Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1929, Page 17

Washington News The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929. * Society and - S2S00000R FUD HAYEND DEADLOGK OVER DEFIT BLL Steps Are Taken to Arrange Meeting Between House and Senate Conferees. AGREEMENT EXPECTED AS COMPROMISE MOVE Would Be Substitute for $24,- 000,000 Harris Amendment Un- der Plans of Leaders. The estimate of $2,500,000 additional for prohibition enforcement, submitted \ by the administration, is in a fair way to break the deadlock which has existed in the case of the first deficiency appro- priation bill. Steps are being taken today to bring about a meeting tomorrow of Senate and the House conferees on the defi- ciency bill. Leaders hope an agreement may be reached with $2,500,000 addi- tional for prohibition enforcement as a compromise for the Harris amendment which provides $24,000,000 beyond the amount originally asked by the adminis- tration for dry law enforcement. Harris Sees Victory. The Harris amendment, backed by the @enate, was turned down by the House sending the bill to conference with in- structions that its conferees oppose all the Senate amendments. Senator Harris of Georgia, author of the amendment attached to the defi- clency bill, said today that the fact the sdministration forwarded to Congress a supplemental estimate for prohibition enforcement was a victory for those who contended that larger appropria- tion should be made. While he ex- pressed satisfaction that the supple- mental estimate had been made, Sen- ator Harris said he believed the sum should be increascd above the $2,500,000 Pproposed. The general opinion at the Capitol foday, however, was that the additional wppropriation for enforcement would not exceed the estimate submitted by the administration. It is expected that the deficiency bill will now be per- mitted to become a law. New Effort Probable. Until the supplemental estimate was yeceived there existed a threat that the Harris amendment would be attached to a second deficiency bill even if the first bill were permitted to die in Con- gress. An effort may be made to obtain & direct vote of the House on a proposal for a sum greater than $2,500,000 when the second m% bill comes before that body, it was sfid today. It is not believed, however, that the House will g0 beyond the amount set by the ad- ministration for prohibition enforce- ment. ‘The first defldenc¥ appropriation bill earries many items of importance. Sen- ‘ mtor Warren, chairman of the appro- priations committee of the Senate, is snxious that it be disposed of promptly. -~ HOUSE—PIQO’#OSES RAISE IN EMPLOYES’ SALARIES Passes Appropriation Bill Which Provides for Study of Alleged Inequalities in Pay Roll. and legislative appropriation bill late yes- the House made a step toward that lect by including an amendment providing for a study of the salary situation at the Capitol. This amendment authorizes the Speaker and Vice President to appoint s ttee of three Senators and three House members to make a study Given His Spinach, Cod Liver 0il, Orange Juice and Such Daily. Deeply Attached to Dr. Mann, Director—Many “Fans” Come to See Him. N'gi, 3-year-old gotilla at the Zoo, has gained 5 pounds in two months on the balanced diet of a human baby— spinach, cod liver oil, orange juice, cup custards and all the rest. g Because of the traditional delicacy of illas in captivity, the little black “wild boy” of the West African jungle hes been fed and watched rather more | carefully than the average baby since he has been in Washington. He has had only one sick spell, a “tummy ache.” A child alist was summoned at once when he stopped playing and began to mope about his cell. Very little is known about the diet of wild gorillas, but apparently the child diet is ideal for N'gi, according to Dr. Willlam M. Man, director of the Zoo. The little ape gets his orange Juice with its protective vitamins the first thing in the morning. Then a couple of tablespoons of cod liver oil are given him, mixed in milk. Through- out the day, his meals are varied with milk and eggs, raisin bread, apples, lettuce, boiled sweet potatoes, turnips and other vegetables. Just before 4:30 three afternoons a week, he is fed a cup custard with a spoon and the other days he gets a rice custard. The cup custard is brought just be- fore N'gi goes “by-by.” As soon as he has licked the spoon, he is handed his blanket. Then he climbs awkward- ly to his bed, rolls himself up com- pletely in the blanket, and falls asleep. He never wakes up at night, accord- ing to the keeper, who is about the house most of the time, but who no longer is detailed to keep a special watch over N'gi. The only other baby gorilla in America, at the Philadelphia 200, has to have a special attendant all night because of his habit of wak- g;g. up and becoming terrified at the T, Since he has been in Washington, N'gi has had several keepérs so as not to become especially attached to any one person. He has formed deep at- N'GL, YOUNG GORILLA AT ZOO, GAINS WEIGHT ON BABY'S DIET tachment, however, both for Dr. Mann and Head Keeper William H. Blackburn. He becomes more active as soon as he sees either of them approaching, and Dr. Mann has formed the habit of visiting him each morning before going to his office. During the past two months, Dr. Mann says, N'gi has had more than 250,000 visitors, greatly to his delight. Besides, he has his “fans” who come to See him every day, mostly women and children. He now recognizes these per- sons and puts on special shows as soon as he sees their faces in the crowd. During the rare hours, when there is nobody in front of his cage, N'gi be- comes dejected, apparently feeling that he has been forgotten. Dr. Mann believes that his recent stomachache very largely was psycho- logical, because it came after two rainy days when there was only a thin scat- tering of visitors in the lion house. N'gi, says Dr. Mann, has been by far the most popular animal ever in the Zoo. He displays some of the tantrums of a spoiled child. When Dr. Mann leaves him in the morning, he will start dash- ing wildly back and forth across his cage, dashing his body against the bars apparently with force enough to knock himself out. He never has injured him- self, however, and he s the rampage as soon as the director is out of sight. Dr. Mann feels that this is merely an effort to gain sympathy and that the force of lunges is carefully calcu- lated so they will not be very painful. SLAYER OF WOMAN GETS THIRTY YEARS GIBSON D. C. PROBE NEAR COMPLETION Plea Changed, Colored Man Is Sentenced for Murder in Second Degree. Lawrence A. Gray, colored, was sen- tenced to spend 30 years in the peni- tentiary for causing the death of Margaret Brown, also colored. Gray was indicted for first degree murder, but was permitted to withdraw a plea of not guilty and plead guilty to second de- gree murder. Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1 today fixed the sen- tence at 30 years. He shot and killed the woman during an argument Sep- umheruinmxm»motxnz- rama road. Nine years was the penalty meted out to James Jones, colored, who was con- victed cases of T. Hamilton, 1337 Madison street, last December. Louis Bell, colored, was .sent to the penitentiary for seven years and six months by Chief Justice McCoy. He stole an automobile from the Milestone System, Inc.,. 2131 Fourteenth street, June 17. ‘William Anderson, colored, will serve five years in the penitentiary for the larceny of an automobile from Willlam Sterling, 632 S street, October 18. Malcolm Stewart, a young white man, ;eu aec‘n! to ’qtyhe nenllcnt:gr_vb for three ars for joy-riding and bringing a stolen car into W: ‘There vsere charges of joy- in addition to the latter charge. , PLAN FOR 8-ROOM SCHOOL 0.K’D BY COMMISSION 1 Design for Murch Building, In- cluding Gymnasium and As- sembly Hall, Cost $179,400. ‘The District Commissioners today ap- ‘the | proved plans drawn by the municipal POLICEMAN FINED $100 ON INTOXICATION CHARGE Another Officer Dismissed for De- sertion at Trial Board Hearing. ¢inct, who pl y Police Trial Board yesterday to intoxi- cation, was fined $100, it was announced today. Inspector Louis J. Stoll, chair- man of the trial board, said that Leich had a perfect record since his appoint- ment to the force in 1920 and t the officer explained his intoxication by say- ing he had taken some of a liquor pre- scription remaining after he had used part in combating a case of influenza. Pvt. J. K. Howes, twelfth precinct, was ordered dismissed for desertio The officer did not answer his name at duty and T. W. Pal prechlze:u: wéln amount for failure to P licoman K. E. O'Nell, tenth pre- cirict, was fined $5 for reporting four hours late to duty. BREAD BAN LIFTED. France Raises War Restrictions on ‘White Loaf. PARIS (#).—Good white bread, the ‘before-the-war variety, is France's pres- ent to herself, War restrictions are off. Millers are free to grind only the kernel of the wheat and they are freed from the re- quirement of adulterating the flour with rye and other substitutes. The old description of a Frenchman as one “who is decorated and asks for more bread” is accepted in France as based on {act. architect for the construction of an eight-room school, including a combi- nation ium and assembly hall, to_be known as the Ben W. Murch School and located at the southwest corner of Thirty-sixth and Ellicott streets, and also for the construction of an eight-room addition, including a combination gymnasium and assembly hall, to Burrville School, on Division avenue northeast between Hays place and Bell place. The Murch School is estimated to cost $179,400. There is available for the work, $185,044. The work on the Burnville School is estimated to cost $160,900, for which $174,678.56 is avail- able. ‘The chief clerk of the Engineer De- partment was instructed to ask for bids on the two construction jobs. Foundry Superintendent Dies. LYNCHBURG, Va. February 15 (Special) —C. R. Tuttle, superintend- ent of the Lynchburg Foundry Co. here, died Wednesday night in a hospital at Winston-Salem, N. C. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock today at Walnut Cove, N. C. Mr. Tuttle is survived by his widow and two daughters. House Subcommittee to Dis- cuss Future Policy at Meeting Tomorrow. ‘The Gibson subcommittee has about wound up its work of investigating local conditions, particularly the Police Department, for the present session. Chairman Gibson is having a confer- ence this afternoon on some of the loose ends of the investigation, and has called an executive meeting of the sub- committee tomorrow morning to discuss the unfinished business and to decide on its future policy. Mr. Gibson said today he thinks Senator Caraway’s suggestion on turn- ing over information that he has gathered to the Attorney General is an_excellent one because the Depart- ment of Justice has every means to proceed in a spirit of fairness to parties concerned. Mr, Gibson -thinks his subcommittee should go only far enough with the in- vestigation to satisfy themselves what ogard o the Poice Departiment. That regar n he said, is in accord and agreement with the spirft of the resolution, which brought the subcommittee into exist- ence. Mr. Gibson is now drafting a report on the work of his subcommittee, which will be presented to the full District committee and the House before the close of the present session. Immediately after Congress adjourns Mr. Gibson expects to take a month’s rest on a trip to Panama. TESTIMONY IS TAKEN ON ANACOSTIA TRACT Maj. Somervell Represented by As- sistant District Attorney Burkin- shaw in Ross Heirs Case. ‘Testimony is now being taken before Lucian H. Vandoren, master in chan- cery, for the Equity Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, in the case of the Ross heirs, who are seeking to restrain | 0 Maj. Brehon Somervell, district en- gineer of ‘War Department for the Potomac River area, as an agent of the Government from claiming as Govern- ment land a stretch along the Anacos- tia River north of Benning Bridge. Maj. Somervell is represented in the proceedings by Assistant District At- torney Neil Burkinshaw. ‘The Government is seeking to de- velop the disputed land as part of the park program of the District. Maj Somervell has just completed a per- sonal survey of the area. WOMAN LEAPS 3 STORIES. Back and Hip Believed to Have Been Broken In Fall. Mrs. Lillile Wagner, 50 years old, an inmate at a sanitarium for the aged at 1775 Lanier place, was brought to tal this morni in a Emergency Hospl serw{u“ condition after she had leaped from the third story window of the sani-~ tarium. It is thought her back and one hip are broken. Mrs. Wagner, police say, has bee staying at the home a considerable time. Mrs. Helen M. Johnson, said to be in charge of the sanitarium, stated today that the woman has been disconsolate for several weeks. Prisoner‘ Caught After Wild Auto Chase, Insists His Address Same as Detective's “And he lives at 238 Thirteenth street northeast,” Sergt. Frank Alligood of the automobile squad, dictated yes- terday afterngon over a telephone to & ther def brof tective, Thomas Nally, following an arrest of a colored man after an exciting chase. “You're crazy,” Nally shot back, “I live there myself.” The prisoner, James A. Leomans, 25 years old, was brought to headquarters, but even' when confronted by Nally, stoutly insisted that he lived at Thisteenip street the | He is being Leomans was arrested by on suspicion. The detective was at Pirst and Pierce streets northeast, when he saw the colored man pass in an sutomobile. He immediately gave chase. The two cars continued at speed to Twelfth and K streets = east, where Leomans deserted his ma. e and darted into an alley. Allf telephoned the ninth precinct and police and fire reserves were ‘dis- patched to the scene. They combed the neighborhood and Leomans was found. & chazge of 4o J- | tax on autom BUREAU RUNNING NEW MONEY FORCE FULL TIME; ADDS 1o Only Women of Civil Service Status Accepted for Work of Replacing Currency. LETTERS SENT THOSE ON ELIGIBLE LIST Undertaking Costing More Than Treasury Department Ex- pected It Would. The Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing in its big program of replacing the old currency of the country with new small-size paper money before July 1 of this year has resumed running at full time, has taken on 15 additional young woman employes and may have to add more in the future, it was dis- closed today by Director A. W. Hall, The only employes who will be added, he carefully explained, however, will be those with civil service status, and they will be girls taken on as printers’ assist- ants. How many more will be necessary or when they will be added, Mr. Hall said, he could not at the present time indicate. No men will be needed. Letters Sent to Eligibles. Letters have been sent out to persons on the civil service eligible list to find those who will be available for appoint- ment to temporary positions, when the need arises. ‘The peak ‘of the printing load will be reached about in April, Mr. Hall ex- plained, in order to get ready the money needed for distribution in July. All furloughs have been taken off, and the entire force of about 4,700 employes is now working full time. ‘The new small money is going to cost more money than the Treasury De- partment first thought. 309,500 for Special Paper. President Coolidge yesterday asked Congress to provide $309,500 for the Treasury Department during the present fiscal year to be used in the purchase of distinctive paper for the new bills and for compensation to employes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and for miscellaneous expenses in con- nection with producing the smaller cur- rency. Director Lord of the Budget Bureau said the supplemental estimate was necessary because of “an underestima- tion of the cost of producing the small currency notes and unforeseen difficul- ties having arisen in the period of transition from the old style large notes to the new small notes.” “The Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing,” Lord said, “is now in full produc- tion on the new small size United States currency and Federal Reserve notes, with a view to their initial issue next July. The issue of small size na- tional bank notes will follow with the shortest possible intervals. BILL COMPLETED FOR TAXING AUTOS Senate Agrees to House Amendments Upon Re- quest of Capper. ‘Washington motorists will be required to pay the personal tax on their auto- mobiles when they obtain their registra- tion tags each year, under a bill which was completed at the Capitol yesterday afternoon, and will go to the President for signature within a day or two. The final legislative step was taken when Chairman Capper asked the Senate to agree to the House amendments to the measure, ‘This bill also provides that, beginning with July, 1930, tax returns on all per- sonal proj other than automobiles shall be in July. At the present time these returns are filed in month. personal tax on all prop- erty other than automobiles will be pay- able semi-annually in September and March, at the same time realty taxes are due, Under present law, if a person fails file a personal tax return, the as- sessor is required to make an assessment from the best information he can ob- tain, & 20 per cent penalty for failure to file a return. Anof change contained in the bill completed yester- day would give the District Supreme Court j iction to compel the filing of sworn returns in cases where the as- sessor does not have satisfactory in- tormtluon on which to base an assess- ment, ‘The provision separating the personal from other nal property and changing the nugmohfle assessment from a fiscal to a calendar year basis will insure collection of "I.G!: rsonal tax is paid. Another bill before the President for signature, relating to local taxation, gives the Commissioners a more effective method of collecting de- linquent real estate taxes. —_— OWNER OF AUTO IS SUED FOR CHAUFFEUR’S CRASH Minor Girl Asks $75,000 for In- juries Received When Hit by Car. An attempt to extend the “family automobile” doctrine to include a chauf- feur in the employ of the family who is given use of car for his own pur- poses has been made in the suit filed by Viola Javins, a minor, through her mother, Mrs. Mary A. Javins, against Grace Transue, Mayflower Hotel, and Herbert Sinclair, 1103 Seventeenth street, & chauffeur in her employ, to recover 875,000 damages. Through At- torney Ralph A. Cusick, the plaintiff says she was struck by an automobile owned by Mrs. Transue and operated by Sinclair April 25, 1927, on a road near Ellicott City, Md., and was injured serfously. Justice Siddons some months ago held that a father who intrusted the use of a automobile to his son was liable for injuries sustained by persons with whom the car drivén by the son collided. Attorney Cusick now seeks to hold the owner who is sald to have al- held at the ninf lowed the chauffeyr to the 1 l‘ mmm»:“'m “?‘ Tun the car for COURT SUSPENDS MENDELSON, RUM Attorney Says Defendant Was Advised to Plead Guilty and Not Hire Lawyer. CASE BONDSHAN CHARGE IS DZJIED AND ALIBI OFFERED Hearing of Frank Edison Ricks] Continued Pending Filing of Affidavits. inent attorney that H. Mendelson, pro- street, had advised Frank Edison Ricks, defendant in a liquor case, to plead guilty to the charges and not accept the services of an attorney, Judge John P. McMahan suspended him from giv- ing bonds until further notice. informed the defendant, who was ar- rested yesterday by Sergt. George Little an attorney was prohibitive and that if he pleaded guilty to the charges he would be fined not more than $50. The fees for cotinsel would amount to $150, | he_is said to have declared. Relatives of the defendant approached Attorney Harry Whelan and told him of the advice that had been given by the bondsman. When Ricks was arraigned in Police Court on charges of transporting and possessing liquor, Whelan approached Assistant District Attorney R. F, Camelier and informed him of the occurrence. He asked that he be allowed to instruct the court in the proceedings and Camelier readily granted permission. Whelan told the court of Mendelson’s alleged actions and Judge McMahon immediately called the Ibondsmnn to the stand, Charges Are Denied. Mendelson denied the charges and declared that he had been at the sixth precinct and had discussed the matter with Officer Wheelock. Communicating with the precinct, the District attorney was informed that Wheelock had been absent from duty on account of illness for the past 10 days. Having listed his property at a cer- tain value, a bondsman can only fill his quota, and until he is released by court action is unable to give se- curity. ~ Defendants pleadlxfi? guilty would immediately release him from security and thus enable him to use his funds on more occasions. Enters Guilty Plea. Pleading ty to such charges, Ricks wouldguh‘:ve been at the mre‘rer.:'y of the court, who could have imposed a fine of several hundred dollars and in default of payment the defendant would have been forced to serve a term in prison. Judge McMahon continued Rick’s case and ordered that affidavits be filed by the defendant. Mendelson will be al- lowed to answer the charges by filing affidavits, but until the matter can be investigated and satisfactorily adjusted will be prevented from serving as bonds- man. Assistant District Attorney Camelier, who was prosecuting the case of Ricks, notified other courts of the District of Columbia that Mendelson had been dis- qualified until further notice was given, SRR, SEES MORE MONEY NEEDED IN BUILDING House Committee Chairman in Ad- dress Reviews Federal Con- struction Projects. More money will have to be au- thorized by’ Congress to carry forward and complete the public buildings pro- gram according to Chairman Elliott of the House committee on public build- ings and grounds. Speaking before the Society of Con- structors of Federal Buildings late yes- terday, Mr. Elliott reviewed briefly the progress of public construction both In ‘Was| n and throughout the coun- try. In d!scuuix& the Washington de- velopment, Mr. iott praised the pro- gram for the Federal triangle, the Union Station Plaza, the Mall and the { | proposal for beautif; the gorge of and for this year they will be filed next | B2 oy the Potomac with roadways. He de- clared that the program should be car- ried forward until Washington should be known as “the most beautiful city in the country.” Representative Thatcher of Ken- tucky, member of the appropriations committee of the House, in addressing the society, laid stress upon a need for artistic architectural development. He also suggested that the Federal Gov- ernment should co-operate with cities throughout the country in development of their municlpal centers. A large number of technical papers were presented by experts of the so- ciety, who are all officials and technical men of the office of supervising archi- tects of the Treasury Department. Of- ficers were to be elected today and the tenth annual conference will close to- nlah? with a dance at the Washington Hote! There was a banquet last night at the Raleigh Hotel. MISS BARR PkOMOTED TO PUBLIC DEBT POST Toeusury Deparment, Bas. peen pIo- a1 ent n pro- mated‘frylt was learned today, to the post of deputy commissioner of the public debt. Miss Barr had been for some time assistant_chief of loans and currency in the office of Sidney R. Jacobs, assist- ant commissioner of the public debt. Officials said she is fully acquainted with the Goyernment's m on the public debt, including both loans abroad and the issuance of Liberty loans dur- ing the war. i(ln Barr has been in the Govern- ment's service for about 30 years, and upon her advancement today officials of Elwhl}““w Department praised her ig] g W. A: ROBERTS CHOSEN. Nominated for Citizens’ Advisory Council by Engineers. Willilam A. Roberts was nominated last night for election to the Citizens’ Advisory Council of the Federation of Citizens' Associations by the Washing- ton Chapter; American Association of Engineers, meeting at the Playhouse, 1814 N streét. Fred W. Perkins of Chlcmve an illustrated lecture on the “ ve -Use of Rictures In Modorn Busipesst Informed in open court by a prom- | fessional bondsman of 3420 Eleventh | The court was told that Mendelson | | and his liquor squad, that the cost of | SAFE POST OFFICE The safe of the Brentwood, Md., post office as it appeared this morning after yeggmen had robbed it of $500 in stamps and money. POST OFFICE SAFE BLOWN, S50 TAKEN Burglars Attempt to Blast] Way Into Vault Holding $6,000, but Fail. Burglars smashed a window in the Brentwood, Md. Post Office shortly after 3 o'clock this morning and blew the safe, taking about $500 in cash and stamps. After two futile attempts to blow the vault inside the safe, where $6,000 was kept, the burglars left. Only $36 of the loot was in cash, the rest being in stamps. Post office officials at Brentwood be- lieve that the robbery was planned, be- cause they say the night watchman of the building, Reuben Brown, chief of police of Brentwood, last night relin- quished his post. The burglars attempted to jimmy one of the outside windows and, failing in that, smashed another window to get into the building. They then took ;\ heavy bar rrot:: one aft l:he ;!oon i:x:g o] cage, therel em gf"me office where yfli‘: safe T kep':t ffice is in the building post of e occu- pled also by the Vasco Products Co. and Brown had been employed by that firm until last night as night watchman. Mrs. C. M. Stuart is postmistress at Brentwood and her husband is assistant postmaster. Upon arrival at the post office this morning and finding the saf& blown Mr. Stuart notified county au- thorities and Tom Garrison, a private detective, who are investigating the case. The robbery also was reported to postal inspectors. HARRY GREENE QUITS D. C. BUDGET POST Investigator of Finances to Take Up Practice of Law in Chicago. Harry R. Greene, whose work as in- vestigator of District of Columbia finances for the Bureau of the Budget has given him a place of much im- portance in this city, has resigned, ef- fective today, to take up the practice of law in Chicago. Following the pronouncement made by Director Lord of the Bureau of the Budget at the last business meeting of a “casualty club,” it was announced that Mr. Greene's position will not be filled during the rest of this fiscal year. Mr. Greene has been working with Frederick J. Bailey, assistant to the director of the bureau, in charge of District of Colum- bia estimates. Greene, who resides in the Victoria Apartments, is a native Washingtonian and is a graduate of Gonzaga. He has been in the Government service since 1919, and came to the Bureau of the Budget when it was first organized in 1921 from the Public Health Service. Mr. Greene graduated in law from the Washington College of Law in 1923 and was admitted to the District bar in October of that year. He was promoted to be assistant counsel in the Bureau of the Budget and later promoted to be investigator. AWARD SEVEN CONTRACTS FOR BUILDING SEWERS D, C. Heads Authorize Construction Work Involving a Total Ex- penditure of $70,338.27. ‘The District Commissioners today awarded seven contracts for sewer con- struction involving a total of $70,338.27, as follows: To W. A. Pate, jr., Mount Pleasant re- lef sewer section six, vicinity of Four- teenih and Irving streets, $21,434.61; Manning Heights service sewer, vicinity of Forty-second and Eads, $11,202.51 Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania ave: nue replacement sewer, $10,207.50; Jun! per street sewer between Seven! street and Rock Creek Park, $1, m.'.‘l'a“' tes go vicinity of ponh 8] m, Vi and Py:tl’eeu. $7,591.15; Tenth street replacement sewer between R and P streets, $14,208.03; K street replace- ment sewer between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, $4,240.40. TInjured Policeman Recovering. Motor Cycle Policeman: David R. of the fifth precinct, whose skull was fractured yesterday when he collided with an automobile at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue south- u.stv.mvhlh et speeder, is_im- proving, acco: pital physicians. a restful pight and his recov- oY ROBBERS LOOTED —Star Staff Photo. POLICE 10 FFER DENAL TOHORROW Defense Testimony for Ac- cused Trio Will Occupy Trial Board. Hearings will be resumed at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning by the Police Trial Board into charges against three po- licemen growing out of the arrest Feb- ruary 2 of Joseph Carpenter, 21, at his home, 491 H street southwest. The accused policemen, S. F. Gravelly and Ruppert McNeill of the third pre- cinct and M. P. Creel of the fourth pre- cinct, are accused by Carpenter and other members of his family with using undue violence in making the arrest and assaulting them. Neighbors Corroborate Testimony. ‘The youth, his father, Willlam F. Carpenter; his mother and sister, Bea- trice, 18, were corroborated in their tes- ti:nony by ne!ghbors‘h:h&l neh; hthe bcug at yesterday’s hear! ey hear the mmm“.’mn at the Carpenter home the night of the arrest saw several policemen bea the boy, his father and an elder brother, Elmer, 25, while they were being taken to a hearby po- lice box under arrest. Mrs. Carpenter, who followed her husband and youngest son to the stand, stirred the hearing when she pointed an accusing finger at Officer Gravelly after entering the trial room and said in a loud voice: “That’s the man that hit me. I'll never forget his face in a thousand years. He struck me and knocked me over a chair.” Joseph Carpenter was arrested in connection with the disappearance early this month of a number of pocket- books from employes of the Hurley- According to police, ‘omorrow. A different version of the story given by the prosecution witnesses was told by Mrs. Nannie Jones, another neighbor. She said that she saw nothing unusual, other than the Carpenter girl and her older sister, standing in the street screaming as policemen led her father and two brothers to the police box. She testified she witnessed the affair from her bedroom window and did not see any of the officers wield a blackjack or use their fists on the prisoners, as ac- cused. 2 E. Russell Kelly and James A. O'Shea, General PAGE 17 AMERICAS UNTTED INCROWING AMITY, SIS CUBMNENDY Ambassador Ferrara Ad- dresses Spanish War Vet- . erans at Maine Exercises. | COOLIDGE’S WREATHS PLACED BEFORE SHAFT Col. Grayson Tells of Many Benefits to Peace and Progress Resulting From Intervention in 1898. Free and independent Cuba is “a liv- ; ing proof that force need not be feared { when ~animated and controlled by right,” Senor Orestes Ferrara, Cuban Ambassador to the United States, de- clared today in addressing the United Spanish War Veterans at the Maine { memorial exercises on the thirty-first anniversary of the destruction of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor. Prominent Government officials and representatives of the various veterans’ organizations in the District assembled in the riding hall at Fort Myer for the exercises, following the placing of floral wreaths grgaenwd by President Coolidge before the Maine shaft in Arlington National Cemetery. Such a spirit as animated this coun- fry in 1898, Ambassador Ferrara de- clared, is responsible for the fact that the Americas today are united in growing “m'i; in a continuing labor of peace and love. “The Americans,” he said, “are creat- ing new principles of friendship amox:fi nations, are carrying to the distrustfi field of international interests the defi- nitions of standards of good and of evil, of justice and injustice—and this in spite of mrt'umm and self interest. “The of the tragedy of the Maine spreads beneficently over these noble sacrifices,” he said. New Spirit Is Manifest. Out of the conflict with Spain and the liberation of Cuba, Ambls:?gor Fer- rara declared, has emanated a new spirit of international dealing, which has created for this Government a bond of confidence and friendship and se- curity on the part of Latin American nations. “This explains,” he added, “the re- cent, {lrest success of Pan-Americanism, the late conferences at Havana and Washington and their results. Because of this there awaits us a future, not alone of concord, but of political and economic understanding. ~ Becauss of this this hemisphere will point the way for the world, not easy, certainly, but indispensable to progress, of human sol- L L. Grayson, commander-~ in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterans, also said that the liberation of Cuba had served to unite the Ameri- cas in bonds of lasting friendship. “The men who went down with the Maine,” he declared, “did not die in vain, for the world saw for the first time In ven_}!_gg"ror :oum-nutyf' . - wi went to Cuba in 1898 know how heartfelt was the welcome to the American soldiers at that time,” he said. “Those who returned in 1928 to the convention in Havena will vouch for the statement that the welcome had not been dimmed by years that had America Reaps Bounteous Harvest. “But Cubans were not alone the bene- ficiaries of our deeds of 1898,” he said. ‘The American people themselves reaped mg% beunteously from the seeds there sown. Departmental Comdr. James G. Yaden, Who also addressed the gathering, lau.c :l‘:el ;’zahlevemenu and spirit of the men “The United States Constitution,” he added, “is said to be and probably is, the greatest nt ever struck off by the pen of man. The Stars and Stripes truly are the emblem of liberty, but we ever must remember that the Constitution is not self-executing and the Stars and Stripes, in the sight of the anarchist, is nothing but a despised rag. 1t is true love of country and desire to obey the laws of the land that makes the Constitution honored and revered.” The exercises at Fort Myer were held under the auspices of the Maine Me~ counsel for the accused policemen, tried to elicit from each witness some state- ment that would indicate the policemen went to the Carpenter home with a war- rant for Joseph's arrest and that they informed Mr. Carpenter they had the warrant. The Carpenters and other witnesses denied previously that the offi- cers had informed Mr. Carpenter they had the proper legal paper and that they advised him to “hand your son over before we break the door down.” Defense witnesses will take the stand at tomorrow's hearing. COMMISSIONERS ORDER 11 STREETS RESURFACED! Work in Two Sections Is Provided For in D. C. Chiefs’ Program. ‘The District Commissioners today ordered 10 streets, all in the northwest section, resurfaced. They are: M street, Eleventh to Fourteenth streets; M street, Fourteenth to Six- morial committee, of ‘which Capt. John Lewis Smith, past departmental com- mander, was chairman and Lee H. Har- ris, secretary. Other members of the executive committee were James -G. Yaden, Daniel V. Chisholm, Mzj. Fred- eric S. Hodgson, Jere A. Costello, Gus- tave E. Rausch, James E. Maynard, Willlam L. Mattocks, Charles. J. P, Weber, Samuel G. Mawson, James J. Murphy, Harry F. Patterson, Chatles W. McCaffrey, Clarence A. Belknep, Albert Michaud, Arthur H. League, Lorin C. Nelson, Benjamin F. Motley, A. Eugene Pierce and William E. Rink. Mattocks Master of Ceremonies. William L. Mattocks, past depart mental commander, acted as master of ceremonies. After the presentation of colors by the color guard of the navy yard, Chap- lain A. F. Vaughan of Fort Myer de- livered the invocation. Music was furnished by the United States Marine Band, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader, and the Cuban national anthem mingled with the notes of “The Star Spangled Banner,” sung by Miss Jeanette McCaffrey, Miss Hazel Arth, re- cent prize winner of the radio contest staged by the Atwater Kent Founda- teenth streets; Kalorama road, Eight-|tion. sang “Ave Maria.” eenth to Champlain streets; V street, Tenth to Twelfth streets; Wyoming ave- nue, 150 feet west of Connecticut avenue to Thornton place; First street, New York avenue to O street; Pirst street, Rhode Island avenue to Douglas street; teenth | Wi Tenth street, U to W streets; Twentieth street, New Hampshire avenue to P street; Tenth street, E to F streets. ‘The Commissioners also ordered re- surfacing for D street southwest, from Six and a Half to Seventh streets. PR A NG T ARRANGE FOR BANDS. Three Service Organizations Will Play for Inaugural. All three of the service bands in ‘ashington be among the musical organizations to furnish music for the 1 ball, Mrs. John Allan Dough- erty, general chairman of the ball com- mittee, announced today. proval of the availability of the Army, Navy and Marine Bands was given to- day, and Paul §) it’s Orchestra will be brought here . P Boecht nas arranged 19, play special selection, gural ball, called “On With the Falls From Car; Killed by Train. LOGAN, W. Va. February 15 (#)— Mo in the same buildin; umgm to repossess an New York by the | or of the Three volieys, fired by a detachment of Marines, and the sounding of “Taps” brought the exercises to a close. The Ladies’ Auxiliary, headed by Car- rie E. Nolan, and the Lineal Society of the Spanish War, headed by Mrs. Kath- erine Baum, had charge of the simple exercises before the Maine shaft in Ar- lington Cemetery preceding the formal program. NOT WITH AUTO LIST CO. Th® Auto List Co, 1340 New York avenue, today denied that Herbert A. Ridgley, 214 Thirteenth street southe east, who was involved in a shoouni ;:lne y;s‘mmmg‘ "h’ an emplo:l: of Ithu:o irm. T, an employe ol tor Finance Co. which has offices Mr. 8D-1to the rear of nue northeast early yesterday and utomol ate al bile James A. Taf -colored, own= George M. Mays. 70, Expires. LYNCHBURG, Va, ' February 1§ Falling from an automobile as it round- | (Special).—Geo M. Mays, 70, died ed a curve and tumhling down an em- | Weinesday bankment into the path of a freight I’sd survived by two children, Houston G. killed | Mays train, George Sias, a miner, was 4 at his home. He of Nelson'County and Mrs. L. L. of Lynchburs.