Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1929, Page 17

WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, The Foening Star FEBRUARY 4, POLICE BEAT HIM, L DAUGHTERS AND SONS, MAN CLAIMS D. C. Officers Charged With “Strong-Arm Tactics” in Making Arrests. BREAK IN DOOR OF HOME SEEKING YOUTH, HE SAYS Forced to Walk Barefooted in Night Clothing to Patrol Box After Being Hit, Father Says. Charges of “strong-arm” tactics bs'.; police of the third and fourth precincts will be laid before Chairman Gibson of the House District committee, this week as the outgrowth of arrests made | by police last Saturday morning in the home of William F. Carpenter, 491 H | street southwest. According to neighbors and members of the family, 11 policemen came to the Carpenter home at 1:30 Satur- day and knocked on the front door. They were seeking to arrest Carpenter’s | 21-year-old son on a larceny charge. Carpenter came to a window on the second floor and asked the officers what | they wanted. They are said to have| answered with a peremptory demand that he come down and open the door. Carpenter said he asked them if they; had a warrant, exlaining that his at- torney had advised him not to let any | olicemen in the house unless they ex- ibited a warrant. Neighbors Saw Door Broken. The officers are said to have answered | that it was none of his business whether | or not they had a warrant, and that| they didn’t need one, anyhow. After| receiving this answer, Carpenter said, he refused to admit them. Attracted by the noise and alleged rofanity used by the policemen. neigh- gors came to their windows in time, they said, to see several officers rush | the door, breaking it down on the first attempt. As the policemen entered the house, Carpenter ran downstairs in his night clothes and met them at the foot of the landing. “I was trying to explain that my at- torney had made arrangements with detective headquarters to produce my son any time he was wanted, and that this arrangement was agreeable to them.” Carpenter said. “One of the officers grabbed me | around th> neck and pulled me down the stairs. I asked them to show me a warrant and they refused. One of them said he didn’t care what arrange- ments I had made with headquarters, they had come to get the boy and in- | | night clothing. Joseph Carpenter and his father, William F. Carpenter, as they appeared in Police Court today on charges of assault. policemen_beat down the door of their home and hauled them out in_their The Carpenters charge that 11 —Star Staff Photo. | STANDS MAY BLOCK VIEWS OF PARADE Rows of Seats Will Line Ave- nue From Peace Monument to Seventeenth Street. Stands for spectators along Pennsyl- vania avenue from the Peace Monument | to Seventeenth street will prevent those | who do not buy seats from viewing the | inaugural parade unless they stand at | street intersections. The grandstand | arrangements are possibly the most pre- | tentious ever considered. | The official grandstand in front of | the White House, which will be inclosed in glass, is -weil under construction, | and workmen today began laying the | foundation for the grandstand at the | south end of the Treasury Building. | Bids were to be opened today for con- | struction of the grandstand on the | south side of Lafayette Square, facing | the official stand, which will form the center of the court of honor to extend along the upper part of Pennsylvania | avenue between Fifteenth and Seven- teenth streets. The stands to be con- | structed from the Peace Monument to Thirteenth street are to be built on a | concession basis, and if the bids are not | considered ample the grandstand com- mittee will undertake the work itself. Special Bus Service Announced. ‘The Washington Railway & Electric | and PHILANDER C.KNOX SUED FORDIVORCE Cruelty-and Drunkenness Are Charged in Petition Filed Here. Mrs. Josephine P. Knox, 2924 Twen- | ty-eighth street, today filed suit for & limited divorce in District Supreme Court from Philander C. Knox, son of the former Secretary of State and Sen- ator from Pennsylvania. The wife says her husband treats her with cruelty, and by his drunkenness causes her such humiliation that she cannot continue to live with him. Mrs. Knox tells the court she was married at Charleston, W. Va., Septem- ber 26, 1917, and has two children, 10 5 years old. Shortly after the birth of their first child, Mrs. Knox says, her husband began to drink heav- | ily. He ¢nade frequent promises of re- | form, she states, but failed to keep the promises and on several occasions beat her. Fearing for her health, she took | up a separate residence in 1926. Knox begged her to be taken back, the wife | declares, and she gave him another! chance. | Last June she told him she could not stand his drinking and he decided to | leave their home, moving to his resi-| dence on South River, near Annapolis, | the wife asserts. She then purchased | the home at 2924 Twenty-eighth street, | which she occupied with her children | while her husband was on a Western BLANTON IS SILENT RICHARDS ISSUES ON- WHEREABOUTS OF WOMAN PALMIST Texan Takes Refuge from Harassing Questioners in House Office. MRS. BLALOCK REPORTED TO BE IN BALTIMORE Investigations Centering Around Capt. Burlingame Are at Stand- still Pending His Reply. Harrassed by newspaper men seeking information as to the whereabouts of Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, missing Seventh street palmist, whose sensational charges against Capt. Guy E. Burlin- game of the second police precinct are the subject of three independent inves- tigations, Representative Blanton of Texas sought refuge today behind the locked doors of his office in the House Office Building. Telephone calls to Blanton were an- swered by the Texan himself. “I have nothing to say” was the stock reply to all querles, and the receiver was promptly returned to the hook. Inside of the office, Blanton could be heard pecking away at the keys on a type- writer, and he is reported to have told | some callers for whom he opened the door a few inches that he was busy completing his work in Washington preparatory to returning to his home in Abilene, Tex. Woman Reported’ in Baltimore. Although Blanton has declined to disclose the hiding place of Mrs. Bla- Jock, there are persistent rumors that she is in Baltimore, near enough to reach Washington on short notice should her presence here be desired. In the meantime! the investigations of Mrs. Blalock’s charges are virtually at a standstill, pending action of the Dis- trict Commissioners tomorrow when they expect to receive Capt. Burlin- game's reply to their communication of Saturday asking for an explanation of his alleged relations with the palmist Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, to whom Burlingame was in- structed to send his reply, said he ex- pected an answer before noon tomorrow, the deadline fixed by the Commissioners. What the captain’s defense might be or whether he intends to offer one, Maj. Hesse said he did not know. Bur- lingame continues to remain reticent, but he is reported to have told friends that he would give the Commissioners an explanation. ‘William H. | | | SCHEDULE 10 AID TARDY TAXPAYERS Calendar of Obligations Is Drawn' Up by District Assessor. PAYMENT OF PENALTIES LISTED AS ALTERNATIVE Filing of Personal Property Returns Before Next Month Is Ad- vised in Statement. Tax Assessor Willlam P. Richards to- day issued a calendar of obligations falling on local taxpayers within the next few months designed to save them penalties for tardy taxes or late tax returns. The statement calls on those who expect to be out of town next month to file their personal property returns before they go. Failure to file these schedules before March 31 re- sults in a 20 per cent penalty. The status of the sale of tax titles, appeals from recent assessments and supple- Tenml assessment accounts is also out- lined. The statement follows: “At the be- ginning of this year the yearly assess- ment of real estate was completed and open to review and will be open for five months, or until the first Monday in June. It will thereafter be revised according to appeals and become effec- tive as of July 1, 1929. The amount of this assessment above last year's 'will lie somewhere around $20,000,000, the exact amount not having been deter- mined. & “Of equal importance with these | changes are the assessments of new buildings which were finished or under roof on January 1. These assessments are known as supplemental accounts: that is, they are only for the last half of the present fiscal year. Persons who | moved 1nto_their property between July and December of last year and who re- ceived bills for land values only should take care to request bills for the sup- plemental assessments which will be due in March. This office mails out such bills without request, but they sometimes are overlooked or else may fall into the hands of the seller, who fails to forward them to the buyers. Last year supplemental assessments amounted to nearly $17,000,000 and brought in a considerable revenue for the second half of the year. “Another point to be noted is the fact that the annual sale of real estate took place last month and that there re- mains two years in which to redeem such property, otherwise it goes to deed. A strenuous effort was made during the Fall to notify delinquents regarding the Collins, assistant United | coming sale, but nevertheless nearly 1929. * . Upper, left to right: Miss Florence Lower, left to right: Miss Dorothy PARKWAY TENANTS QT APARTHENTS Move to Avoid Eviction Made | Possible by Refusal of Review Plea. ‘Tenants of three apartments in the Parkway Apartments, Connecticut ave- nue and Macomb street, today volun- tarily vacated the building to avoid eviction made possible recently when | the District Court of Appeals declined to review a decision by Judge George C. Aukam in Municipal Court upholding | the right of the present owner of the | property, Azreal Furr, in ouster pro- ceedings filed early in November. The legal battle over the. apartment grew out of failure of the building as a co- operative apartment project and its sub- | | | PAGE 17 TRADE BOARD ASKS HOOVER T0 SUPPORT FIGHT FOR AIRPORT “Legislative Jam” Endan- gers Project, President- elect Told in Message. {URGENT APPEAL POINTS OUT BACKING OF OTHERS |Approval Given Plan by Coolidge, MacCracken and D. C. Business Interests Cited in Plea. An urgent appeal to Herbert Hoover to issue a general statement supporting the need of a first-class airport for Washington and declaring that a “leg- islative jam” now endangers the airport Johnson and Miss Alline McBride. Golloday and Miss Marie Casassa. 100.C. GIRLS FORM “OLDNAIDS " L0B Single Blessedness Preferred to Wedding Pitfalls by Young Misses. . Determined to perpetuate the bless- ings of spinsterhood, 10 attractive ‘Washington maidens have banded to- gether to form an Old Maids’ Club, | the only openiy recognized organization | most adequat of its kind. The eligibility of applicants is predi cated upon two assumptions: That th: shall regard men purely 2s & means to an objective, and that they pledge eternal faith in the Llessings of the single state. Originally there were to be 13 mem- bill now before Congress, was dispatched today by the Washington Board of Trade to the headquarters of the Presi- dent-elect at Miami, Fla. ‘The telegram to Mr. Hoover, sent in the name of the trade body by La rence E. Williams, chairman of its avia- tion committee, points out that local business and civilian interests, as well as many Federal officials, including President Coolidge and Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce MacCracken, have approved tne proposed construction of a first-class airport on Gravelly Pdint. The wire to Mr. Hoover reads: “Do you favor a first-class airport for the City of Washington? President Coolidge ‘looks with favor upon legisla- tion indorsing project.’ Secretary Mac- Cracken strongly approves project. Bus- iness and civillan interests almost unanimously behind it. Legislative jam endangers bill well on way through Con- gress. Senator Capper working des- perately to get action at this session. ‘gm ym‘lc givi g:;:peflr;.l'-s statement on need municipal ai 3 cially.in the Nation’s Capital?” e y Local trade bodies have championed the cause of the airport legisiaticn, which would provide for the construc- tion of a first-class airport on the Gravelly Point site on the Potomac and which would provide service for the handling of air mail of both local in- terests and the Federal Government. The Board of Trade and the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, through their aviation committees, have made extensive surveys of sites for the pro- {posed airport and the organizations | gave he}rty approval -of the Gravelly | Point site as n}e most economical and e for the service | The District Commissioners ul:n;‘?t‘!:gr officials are on record approving this project and are urging enactment of legislation now before Congress. Delay in Action Indicated. The bill pending in the Sena - | trict committee ":8““ i o tended to do it. “By this time the rest of my family had come downstairs in. their night- | clothes. Co. will furnish motor bus service to horize a municipal trip, but en his return he moved into any part of the city during the inau-| her home, where he conginued his| gural period, acenrdj.gg u;’ :un nnnounhc.: | dr]l&kln%in she declares . by Police. ment today by John , who | rs. 0X Says s| earned her hus- unuhre" o Shekhy::enca 1 and been named special transportation |band was giving a “big party” at the 'The women hm e, trying o agent. As visitors arrive at the Union |house near Annapolis January 19 and remonstrated police, | Station they will proceed to an informa- | decided to investigate. She found him States attorney, who also is investi-| 20,000 pieces of property were adver- gating the charges, said today his pro- | tised in December, '1928. cedure would be governed entirely by! ‘“Next month is the time for the pay- the action of the Commissioners. ment of the second installment of real Collins also said that Blanton is still| and personal taxes and coincident with keeping him in the “dark” as to the | this action is the requirement for re- whereabouts of Mrs. Blalock, if he|turns on personal property. Persons sequent sale at auction to satisfy hold- | bers of the club, but three became be- ! ajrport ers of the second trust. trothed before the constitution could be | be put off for. setior: pon brooaply will Meanwhile, it was learned today | drawn up, and their names were in-| gress, it was indicated toda: 2 that suils have been filed at Municipal | dignantly stricken from the tentative | - It 'is understood the subcommittee Court’ against three former tenants in | roll. | now drafting the District app: m‘m the building for use and occupation of bill for the coming fiscal lwhmenn- to “Stick Together. vent them fre the boy. Anj zgcer struck J (the Boy they were | after) on the head with a blackjack, | inflicting a wound which Tequired two stitches at a hospital. “My other son, Elmer, 25 years old. fried to prevent the officer from hitting | Joscph. They blacked both of his eyes. My two daughters, Barbara, ‘18‘ and Dorothy, 16, were dragged out into the| street in their nightclothes and cuffed | by the policeman. ' Their screams at- tracted neighbors, who saw the police Wit them. Barbara’s ankle was hurt tion booth, where they will be given | addresses at which they may obtain rooms for the period of the inaugural. |la Bus drivers will be supplied with emerg- | eighth street house drunk, she states, ency addresses in case the rooms speci- | and abused her. A maximum | tection of the court to prevent the hus- fled are not available. charge of 75 cents and a minimum of 25 cents will be made for this service. Washington Tourist Camp to answer inquiries regarding sightseeing tours and for other transportation purposes, !later will have offices at the Willard Hotel. and there are bruises on her back and shoulders. ! “At first they did not molest myi wife, but after leaving the house, one of | the officers walked back into the front | yoom. where she was standing and hit | her with his fist. blackened her eye| and knocked her back into the dining| Toom. Says Forced to Walk Barefooted. “The officers then walked my two| gons and myself to a patrol box at Four-and-a-half and I streets, nearly wto blocks away. I was in my nightclothes and barefooted. I told them L had. been ill and was afraid of catching pneumonia. They wouldn’t| et me go back for my shoes. One of | the boys wanted to give me his, but | they wouldn't let him do it.” i The disturbance was witnessed by ! Mr. and Mrs. George: W. Phillips, 489 ‘H street southwest. { Mrs. Phillips said she has lived next to the Carpenters for 10 years and has | never known them to be disorderly in | any way. She described the manner in'| which the police made the arrests as an | “unbelievable outrage.” “T heard the girls screaming,” Mrs. Phillips said, “and ran to my bedroom | window.” g “I could see several officers standing around the two girls, who were dressed only in their night clothes. I saw the | police hitting them, but I couldn't dis- | tinguish one blow from another. The officers were using language of a highly | profane nature. Neighbor Says Woman Hurt. | “The next day I went over to see| Mrs. Carpenter. Her eye was black | and swollen, and she told me one of the policemen had hit her. 1 wanted | to go down and help them that night, | but my husband woudn't let me. He| went down himself and saw the whole thing.” The father, a structural steel work- er, and the elder son were taken to the sourth precinct, where assault charges were placed against them. Joseph, the younger son, was taken to the third precinct the following day for purposes of identification. A wom- an, from whom he was alleged to have stolen a pocketbook and on whose story the warrant for his arrest was secured, was called in, but could not identify him. Charges of assault then were made out against him. Capt. Scott of the third precinct said he had no first-hand information as 1o the alleged assaults. The policemen from his precinct, he said, told him that the other members of the family had attempted to interfere with the officers in making the arrest, and that assault charges had been placed against some of them. ; Capt. Cornwell, fourth precinct com- mander, said the affair was in the hands of the fourth precinct, and that his men accompanied the others mere- Iy because the arrest was to be made in his territory. ¢ The police party making the arrests included Sergt. Emile Gasch, Sergt. Spottswood Gravelly and Officer Rup- pert. McNeill of the third precinct and Policeman M. P. Creel of the fourth precinct. Names of the other officers were not obtained Policeman McNeill, who swore to the warrant for the young man's arrest, denied that any of the policemen struck members of the family. He said all of the blows were struck by the Car- penters. He also said the warrant was in preper form and that it was properly adiilited, Applications for accommodations dur- ceived from every State in the Union, according to Miss Kathleen Lawler, | vice chairman of the housing and hospi- tality committee. The committee is | planning to accommodate 50,000 people. | Discuss Entertainment Program. | ‘Theater managers, critics and mem- | bers of the entertainment committee | were to meet this afternoon to insure the best possible entertainment in the | playhouses of the Capital during in- | augural week. Reservations have been made at the Willard Hotel for Gov. Fisher of Penn- sylvania, members of his cabinet and general of and colonels of | Pennsylvania National Guard during | the inaugural period. Gen. Edward | Martin, an of the Republican | State committee, as well as other mem- | bers of that committee, also will be at | the Willard, with a number of members | of the State Legislature. Gen. Martin and other members of | the committee will be hosts at break- fast March 4 in honor of Gov. Fisher. | The official colors of the governor will fly above the Pennsylvania. avenue en- trance of the hotel while the party is | in Washington. Planes Coming From St. Louis. | A formation of several planes bear- ing the colors of the Robertson Alr-| craft Corporation, for which Col. | Charles A. Lindbergh formerly was chief | pilot, will be flown here from Lambert- St. Louis Airport to participate in the | aerial parade inaugural day, according | to word received here today from | Lieut. Frank H. Roberfson, president of | the company. Sixty of the leading commercial aviation companies of the country have been invited to take part in the pro- posed aerial demonstration, in addition to the many Army, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft which will fly over Penn- | sylvania avenue and the Capitol, | March 4. . Medal and Watch Charm Stolen. Loss of a Philippine medal of honor was reported to the police today by Jacob J. Weber of Soldiers’ Home. Weber told the Eollce that the medal was taken from his coat this morning. ! Mr. Hall, who may be reached at the | h entertaining men and women, she says, and returned without him. Two days later Knox reappeared at the Twenty- The wife seeks pro- band from further molesting her and asks that he be required to leave her ome. Knox has been paying her $500 per ing the inaugural period have been re- “ she says, is $18,000 a year, exclusive of month, Mrs. Knox tells the court. She | deciares she will take care of the trusts jon her property, but asks that he be | required to pay counsel fees and costs |of the suit out of his income, which, extra dividends on stock holdings. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, Ru- dolph H. Yeatman and Austin F. Can- field appear for the wife. REFLECTING POOL UNSAFE | FOR SKATING TONIGHT Authorities Warn of Break-up in( Ice—14,000 Persons Enjoyed Sport Yesterday. Although indications pointed to an early breaking up of the ice, skaters on the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Me- morial were permitted to enjoy their | sport today. The park division of the | Office of Public Buildings and Public | Parks announced that there will be no | skating tonight. Skating officially be- gan at 6 o'clock this morning, but red flags in the dangerous places on the ice warned of spots that were unsafe for | skating. ~ The morning registration | showed that the air was 24 degrees and the water was 39 degrees and the tem- perature was slowly rising. Skaters yesterday made a holiday of it, for a total estimated at 14,000 per- sons through the day took part in ca- reening over the ice. A number of per- sons broke through the ice, but as the pool is only 30 inches deep in the mid- dle, there were no serious casualties, and the unfortunate got off with a| ducking of the lower extremities. Orders were given to close down skating at 3:30 o'clock, so broken had the ice become. It is estimated that there were 4,000 persons skating about 2 o'clock yester- day afternoon when the maximum was reached. Men armed with scrapers went out this morning to smooth off the rough spots on the ice and the park division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks said that skating would be permitted as long as possible, *al- though night skating will be banned. Orange Crop Is Threatened. VALENCIA, Spain, February 4 (#).— Unfavorable weather threatens failure of this season's orange crop. The A gold'watch charm also was taken. | The medal bears the number 368. fruit is falling from the trees after continued rains and low temperatures. | Estelle Young, 18 years old, has been held in the National Training School for Girls since May 21, 1928, under an ab- solutely void warrant and is entitled to be discharged at once. This decision was handed down today by the District Court of Appeals through Chief Justice George E. Martin. The court reversed the action of the District Supreme Court, which had dis- missed a petition in habeas corpus brought on the girl's behalf by her sis- ter, Effie E. Carrico, as next friend. From the opinion it appears that Estelle Young, while under the age of 17 years, on February 8 1928, had been adjudged by the Juvenile Court to be destitute of a suitable home and lacking in parental care. She was sentenced to the National Training School, but on April 4 the court heard her petition to set aside the opder of at &rapted & ‘Girl Kept in Reformatory Since May Under Void Warrant, Decision Holds new trial. May 31, after the girl had become 17 years old and beyond the Jurisdiction of the court, an order was passed without a hearing declaring void the vacating of the commitment and holding the original order in effect. ‘The girl had been paroled in her sis- ter’s custody in the interval, but May 21 was taken into custody and placed in the House of Detention to be trans- ferred to the training school. While here, the habeas corpus petition was filed and directed to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. In reversing action of both the Juve- nile Court and the District Supreme Court, Chief Justice Martin holds that the Juvenile Court has the power to ex- tend its terms of court from time to time, &s it did in the instant case, and has inherent power to grant a new trial before the juvenile, by reason of age, passes beyopd its jurisdiction knows, for the Texan has not municated with him since his ref from Baltimore. Chairman Gibson of the House Dis- trict subcommittee, who first undertook an investigation of Mrs. Blalock's accu- sations, also declared that Blanton had not given him any additional informa- tion he may have in his possession relative to the case or had not revealed the hiding place of the palmist to him. Approves Comissioners’ Procedure. While the committee intends to make no further move in the case until the United States attorney's office com- vletes its inquiry, Mr. Gibson said if Blanton or any other member has ad- ditional data bearing on the case and desire to present it, he will call another meeting for that purpose. Gibson indicated his approval of the course taken by the Commissioners in giving Capt. Burlingame an opportunity to answer the charges before taking any action. *“In fairness to Capt. Burlin- game,” he said, “I think he should have a chance to reply to the charges, and I don’t think he should be disciplined until he has had an opportunity to do so.” ‘The corps of newspaper reporters on Blanton’s trail stood guard most of the morning outside of his office on the third floor of the House Office Building, expecting Mrs. Blalock to call momen- tarily. There had been reports that she was on her way to Washington ‘o confer %ith the Texan, but up to noon she had failed to make her appearance. The only clue that the reporters have as to her identity i1s that she has titian hair. Consequently every woman who entered the House Office Building was the object of careful scrutiny by the curious reporters. Representative Blanton later said that he did not want to be a party to bringing Mrs. Blalock to Washington, where he said he fears she will not get adequate protection. He authorized the following statement: “You may say that after putting me through the third degree and hammer- ing me with questions, I finally replied, by asking you this question: “When Hesse was interrogating the accused officer in connection with this case did he ask him anything about the receipt of checks for $2,500, for $8,700 and $500, and you replied, you did not know, but your impression was that he did not.” turn { ACTION ON MANDAMUS AGAINST WEST REVOKED Appeals Court Upholds Plea for Restoration of Four Children’s Names on Chippewa Rolls, The District of Columbia Court of Appeals in an opinion by Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel today revoked the action of the District Supreme Court, which had dismissed a petition for a man- damus against Roy O. West, Secretary of the Interior, to compel him to place upon the rolls of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota the names of four children of Sarah Kedrie, a member of the tribe, who in 1909 married Mall Kedrie, a naturalized citizen of the United States. The Indian woman with her husband resided in Canada and for a time in Syria, of which country he was a native. The appellate court holds that the names of three of the children, which were stricken from the rolls in 1917 by direction of the Indian Bureau, be re- stored and the name of the {nungest child, which has never been on the rolls, be placed thereon. The court finds that it is immaterial whether the children were born in Canada or in Syria so long as the mother retained her citizen- ship in the United States. . New furniture exhibitions in Europe indicate that the woods at present fashionable are sycamore and Macassar | | i i com-iwishlng to leave the city or finding it inconvenient to make the returns during the month of March may make them at the present time, but it will at least occur that any return after March or any faliure to make a return will carry a penalty of 20 per cent. “Blanks for filing of personal tax returns have been mailed to all per- sons whose names appear on the per- sonal tax records; if such a blank has not been received by any one owning taxable property, a request should be magle o]f( the personal tax office for such a blank.” NINE ARE INJURED INFOUR ACCIDENTS Three Women and Two Men Hurt as Result of One Crash. Five persons were injured as a resuit of a traffic accident at Tllinois avenue and Webster street yesterday afternoon. They are James W. Martin, 50 years old, and Mrs. Grace Martin, 40 years old, 648 F street northeast; William H. Draeger, 59 years old, and Mrs. Minnie Draeger, 49 years old, 1488 Meridian place, and Mrs. Anna C. Speiss, 54 years old, 1506 Meridian place. According to police, Draeger’s car was struck from the rear by the car driven by Martin, the latter car overturning when it reached the sidewalk. Mrs. Speits, mother of Policeman Karl O. Speiss of the sixth precinct, was thrown from the car in which she was riding and her left shoulder fractured. She was taken to Garfield Hospital. Mr. Draeger's nose was broken, Mrs. Draeger's wrist was sprained and her knee bruised. Martin received injuries to. his face, while Mrs. Martin's left wrist was fractured. The injured re- ceived treatment at their homes. Two persons were slightly injured as a result of a collision between two auto- mobiles at the Fourteenth street en- trance to the Speedway yesterday aft- ernoon. They were Mrs. E. M. Fuller, 70 years old, of Stoneleigh Courts, and Mrs. Maggie Twitty, colored, 34 years old, of Arlington. C. R. Zappone, 2000 Connecticut ave- nue, and Forrest Peacock, 1364 Harvard street, were drivers of automobiles that collided at Seventh street and Rhode Island avenue early yesterday morning. Henry Ross, colored, 431 M street, occu- pant of the latter car, was slightly in- jured. He was given first aid at Freed- men’s Hospital. o Bernard Foss, 14 years old, of 924 Massachusetts avenue recelved an in- jury to his forehead last evening, when his’ bicycle struck a parked car at New York avenue and Eleventh street. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. IOWA SOCIETY BALL. Election of Officers Will Precede Program Tonight. James W. Good of Chicago, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Towa, will be honor guest and principal speaker tonight at the reception and ball of the Towa State Society at 8:30 o'clock in the Willard Hotel. Election of officers will precede the entertainment program. The con- gressional delegation and other prom- inent Iowans will be present to greet Mr. Good. E. Hull, commissioner of im- ml&'flt n, is president of the society, with Karl S. Hoffman first vice pres- ident and Miss Gertrude M. Louis secr Telarg 5 apartment residences there who failed to vacate the building November 1. in conformity with agreements signed about the time the property was placed on the auction block, last July. At that time, according to testimony given at the ouster proceeding trials, tenants in the building signed a contract agree- ing to vacate November 1, in return for four months free rent given by Mr. Furr as new owner of the building. The occupation suits were filed in the name of Mr. Furr by his attorney, Karl Kindleberger, against William J. Manning, Edith B. Holland and Jessie M. Robbins, The suits seek rental for the time the tenants were in the build- ing following November 1. Tenants of the three apartments who today vacated the building were Julia and Roberta Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. | Joseph Small and Mr. and Mrs. Lin- {wood T. Folk. Last Friday Lula B. | Flynn and Miss E. J. McIntosh moved | from their apartment. The tenants were informed they would be evicted if they remained in the building. G. W. U. DEBATERS BEATEN BY MASSACHUSETTS TECH George Washington University de- baters lost the opening meet of their season when the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology team won the unan- imous decision of the judges in debate Saturday night on the question “Re- solved, That the public should retain ownership of and develop the principal sources of hydroelectric power in United' States.” ‘The Massachusetts Tech debaters | argued that hydroelectric power does | not require Government ownership and | operation and that the Government is | incapable of developing such a vast in-| dustry. | ‘The defeated George Washington team included Hearst Duncan, Karl| bee and Andrew Howard, while the victorious debaters were Paul Keyser, a graduate of Central High School here; Sol Horwitz and Thomas Mackesy. William W. Bride, corporation coun- sel of the District; Frederick Shelton of the United States Chamber of Com- merce staff and John F. Deeds were judges. William Allen Wilbur;: provost of George Washington, presided. ORI TEN-EVENT PROGRAM. Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary of the Federation of Arts, will be the speaker tonight in the seventh of the series of programs in the Georgetown 10-event course. Her topic will be “The Metro- politan Museum of New York,” with especial emphasis on the American il i, 1 o o wi p) e Metropoli- tan gollecllmu. The lecture, under patronage of Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, will be given in the chapel of the The | Where the mother takes a tolerant view Pledged . ‘The 10 still eligible for membership are Clarice Bond, Dorothy Paige, Mar- garet Schneider. Alline McBride, Jane Hammack, Marie Casassa, Catherine Griffith, Nina Allen, Florence Johnson and Dorothy Golloday. They range in ages from 19 to 21 years. All attended the same grade school and went through Central High School together. At that time there were about 25 in the group. On graduation day they promised each other to “stick together” and keep their mutual contacts. Many of the number were unable to resist the alurements of marriage, however. and it was just after an unusually heavy week of linen show- |ers and after-the-ceremony receptions that Miss Golladay remembered an old | school day maxim. “In unity there is strength.” From this the idea of the Old Maid's Club was born. Apparently the members do not have | all the courage of their convictions, | however, for penalties have been created | to strengthen certain members already | suspected of weakening. Bride Forfeits $5. If a member weakens to the extent of becoming engaged, she must donate a 5-pound box of candy to the remaining members. If she is so unfaithful to her pledges as to become married, she must place $5 in the treasury to be released | from her obligations. The last remain- | ing member is to get the $45 as a re- | ward for her fidelity. { ‘The black cat has been adopted as the | club’s official emblem. Meetings are held once a month at the homes of dif- ferent members, preferably at those I of youthful ideals. ‘Those most vigorously opposed to the new organization are described as the; “boy friends.” These unfortunates are denied admittance to the meetings and | must, perforce, wait outside while the | young ladies gather to renew their | pledges and vows before starting out on their “dates” for the evening. MAN, 77, SHOT BY WIFE ON JANUARY 19, DIES | Naylor Inquest Will Be Held at| the Morgue Tomorrow Morning. | Woman Under Observation. Franklin Pierce Naylor, 77 years old, | 811 Forty-eighth street northeast, who | was shot by Cora Pearl Naylor, his col- ored wife, 38 years old, the morning of January 19, died at Casualty Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Naylor was arrested by Sergt. H. E. Burlingame and Policemen ‘Geor L. Earle and Ralph Burton mm.g after the shooting. She is re- gomd to have told police she and her usband had quarreled some time be- fore the shooting. Police took Mrs. Naylor to Gallinger Hospital for observation. It is believed | ‘Georgetwon _Presbyterian Church, P street near Thirty-first, at 8 o’clock. 146 South Dakotans Feast on Elk Meat, Sent Frqm Black Hil ‘Two hundred pounds of elk meat, served as steaks, chops and roasts, head- lined the menu last night when 146 native sons gathered for the annual dinner of the South Dakota State So- clety, held in tl’{feds\g'hh[wn HothThl: meat was su| y a game par! th:' Black l:, where the State main- tains a large herd of elk. ‘Table decorations of miniature trees and lakes, representing the Black Hills country, were in kre:gmg with the menu, which also offe: sugar and kou.:e"r products produced in South Da- ota. Representative - Christopherson, re- tirlng president; was ‘master of cere- moples, while speakess included Di. David Griffiths, floriculture expert with the Department of Harry King, editor of the Merchant Fleet News, and Charles H. Burke, com- missioner of Indian Affairs. follows: Mr. King, president; George Henry, Miss C. Louise Phillj Catherine Dice, 3d. Frances M. Davison, secretary; Dora Laurson, assistant secretary; J. M. Otterness, sergeant-at-arms. Martin Olmem and Art Brown were ap- pointed members of a committee to ar- range for the celebration this coming November of the fortieth anniversary of the admission of the State of South | Garner in the cast. Helen Dakota to statehoad. g both plays. she will be able to attend an inquest | at the Morgue tomorrow morning. Is, at Annual Dinner Agriculture; W. society elected mew officers as and Miss vice idents; Miss Miss | sidering the advisability of inclug | in the supply bill an item for a gen‘:fi i survey of the landing field needs of | the Capital, and if such a survey is | undertaken, it is not believed likely that ;X;; pdendl.:zg ‘llrpon’bul ;vould be re- ed out of committee for theAn mf‘snt!me, T rmy housing bill favoral - | ported last week by the Senate ;fifil’l’w affairs committee included other | items an authorization of $660,000 for | purchase of additional lands for the War Department near Bolling Field, and it may be that the necessity for rearranging the Army field bears some relation to the suggestion for a survey i of the airport Capital. rport requirements of the R T e 'APPEALS COURT 0.K.'S COMMUNITY PACT | Decision Forbids Sale of Homes to Colored People in Violation of Signed Agreement. Persons signing a contract with neighbors not to sell their property to colored persons may not withdraw from | the agreement except through the fail- ure to complete and record the agree- ment within a reasonable time. The District Court of Appeals so held today when it affirmed the decision of the District Supreme Court that Edward G. and Susie B. Russell were not justified in withdrawing from an agreement and selling their home at 77 Randolph street to colored persons. Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel in ren- germg the opinion of the court said: ‘The chief consideration for the con- tract was the mutual promise and cove- nant of the signers, each with the other. Mutual agreements of this kind, en- tered into for a valuable consideration, are upheld on the theory that the sub- scribers are banding together for the accomplishment of an object which is of common interest to all and which can only be attained by their combined performance. The consideration for each subscriber is the promise already made by others who have signed or by those who will subscribe. The contract becomes, therefore, of such nature that a subscriber may only withdraw when an unreasonable time has been con- sumed in procuring the signatures of all the parties, who are required to ml‘ke up the agreement. e e taken in shown in the evidence.” T CENTERS GRIE PLAYS. “Thank You, Doctor,” and “Lord's Prayer” to Be Presented. The public is invited to the i Presentation of two plays wlnlm: Thomson Community Cenfer and the Southeast Community Center Wednes- day night at 8:15 o'clock in the audi- torium at Thomson Center, Twelfth and L atrects. Both plays will be entered in the third annual one-act play tournament, sponsored by the Com- munity Drama Guild of Washington, which opens February 11 for limi- narles and closes February 27, when the finals will be given at McKinley audi- e B Thomsor aymakers of will be seen in Gilbert mery'ln“%l:’:; You, Doctor,” with a cost including Dr. F. Thomas Evans, Ruth Welty, Kermit treasurer; H. T. Davis, Russell g Tdwards, | Bos Girdner, De Witt Miller and Louise worth. The Southeast Community Players will nt “The Lord's Prayer,” by Coppee, with Alfe erly. Blizabeth Lentz, Clara Keull, arles Newman, Willlam Rigney and Edward W. Zeller will