Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1926, Page 4

3= *STUDENT, 18, KIL POLCEMAN: IS HoT ‘Mfes to Steal Auto—Slays . Officer, Wounds Another Trying to Escape. By th, Assccinted Pross. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 10- An 18-year-old college student yester- day engaged in automobile thievery which led to a spectacular shooting Y. John Buchanan, 25, a negro traffic officer, was killed; Carl Schaffe by- stander, was seriously wounded, and Frank Whitlow was injured by Gene Alger, Butler College student, before + he was critically wounded by a traffic officer while attémpting to escape in an automobile which he had comman- deered. Alger was caught by Alvin C. Fad while attempting to steal Fad's car. ¥ad turned him over to two negro traffic officers. Suddenly Alger pulled 2 pistol, fired at the officers and sped into a hotel. 3 “Hide me quick; t.hehyl will glet tme"! Alger panted, waving his gun in fron of the proprietor, who secreted Alger in a closet. Buchanan entered the hotel and was directed to the closet. He fired through the door. A return shot mortally wounded the officer. Fir- ‘ing promiscuously, Alger leaped through a window' and ran down an alley. Schaffer was struck by ORG of these wild bullets. In his flight Alger encountered Whitlow, whom he club- bed over the head. A block from the hotel Alger jumped into a machine, commanding its woman driver to help him escape. Before the automob could start, officers drove up andon Carl Sheets, shot the youth in the back. Alger last night admitted trying to steal the automobilé and shooting Bu- chanan. He said that he attempted the theft in order to get money enough to return to Butler College next Fall. He completed his freshman year this Spring. GLASS-LINED TANK CAR * CARRIES MILK TO CITY lylhuA-adMl;M Fakag NEW YORK, July 10.—New Yorl fluid milk supply soon in tank cars with a capacity of 6,000 gallons each. The first such shipment arrived in the Lackawanna Rallroad yards in Jersey City yester- “%ime milk ‘tank car is lined with glass covered with cork and is built of steel plates three-eights of an fnch thick. Perfect refrigeration is eaid thus to be provifled. Theso wlkean.ntwmmmnu:owbe ut in service soon, promise to revo- quonm the present method of ship- ping milk in 40-quart cans by freight or express and will extend the avail- able territory from which milk may be drawn fer use in New York. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 10 (Spe- cial)—Elwood B. Baugher, L. . Schultz and Henry W. and Charles Plunkard of Frederick County were found gullty in the Police Court here of fishing . with a trout line in._the Potomac River, mnear ° Poolesville. Baugher and Schultz were each fined $50 and costs by Judge Samuel Riggs, while fines of $26 and costs were im- posed on the Plunkard brothers. It was the first case of the kind to be tried in this county. All appealed to the Circuit Court, and furnished bonds for their appearance at the November term. The arrests were ‘made by Policeman Roy Bodmor. Soper Himes of Poolesville district died suddenly on Wednesday, aged 68 years. His body was found in the road near his home, and he is be- leved to have been stricken shortly before. He is survived by two daughters. The funeral took place sterday from the home, burial being g the cemetery at Beallsville. New Marriage Licenses. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Charles H. Grimes, 55, + and Mrs. Calla V. Foster, 45, both of Boyds, Md.; William Martin Roberts, 29, of Washington and Miss Mary ne Robertson, 30, of Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Henry Norval Wynkoop, 24, of Park Lane, Va., and Miss Elizabeth Keefer, 22, of Clarendon, Va.; Roy E. Warren, 30, and Miss Blanche WM. Grimes, 25, both of Washington. For violation of motor vehicle regu- lations, the following-have paid fines or forfeited colaterals in the Police Court here: Guy Reynolds Butts, $27.50; A. B. Dunningham ‘and Mrs. Clarence Browns, $12.50 each; James Dove, $7.50. ‘William Eugene €ollier and Miss Mabel O. Kendall, both of Washing- ton, were married at Kensington a few days ago by Rev. U. S. A. Heaven- er, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church at that place,” the ceremony mnx place at the home of the min- Pastor Takes Bride. Rev. Julian E. McDonald, pastor of . the Methodist Church at Cln-l‘klblllg this county, and Miss Hiawatha Duvall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Duvall of the Cedar Grove nelghborhood, were married in Wash- ington on Thursday by Rey. E. V. Regester. Miss Ruth Louise Thompson, Qaugh- ter of Mrs. Gertrude F. Thompson of Boyds, this county, and Frederick Burke of Washington were married in Washington on Thursday in the presence of a small company of rela- tives and friends. The fire en}f‘me of (hmk;}z;b:‘ partment, which was g in a recent collision with a farm truck here, has been reconstructed at *a cost of around $1,500 and is now ready for service. A new chassis was purchased and the equipment of the ed machine mounted thiéreon, the work being done by members of the department. Special ~ One-Day. . BOARD OF TRADE _ - PLANS TAX STUDY BY SPECIAL GROUP T (Continued from First Page) rate. All we have been getting, until . to_spend money on this or that, and not how to save gmd keep down the tax rate,” said missioner Bell. 5 ocent Ik aealing with the debts n the District,: -which g brought up by Willlam MoK. explain Maj. owing to it was ed by charges e would. not be returned d'ld:: v w‘? telephone company ments on their conduits and poles as realty taxes, he sald. $500,000 in Suits Pending. Commissioner Bell declared that the District had almost !5001::00 “M“:" pending. Among these a 8 $150,000 by railroads using the termi- nal to reimburse the District. for light- ing and lJampposts at the terminal, $150,000 claim against the railroads for the sinking of First street north east and $100,000 against railroads for right of way and construction of Benning road. 3 The $9,000,000 lump sum plan came under fire from some of the Board members who declared Congress under the fixed sum plan would grant any request for improvements because they knew that the District would have to pay for it and they would not be_liable in excecss of $9,000,000. H. L. Rust declared that it was & plan in the first place. of moderate means here cannot carry the burden of the Govern- ment's property.” Mr. Rust declared that an increase in taxes would mean a decrease In the investment in prop- erty and development and would real- 1y result in a decrease in the total amount of taxes recelved by the Dis- trict after a time. There was a general sentiment that the Federal contribution must be made g:llt. that expenditures must be care- lly studted. Commissioner Bell's suggestion for magistrates to elminate a néw Police Court building and his idea. for ant armory for the District Na- tional -Guard made an imj on some, as did.the question of making future. generations pay for such ex- traordinary improvements and parks, large bulldings and other means of making future Washington beautiful. ‘The question of the cost to the Dis- trict of $300,000 for education in its public schools of students from nearby Maryland - and Virginia was also brought up. ‘The committee of seven soon to be appointed will consider all these items ::.tiha exhaustive survey it expects to e. GURKIN CONVICTED; PENALTY FIXED AT 35 YEARS BY JURY (Continued from First Page.) sergeant. Durkin, ‘wounded twice in the arm, escaped. The next day he had a bullet ex- tracted from his arm, then. boarded an eastbound train. He sat with his cap over his eyes while the the train for him and went unmolested to New_ York, where he met one Margaret West. Went Back to Chicago. She aided him and they started Irma Sullivan, & daughter, still in her 'teens, whom he had met at a Chicago beach in 1924. They went to East St. Louls, were married and Mrs. uary, they left their car for repairs in New Mexico and pi by train through Dallas, where Federal officers got a clue to Durkin and advised United States officials at St. Louls. During the motor stage of the jour- ney, a sheriff accosted Durkin for e5e Ut bls captar hever suspecting s r never he had cornered a man nationally sought. Durkin says he was return. | % 1926, and Edward J. Dowd, Federal| agent, entered the Durkin stateroom and captured the youth, The' trlal of Durkin for the han murder began June 1 after 16 con- tinuanoes, gr: P ly because one lawyer after another declined to defend him. Eugene L. final ly accepted a court appointment as Durkin’s counsel. / Bootlegging was the vocation, Dur- kin sald at his trial, which accounted’ for his frequent trips to California and-his ready money. He says he is penniless now. The State charged that Durkin was an automobile thief and never a bootlegger. 5 ) Of ‘all his woman intimates, Betty Andrews Werner was the only one to testify at his trial: Fhe was the State's star witness. —_— The Kinsley Mercury wonders why they don't give Dr. Coue a chance as minister of finance in the French cabi. wat. —_——————————— tax rate is only $1. in CS1TR Baltimore ° EVERY SUNDAY July 4 to November 21, Inc. - ive Washington (Union Station) 11:00, 1145 a.m., 12:50, 1:06 pm. Baltimore (Union Limited at 6:55 Returning, leave Congressional 6:50, T Joderal| ings, bruised ahout the was_given '\ HE BIMBILL 5 'POL) CE DOG, MARVEY & 'e BULL DOO. AND SAM. . . . QUSHIMG 'S AREPALE . You OUBHT b KEEP A FIeuTinG g - D06 LIKE Him CHAINED UP “THE DAYS WHEMYOU - BELIEVED EVERYTHIMNG o, TH TRCY, Wally Wi Pk, o TWO ESCAPE ELECTRIC CHAIR IN RALEIGH, N. C, One Gets Commutation to Life, Other Granted Stay Until Appeal Is Decided. By the Assoclated Press. 5 ¢ RALBIGH, N. C,, July 10.~The elec- tric chair at State prison here today was cheated of two victims whose execution had been set for yesterday morning. -Alvin Mansel, 18.year-old negro, under death sentence for at- tack upon a white. woman at Ashe. BAND CONCERT. the Sylvan Theater, Mon- t ' Grounds, this aven!'_:.‘ At “The Star Spangled GROUPS PLAN PICNIC. .| Phi Delta Delta and Kappa Beta Pi mem! of a mob which mrmdmerll it the time of the alleged attack to secure Mansel. The men are now serving prison sentences, made from after . cous a) ppeared claiming that new evidence offer- ibi for the youth had been Motor Cyclist Bruised in Collision. Boy, 11, Is Injured. David Diamondstein, 21 years old, 1376 B street southeast, was driver of an automobile that collided with the motor eycle of Arthur Rawlings, 16 years old, 1220 D street southeast, Twelfth and D streets southeast about 7:30 o'clock last night. Rawl- body and legs, first aid at Casualty Hos- pital * An_automobile driven by “Abner 1807 Ve m _street, struck Shule- , 3110 M street, near :v:’:lock. The b&ymw.,l. mg'mg:a Emergency Hospitat, | o Alumnas to Meet. A jolnt outing. of the Phi Delta Delta Legal Sorority and the Kappa CATHOLIC ABSTINENCE Few Wil Take Part in Dem- onstration Hitting Deft snvohlmnfl luol'flil‘-ul o) Thursday, Mtamlnmw-‘.m laflflfl‘#h.'-h‘. of Cbl. ‘Charles Sweeney, voted to have.a part in the demon- stration, They hold sending the letter to oA the French vet- -erans’ g J organization, was outside .his 2 in French communication in be- v 74 certain Jeader- | ** had be held at 3 o'clock at Wheatley’s mortuary chapel and will be conducted by the Eq Carpenter, . rector of it ‘heshire for many erican mm‘dinmapdnun'hmm UNION PLANS STARTED <07 | Writers.! Arrangements Committee to Moeet Beta Pi alumnae of Washington Col-|N. J. lege of Law will.be held this evening it Great Falls. Unable to dispense with the forensic art even on & pic- nic, the sororities have announced D. C.'MAN IS HONORED. John A. Reilly, Washington attor- ney, was elected national president of Deita Sigma Phi fraternity at its re. cent dnnual convention in Chicago. Other Wi elected to na- tional offices were Clinton Hisle, vice president; James A. McDonnell, re- cording secretary; R. 8. Atkins, corre- ,-and Norman -H. Barnes, M the ‘Willard n.. from this city.elected to of directors were Joseph C. Donald B. Thomds and King. The convention vot- the fraternity’s 1927 meet- ‘ashington. + 1333 INGRAHAM STREET NW. Th hold meetings unti] the time of the convention. ————e Keep your automobile license tags m:mmends the National He is survived by thres sons, Rob- ert M. and Lewis F. Cheshire of ‘Washington, and Lucian F. Cheshire of this city. ‘Funeral services for William Lioyd, who was accidentally killed by an automobile in York, Pa., several days ago, were held this afternoon at ing Rev. Br. W5 Hammend. bas. v. Dr. W. 8. pas- tor ! of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery. Rites for Miss Hannah Hall, 66 old, who died yesterday at the Hospital, Washington, will be held st 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon &t Pohick Episcopal Church, and interment will be made in the cemetery at that place. The to body was Demaine’s mortuary chapel, whence the funeral will move at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. > in Plot to Oollect Turner Jacks is & brother-in-law of Willlam H. Turner, who is under life sentence amounting to $85,000 collected by rela- tives. Counseél for Turner announced today they had appealed to the Court of Appeals. 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