Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1926, Page 5

ERAND JURY FREES 10 ANDINDICTS 23 == i W. M. Buckley Exonerated inj Auto Killing—10 Held as Joy-Riders. Ten persons were exonerated today by the grand jury of criminal charges against them, and indictments were | ainst 23 others. i e of homicide against Wil-y Yiam M. Buckley, driver of an auto- mobile which struck and killed Mary Henson as she stepped from a loading platform at Seventh and B streets ignored hy the grand jury. Byrne and Louls Leon, taken in an alleged handbook raid by police July were exonerated of a charge of setting up a gaming table 1256 Wisconsin avenue. The evi- dence obtained by the raiders did not satisfy the grand jury. i A charge of mayhem against Emmet Simme, colored, was also passed over by the grand ju The evidence showed that Franklin B. Parker was siruck by Simms with his fist and lost sight of his right eve Others &, pst whom charges were dropped clude Millard ~ Stewart, arson: Richard Mas sault; Bertha Davis, robbery: H 1 Chase, as- sault, Jerry fredo, robbery, and Donald 1", Kilgallon, wult The grand jury reported indict-| ments for househ and larceny | against Wade H. i Chestnut, Gloyd Holmes, Washingt and Jokn Ml olored. It was said tha men hroke into the drug store of | Herbert Poole, une 26, and stole 295 pints of whisl - Others indicted and the charges ngainst them are: Morris Tillman, Robert T Cornelius Robinson, John , Elmer 1. Simms. Rob- ert Jackson, Leroy Richardson, Elmer Johnson, Joseph Nolan and Clar- ence (. Benders, joyriding; John H. Thomas, Abraham Giles, Jeff Pollard, Benjamin Jacks v 1d: Flowers, dangerous (two cases), Waverly (three cases), Peaca (two Sylvester Wilson Edmund Seott, Moses cases) and William E Tolmes, househreaking and larceny; James Toren Wilkinson and Benja: min I, Bratcher, non-support. WIFE DEAD, MAN HURT. Auto Crashes Into Pole Near Bed- ford, Pa., Three Escaping. Epecial Tispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., August 23 ‘cedes Nchonberg, vears Pittsburgh, died last night at a arvland Hospital of a wetured skull, ived in an auto- mobile accident Redford, Pa., ¥ night. 1shand, skull fractured also, the hospital. They were five the car was moving t rapid rate when it erashed into « telephone pole. The others escaped serious injury Investis 1 by the State police re. sulted i detention of t Bedford. Schonber burgh automobile dealer. They had been 1 1 but a few months DATE SET FOR FAIR. Fredericksburg Event, nes September 14-17, to Be Larger This Year. Bpecial Dispatel to The Sta . Augu veater R s vears. 2en enlarged and many ones added, cial attention paid to ag hibits and school = gram of horse racing il on each of t automobile ric day. Rand concerts b given each d opening day school cliiie Rappahannock Valley nited to tend ngement. HELD IN JOY:RIDiNG CASE. be given , while closing cts will On the ven in the wve been in- of the man. nd free Two Accused of Taking Cars, Held on $1.000 Bond Each. Pleading guilty to a charge of joy- riding in the automobile of Roswell | .. Boothley, George 'F. Warwick, col- ored, was held u r $1.000 bond D the action of ind jury in Police { Court today Charles Rhodes, 1" street northeast, the action of o Macdonald when a_charze of steali of Charles 1 old, of 100 » was held for nd jury by Judge sday on omobile had been £ since fixed ut $1,000. TWO HELD IN FIGHT. Brothers July 4. His bond Accused of Starting Battle in Church. Morris and Beverly Payn 29 and 35 vears old, respe ore arrested in Knox o thwest late Jast night by Sher er Partlow | of Prince William County. Va local police on charges growin: of an alleged pistol and knife which they are said to have | in the midst of their Sunday tional hour. Men, women and dren rushed from the pews in pan and the Prince William County au therities later trailed the Payne Lrothers here. Detectives Wilson and Ogle assisted in the a A siflver coln is usually in currency »r about 27 year: H The Timid Soul. EMERSON SAYS = ISNT MARRIAGE Arv OFEM QUESTION, WHEN IT IS ALLEGED, “FRor. THE BEGINMING OF THE WORLD, THAT S0CH AS ARE 1M THE INSTITUTION WISH T GET ouT, AND SUCH AS ARE aUT WISH To GET 114 7 Z FRANCIS BACOM SAYS ~ HE THAT HATH WIFE AmD CRILYREN HATH GIVEN HOSTAGE S o FORTUNE; FOR THEY ARE IMPEDIMENT S To GREAT ENTERPRISES, EITHER OF VIRTUE OR MISCHIEF | MARRIAGE 1S THE BIGGEST SWINDLE 1N THE WORLD. \, CAN'T UMTERSTAND - INTELUG EMT Mert FALLING YoR. T WHETHER VT WAS BETTER T© MARRY OR MOT REPLIED— WHICHEVER You Do YOu WiLL RePEeeT v VOLTAIRE SAYS MARRIAGE s ¢ “THE OMLY ADVEMTURE POSSIELE To COWARDS GREAT! That's Tie TRUEST “THING | EVER HEARD 11 My LiFE! MAUD, IT CERTAINLY 15 MICE To GET HOME To YOU AFTER A HARD DAY AT “The OFFICE. | DOM'Y SEE HOow | EVER ALOMG WATHOUT Yous WHEN | WAS SiMELE . WHAT 95 You SAY WE GO ouT T OIMMER AND THE TREATRE ToMIGAT T WELL REALTY BROKER WINS IN RENT LAW SUIT Judge Mary 0'Toole Decides for Defendant, Citing Limita- tions Statute. Judge Mary O'Toole of the District Municipal Court today made a find- ing in favor of the defendant in the case of the Rent Commission against Walter A. Brown, local real estate broker. The suit was brought against Mr. Brown to recover penalties for the alleged violation of the rent law, in collecting rent for premises 226 A street northeast In excess of the rate fixed by the Rent Commission as the proper rent for the propert At- torney A. Leftwich Sinclair appeared for Mr. Brown. Attorney Sinclair contended in be- half of the defendant that the suit had been barred by the statute of limi- tations, which in the case of suits for tge recovery of penalties and for- feitures is one year in the District. Tt was further contended that the de- termination of the rent commission fixing the rent for the property. which was made under the original rent act, ceased to operate at the ex- piration of the original act, October 22, 1921, and that the determination, at the time it was alleged to have been violated by Mr. Brown, was without force or validity, and that the defend ant was at liberty to charge any amount of rent he considered_proper for the property in question. Mr. Sin clair pointed out that while Congress had extended the original act, no at- tempt was ever made to extend or continue the determinations made by the rent commission under the orig- inal act. WELFARE LEGISLATION BODY TO RESUME TASK Plans of the Commisson on Public Welfare Legislation for resuming in the Fall the uncompleted task of re- ng the welfare laws of the Dis- trict probably will be discussed at a conference tomorrow between Com- sioner Rudolph and Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, vice chairman of the commission. The commission saw enacted at the last session of Congress its most im- portant recommendation, namely, the creation of a Board of Public Welfare, into which have been merged the func- tions of the Board of Charities, the Board of Children’s Guardians and the trustees of the National Training School for Girls. There is still pending before the ymmission, however, the problem of ommending a new juvenile court law and a bill to provide for the regu- 1| lation of private child-caring agencies. Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District Supreme Court resigned several months ago as chairman of the commission, and the first step will be the selection of a new chairman be- f¢ the commission resumes its work. H Sherwood Eddy Debates Russian Atheists in Moscow on Existence of God By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, August 23.—Sherwood Eddy, lecturer for the Y. M. C. A., who has been conducting a group of 20 or more American tourists around Russia, debated publicly yesterday with Michael Reissner, professor of law In Moscow University, and with the editor of the bolshevik antire- ligious publication the Godless One, on the existence of God. This was the first time that any for- eigner was allowed to speak on such a subject in Soviet Russia, and there | is general surprise that an American | $54.000 AIR FLIGHT - WISE, DAVIS SAYS Secretary Believgs Trip‘ Around South America Will Cement Friendships. By the Associated Press. Secretary Davis of the War Depart- ment estimated today that the pro- posed flight around South America by five Army planes would cost about $54,000. He said it would be “a wise investment.” “The purpose of this flight,” Mr. Davis sald, “is to strengthen the amicable relations already existing {among the American republics, to | demonstrate the feasibility of aerial transportation and communication be- | tween these widely separate nations, and finally to subject the amphibian | planes to a severe test over both land { and water. “Efforts will not be made to attain | speed records, stops being arranged | ! S0 as to permit the personnel of the | flight to visit the capitals of the na- | tions along the itinerary, and give opportunity for examination of the airplanes by such observers of those nations as may be interested in the development of commercial air trans- portation.” 1 i {SLASHER GETS 180 DA¥S. | Arthur Brown, Colored, Sentenced | for Attack on Woman. | Arthur Brown, colored, who vehe- | mently denied before Judge George H. | Macdonald in Police Court today that he walked up behind Josephine Bar- | ber, colored, and slashed her with a| knife, when given a sentence of 180 | days in Occoquan by the court. Thirty- |four stitches were reauired to close ithe wound In the woman's arm. | Brown says the woman was discus- sing a prespective automobile ride | with another man. Josephine declared ishe did not want to prosecute, as the defendant was her friend. | “I think he's going away from you for a_while,” remarked Judge Mac- r}onz\ld, “One-hundred and (‘lghtyl days.” | | should have preached religion in a | country the government of which is | avowedly anti-religious. Although the laws forbid teaching of religion he was pleasantly there was real liberty worship in Russia. of xpressed its the Russian speakers. NEW PHONE EXCHANGE PLANNED AT WOODSIDE A new, thoroughly modern tele- phone exchange, which will displace the present Woodside central office, is to be erected and equipped on the south side of Faulkland drive, be- tween the Brookeville plke and the Itimore & Ohio Railroad, to be ready for service on July 1 next. Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee today announced that negotiations have been com- pleted for this important service in the development of that section of suburban Washington. He had just been notified by John C. Koons, vice president of the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co., in the follow- ing letter: “Referring to your interest in the development of the territory adjacent to Washington and its telephone service, T am pleased to inform you that the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. has just completed ar- rangements for the purchase of a lot 80 feet by 200 feet on the south side of Faulkland drive, between the Brookeville pike and the Baltimore & Ohlo Railroad. “Tt is the purpose of the company to erect on this lot a suitable building for a telephone central office and equip it with the latest common bat- tery telephone equipment. The com- mon battery equipment is the kind now used in Washington, and in us- ing this style of equipment the sub- scriber is not required to ring the bell before making a call. “The proposed building is being de- signed to look like a residence and will, therefore, be in harmony with such residences as may be erected in the same vicinity. The cost of the lot, bullding and equipment will in- volve an expenditure of approxi- mately $100,000. “It is expected that the new central office will be ready for service on July 1, 1927, and will at that time dis- place the present Woodside central office.” Wife Alleges Misconduct. Suit for an absolute divorce and all- mony was filed today in the District Supreme Court by Mrs. Lillilan V. Mister. against Arthur W. Mister. They were married at Elkton, Md., July 21, 1921, Misconduct is alleged and a corespondent named. Attor- ney J. A. Chumbly appears for the vy Summer Rains Are Hard on Tin Roofs Record for Having Smallest P. O. Goes| To Maryland Town| of having the post office in the United been awarded to Randle Cliffs, Calvert County, Md., not 100 miles from the al Capital. Postmaster G. E. Frazier, noting lhe_ recent controversy between Grimshaw, N. C., and Searsburg, Vt., over having the smallest post office, sent Postmaster General New today a photograph of the Randle Cliffs office. It shows a rough board building about & by § feet, tar-papered roof and with no window in front and a single door. Post Office Department records disclose no post office building smaller. The office had $128 in postal receipts last year, but a number of offices had smaller recelpts. Garden Party to Be Saturday. The garden party of Our Lady of Victory Church, Conduit road, which was postponed Saturday because of the rain, will be held next Saturday, starting with the baby show at 3 p. Lactobacillus Acidophilus Milk For inteatinal disorders Ask your physician about it Prepared by the NATIONAL VACCINE AND ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE 1515 U St. N.W. Petworth Pharmacy That is the name of The to ‘body under 18 years of age, Mr. v told 8,000 Russian auditors that | surprised to find | religious | The audience, which was preponderantly atheistic, | decision on the debate | by giving the bulk of the applause to | ETelegrapher Who Handled Civil War Messages for Lincoln Dies at Ag~ of 96 Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, T, August 23.— Thomas P. McCarthy, 96 vears old, who learned telegraphy before the Civil War and was one of the expert operators of the Army of the Potomac and later in the War Department at Washington, is dead at the hospital of the National Soldiers’ Home, where he has been a resident for more than 10 years. He handled gany important messages for the Government as an Army telegrapher and was intrusted | with many grave Government secrets, although many of the messages were sent in code. At the War Department Mr. Mc- Carthy was often on duty through- out the night with a code decipherer and Abraham Lincoln as his only au- dlence. On the eve of an important engagement or after a big battle the President, unable to sleep, would go from the White House to the War De- partment, where he would settle down in a big armchair and have McCarthy read off the messages as he was copy- ing them down. Oftentimes the President remained until the clerks were showing up for the next day's work. McCarthy was a native of Beal: town, Pa.. where he was born in 18! The body will be taken back to that city for the interment. DIES, VICTIM OF STROKE. Former Judge Ferdinand Williams of Maryland Was 80 Years Old. Special Dispatch to The Star. JMBERLAND, Md., August 23.— Former Judge Ferdinand Williams died at his home here this morning. following a stroke of paraly: was born in Calvert County, Md., 80 years ago. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon from Emanuel Episcopal He is survived by his widow. Judge T. J. S. Williams of the Juvenile Court, Baltimore, is a brother. Judge Williams was appointed judge of the fourth judicial circuit in 1902 by Gov. John Walter Smith to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge David W. Sloan. ‘He was ac- tive in Democratic politics for man: vears. He was defeated for Congre: in 1889 by George L. Wellingto later United States Senator. He was presidential elector in 1904. For a long time he was president of the Cumberland and Westernport Elec- tric Railway. Arkansas Tourists Sought. A message has been received at the local Y. W. C. A. asking that an ef- fort be made to locate Mrs. Charles Conklin and Miss Nancy French of Osceola, Ark., and request them to communicate with relatives at home. 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