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Evening star., 1937-05-19
new BUS SERVICE
STARTS TOMORROW
East Washington Section to Have
Line-Transfer at Barney
Circle.

Beginning tomorrow, the Capital
Transit Co. will operate a new bus
line serving sections in East Wash
ington, which will require transfers
at Barney Circle for all passengers
making through trips, the company
announced today
The change in service, the concern
said, was due to the fact the company
Is not permitted any longer to operate
larger types Of busses over Pennsyl.
vania Avenue Bridge The company
has placed in use for the in-town side
of the service busses of larger size than
are employed on the East Washington
lines.
Effective tomorrow, the buses Of
the East Washington suburban and
the South Washington lines will be
turned around at Barney Circle, Sew.
enteenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast. At the same time the
company will institute the new service,
to be known as the Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. Bridge Bus Line, which will oper-
ate between Barney Circle and Ben
ming, Ely street, Hillcrest, Randle
Highlands and Anacostia.
Buses of the new line, as we'll as Of
the East Washington and South
Washington lines, will leave their ter
minals when en- route to Barney Circle
two minutes earlier than at present,
in order to allow time for necessary
transfers there. Buses will leave Bar
ney Circle at the same time as now
scheduled.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
SULTAN APPROVES
PLANS FOR HARBOR
Sketches Of Three Developments
Given Tentative O. K.-Go
to War Department.

Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sui
tan has given tentative approval to
preliminary sketches Of three new mu-
nicipal developments along the District
water front. as contemplated by Fed
eral plans for the area, it was an.
nounced today.
They deal with the proposed new
harbor police station, = new water
front fire station and q new pier and
warehouse building as . distributing
point for produce sent to and from
the District work house and reforma-
tory.
The plans carry out the Commis-
sioners' intention to find q new loca-
ton, In future years, for the District
Morgue. The tentative sketches will
be sent to the district engineer Of the
War Department. The authority for
planning improvements along Water
street was given by Congress some
years ago. and provision was made
last year for the drafting Of plans.
The work will be performed as q
part Of 10-year program.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

While thousands cheered the Won
ders Of the scheduled performances
beneath the main tent Of the Ringing
Bros. show yesterday afternoon, Lee
Big Elk, Oklahoma Choctaw, gave an
unexpected exhibition Of daring in the
lot behind the tent to small group
Of circus artists and roustabouts.
For two hours the Indian wrestled
with so rattle snakes fresh from
Brownsville, Tex, removing their
fangs to render their bite harmless.
He Is one of the II redskins who,
dressed in skins, smeared with
aboriginal paint and holding the
snakes, twice daily do rain dance
similar to a ceremonial practiced for
countless generations by the Indians
of the Southwest.
Lee Big Elk was bitten six times by
poisoned fangs before his afternoons
work was over. But he appeared in
the dance last night and will be a
part Of it this afternoon and tonight
the last 1887 performances at the lot
at Florida avenue and Fifth street
northeast.
II feel sicker than I have for long
time" he said when the so fangless
reptiles had been closed up In large
box where their rattlers kept up an
incessant whirr. He swabs his wounds
with peroxide and smears them with
q black salve Of his own making to
save himself from being more than
merely i'll.
The snakes are shipped in wooden
boxes with screened tops. Lee Big Elk,
known as Roebuck to his colleagues,
rips open an end Of the screening.
He seizes near the tail the snake due
for his surgery and strokes it gently
on the stomach while it darts its head.
When the snake stiffens under the
soothing caress the Indian grasps 1t
behind the head, forcing open It's
mouth.
A helper holds the writling mid
portion Of the s-pound reptile. Big
Elk hooks out the fangs with cotton
swab and pincers, cleans the wound
with q handful Of raw cotton and
losses the SNAKE u1LO L1le UOA Will AtO
fellows.
The IL Indians last night used the
new snakes in their dance, holding
them stifly in various poses to make
the magic that will bring rain. It
was showering briskly even before the
dance began. Iron Eyes, Cherokee,
in charge Of the Indians, said the
dance brought eight days Of rain last
Summer In Hollywood, to the astonish-
ment Of the local populace, which
hadn't seen even . drizzle in several
weeks.
The redskins are part Of the Wild
West Show Of Col. Tim Mccoy. They
began the circus season with al the
SNAKES they needed. but tho eo1d, damp
Evening star., 1937-05-19

atmosphere Of Madison Square Gar
den, in New York City, where they
played q month. proved fatal for
many Of the reptiles.
The surgery practiced by Lee Big
Elk yesterday will need repeating with
in 80 days. Daily, however. he must
examine the snakes mouths, for If
they develop sores the bite is as
dangerous as If the fangs were still
there. Four Of the so reptiles received
yesterday had bad mouths, the Indian
said. and probably will be sent back
to Brownsville.
The snakes average feet in length.
They cost $3.50 for two dozen. The
Southwest rain dancers are q new
attraction in Tim McCoy's show.
They expect an injunction to be
issued against them in Philadelphia
by man who claims he has all rights
to exhibit the rain dance Iron Eyes
doesn't think the Philadelphian has
much Of q case.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO SHIFT
Social Security Board Now
Taking Over Potomac
Park Apartments.

The Social Security Board is taking
over the Potomac Park Apartments
Twenty-first and c streets, which is
being vacated by the Housing Division
Of the Public Works Administration, 1t
was announced today by Clay J. Guth-
ridge. chief Of the Division Of Gov
eminent Space Control Of the Ma
tional Park Service.
The Bureau Of Federal Old-Age
Benefits Is moving into the erstwhile
apartment house from 1924 F street
The Bureau of Business Management
of the Social Security Board is shift
ing from 1712 G street to 1924 street.
Officials said other units are remaining
as they are.
The board will continue to occupy
quarters in the National Theater
Building and in the old Southern
Railway Building at 1900 E street, 1t
was said.
Power Commission to Move.
In the next few days, Guthridge
said, the Federal Power Commission
will begin moving into the Hurley
Wright Building, Eighteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue. That build
ing has now been vacated by the In
dian ONCE and the Once Of Education
OF the Interior Department., which
moved into the new building.
The Power Commission will move
from the Printcraft Building. $50 H
street; from the Carpenters Building,
Tenth and K streets, and from the
Machinists' Building, Ninth street and
Mount Vernon place. Tentatively
the Machinists' and Carpenters Build
ings are being given up, although off,
cials made it clear that other agencies
may occupy the vacated space.
Alcohol Administration to Shift.
The space in the Washington Loan
d Trust Co. Building, given up by
the Bureau of Mines, will be occupied
by the Federal Alcohol Administration
which goes out Of the Justice Depart
n1ent Building, which Is expanding
activities there.
The Division Of Accounts and De-
poSltS, treasury department., Will oc-
cupy the vacated space in the Print
craft Building.
The old Interior Department Build
ing. Eighteenth and F streets, Is now
being occupied by the Geological Sur
vey, the entire Public Works Admin
istration organization, the National
Resources Committee and the Puerto
Rican Reconstruction Administration
While there are incidental shifts to
these major moves in the rearrange-
ment Of the Government ofdces In
Washington, no new shifts Of magni.
tude are in prospect, ofacials said
The Government Is not giving up any
material space, they said. Is . mum.
Der Of agencies are interested IN se-
curing additional areas, II they can b
obtained here.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
LzWORTH QUIZ
CONTINUES TODAY
Pa|misano Subcommittee to
Resume Consideration
of Investigation.

The Palmisano Subcommittee of the
House District Committee will resume
its examination of Attorney John M.
Holzworth this afternoon in an effort
to determine whether law enforce
ment conditions in Washington war
rant thorough congressional investi-
CATION.
The subcommittee is expected to
make its recommendations to the
whole committee late today or to-
morrow.
Testimony Half Completed.
Holzworth. who formerly represent
ed Thomas Jordon, convicted slayer Of
Mrs. Lizzie S. Jaynes in the Garden
T Shoppe hold-up, had about half
completed his testimony when the
subcommittee adjourned yesterday
Appearing voluntarily before the
House District Committee last week,
Holzworth made serious charges
against the United States attorneys
odace and the Police Department.
After listening to his statements,
Chairman Norton appointed the
Palmisano Subcommittee to study the
facts and ascertain whether the whole
committee should order an investi-
cation.
The committee session yesterday
was closed. but Holzworth said he
repeated the charges he had made
previously.
Jury Member Other Witness.
Israel F. Good, a member of the
jury that convicted Jordon was the
only other witness yesterday. He re-
fused to divulge the nature OF his
testimony, but 1t was known he be-
lieves Jordon should have been con-
victed Of second instead Of first degree
murder.
Good told reporters other members
OF the jury believed the verdict had
to be first degree murder or not
guilty, apparently misunderstanding
the charge Of the trial judge that sec
ond degree murder was a possible
verdict. He also said an obsolete
District code was brought into the
jury room to bolster the contention
that as matter of law a second
degree verdict could not be returned.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
POLICE WORK HERE
0NKEENEMYSTERY
Maryland Detectives in City
to Talk to Family, Con-
fer With Hoover.

Declaring I'VE are In this case to
stay" Detective Sergts. Marlin Bru-
baker and J. j. Cassidy Of the Mary
land State police arrived in Wash
ington today to investigate the mys-
terious disappearance of Charles F.
Keene, So. of 2l00 Massa chusetts ave-
nue., from a blood-stained cabin
aboard the steamer District of Co.
lumbia last Friday
I'VE are proceeding on the theory
that We have jurisdiction in this case
and We will proceed on that theory
until the case is solved said Sergt.
Brubaker.
The detectives came to Washington
on the District of Columbia after a
day spent in Norfolk, where police
are convinced Keene was murdered
and thrown overheard while the vessel
was near the mouth of the Potomac
River.
Brubaker and Cassidy said they
are working with open minds and
as yet have not adopted either q
murder or a suicide theory. Today
| they planned to question members Of
the Keene family, police and the miss
ing mans business associates, they
said.
May Talk to Hoover,
I'VE may drop by the F. B. I. to
talk to J. Edgar Hoover about the
question of our Jurisdiction" Bru-
baker said.
AS the Maryland detectives worked
to gather tangled clues in the strange
case, the Bureau of Marine Inspec-
ton and Navigation of the Depart
ment Of Commerce arranged for a
board of inquiry to sit in Baltimore
Friday.
Meanwhile Coast Guard patrol
boat cruised the lower Potomac,
searching for Keene's body, and the
Bureau Of Aeronautics asked airplane
pilots to fly low over the vicinity and
keep a sharp lookout for the body.
Brubaker said futile efforts were
made in Norfolk to locate the mysteri-
Gus Mrs. R. L. Loper," who occupied
the cabin adjoining Keene's on the
night he vanished. After the boat
docked in Norfolk, Mrs. Loper"
called offices of the Norfolk & WASH
ington Steamboat Co., asking to speak
to the general manager. He was not
in, and she hung up, declaring she
would talk to no one else, but prom
ising to call back later.
Unable to Locate Woman,
The detectives said they were un-
able to find any steamship company
employe who remembered having re-
ceived the call from Mrs. Loper. A
passenger by that name was registered
as occupying the cabin adjoining
Keene's on the night he disappeared,
and 1t Is important that she be located,
the detectives said
Outstanding clue in the case is a
bloody handprint found on the window
sill Of Keene's cabin. There were
blood stains on the bed, which had
not been slept in; in the wash basin,
and on the railing of the aft deck,
10 feet back from Keene's cabin
window.
The missing mans suitcase was
open and his clothing scattered about
the room. His broken eyeglasses and
wrist-watch were found on the floor.
His wallet, containing about $40, was
missing.
! A blanket was thrown over the upper
bunk in the cabin and the pillow was
indented as though someone had lain
on it.
When Keene left Washington he
was in good spirits and said he had
every expectation of completing a
profitable business deal in Norfolk.
As yet police have been unable to
learn whom he intended to meet In
Norfolk, however.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
MINIMUM WAGE
*RETROACTNEPLEA
HEARD BY COURT
Half Employers of Women
Would Be Made Bank.
rupt, Is Claim.
JUDGE RAEDY TAKES
CASE IN ADJUSTMENT
Issue Is Presented in Appeals of
Two Employees of Local
Companies.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Congress enacted minimum mdqe
ld,D for Won1en and children OF Dis
trict in 1918, creating Minimum
Wage Board, Which tunctioned un-
til 1928, When Supreme Court. in
Adkins Us. Children's Hospital case,
inpnlidated laU. Board thereupon
disbdnded aud minimum Dage or
ders 1Dere no longer enforced Seu-
eral ,oeeks ago Supreme Court. up
holding Washington State mini
mum vage law, also ouerruled its
1928 decision in Adkins case. At
torney General Cummings and Cor
pordtion Counsel Seal haze held old
ldD is re1dDed, but legal question OF
Uhether it is retroactive is unde-
cided.
Halt OF the employers of women
IN the lower salary brackets would be
sent into bankruptcy if the revived
minimum wage law for the District
were construed by the courts to be
retroactive. it was declared in Mu-
nicipal Court today when counsel for
employers and employees went to battle
over the law.
Judge Ellen Raedy later took under
Advisement two vital test cases in
volving claims of additional back COM
1pensation based on the contention the
Supreme Courts recent reversal Of the
Adkins case reinstated the 1918 mini
mum wage act and made it retroactive.
Counsel for the plaintiffs-one a
waitress and another a laundress-
argued that the employers do not
come into court with clean hands"
Evening star., 1937-05-19

Name Society Of st. Peters Catholic
Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Han
nah A. Reidy: three sisters, Mrs. T. 8.
oarges and Mrs. J. F. Aukard, both
Of this city, and another sister living
In Ireland, and three brothers, also
Of Ireland.
Funeral services will be held at 9
am. tomorrow. in st. Peters, following
brief services at the residence. Burial
will be In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

ITO North Caro-
lima avenue south
east.
A native Of
County K erry,
Ireland, Mr.. Reidy
came to this
country about As
years ago. For
many years he
was employed by
w. B. Moses &
Sons serving as
head Of the pack
Ing and shipping
department.. Mr.,
Reidy was q men,
her ~ the HnIv
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Chemist Will Sneak.

George w. Morey, physical chemist
with the Geophysical Laboratory here,
will be principal speaker 1T . meeting
Of the University Of Virginia Chapter
Of Alpha Chi Sigma In tho university
chemical building tonight.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Heads Princeton Theater.

Richard A. Baer Of Washington has
been elected president Of the Princeton
University Theater 1ntime for 1937-38.
It was announced today. Baer n d
naem1a9 o. tho tnn3oe GlaU.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

because their en-
ployment con-
tracts after in
valuation Of the
law in 1923 were
"unconscionable"
and in defiance
Of lie gis | ative
policy" as ex-
pressed in pas
sage of the act.
Only one Of the
plaintiffs was in
court as the at
torneys m a d e
Wig or Gus oral
pleas to Judge
Evening star., 1937-05-19
CONTEST CONTINUED

Ten Days More for "IAncoln at
Prayer" Poetry Entries.
Continuation until May 28 Of the
Lincoln at Prayer" poetry contest
has been announced by Miss Anita
Brown. founder Of poetry week, who
offered q prize for the best verse in
spired by the statue in the Washing
ton Cathedral. The contest was to
have closed yesterday.
The name Of the prize winner will
be broadcast at q date to be an
nounced later. Contribution are to
be turned in to the Lincoln Prise Con.
test Editor, National Poetry Center.
Rockville Plan, New Yneh o1U.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
JAMES J. RE|DY, 81,
DIES AT HOME HERE
Official Of Realty Firm Was With
Moses & Sons Many
Years.

James J. Reidy, 81, head of the home
sales department of the firm Of John
F. Donohoe g. Sons, realtors, died yes
terday after q long illness at his home.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

Because Of other official duties,
concert scheduled by the Marine Band
Symphony Orchestra for tonight will
be played at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
auditorium Of the Marine Barracks.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
December 20 PAY Bill Passed.

A bill authorizing payment Of the
December salaries Of congressional
employees on December 20 hereafter
I'VE days before Christma-has been
senk to the WHITE House 3oe dQnAt1Eo.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Navy Band in the band
stand at the Navy Yard at 1880 o'clock
tonight. Lieut.. Charles Benter, leader:
Alexander Morris, assistant.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

Lunch Box Found
Provided With Teeth
As Well as Food
Sergt. v. O. Deus Of the Capitol
police force, has found a lot of
strange things in his daily tour
about the Capitol grounds, but
today he picked up what he de-
scribed as the prize"
1t was a lunch box. Inside was
sandwich. slice Of cake. a gum
drop. and a pair Of false teeth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-11

those Giants? They trained too
long. Look at me. I only had
two weeks this year and I'm off
to q better start than I ever had.
They got good defense, but they
only have two pitchers-Hubbell
and Fitz, when they don't work
him too much. I don't know
about this Melton, because I
amt ever seen him.
LOMBARDI TOUGHEST
''The toughest hitter for me?
That's old SchnOzzOla lombard.
That guy hits me IS If he owned
me. He's always confident up
there. He knows ! like him and
so / won't knock him down. So
he just takes q toe hold and tees
off on me.
Newcomers? Well, that Out
law of the Reds looks fair but q
sidearm curve will stop him. First
time I saw him he got three
for four off me. Next time l
gave him the si0earm and he
went for four hOrse-cOllarS. Same
goes for that Brack Of the
Dodgers. He's another Chesty
guy and I always like to set those
guys down. A sidearm curve sorta
cooled him off, too.
'NOW remember what Old Die
tells yOu-the Cards or Pirates to
win the pennant and Old Die
to grab 80"
And with that Old Dir borrowed
another cigarette and went in Il
hInch.
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ington. He won 81 games last
year.
Where the fated lightning will
strike can only be conjectured at
this time. That it will strike is al
most foregone conclusion. With
two clubs interested in taking one
or more Washington men, and the
washington club in desperate
straits for certain men who may
be available, no reasonable propo-
sition will be refused by either
side.
While telephone bells continue
to ring in this hive of baseball in
dustry; while telegraph keys click
off their messages Of proposal and
counter proposal, the Washington
players congratulate Eddie Linke
on his fine performance against
the Browns here yesterday.
Linke rushed to relieve Joe Cas-
carella after the Browns had
scored five runs, thanks to fine
mixture OF c0llapSlble defense ana
worse pitching. 1t may be said
for the sake of the record that
only two Of the runs scored off
Cascarella were earned, but it
may also be said that the Browns
hit the ball with power. Anyone
who couldn't hit the slow stuff
Cascarella offered doesn't belong
in the big leagues.
Linke Showed Well
Linke allowed only one run on
five hits, and had the Browns
under control at all times. Linke
had all the stuff that a pitcher
needs.
Ben Chapman strained a knee
running to catch Bonetti'S fly
which he captured deep in Stones
territory. Chappie's left shoulder
and right arm are strained from a
faulty batting style recently de-
veloped. He was advised to rest
for a day, but declined to step out
Of the lineup.
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A new but competent finger
is plumbing WaShingtOn'S Public
Parks tennis and golf pie
he's Capt. F. w. HOover'S deputy
general manager for the Welfare
RecreatiOnaI Association and
his monicker is Raymond Daniel
Lewis . He resides in Airing.
ton, Va. and is q graduate
Of the Naval Academy where
he resigned as an ensign when
an injury to his eyes during .
boxing match handicapped his
vision slightly He is in his
early fOrties and is Of medium
height and comes to his new
job with an excellent reputation
as an executive gathered in
other Government departments
e. He'll have bicycling and the
bOathOuSe concessions to take
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-11

Stretched out in a hotel lobby
chair, the inimitable Dean Dor
rowed a cigarette from the writer,
and then with the amazing frank
ness and honesty characteristic Of
the man, nonchalantly tossed of
his opinions on himself an his
rivals.
"Yep," he began, 1--WE lost q
lot Of the old zip on my high
hard one. Can't lay it in there
like I used to. MY arm isn't as
strong as it was. So I changed
my style. Instead Of trying to
blow it through there, Pm now
throwing more curves and giving
'em plenty Of that slow stuff.
And I'm always dickering for
the corners.
ARM STIFFENS
Funny thing about that arm.
It's all right when I'm pitching,
but between innings it stiffens
up and hurts like the devil. But
after I throw q few, 1t gets nice
and loose.
"Say, you know we got . bet
ter team now than when we
won in "a. We got some guys
are faster than q jackrabbit.
You let guys like Pepper MAR
TIM, Brown, BOrdagaray and
Gutteridge get on and they can
show you some busting. And
along about that time up comes
Medwick t. bust one for US.
THAT Brown is the best
ShOrtstOp 1 ever saw. DurOcher?
Yeh, I know he's great, but you
amt seen anything like this
Brown. He can throw 'em out
from back Of third base. No
fOOlin'.
"The team to beat? The
Pirates, 1 guess. They can
score q lot. / can't give the
Giants no better than third and
the Cubs or Reds fourth. Those
Reds got something at that, but
they're too darn COcky. I love
to cool those guys off.
NO CLEANUP HITTERS
"Hitters? Sure, there are some
good hitterS around, but the tip
off ON this league are the guys
hitting cleanup. Either those
managers must be crazy or Old
Die Is. There isn't . third-place
hitter in this league that ]
wouldn't PASS to get q crack ut
the cleanup guy!
Imagine guys like Davis Of
the Giants, Cavaretta Of the
Cubs, Weintraub of the Reds and
CuccineIIo Of the Bees hitting in
the cleanup spot! Amt that .
laugh?
"YOu know something about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-11

Fischer can point with pride tC
one great hurting feat, which also
occurred right out yonder at Grit
fith's Green Pastures.
1t Happened Here
It was midseason Of 1885 that
the curly-haired HEAVIER enjoyed
his greatest day of a baseball
career which started seven years
ago, in Washington raiments and
a Washington environment Incl
dentally.
Manager Jimmy Dykes, of the
White Sox, sent Fischer in to op'
pose the Griffmen in the first
game of a July goth double
header.
1t seemed to be the boys day.
He was right as a three-foot yard
stick.
The first inning went past and
nary a hit was registered off him.
Ditto the second, third, fourth,
fifth and so on through the
eighth.
The Griffmen came up for their
turn in ninth, and so far not a