Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1929, Page 17

TR b S g MBS\ o s Washington News Che Fhoenir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. y VASHINGTON, D. C., AGREEMENT DIES Leader in Move to Consoli- date Transit Lines Might Try Again, However. ' 'FAILURE OF CONGRESS !+ TO ACT SPELLS DOOM Bees “Inevitable Increase” in Street | Car Fares Because Unifica- tion Unapproved. BY JAMES E. C With the transit merger agreement destined to die tomorrow ‘through con- gressional inaction, Harley Peyton Wil- | son, moving spirit behind the first defi- nite plan to bring about the long! sought consolidation of Washington's | transportation companies, announced ! today he would make no effort to re- | vive the negotiations under present conditions. | Mr. Wilson indicated, however, that he does not intend to pass out of fhe merger picture entirely, or that he/be- lieves the hope of a consolidation falls | into oblivion with the expiration of the ; unification agreement. Future Course Unsettled. “I shall not attempt to bring about ! & merger under present conditions,” he | declared. “But under certain conditions | I might be willing to try again.” Mr. Wilson did not disclose the “cer- | tain conditions” under which he might Tenew the merger negotiations, but said his suggestions “may be pertinent to Congress and the city of Washington,” In the failure of Congress to ratify the unification agreement, Mr. Wilson sees an inevitable increase in street car fares, and pointed out that the Capital Traction Company is now on the verge gt fling an application for & higher | are. i The Public Utilities Commission has expected the Capital Traction Co.’s ap- plication since last March, when the board of directors authorized the | executive board to seek financial relief. ‘The board has held off, however, hop- ing that Congress in the extra session would approve the merger and remove the immediate necessity of a higher | fare, but with the agreement now on | its deathbed and the resumption of unifications negotiations unlikely until the regular session in December the company is expected to file the in- creased fare petition within the next | week. | i Agreement Signed in 1928. The joint agreement of unification under ‘which theé transit companies planned to merge voluntarily, was signed February 10, 1928, by the official Tepresentatives of the Washington Rail- way & Electric, the Capital Traction and the Washington Rapid Transit-Cos. after a_ series of preliminary ctonfer- ences. The instrument pointed out that “unless the plan is carried out as here- in contemplated on or before June 1, 1929, each party is restored to complete liberty of action and shall not be deem- ed prejudiced by any concessions herein made.” No obsequies are planned by the three transportation companies to mark the passing of the agreement, as it has been apparent to them for several weeks that the merger was as good as dead. Aside from the Capital Tractfon Co., no plans have been made for the future, ostensibly. Ham Reported Fishing. William F. Ham, president of the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co., confident that the merger agreement would not be ratified at the extra session, left Washington three days ago and now is reported to be deep in | the Canadian wilds on a fishing ex- pedition with George R. Dunlop, chief counsel for the rival Capital Traction Co. John H. Hanna, president of the ; Capital Traction Co. and Mr. Wilson, | who owns nearly all of the.stock of the | bus company, are the only transporta- 'flcn executives left in Washington to bury the merger agreement, The expiration of ‘the unification agreement is not lodked upon at the Caplitol as the end of the merger nego- tiations. In its present form as revised by the Senate District committee on the | advice of Dr. Milo R. Maltble, New York valuation expert, who made an . exhaustive study of the plan of consoli- , dation, it was pointed out, the agree- ment would have to be returned to the stockholders of each of the transit com- panies should it be ratified by Congress. ‘The failure of Congress to act at the special session, therefore. is looked upon as a delay in the unification rather ! than its death. | WOULD TURN PROTESTS | OVER TO COMMITTEE | | Senator Thomas Asks Tariff Meas- | ure Be Given Immediate Attention. By the Associated Press. Protests filed with the State Depart- ment by other nations against the pro- posed new American tariff law would be turned over to the Senate finance committee for consideration under a resolution _offered today by Senator i | § | | 1 among the first Louise Fortna. Below: Frank Woodrow =] 100 WILL RECEIVE May 31 found Williams S. Lemon, deputy clerk who issues marriage licenses, faced with a rushing business. These two couples came from Richmond to be to be married here in June. Above: Bartlett R. Powell and Clara Collins and Lois Geneva Lawson. —Star Staff Photos. g ENOCHS CHARGE RUMORS CONFLICT Colonel Facing Court-Martial. Said to Have Been Dis- respectful to Ely. By the Associated Press. The impending court-martial of Col. | Berkeley Enochs, former chief of :taff | of the 2d Corps Area, on charges pre- ferred by the area commander, Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, was connected by | Army officers here today with unofficial | reports reaching the Capital of discus- | sions of the conduct of the officers’ mess | at a recent meeting of stafl officers at Governors Island. The reports were to the effect that ' Maj. Gen. Ely considered Col. Enochs insubordinate and disrespectful to him | during a discussion of complaints | against the operation of the officers’ mess. In Supervisory Capacity. Enochs, as then chief of staff of the area, acted in & supervisory capacity over the officers’ mess. Gen, Ely is said to have urged some action to allay criticisms of the conduct of the mess, directed chiefly against the | food and service. Col. Enochs is reported to have taken | exception to the general's references on | the matter as being directed personally against him and an argument is said to have ensued between the two officers in the presence of their colleagues. Gen. Ely's charges were preferred after the meeting and are considered by | Army circles to be a result of the argu- | ment. Court-Martial Recommended. The department recommended the court-martial because of the rank of | the officers involved and because the | charges were preferred by the corps area_commander. Officials of the department today scoffed at reports connecting the court- martial with the recent elevation of | Col. Stephen O. Fuqua to be a major general as chief of Infantry over 165 colonels outranking him in senfority. PLAN MONUMENTS FOR ARCHITECTS National Competition to Pro- vide Appropriate Thornton Memorial Is Likely. Appropriate monuments over the | tombs of three of the great architects and city planners who helped to shape | the development of the City of Wash- | ington are being planned by the archi- | tects of the Nation, Horace W. Peasice, chairman of the committee on the National Capital of the American In- stitute of Architects, revealed today. David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, in an address delivered yesterday as part of the Memorial day exercises held at Congressional Cemetery by the archi- tects, launched the idea that a fitting memorial should be erected over the grave of Dr. William Thornton, designer of the Capitol, commissioner of the Patent Office and one of the first Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, to whom George Washington intrusted the carrying out of the L'Enfant plan. A national movement, with competi- tion among the country's architects, to produce an appropriate Thornton me- morial is likely to follow Mr. Lynn's | suggestion, Mr. Peaslee said. He ex- plained that this course was followed when the memorial to Maj. Pierre L'Enfant was produced. After the Thornton monument has been evolved, Mr, Peaslee said, the architects will turn their attention to} erecting an_appropriate monument to | George Hadfleld, designer of the original plans for the District Supreme Court Bullding, which was first intended for a city hall. Later a movement will be inaugurated to erect a fitting monu- ment to the memory of James Hoban, | designer of the White House, who is | buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. MAN HELD FOR MURDER WHEN STAB VICTIM DIES { to live. 50 RARE ANIMALS FROM PHILIPPINES Expedition En Route to Washington. PARK LO;E%?)LD BEAR AFTER THIRTY YEARS Baby Gorilla Enjoys Sunshine on First Outing in National Gardens. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A collection of approximately 50 rare animals is on its way to Washington from the Naval Observatory expedition, which recently observed the total eclipse of the sun in the Philippines, according 1o a cablegram received today by As- | sistant Director Baker of the National | Zoological Park. The animals are due to reach San Francisco July 9, whence they will be shipped direct to Washington. The shipment consists of wild cats, mon- keys, bleeding heart doves and other rare tropical birds, monitor lizards and two pythons. They were collected on an obscure island in the Philippine group by Capt. J. H. Keller of the Navy, surgeon of the expedition. Last year he was with the Marine expedi- tionary force in Nicaragua and made two large shipments of animals from that country. Animals Were Barred. There are practically no Philippine animals in the United States at present, | Mr. Baker said, bccause of a ban which has been in effect for years. This was due to an animal disease known as | surra. caused by a blood parasite, which was prevalent in the islands and whose carriers were not definitely known. Probably through an error in the word- | ing of the law, the ban was made to apply to all animals, including birds and reptiles. This recently has been lifted from most animals, so that the Zoo expects a constantly increasing flow of specimens from Government officers stationed there. pine jungles are little known, and the present shipment may contain some unknown to science. The wildeats. Mr. Baker said, probably are civets, which are seldom obtained for exhibition in this country. It will now be possible, he said, to obtain one of the famous monkey-eating cagles of the islands. The oldest mammal in the zoo died vesterday after living here nearly 30 years. This was the big female Yaka- tak bear, one of the larger Alaskan brown bears, which came to Washing- ton early in 1901. During the entire period of her captivity she has remained contented and in good health until a few weeks ago, when she began to droop with old age. Although an Arctic animal, she suffered from the cold of Washington Winters, especially after her blood began to grow thin with years, and was never happler than on hot Summer days when she could loll about in her pool. She will be replaced in a few days by two Yakatak bear cubs now on their way from Alaska. Bears Getting Old. It is becoming necessary, Mr. Baker said, to rebuild the bear collection, since many of the animals are approaching the age when they cannot be expected One of the polar bears came to Washington in the Winter of 1901 and the other in 1904. Both are show- ing signs of extreme age. The ordinary life span of a bear is only about 20 years in the wild state, but in captivity, | tion from fits natural enemies, this is greatly extended. ‘The bears, Zoo officials point out, al- most never are nervous animals and in a few months adjust themselves per- fectly to life in cages. N'gl, the 3-year-old gorilla at the Zoo, has been let out of doors for the first time this week, Mr. Baker said, and appears to be thriving on the warm sunshine, reminding him of his native Africa. His love for attention, how- ever, causes him considerable difficulty. ‘While he is performing for a crowd gathered about the outside cage he keeps one eye on the inside and if a crowd starts to gather there he imme- diately goes to them. ‘When he was let outdoors he was seen for the first time by his neighbor in the They have carried on a signal communi- cation for some time by poking straws at each other through cracks in the board wall which separates them. But when the chimpanzee saw the gorilla face to face he began screaming and after a few minutes started pelting him with sand through the bars. ed to be friendly, his but feelings seemed hurt by this reception and he has re- mained aloof from his nelghbors ever since. Gained 20 Pounds. On a slight variation of the diet of a 3-year-old child, prescribed for him by a prominent Washington child spe- cialist, the little gorilla has gained nearly 20 pounds since he has been in rapidly toward the normal 300 pounds of the adult gorilla. In another year, according to Head Keeper Blackburn, he probably will be too husky to be treated as a pet, even if his disposition remains friendly. Among the additions to_ the Zoo within the past week are two hornbills, curfous African birds with enormous The creatures of the denser Philip- | where it gets regular meals and protec- | next cage, the 5-year-old chimpanzee.| N'gi want- | Washington and is expected to progress 9 3 FRIDAY, MAY 31, 192 | | | Mounting temperatures today filled the available swimming pools of the city. Above: A few of the fair bathers at the Chevy Chase pool cooling off. Left to right: Ruth Ferguson, Madeline Chatelain, Mary Talman and Elsie Bon- daroff. Below: Eleanor Hayden, perched on the fountain. —Star Staff Photos. | THORVER VCTING' BODES RECOVERED i i Tragedy Described by Nor- man R. Hagen, Who Es- caped Drowning. | | | | | | A more detailed account was available | today of the drowning early yesterday morning in the Potomac River of Wil-| liam Lavendar, 23 years old, of 2115 F'| street, and Miss Merla Matthews, 30 years old, of Hampton Courts, following | the recovery of their bodies yesterday | afternoon and the consequent subsidence | of the tension and excitement under | which the other couple in the canoc when it upset were laboring. Norman R. Hagen, 22 years old, of 2115 F street, who with Miss Della Wynn, 25 years old, of 1633 Sixteenth street, were saved from possible death by clinging to the overturned ecraft, worn by his efforts yesterday to help | the harbor police in their 12-hour | search which culminated with the find- | ing of the bodies, told of the accident. | Mrs. Joseph Matthews, mother of the | drowned girl, reached the scene shortly | after the recovery of the body of Lav endar, but left about an hour later, just | a few minutes before the body of her daughter was pulled to the surface. Found Near Virginia Shore. The place where the dragging opera- tions finally met with success is barely 100 feet from the Virginia shore. Police had previously dragged the bottom above the spot where the disaster oc- | curred, due to the inability of Hagen or Miss Wynn to identify the place. ‘We had been on the river for sev- eral hours,” Hagen related today. “We were about 100 feet from the bank. Miss Wynn was sitting up front, pad-| dling the canoe, and I was paddling from the rear seat. The others were sitting in the body of the boat. “Some one shifted his weight, the side dipped below the surface and the water poured in, rapidly filling the canoe. The other two were thrown out first and then Miss Wynn and I went. T knew she could not swim so I sup- ported her to the front of the boat, td which she clung. In the meantime the other two had come together at the | rear of the boat. “At first, it appeared that the canoe | would not turn compl>tely over, but would fill and sink. This must have been the reason Lavandar and Miss Matthews, who was & particularly strong swimmer, struck out for shore. During the whole time not a word was spoken., Cling to Overturned Boat. “I expected to have to carry Miss Wynn in, but I knew it would be a tough pull, so we hung on longer than the other pair. Finally the canoe turn- ed turtle and I helped Miss Wynn up onto it. She lay stretched flat on top, and I began pushing it toward the bank. She was very frightened and wanted to scream, but I told her there | was no danger. “I had pushed it about half way when she saw a light on the shore and called for help. I did not want her | to scream, because I thought the others | might hear and swim out to us. A | man in the camp on the land came out to us. Together we gave the boat | several hard shoves and it touched | the bank. Miss Wynn was taken in- side the house and wrapped in a | blanket.” : The only explanation Hagen could give of the failure of his companiofis | | | HOT SPELL ) * BRINGS OUT THE SWI 1! DEATH MAY RESULT FROM CAR INJURIES Miss Catherine McMillan Prqbably Fatally Hurt. Driver Is Arrested. Injuries suffered last night when she was run over by an automobile at Con- necticut and Cathedral avenues may prove fatal to Miss Catherine McMillan of Apartment 303, 2301 Cathedral ave- nue. Miss McMillan is thought to have lost the sight of her right eye, her skull is believed fractured and she has inter- nal injuries. Police of the fourteenth precinct, who arrested Joseph F. Donovan, 6 Hillyer court, as the driver of the automobile. booked him on a charge of operating a car while drunk. Miss McMillan was taken to the office R. P. Holden, 3111 Sixteenth , and recelved first aid before she s sent to Emergency Hospital. Another pedestrian,” Annie Marshall, 45, of 909 O street, was cut and bruised last night when knocked down by an automobile as she was crossing N street at Tenth street. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for minor injuries. The _driver of the automobile was James D. Pogue, 1418 D street northeast, according to police of No. 2 precinct. EXONERATE COLORED MAN Companion Pleads Guilty to Two Counts in Indictment. NEED FOR BETTER 0. C. GUDES FEL Capt. Parsons Favors Serv-! ice Comparable to That at Gettysburg, Pa. Uniformed guides for the Capital, :posesslng an accurate knowledge of | points of interest, particularly the pub- | lic buildings and parks, will soon be taken up with the District Commis- | sioners by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d., director of the Office of Public Build- | ings and Public Parks. Dissatisfaction ; | with the present system has been felt by officials of Col. Grant's office, it | was learned today. the explanation be- | ing put forward that at present it is necessary merely to secure a permit from the Traffic Bureau of the Metro- | politan Police Department to become a guide. Capt. M. H. Parsons, supertintendent | of the United States Park Police, favors a guide service for tourists coming to the Natlonal Capital comparable to | | that maintained at Gettysburg, Pa. | Guides should be required to pass & | written examination concerning the | points of interest in the city, be courte- | ous and well appearing and render a | real service to thev isitors of Washing- ton, Capt. Parsons said. | Under the present system there is | | opportunity for a great deal of lax- | ness, in the opinion of Capt. Parsons. who favors a becoming uniform and | badge for a proposed guide service. He has been advised that some of the tourists have expressed dissatisfaction | with the present guide system and | that this feeling reacts unfavorably on | | | i | {CAPT. KURTZ PAGE 17 BOARD WILL AT ONDEGREE PERMITS UNDER NEW LAY Licenses for 3 Law Schools and 3 Business Institu- tions to Be Considered. {DR. CHARLES F. CARUSI EXPECTED TO PRESIDE Second Definite Step by Board to Enforce the Diploma Law Mill. The Board of Education will act on the first group of applications for license to grant degrees within the District of Columbia filed by Washington educa- tional institutions since the enactment of the diploma mill bill at the last ses- slon of Congress, in executive session at the Franklin administration Build- ing late this afternoon. Licenses to Be Considered. The board has received numerous ap- plications from all types of college-de- gree-granting institutions here, and this afternoon will consider issuing licenses to three law schools and three business practice institutions. The law schools, whose applications were chosen for con- sideration in the initial license con- ferring session of the board are: Co- lumbus University, operated under au- spices of the Knights of Columbus; the Washington College of Law, and the District of Columbia College Law School, operated by the Young Men's Christian Assoclation. Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education, is expected to pre- side, while the entire personnel of the board will sit at the session. Second Step by Board. Consideration of the applications this afternoon is the second definite step jtaken by the school board toward en- forcing the diploma mill law, which vested in that board authority to license all degree-granting institutions here, | Within the past month the Board of Education, assisted by the Federal Bureau of Education, framed a blank ‘\fnrm which was issued to the local | degree-granting schools upon which they 1 could make application for licenses in ;acwrdance with the law. The appliéa- tion blanks were distributed promptly and many of them, completely filled out, have been returned to the school | authorities. 'DAVIS APPOINTED ASSISTANT ATTORNEY Colored Lawyer Named to Suc- | ceed T. L. Jones Will Be Assign- ed to Police Court Work. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover today announced the appoiniment of Ernest James Davis, colored, as an as- sistant United States attorney fcr the District of Columbia. Davis succeeds Thomas L. Jones, who died a few weeks ago. He will be assigned to the Police Court to continue the work conducted there by Jones. The new assistant is a native of San Antonio, Tex., whers he was born June 18, 1898, and received his education at the Douglas High School, being grad- uated in 1917. In March, 1918, he en- listed and went overseas, where he re- mained until February, 1919. Coming to Washington, he entered Howard Uni- versity Law School, where he took his law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1923. He was associated with James A. Cobb, judge of the Municipal Court. beroll;e joining the law firm of Hayes & Davis. RECONCILIATION FAILS; WIFE STABBED 8 TIMES John Henry Carter Held on Charge of Assault Upon Mate. ‘When his efforts to effect a recon- ciliation went astray last night, John Henry Carter, colored, 22 years old, of 22 N street, stabbed his estranged wife, Mrs. Luella Carter, eight times in her body and left arm, Carter was ar- rested for assault with a dangerous weapon by Detective Curtis Trammel and Hugh Robey, driver of the police headquarters car. His wife is in Freedmen's Hospital. Carter told police that he telephoned his wife shortly after 11 o'clock last night, telling her that she was wanted at the eighth precinct station “house to make an identification. He attacked | her as soon as she left her home at 528 U street. After Carter had been taken to head- quarters he told detectives he “wanted to get on the police force when this matter is straightened out.” WILL RETIRE AFTER 30 YEARS’ SERVICE TINY CHILD ON STROLL. jBrnwl Ends Fatally for Colored | | Participant; Assailant Held | Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma. {o reach shore was that they must | | beaks suitable for capturing and de- 1o reach shore was T ey mRSH Washington when the tourists return | Charles A. Jones, colored, who was 6 home. | A number of such protests have been | received at the Department since ap- proval of the tariff measure by the House. Prior to that other protests were presented by the foreign nations and those were transmitted to the House ways and means committee. Thomas asked for immediate consid- eration of the resolution, but Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican Jeader, objected 30 DAYS FOR DRINKING. One-Armed Flower Vendor Sen- tenced Despite Innocence Plea. Despite his emphatic denial of guflt, George Cleveland, a one-armed flower vendor, was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court for intoxication. At Thirteenth and F streets last night, Cleveland said he was “catching the theater crowds, who were a little Jate on Memorial day.” Officials Off to Atlantic City. Vice President Curtis, Speaker Long- worth, the British and Spanish Am- bassadors, along with other congres- sional leaders and members of ~the diplomatic corps. left today for Atlan- tic City to attend the dedication of the Atlantic City Convention Hall to- LT s | “.nig 2-Year-01d Ina Tavan Missing for | Three Hours. | Pushing_her doll in a small baby | carriage, 2-year-old Ina Tavan ing and showed up_ three hours later, quite unimpressed by had caused her mother, Mrs. Franc Tavan. The parent became the object of a general search. Just how far the young adventurer | got from home was not learned, steps for her father. neighborhood brought Ina to a grocery several blocks from where she lived and the grocer informed her mother as to Ina's whereabouts. APPROPRIATION EXTENDED The House today passed & resolution by Chairman Wood of the appropriations _committee, extending garden has been delayed in condemna- tion proceedings with the result that if the condemnation places were not closed by July 1 the would automatically lapse. The joint SPTCSR TS5 T WY .| intoxication,” joint | capable of making a valid contract resolution passed today meets this con- There is no intention of a for Grand Jury. Robert Jackson, colored, 39, was fa- left | tally stabbed through the temple yes-|a Rocky Mountain sheep, home, at 7121 Ninth street, this morn- | terday afternoon in the course of a brawl at 228 Brooks court, and Bud the alarm she | Willlams, also colored, an occupant of | the house, who was arrested by second notified police | precinct police on a murder charge, was shortly after Ina disappeared and she | held for the grand jury by a coroner's jury today. An_Emergency Hospital ambulance and fire rescue squad No. 1 were sum- although she offered to retrace her |moned to the place when Jackson fell A lady in the |to the floor. The injured man died at Emergency Hospital about midnight last night. Declaring that “by reason of extreme both parties were in- when (hey went through a marriage ceremony at Rockville about midnight until June 30, 1930, the availability of | April 4, 1928, John W. Darwin, 1323 M the $600,000 appropriation for enlarging | street, today asked the District Supreme and relocating the Botanic Gardens.|Court to annul his marriage to Virginia The acquisition of the land for the new | L. Darwin, now said to be residing in New York City. ‘Through Attorney Richard D. Danels, the plaintiff tells the court that they appropriation | separated immediately after the cere- mony and never have lived together reconcilia- ton, h ; vouring fish, and a capabara from South Africa to replace one which died recently. The stork also has been busy, | presenting the collection with two bison, four wart hogs, four wild boars and a Philippine water buffalo. from Cuba to the Zoo fell victims to a cold snap on the way and all but one were dead when they reached Wash- ington. The survivor died the next day. It is practically impossible, Mr. Baker said, to keep these strange ani- mada. Jong in captivity, since they are 50 lifeless anyway that it is impossible to tell when they are sick. The Zoo now is without a specimen. |ASKS WEDDING BE VOIDED DEPICTS LINCOLN'S LIFE. Film Will Be Shown at First Con- gregational Church. “Abraham Lincoln,” an 11-reel pic- ture portraying the life of the Emanci- pator, will be shown at the First Con- gregational Church, Tenth and G reetsst, at 8 o'clock tonight. The show- ing has been arranged by Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor. ‘The picture will show 61 events in the life of Lincoln, dating from his birth, through his boyhood, his romance with Anne Rlllln&gr, lfl&r]:ué:l ‘{h;’ presidency and the strife of \y 3 it A PR T Five South American sloths shipped | | when they were pitched from the canoe, Under ordinary circumstances, he de- clared, either would have been capable | of making the swim alone, even fully clothed as they were. | They were found in about 20 feet of water. The body of Lavendar was | recovered by Willlam Reynolds, vet eran riverman, and_that of the young woman by Duke Finelly, who, with Dr. J. Ramsey Nevitt, District coro- | ner, viewed the bodies last night and | this morning issued certificates _of death by accident in each case. The body of Lavendar was shipped to his parents in Rock Island, I, this morn- ing. Funeral arrangements for Miss Matthews are awaiting word from her brother, W. I. Matthews, of Chicago. She is survived also by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Matthews: another brother, Gordon Matthews, and a sister, Edna Matthews, all of Wash- ington. Boy Must Pay $3,000 Damages. For_twisting the arm of John Gill, aged 14, 16-year-old Benjamin Pomfret of Lower Darwen, England, has been ordered by the court to pay Gill $3,000 damages. It was stated that Pomfret | twisted Gill's arm in a dispute, break- iing a l_;xne at the elbo! %) o Sugn QW AL J00L X indicted with Dennis Marshall, colored, or while trying to assist each other.|on a Jones-Stalker law violation charge | establishing an organized guide service | at the Night Club Bohemia, 2001 Eleventh street, was exonerated today when Marshall entered a plea of guilty to two of the three counts of the & dictment. Assistant United States Attorney Jo- seph V. Connolly nolled the charges against Jones. Marshall's case was referred to Pro- Reynolds, was also assisting the police. | bation Officer Amos A. Steele for in- | distressed mining districts of England vestigation and report. Col. Grant has had the plans for | under consideration and is now about ready to take the matter up with the | District Commissioners, in the hope | that it can be brought to realization at | an early date. | 3 Seven hundred boxes of Canadian | | foogstuffs were distributed recently in | | and Wales. Boy With Bank Roll Does Whoopee $8 Worth Before Police Interfere The rtoll of greenbacks was thick with tens and twenties, but Willlam Toomer's idea of a spending spree Was plenty of lollipops and chewing gum, so police recovered $132 yesterday before William could spread joy in a big way. As it was, Willam earned a local reputation for being free-handed. It | cost somebody $8, and William was due | pearance in _court. |to explain this and other things in | found the $132 in Willlam's home, 106 Juvenile Court today. The 8-year-old colored boy, loitering vesterday morning about the firocrrvn(-\‘; ort. Do ox ¥ | Carolina_ avenue, was tempted and | weakened, he told police, when he saw the bills in an open cash register drawer. Mrs. O'Sullivan went tempo- rarily to a back room, and Willlam did the rest. He was booked at the fifth precinct on a charge of grand larceny, and re- leased in custody of his mother for ap- Police say they | Tenth street southeast. The child had been treating his Naval Orders Reveal He Was to Have Commanded One of New Light Cruisers. Capt. Thomas R. Kurtz, assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, will retire after 30 yea service on June 30. Naval orders an- nounced today revealed that his previ- ous orders directing that he assume command of the first completed of the group of eight light cruisers now being built, the U. 8. S. Salt Lake City, are revoked. The commanding officer of the Salt Lake City will be Capt. Fred- erick L. Oliver, who has just completed a tour of duty at the Naval War Col- lege at Newport, R. 1. Comdr. Charles H. Maddox is ordered to additional duty as communication of- ficer for activities within the area along the Severn and Potomac Rivers. Lieut. Comdr. Hugh 8. Sease is detached from command at VT squadron 1B, air squadrons of the battle fleet, about July 1 and will go on duty involving flying as a member of the United States naval mission to Brazil. Lieut. (junior grade) Walter E. Gist is detached from Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology and will come on friends at a neighborhood confectioner’s, u%ou;e said, | Lot the Navy Department. duty soon at the Bureau of Aeronautics R