanwhile. two victims of Satur-
days accidents were fighting for their
lives in Washington hospitals. At
Walter Reed lay 6-year-old Charles
Prichard of the 600 block of Hamilton
street, who was struck by a truck
while he played in the street in front
of his home Saturday afternoon. He
has failed to regain consciousness and
is reported to be suffering with a
fractured skull.
Crescenta Tilghman, 9, of 652 Acker
street northeast, is suffering with
fractured skull and possible internal
injuries at Casualty Hospital. He re-
ceived his injuries when hit by o
truck at Fourth and F streets north
east Saturday.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
RETIRED WRITER,
SHOT, NEAR DEATH
Powell Thruston Manning Found
in Apartment, Victim of
Bullet.

Powell Thruston Manning, 65, re-
tired writer, was in Emergency Hos
pital in a serious" condition today,
after having shot himself in the head,
police say, at his home, 2700 Con-
necticut avenue.
The shooting took place early this
morning, in the bed room of his
apartment. He was rushed to Emer-
gency Hospital in the hospital am
bulance, and was still living at noon
His condition, however, was said to
be serious.
Mrs. Manning, according to police,
was giving piano lesson to a child
in her studio when her husband fired
the shot in an adjoining room.
Mr.. Manning, according to friends,
had been despondent because of i'll
health, and had been under treat
ment of physicians for some time.
Mrs. Manning was prostrated at
her apartment. Mr. Manning, the
author of several works, including
novels, poems and short stories, sew
eral years ago had been in the employ
of McKeever & GoSs, a real estate
flrm.
Evening star., 1935-08-12

Four practically nude men went
swimming in the Tidal Basin Sunday
afternoon. to the amusement of Sab
bath throngs and the disnay of police.
Two of them splashed around for
nearly an hour. The swan boat.
manned by park police, led to their
swan song.
Arrested finally. after haunting Off
GERS with dareS to come after them
Charles w. Newman. chauffeur, and
Edward ]. Daley, an electrician. were
taken to the fourth precinct for vio-
lating the regulation against SWIM
ming in the Tidal Basin.
In Police Court today Judge Robert
E, Mattingly took personal bond for
the pair.
-Four swimmers in their underwear
shorts jumped in the water at the
4 ood gate on Fourteenth street about
2:30 pm. yesterday. Pohce scout cars
arrived and two of the aquatic quarry
grabbed their clothes and fled.
"C'mon out, you fellows" officers
cried to Newman and Daley. who by
then were in midstream. or rather
midbasin.
'Nothin' doin'," the swimmers yelled
back. We're not that dumb"
They dared police to catch them.
Automobiles stopped along Fourteenth
street and strollers paused to watch
the fun. Encouraged by hundreds of
spectators, the swimmers continued
their antics while policemen looked
on helpless, scratching their heads.
A fourth precinct officer found the
shirt, trousers and shoes of one of
the swimmers and held them up as a
warning that the fugitives would not
always have the upper hand. Mean
while other police surrounded the
Basin, waiting for the swimmers to
tire and come in.
well be waiting for you," officers
shouted.
The swimmers thumbed their noses,
police said.
Finally Sergt w. F. Shelton and Pvt.
Oren Spears of the park police COM
mandeered the swan boat and putt
putted out to their quarry. The SWIM
mers knew when they were beaten
and swan to shore, where they were
promptly arrested by other officers.
A fine of SIS was assessed against
Milton Kirk, 10, of 1909 North Caro-
lima avenue northeast, in Police Court
this morning on charge of indecent
Evening star., 1935-08-12
EVICTION MOVE
AWAITED IN PARK
Deputy Tax Collector in
Page Refuses to Leave
His Home.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LURAY, Va, August 12.-All's quiet
in this mountain section today as
small land owners and squatters in
the Shenandoah National Park area
settled down to await the next move
from park officials, which, when it
comes, will decide whether the noun
taineers will be evicted from. in
many cases, their ancestral cabins.
The crux of the uncertain Situa-
ton lies in the open defy which
Melanehton Cliser, deputy tax COL
lector of Page County and owner
of a store and 46 acres in the park
area, has hurled at officials when
ordered to vacate his property, He
said he would not move.
Not Offered Value.
: Cliser claims that he has not been
offered the value of his land and
he has refused to accept the amount
rendered or appeal to the court to
obtain its fair value. He appears
to be sitting tight and waiting for de-
velopments. When officials visited his
home last week on an inspection trip
he told them to get out"
Developments, however, may come
quick, as Wilbur c. Hall, chairman
of the State Conservation and De-
velopment Commission, on returning
from trip to park area, reiterated
his insistence- that the land owners
and squatters be evicted.
800 Families Affected.
There are some 300 families in the
park area, embracing parts of Madi-
son, Page, Rappahannock, Greene.
Warren and Rockingham Counties,
who are said to have violated per-
mits granted to them to remain in
the area temporarily.
Chairman Hall said that the sheriffs
of the various counties will be in
structed to take the necessary action
to evict them upon the authority
vested in the State. The sheriffs,
however, so far appear to be loath
to drive these families away from
the homes.
Hall did not specify when the evic-
tions would be ordered.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
D. c. TRAFFIC TOLL
FOR YEAR HITS Sc
January Crash Victim Ex-
pires-Many Arrested
During Week End.

Despite the fact that no fatalities
occurred in Weshington's numerous
traffic accidents over the week end, one
death in Emergency Hospital this
morning brought the years total to Sc.
Twenty-four persons we're injured in
accidents Saturday and Sunday.
Louis johnson, 81, colored, Of the
200 block of Seaton court, died as a
result of injuries suffered when struck
by coal truck January "a in the HOO
block of First street. He received a
fractured pelvis. This was the first
death this month and the sixty-sixth
this year.
Mack Ferguson. 33, colored, of IA
Logan place was arrested at the time
of the accident in which johnson was
injured and subsequently sentenced
to serve go days on a charge of oper-
ating without a permit He was re-
arrested this morning and held for
&C ion of the coroner Dennis J. Nc
Namara of 81 K street northeast,
OF. ner of the truck. said at the time
that Ferguson took it out without au-
thority.
George A. GoSsett, SO, of 1872 Broth
ers place southeast, suffered a frac-
tured skull and other injuries when
struck by a hit-and-run driver at
Maryland avenue and Fourth street
this morning. He was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, where his condition
was said to be critical The accident
is being investigated by the Traffic
Bureau.
40 Accidents Recorded.
Police recorded 40 accidents over
the week end. In these, "a persons
were injured, six of them children.
The police arrested 338 persons on
various traffic charges. Of this num-
Der IS were for speeding, for driv-
ing while drunk, II for reckless driv-
ing, 9 for passing red lights and 252
on various other charges.
In Traffic Court this morning 98
persons we're tried on traffic violation
charges, IL of them being locked up
at time of arrest. Collateral was for
feited by 191 others.
OF the most seriously injured Miss
Ann McKenney, Is, of Brentwood,
Md, suffered a possible fracture Of
the skull when an automobile in which
she was riding overturned at the in
tersection of Riggs road and Uni
versity drive last night. She was
treated at the Washington Sanitarium
in Takoma Park, Md. Also injured
in the accident were Robert Burton,
18, of Brentwood. who received a
broken wrist, and Thelma Zier, Is,
also of Brentwood. who escaped with
minor cuts. Ashby Wood %, of River
dale, escaped unhurt.
Elizabeth Stanback, 46, colored, of
River road, Bethesda, was seriously
injured when struck by an automobile
said to have been driven by Mrs.
Katherine M. McHugh, 1881 Euclid
street, early this morning. She was
taken to Georgetown Hospital. Mrs
McHugh was not held.
Hit by Street Car.
Struck and knocked down by .
street car on New York avenue near
Fourteenth street last night.A Viola
Evening star., 1935-08-12
12D|STR|CT BILLS
APPEAR DOOMED
BY ADJOURNMENT
House Tribute to RepreSen.
tative Truax Will Pre-
vent Consideration.
EIGHT OF MEASURES
ARE HELD NOT URGENT
Chairman Norton Had Planned to
Hold Four Controversial Bills
Until Next Session.

House action on the IL District bills
on its calendar at the current session
of Congress appeared doomed today
as a result of an unexpected early ad-
journment out of respect to the men,
ory of the late Representative Truax,
Democrat. of Ohio.
Arrangements had been made to
under the unanimous consent rule
but the last-minute change in the
program because of the death of TruaX
postponed all House business.
Speaker Byrns told Chairman Nor
ton of the District Committee the
House would he unable to consider any
of the II bills until what would be
the next regular District day. August
rs. BY that time, however. it is ex-
pected Congress will have adjourned
Bills Not Held Urgent.
Mrs. Norton said she did not re-
gard any of the eight bills she plan
ned to call up under the unanimous
consent rule so urgent as to require
House acton at this session. She
pointed out 'Nat all legislation re-
quested by missionerS had
been passed.
The eight Mrs. Norton
intended TO all regarded
as non-contro The principal
measures are two - VII up as a re-
suit of the recommendations of the
Special Crime Investigating Subcom-
mittee. One would set up a habitual
criminal law. making it mandatory
that second Offenders serve 10-year
sentences and third offenders Is years.
The other would establish a bribery
law with respect to the acceptance
of bribes by District officials, police
and court attaches.
Four Bills Controversial.
Among the other bills are three to
license out-of-town physicians to
practive the healing arts; one to per-
NTH the Decatur Corp. to lay and
maintain pipe lines near the South
west waterfront and another author
izing the exchange of certain park
lands.
-Four of the principal measures. on
the calendar, which Mrs. Norton had
planned to skip over because of their
controversial nature, include the Ell
lenbogen bill to revive the wartime
rent commission. Another is designed
to raise the standard of the legal
profession A third would amend the
child labor act to permit juveniles to
participate in professional concerts
and dramatic productions.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
DYING HUSBAND
EXONERATES WIFE
Robert K. Hayden Asks Po-
lice Not to Punish Mate
in Shooting.

A wounded husbands earnest pleas
made from a Providence Hospital bed
where he is staging an apparently
losing battle for his life, earned Mrs
Annie Hayden, 80, her freedom SO
she might return to her five young
children at Tompkinsville. Md
The husband, Robert K. Hayden,
80, well-to-do oysterman, was shot
three times during an argument with
his wife at their home in TompEuns-
vile Saturday night. His condition
is critical and physicians hold little
hope for his recovery.
Wife Released Without Bond.
Sheriff Russell Howard of Charles
County drove Mrs. Hayden to her
children after Hayden, questioned
concerning the shooting, begged him
not to arrest his wife. She was re-
leased without bond pending the out
come of Haydens wounds.
Mrs. Hayden is said to have told
fifth precinct police that she seized
a .22-caliber rifle and fired three
bullets into her husbands chest when
he came home drunk and abused her
Saturday night
She had baked a cake for church
festival at ISSUE. near La Plata, Md,
and was preparing to leave with her
husband when the latter returned
home intoxicated and refused to go
as they had planned, police explained
Tells of Abuse.
He became abusive, she said, and
when she could no longer endure
it she picked up the rife and fired
three times. A neighbor drove Hayden
and his wife to the local hospital and
Mrs. Hayden was taken to the fifth
precinct by local police.
Before being transferred to the
Women's Bureau, where she stayed
until released yesterday by Sheriff
Howard, she is said to have told Lieut..
John Flaherty that her husband had
been drinking heavily for the past
three years and was extremely abusive
to her.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
FAMILY fiivver plane dropped

A FAMILY flivver plane dropped
n out of the sky at 80 miles an
~ hour over Washington Air
4 \ port this morning, smashed
part of its landing gear and was hailed
by Secretary of Commerce Roper as
the answer to the prayer of the small
salaried man who wants to fly.
The accident was trivial, and Pilot
John H. Geisse, chief of the develop
ment section of the Bureau Of Air
Commerce, who flew the tiny, tailless
plane from Santa Monica. Calf, by
easy stages, expects it will be ready
to go up again tomorrow.
The gear was injured in the land
ing when a wheel rolled out of line
and the left wing and gear buckled
back
On hand to greet GeisSe were Roper,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
johnson and Eugene L. Vidal. director
of air commerce, for whom the plane
was built.
Declared 10 Fly Self.
How does it f1y?" Roper asked
Geisse.
1t flys itself" answered Geisse,
who had just completed his first trans
continental flight.
Nothing to it" he commented. "If
I had been in a big plane and done
that I'd hate TO think what would
have happened. I'm walking away
on my own power, and you know they
say If you can do that you've made a
good landing"
He reached the airport at 9 o'clock
after a 20-minute trip from Guam
tico. Va, where he had spent the
night. The plane was developed in
California by an old-time test pilot,
Waldo Deane Waterman. 1t is sup
posed to be able to stop in 80 feet
and get 1872 miles to the gallon of
gasoline. The Commerce Department
expects to tinker with it and test it
in every possible way until it is as
mechanically perfect as possible Ex-
periments contemplate changing the
wing construction and installing an
automobile engine. This work prob
ably will go forward at Boiling Field
Left West Coast August 2.
Geisse left Santa Monica August 2
and made stops at Tucson, El Paso,
Fort Worth. Shreveport, Atlanta, Win
ston-Salem and Quantico.
Cost to the purchaser should be
less than $1,000, according to depart
ment officials, who expect some day
the sky will be black with the baby
cloud riders.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
W.P. A. FUNDS ASKED
FOR FISH MARKET
Roberts Will Urge Money Be
Spent to Improve Municipal
Structures,

Extensive repairing of the Munic-
ipal Fish Market will be urged as a
works progress project. George NJ.
Roberts. superintendent of weights,
measures and markets, announced
today.
He expects to submit his proposal
within 10 days to Works Progress Ad-
ministrator George E. Allen. The
work will include extensions and re-
pairs to sewerage, extension of the
city water supply so the wharves and
paved space in rear of the market may
be flushed. repair and replacement of
window frames where needed. repaint-
ing inside and out and numerous
other minor jobs.
The repair department Of the munic-
ipal architects Office now Is preparing
cost estimates and working out other
details. The Fish Market. which has
been doing a rushing business during
the past few years, is not in a good
state of repair, Mr.. Roberts declared,
emphasizing that the expenditure of
Works Progress Administration funds
there would be fully justified,
Evening star., 1935-08-12
Forms Harm0nica Band
Johnny Puleo Hopes to Borrow Floating
Stage for Concert Here
BY JOHN JAY DAILY.
TITLE JOHNNY PULEO, a
Washington boy and one Of the

three greatest harmonica play
A ers in the world, is back home
organizing the North Capitol Street
Harmonica Band.
If Johnny can stay here long
enough before going to Hollywood to
make new musical picture with
Eddie Cantor and Borrah Minnevitch,
he hopes to borrow the floating stage
of the National Symphony Orchestra,
down at the Watergate, and stage a
concert-with IL North Capitol street
boys as featured artists.
known to all theaterdom as "the
Rascal" in Borrah Minnevitch's Har-
monica Band, little Johnny Puleo
started cut 20 years ago, come this
Christmas, playing a common mouth
organ on the corner of North Capitol
and P streets. He was born in that
neighborhood October 7, 1907. From
the street corner gang, Johnny grad
uated to professional troupes. AS a
soloist, playing the chromatic har-
monica, he has appeared before such
world celebrities as the King of Eng
land, Premier Laval of France, Hitler,
Mussolini and most of the kings and
queens of Europe.
First Rest in Nine Years.
Back to visit the old folks-his
father and mother are Mr.. and Mrs.
Carmelo Puleo of 1925 North Capitol
street-Johnny is having his first rest
in rNtY1 cfr Of ,lrr
America and the Continent. He hopes
to launch the North Capitol Street
Harmonica Band on its musical
career before he leaves town, the first
concert to be at the Watergate. Two
of Johnny'S star players. incidentally,
happen to be Star newspaper boys.
They are brothers. One of them,
Thomas Hier, is a carrier boy. The
other, Harry, is his brothers helper.
His teacher believes Thomas Hier has
the making of champion harmonica
player. Thomas plays the accordion
and the guitar-and he bends some
stylish brasses on the harmonica.
In his eulogy of Washirgton's latest
boys band, Johnny Puleo got to talk
ing about the old-fashioned mouth
organ. He took up this instrument
when some of present-day Washing
tons leading business men and he
were boys together - all playing
mouth organs on the corners O. nights.
No Longer Mouth Organ.
Only it isn't called mouth organ
any more. No Stree! A chromatic
harmonica. The harmonica has en-
tered the big leagues of musical in
struments 1T takes a good man to
play one. too." Johnny says, recalling
that he gave lesson last week to
former Representative Ned GoSs of
Connecticut. Goss, in his turn, is
going to organize harmonica band
made up of ex-members of Congress.
From the fashioned mouth organ
to the harmonica is big musical step
according to Johnny Puleo: Those
old mouth organs used to cost dime
Now chromatic harmonica costs as
much as SIS
Evening star., 1935-08-12
NEARBY HIJACkING
GANG IS SMASHED
Six Youths Sentenced for Rob-
berry on Washington-Balti-
more Boulevard.
BY the Associated Press.

SAVAGE, Md, August l2.-The
sentencing of six youths here was be-
lieved today to have smashed hi
lacking gang operating on the Wash
ington- Baltimore boulevard.
State police believed the group re-
sponsible for robbery of many produce
trucks on the highway.
The method in which they oper-
ated was described by Corpl c. w.
Cubbage of the State police. who ade
the arrests after investigation by the
constabulary.
Some would Chamber onto tailboards
of moving trucks and toss articles to
others standing on the bumpers of an
automobile trailing the vans. They,
in turn, would rcss the articles to men
inside the automobile.
The youths arrested and sentenced
on char. es of larceny were:
James R. Sherman. 25, driver of the
automobile. six months; Pete Knise-
ley, 19, three months. and Harvey
Merson, 18; Melvin Gray, IT; Elmer
Gray, 19. and Lester Kniseley, I9, 80
days each.
Evening star., 1935-08-12
ROOSEVELT VETOES
INDIAN MEASURE
Declares Investigation of Stock
bridge and Munsee Tribe
Would Be of No Gain.
" the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
President Roosevelt today vetoed a
bill directing the Secretary of the
Interior to investigate claims of men,
bers of the Stockbridge and Munsee
Tribe of Indians Ia Wisconsin.
"The only claims which have been
brought forward" said the President
in his message to Congress. 'are those
of persons who claimed to be mem
bers of the Stockbridge and Munsee
Tribe of Indians, but those claims
were disallowed when the rolls of the
tribe were prepared.
ut would require great expense to
investigate the merits of any and all
claims which might be asserted by
an individual Indian, but little pros
pect of any benefit to be derived"