Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1928, Page 5

SEVEN ROUNDED UP | IN BITNER KILLING Suspects, Held for Investiga- tion, Must Prove Where- abouts During Murder. As a result of a night of activity by fmembers of the Detective Bureau homi- cide squad and second precinct police, seven suspects were under arrest today in the murder Thursday night of Phil- bert Bitner, 29 years old, 817 Sheridan street, who was shot and killed at the | Lord Baltimore filling station, Sixth | street and Rhode Island avenue. Bitner was manager of the station. Members of the homicide squad, under the direction of Licut. Edward J Kelly, arrested five men between 3:20 end 6 o'clock this morning. A sixth was arrested by Headquarters Detective Paul Jones and the soventh bv Police- men Ray Bremmerman and J. F. Dank- meyer of the second precinct. Must Prove Alibis. Pglice today refused to reveal any nformation concerning the arrest of the men other than to say that they were picked up in a “dragnet” and will not be released until they have been able to definitely prove where they were &t the time of the murder. The detectives expressed the opinion that the men who fled after one of their number had shot and fatally wounded Bitner are members of the same gang of seven colored men who held up and robbed Julius Goode, a tailor, and his essistant, Walter Fields, in the former's shop at 251 Florida avenue on Wednesday night, obtaining $300 from the former and $5 from the latter. It is planned to have the two men Niew all suspects arrested. Marylander Gives Tip. Three of the six men arrested by the homicide squad were faken into custody because of a story iold police | by the manager of a filling station in Mount Rainier, Md. This man, whose nmame price are ‘withholding, stated that on Thanks- giving night between 9 and 10 o'clock Tour colored men drove up to his filling station and requested the loan of a jack in order that they might fix a tire on their car. The manager was just preparing to close, so told them that he would loan them the jack, pro- viding that they would pay him for the length of time that he was forced to keep open while they were using it. Following the completion of their work they returned the jack, but when he asked them to pay for its use they only laughed at him and drove away. ‘The three men here admit that they were at the filling station on that night, police say, and furnished the name of & fourth member, who lives out in Maryland end who has not been ar- Tested. Bitner was shot at 11:45 o'clock of the same night. FINE ARTS BUILDING | CONTROL PLAN HIT Chamber of Commerce Board Ap- proves Idea, but Holds Powers Are Too Broad. An unfavorable report on the bill which would give the Fine Arts Com- mission power to regulate the exterior design of private’ structures erected within 200 feet of a public park and building was adopted yesterday by the | committee on parks, playgrounds, high- ways and bridges of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. While members of the committee ex- :ressed approval of the general idea be- ind the bill, the committee decided the powers proposed were too broad. The committee approved the bill ‘which would permit the District Com- ‘missioners to close certain streets found unnecessary, due to changes in the highway plan. . ALEXANDRIA, , ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 1 (Special).—The monthly report of the activities of the Alexandria Police De- rtment, submitted to City Manager aul Morton this morning by Police Capt. W. W. Campbell, shows a total of 395 arrests in November. Arrests for violations of the traffic laws led with 101, while the remainder were made as follows: Drunkenness, 94; vi- olation of the prohibition law, 69; oper- ating an automobile without permits, 19; investigation, 11; disorderly con- duct, 10; operating an automobile while under the influenée of liquor, 9: as- sault: (minor). 8; disorderly and fight- ing, 8; gambling, petty larceny, 8; grand larceny, 6: non-support, 6; abu- sive language, 3; adultery, 3; delin- quency of minor girls, 3; firing gun in street, 3: reckless driving. 2; menace to health, 2; hil-land-run, 2: housebreak- ing, 2; desertefs, estroying property, 2; perjury, 1; assault (felonious), 1; Jumping board bill, 1; arson, 1; inter- fering with police, 1; conducting busi- ness without license, 1: carrying con- cealed weapon, 1; falling to make junk report, 1; hold-up, 1: trespassing, 1: unmuzzled dog, 1: violation of game law, 1; vagrancy, 1. $1,819 Property Stolen. During the month $1.849.75 in prop- erty was stolen, according to the po- ice. of which $1,297.50 was recovered, while $1.98550 in stolen property was recovered for other cities. Thirty-five antomobile accidents were reported, in which three people were hurt and 24 were settled out of court. Seven cases of housebreaking occurred and six were cleared up, while 16 of the 24 petty larceny cases were cleared up. E. F. Scherer, 38, was fined $140.50 and sentenced to serve 30 days in iail when arraigned this morning in Police Court on a charge of operating an auto- mobile while under the influence of liquor. Melvin Kennedy. 31. and Mabel Nichols, 29, the latter colored, each were fined $70.50 for violating the prohibition law. Roy Schifflett, 24; Robert Lyons, 36, of Fort Hunt and M. K. Bickers, 68, each were fined $14 for durnkenness, as was Richard Holmes, 42, colored. Burley Morton, 23, colored, was fined $8 for violating a traffic law. Samucl E. Berry, 28, colored, of Washington forfeited $10 for violating a traffic law, while Parker Waterson, 32, colored, and J. L. Taylor, 18, each forfeited $2 on traffic charges. 979 Hunting Licenses. FElliott F. Hoffman, clerk of the courts, reports that 979 hunting licenses were sold in November as follows: One hundred and sixty-eight non-resident licenses at $15.50 each, 350 State li- censes at $3 each and 451 county li- centes at $1 each. 5 Collections during November for vio- lations of the prohibition law and drunkenness totaled $2,151.50, according to Mr. Hoffman, while $695.03 was col- lected for the State from taxes on wills, Buits, marriage licenses and delinquent _taxes. The total coilections for the month amounted to $6,981.53. Henry C. Goodnow and wife have sold to Henry T. Moncure and wife, ‘Mary B. Moncu:». house and lot 8, block 15, section 2, sui -vision of Rosemont. The deed of the property transfer was placed on record this morning at the office of Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of the courts. Will Greet Hoover DR, HIPOLITO IRIGOYEN, President of the Argentine Republic, will welcome President-elect Herbert Hoover when he visits there on his South American _good-will trip. Mr. Hoover is expected to arrive there about December 10. —Associated Press Photo. HOOVER TRIP IS HIT AS COOLIDGE “BLUFF” Editorial Latin American Policies and Criticizes President's Links Successor. By the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, December 1.—An ed- itorial published in the newspaper Diario Plata yesterday, under the heading of “The Bluff Behind Hoover's Visit,” sharply criticizes President Coolidge’s policies in dealing with Latin America. It asserts that since Mr. Hoover is to be the successor, he, too, is “not wanted by Latin America.” The editorial says that Latin Amer- ica has followed the United States’ political campaign with great interest, but its sympathies lie not with the Re- publican party, but with “the Demo- crats, whose traditions offer greater guarantees to the sovereignty of Latin American nations.” The editorial reviewed the Coolidge policies and mentioned the interven- tion of the United States in Nicaragua while the pan-American conference was in progress in Havana. It declared “the Hoover trip is an additional bluff, since pan-Americanism resulted in a bluff, and both prevent understand- ings of the two races.” Orgies were originally secret celebra- tions in honor of Bacchus and noted for the wild licence displayed by the celebrants. NA WociPWARD & Lot et The largest single paper-producing fhachine in the world can turn out a shect of newsprint over 21 feet wide, &t the rate of 20 feet a second. and elegant patterns. THE EVENING STAR, BRTIH RETGENT ON BALDVN RERLY posal Attracts But Little Attention. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 1.—Announce- ment that Premier Baldwin had sent a reply to Representative Britten's pro- posals of an interparliamentary con- ference on naval limitations attracted only moderate attention in the morn- ing papers today. The reply was sent to Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassa- dor at Washington, who is to commu- nicate to the American State Depart- ment. The majority of today's papers printed the announcement that the reply had been sent without giving it any special prominence, and one paper buried it in | small type at the foot of a column | while another omitted it altogether. The only paper {o comment was the Daily News which said that if the Bald- win reply expressed complete readiness to discuss the question of equality of sea power in an open, frank and statesman- like manner, it represented the popular feeling in England. BRITTEN STANDS BY GUNS. Fiaunts Criticism of Esceeding Au- thority of Representatives. By the Assoclated Press. Chairman Britten of the House naval affairs committee, whose proposal for a naval conference between the United States and Great Britain was regarded in some quarters as unorthodox, is standing by his guns. He has expressed the belief that re- | sults will come from his suggastion and |has fired a salvo at critics who inti: thority in communicating with the {British prime minister. Britten in a | cablegram to Premier Stanley Baldwin proposed that members of the House naval affairs committee and a commit- tee selected from.Parliament meet in Canada to talk over Navy problems. The Illinois Representative was em- phatic in his statement that he had Set no precedent in communicating with the British prime minister direct. instead of going through the regular diplomatic channels. “For the past 25 years nearly every country on earth” he sald, “has recognized the right of its parliamen- tarians to meet and exchange views on matters relating to a better under- standing amon* the nations, without presuming that they were infringing upon the prerogatives of the God- chosen diplomats.” “No one can rightfully say that I ex- ceeded my authority when I suggested an interparliamentary conference for a specific purpose to Stanley Baldwin, a member of Parliament. The people of England and of the United States expect their governments to arrive at a Note on Britten Naval Pro-| mated that he had exceeded his au- | T he ‘Christmas Store et un. 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Sterling Silver—Flatware in a wide variety of popular Especially notable is the show- ing of Sterling Silver Tea Sets, among them The Windsor Castle pattern, copied from an Antique used in Windsor Castle in 1750, 5 pieces, $400; Water Kettle to match, $325; 5-piece Brandon Tea Set, $225; 5-piece Colonial Tea Set, $325. f FirsT FLOOR, F STREET ENTRANCE. WASHINGTON, CHLD WELFARE TOBEDISCISSED D. C. League of Women Vot- ers to Hold Semi-An- nual Meeting. How child welfare in the District can be further promoted through the public school system, particularly from the viewpoint of vovational guidance and placement, is the general subject for discussion at the semi-annual meeting of the District of Columbia League of Women Votors Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the University Women'’s Club. “Washington public schools are fail- ing signally in one of the most impor- tant functions of education—adjusting | the child to life,” said Mrs. Clara M. Beyer, chairman of the child welfare committee of the District of Columbia League of Women Voters. “Boys and girls are leaving school at 14, 15 and 16 years old, inexperi- enced, aimless and uncounseled, to ob- tain by accident the kind of employ- ment best suited to their growth and development as citizens and wage earn- ers. They try first one job and then another and another in the vain hope that they will finally find the right one and make good. What these boys and girls really need is sane, sympathetic individual counsel and guidance, be- ' ginning with the seventh grade and extending through the period of ad- justment to industry. “Vocational guidance and placement are essential to the proper functioning of the Washington schools, and should be provided at the earliest opportunity.” Vocational guidance will be discussed | by Mrs. Anna L. Burdick, special agent for trade and industrial education of the Industrial Board for Vocational Education. Miss La Salle, assistant superintend- ent in charge of research of the Dis- trict schools, will discuss the need of a | trained psychiatrist on the school staff. Walter S. Ufford, secretary of the Associated Charities, will tell of the need for medical inspection of school children, and Miss Fay Bentley, director of the Bureau of School Attendance and Work Permits, will discuss the op- eration of the new child labor law. friendly understanding, and the quicker this is done, the better.” There have been reports from Lon- don that Premier Baldwin has for- warded a reply to the British proposal | through the State Department, but the | State Department said the communi~ cation had not been received. ! Representative Britten said that the tone of Premier Baldwin's reply might rmine whether the proposed confer- ence would be held before the Washing- ton arms treaty expires in 1981. IROP .. 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