Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1929, Page 17

The Toening Starf WASHINGTON, WOy HURSDAY, MARCH NEWSPAPER STORY GAISES MISTRAL INEDNA CRAY CASE ve Jurors Admit Reading Review of Numerous Indictments. COURT SAYS PUBLICATION | OF ARTICLE IS “OUTRAGE” | All Witnesses Are Excused When Chief Justice McCoy Sets Retrial for April 15. ‘The trial of Edna Gray, colored, on & eriminal operation charge, came to an unexpected end today in Criminal Divi- sion 1 of the District Supreme Court, granting a motion made by defense counsel, abruptly dismissed the jury of 12 men because five of the jurors had admittetl reading a review of the many indictments against the defendant which appeared in a newspaper this morning. Characterizing the publication of the article as “a gross outrage on the ad- ministration of justice,” Chief Justige McCoy, in ordering the withdrawal of the jury from the case, set the .Grav case for retrial before a new jury April 15. g As soon as court convened for the gecond day of the trial of the woman, who is under $45,000 bonds in connec- tion with various charges ranging from murder to abortion, her counsel. Ber- trand Emerson. called the attention of the coust to the published article. He asked how many of the jurors had read the story and five of them raised their nds. After calling Mr. Bertrand and As- sistant United States Attorney Walter M. Shea into conference, the Chief Justice said he would entertain a motion by defense counsel to declare a mistrial in the case. Chief Justice McCoy placed the blame for the mistrial on the news- i T, ”93& hear a great deal today from the papers about things in the adminis- tration of justice being wrong,” Chief Justice McCoy told the jury. “We hear taat the public is not always get- ting what it is entitled to in the ex- peditious and fair administration of justice. But what could do more to prevent the expeditious administration of justice than the publication of that one article.” Chief Justice McCoy explained his reasons to the jurars for dismissing them by telling them each should put; himself in the position of the defendant, who, in event an unfavorable verdict should be returned, would feel that she had not received a fair trial at their hands. No matter how hard each juror would try to dismiss the lucr-sl from his mind, he said, it would be | impossible. z how much you read in the " e continted to tell the jury, “about the administration of justice in the criminal courts. If there wrong about the adminis- of justice, it isn’t altogether due district atforney’s office.” tnesses in the case were ex- cused by the court when Chief Justice ‘in granting the request of tor Shea, set the case for re- . He announced the jury would not be finally discharged, but would be held in event of any emer- fim’ case in which they could properly The 12 jurors are Grant P. Border, Berkley F. Anderson, John A. Hedder- Mman, Albert A. Johnson, Paul Liebel, James J, Mitchell, Jasper C. Jenkins. . Regan, John R. Keener, W. | | ! i Police and Bolling Field authorities are trying to solve the mystery of this when Chief Justice Walter I McCOY, | porial bomb which was found in Anacostia vesterday. In the photo Capt. Peck, 11 precinet, left, holding bomb, and Sergt. W. J. Oliver of commander of No. | Bolling Field. ORCUTT STUDIES SPEAKEASY LIST Padlock Proceedings Will Be Brought Where Evidence Warrants, He Says. Capt. Harold Orcutt, assistant United States attorney in charge of prohibition cases, today was studying the police list of 40 alleged “speakeasies,” where re-| peated violations of the Volstead act are said to occur, with a view to bringing padlock proceedings against each of the premises if the facts are found to"war- rant such action. The list was supplied from a survey of conditions in the various precincts ordered by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, retir- ing superintendent of police, at the re- quest of United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. Capt. Orcutt explained today that other lists are expected from the Police Department from time to time, as has been the case in the past. Both he and Mr. Rover have declined to make public the names of the proprietors or the places which the police charge with be- ing “nuisances” until injunction suits, if any, are filed. & . . Foljowing a conference with his chief late yesterday, Capt. Orcutt issued a statement which declared that “each of these reports sets forth information rel- ative to the bringing of potential pad- lock proceedings to abate nuisances on said premises for violations therein of the national prohibition act. “These reports are being studied by this office, with a view of ascertaining whether the evidence warrants the bringing of such proceedings against such premises, and after the necessary study of such reports has been made and the necessary evidence to support such proceedings has been laid before this office injunction proceedings will be brought against each of the premises referred to in these reports, where the facts warrant such action.” Howard Expresses Opinion. While believing that the speakeasy situation in Washington has “‘vastly im- Philip C. Lowe Walde, Herman R. Yates and Her- bert 8. Gill. NAVAL OFFICER BRINGS SUIT AGAINST ADAMS| l Would Enjoin Secretary and| McCarl From Making Further Stoppages of His Pay. Lieut. Comdr. Omar D. Conger, U. S. N.. today asked the District Supreme Court to enjoin Controller General John R. McCarl and Charles F. Adams, Sec- retary of the Navy, from making further stoppages against his pay to cover al- | leged improper payments for dependency i allowances ajready made to him. ! From 1922 to 1925, Comdr. Conger says, he has been paid additional al- lowances for a dependent mother. Con- troller McCarl ruled later that the mother was not dependent and ordered that the entire amount so paid, $851.76, be withheld from the officer's pay. Comdr. Conger tells the court he.has al- ready been deprived of $714.85 by stop- pages. In iton to asking the court to restrain further stoppages, he also seeks reimbursement of funds withheld. Attorneys Samuel T. Ansell and George 'W. Wilmeth appear for him. Comdr. Conger, a Washingtonian, is now stationed on the U. S. 8. Melville, with the destroyer squadron at San Diego, Calif. WILLIAM AND MARY CLUB WILL INSTALL TONIGHT W. P. Kent, New President, Will Be Guest of Honor at Dinner. Col. William P. Kent, United States foreign service, retired, will be installed as president of the William and Mary Alumni Cluh.of Washington at a din- ner given by the alumni in his honor tonight. Col. Kept succeeds Rear Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson Col. Kent is one of the oldest living graduates of William and Mary, ng graduated 53 years ago in the of 1876. Another member of the s of 1876, Dr. W. T. L. Taliaferro, of the University of Maryland faculty, wil lalso be an honored guest. Other officers who will be installed are Maj. Francis Scott Key-Smith and Representatives’ R. Walton Moore and S. Otis Bland, vice presidents; F. S. McCandlish, treasurer, and Chase Bush, secretary. Carroll Plerce, president of the Citi- zens' National Bank of Alexandria and former member of the board of trustecs of William and Mary College, will serve as toastmaster. present. “WATER PLAY” PLANNED. A three-act play, “The Princess Learns to Swim.” will be the feature of a water pageant sponscred by the health education depr:.m-nt of the Y. W. C. A., to be given in the swimmirg pool at the Y building. Se-.ntcenth and K streets, April 19 and 20. The play, by Alice Blick Drake. will be directed by Miss Iouise Albeits, as- sistant_physical dire’ tor of the Y. W. Col. jsued a statement in which he said he | bees H| College officials will be | proved” recently, Clinton N. Howard, chairman of the National United Com- mittee for Law Enforcement, today is- did not believe that the 40 alleged speakeasies for which padlocks have n asked by police constitute the total number of places in the Capital at which drinks can be bought. “There may be 3,000 such places, as Federal Prohibition Commissioner Do- ran testified,” Dr. Howard stated today. Dr. Howard stated his organization has the numbers of 18 unlisted tele- phones, where orders can be placed for liquor and none of these places is in- cluded in the list for which padlocks are being sought, he said. DISTRICT SUPREME COURT TO RECESS)| Order Provides for Holiday Until April 4—July Expected to File 80 Charges. An order approved by the justices of the District Supreme Court convened in general term provides for an Easter irecess at the close of business today | until April 4. | It is probable that Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy will sit in Criminal | Court Monday, for a brief session, when the retiring grand jury makes its final report. He will hold court also on ‘Tuesday for the selection of jurors. The grand jury is expected to report at least 80 indictments before it re- tires. Whether they will take any action in the case of Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, retired commander of the second police precinct, is unknown at (this time. Evidence in the Burlingame | case, as_told before the grand jury by i Mrs. F. Blalock, and additional informa- |tion’ presented by Assistant United | States Attorney William H. Collins, has tbeen under | time. consideration for some | —Star Staff Photo. B AERAL BOWB FOURD BY YOUTH Missile, Filled With High Ex- plosives, Discovered Near Anacostia River. | Police and Army authorities are try- ing to solve the mystery of an 18-inch aerial bomb filled with high explosives | o fthe type used by Army flyers, which was found near Anacostia River yester- day, at the end of Portland street by William Stevens, 18 years old, 2731 Nichols avenue southeast, who was fish- ing at time. H Stevens_turned the aerial projectile ' over to Policeman L. C. Thorne of the eleventh precinct, who took the missile to precinct headquarters. Sergt. W. J. Oliver, attached to Bolling Field, took possession of the bomb this morn- ing. Officers at Bolling Field had no report of a bomb having been dropped acci- dently in the vicinity of Anacostia and were inclined to doubt that it had been dropped from a plane, as “dud” bombs usually go to pieces if dropped from any height and the bomb found today was reported as being nearly intact. No bombing practice is conducted at | Bolling Field, which is a base for ob- | servation squadrons. REFUSES TO PRESS LIQUOR SALE CHARGE Assistant U. S. Attorney Contends Informer’'s Testimony Was Not Supported. -» Contending an informers’ testimony was not corroborated and that he had been improperly covered when making an alleged purchase of liquor, Assist- ant U. S. Attorney R. F. Camalier to- day refused to press charges against Cora Wallace, 39, colored, of the 400 block of Missouri avenue. Needham C. Gillesple, reputed police informer, was said to have made a “buy” from a woman in the Missouri avenue premises last night, but was forced to abandon his alleged purchase and flee from the wrath of three wom- en who discovered his identity. Com- ing to the assistance of the informer, Policeman John F. Boxwell and C. O. O’Meara of the sixth precinct, who are said to have employed Gillespie to make the purchase, prevented him from be- ing injured. Ruth Adams, 24; Kate Dodson, 39; Bertha McDonald, 19, and Cora Wal- | lace, all colored, and residing at the | Missouri avenue address, were arrested | and charged with assault. According to police, Gillespie made a purchase from the Wallace woman on a previous occasion and returned yes- terday with marked money to secure more evidence. The transaction was said to have been completed when one of the women recognized the informer and informed the others. o PLAN COMFORT STATION. $38,000 Appropriation to Be Used | at Wisconsin and M. Municipal Architect Harris has be- gun to draw up plans for a public comfort station at Wisconsin avenue and M street, an appropriation of $38,- 000 for the work being carried in the District bill for the fiscal year beginning next July 1. The station will be built under the roadway of Wisconsin avenue just south of M street in Georgetown. Part of the 15-foot sidewalks on each side ol Wisconsin avenue will be cut down as entrances to the underground station. They will be inclosed by structures re- sembling the entrances to the New York subways. The structures will re- duce the sidewalk width to about nine feet. ‘The appropriation originally was in- tended for a comfort station at Ninth and F streets, but Commissioner J. F. Bell. during whose administration it was made originally, decided that the Farmers of South Africa are com- plain that the gray squirrel, imported from America, has become a pest and is doing much damage to crops. District had no authority to execute | | the necessary work adjacent to the: | Federal Government owned buildings | there. The money then was reappro- ! priated for the work in Georgetown. Hiding from his wife on the ledge cutside @ second-story window of the {Park Lane Apartments, Twenty-first | street and Pennsylvania avenue, when sh. followed him there early this morn- ing, Harry Donaldson, 22-year-old rail- road brakeman, living at 216 I street, slipped and fell to the cement pavement It is thought | ! |of an arcaway below. his back is broken. Police say he was in the apariment {of Charles L. Jon the place fos voice of his wife C. A. Special scenery and cc<nm=~ re “eing arranged for 1" - ent ont-ide the window/ Just as Mrs. Hiding From Wife on Window Ledge, Man Falls and Back May Be Broken He had been at some time, Donaldson is quoted as saying, when he heard the in the hall calling him. Then came the sound of a knock | him to the hospitai on the door, and he quickly clambered | Donaldson walked through the doorway he_fell. He told Policeman Jerry McCarthy of the third precinct that when he felt himself s!ipping, hé tried to jump anc avoid the areaway leading into the basement, but fell into it. Jones and Mrs. Donaldson, hearing | the sound of the impact of his body | on the cement, rushed to the window. | | The Emeigency Hospital ambulance | was summoned. At the hospital he wi treated by Dr. Leon Gordon of the staff, who pronounced his condition to be serious. Mrs. Donaldson accompanied Mrs. Donaldson was questioned by I the polices EASTR VITOR T0 REACH 2010 i Throngs Will Come to See Japanese Cherry Blossoms in Potomac Park. HOTEL RESERVATIONS REPORTED AT CAPACITY TOCITY EXPECTED Churches Joining in Special Serv- ices—Plans for Sunrise Rites Completed. The usual Easter holiday visitors, i augmented by the throngs of tourists coming to the Capital to see the Jap- anese cherry blossoms in Potomac Park jand the other scenic wonders which | | Washington offers in: the Spring, will| combine to swell the throngs to the| largest number in the history of the city, it was indicated today. The influx, which has been estimated at 200,000, will come principally over the railroads from the North, Middle West and South.on excursion trains, while, the interstate bus companies re- port expected arrivals of almost twice the normal number. The American Automobile Association estimates that the motor caravan will be increased by 50,000 over that of last year. Many of the leading hotels in the city indicated that reservations could not be consid- ered after tomorrow and a few hostel- ries reported capacity houses the rest of this week and possibly all of next week. One hotel said reservations had been booked up through June 15. Railroads said that in addition to the increased Fusenur traffic parties of high school students from Buffaio, Troy, Detroit, New York and a few cities in Pennsylvania, and the usual migration | of Winter vacationists from the South, had necessitated adding extra trains to the regular schedule in addition to more than 25 excursion trains. Officials at the Washington terminal estimated that more than 25,000 persons would be moved on the excursion trains. Coming From Nearby States. George E. Keneipp, manager of the District of Columbia division of the A. A A, sald that automobile parties and families of from five to seven have begun pouring into the city from nearby Maryland and Virginia and New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Beginning tomorrow, the clerical force at the tour- ing bureau of the association in the Mills Building will begin to work double shifts. In addition to this, it was stated, the highway patrol of the A. A. A. will co-operate . with park police of adjoining stranded motorists. Mr. Keneipp said mnyu of the association in this di- are looking forward to the busiest Easter season on record. Inspector William 8. Shelby has called a special meeting of Inspector E. W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau, Capt. Fred Cornwall of the fourth precinct and officials of the Park Police in the District Building tomorrow afternoon to map out plans for handling traffic anticipated over the Easter holiday in and around Potomac Park and the Tidal Basin. Meanwhile churches throughout the city were joining in the special services which mark the eve of the Eastertid Today, designated on the church calendar as Holy Thursday, witnessed the start of the special observance which will be carried out through the intervening iwo days and then climaxed on_ Easter Sunday. The traditional Good Friday three- hour services will be held at many churches tomorrow, lasting from noon until 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Bishop Freeman will conduct the three-hour noonday Lenten service tomorrow at the Church of the Epiphany and will also preach at the Saturday noonday service marking the close of the Lenten season. Cantata to Be Presented. “The Seven Last Words,” a cantata by Du. Bois, will be presented at the Church of the Epiphany tomorrow eve- ning by the choir, under the: direction of Adolph Torovsky. Today's services at Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the Catholic University campus were: Mass and procession, 7 am.; tenebrae, 4 p.m., and holy hour, 8 to 9 p.m. Mass of the presanctified will be held at the shrine at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, with stations of the cross and tenebrae at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. In these services 120 students of the Sulpician Seminary will take part. Services of the Franciscan Monastery began at 9 o'clock this morning with solemn high mass, followed by a proces- sion and the mandatum, or washing of the feet. Holy hour will be observed tonight from 8 to 9 o'clock. ‘Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock there will be the veneration of the cross and the mass of the presanctified. The way of the cross service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, and tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock will be held “Tbe Funeral of Christ.” Midday Lenten services conducted by the Washington Federation of €hurches were held today at the First Congre- gational Church, Tenth and G streets, Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, of- ficlating. Dr. Sizoo also will speak at the final service to be held at the church tomorrow. Rev. J. N. Pierce to Speak. At the services attending the show- | ing of the picture, “The King of Kings,” at the First Congregational Church, to- night and tomorrow night, Rev. Jason Nokle Pierce will speak. Final Lenten services will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and | Varnum streets, tonikht at 7:45 o'clock, with holy communion. At the same hour tomorrow night a special Good Friday service will be held. Communion service was being cele- brated this afternoon, beginning at 5 o’clock, at All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets. At the same time tomorrow afternoon special Good Friday services will be held at this and at the First Universalist churches. The sacrament of the Lord's supper will be held tonight at special services at McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church. Plans for the great Easter morning sunrise service at 7:30 o'clock Sunday at Walter Reed Hospital have been completed. L Pt Bethesda Man Commissioned. Royal A. Wray, Bethesda, Md., has been commissioned by the War Depart- ment & second ljeutenant of cavalry in the Reserve Corps of the Army. the National | Left to right: Capts. Martin J. Reilly, T. R. Bean and J. E. Wilson, who are hearing charges against Patrolman Robert J. Alien. PROSECUTION RESTS IN TRIAL OF ALLEN ' Policeman Who Shot Running | | Colored Youth-Acts as Own Attorney. Testimony given by witnesses for the prosecution developed into a defense for Policeman Robert J. Allen, third precinet, who went en trial this morn- ing before a special board on a charge of using his service revolver without proper justification. The trial opened in the sixth precinct station house shortly after 10 o'clock, and in less than two hours, the prosecution had rested its case: ‘The special trial board is composed of Police Capts. T. R. Bean, Martin J. Reilly and J. E. Wilson, the same voard which exonerated Allen recently on a charge of failing to co-operate with an inspector of the Disttitt' Health Depart- ment in the case of a delicatessen st.re proprietor who was accused of using unsterilized drinking glasses. ‘The present charge against Allen grew out of the wounding on March 15 of James A. Frazier, 19-year-old col- ored youth, who was shot in the right leg while running from an alley near ‘Twenty-fourth and G s{reets. Character Witnesses Eliminated. Before the trial opened, Capt. Bean requested Allen to dismiss’his character witnesses, explaining that the board did not question his good character. With this understanding, Allen com- lled with the request ‘and 12 of his 3 witnesses were eliminated. The djs- missed witnesses included Capt. Guy he second precinct, fifth precinct. Lieut. William E. Holmes of the third precinct was the first prosecution wit- ness. He said that he went to Twenty- fourth and G streets on learning of the shooting. At that time, he said, Allen told him he had heard two shots in the vicinity of St. Mary's court and that a few moments later he saw three colored men run from the alleyway. ‘The men ignored his commands to halt, he said Allen told him, whereupon he fired twice, one of the bullets strik- ing Frazier in the leg. He said that Allen told him he had been instructed to take unusual precautions to prevent any trouble on. his beat, as there had been a serious cutting affray on Vir- ginia avenue earlier in the evening and reprisals were feared. Claims Youth Afraid to Stop. Lieut. Holmes said that he went to the Emergency Hospital and talked with Frazier. Frazier, he said, told him had been watching a game of dice in the alley, and that he ran on hearing two pistol shots. Lieut. Holmes said the col- ored youth told him that he heard Al- !len’s command to halt, but that he was afraid to stop. Following the lieutenant on the stand, Frazier admitted that he had been in the alley, but denied that he heard Al- { len tell him to stop or that he had seen the officer at any time before he was | shot. When the policeman’s first shot | was fired, Frazier said, he started to stop, but was running so fast that he had just begun to slow down when the second bullet hit him. Policeman Harry L. Jacobs, Allen's partner, also testified that he had been instructed to take unus precautions that night, and that when he heard the two shots he thought a felony had been committed in St. Mary's court. “Allen and I ran in different direc- tions in order to prevent any one from escaping at either end of the alley. I had my gun in my hand and was pre- pared to shoot at two men who were running down Virginia avenue, but I decided that they were so far away that T would not hit them,” he said. On cross-examination by Allen, who is conducting his own defense, Jacobs said that he would have shot if he had thought a felon was escaping. He also sald that he would have fired if he had been in his partner's position. Jacobs also visited Frazier at the hos- pital and testified that the colored man had told him that he did hear the command to halt but was too fright- ened to stop. Doctor Supports Defense. Dr. James E. Lewis of the Emergency Hospital staff testified that the bullet which wounded Frazier had followed a downward course, entering just behind the knee and emerging at & point ap- proximately 2 inches lower on the front. side of the leg. He sald that in his opinion this indicated that the bullet had been fired at the ground. Dr. Lewis said that he heard Frazier say he did not bear the officer's commands to stop. Officer B. M. Day, who was investi- ating a house in St. Mary's court at the time the first shots were fired, testified that he saw five colored men running down the alley and that he overtook and captured one of them. He said that he had his service pistol in his hand, but refrained from firing because he did not think the circumstances justified such an action. Policeman 8. F. Gravelly, who was with Day, took an opposite view, how- ever, testifying that if he had been in Allen's position he “probably would have fired at the fleeing man.” Gravelly also said that he was expecting trouble in St. Mary's court that night because of the fact that several crimes ha been committed in that neighborhood a short time before. Witness Errs in Identification. The prosecution then called L. T. Sedgwick, colored, who was captured in the alley by Officer Day. Sedgwick said that he saw one of the plain- clothes policemen fire the first two shots. He said that he sa wthe gun in the officer’s hand spit fire, and that thelof t he | Leath asserted, “since his watch stop- | 28, 1929. PAGE 17 —Star Staff Photo. same man who fired the shot captured him. He was unable, however, to cor- rectly identify the officer by whom he was captured, - pointing out Gravelly 2s the man, ins of Officer Day. ‘The last witness for the prosecution was Walker Lewis, colored, of 710 St. Mary’s court. He said that Gravelly and Day had come to his house a few minutes before the first shots were fired, and that he could hear them talking downstairs at the time he heard the reports of the two shots. RIVER YIELDS BODY OF MISSING MAN |George M. Ramsay Vanished From Hospital Here on Inauguration Day. The body of George M. Ramsey, 78 vears old, who was reported missing from a rooming house in the 200 block of Indiana avenue March 4, this morn- ing was found floating in the Eastern Branch of the Potomac about 100 yards north of the Anacostia Bridge. Two colored men searching for driftwood found the body. The body apparently had been in the water four weeks. It was discovered by Arthur Young and Charles Reed, both colored, of 7 Railroad avenue southeast. The police speedboat was dispatched to the scene and the body taken from the water and conveyed to the District Morgue. ‘The man's name was ascertained by a letter found in his pocket. There were no marks of violerice on the body. Definitely Identified. The dead man was definitely identi- fled by William A. Leath, president of the Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, who said Ramsey had been em- ployed at the Government Printing Of- fice for many years. - Ramsey formerly was an inmate of the Union Printers’ Home in Colorado S . He became dissatisfled, Mr. Leath, said, and came to Washington about February 20. The Saturday before Inauguration day, he fell and injured his back. The next day he was sent to Garfield Hospital, where his hurt was found to be slight it, although phy- sicians insisted he stay for several days. His heart, however, was set on seeing the inauguration, Mr. Leath declared, and he disappeared from the hospital about 11 o'clock Monday morning, leav- ing behind a pocketbook containing almost $100. Deaf and in Tl Health. “I am certain he saw the inaugura- tion before going to the river,” Mr. ped at 9 minutes past 5 o'clock.” Ramsey was said to have been almost stone deaf, and because of this and ill health, was despondent. He is survived by two daughters and a wife. One of the daughters, Miss Esther Ramsey, lives at 155 Woodruff avenue, .Brooklyn. N. Y. The other daughter is thought to be in the State of Washington, The typographical union will take charge of the body. CARS ARE ROBBED. Thefts of Golf Clubs and Camping Equipment Are Reported. Two Washington visitors reported sto police last night that a set of golf clubs and a camping outfit were stolen from automobiles. Raymond 8. Howell of New York City, stopping with Casey Rodgers of 900 Nineteenth street, reported that a com- plete golf set, valued at $200, was taken from his car, while Raymond E. Smith of Baltimore reported the theft of camp- ing equipment ffom his car, parked on Seventh street between K and I streets. BOY RUN DOWN BY CAR. Phillip Warren, colored, 5 years old, C. A BROWN AMONG THIRTY INDIGTED Man Wounded by Wife Is Charged With Non-Sup- port of Children. | 1 | Thirty indictments were reported by the retiring grand jury today to Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the Dis- trict Supreme Court, including three charging second degree murder and four violations of the national prohibition act. Among the indictments was one for non-support of minor children against Charles Albert Brown, whose wife, Mrs. May C. Brown. was indicted last Tues- day on a charge of assault with intent to kill for shooting him last February 1 at Police Court. Mrs. Brown had appeared in Police Court that day to press charges of non-support of their children against her husband, whom she had just sued for divorce, naming a correspondent. Miss Pearl McCall, Assistant United States Attorney, who investigated the case with a view to assisting the chil- dren of the couple. procured the present indictment of the husband. Second Degree Defendants. The second degree murder indict-| ments were returned against Mlbeli Butler, Joseph Prancis Young and Cora ; Pearl Naylor, all colored. Mabel Butler is charged with killing Charles Riggs by shooting him with a | shotgun on November 11, 1928. In the) case of Young, he engaged in a quarrel over a crap game on March 3 and shot at his adversary. Instead of hitting him the bullet struck Nathaniel Gar- nett. a bystander. Cora Pearl Naylor is charged with shooting her husband, Franklin T. Nay lor, while he was asieep at their hom 811 Forty-eight street northeast. died February 3. John J. Healy and his wife, Kathe- rine Healy, were indicted on a charge violation of the prohibition act. Their restaurant, 1120 Eighteenth street, was made the subject of a temporary in- junction issued earlier in the week by Justice Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court on,proceedings brought by the United States attorney's office. | The wife has two indictments against | her. Other Charges Made. Other indictments reported by the grand jury with the charges, include | Aaron “Busch, non-support of minor children: Wesley Lee Hunt, non-support of wife; Harry Harris and Leo J. Rohan, robbery; Ralph E. Stark and Paul J. Krause, grand larceny; Ralph E. Stark and William V. Skala, violation of mo- tor vehicle theft act; Frank Acton, perjury in procuring a marriage license; Norman E. Diggs. Lawrence | Martin and Frank Opielowiski, grand | larceny: James Saunders, joy riding and house breaking and larceny; Angelo B. Bovello and Sam Morris, violation of the national prohibition act: Sarah Lee | Donohue, alias Edith Donohue, second | violation national prohibition act; Shir- ley Ridgeway, Harold Lewis and Walter Smith, destroying personal property; Eric B. Cissel and James C. Morgan, larceny after trust and false pretenses; Nathan Sternberg,~Francis M. Drak and Earl R. Buckingham, faise pre- tenses; Willlam G. Smith and Beuliah | B. Bell, receiving stolen property, and Wwilliam Mills and Annie Harris, recelv- ing stolen property. FINES ALLEGED INFORMER Court Hears Man Convicted of In- toxication Frequently. Thomas Dudley Moore, 1200 block of S street, alleged police informer, will discontinue his activities against liquor purveyors temporarily unless he pays & fine of $25. Arriving at the fifth precinct station in a taxicab two days ago, Moore is said to have refused to pay his fare, and when police investigated the cause of an ensuing discussion, the alleged in- former was locked up for intoxication. Yesterday when lining up prisoners to be sent to Police Court, police of the of 4500 Blaine street northeast, was treated at Children’s Hospital late yes- terday afternoon for minor injuries suf- fered when run down on Blaine place, near the Deanwood School, by an auto- mobile, police say, operated by Leonard Addison, colored, 19 years old, of 5708 Blaine street northeast. The child was later removed to his home. While Washingtonians and visitors alike were lured today by the hun- dreds to view the single blossom cherry trees, nearing full bloom around the stern hand of the law that the pretty flowers from old Japan must not be lucked. The United States Park Police ve established a 24-hour watch over the cherry trees, three men being spe- ially detailed for the job. Police officials made it plain today that no interference with the trees on the part of the public will be counte- nanced, but all will be given opportunity to view the beautiful sight. It is a vio- lation of park regulations to pluck the cherry blossoms and persons are liabl to arrest if they violate this rule. The regulation was made necessary, it was explained, by the fact that in previous years persons have been haled into court to answer ch of breaking off the cherry blossoms in the quiet hours of t ight and selling them as part flower display. Admircrs Of Chcrry Blossoms Warned Tidal Basin, they were reminded by the | the le | Tidal Basin, precinct discovered that Moore was suf- 1 from the effects of drink and ui to be arraigned, according to testimony. Judge Ralph Given, when informed that the man had been convicted of intoxication on more than 20 occasions, ordered him sent to jail for 30 days in lieu of a $25 fine. Law Protects Trees Against Pluckers Easter Sunday is the time now established for the complete blossomin of the cherry trees that were a gift of the city of Tokio to the National Cap- ital, but the horticultural division of Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks announced today that the cherry blossoms are in very good condi- tion and in almost full bloom. Yesterday afternoon witnessed a large crowd .of sightseers viewing the cherry tree pageant. Alexander Shapiro, assistant general manager of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. announced today that while the cherry blossoms are in bloom, his company will operate a special service, with double-deck busses around the . This service will be oper- | ated from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on week days and from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sun- | days, he sald. This service was in- augurated yesterday. The Capital Trac- tion Co. bus proceeds to Hains Point by way of the south side of the White House and down t Potomac River | drive, MODERNITY LINKED WITH ANTIQUITY BY EXCAVATION OF UR |Egypt Seems Present Day Compared With Ancient | Mesopotamia, Wooley Says. MYSTERIOUS SUMERIANS DEVELOPED ARTISTRY Skill in Architecture and Painting Is Revealed by Findings of Scientists. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Man has been civilized for an incal- culably long time. The buried City of Ur, in Southern Mesopotamia, presents to excavators & record of antiquity beside which the antiquity of Egypt seems comparatively modern, Prof. C. Leonard Wooley of Ox~ ford University, told the Archeological Society of Washington last night. Prof. Wooley led the British Museum and University of Pennsylvania expeditions which have worked for seven years on the sife of Ur, uncovering layer after layer of civilization extending beyond | the dawn of history. Ur was the great city of the Sume- rians. This mysterious people emerged into history with many of the funda- mental arts of today. Before the flood of Noah they were painting beautiful oictures and building comforable houses. The city passed through the hands of various conquerors and finally disap- eared about 300 years B. C. One of its st rulers was Nebuchannezzar, King of Babylon. Prof. Wooley illustrated the great antiquity of Ur by pointing out that Nebuchadnezzar was much closer to the present than to King A-An-Ni- Pad-Du, the first ruler of Ur of whom there is a record. He lived approximate- ly 3100 B. C. Many dynasties of civil- ized kings may have preceded him. Reached Peak 2300 B. C. The city, said Prof. Wooley, reached its greatest prosperity about 2300 B. C.. when it was the capital of a great Sumerian kingdom, Here the patriarch Abraham was born 2 few hundred years later and he carried into the desert with him the arts and culture of his birthplace. The high state of civiliza- tion in Ur in the days of Abraham, he said, throws a new light on the devei~ opment of the Jewish race, as told in the Bible. Excavations thus far have been con- fined largely to the sacred area in the center of Ur, where was located the temple of the Moon God. whom the Sumerians worshiped. It was sur- rounded by a thick, high wall. When uncovered by excavators it presented a curiously modern picture, because it already had been restored by King Nebuchadnezzar. ‘With the kingdom of Babylon already shaking, the King, to placate his south- ern subjects at Ur, had restored the old temple and made it a private chapel in the midst of a nunnery presided over by a Babylonian princess. In a room of the nunnery was found a clay tablet identified as a fragment of a dictionary. In another room, dated about 550 B.C.. was a collection of art objects of about 2000 B. C. A clay inscription explained that these had been collected by the x;v{)mcr as examples of the antiquities of Ur. Lived in Comfortable Homes. The people of Ur in Abraham’s day, said Prof. Wooley, lived in substantial and comfortable houses with interior courts, under the floors of which they buried their dead. Many of these graves were opened by the excavators, includ- ing one of an ancient king. This re- vealed for the first time that the Sume- rians practiced human sacrifice. Buried with the King were 63 human skeletons slain to keep him company on his journey to the land of shadows. His pody was guarded by six slain soldiers, each with his copper helmet over his nead and his spear in the fighting posi- tion. There also were skeletons of oxen drawing a great wooden chariot, the skeletons of their drivers and those of nine women, probably the King's favor- ite wives. Over the skull of the King was a helmet of gold made in the shape { of a wig, each lock of hair being repre- sented by delicate carving. ‘The grave of a Queen yielded a cholce collection of alabaster, copper, silver and gold art objects and dishes. A cockle-shell case contained green paint for the Queen’s face. In many of the ‘women'’s graves were statues of lambs caught in thickets of gold, apparently some symbol of the Sumerian religion. Under the graves, which go back to 35000 B. C., is a great rubbish heap and under that a water-laid deposit about 8 feet thick, the result of a great flood. believed by Prof. Wooley to be the flood of Noah, the legend oi which spread from Ur to Babylon and eventually be- came incorporated in the Bible. Even below the flood deposit art objects were recovered, showing that Ur had a flour- ishing civilization when it was wiped out by this catastrophe. Used Skyscraper Principle. Ur, said Prof. Woolsey, passed on its civilization to Egypt in Babylon, from whom it was inherited by the Jews, Greeks and Romans. From them it was passed on in a direct line to the present. ‘The Sumerians, he said, knew the fun- damentals of architecture and some of their earliest buildings show that they had learned to construct arches, vaults and domes. They were master gold and silver smiths producing work which could easily be mistaken for the best of the Greek and riods. Some of the animal figures showed a mastery unex- celled by modern sculptors and their paintings showed an exquisite mastery of details. ‘The temples of the Sumerians made use of some of the principles of the modern _skyscraper. Such was the Tower of Babel of the Bible, probably patterned after the principal temple of the Moon God in Ur. The origin of the Sumerians is unknown, but it is be- lieved they came into Mesopotamia from a region of high mountains, where they had worshiped the Moon God. When they came into the low, flat country of Southern Mesopotamia they could not reconcile themselves to wor- ship except on great heights. So they built artificial hills of brick, upon which they reared temples. On top of this artificial mountain at Ur the bylonians under King Ham- murabai of the Bible erected a war me~ morial following their capture of the city. This makes it possible to date the career of Abraham, one of the citizens of Ur, who met the enemy forces in the plains outside of Ur. English Film Star Wears Veil. NEW YORK, March 28 (#.—There's a vogue for veils, Juliette Compton, English screen actress, wore one on ar- sival from aboard, - \ ¥