Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1927, Page 7

YOUNG IS INDICTED EIGHT MORE TIMES Wa; Department Clerk Ac-' cl{sed in Savings Fund Case by Grand Jury. //The grand jury tod: ditional indictments arry Damon Young partment clerk, who hristmas savings club, 1gainst George former War naged mong reported eight | DY‘(PNI in the department, and who ‘mled to_make distribution of the .lunds Young is charged with em i bezzlement and larceny after trust *'Phe first indictment Wwas reported “January 3 by the grand jury which retired on that date. Young is un der bond of $7,500 and has pleaded not guilty to the first charge Those making complaints new charges and the amounts said to have been intrusted by them to Young are Julia K. Dewey, 1315 ,.vania avenue southeast, $100; M. Dewey, same address, $100; W. Fitzhugh, 1941 Calvert Mrs. Mary T. Waple, street northeast, $125: Mr . Romer, F $150: C 7. Buck, vania avenue southeast, Elizabeth M. Murray, 209 northeast, $118. and Kdward J. Bec Pershing Apartments, $ Possession of intox tion of the nations charged against L. Cassidy, known as the “man with the green | hat.” ddy was arrested follow- | ing a seizure by a Capitol policeman | of a brief cr to have left last March in in the House Office Building i Emith recently refused to surrender | the four hottles of alleged liquor | taken from the brief case on a mo- | tion of counsel that the seizure was unlawful. Eighteen other persons were in dicted today. The grand jurors re fused to indict Charles F. Hunter and Joseph Norris. charged with rob- bery, and Ailer Williams, charged with an assault. Those indicted and the charges against them are: Milton C. Bowling| (four cases), joyriding: Leonora How ard, grand larceny: Jack Lieberman.| embezzlement and larceny after trust: William Bowman, James Black, alias| Walter Smith, robbery: Luvercia French, grand larceny; Joseph J Miles, assault with dangerpus weapon; James ' Ashley, (three cases), house breaking and larceny: Peter Lee, joy- riding; Albert Moore, alias Hunt Moore, Daniel Matthews, robbery: John E. LaGree, assault to rob; Ber- nard L. Downey, James Miller and Richard J. Gardner, joyriding: Lin- wood . Thomas, Edward Maxwell and Herman Scott, housebreaking and larceny. EMPLOYES ARE FETED. Home Laundry Is Scene of Dinner and Dance. Employes of the Tolman and Home laundries, the Carmack Dry Cleaning Co. and the Washington Coat Service Co. were entertained at a_dinner and dance in the main building of the Home Laundry, 1101 Raum street northeast, last night. About 200 were present. Prizes were awarded to Miisses: Reynolds and Eyelyn Burton, Millard MeCoy and Charles Lichfield. About 200 colored employes of the same organization enjoyed supper and dance at the same place Tuesday night. Prizes were given Margaret Jackson, Lucien Crown, Ophelia Clay- ton and Herman Clinger. THE WEATHER District 4 of Columbia — Rain and | warmer tonight and tomorrow; lowest | temperature about 34 degrees. Maryland and Virginia—Rain and warmer tonight and tomorrow. West Virginie—Rain tonight. and tomorrow; warmer tonight; colder in west portion tomorrow afternoon. Colder tomorrow night. Records for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 34 30; 12 midnight, 26; 4 a.m., 24; § am., 27; noon, 345 Barometer—4 p.m., 30.54; § 30.62; 12 midnight, 30.60; 4 a.m., 8 a.my, 30.62; noon, 30.56. Highest temperature, at 3:0 p.m. yesterday. st temperature, 24, occurred at 4 ah. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 38; lowest. 21. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States “ and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 4 am. and p.m.; high tide, 10:34 am. and 11: pm. Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:01 a.m. and | 5:29 p.m.; high tide, 11:29 a.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose am.; §:07 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:26 a.m sets 5:08 p.m. Moon rises 1:45 a.m.; sets 3:16 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one. balf hour after sunset Condition of the Water. Temperature ‘and condition of the | water at Great Falls at § am.—Tem. | perature, 82; condition, clear. Weather n Various Cities. in the Nettie Edith street, 1309 F Smn cet : | ants in viola-| hibition act is 8 pm., 36, ocecurred Coast sumsets sun “gepamga 19ou31) Pucloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Clondy Clondy Snow Cloudy Snow Cloudy Clear Raimn Clondy Snow Clowdy Clen S2E8LRE% 46 02 14 030 PEREE 008 Fiee Tndianapoli e sontille Jackeaneill 0.66 Pteloudy Rain Cloudy 0.32 Cloudy 016 Clear Clear . Forey 196 Snow 004 Clear 028 Rain 032 Snow Pt.cloudy 0.6i rmfi"-m 30,20 § Tomeec 3008 L o %fix- § 3 FOREIGN. ‘98 (% a.m.. Greenwich time. today.) Station: Temperature. Weather. 38 Clear llmdnn Eng) s Clear Part clouds Part cloudy Part cloudy Part slondy i Pt rlin oveniy Stockhol iy | | Pennsyl f i J 3 < | ! Childr | secretary NEW UTILITIES UNIT TO ORGANIZE WHEN SENATE GIVES 0. K. (Continued from take off with “f Likewise, they explained that they were unfamiliar with the affairs of the Public Utilities Commission and the important matters with which it is now concerned, Mr. Childress, who owns the Emer- son Pump 2nd Valve Co. in Alexan- dria. Va., said he applied for the posi- tion on the new commission because of a desire to “get something to do to keep me active.” My present work does not keep me he declared. “I found playing golf three and four week. That is not n gets old too quick doesn't have something to mind occupied.” After filing his application for the position with the President, Mr. Chil- dress said he solicited the support of the Tennessee delegation in Congress, 1l the members of which he knows personally. By trange coincidence, his appointment w nnounced ex- actly one month from the date he ap- keep his | plied for the office. Born in Murphy . scene of a famous Civil War battle, February 16, 1879, the son of Judge John W. Childress and Mary L. Mr. Childress received his early education in the Webb School of Bellbuckle, Tenn., and later attended Southwestern Unive: . After grad- uating from that institution, he went to Princeton University to take un ademic course and left in his sophomore year g0 to Nashville, Tenn, While in Nashville . Mr. Childress met Miss Rita Ridgely of this city ani romance brought him to Washington. He married her in 1904. They took up their residence here and now live at 2200 Twentieth street, with their two daughters, Charlotte Ridgely Childress and Adair Ridgely Childress. As soon as he reached Washington Mr. Childress went into the real estate business and was active-in that field until *1916, when he purchased the pump and valve company in Alex- andria. Although he has “dabbled a bit,” as he puts it, in the real estate business since that time, most of his attention has been devoted . to his factory in Alexandria. Tenn., the to Expert Land Appraiser. Mr. Childress is regarded as an ex- pert land appraiser. In 1913 he was appointed a member of the commis- sion which condemned 10 squares of land between the Union Station and the Capitol so that the Government could take title to it. The work of the commission, which also _included Rozier Dulany and Samuel Ross, was highly commended at the time. After- ward he was frequently called into court 10 testify as to land values. While still interested somewhat in political affairs in his native State, Mr., Childress explained that he has not voted for 23 years, when he cast a.'ballul for the Democratic ticket. up in Washington as he is, ress caid he had no desire to go outside to vote. He is a mem. Iu\rbnf the Kalorama Citizens' Asso- tion, the Chevy Chase Club, the shington Heights Presbyterian Church, and is a director of the Dis- trict National Bank. New Hampshire Native. Mr. Adams, like Mr. Childress, has been a resident of Washington for more than 20 years. Born in Hins- dale, N. H., 51 vears ago, Mr. Adams received his education in the elemen- tary and high' schools of that place and later went to Partmouth College, from which he graduated in 1897, After teaching school for awhile he came to Washington in 1900 and ob- tained employment as a clerk in the office of the District tax assessor. At the same time he: attended George Washinglon University Law School and was graduated in 190%. Later he was admitted o the bar. For 20 years Mr. Addms reinained in the District service, during which time he became a member of the Board of Assessors, the Board of ization and Review and the 1 of Personal Tax Appeals, and ally in 1908 he was appoimed as- sistant assessor. In 1920 he resigned from the District: service to become of the Union Realty Co,. a concern that -recently went out of busines: Mr. Adams was married in 1908 to Miss Harriet A. Hersey of this city. They have lived for a number of years at 3717 Morrison street. They have no children, The affiliation of Mr. Adams In- clude memberships in the. Washing- ton Board of Trade, Temple Noyes Lodge, F. A. A. Me”and the Chevy Chase CitizengsAssociation. He is a communiint of the All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase. Mallan Is Native. Mrf. Mallan, the people’s counsel, is a native-born Washingtonian and is the youngest of the three ap- pointees. He is 36 years old. Edu- cated in the elementary schools and Western High School, he also studied engineering at Cornell University for a vear and later took up a course in law at the University of Virginia. Graduating from that institution in 1914, he returned to Washington and was admitted to the bar of the Dis- trict Supreme Court February 1, 1925, Shortly afterward he was admitted to practice before the District Court of Appeals and in 1919 he was ad mitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court During the wa mior Mallan was a grade, in the E Reserve forces and scrved for 23 month greater | part of the time with the American navai forces in France. After the war he resumed his law practice. His wife is Frederica McKinney Mallan, daughter of Frederic D. McKinney, prominent Washington lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Mallan live in the Wood- ward Apartment. While he has specialized in tax and corporation law, Mr. Mallan said that in the course of his law practice he has had occasion to acquaint him- | self with the public utilities law, but is not familiar with many of the prob- lems now facing the Public Utilities | Commission The chief problem with which the pew commission will concern ftself is Havana, Cuba Colon, Canal Zone.. .. the traction situation, ‘.Ul!gl‘ess now THE EVENING WASHINGT( NEVITT DEFENDS " JESSSMITHVERDIT %2 Feature Interesting Program | Declares Suicide Was S0/ intendent of District % N. C. Barnes, director Patent No Exhaustive public schools; Miss Rose L. Probe Was Needed. STAR, {HOUSEWARMING HELD AT MAURY SCHOOL " MAY BE ABOLISHED sistant hools; |and Miss Jennie Ta Salle. supervisors, and Miss Adelaide 'euperang principal of the school district, were guests of for | At _a housewarming held Tu | night in Maury School. Fifteent | B streets northeast, by the Teachers’ Association of that Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, coroner the District of Columbia, confirmed today the recent charges made by enator -Heflin, Democrat, of Afla-| The school has been recently r | | rated bama, that no exhaustive investiga- | tion had heen made into the death of | 1 Jess W. Smith before he issued A | pote’ certificate of suicide. The evidence indicating _suicide wag however, Dr. Nevitt sald, quest was necessary. Smith, a close friend of former At torney General Daugherty and of the Harding administration, was found dead in his fashionable hotel apart- ment on the morning of May 30, 1923. His hand still clutched a pistol and a bullet hole was through his head. Senator Heflin declared from the floor of the Senate yesterday, however, that he was not satisfied with the suicide verdict “I reached Smith’s apartment prob- ably half an hour after the police were notified,” Coroner Nevitt ex- plained, “and it was evident imme- diately 'that a suicide had been com- mitted. Smith's body lay on the floor. A bullet had entered his right temple and come out at a higher point on the opposite side of his head. The bullet was lodged in a door jamb, having fol- lowed an angle indicating that Smith had sat on the side of his bed. Believed Suicide Certain. “His right hand still clutched the pistol, a iber automatic. It is quite true that it would have been possible for a person to shoot Smith and then force the pistol into his hand.” But the murderer would have had to know something about anatomy. In violent deaths there is an antimortem spasm that takes place just before death ensues. This spasm’ causes the muscles to become clenched, and they remain so until the more familiar post-mortem con- traction sets in. “I say it would have heen possible to have forced a pistol into Smith's hands immediately after he was chot, but it would scarcely scem likely. Smith left no note, except a sort of a will, written in lead pencil on a piece of paper. The will left $25,000 to Sec- music; & guests, and girls' glee clubs, direction of Dr. ' | come address hy Mrs. C. B. La | president of the organization Giles Scott Rafter, president ¢ Roard of Parent-Teacher of the District, also spoke. Prizes were ordered purcha the first and eighth grade cl maintaining the neatest rooms building. A prize of $5 was priated the kindergarden und. =0 patent, that no in to ance at meetings for the sem School, “Foreign Aggression AMSTERDAM, Holland, 13 UP).—The general coun International Federation of Unions to adopted a reso stating that it was watching { keen interest events in Mexico. “Our sympathies are with the ican people and government, resolution said, “and we assur Mexican people of the the international organized movement in resisting acts aggression and interferenc a retary Daugherty’s children, I believi and it was dated very shortly before Smith's death occurred. Everything seemed to prove suicide—it was patent. “The rosm was filled with people. I can't remember who was there. There were several detectives, but I can't even remember their names. Yes, I recall seeing quite a few offi- cials of the Government, but I do not remember their names at all. Sergt. Marks, who is now a lieutenant at another precinct, seemed to be in charge for the police. It was he who pointed out the bullet hole in the door Jam. “‘The same morning Lieut. Comdr. Boone called me up and said he had played golf with Smith the day before. He told me Smith was then in splendid bealth and high spirits. My experience as a coroner has led me to believe, however, that after the mental con: flict has passed and the victim de- termines upon suicide, he becomes absolutely calm and seif-possessed be- fore he steps into the gas chamber or pulls the triggery Scrivener Sent to Scene. Inder the District code, T am not expected to call for an Inquest over the body of a person where suicide is evident. I could find no reason for belfeving that Smith was a victim of any other than his own hand. There- fore 1 issued a certificate on the spot and informed the detectives there was no need for an investigation. Nor was any made.” Dr. Nevitt added that he had been visited several times since by an operative for the Department of Justice, who each tiine asked him if he would be *willing to appear before Congress with . his explanation. It appeared that the Justice Department agent was conducting an investigation for the Department. Dr. Nevitt said he assured the man each time that he would be glad to explain the situa- tion to Congress. Police records, too, show that the investigation was carried no further, so far as the District authorities were concerned. Ironically enough, it was Arthur Scrivener, popular headquar- ters detective, who himself was shot to death recently under circum- stances that are being questioned, who was dispatched to the hotel when headquarters was notified that a man | had “shot himself.” Scrivener re- turned shortly with the message that the coroner had declared it a suicide and said no investigation was neces- sary. CAVALRY CHIEF CHOSEN. Other U. 8. Association Officers Named With Maj. Gen. Crosby. At the annual meeting of the United States Cavalry Association, held at the Army and Navy Club last night, Maj. G Herbert B. Crosby, chief of Cavalry, was elected president and_ Col. William J. Glas- gow, commanding the Third valry at Fort Myer, Va., vice president. The following named officers were elected members of the executive council: Cols. ¥. 8. Foltz, E. H. Humphrey, John P. Hill and L. B. Ballantyne; Lieut. Cols. D. Van Voorhis, A. B. Coxe and A. F. Comiskey: Maj. H. F. Barrett and Capt. R. Willlamson. has before it a bill, drafted by the present commission, providing for a merger of the transportation com- panies. What the attitude of the new Commissioners will be in respect to this proposed legislation is not known, however, ' as neither Mr. Childress nor Mr. Adams was willing to_comment at this time. The commission also will inherit from the old body a dispute growing out of the charges of Mr. Clayton that the acquisition of the capital stock of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. by the North American Company, a New York investment concern, was illegal. The commission severed its official re- lations with the bus company last year and no apparent effort has heen made by either to bring about a rec- oncilation. In breaking off with the transit company, the commission tem- porarily halted’ a move toward a stralght 10-cent cash bus fare. Phone Rate Reduction. Another matter which the new commission will be forced to take up is the question of further reducing telephone rates in the District. Hear- ings on the proposal, started last Fall, were halted over technicalities, and the present commission, with the approval of the court, had planned to resume them sometime this month. The personnel of the new commis- sion will be located on the first floor of the District Building in offices now occupied by attaches of the present body, in addition to a suite of two large rooms which Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge has been ordered to vacate. Mr. Eldridge and his staff front. form. 310 Dr of mus Parent. school redeco The program included addresses by 1 numbers hy nd Associations for having the largest parent attend The work of Miss Florence Mortimer administrative principal of the Maur. was praised by the speake DUTCH FAVOR MEXICO. Trades Uninn: Pledze Aid Against | il of Trades upport IN. 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