Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1926, Page 7

ARREST OF BANDITS 1S EXPECTED SOON Police Have Names of Men Who Robbed Sixteenth Street House. Ou information furnished by the man of many aliases who confessed to being a member of the bandit gang which entered the home of Mrs. Nor- man Williams, 1227 Sixteenth street. Tast Sunday and stole jewelry valued sarl 000, police hope to make »sts within a tew hours which will ing into the net all the desperados. Juseph Davidoff, Joseph Peter ame is neither vealed im- $ ant information durin illings he undergone sin Capture Sundas L.now the names o Lers of the gang Detectives believe bandits are still in Washinzton and police arve closing in on them, al- though the probability that the rob- bery was engineered from New York is being worked on Prisoner Was Dup now the other mem- the remaining it was revealed. was the dupe of the other bandits, brought lere from New York as a substitute for another desperado who could not make the trip, Detectives have learn- wd that the other gan had plani- ed suitcases near the Williams hon ready to make a quick getaway. leayv ing Davidoff to be arrested. That is exaetly what happened, rding 1o | reconstruction of the crime made by headquarters detectives, who believe that the other bandits ran out of the Willlams home without telling David- off. guarding the maids in the kitchen, of the approach of police. ileadquarters has punctured the story told by Davidoff that he first met the other bandits in a downtown staurant, and has proven that the tured bandit came from New York Friday. He utopped at a house on Seventh street with the other gang- sters Saturday night. Seek Discharged Butler. The important link which would explain the bandit's knowledge of the Williams home and the number of employes in it has not been uncov- ered, Headquarters is still awaiting \word trom Long Branch, N. J., and Sing Sing prison as to the where- abouts of James McIntyre, a footman Diavidoff, MOTHER FREEZES; GIRLS ARE CLEARED Indictments Against Daugh- | ters, 18 and 14, Are Nolle Prossed by State. By the Associated Pi | CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March 11— Aileen O'Connor, 18, and her 14-year- old sister, Honora, were freed today, after heing jailed charge of manslaughter for letting their mother freeze to death. The indictments were noile prossed last night Ly District Attorney Arthur K. Reading. who said he wanted to save the girls from jail. “1 do not believe these ivls acted | much differently children | lacking i he father of the veurs ago and the mother took his real estate business, Last May Mrs. O'Connor suifered a par alytic shock and from that time until her death was contined to her home. i “When Winter came the. mother | vefused to allow the furnace to be repaired, yin; that a fire would not be beneficial 1o her health. She | insisted that the children go to the | real estate office to “Both daughters retudaed home each morning and \t home un on a a night in from ot id ndants died two ver to the | Aileen noon | ernon of De 1 returned Attorney Rea was dead. to tell even her younger d not return to her weeks. siste hom, and for was made into the house and the body was found in bed.” The girls, who had to furnish $1.000 bail and had no at torney. were pre riv to spend the nignt jn jall. A half an hour after | the indictment had becn nolle prossed they left the courthouse with Mrs. Celia Wellman, prohation officer, who assured the district attorney they would ze* a good home. BLUE LAW HEARINGS been unable | discharged by Mrs. Willlams in 1911, who began serving a 15-vear term in Sing Sing for robbery in 1913, The bandit gang, it developed today, is headed by a_ New York gunman who came here Saturday and distrib- uted guns to the other members of the gang Saturday night. He is the “pock-marked man’ who has been Qescribed by employes of the Willlams home and the head of the house on Seventh street where the bandits stayed Saturday night. MILITARY SUPPLIES CONFERENCE TOPIC War Department Business Council to Discuss Current Problems at Meeting Saturday Morning. Consideration of current supply problems of the military establish- ments will be taken up at the first meeting of the newly organized War rtment business council to be held at the War Department Sat- urday morning. Under the pro- cisfons of the national defense act of 1920 the business activities of that de- are centered in the office of ant Secretary of War, the several branches of the Army and the finance department. The new business council was recently created on the cgestion of Assistant _Secretary JacNider. It is made up of outstand- ing leaders in those branches of the Will H. Hays May Be Star Wit- ness to Defend Movies. Hearings on Sunday enforcgment legislation for the National Capifal will be resumed on March 16, accord- ing to announcement made today by Chairman McLeod of the judiciary subcommittee of the House Distritt committee. Will H. Hays is expected to be the headliner at the hearings. Chairman McLeod today sent Mr. Hays an in- vitation to téstify. This was pro voked by some of the proponents for the bill, who gave the impression dur- ing The hearings that moving picture shows on Sugday did not improve the morals and ideals of those who attended them. Representatives of more than 3,000 moving picture operators have also asked to be heard. The three local business organizations—Chamber of Commerce, Washington Board of Trade and Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Assoclation—who asked for an opportunity to be heard before this measure was acted upon, have been notified of the hearings which are to be reopened on March 16. NIGHT BUS SERVICE ASKED FOR GARFIELD industrial and business world, particu- larly allied with the current supply problems of the military establishme: in the direction of national prepared- ness. These civilian experts have volunteered their services in assisting in the adoption of ways and means the prompt procurement of ade- quate military supplies in times of emergencies. Those who have arranged to at- the coming meeting of the Busi- <« Courcil are: Col. Leonard P. Avres, vice president, Cleveland Trust Co., Cleveland, Ohio: James D. Bonner. manager of sales, United States Steel Corporation, Washing- ton, D. C.; Brig. Gen. Carty, vice president, Ame: phone and Telegraph Co., New York Cily; Howard Coonlev. president, W worth Co.. Boston, Mass.; Lieut. Col. ¥. S. Dickinson, president, Becton, Dickinson & al instrument manufacturers. Rutherford, N. J. George B. Dryden, Dryden Rubber Co.. Chi Clinton G i nental Su Railroad Company, Detroit, Mich.: Col. M. Felton, chairman, board of directors t Western Railway Chicago, 111 . Nash Nash Motors Kenosha, Lieut. Col. W. Smith, pre: dent, aPrk. Davis & Co.. Detroit, Mich.: Col. William €. Spruanco, vice president, Du Pont de Nemours ¢ Wilmington, Del; Col. William A. Starrett, vice president Starrert othe: contractors, New York 3 Gerard Swope, president, Gen- Eleetric_Co., 3 % C Iph Van Vechten, inental Commer go, 11, and Brig, Wolfe, consultin City. PARKING SIGNS APPROVED. Fine Arts Commission 0. K.’s Eld- ridge’s Plan. The Commission of Fine Arts has approved Traffic Director Eldridge’s rectangular parking signs, designed to provide a uniform display of parking regulations affixed to light poles. The commission suggested tha a ball ornament instead of a spea head be used at the end of the staff holding the sizn, and recommendec that color combinations of green and white be tried to ascertain which would best suit on the street contain ing many trees. “The proper color for the signs somewhat a problem,” the commi sion’s letter said. “On streets which ave lined with trees and where a gree: background generally exists, the mo: legible type of sign is a good red with white lettering. 1t is noted, however, % New York ; Citizens Also Want Free Transfer to Cars on 10-Cent Fare. Inauguration of bus service on the Washington Railway and Electri¢ line to its section during late hours au night was asked in a resolution adopted last night by the Garfield zens' Association at its meeting the Garfield School. The fa- tion also ted the granting of a free to street cars on payment o h fare. The committee on streets and lights announced it will request the placing of a street sign at the corner of Bruce place and Fort street south- 1St Complaint was voiced by members of the committee on water and sew- erage, of which J. W. Caldwell ix airman, against the delay in the laying of water mains along Alnger place southeast, construction of \which, it was said, had been ordered months ago. A public meeting will be held soon in the Garfield School, it was an- nounced. W. H. Lewis, jr., presided. HALTS POLITE THIEF. Woman Interrupts Robbery—In- truder Bows and Departs. Jixemplary politeness was shown by an unidentitied colored man who “Jimmied” his way into the apartment of Mr. and Mys. Percy Jower floor of 1820 Calvert street, yes- terday. Finding her apartment door un- fastened when she returned about 4:30 o'clock, Mrs. Klein entered. and dis- covered the neatly dressed young bur- Wlar, with his hat removed and in his shirt sleeves, preparing to rifle the premises. Too much frightened to utter a_word herself, Mrs, Klein told the police she watched the intruder as he remained perfectly silent while he donned his coat and hat and, with a polite bow, left the apartment. Ow- ing to Mrs. Klein's opportune return, he took nothing with him. FIXED FOR MARCH 16| Klein, on the | THE EVEN TELEPHONE Left to right: Germaine Borruat, Bernice Tuenis. John €. White WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHONE OBSERVED Celebration Held at City Club. Berry Reviews History of Industry. 'AR, The fiftleth anniversury of the telephone was celebrated last night by the Washington Telephone So- ciety with a f: ¢ meeting ut the City Club. Albe dent of the Telephone ( - covered in a general sundings and schooling of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of ihe telephone, and de- d experimental work leading up tu its invention and to the ent- day, modern, efliciency of service. A feature of the progrum included a huge birthday cake, on which was | mounted 50 lizhted candles. Mount e on a table on wh rolled Telephone. way the 1 a telephone Germa Teunis 1 souv 11 movit nirs, picture 1l telephone ex of the World War, tion of the - about 1,100 King, president and made in- <. show DLOBT Si we audi rps during shown for the ene which 1 { people. Preston ¢ of th In settlement engineering 1 ties of R 000,000 ayment for o 1 tterin! Soviet ent 1 s<hipw contraet ¢ urder 1utha tof Hing the for in kind chef. First Telephone Me Bell Was Real Assciated Press PON, March 11.--Two interest ing facts concerning the telephone and | its inventor, Ale ider Graham Bell, were recalled yesterday, on the fiftieti anniversay of the first telephone con- | versation. More than 47 Bell attempted to talk over z light. Tuesday D. C. Stockb: instructor in_ physics at the chusetts Institute of Technolog Cambridge, succeeded The second fact was that the first telephone conversation, a half century ago, was Bell's shout for help after a mishap. Bell and his tant. Thomas A. 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A safe and agreeable way zalieve coughs is to take 17 "TUSSIN, which has been or twenty years in the succes ireatmant of ail types of harsh painfal coaghs—eventhe mostse- vere, PERTUSSINisentirely free from “dope” or barmful drugs, erit brings quick felief by helping ture to expel the sticky phlegm hat often clogs the air passages. Sold by all druggists in large and small bottles. to | i f Safe for Everyecgu MARCH 11, (elephone | road _from Princeton to | uuire 1926. FILE BRIEFS IN MERGER. Commerce Commission Gets Rail Protests. By the Associated Pre: Several briefs were filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission to- day in #he proceedings of the Nor- and Western Railroad to ac control by lease of the Vir- Railway ‘Co. majority of the briefs ex- pressed opposition to the proposed lease, but the Norfolk and Western ind the Virginlun backed up the position The former declared th unified operation of its line and the Virginian would save $19,- 00,000, which it declared would have to be expended in the near future as necessary under separate operation of the two roads. Further expendi- ture of $40,000,000 some time late would be required for the double- tracking of 346 miles of Virginian orfolk. fol ginian The HOME TO BE OPENED FOR AGED AND ORPHANS Trustees Name Committee to Ar- range Gaithersburg Methodist Institution Ceremonies. Snecial Dispatch to The Stas ROCKVILLE. Md., March 11.—At | the annual meeting of the trustees of ,the Home for the Aged and Orphans |of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1 cated com- | mittee, consist -v. E. V. Reg- ester of Washington, chairman, and A. Groover, Washington, J. Ringer, Gaithersburg, wis name ange for the formal lopening of the home on April 15. It was announced that Bishop Warren {A. Candler of Atlanta, Ga., will be the | prineipal speaker. | The home, consisting of a farm of 1106 acres and buildings worth $250, S e 000, will open with 60 inmates. whic't Is close to its capacity. As about 20y applications for admission have so far been received, the trustees decided 10 erect such a dormitory at once, at a cost of approximately $60,000. It will be known as Epworth Hall, The trustees elected officers as fo {lows: President, Rev. J. H. Weils o. | Baltimore: vice president, Re . E. | Huddleson of White Sulphur Springe, W. Va. secretary, Rev. C. M. Hesse: of Staunton, Va.; treasurer, Walter M. Magruder of Gaithersburg; supe intendent of home, Rev, J. J. Ringer |of Gaithersburg. | Tollowing the transaction of busi- |ness, the trustees were entertainec |t an informal banquet by women of |the Epworth Church, Gaitnersburg M F. Crawford being chalrman of the committee in charge. Because of financial losses in the | handling of used cars in South Afri | the Motor Trades Association there will appoint an official of used automabiles. valuator A Clean-Up of the remaining few from the Fall and Winter season Both Fashion Park and Mode-makes included—broken sizes—but still more badly broken in price— Suits Were $ Overcoats Were \lterations at cost uits and Overcoats There’s practically all sizes among the Overcoats. But this is the Suit scale— Reg. .. Short_.. Long _ St You can imagine they wop’t be long going out—at such a price. So make it a point to get in early tomorrow morning. 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