Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1929, Page 11

SUBURBAN NEWS "ENING STAR, WASHINGTO! 20 INDICTMENTS MADE IN FAIRFAX True Bills Are Returned in Alleged Wholesale For- gery Cases. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 21.—The special | grand jury at the opening of the May term of the Fairfax County Circuit Court yesterday entered 20 indictments. This grand jury was composed of C. C Carr, foreman; J. D. Garrett, R. R Buckley, B. H. Swart, T. P. Chapman, R. A. Farr, Elmer Dove, H. S. Violett and U. S. Walters. ‘True bills were cntered against John ‘Tyler for felonious housebreaking. Tyler pleaded guilty to robbing the house of Lewis and George Hardbower in March 1928, and stealing cash watch valued at $89.92. He was given by Judge Howard Smith a five-year sentence to the penitentiary, suspended during good behavior and required to report_at. each term of court througi L. A. Popkins and C. L, Tyler. Against James Moore, for unlawful manufac- ture and sale of liquor. Moore pleaded guilty and was fined $5, costs, and three months in jail; not suspended. Against Norman Fairfax for unlawful man: facture of liquor. He pleaded guilty and was fined $5, costs, and Six months in jail Against W. L. ful manufacture. ner pleaded guil to tais and to a former indictment fo the same offense, was fined $5 and costs and six months in jail on each count. sentences to run concurrently. Curtis McLaughlin for felonious maiming wit intent to kill. A capias was issued for his arrest, as he is a fugitive from jus- tice. The indictment charges that on March 23 he shot Annie Ware with a pistol. Herbert Carter, alias Huntington Carter; O. L. Stedman, Robert Lee Smith, Emanuel Dove, Frank Gorham, Duff Green and Ralph G. Gaither, all for unlawful transportation of liquor and drving while under the influence of intoxicants. A capias was issued for the arrest of Carter. Stedman, Smith and Dove pleaded not gullty and their trials were set for May 27. The trials of | Gorham, Green and Gaither were post- poned until the September term on motion of the defendants. Plea of Not Guilty. A true bill was entered against Elmor | and Pearl Emery for grand larceny. They entered a plea of not guilty and the ‘commonwealth, being granted the right of severance, elected to try Elmer Emery first on May 28. The indict- ment charges_that they stole money, clothes and field glasses from A. R. Sherwood and his wife in April, while lmprlng at their home as tourists. Against Walter Simons and William Southerland for felonious housebreak- ing and arson. The indictment charges that in April they robbed the store of Frank Reid and his wife on Ox road.of goods to the extent of $33, later burn- ing the building to the extent of $3,000 damages. They entered a plea of not gullty and trial was set for May 28. Five indictments for felonious forgery were entered against Mack Dons, alias Dones, alias Darnell, alias Willie Hill, and against Rosie Pearce, Emma Tate, Eugene Thomes and Joseph Tait, alias Tate. A plea of guilty was cntered for Darnell, not guilty for the others. Trial was set for the 27th. The five indict- ments, list five separate checks on which Darnell is said to have collected $25 each, the first on the First National Bank of Alexandria, signed by “J. D. Beleg" and made payable to Clifton V. Rurldy for road work. on the back by Hurley and D. S. Crockett. he Alex: t National, and L D was indorsed by » C. E. Edmunson and B. En- The third check, drawn on the Palls Church Bank, signed “Richard Farr,” was made out to Willie Hill ‘for farm work. indorsed Willle Hill and Gibson’s Garage, by R. H. Sayre. Check No. 4, on the Trust Co. of Northern Vir~ ginia, at Rosslyn, s'gned “C. L. Lane” to the order of Willie Hill for farm ‘work, was indorsed by Willie Hill and W. N. Lynch. The last check, drawn | on the People's National Bank of War- renton to the order of Willie Hill, was ed “M. L. Herson” and indorsed lie Hill. This check, given to Mrs. Annie Turberville of Centerville, was the one which led to the arrest of the rty, Mrs. Turberville notifying Sher- Kirby when it was presented. Bigamy Case Indictment. ‘The grand jury also entered a true bill against Melvin A. Botts for felonious bigamy, the indictment charging that he married Beatrice E. Penifield in Washington on November 21, 1921, and while still so married he again married Minnie A. Baggarly on March 18, 1927, in Pairfax County. The case was car- ried over to the second day of the September term gn petition of Botts. The grand jury refused to indict Rob- ert Elmore for felonious murder and James Carroll for unlawful transporta- tion and driving while intoxicated. El- more was the driver of an automobile which last November 18 struck John Brent, colored, of Merrifield. Brent was taken to Garfleld Hospital, where he died three days later from injuries sustained in the accident. ‘The commonwealth’s attorney filed with the court an information charging Ernest Bradford with illegal possession of liquor, the case being set for May 23. John Woodlawn and Willlam Lyles, pleading guilty to possession, on infor- mation filed, were each fined $50, costs and one monthin jail; suspended during good behavior., George Denty, alias George Denny, pleading guilty to sale of liquor, was given $50, costs and three months in fail. Judge Howard Smith yesterday ap- pointed Claude Caudle, Clif C. Reyn- olds and Carrie I. Rose as trustees of the Rock Hill Church of God (white). Mrs. Lucina_Bethune, Frank H. East- man and A. F. Thelander were appoint- ed trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Falls Chureh. HOLDS POLICE CHIEF MAY REVOKE DRIVER’S PERMIT | Corporation Court at Lynchburg Sustains City Ordinance Regulat- ing Auto Traffic. Epecial Dispatch to The Btar, LYNCHBURG, Va., 21.—Judge F. P. Chnstian in’ the Corporation Court here yesterday afternoon sustain- ed the validity of a city ordinance which gives authority to the chief of police 10 revoke a driving permit of an automobile _driver. The matter came to the attention of the court upon on appeal of W. L. Thompson, Wwho appealed from the Municipal Court’s $25 fine assessed in | that court for driving without & permit, | his permit_having been revoked by | Chief of Police D. C. Smith. Counsel for Thompson announced | that he would make an effort to have | the Supreme Court of Appeals of the | State review the case and a stay of judgment for 60 days was granted. | Thompson was advised by the court that he could not drive an automobile in the city during the pendancy of the appeal. jewelry and a | ner for unlaw- | It was indorsed | | The second check, also on | | | 3-Year-0ld Girl, LEGION HORSE i (Upper) Mrs. Andrew J. Cummings, ver right) Capt. Henry C. Butler. SHOW JUDGES | | | | | | | | | | (lower left) Col. William Mitchell and ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 21 (Special). | —Mrs. Helen M. Howes, wife of John | Howes, died early Sunday evening at | her home near Cedar Grove, aged 76 | years. She had been ill a long time | and her death was not unexpected. She | |is survived by her husband, eight sons |and a daughter, the chiidren being | William, John G., Samuel A., Lee, Elias R. and Charles R, Howes and Mrs. Wil- | |liam A. Carter of this county; George Howes of Sykesville, Md., and Spencer | C. Howes of Dayton, Md. The funeral will take place from the home at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, burial to be in Forest Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg. Mrs. Howes was formerly & Miss| Gaither. | L. C. Probert, chairman of the | s Board of the Montgomery County General Hospital, Sandy Spring, under the auspices of which the annual | supper and dance for the benefit of the | { hospital will be held at Sandy Spring | Tuesday, July 30, has announced the | following committee chairmen to begin preparations for the big event: Danc- ing, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Kirk; candy, | Mrs. William J. Thomas; waiters, Mrs. | A. B. Bell; grabbag, Girl Scout Troop | No. 54. At a_meeting of the Woman's Board at the home of Mrs. Probert it was an- nounced that Mrs. J. R. Peters, chair- man of the hospital committee of the Bethesda Woman's Club, is holding regular sewings with five clubs co-oper- atipg to care for the large amount of | mending necessary for the hospital and | that Mrs. Thomas Ladson is planning | {to hold similar sewings once a month | |in the Sandy Spring neighborhood. | Since the last mecting of the board | 3,500 surgical dressings have been | turned i, it was stated. Donations of { linen by the Forest Glen Reading Club | and Miss Sallie Brooke of Sliver Spring | were reported. | | Mrs. James W. Barnsley of the house committee stated that a Frigidaire and an_ice-making machine had been in- stalled at the hospital and were in operation and that painting and other { improvements were nearing completion. The treasurer, Mrs. Charles C. Tumble- | son, reported & balance on hand of $982.78, but that there are a number of | outstanding b |, The members of the board were en- | | tertained at Juncheon by Mrs. Probert. Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Harry E. Murdock, 21, and Miss Mary M. Hedman, 18, both of Washington; Thomas N. Jeffress, 25, Chevy Chase, and Miss Betty W. Lomas, | 19, Washington, and Willam G. | Fletcher of Upperville, Va., and Miss Louise G. Mobley of Derwood, Md. |~ For violations of motor vehicle regu- | lations, the following have forfeited collateral in the Police Court here: Bonn A. Gilbert, $16; Stanley A. O'Dett, $7.50; Henry Thompson, $7.50, Mary B. Gardner, $7.50. Upon being found guilty in the Police Court here of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor, Charles W. Johnson of this county was sentenced to jail for 30 days by Judge Samuel Riggs. In memory of the departed members of St. Mary's branch, National Council { of Catholic Men, special services were | held in St. Mary'’s Catholic Church | here Sunday morning. High mass was | celebrated by the pastor, Rev. John T. Coolahan, and the sermon was by Rev. Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, president of Georgetown University. Under the di- rection’ of Mrs. Howard Blandy, the choir rendered an elaborate musical program. The church was prettily { decorated. ‘The members of St. Mary’s { branch went to holy communion in’ & | body. | The services were in memory of Wil- | liam Robert Lyddane, David H. War- field. James Welsh, Geary A. Fisher. | william F. Granger, George Smith and | John W. Lynch. H Julian Johnson, 22, and Miss Vivian | | Sexton, 18, both’of ‘Washington, were | | married in Rockville vesterday after- | | noon by Rev. S. J. Goode of the Chris- | | tian Church at the home of the min- | { ster. | Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- | {tist Church officiated at the 1 he yest of Charles Preston I ! ridge, 1, and Mi: sdith M. Grath ! | Lacey, 19, both of Richmond, Va.. the | | ceremony taking place at the parson- | | *®Nrs. Margaret H. Amick of this| county, who is represented by Almrm‘v; | Reno 5. Harp of Frederick, has filed suit in the Circuit Court here for an absolute divorce from James L. Amick on the ground of desertion. According 1o the bill, the couple were married in Washington September 7, 1925, and lived together until February 1, 1926, and have no children. CHILD DIES OF INJURIES. Hit by Auto, ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 21 (Spe- cial).—The local committee named to make arrangements for the accommoda- | tion of New York tenement children for a two weeks' vacation in this vicinity, | under the auspices of the New York Tribune’s Fresh Air Fund, met last night at_the George Mason Hotel and elected Mrs. C. E. Cabell, chairman; Mrs. M. R. O'Sullivan, vice chairman, and Miss Marian S. Colvin, secretary. | The other members of the committee | are Mrs. C. R. Keith, Mrs. D. Mauchlin | Niven, Mrs. J. T. Ashton, James Reece | Duncan, Harry H. Hammond and the | Rey. Percy Foster Hall, rector of St.. Paul's Episcopal Church. { Approximately 40,000 children will | leave the New York tenements on July 3 and go to private homes in various sections of the country for their va- cations. Thirty were accommodated here last year while places for 20 have already been found for this Summer. As | many more will be taken care of as possible. Home Assoclation night will be ob- served by Fitzgerald Council, Knights of Columbus, tomorrow night at 8 oclock in the Knights of Columbus Home, when E. E. Downham, secretary of the Home Association, will make his annual_report to the local council. | Frank T. Quinn, grand knight, will pre- side, ‘while George T. Kimball will take the ‘chair after the business session for the lecturer’s work. Francis H. Fan- non, C. R. Hellmuth and C. R. Roth- | mund are in charge of the program. Steven J. Woolls of 526 South Henry street sustained a bad cut over his eve yesterday when struck by an automobile driven by William O. Merryman of 719 King street in the 600 block Prince | street. He was treated at the Alexan- dria Hospital and then taken to his | home. An automobile owned by J. W. Jacobs of Accotink, Va., was stolen yesterday from the 100 block North Lee street. ‘The following deeds of property trans- fers were placed on record today at the office of Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of Corporation Court: Julian D.Knight | and wife, Bertha H. Knight, to Emma Knight, lot on the south side of Gibbon street between Franklin and Lee streets; Albert V. Bryan, special commissioner of sale, to Milton E. Groom, lot on west side of Royal street, north of Wythe | street; Bertha Hall to Arthur H. Bry- ant, house and lot, 111 King street; Lafayette Park Development Co., Inc., to Florence Goldstein and husband, | Barney Goldstein, two lots on the south- east corner of Church and Alfred streets, Lieut. J. Greezner, United States | Navy, spoke today at the Naval day observance of the Alexandria Rotary Club held at that organization's weekly luncheon meeting in the George Mason Hotel. Lieut. Greezner, who is in charge of the Naval Torpedo Station here, spoke on the scope of the torpedo defense work being eenducted by the Government. Everett Swan was chair- man of the entertainment committee. A chorus of Jefferson Elementary School pupils will sing tonight from radio” station WJSV, Mount Vernon Hills, Va., between 9 ‘and 9:30 o'clock. Miss’ Christine Munoz will direct the chorus, which has been trained by Miss Elizabeth Crute and Miss Margaret Abramson. A musical program will be held at Lee School tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 | o'clock, at Washington School on Thurs- | day. and at Maury School June 4 The postponed climb of Harry Gar- diner, “human fly.” which was to have | been ' held Saturday night, but was called off because of inclement weather, will take place tonight at the George Mason Hotel. Gardiner will climb the | front of the hotel building at 7:30, under the auspices of Alexandria Post, No, 24, American Legion, Summer school will open June 17 and run for a period of 40 days. R. C. Bowton, superintendent of public | schools, announced today. Unregistered voters must register to-! day to qualify for the impending Dem- ocratic primary and the gene and local oftice Creighton, ' King and third ward, F. R. Monroe, North | Columbus street; fourth ward, George | H. Railing, 818 King street. | Valiant_ Knights' Bible class of the First Baptist Church met yesterday | and passed a resolution expressing re- | | gret that Rev. P. L. Vernon, pastor, | [is to leave in June to become pastor {of the United Baptist Church at Lew- iston, Me, 4 i The monthly chest clinic will be held | for white persons at the Alexandria { Health Department tomorrow afternoon | from 3 to 5 o'clock and at the same time Thursday for colored persons. \FIRE DESTROYS DWELLING | | i i - . AT i | By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. i 4-H Club Leaders to Wed. b FORESTVILLE, Md., May 21.—A| e Specisl Dispalch to The Star five-room frame bungalow on the Marl- | MARTINSBURG, W. Va, May 21 “nanyiLLE, Va, May 21—Funeral | boro Pike here, which had be wted (Special). —Miss Evelyn Keyes. 4-HClub | ol0e s ere held at Paces, near here | yesterday aftérnoon, was last night | Jeader for Berkeley County, W. V&, and | dociorqay for Estelle Hodnelt, aged 3,!completely destroyed by fire. The ! Health Holden, 4-H leader for Jeflerson, | o onter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hod- | lames, of undetermined origin, were left here today by motor for Miltord. | nev™ '), "died in a local hospital after | discovered by neighbors and three vol- Mich., where they ‘will be married June |\ b " uck by an automobile driven | unteer fire companies, handicapped by 1 at the home of Miss Keyes' parents. | JUHR 1oveq man who is held pending ! lack of water, were unable to check the | They will return to this city_to make 2V, & €00! Siaze; | their residence after the wedding. Tn a recent month $53.000 worth of | eamel's hair was shipped from Tientsin, China, to the United States. One version of the fatality is that the little child, secing her father coming home. ran to meet him and crossed the road just as the machine drove into view. { The house was the property of Dr. ! Charles M. Emmons, 1100 ‘bleck of | Pennsylvania avenue southeast. It had | been occupied for the past four years iby J. L. Boswell HORSE LOVERS PLAN FOR LEGION MEET Virginia, Maryland and Dis- trict Mounts Trained for Wheaton Show. | Dy a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | SLIGO, Md., May 20.—Fanciers of | horseflesh of Maryland, the District of | Columbia and Virginia will gather at | Wheaton, Md., Saturday afternoon, | under the banners of the American Legion, to display their entries in a | | show being staged by Cissel-Saxon Post, | No. 41. Officials of the post, who have been working on the project for se ral weeks, sald today that they ex- peet to have a_large field when the show opens at 2 o'clock in the after- noon. The Legion officials have been suc- essful in obtaining the services of | | inree judges, lovers of horses, and whose decisions will meet with the approval of all, because of their expert knowl- cdge. They will be, it was announced | by Capt. Joseph C. Cissel, Mrs. Andrew | Cummings of Bethesda, Col. William | fTitchell and Capt. Henry C. Butler of the Maryland State Police, Field TIs Large. | The show will be staged in the large | field at the intersection of the Kensing- | ton and Brookeville roads. The com- | mittee which has been working up the | project is composed of Arthur Sabin, | chairman; Howard W. Kacy, Paul H. | Curran, L. T. Faulconer, commander of Cissel-Saxon Post; Earl H. Graves, | Frank M. Heath and Capt, Joseph C.| Cissel. i While the entries will be closed 'n-’ | | morrow night, it was announced that post entries will be allowed, but they will not be included in the printed pr gram. Among the entrants so far recorded are Miss Frances Saul, Mrs. Gene McKennan, Mrs. Andrew J. Cum- | mings, W. Norman Clark, Leon Arnold, William Montgomery, Howard W. Kacy, Miss Alice Cashell and Charles Carrico. Various Classes Listed. The classes on the program are as follows: Pony class, to be shown under | saddle. Class 2. Saddle horses—open; to be shown at walk, trot and canter: per- formance, 50 per cent; conformation, 50 ver cent. Class 3. Green hunters: to be shown over four jumps, 4 feet; performance, 50 per cent; conformation, 50 per cent. Class 4. Handicap hunters, to be shown over four jumps: 3-year-olds to jump 315 feet; 4-year-olds, 4 feet; older horses, 412 feet; performance only to count. Class 5. Ladies’ saddle horses, to be shown at walk, trot and canter: per- formance, 60 per cent; conformation, 40 per cent. Class 6. Hunters, open to all; to be shown over four jumps, 4 feet: perform- ance, 60 per cent; conformation, 40 per cent. Class 7. Touch and out; perform- ance only. | Class 8. Best horse in show; to be shown at walk, trot and canter. Prize | cu Trophies and ribbons will be awarded | for each class. ‘} —e Anclent Egyptians ate bananas, de- clares an European archeologist. ' TUESDAY, MAY 21 1929.° "SUBURBAN NEWS.” T rar convention that members favorable to labor legislation must be elected to the General Assembly before their plans would receive favorable consideration before that body. Reports of Frank J. Coleman, Wash- ington, secretary of the federation, and J. E. Toone, Mount Vernon, treasurer, were also presented to the delegates. A mass meeting was held last night at Cumberland, preceded by a parade, with delegates and members of the Cumberland and _Allegany Trades in the line of march. IHEALTH BANNERS GIVEN CUSTIS SCHOOL PUPILS | Spectal Dispateh to The RTCHE ASSHLED BY A F.OFL HEAD Green Declares Maryland Governor Opposes Child Labor Laws. By the Assoclated Press. 3 May 21.—Wil- FROSTBURG, Md, | liam Green, president of the American| VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS, Va, May Federation of Labor, assailed Gov. Al- 21.—The students of the Nellle bert C. Ritchie of Maryland as & foe | Custis School of Virginia High- to. legislation opposing child labor at the opening sesslon of the Maryland | 1ands were the reciplents last night and District of Columbia Federation of | of two banners for the highest aver- Tabor here yesterday, while Irvin C:|ages in health standing during the Hamilton of Cumberland, president of | J{C8 % the federation, declared that the unem- ] t situation in Maryland and the| On behalf of the Arlington County Dieriet. Monarch Club, C. J. Meetze, national District needed immediate attention to seck means of relief. Mr. Green declared that he had ap- pealed to the Maryland governor to foster legislation banning the employ- ment of children under 14, and charged | that legisiation offered by Mr. Hamil- | ton, who was a member of the House of | Delegates from Allegany County in the | last General Assembly, was not given highest average in both. < r fi:‘: Amflfli‘:unn BIRCIRE by The presentation took place at a Mr. Hamilton, in his report to the 100 | meeting of the Parent-Teacher Associa- delegates attending the ('g:venuon. de- | tion of the school held Jast night in the clared that an entire session of the|Jefferson District Firemen's Hall. Un- meeting should be spent in discussing | d-r the direction of Miss Agnes Reyn- means to alleviate unemployment con- | olds, principal, the children presented a ditions throughout the State and the | play and other features tending to stim- District of Columbia. He also told the ' ulate interest in the health work. banner to the school for having the highest percentage in healthy mouths, their standing being 95. The presentation of the State banner to the school having the highest num- ber of five-point children was made by Dr. P. M. Chichester, officer. Nellie Custis School had the Starting Today A Vast Portion of Our Stock of Artistic Lifetime Furniture in an unprecedented offering with discounts from 10 to 509, oft for six days only Every piece and suite in 'this extraordinary offering is our regular, carefully selected stock of dependable Lifetime quality. Reduc- tions unprecedented in the history of Mayer & Co. Every type of home, personality and income can share in the remarkable savings. We urge your immediate participation. Ample Salesmen on Hand to Serve You MAYER & CO. Seventh Street Between D and E vice president of the club, presented a | county health | COLORED MAN CONVICTED |OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER ! Jury of Two Women and Ten Men " Hold Him ‘in ‘Death of Woman. Andrew J. Hawkins, colored, was con- victed late yesterday afternoon of mur- der in the first degree by a jury of 2 women and 10 men in Criminal Division 1 before Chief Justice McCoy in con- nection with the death of Ruth Wat- | kins, also colored, December 32 last. The prisoner was remanded for zen- tence, the verdice carrying the death penalty. The shooting occurred at 457 N street southwest ~when Hawkins sought to get rid of the woman follow- ing a reconciliation with his wife, | _ Assistant United States Attorney | william H. Collins conducted the pros- ecution, while the prisoner was repre- sented by Attorney John H. Wilson. 300 DELEGATES ATTEND. Special Dispateh to The Star. | "DANVILLE. Va. May 21.—Delegates to the twentieth annual session of the | Order of Fraternal Americans and to | that of the Daughters of America open- ed their business meetings this morning. Reports from standing officers and ad- dresses by the State and national offi- cers were heard in executive sessions. Nearly 300 delegates are here and the meeting will run_through Wednesday | night. ~ Charles N. Bailey of Norfolk, | now vice president, is expected to suc- | ceed W. W. Hall of Richmond, as presi- dent in the election tomorrow. | ““Alexandria is campaigning to win the 1930 convention.