Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1928, Page 13

Youngsters of the Burleith playground go in for These members of the dramatic club are “Mothballs and Mush- dramatics. costumed for the playiet, rooms,” which they presented Wednesday which was erganized Hartley is instructing the club. by Mrs. Robert D. Rands. Gene Tunney sails for his European hike. Afls’ fruitless ma- neuvers to duck the “pursuing press” vesterday, the retired heavy- weight champion got aboard the liner Mauretania at New York and sailed for Europe. This shows Gene, in high good humor, abeard under police escort. THE EVENING At right: The start of a great adventure. Three young mariners of the Columbia Yacht Club of New York putting out in a 32-foot motor hoat to cross the Atlantic Ocean via the Azores. Left to right: George V. Brothers, 23-year-old owner of the boat; Charles Banfield. 28, and John A. Brothers, 21 Hi Miss Ethel Star Staff Photo. ert Photos oing —Associated Press Mhoto. POLICENAN BENG ' SHEA NEARS END TRIED BY BOARD OF SMITH PROBE Intoxication Cha Wood Brings Conflicting Evidence. I of Charges against Policeman H Wood, at the ninth precinct being intoxicated while on duty and of fa ing to report to the police station. were heard by the police trial board todas Wond was suspended Saturday by Lieut Lauten, at the ninth precinct came into the statio allegedly drunken cond Sergts. Colman R Miller. also at the the board that d failed to pull his box at 11 o'clo and wes under the influence of liquor when he reached the station house According to Lieut. Lauten, Wood said to him, “If you think I'm drunk I wish you would suspend me 1 immediately suspended nant testified estimony of the officers was denied two defense witnesses. Dr. B. N f Casualty Hospital declared talked to him between 11 30 o'clock that night and was James R’ Hibbs of 205 C street northeast said that Wood w intoxicated and 2t 11 o'clock, say box now The case of Policema of the ninth precinct, cha unjustifisble shooting of a dog heard by the board s morning cases of Policemen W. H. T { the thirteenth pre- intoxication, W Lauten m and Arthur E. precinct, told him." the wi board Two Dismissed conduct two officers, and charged witk he cases of the case 0f & \hird officer » similar offense week when ti faled 1o appear The proof produced Chester C. Ste ¥ tr ho slleged 1o ¥ roker the home of Mrs. Ma Da ¥ifteenth treet norths abou 3 oclock in the morning of June 3, and 1o have assaulted Andrew Kosicki and cursed Mrs. Davis in the course of serv ng & warrant for the arrest of the woman, was found to be insufficient 1o convict the officer. Btepp took the wit- ness stand yesterday and denied all the allegations After hearing poth on the part and the defense prosecution witnesses Detect o 710 was conflicting testimon of the complainant the board also dis missed charges against Officer Thomas | that of Officer Harry 1 the tent) pre je Roherson precinet O'Donpell of eolored ferred by W Tgorton street Bobkorson be beard that O'Don- 524 | breaking rges Against Declines to Reveal What He | Has Learned of Killing by Policeman. Still declining to discuss the facts unearthed by his investigation, Assist- ant United States Attorney Walter M Shea was today engaged in the final phases of his probe of the shooting to death of Lewis S. Smith, colored by Policeman Ernest C. Spaulding of the twelfth precinct. Last night, as in the past three nights Shea worked until a late hour in col- laboration with Lieut. Edward Kelly and Sergt. Thomas Sweeney of the homi- cide squad on pertinent aspects of the case. Yesterday he spent a busy day | interviewing persons. Noble F. Rushe, Hyattsville garage STAR, WASHINGTON, Miss Amelia Earhart of transatlantic flight fame and Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, whose South Polar expedition is about to get under way, journeyed to the pier yesterday afternoon to welcome Mrs. Fred- erick Guest (at right), who provided the financial backing for Miss Earhart’s flight, on her arrival at New York on the S. S. Homeric. ‘Wide World Photos. D. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1928. This old relic of hygone days. a “hicycle huilt for two." is an its way here to he preserved for posterity in the Smithso n Institution. Mr. and Mrs. Goldwin Gol ldsmith of Lawrence, Kans (shown in the photo), who made a honeymoon tour of Europe on the old tandem “hike” 32 years ago, agreed to part with it, despite its fond associations, when the Smithsonian advertised that it was in the market for an early hicycle of this type. Jack Dempsey, one-time heavyweight boxing champion, receives some histrionic tutelage in the finer art of love-making from David Belasco. The producer is grooming the ring battler to be co-starred in a play with his actress wife, Estelle Taylor, the other party in this romantic moment. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. man and employer of Smith, together with his father, were closeted with Shea for nearly an hour. Rushe, Who'had talked with the assistant United States attorney several times before and who was largely responsible for the present inquiry by his protest of the findings of the coroner’s jury, indicated yesterday that he had confidence in Shea and the manner in which he was handling he investigation Others who conferred with Shea terday included Clifford Allen, navy d employe, of Lenox, Md.; Clifton Birch, Washinglon Railway & Elec- tirc conductor of Colmar Manor. Md both passengers on the bus which wa passed by Smith and Spaulding shortly before the shootnig, and John Edmunds, 3708 Twenpy-fourth street northeast driyer of the machine which took the colored man to the hospital after he had been shot Both Allen and Birch testified at the coroner’s inquest, and it is believed their statements before Shea were sub- stantlally the same as before the cor oner’s jury. Edmunds was not in town the day the inguest was held WON LUNACY CASE. sngd Dead in Arlington Was Freed July 20. who | LAND TWO IN POLICE NET Supposed Robberies Cause Matting to Fine Pair $10 Apiece. ] » men who reported beries to police yesterday selves in Police Court this intoxication charges Clagett Wims, 408 First street into the sixth precinct yesterday |told the sergeant he & Tobbery. When he refused to leave Ithe station house, he was booked for intoxication. Judge Robert E. Matting- {1y imposed sentence of $10 or 10 days | * George Hayes, night clerk at the Model Lunch Room, 737 Eighth street |southwest, called his employer and the fourth precinct police about 3 o'clock {this morning and sald he had been {robbed Both responded and testified {that they found Gicorge a little the * o {worse for overindulgence in a jar of wai 10Und | wine pbehind the counter.: An hour's metery Wednes- | seqrch of the establishment led to the knotted about ‘s | discovery of the money raported missing jury in the [in the nie box, Hayes paid a 810 fine a lunacy | \NOW UNDER OBSERVATION Harry ly ileged rob- found them- morning on walked and Edward dead day Randolph Arlington ith a necktie hroat. had been freed by a District Supreme Court of arge July 20 Dr. D. Perey Hickling, the Distriet alienist. told the jurors tha! the man was insane, but Randolph, In bis own hehalf, so well answered the question: put to himn that the jurors refused to rets him to, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, | Father During Argument where he had been under mental ob- | Harry Mealey, 30 years old, 479 ervation | Pennsylvania avenue, who is said to have fired four shots at his father Joseph Mealey, 56, proprietor of the struck | Pennsylvania Hotel, in an argument early this morning, was sent to Gal- linger Hospital for 10 days’ mental ob- servation by Police Court Judge Robert hearinz | E. Mattingly today The shooting oceurred about 3 a.m and the elder Mealey fled from hotel. in his_underciothes. He Mealey Fired Four Shots at nell entered his home June 10, him and threatened to “beat him up.’ O'Donnell denied that he struck the man The third case ted for vesterday but which was continued was | Jacobs of the Jacobe 1& charged with Jeft Pollard, 28 | & blow of his third precinct the arm of O'Brien eourt, with ightstick., preeinet on the corner and brought him back to arrest his son. 4 wanted to report | the | met | Policeman J. F. McLarney of the sixth | belleved the fleeing insurgenis carried | The aceldent, which was the worst in |ALLEGED THEFT REPORTS Man Who Refused to Do next month. art, but his mechanie was Accused of Stealing Gets 180 Days Surprising court officials who had re quested jail authorities to separate him from the trousers he was accused of | stealing and which he persistently re- | fused to take off in court yesterday Eugene McNeil, colored, 23, 69 L, street appeared in court wearing the same | trousers again today and was given 180 days in fail for larceny McNeil was accused of taking a suit ! from Fred: Strohman, also colored. He | clals to provide the prisoner with a today But McNeil returned today in the identical trousers. He endeavored to prove an alibi by saying he had pur- chased the clothes from a second-hand dealer, Joseph Taylor, the dealer he named, however, denied ever having seen either the prisoner or the suit before. After tmposing sentence “spare Judge Mat- Gar Wood's Miss America VI starting out in the St. Clair River, at Detroit, for the speed test in which instruments showed she made 125 miles an hour before breaking in two under the terrific speed. Wood, piloting the hoat, was u of the same model is being built to defend the Harmsworth Trophy sent to a hospital. Another boat Associated Press Photo. Pants He Was | LIQUOR SQUAD TAKES | MAN AND WOMAN Mrs. Mary Curtin and Employe Arrested After Raid and Pur- chase of Alleged Whisky. Police raided the near-beer establs ment of Mrs. Mary Julia Curtin, 22 Four-and-a-Half street southwest, at | appeared before Judge Robert E. Mat- | tingly ordered the trousers taken {rom |pnoon today, and arrested Mrs. Curtin "tingly yesterday. In order to properly | present the trousers as evidence, As- sistant United States Attorney Albert A | arrested McNeil each offered to loan ! him another pair, but he declined | Thereupon the case was continued and the bailiff instructed to ask jail off- | PRESENTS CREDENTIALS. | SANTIAGO, Chile, August 17 (#) willlam Smith Culbertson, new Ameri- can Ambassador to Chile, presented his credentials yesterday to President Car- los Thanez He was accorded military honors by a regiment of troops and was recelved by the President in the red room of | the National Palace. Mr. Culb succeeds Willlam M. Collier as I bassador. son ‘ Am- Mexicans Hang 14 Captives, MEXICO CITY, August 17 (#)—Dis- patches from Queretaro say that 3 | Insurgents were killed during a combat {and 14 taken prisoners and hanged {to telegraph poles at Leon de la Crus. Col. Jose Marques, who commanded the attacking Federal forces, said he | |off the body of thelr leader, Manuel Irias, MecNeil and returned to their rightful owner. But Strohmen, the complainant, mag- | he had wisely brought into court, and | MeNeil disappeared down the stairway | to the prisoners’ dock with the trouser on his arm JAILED IN LAUNDRY THEFT laundry thieves" as who steal Judge Robert | sent Mrs. Harriet Florida avenue, Denouncing persons the todny 60 worse than news- | papers E. Mattingly Brooks, colored. jall for 90 days Mrs. Brooks admitted package of laundry that should have Been Jeft at 40 Florida avenue, but | claims she put it in the vestibule and when she returned some hours later to get it the package was gone, 20 Killed, 60 Hurt in Train Wreck BELGRADE, Jugoslavia., August 17 () —Twenty persons were killed and | 60 injured in the wreck of a passenger train which was derailed near Buyano- vatz, Serblan Macedonia, yesterday. on corner to taking in a | Jugosiavia in several vears, was declared |10 have been due to wornout ties, hd Raymond Jackson, an employe, cach 35 years old, on charges of sale Stern and the two policemen who | nanimously offered an extra pair which |and possession Little of the police lguor squad. Assisted by Policemen George C. Deyoe, T. O. Montgomery and Leo Murray, and Revenue Agent R. F. Cornett, conducted the rald Sergt. Little's agent reported having purchased a half pint of whisky from Mrs. Curtin last night and today he veported making a similar purchase from Jackson. Jackson is reported to have had the marked money in his possession when narrested Nineteen pints of genuine whisky and more than 30 quarts of alleged moonshine were seized, according to the police Earlier in the day. Sergt. Littie and members of his squad seized an auto- mobile containing 168 quarts of whisky and arrested its two occupants. One registered * as W. J. Jaffa, 24, 722 Twelfth street northeast, the other as Jullus Spibock, 21, 1119 East Lombard street, Baltimore. Sergt. George M Anton Sova Dies. PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, August 17 (#).—Anton Sova, 64, noted Czechoslo- vakian epio poet, died vesterday at Passau. His works were extremely pop- ular and have been translated into many languages. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. A Philadelphia housekeeper struck a bargain the other day when she bought this “ten-in-one” freak ear of corn at a cormer grocery Ten ears sprout from the same stalk. county or farm claims the distin It is not known what State, ction of having grown Associated Press Photo KELLOG 0 SAL FOR PARIS TONIGHT Secretary to Sign Anti-War Treaty With Representatives of 14 Other Nations. By the Assoctated Press Secretary Kellogg Mrs. Kellogg, will sail from New York shortly after midnight tonight the French steamer Ile de France for Paris. where he will sit with the representa- tives of 14 other nations to sign on August, the treaty renouncing war The few representatives of foreign countries now in Washington arranged to be at Union Station today to bid bon voyage to the American Secretary of State, He will be accompanied by only two attaches of the Department | of State, Willlam his private sec- retary, and _Michael J. McDermot | chief of the Division of Current Infor- matfon, who goes as a press liaison. ‘Will Be Joined by Phenix. In New York they will be joined by Spencer Phenix, who was an assistant to the Undersecretary of State and was active in the work connected with the negotiation of the treaty before his | resignation. Mr. Phenix goes as a tech- ! nical expert. In Paris they will be jolned by J. Theodore Marriner. chief of the Division of Western European Affairs, who preceded Secretary Kellogg to conclude arrangements. | Secretary Kellogg Is going to Paris | for the sole purpese of signing the treaty which has come to be known by his name and in the negotiation | of which he had been active since last | December, He has let it be known that accompanied by on h- | he does not intend formally to discuss | | any international questions while there and that he intends to be in Paris only three or four days. Will Return Cosgrave Visit. | ident Cosgrave of the executive couneil | of the Irish Free State and will go di- rect to Dublin from Paris, returning by way of London. He plans to sall | from Southampton on the stea ip | Leviathan September 4, for New York, but may be compelled to change his ! sailing to a later date should he be un- ;able to complete his visits to Dubiin and London in time 'AUTO TAG ISSUE IN COURT. Hearing on Agent's Use of Dealer's Identification Insignia The question whether an automobile salesman may use dealer’s tags on a car loaned him by his employer to travel back and forth between his home and office or to transact other business for the firm will be argued before Judge John P. McMahon in Traffic Court on August 29. test is the outgrowth of the case of Edward 8. Burton, 1830 K street, an employe of the Hawkins-Nash Motor Co., charged with “failing to have roper identification tags on his car" urton was arrested by Policeman J. H, Dellinger of the third precinct for over- time parking. and the tag ch was added when it was noticed that jer's tags were on the xnum.r. He plans to return the visit of Pres- | ASK LEGAL RULING ON SINCLAIR LEASE Renewal of Salt Creek Roy- alty Contract Referred to Justice Department. The Interior Department today that had referred to partment of he D: of the S the purchase Government's Wyoming. being at Co. of Kan: In Febr - s ar option on th | stating at that time | was no fraud shown of the original lease by Secre and the Mammoth Ol Co was no alternative but lease. to West's Decision Asked Since Secretary West Work. L. L. Marcell of the White Eagle Oil Co c an oil refinery near Casper, W | quested him to ma previous protes Work, question | renewal. Tt wh 8 was made known {that Marcell had been informed | Secretary West that .the matte been turned over to the Departme | Justice by his predecessor, and that h | did not feel like taking any action til the department had reached a deci- sion The execution option by Sinelair company was opposed by G. Willlams of New York and |Phelan of New York before Secret Work granted the renewal. After th. renewal was granted Willlams wrote & letter to the Department of i and the Interfor Department s the entire matter to William J jvan, Assistant Attorney, Geners i decision has bee United States Paid $33,733.%0. It was explained at the Iut partment that a total 83 had been paid the Government Stnclair Consolidated for barrels of ofl taken from the Salt Cre | fleld between 1922 and 1928 a | average Iate of $1.73 a barrel The Intetior Department understands that the White Eagle Oil Co. desires to purchase. some of the Salt Creek oil for its refinery. The company is said to contend that if the Government sold the off' on' ‘the’ opén market it prob- ably could' obtwin ‘a ‘better price. w Joc D. C. to.Auction Autos. The' ' Distifet ' Commissioners today approved a request of the property clerk to auction 18.stolen and abandoned automobiles at 10 o'elock- the morning of September 7 at the. Oocoguan wha:f on Water street, at-the foot of Ninih astreet.