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Evening star., 1936-08-17

The three boys were taken from
the wreckage of their car to Emer-
gency Hospital. Annapolis, by H. L.
Finnegan, 1911 Franklin street north
east. and James Brincef1eld, 2627
Evarts street northeast.
Young Smith was pronounced dead
Of skull fracture and broken neck.
Evans back was stitched. and Haas
was treated for scalp, face and arm
cuts.
Annapolis authorities scheduled an
inquest for pm. tomorrow.
Smiths mother said the boys had
been to a birthday party for a high
school fraternity brother and were on
their way to North Beach. A delcga-
tion of her sons fraternity brothers
will be pallbearers at the funeral to-
morrow
The dead boys father, an invalid,
is a retired War Department drafts
man. Mrs. Smith works with the
Treasury Department.
In connection with the accident
that caused Mrs. Sullivan's death,
State Policeman Robert Sims arrested
John s. Washington, %, colored, 2100
block of Eighth street, as the driver.
He was held at Stafford Court House
in default of $1,000 bond for hearing
Friday on a charge Of involuntary
manSlaughter.
Other suburban week end accidents
caused injuries to four persons.
Emily KinSman, 18, of 1926 Wiscon-
sin avenue; Margie Brooks, Is, of 1925
Benton street, and jeanette Brum, 16,
of 1914 Porter street, were slightly in
jured in an automobile accident on
the Rockville pike yesterday. They
were treated at Georgetown Hospital.
Roland Steiner, %, of Riverdale, Md,
was taken to Casualty from an auto
mobile accident on Central avenue,
near Largo, Md. He may have rib and
leg fractures.
The only traffic injury in the Dis
trict yesterday was to 4-year-old James
Fookes, 316 Sixth street northeast, who
was hit by truck while running across
D street in the 500 block. He was
treated at Casualty for face cuts.
Robert James, %, colored, 1926 Cham
plain street, was the truck driver.
Dangerously congested traffic condi-
tions exist at the Bladensburg Peace
Cross, the keystone Automobile Club
said today after a survey.
Club counters Tailed ISIS vehicles
entering Washington Boulevard from
Defense Highway between and 8
pm. yesterday and reported traffic
was damned up down the highway
as far as the eye could see"'
The club said it would continue its
efforts to have the bottle neck"
eliminated
Evening star., 1936-08-17
GOLFER, STABBED,
SENT TO HOSPITAL
Former Public Links Cham
pion Attacked Self, Po-
lice Report.

After repeatedly stabbing himself
with a pair of scissors, John J. Con-
nelly, 20, former District public links
golf champion, was admitted to Gal
linger Hospital today for mental
treatment.
Five months ago, on the night
Connelly's mother fatally shot his
father. park policeman. the youth
was sent to Emergency Hospital suf-
fering from similar wounds inflicted
on himself, according to police.
On neither the first nor the pres
ent occasion did the wounds prove
serious. Last nights stabbing oc-
CURED In front of a downtown build
ing, where he formerly was employed
Connolly was captain of the Roose-
welt High School golf team in 1884,
the year he won the public links
championship on the Rock Creek
course. Previously, he had caddied
there for many years.
His mother, Mrs. Alice J. Connolly,
was acquitted June Is of a second
degree murder charge She shot her
husband, Officer John F. Connolly.
Al. the night of March II, after St.
PatrickS day celebration.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
3,0DOOPERATORS
LOSE PERMITS IN
LASTF|SCAL YEAR
2,255 Drivers Penalized for
Speeding, Report of
Board Reveals.
RESTORATION OF 1,842
PERMITS is ORDERED
40 Are Charged With Driving
While Drunk in District,
Commissioners Told.

Nearly 5000 automobile operators
suffered revocation or suspension Of
their permits during the fiscal year
ended June 80 because Of violation Of
traffic regulations, the Commissioners
were informed today.
The loss of 2,255 permits was due
to speeding according to statistics in
cluded il the annual report Of the
Board of Revelations and Restora-
tions OF Operators Permits, submitted
by w. H. Murphy. secretary.
There were ll9 persons who lost
permits for driving while under the
influence of liquor. OF this total, 40
we're charged with driving while drunk
in the District, Al while in Maryland
and 20 in other States.
159 Reckless Driving Cases.
Reckless driving was the cause OF
the revocation or suspension Of 159,
while 148 lost permits due to their
general records.
The board revoked the driving
privilege of 1877 non-residents for
local breaches and took up the per-
mits Of SO others because Of traffic
records in the States.
Three permits were lost because
drivers had epileptic attacks, 81 for
leaving after colliding, IL because the
drivers we're found to be mentally
incompetent, charged with negli-
gent homicide, the new charge used
in case of traffic deaths in which
drivers are held responsible; per-
mits were taken up because the hold
ers were found to be physically in
capacitated, 2 for possession of smoke
screens, 8 held responsible for traff1c
fatalities in the District, 9 for fatal
tiles in the States, for unauthorized
use of motor vehicles and 9 1or vio-
lation of the liquir tax laws in cases
involving automobiles.
1853 on "Prohibitive List"
The board placed the records of 1853
drivers on the 'prohibitive list" of
persons who are denied the issuance
of operators permits because of their
records.
During the year the board ordered
the restoration Of 1912 permits which
had been revoked or suspended.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
Knock Knock Nose
Is Fined SIS for
Breaking in Door
Game " asn't OUer When
SuzannG asked Clarence
"WhO's There. -

who's there?" responded Suzanna
Hazel, 20, of 1928 Georgia avenue. to
knock on her door at midnight
Tuesday.
KNOCK, knock" replied a masculine
voice.
who's there?" asked Suzanna
again.
Nose" said the voice.
"Mose who?"
Nose from out in front, and I'm
coming in," said the man, according
to Suzanna's testimony before Judge
John P. Mcmahon in Police Court
today.
But the midnight caller did not let
the game end there. He broke the
door down and came in and threat
ened Suzanna with a knife, she testi-
fed.
Clarence Whitby, 27, Of 1904 Second
street, the gamester. was sentenced to
pay a SIS fine or spend Is days in
Jail on a charge of destroying private
property.
Both Suzanna and Clarence are
eolored.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
POLICE HOLD SIX
|NHOLD-UP SERIES
Filling Station Robbery Fol-
lowed by Arrest of Four
at North Beach.

Six suspects arrested over the week
end and believed by police to hold the
key to many recent robberies and
holdups were being held for investi-
CATION today.
Four were youths ranging in age
from II to 20, who were arrested yes
terday at North Beach, Md. in a car
answering the description of one used
in the holdup Friday of a filling sta
tion at First and Atlantic streets
southeast, where Cecil Steinecke. %,
station manager, was slugged and
robbed Of S58.
Two of the youths were in the car
when they were arrested and taken
to the police station at North Beach.
A third was arrested when he went
to inquire about the pair being held,
and fourth was picked up later.
Victim Identifies Three.
Steinecke identified one as the youth
who slugged him with a pop bottle
as he was being locked in a closet
at the station. another as the driver
Of the car and third as an accom-
plice who was sitting in the rear seat
A fifth youth is being sought.
A 29-year-old man, who gave an
address in the 400 block of Sixth
street, was arrested late Saturday,
shortly after holdup in cigar store
in the 200 block of the same thorough
fare.
Policeman John Lohman, first pre-
cinct, was at a nearby corner calling
the police patrol to take a drunk to
the station when the man ran past
him, closely pursued by John Nettie
38, of 623 Pennsylvania avenue, pro-
prietor of the cigar store. Lohman
left his prisoner and took up the
chase, collaring the fleeing man, who
was said to have robbed Nettie of
$218. The drunk escaped.
Atlanta Address Given.
The sixth suspect was a 38-year-old
man who gave his address as Atlanta,
Ga. He was arrested at Ninth and F
streets last night and identified by
Lancelot Holden, 38, night manager
of the Printcraft Garage. 938 H street,
and Alfonso Starkes, IS, colored en-
ploye, as one of two white men who
had attempted to hold up the garage.
The robbers left without being able
to find any money, although they
forced Starkes to take of his shoes
to see If he had hidden any cash there.
Capt. Ira Keck. assistant chief of
detectives, said the men would be
placed in a special lineup Wednes-
day night for the victims of score
or more robberies to look over and
identify, if possible.
.Yeggmen who cracked the safe of a
drug store at 20l Maryland avenue
northeast over th4 week end took $5O7
in bills and cash, DR.. L. Hoyt Lamb,
proprietor, reported to police today.
Entrance was gained by forcing a
cellar door.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
BANNEKER POOL
REPORT AWAITED
Coroner Expects Electrical 1nspec-
tors Data in Death Of Col.
ored Girl.

A report of District electrical in
spectors on the wiring of submerged
lights at Banneker Pool, Georgia ave-
nue. and Euclid street, was expected
to be submitted this afternoon to
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald for
his investigation of the death in the
pool Saturday of 22-year-old Helen
Berger, colored.
DR.. Macdonald said she was vic
tim of electrocution, and that pre-
liminary investigation indicated that
she had come in contact with one of
the submerged lighting fixtures that
was loose. He said he would await
the report of District inspectors, how
ever, before deciding whether to order
an inquest.
F. w. Hoover, general manager Of
the Welfare and Recreational Associa-
ton, explained that the wiring had
been inspected BY his employees after
the accident and that nothing had
been found loose.
The pool was in use as usual today,
but the fioodlights underwater will not
be turned on until the report Of the
District inspectors has been completed,
Hoover stated.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
NJ 'K|NLEY PUPIL
AMONG 3 KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Edward H. Smith, Jr., Victim
in Epping Forest Crash,
Is Second of Week.
WOMAN FATALLY HURT
IN QUANTIC0 MISHAP
Washington Man Dies in Casualty
Hospital After Being Struck
While Walking on Highway.

A highway acGden near Epping
Forest Md, early yesterday took the
life of the second vacationing Nc
Kinley High School student to die in
an automobile crash in three days.
The victim was Edward H. Smith,
jr., 16, son of Mr.. and Mrs Edward
H. Smith, 500 Franklin street north
east. A schoolmate, Henry Windsor,
IT, of 513 Nicholson street, died Fri
day night in a smash-up near Co.
lonial Beach, Va.
Two others we're fatally injured in
nearby highway accidents yesterday.
One was Stanley Purman. 81. of
s26 G place. who died in Casualty
Hospital early today Of injuries re-
ceived when he was run over last
night while walking toward Wash
ington on the road between North
Beach and Upper Marlboro, Md
August Maxi, 81, OF 16 Eighth
street southeast, was said by Mary
land police to have been the driver
of the car. No charges have been
placed against him.
Woman Dies in Hospital.
Mrs. Ellen Sullivan, "a, OF Rec
tory, Va, died in the Marine Corps
Hospital at Quantico, Va. yesterday,
a few minutes after being struck by
an automobile while walking across
the Richmond Highway just south of
Quantico.
The Smith boy was driving a
stripped down" car, which left a
curve, skidded on a sandy road
SboI,lder opd etr,1cb q falapho1a ro1a
Evening star., 1936-08-17
1887 TAX OF @.67
PAID TO DISTRICT
Sum Originally Offered Must
Be Returned in Realty
Complication.

A realty tax bill for 1857. dating
back to 1887, was paid today to Tax
Collector Chatham NJ. Towers-this
being the second time the bill has
been paid-and as result some one
has a claim to that sum against the
District government.
The shifting Of the debt from the
property owner side to the District re-
suits from the grinding of District tax
machinery over period of half a
century.
Back in 1887 the District levied
an assessment of s8.67 against property
at l015 Second street northeast, then
owned by Mrs. Susan E. Harding. For
some reason she neglected to pay the
levy. 1t may have been because of
excitement over receiving an inheri-
tance, some say.
Tax Certificate Sale.
The property was the subject Of
tax certificate sale, and the taxes were
paid by Albert 1. Gleason. He had
the right within five years to apply for
a deed, if he failed. to collect from
the property owner.
The records of Tax Assessor Fred
Allen show he did not obtain the tax
deed
Before Mrs. Harding died, nearly 20
years ago, she transferred the prop
erty to her granddaughter, Miss Mabel
Harding. Tax assessments for years
following 1887 were paid. Miss Hard
ing died in 1894, and in the settlement
of her estate heirs discovered a tax
payment receipt for 1887 was missing.
Percy Thompson, 438 Fifteenth
street northeast, who noted the lack
of the receipt, called at the assessors
Office Saturday and obtained bill
The addition Of a "a per cent penalty
and a further small charge brought
the total bill to $1085. This bill was
paid today as the heirs of Miss Hard
ing moved to clear up the estate and
remove any cloud or claim.
The District now has collected the
original bill twice, due to the work
ings of the assessment laws. The
District must repay the sum paid 4s
years ago by Gleason if he or his
heirs come to light and proffer proper
identification.
If Gleason were no older than Fl
at the time he paid the Harding
property assessment he now would
be 10.
Officials believe they have no legal
responsibility for making a search Tor
Gleason or his heirs. The credit to
his account will remain on the books
indefinitely, awaiting some one to
claim it.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

These big black spiders nest in trees
and prowl at night in search of food
In South America they are called
the "bird-eating spider" or the crab
spider" They are preyed upon by
large burrowing wasps which paralyze
them by stinging. The waSps then
lay eggs in the body Of their victim
and carry him of to their nests.
Conservative naturalistS say the
tarantulas bite is capable of produc-
ing "disagreeable symptoms" in a
man. The spider has another un-
pleasant characteristic.
His hairs shed from legs and body
when touched and cause pronounced
irritation of the skin.
Observers say the hairs are not
poison. but are so fine, sharp and hard
they work into minute folds Of the
skin and produce a burning, itching
sensation.
Tomorrow. The emu, a cousin
OF the ostrich
Evening star., 1936-08-17
LOCAL POLICE TEAM
is FIFTH IN SHOOT

A seven-man pistol team from the
Metropolitan Police Department
placed fifth in a competitive shoot
with 116 other teams, mostly from
police departments, at Teaneck. N. j.,
Saturday. S. r. Mckee of No. IL
precinct captained the group from
Washington.
K. G. Mccormick of No. 7 pre-
cinct set a new world record of
299 out Of possible 800, but the
mark was beaten an hour later when
New Yorker shot 800. In individual
competition with 700 other entries,
Mccormick placed third.
Other members of the team were
G. M. Stewart, No. Z precinct; e. l..
Warden, No. 3 precinct: A. o. Toul-
son, o. precinct; P. F. Bean, No.
precinct, and NJ. I. Bridges, Traffic
Bureau.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
Bold Thief Enters
Police Headquarters
And Robs JanitOr

Burglars and thieves, who have
operated uncomfortably close to
police headquarters on several
occasions recently, finally have
struck in the headquarters build
ing itself.
Ernest Smith, colored janitor in
the Office of Police Supt. Ernest
w. Brown, reported today that
Slips had been taken from a
wallet in his trousers, which he
hung in a locker while on duty.
The theft occurred last Tuesday,
he said.
In recent weeks several pistols
have been stolen from the head
quarters of the Marine Corps Re-
serves, next door to the police
building, a quantity of lead cable
from a lot nearby and small
amounts of cash from q nearby
restaurant.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

West Point Military Academy from
1915 to 1917, Col. Peyton was detailed
to Fort Myer with the rank of major
when war was declared. On compile
ton of this duty, he was promoted
to lieutenant colonel and assigned 10
Camp Lee, Va.
Later, he served in various capac-
tiles in France, at one time tearing up
and throwing away a hospital tag
after he had been blinded by gas.
He retained command by having an
orderly guide him to his forward
command post.
Col. Peyton was born at Gallatin,
Mo-, in 1876 and was graduated from
West Point in 1899. He has served
in the Philippines and nearly every
other foreign Army post. He holds
the Distinguished Service Medal.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
A. F. G. {. TO MARK
FOURTH BIRTHDAY
Has Grown From 1000 Members
q
in 1852 to 37,1ss, With
32S Lodges.

The American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees will be four years
old tomorrow.
On August 10, 1892, when the
American Federation of Labor granted
it a charter, the organization had
only 1000 members in "a lodges. Last
September the convention accounted
for $4,000 members and 216 lodges,
but at present the Federation has
37,199 members with 1928 lodges for
Federal employees and 119 lodges for
State, city and county workers.
David r. Glass, first president Of
the A. F. G. E.. was the principal
mover in its foundation, and the first
meeting to plan the organization was
held at his home in Clarendon, Va.
He is still active in A. F. G. E.
affairs and holds the title of nation
al charter presidents
Evening star., 1936-08-17
INJURED IN ROW

Charles Ellis Hurt in Dispute
After Auto Accident.
Charles A. Ellis, Is, of COL Ritten-
house street, who suffered q severe
head injury in an argument over
minor collision last night, was in Gal
linger Hospital today in an undeter-
mined condition.
Ellis car bumped tenders with an
other car. operated by william Har-
ris. colored, 1905 Park road. Later
he entered the store at 3412 Four
teenth street, where Harris is en-
ployed. During an argument which
ensued, Ellis allegedly was struck on
the head with an automobile crank.
He was taken to Garfield Hospital
for emergency treatment and later
removed to Gallinger.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
MAN HURT IN FALL

Alexander Stabler Plunges
Through Skylight While at Work.
A fall through a skylight today
sent Alexander Stabler, "a, of Ednor,
Md. to Providence Hospital with a
fractured hand and cuts on the head
and leg.
Stabler, a linesman for the Ches-
apeake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
fell while working on the roof of an
old stable at Thirteenth and e streets
southeast, used to house District
refuse trucks.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
BY w. Fl. SHIPPEN, Jr.

BY w. Fl. SHIPPEN. Jr.
THIS big fellow, or one OF his
lesser relatives, once started a
craze for wild dance called
u the "tarantella'
st. Vitus, himself, never saw a
stranger step. 1t was combination
rumba and Highland fling inspired by
the antics of persons who had been
bitten by the tarantula.
Such unfortunates were supposed
by early Italians to have a highly
animated disease called "tarantism. :"
Later, however, science abSolved the
tarantula of blame for the malady.
The scientists said that while
tarantula was poisonous, it was not
that poisonous. Too, the Italian
spiders were much smaller than this
huge specimen from South America
with a leg-spread of 6 inches.
A naturalist on the Amazon River
reports having watched one of these
hairy monsters while he bit and killed
a small bird and devoured his victim.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

CCiS at TWI u MycI,
has been ordered
from the post of
chief Of staff of
t h e 9th Corps
Area, Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, to
chief of staff of
the 99th Division,
Organized r e =
serves, with head
quarters at Pitts
burgh. He served
on the general
staff here from
1926 to 1928.
An instructor
In toctics al. the
Evening star., 1936-08-17

s
Two companions,
Edward H. Evans,
18, of 1900 Irving
street northeast,
and VILLA m
Haas, 16, of 1929
Twenty-f o ur t h
street, were in
jured. Y un &
E v a ms ran 2
miles to summon
aid, although his
back was cut so
severely that nu-
merous site he s
we're required to
close the wounds
Evening star., 1936-08-17
Will Speak at Y. W. c. A.

DR.. George Duncan, recently re-
turned from study in Europe, will
speak on Impressions of the British
Isles" before a Y. w. C. A. group on
the room of the organizations build
ing, Seventeenth and K streets, at 9
o'clock tonight. Miss Alice Hutchins
Drake will preside.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
Group to Study Plays.

The lexington Players Of Mckinley
Langley Community Center, directed
by Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, will
study Shakespearean plays and re-
hearse modern plays in Langley Junior
High School this month, starting to-
night at 7:30. They will present a
play in the District one-act play
tournament in October.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
COL. PEYT0N SENT
TO PITTSBURGH POST
Chief of Staff of 9Th Corps Area
Goes to 99th Division,
Reserves,

Col. Ephriam G. Peyton, U. S. A.,
who served his initial World War duty
with the first training camp for off,
Evening star., 1936-08-17
FLYERS NEAR MOSCOW

California August 5.
MOSCOW, August II (P).-The two
Soviet flyers attempting San Pedro,
Calf. Moscow flight landed last night
at Welen, on the Peninsula Ichokog-
sky, Siberia, after jump from East
Cape, Siberia.
Sigismund Levanevsky, chief pilot,
and Victor Levchenko. co-pilot and
navigator, left San Pedro on their
1000o-mile mapping and exploration
expedition August S.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
ARE YOU AN ACTIVE MEMBER?

We for any organization that plans and works
the upbuding of their community and all efforts
along that line effective according their activity
The chamber of commerce is the recognized medium
of any town all over the nation through which construc
tive pass for community Improvement 10 this
organization requests for information concerning
the of community and the opportunities to be
found home seekers and investors 1t is the function
of this organization to promote home improvement and
acquaint the outside with the advantages it has to offer
The progress of town be judged pretty accurately
by it's chamber of If it is composed of good
number representative citizens who active,
and persistent marked and steady advancement of
the community will follow Your membership is of little
value unless you attend the meetings and take part in the
programs. If you do not you give support and en-
couragement to their plans designed for improving cond
tionS.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

That | knew so long ago,
OF tn babies born to bless 'em
Of tn ones that have to go
Through tn shadders O. the valley,
An be lain beneath tn sod,
Where forget-me-nots air bloomin'
An tn pinks an golden-rod.
It's a paper of a nature
That's refreshin' to my soul,
An | wouldn't be without it
If l had to miss tn whole
Bunch O. magazines an dailies
Pm a-gittin' every day.
Fer they fail to interest me
Such a satisfyin' way.
So it's for this very reason
It's with ecstasy I hail
IN little Country Weekly
When l find it in my mail,
An l treasure every copy
Fer it's like a friend to me,
Bringing cheerful information,
From tn place 1 used to be.
In conclusion I'm a-wishin'
An I fain would have it So
When my earthly work is ended
If I'm privileged to go
To a mansion grand an lovely,
I'm a-hopin' there will be
A Country Weekly lying
On tn doorstep there fer me-