Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1921, Page 17

GROCER BRUTALYY IERDERED I HONE iy Vito™ Domico ~ Stabbed to " Death—Identity of As- sailant Is Unknown. ROBBERY MAY BE MOTIVE Rumor of Hidden Wealth and Ran- sacked House Point to Theft. Vito Domico, sixty-six years old, who was in the wholesale liquor busi ness at 118 L street until several years ago, was murdered in his home on Ottawa street, Capitol Heights, Prince Georges county, Md., late Sat-. urday night.or early yesterday morn- ing. Prince Georges county author- ities are being assisted in the in- vestigation by Detective Frank Sand- berg, identification expert of the local police department. i It hoped that_fingerprints and prints of the slayer’s shoes obtained Dby the detective will lead to the iden- tification of the individual who is wanted by the Maryland authorities. Indications are that Domico was slain with a cleaver he used in his little store in the lower front room of his home. The weapon was not found. P. C. Howell, a neighbor of the grocer. visited the store yesterday morning about 7 o’clock, as had been his custom, and, entering the build- ing. discovered Domico's body on the dining room floor. An examination of the body made it appear that death had occurred sev- eral hours before Mr. Howell visited the store. There were five stab wounds in the chest, inflicted with some sharp instrument. The grocer’s chin was badly cut and the back of his head hacked. Bloods: Bloodstains, s in Rooms. undoubtedly made by’ the slayer. were found in every room in the house. Deputy Sheriff Robert L. JVells and Constable Thomas Gar- rison were summoned to Capitol Heights shortly after the body of the slain man was found. They made a careful examination of the premises. They also questioned a number of neighbors, and reached the conclusion that robbery was the motive. In support of the robbery theory the officers reported finding eviden: of a careful search having been made of the store and other rooms in the two-story frame structure. Trunks in the upper rooms had been opened and their contents strewn about the floors, and the grocer's bed also had been searched for cash. Domico's pistol was not taken. Domico was married. His wife did not reside with him in the Maryland suburb. the couple having separated many vears ago. it is stated. They had mo children. Mrs. Domico called -at Sardo's undertaking establishment to- day and made arrangements for the funeral B It was impossible for the officers to determine what, if any, money was taken by the slayér. Residents of Capitol Heights sald they had heard Domico tell of the large sum of money he kept in his- house. but the search made by Deputy Sheriff Wells resuwit- ed in locating only about $60. The money was found hidden behind a box on a shelf in the store. few coins of small depominations were.found scattered on the floor of one of the living rooms. where they probably were dropped by the mur- derer. Blood on some of the coins made’ it -appear- certain that they had been:in the hands of the slayer. o Heard Groams tn Nigpht. It was®learned from a neighbor of the slain man that she heard a noise about her premises, followed by the barking of. dogs. shortly after mid- night. She got her pistol. she stated. and made ,a search, but failed to find any trace of an intruder. Aboyt that time. she stated, she heard ' noises which sounded like groans of a suffering man. No further-attention was pald m’ suspicious noizes, however. until it was learned that the grocer had been murdere: i Vito Domico had no enemies in| Capitol Heights. the county cfficers! were told. He was a general] favorite, it is stated. and numerous | persons’ had been in the habit of paying friendly calls on him. Tt was reported that an. unidentified col ored wan had been scen in the vicinity of the store recentl COMFORTABLE EYEGLASSES Your glasses will not be comfortable unles they fit you. To get comfortable glasses con- BERNARD A. BAER Optometrist and Optician 217-218 EVANS BUILDING 1420 New York Avenue R i, ExtractingWarmth . from your in- tensions to have the heater fixed won’t work when ® the chill nips your marrow. Get us busy put- ting it in shape —or _replacing it right away. Plumbing Ornate and plain fixture e same artisanship installs both. Get figures. Biggs HEATING Co. “Found Reliable for Over Thirty 7 Years. 917 H ST. N.W. Phone Main 4886 i ! Hair-Bobbing Parlor Takes Place of Bar in Famous Old Hotel | By the Associated Press. the Great White Way were woit to foregather, t on the rall, gase at picture of ol things dm, ing in_photographs of mctresses boxers Ras no place in thix Barber u It has given way the highest class of maga-' nen. Caruso live in the hotel. Since prohibition ft has been turmed o stores and ofices. PREMIER PZZLED Y108 PROBLEN Lloyd George Unable to Reach Definite Decisions to Bring About Relief. By the Associeted Press, GAIRLOCH, Scotland, October Prime Minister Lloyd George passed a busy week end at his temporary home here, spending many hours dis- cussing with bankers and industrial leaders the possible means of dealing with the problem of unemploymént, such as relief work, doles, govern- ment loans and credits to foster a revival of trade. An official state- ment issued this morning regarding these conferences sald: “The discussions were extremely helpful, but no definite decisions were possible.” 20,000 MORE AT WORK. LONDON. October 3.—Statistics on unempioyment showed a drop of 28, 000 in the persons out of work last week, making a total decrease of more thgn a half million in unem- pleyed since the end of June. The fig- ures do not include miners who re- med work. Arthur Henderson, member of par- liament, and the secretary of the Raflway Men's Union were refused a hearing yesterday at a laborite con- ference, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Henderson in the few words he was able to utter made it clear that it was his intention to place the blame on the government for the present distress. Calls Outlook Black. Speaking at Sunderland Sunday, James Henry Thomas, general secre- tary of the National Union of Rail- way Men and labor member of parlia- ment,.warned the workless against a sccial upheaval as a remedy for un- employment. “At no time during the war.” he said, “did the situation look so black and dangerous as now. The next few months will be the most difficult period for the leaders. Unemployment demonstrations were held in various parts of the country yesterday. A large body of unem- ployed at Croyden marched to the parish _church, where the vicar held a special service. Deputy Sheriff Wells was inform- ed that the colored man was not known in Capitol Heights, and it was thought, he was from this city or the suburbs. Efforts are being made to establish his identity. An_inquest was ' conducted the bod. yesterday afternoon Justice of the Peace John E. Weast. The jury reported a verdict that the murder _was committed by an un- identified individual. Domico’s body was hrought to this city shortly after the holding of the inquest, and taken to Sardo’s undertaking estab- lishment. L Save 1,592 Sfeps a Day That’s; the number pf' unnecessary steps that the average woman takes in a day in the ordinary kitchen 'without a Hoosier. : ask. over What better advert This week you can bu; THE _EVENING D.CAPPEALSCOURT OPENS FALL TERM Call of Docket Tergmorarily Suspended, Due to Motions Awaiting Action. WRIT OF ERROR GRANTED First Favorable Beipqnse by Tri- "bunal on Appeal From Municipal Court Under New Law. The District Court of Appeals con- enedgtoday for the fail term. Chief Justice.Smyth announced, that because. of the large number of motions awalt- ing action by the court the call of the docket would be suspendeduntil-to- mdrrow. > Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, former judge advocate general of the S. M, Stockslager, one-time commigsioner of the general lapnd office, and Bdwin S. Booths solicitor'Nof the Interior De- partment, were admitted to practice before the appellate court. + Writ of Error Granted. The first writ of error to the Mu- nicipal Court was granted today by the District Court of Appeals. Under the law which went into effect Jyne 1 appeals from the Municipal Coutt to the District Court of Appeals were abolished and persons aggrieved are now required to seek a writ of error from the Court of Appeals. A number of muchiapriiations heve been de- nied. / The case in which the first writ was granted was brought by Arthur Dick, a train porter, against John C. Davis, statutory agent of the United States, to recover $916.83 for services ren- dered on lines of the Southern rail- way during federal control. Judge Aukam of the Municipal Court refused “to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff aft- er the testimony, which, it was claimed, showed no conflict, had been received. - . Need of More Justices. The need of additional justices to handle the immense business of the local appellate court is shown by a comparison with the work of this tribunal and that of the circuit courts of appeals throughout the United States. The District Court of Ap- peals last fiscal year disposed of more cases thun any one of the similar courts on the circuits. exceeding by more than 10 per cent the volume of business of the second circuit, which includes w York. The local tribunal heard 300 cases, while the New York cir- cuit showed only 268 and the Chicago circuit 203. Since the local Court of Appeals was organized in 1893 it has passed on 4.779 cases, being exceeded only by the second and eighth circuits, which heard 6,718 and 5455 cases, respec- tively. MR. HOOVER TO SPEAK. ‘Will Address Electric Railway Men I at Atlantic City. Secretary of Commerce Hoover will be one of several prominent men who will address the fortieth annual con- vention of the American. Electric Railway Association, which convenes in Atlantic City tomorrow. He will speak Thursday on “Use of Electric Railways in Improving Industrial | EMclengg"” President P..H. Gadsden of Philagielphia_will preside. Amoug the Washington men who will attend the convention are W. V. Hill and T. W. McGovern of the rail way association. Speakers at the con- ference include Roger Babson of Bos- ton, Robert 1. Todd of Indianapolis, S. B. Way of Milwaukee, H. B. Flow- ers of Baltimore and F. E. Frothing- ham of Boston. Among the problems {to be discussed at the convention & that of motor bus competition. Street railway men say the industry gen- erally is in better shape than it was a ear ago. and look with optimism to- ward being able to obtain new money for extensions and betterment: =T ] L Id An actual test:by‘a domestic science expert showed that 2,113:steps were the avérage taken in a kitchen not provided with a Hoosier. Hoosier savej 1,592 of these steps! - A 2 o isement for a Hoosier can-you y.a Hoosier at Mayer’s Life Time Furniture Store on the-club plan. Mayer & Co. CONTINUOU rrival of Gen. Jolin J. Pershing at Havre, France, on his m cue for the welcoming iim-:‘ to make his Pershing saluting, while the Fre @Esperey. URGES U. S. MERCHANTS TO PLAN FOREIGN TRADE | Twelve Lawyers, as “dury,” Give Dr. Klein, Commerce Bureau Di- rector, Sounds Note of Reassur- ance and Encouragement. Fundamental bases of American for- elgn trade are sound, and. Ameriean exporters should make ready to prosecute foreign trade campalgns effectively, in the opinion of Dr. Julfus Klein, director of the bureau of for- eign and domestic commerce. Dr. Klein said the time appears to have arrived when “a note of reassur- ance and encouragement” should be sounded. Circulation of “alarmist views” is impeding commercial recovery, Dr. Klein asserted, adding that govern- ment officials who have investigated foreign trade conditions were en- deavoring to combat the “unjustifi- able pessimism which seems to pre- vail in certain circles. “What is needed,” Dr. Klein's state- ment continued, “is a discriminating appraisal of facts—the ability to dis- regard superficial appearances and penetrate to the 'real, underlying bases of the situation. The tendency toward “unwarranted depression” may be traced, according to the director, to “the thousands of opportunistic adventurers who ap- peared on all sides during -the war boom and drifted into foreign trade as just one more fleld for chance en- terprise. Such men, he said, had hastened to take advantage of disorganized condi- tions due to the war and had no ob- ject save to make immediate and ex- Cessive profits. The reaction against such business was described as natu- ral since no effort was made to build future or secure relations with for- eign buyers. The condition brought about by the “adventitious” traders should not be regarded as an inherent weakness, however, Dr. Klein insisted. He dis- counted strongly the much-talked-ef. German_competition, describing it as a “specter whose capacity for harm has been much exaggerated.” Depart- ment of Commerce agents have found a marked deterioration in the quality of German goods, the director said. GEN. PERSHING’S COUSIN DIES. PHILADELPHIA, October . 3.—Rev. Thompson F. Pershing, retired member of the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist iscopal Church, ‘and a cousin_of Gen. John J. Pershing, died esterday at Penllyn, Pa. He was sev- enty years old I The X STAR WASHINGTON»'D.' ., MONDAY, . OCTOBER 3, .1921. |torney Congress. * Fire Beats Citizens - In Effort to Move County Courthouse WAYNE, W. Va., October 3.— 7he Wayne county courthouse here was destroyed by fire, with much of its contents, early yes- terday, entailing a loss officially estimated at about $100,000. Sherift Brumfield later stated he had heard expl % Inntde the bullding while the fire was in progress. Most of the court records had been locked in fire- proof vauils and recovered, but the assessment sheets of 1021 were destroyed. September 13 the citizens of Wayne county voted on a pro- posal to remove the county weat to Kenova, but those favoring the change were defeated by a marrow margin, nceording to subsequently offic urned officials gav: that it was the work of ince diaries. l THREE NATIONS UNITE. Guatemala Ratifies Constitution of Federation of Central America. Ratification by Guatemala of the con- stitution of the Federation of Central America was formally consummated at Guatemala City Saturday, according to Minister s received by ““This is the final official act amal- gamating Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras into one nation,” Dr. Bianchi & federation has a popula- total area of said. he - ders fon to decorate the grave of the u aod- 2 fon m comtinuous ovation. The photogr: On Pershing’s right is Marshal Franel more than 100,000 square mil both of which will be much increased when ional anthem was being played. Costa Rica and Nicaragua join the fed- eration.” Baily were justified in accepting a retainer in the case; whether Ansell was justified in making application FIND COUNSEL INNOCENT. Decision in Bergdoll Case. A “jury” of tweive prominent lawyers, after reviewing the testimony taken in the cases growing out of the escape of Grover C. Bergdoll, draft evader, has found both his at- s, E. C. Bafley and Samuel T. Ansell, ‘innocent of any participation in the escape, the latter announced last night. Copies of the judicial re- view are beigg sent to members of | e APPEALS FOR VOLUNTEERS for 'Bergdoll's temporary release| Secretary Denby has issued a call and whether e, olunteers in the naval reserve of conspiracy in connection with the | forces—reduced from 200,000 to bare- escape. [t the Brat ‘and second and @ negative |ing all members of four reserve the statement |classes not on active duty. zald. Mr. Denby, in a letter to each re- explained that the depart- n. under military guard, either member of the firm was guilty 1y 5000 by his recent order disenroll- answer to the third; ,—_—_—__ DIOCESE IS DIVIDED. ROME, October 2—New Orleans has been divided into two dioceses, one of which will_have its seat at Laf: in the Cathedral of St. John the gelist. lack of appropri out the opportunity of joining the sixth class—the volunteer which serves without pay in peace time. Three questions were considered by the lawyers: Whether Ansell and reserve— i with about 2 PLOWS END CITIES - “BULT" ON PAPER Oregon Railroad Fails to Ap- pear and Taxpayers Refuse to Lose More Money. By th Associated Pre BEND, Ore,, October 3.—Several | “mirage” cities, built on paper about ten years ago in the sagebrush country of central Oregon, along the supposed route of a railroad that failed to appear, are being turned back into acreage by refusal of own- ers of the city lots to pay delinquent taxes. Between the vears of 1909 and 1914, when the railroad was expected, am- bitious city planners laid out several townsites and sold lots to people in many ‘parts of the United States. Salesmen took a few dollars down and payments as low as 50 cents a week for the land. Railroad Fails to Appear. When the railroad failed to app most of the lund owners became dis couraged and abandoned their prop- erty. Now county officials are busy turning the towns back into acreage. In some cases the owners are still paying and will realize on their in- vestment and courage if the railroad ever does build. In the town of Imperial. one of the “mirgge"” cities, all but 3 per cent of the assessed valuation has gone de- linquent. The townsite was worth $5.130 on the assessor's books and the taxes for 1920 were $349.25. about $10 of which was collected. Imperial is sixty miles east of Bend. Towns Are Disappearing. Promotors of Terrebonne. another sagebrush town, laid out 178 blocks, with thirty to thirty-two lots in a block. nearly all the lots twenty-five by 100 feet. Terrebonne originally was named Hillman, a combination of the names of Hill and Harriman, the late railroad, magnates. There are a few business buildings and ar hemes &t Terrehenc and the ecounty expects to collect about $850 of the $2.849 tax levy. - Harper, eight miles south of Bend, ted lots. has been and thrown back 7 taken off the m into acreage. AL A AT . : you comfortable. : " most restful seat that you have ever known. former ideals will fade into insignificance beside them. bound with a superior webbing that holds them in place. sider them the best investment.of their lives. . of these chairs—and _;'naybe you'll buy it. Seventh Street Just for-a little pleasure:come inisometime and look over this display of Kar- pen upholstered furniture. You'll enjoy real comfort when you try one Mayer & CO : P 'You’ll N.evex; “Know Greater Comfort You think that you havesat on Living Room Davenports that made There is a chair in some friend’s house, or perhaps in your own home, that you honestly believe is the To the above opinions you are justly entitled. There are a davenport and a chair in the Lifetime Furniture Store, however, that are so far ah}egxd of furni- ture you usually see, when it comes to comfort-giving qualities, that all The cushions are filled with down; thete is 'spring edge, spring seat; springs in the arms and at the back. All of these springs are tempered and toned to just the right resiliency, are padded with pure hair and are covered and X Prices?- We'll. not. name them here, -because there is more thHan one style and ; ; a number of coverings to be shown. 'Suffice it to say, however, that lots of Washington families have bought these “Home-Gladdeners,” and con-