Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1923, Page 16

%16 - CAPT . A RIENAN RELEASEDON BOND Optains Writ Pending: Hear- ing of Claim That Sentence on Bribe Charge. lllegal. Capt. Charles A. Ritzman, now mana- ger of an electric concern in Detroit, Mich., s at liberty today under a bond of $2,000 for a hearing August 9 on a writ of habeas corpus granted by Jus- tice Stafford of the District Supreme Court. Capt. Ritzman’was convicted of accepting a bribe of $800, while in the Army duriug the war, from a firm making skid-chains, for recommending a large purchase by the government. He was sentenced by Justice Siddons, who presided at the trial, to serve eighteen months In the peénitentiary. The former officer appealed from his conviction, but was unsuccessful. He surrendered vesterday to United States Marshal _Snyvder. and _his . counsel, Thomas C. Bradley, sued out the writ of habeas corpus. Attorney Bradley claims the sentence imposed on Capt. Ritzman is illegal be- cause the law under which he was con- | victed calls for a sentence of both fine and imprisonment, and is not written in the alternatlve, as are most criminal statutes. Mr. Bradley says there have been nearly 100 persons so improperly sentenced here in the past five years. United States Attorney Gordon, while admitting that the sentence is\ technically at variance with the word- law and is illegal under the ision of the Court of Appeals an case, claims that the error may be rrected by the presiding jus- tice setting aside the imperfect sen tence and imposing a new ome con ing both fine and a term of years. Justice Siddons adopted this view of the government recently in the case of Robert Price, where, setting aside the former sentence, he added a fine of | $10 to the same period of Imprison- | ment in the original sentence. Attor: ney James A. O'Shea, for Price, moted an appeal, which is pending. COL. SIMMONS DEFENDS MASK FOR KLANSMEN Unmasking Urged for Boycott Purposes, He Declares—Predicts Ultimate End of Secrecy. l ' Y Okla., July 10.—Col. Wil- llam Joseph Simmons, founder and emperor of the present Ku Klux Klan, in an address at Convention Hall last night, denied reports of disaffection in the ranks of the order, and de- clared “it is nobody's business what Xind of a_costume is worn by the Klux Klan.” x»‘"‘rne folks that are kicking up" the greatest fuss about the mask do not Sare about that face covering” he| declared. “They want to know who | §< behina it so they can boycott them. But they will find out soon dnough. Then maybe they won't be &0 anxious to know. I have no apolo- % 'to make for that mask. It's go-} ight where it is. Kie ing to st ol——|ol——ol——2lale——2lal—=lal——lol—— o] During July and August Store Closes [ carded. It tended re i Quantico Claims New Air Record For Day’s Flight | Flyinga standard training plane {of the Marine Corps, Capt. Russell |A. Presiey, U. 8. M. C. covered: the distance ‘between - Quantico, 2., and Minneapolis, Minn.—about 14100, miles—in' 14 hours and 45 minutes, Sunday, and, according tof an announcement from the Marine Corps headquarters here, a hiew world's record isclaimed for the, officer. The announcement sald: “So far as is known, this is the {longest flight in a single day ever, recorded for a standard mili- tary training plane.” b Cant. Presley left the Quantico base gt 5 o'clock Sunday morning carrying Sergt. Willlam Drapeau as obwprver, and landed at Min- neapolty at 7:45 o'clock Sunday evening) Stops were made for fuel at, Moundsville, “W. Va. Dayton, | Ohio, and_Chicago, 1li. Throughqut the journey the plane averaged a little more than 100 miles an hour. Tite flight was made to Minne- apolis by Capt. Presley for the purpose “of - participating in the celebration attending the inaug- uration and dedication of a new air port for the ,Twin citles. Capt. Presley was pilot of, one of- the ‘Martin bombers which re- cently made. a transcontinental flight. |HOUSE IS DESTROYED IN MORNING BLAZE Firemen Lay 5,000 Feet of Hose From Distant Hydrant in Vain Effort to Quench Flames. Four fire engines pumped water through 5,000 feet of hose in an effort to enable firemen to fight a fire that occurred in a two-story frame dwell- ing at 9 T street hill, Hillsdale, about 3:30 o'clock this morning. Fire was burning from the celiar to the roof when Battalion Chief Gill reached the scene. He realized that members of his battalion would be | unable to save any portion of the structure, but he did the best he could ‘when he had the 5,000 feet of hose run from Nichols avenue and Sheridan road. location of the near- est fire hydrant, to the burning struc- ture. Chief Gill was told that the fire started in the cellar, but was unable to determine its origin. the faemilies of Raymond Johnson and Albert Harris, occupants of the house, got out of the building without suf- fering. burns or being overcome by the smoke. They remained and watch- ed the work of the firemen before going to the homes of neighbors to seek shel- | ter. Police from the Anacostia station were on hand to guard property and make arn investigation. They report- ed the total destruction of the build- ing and fixed the loss at $1,150. All Day on Saturdays Members of | i\MU'I'I‘ AND JEFF—Mutt Is Going to Make a Sap of Sarazen in Their Match Next Saturday. YES, JEFF, T'M GONNA Y Tou PLAY SARAZEN 18 Houes OF GOLF 1IN A WEE\ For $200. A HoLe. BABY ESCAPES HURT | AS CARRIAGE IS HIT| Hurled Several Feet by Collision, Five-Month:0ld Infant Lands Uninjured. | | | | | Struck by a Capital Traction street car at 7th and E streets southwest yes- | terday afternoon, a baby carriage car-{ rying the five-month-old infant of Mrs. Alma Hooper, 480 I street, was hurled several feet and overturned. The mother, who lives at 480 I street, and who was pushing the baby, picked up the child and rushed to the office of Dr. Walter Prige, where an examination failed to disclose any injury. Four other accidents, resulting in in- jury to the victims, were reported yes- terday afternoon and last night Ferdinand H. Kirchman, twenty-four years old, of 1126 Sth street northeast, suffred the loss of several teeth when | his motor cycle collided with a motor truck at 6th and K streets northeast. ! Ho was given first aid at Casualty Hos- pital. Delaware Barber, colored, thirty- six, of 43 O street, was knocked down by an automobiie at 11th street and Pennsylvania avenue and injured about the body. He was able to go | to his home after receiving treatment |at Emergency Hospital. An automobile, driven by Edward Poindexter, 1423 S street, struck Hugh Scott of 324 B street southwest, as it was leaving an alley in the rear of 1811 Tth street. Scott, although slightly injured, refused hospital treatment. A horse-drawn hack, driven by an unidentified man, struck Charles G. Scott about 10 o'clock last niglit as he was crossing Pennsylvania avenue at 24th street. He refused hospital treatment. He lives at 16 4th street southeast. 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