Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 19

POLLARD MR TRAL ON TODAY Yc‘iung Richmond, Va., Busi- ness Man Charged With Slay- ing His Former Stenographer EIiTIRE WEEK SET ASIDE Mrs. Thelma H. Richardson, Di- vorcee, Victim of Shooting, Had : Sought “Understanding.” Ty the Aswaclated Press. RICHMOND, Vi, Fcbruary 1 Thomas Pollard, prominent young usiness man and scion of an old Virginia family, faced trial in hust- ingh court here today on a charge of nurder in connectfon with the death of +his former stenographer, Mrs. Thélma Ham Richardson, a pretty ¢divbreee, who was shot to death at the Pollard home on the night of December 11 H The task of selecting a jury was! cspceted to begin before noon, al- though it was understood that the de- trave would ofter several motions. | The regular venire of forty men | wurbmoned for jury service this week | Was to report at 11 o'¢lock, and Com- cnomwealth Attorney Dave E. Satter- fNeld, §r., sald he hoped to get the jury rofn this lst. ! Dntire Week for Trial 'K?hc entire week has been set aside "y Judge David Crockett Richardson | Toil the trial of the case, Mr. Satter- flely expressed -some doubt as to “whether the trial can he completed in | & Deivded upon the time consumed in the selection of the jury. i Tollard s to be tried for hi ., Tottar or his life, thesindictment alleging that he deli gralely and maliclously killed Mrs. :;‘lf‘ ardson. The character of his de- cnee has not been indicated, He has inade no statement regarding the kill- i0E; except that ho Lold the police on “m\_ night of the tragedy that the CWan shot herselt accidentally o SLrUBELNE with him ‘for the Session of a pistol, which he LLIQH ed to her. & SEne Eet Shot at Tiis Home. ice iavestigation of the kiliing | revealed that Mrs. Richardson went to tho Pollard home in cor ny with J.i iosby West. While the ect of her nission was never definitely known, thezauthorities declured there was an- | othar woman in the case and that Mrs, | Jiichardson apparently went to Pol- | lard for “an understanding.” est Was arrested as an accessory in the case, but later was released, He 014 the police that Mrs. Richardson ¢nd Pollard had quarreled In the vesti- bule of the house and later engaged in & struggle on the lawn. Juring the struggle, West said, Mrs. Richardson | Vvag shot, but he declared he did not | xnaw who held the pistol when the hot was fired. West is under bond as & material witness. BAN ON JAPANESE ¢ CAUSES PROTESTS U._ S. Action May Subject of Interpellations by Diet, Tokio Believes. Become Er the Asuoclated Press. OKIO, February 12.—The favora- blelreport by the House committee at Washington on the bill refusing entrance to America of -immigrants notientitled to citizenshlp is arousing conbiderable Interest here, and prob-' ably will become the subject of in- | terpellations by the diet, it was stat- <d Bore. Ssme of the jinzolstic newspapers, such' as Yorosu Choho, take an ex- trefie view of the offect of such leg- itlation in regard Lo the relations be- tween America and Japan, but e vofe conservative paper are dis- ussing the subject without heat Expresses Disappointment. H ‘The Tokio Nlchi Nicht Shimbun re- arets that “American and Japaness} understanding regarding immigra- | tiof chould be as superficial as the nawel agreement is penetrative,” and wxpresses disappointment at the “in- ongistency of Americans who talk +¢ falrness and the epen door, but support such discruninatory proposi- 1ioms. The Yominri Shimbun suggests that 'apan obtain from America approval for Japanese expansion in Manchuria and. Mongolia in return for Japan's recegnition of America's dizcrimina- | torg treatment of the Japanese. . May Affect Peace. i ‘The Chugal Shogvo Shimpo declares | ihewnti-Japanese movement in Amer- jcatis a “serious menace, affecting evehtually, the world's peace.” Foreign Minister Uchida, in reply- ng to interpellations written by the dieg, relative to the decision of the United States Supremc Court barring Tapanese from obtaining American ; sitigenship, lssued the following | stagement here today: 1 \ “The Japancse government finds no | room for any inicrvention whatever | in $ho decision of the Amcrica Su- preme Couv: in the case of Japanese naturalization.” DIPLOMAT T0 VATICAN 1S REFSED BY JPAN . 'Buddhist Priests Forced Change of § Policy Formulated by K Cabinet. Br f‘Wb Associated Press. TOKIO, February 1%.—The Selyukai majority government party In the djet decided to oppose the vote for the eostabllshment of a mission to the VaQosn at Romo, It s ahnounced ! there. This change of policy on the part of the Selyukal party was the resilt of the opposition of the Bud- dhiBt priests, it was stated. This decision places the cabinet in an awkward position, as the Vatican representative has already arrived in apmn. 3 The cabinet will announce the post- morfement of the exchange of missions in the near future, it was stated. Th Kenselkai minority party of the diet has gteadily opposed the establish- ment of an_exchange of missions, vhile heretofore the Seiyukai party had supported $he proposal. 5 = Changes in Stations of' 3 Army and Navy Officers Of Interest to Capital Army. A board of officers has bgen ap- polnted to meet in this city for the purpose of recommending action on applications for appointment as gen- eral officers in' the Officers’ Reserve Corps and federal recognition as gen. eral officers of the National Guard. The detail for the board is Maj. Gens. Charles H. Muir and Edward Me- Glachlin, jr. and Brig. Gen. Harry H. Bandholtz, U. 8. A.; Brig. Gen. George H. Harries, Officers’ Resorve Corps. Brig. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, Na- tional Guard, with Ma). Raymond 8. Bamberger, adjutant general's de- partment, U. 8."A., as recorder. Maj. Paul H. Herman, Coast Artil- lery Corps, has been detalled as pro- fessor of military science and tactics, at the University of Cincinnati, Ohlo. He will relieve Maj. Sidney H. Guth- rie, retired, who will proceed to his home. Lieut. Col. Aléxander H. Davidson, cavalry, has been designated as cap- tain of the cavalry rifie team for the national rifie matches for 1923. Cupt. Otis W. Little, Medical Corps, at Fort Logan, Col, has been ordcred to Manila, P. 1, for duty. Lieut. Col. Charles E. Reese, Quar- termaster Corps, at Fort Sam Hous- ton, Tex., has been ordered to Sen Franclsco for duty. Col. Willlam W. Harts, Field Artil- lery, just returned from. service In Germany, commaund of the 17th at Fort Bragg, N. C. Capts. Lioyd N. Keesling and Tdwal H. Edwards and First Lieuts. Cyrus Bettis. Neil Creighton, Raphael Baez, 1d Artillery {§r., and Willis R. Tavlor, air service, | have been relieved from duty in the Philippine department. and ordered to the United States. C Capt._Vernon L. Burge and First Lieut. Norman D. Brophy, air service, at Kelly Fisld, Tex., and First Lieut. Robert B. Selff, air service, at Crissy Field, Calif. to Manila, P. T have been ordered for duty Navy. Lieut. Commander Henry D. Me- Guire, at the navy yard, New York, and Lieut. Commander Harold F Ritter of the third naval distric have been ordered to exchange sta- tions and dutles. Lieuts. John I. Ballinger and Michael W. Glimartin have been relleved from 'at time, pointing cut that much de- | all active dutles and will procced to! | their homes. Lieut. Herman ¥. Fischer, attached to the receiving ship at San Francisco, has been ordered to this city for duty in the office of naval operations, Navy Department. Licut. John F. Murphy, at the naval experiment station, Annapolis, Md.. has been assigned to the battleship Florida, Lieut. _Commander Willlam . Hassey, Medical Corps, has been or- dered to the Naval Hospital, this city, for treatment. Lieut. Wilson §. Hullfish, Supply ps, at the nuvy vard, Puget Sound, Wash., has been detalled as sapply officer of the cruiser Omaha. Lieut. Harold R. Lehmann, Supply Corps, of the bureau of supplies and accounts, Navy Department, has been detailed as supply officer of the U. S. S. Quail The resignation of Lieut. Earl W “oster, Chaplaln Corps, attached to the receiving ship at Boston, has been accepted, to take effect March 3. WOULD STOP RADID HANDIGAPS I .. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. FLINT, Mich, February 12—A plan to log all interference on broad- cast wave lengths in the United States to determino just what per- centage is being caused by the sev- eral classes of transmitting stations was outlined at the second Michigan convention of the American Radio jRelay League here today by F. IL|Son muttered. addressing the driver. Schnell, trafic manager of the or- ganization. The league, Mr. Schnell announced, proposes to appoint observing sta- | tons, the operators of which will land it seemed plain that the driver the | listen every evening between hours of 7 and 10:30 o'clock and keep a record of all interference of any nature anywhere in the country. “The greatest interfering medium on the part of the amateur today,’ said Mr. Schnell, “is the spark trans- mitter, which {s fast becoming ex- tinet. Next in line is the tube trane- mitter employing a frequency of al-| ternating current which is unfiltered The amateur 5 doing his best to climinate this undesirable feature by rectitying his alteruating current. Another form cof interference wun- doubtedly comes from the naval and commercial stations, which often op- crate on a wave length supposed to be 200 or 400 meters, but since the spark transmitter frequently has a poor decrement or is tuned, this wave interferes with broadcast wave of 400 meters.” the Mr. Schnell explained that the prob- | lem of Interference must be adjusted in conformity with the tremendous growth of the radlo sclence, and will be climinated to a great extent by improvements in receiving apparatus and the adoption of continuous wave in code transmission. has been blamed for trouble for which he Is in no way responsible,” he sald, “and the league, by means of obmery- ing stations, intends to gather the exact data.” Headquarters HIS BANK should be a meeting place for the T business men of our In the exchange of ideas on business conditions with our officers, we can each serve the other better and bestow a helpful influence on our town. A thriving communit mate association mm'i its business men and its bankers. FEDERAL-MiERICAN' NATIONAL BANK W, T. Galliher Chairman of the Board 1315 F STREET has been ussigned to the| incorrectly | “The amateur : Al DV A BLALS W Sn WA UN, ) . The Scarlet Tanager A Story of Secret Servico and Diplomatic Intrigue BY J. AUBREY TYSON (Copyeigkt, 1922,y the 3 Macmilun Compasy.) i ward the -dark object which their skidding taxicab had grazed only a few moments before. In passing it they, like Gulick, had seen it to be a oL have told you the ers of the | UImousine. From whero they now rvice have been pledged to! sio, & secrecy concerning the Tanager's re- | ;. d‘l"’"""’ °“;""°s B0 She ) is wers |iation with them. The cases them-|!3distinsuishable, but Rennison esu- selves are well known to you, and, in- | Mated it was about a hundred yards |asmuch as we have to do with the|hehind the point whero their own car 5"l‘ulr;1q.xar!ln connecitnlnn with "llhln one. | had sropped. : ink I am justified in telling you : ' = jtho nature of the others. One was|rowhroUl parking. Rennison and s 3 owndrow made thelr way back the attempt to cffect an alllance be-) 4long tho road. To their right was {tween Mexico and the colored popula- | o thick wood which was separated i tions of our eouthern states and the | from the road hy s narrow ateis of British West Indies. The other Was| depressed ground and & stone wall, ! the breaking up of that revolutionary | “Look sharp and keep your gun clety known as the Jupiterlans. It!handy,” Rennison cautioned. jis clear that to both of thesc plots! The'two men had proceeded about { the Scarlet Tanager bore some rela- | thirty paces before the limousine jtion. It is equally certain that she!again became visible. Its lights were { was _not working in the intercst of | extinguished and no voices were au- the Secret Service. We virtually got|dible. As Rennison and Towndrow | her with the goods before we werenearad It they moved more warily. i called off. Both plots were frustrat-| About twenty feet $rom the car od, of course, and I always have sus- | they halted. As Gulick had sald, it | pected that you had & hand in the ex. | was “ditched.” That it was not over- { tirpation of the Jupiterians. In thal | turned was due to the fact that at ettt | (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) It was cl she had the protection of some one ‘higher up.’ " “What was the nature of the cases?"’ “I have told you the members of the icase. you doubtless know more con- | this point the ground between the | {cerning the Tanager's relation with | it than 1 do.” "I did have a hand in it,” Rennison | {admitted. “But, though this & true. | 1 will confess to you frankly that not juntll after the murder of Channing {did I ever have reason (o suspect that Miiam Warburton was in league with conepirators or was a govern- | ment agent. I never met her hefore ‘tonight. At this meeting, however. |che did tell me she had done some service as a confidential agent of the |government. I believe she spoke | truthfully.” { “But she did kill Channing?" { Yes: 5 “And you did not get those stolen ipapers directly from her hands?” | “No' Wobtained them before I met! {ner. They had been concealed in Storrow’s eane.” “What relation did she bear to Stor- i row?. ! “They were engaged to be married | “AmM Storrow, having lost the pa ! pers—from his stick—has been slain. | i Now the woman Is hurrying on, after Horsford, to this rendezvous in Bal- timore, “I have told you that she left her | apartment in accordance with what | 6he believed to be a summons to meet | Ime. My faith in her is stlll un-| road ‘and the stone wall was only about two feet below the level of the road. and that, when the machine had ckidded Into this, several stout sap- ings checked its impetus before ft came into contact with a sturdy hickory. tres, against which it finally had lodged. Two of the saplings were broken off, but the body of the limou- ght, captain,” Towndrow “Your shrewdness is beyond But in dealing with this tery woman yowll require more | than mere human Shrewdness. Noj | matter how shrewd a man may be, he | can't tell how a flea is going to jump | It's a case for the exercise of & sixth | senso. 1 have a premonition that if/ don't keep on | sig | e i | vou | woman cross vou.” i ! Rennison made no reply. Leaning ' forward, he lowered the window and Iplaced a hand on the back of the driver's seat. The car, having left Laurel behind it, now had covered more than half { the distance between Washington and Baltimore. The only traces which remained of the storm which had passed a few minutes before were | little pools of water in the roadway. the refreshing odors of moist fields and woodlands and drops which were fiicked, from time to time, from overhanging branches as the night alrs stirred them. So fleecy and scat- tered had the clouds become that they failed to dim the light of the halt-moon. ! The cab had been speeding onward {at a pace that caused it to skid dan- | gerously as it rounded curves. Despite the serous nature of his conversa- tion with Towndrow, Rennison, 100k- {ing shead, had not relaxed his effort i to discern again the tail-light of the car which had disappeared when Delafield had halted them. No sign of them vet, eh?” Renni- vour guard this| u are trusting will double- | 1880. Not vet, but if this pacs keeps up much langer one of us is going to get the ditch,” replied Gulick. “There isn't Hold fast— hold | tast:” ! Agaln the cab was taking a curve, had flung discretion to the winds jonce too often. The tires lost their 1&rip on the mud-spread roadway and {the rear wheels of the machine {swerved to the left so sharply that | the machine appeared to be about to overturn. {1, ook out!” Gulick shouted hoarse- y. A dark bulk loomed suddenly beside |the road and a collision with it seemed Inevitable. Two or three vio. lent jolts of the vehicle almost flung Towndrow and Rennison from their seat. Then the swerving ceased. The |dark bulk passed behind them as {their cab moved on and headed toward the middle of the road. In & few moments it came to a standstill. ose call—that,” Towndrow mut- | tred. | Gulick, shaking his left hand In a { manner which indicated he had strained his wrist, looked over his { shoulder. | ““There’ your darned limousine— | ditehed,” he growled. “Do you { to stop—to look it over? Or sl {Keep on—after the other_one? “We'll look it over, Sam,” Rennison. CHAPTER XXVI A Vobce in the Woods. Alighting from their car, Rennison and Towndrow glanced quickly to- community. needs more of the inti- John Poole President DG MOSDAY, T £ine appearcd to be only slightly damaged. After a brief survey of the disabled car ?:nnlson again moved slowly to- t. ‘Anybody hur??” he called. “Do you nded, help: There was no answer. Closely followed by Towndrow, the army officer kept on until he reached the ‘limousine. The chauffeur's seat was deserted. In-gnother moment he had thrown open the door. No one was within. ann(eon stepped inside, stooping as he moved toward the op- posite door. His effort to open this was vain. It was pinned agalnst the tree which had prevented the vehicle from toppling over. 8till crouching, Rennison drew out his flazhlight and passed its beam over the seat and floor of the car. At one end of the seat he saw a gold- embroidered bag of crimson ailk. A little thrill passed through him as he remembered that he had seen such a bag lying on top of the upright piano in the sitting-room of Miriam War- burton. Quickly dropping on the seat, Ren- nison opened the bag and drew out its contents. Theso consisted of a small chaln purse, a vanity box, two envelopes and a pockoet handkerchief. Both envelopes had passed through the post und were addressed to Miriam Warburton. At onc corner of the hundkerchief was_worked In white silk the initial “W,” and both the purse and the silver vanity box bore the monogram of the actress who had won popularity with theater- goers as “The Scarlet Tanager. Moving quickly, Rennison dropped the several articles into the receptacle from which he had taken them; then, rolling up the bag, he descended from e car. What have you found, captain?’ Trowndrow asked. “A handbag belonging to Mizs War- burton,’ Rennison replied. She either Is being concealed somewherc | around here or- Both men straightened suddenly as, from the dark recesses of the wood, came the shrill cry of a woman, close- 1y followed by the hoarse shout of a man. Turning to Towndrow, Rennison LoLiUAilY 12, i thrust into his hands the bag he had found in theé limousine. “Take this,” the army man directed sharply. . “Be careful, captain” Towndrow warned him. “Don't forget there is something more vital than the safety of a woman In this business we are on tonight.” I forget nothing, but—" Again a shrill shriek came from the wood, then the voice of the unsecn woman called: “Help—help me-—help! As Rennison turned away, drow gripped one of his arms. “Be careful, boy!” ho cautioned. “If they are not' setting a trap for us I niss my gues: I'm going alone,” Rennizon replied “Stay here. I'm likely to get lost in thqre unless you are here to guide me oul, When you hear my whistle, sound your own. Il be careful enough. Have no fear for me.” Thus speaking, Rennison shook off his companion's restraining hand. then ran toward the stone wall. He quickly leaped over this and disap- peared in the wood. “Left alone, Towndrow walked siow- |1y around the car. In the course of his survey of the machine. he observed that its left rear axle was brok Now and then he stopped and listened attentively. In the dark, dripping wood all was still. At length, com- ing again to the roadway, lie glanced toward the taxicab he and Rennison had left, about a hundred yards dis- tant. He saw its red tail-light glow- ing and its dark bulk faintly outlined 2t the right of the road. As the secret sorvice man took a position beside the trunk of a large tree he trans- ferred his automatic pistol from a | hip_pocket to the right outer pocket of his coat. Meantime, Rennison, having entered the wood, proceeded as rapidly as pos- Oh—mo!" Town- woman's voice had come. Over the soggy ground he moved noiselessly, but at almost every step wet saplings whipped his fact and hands and spat- terod him with rainwater. When he had advanced a little more than 200 feet into the wood he halted and listened. No sound came to guide him. He knew it would be idle to call, in order to attempt to evoke a response o For two score and three years the estab & Lothrop, known in its early days as “T! kept steadfastly to the Opening at No. 705 Market sible in the direction from which the | from the woman. By revealing his po- sition he would make it easier for tne party he sought to elude him, if, indeed, one or more did not turn back to way- lay him in the darkness. The Army officer, now moving more uncertainly, was continuing to pene- rate desper into the wood when ho was brought suddenly to a standstill by a hoarse shout that seemed to come from the roadway. This was fol- lowed by a pistol shot: then, from an- other point, the whistie of Towndrow sounded shrilly. In another moment Rennison’s whistle eplied. One whistle replied to the other as Rennison, stumbling and groping and lashed by ungeen saplings, ran back toward the roadway. shots sounded in quick | Two more q [esaes succession; then, just as the Army officer reached the stone wall, he heard the sputtering of an autamo- bile's exhaust. sounds _that followed were un- able. The taxicab which had brought him gotting under way. As_Rennison leaped over the wall e saw that the point to which the whistle of Towndrow and the reports of the pistol shots had guided him was that at which he and the secret zervice man had left their car. On the farther side of the road were two figures. One wis leaning against a tree. Rennison hurried toward them. As the Army officer drew ncarer he saw Towndrow and Gulick. “Well, Rennison, I was right, you see.” ¥ald Towndrow. “Their trap was well set, and we fell for it. They've g0t our car.” “What's happened to you, Gulick?* Rennison zsked, as he saw the chauf- feur weakly trying to remove his coat. “He's been shot through the right arm,” Towndrow explained. “Soon after you went fnto the woods tike men Delafield described came out of it. The woman was with them. Gulick was standing beside the car, and one of the men ordered him away from it. Gulick showed fight and shouted for help, thinking vou and I would hurry to him. One of the fellows drew a gun and fired. As Gulick drew back apother member of the Tanagers party dealt him a blow on the side of the head, and he fell into the ditch. from Washington wasd | HANGING BY HIS HEELS. MAKES HERQIC RESCL: Fireman Thrills Spectators in Sy ing Woman From Fire—Onc Death From Injuries. NEW YORK, February 12.—A man's daring rescue of a woman f a fourth-floor window yeste while hanging by his heels, th epectators at a blaze in a West street apartment house occupicd . Eiglit persons were jured, two of them veriously, by jun ing from windows. Fireman John Dornsies, suspen: by his feet from the root by otl firemen, grasped a frantic woman his arms and hoisted her to safc Access to & window where she st screaming was impossible from 1 ground because of the fipmes and « clevated railway trac Several firemen reac d the r from -an adjoining structure, a Dornsies was let down to save L woma A man and a vom the second floor to the D . Both were seriously hurt Anot) woman, in being taken {rom a led: slipped and broke her arm Mrs. Clara Wilkinson, who ju from a window, died later in'a pital n leaped fr The woman, standing in the glare « one of the lamps, watched the assa As Gulick ross he saw her running the step. She made no attempt to & away and got Into the car unaldc The woman Gulick described ‘Tanager. here i5 no doubL abu that. Fler calls were for the purpo of drawing us away from our taxi 80 that they might seize it and i off. 1 fired two shots after t they did no harm at that ra course.” (Continued In Tomorrow s Star.) e, « ent of Woodward Boston House,” has purpose and ambitions of its founders, Mr. S. Walter Woodward and Mr. Alvin M. Lothrop, a store that Washington would be proud of and that would fittingly keep pace with the wants of its clientele. , of maintaining Space on February 25th, 1880, dur- ing the latter part of President R. B, Hayes’ administration, with a small but carefully selected stock of dry goods and about 35 clerks, they remained at that location until January, 1881, when the business was moved to 921 Pennsylvania Ave- nue. This was the address when President Garfield came to W. istration of President Arthur, ' While President Cleveland was serving his first term, in 1886, the founders, sensing the future business eminence of F street, moved to 1017 F street, where they remained while the building at Eleventh and F streets was especially erected for them. This was occupied in the spring of 1887, and a Grand Opening was held on April 2nd, a feature of which was a “Gaslight Opening, on; here, too, the store was located during the admin- - or night display, that attracted crowds. Washington developed—the nation grew—the city expanded— new Presidents came. Harrison, then Cleveland again, Mc- Kinley and Roosevelt. Woodward & Lothrop were becoming better and better known and their business grew greatly. While President Roosevelt was at the head of the nation, the old St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum on G street was purchased, .razed, and the fine steel, granite and brick firéproof building was put up and occupied in the fall of 1903, Thus the store stood until 1913, when in the spring of that year the building of the present F street store occurred. Sothe store stands today. Through all thesc administrations, from President Hayes to President Harding, Woodward & Lothrop have not deviated from their first established policies, and today the direct de- scendants of its founders, many of whom wete proud to have had their training under Mr, Woodward and Mr. Lothrop, con- duct the business with the same regard for its patrons that * have through these many years brought success and rcward. To fittingly celebrate the coming of an- other anniversary the store will hold its 43rd Anniversary Sale begin- ning Monday, February 19th Wondmard & Lo throp