Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1929, Page 10

go ¢ SPECIALUDGE PO TRAL OF DOUTHIT Former Dry Investigator Is Indicted on Attempted Bribery Charge. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va, June 18—Harry N. Douthitt, who was indicted by a grand | Jury yesterday for the attempted bribery of Circuit Judge Howard W. Smith, and for whom a capias has been issued, is | expected to give himself up today, ac- cording to court officials and friends. Douthitt’s indictment came as a dis- tinet surprise. It was included in 20 indictments of others. He was not in court at_the time. The charge is the direct result of a letter written shortly before the open- ilng of the April term of the Circuit Court. The letter offered Judge Smith the sum of $500 to decide in Douthitt’s favor in a suit instituted against him by Morris A. Bealle, a former business associate and now the editor of the In- dependent, a weekly newspaper of Rock- ville, Md. Denies Authorship. | | Douthitt’s signature appeared at the bottom of the letter, but he claimed that he knew nothing of the itself, stating that it must have been letter of having murdered her son George, SUBURBAN NEWS. A curly headed boy, Morris Gibson, 9 (right), whose story at the coroner’s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929. inquest was mainly responsible for holdiag Mrs. Hattie V. Stone on a charge Mrs. Stone’s murder mansion in Havre 15, was to have been the next victim at de Grace, Md., police were told. Police written on a piece of paper to which he | believe Mrs. Stone poisoned five members of her family to collect on their had affixed his signature. | At the last term of court the matter was placed before the grand jury, but it refused to return an indictment, so Douthitt swore to a warrant for Bealle's arrest, charging him with forgery. When Bealle learned of the warrant and appeared at the courthouse, Com- monwealth's Attorney William C. Gloth released him without bond in the cus- tody of his attorney. Judge Smith will request the governor to appoint a special judge to try the| case, and Gloth will ask for a special | prosecutor, since both are to appear as | Witnesses. Douthitt helped to organize and was formerly the chief investigator of the | Citizens' Service Committee for Law| and Order in Washington. He was more recently owner of the Clarendon Chronicle, which he sold but two weeks ago to local interests. While engaged in his former capacity he was active in the apprehension of liquor law violators. Pleaded Guilty. A number of others against whom in- dictments were returned pleaded guilty and were immediately sentenced. Raymond Epps and Hunter Cooper, both colored, pleaded guilty to a charge of chicken stealing and were sentenced to one year each in the penitentiary. Buster Summerville, alias George Au- gustus, colored, who was recently re- leased from the penitentiary, was sen- tenced to serve three years on a house- breaking charge. Pleas of guilty to liquor charges re- sulted in fines of $97.50 each being as- sessed against four persons. Fines of a like. amount were assessed against two other persons. Additional sentences against the same persons were as follows: J. Forest Bush, one month in jail, which was suspended: Charles Hend- ricks, one month in jail; Joseph Miller, three months in jail; Alonzo Hurley, one month in jail; August Buchert, one month in jail, which was suspended, and Lewis Rust, a suspended jail sentence of one month. A nolle prosse was entered in the case of Mrs. Louise Francis, who had been jointly indicted with Mrs. Eva Steiner on charges of performing an illegal operation. Gloth told the court that a iury had failed to convict Mrs. Steiner and that the evidence against Mrs. Francis was even less convincing. Capt. Crandal Mackey and Frederick W. Flynn represented Mrs. Francis. Others against whom indictments were returned were: Annie Winston, transporting and sale; Walter Harris, transporting: Clar- ance E. Randall, transporting; Nelson Morgan, transporting; Christine Bolen, ransporting: James Powell, house- ‘oreaking; Augustus Ferguson, trans- norting, and Lucybelle Hicks, assault with a dangerous weapon. i A Kills Wife and Neighbor. ATLANTA, Ga., June 18 (#).—Sam 7. Atken shot and killed his wife and 2 neighbor, Boyce Hunter, in the kit- chen of his home here today and surrendered to a posse of policemen an aour later in a clump of woods 4 miles wway. He claimed a “wrecked home” urance The boy is now being guarded by police. Officers of Harford County and the Pennsylvania Railroad today started a of the Stone household. search for James Aberts, former boarder at the home of Mrs. Stone, who it is believed will be able to throw additional light on the case. Above is the coroner’s jury which is probing the deaths of other members —P. & A. Photos. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, June 18 (Spe- cial).—Michael J. Quigley and Miss Winifred E. Bateman, both of Wash- ington, were married at Bethesda by Rev. James J. O'Connor, pastor of the Catholic Church here. Rev. Ralph D. Smith of the Wood- side Methodist Church officiated at the marriage at Woodside of Ray F. Pifer of Silver Spring and Miss Ida Marian Cole of Washington. Charles Theodore Stuart and Miss Elsie G. Williams, both of Washington, were married at Gaithersburg by Rev. A. E. Spielman of Epworth Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, and Theodore W. Hodes and Miss Dorothy E. Thoms, both of Washington, were married in Rockville by Rev. Henry K. Pasma of the Presbyterian Church. ‘With the arrest in Frederick County a day or two ago of Eugene Blank and Harry Redmond, young residents of that county, the Montgomery County authorities have discontinued investiga- tion of recent robberies which cost several residents of the Hunting Hill neighborhoed numerous chickens. According to Policeman Roy Bodmer of the county force, Blank and Red- mond have admitted depleting at least two Montgomery roosts and have im- plicated several others not yet under arrest. As the pair will have to an- swer several similar charges in Fred- erick County, it may be many months before they can be prosecuted in this e;mnly. ‘The youths are about 17 years old. Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of William H. Cockrell, 24, of Warrenton, Va., and Miss Vir- ginia C. Mitchell, 21, of Kilmannock, Va,, and W. Carter Baum of Washing- ton and Miss Mary E. Grose of this county. Committees have been named for the annual lawn fete of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Rockville, to ke held on the church grounds the evenings of Wed- nesday and Thursday, August 7 and 8. This is one of the county's oldest and biggest annual events of the kind. Announcement has been made that the annual picnic for the benefit of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Olney, will be held at Olney on Tuesday, August 13. At the monthly council fire of Oty- okwa Camp, Fire Girls of Rockville, Grace Baker, Juliet Nicholson and Catherine Sullivan were admitted to membership and 100 honor beads were awarded to the girls winning their dif- ferent honors, Margaret Gartner re- ceiving the highest number. Rev. S. J. Goode of the Christian Church officiated at the marriage here yesterday afternoon of Miss Lola L. Shreves, 18, and Robert M. Danterman, was responsible for his act. Every 22, both of Arlington, Va. KUPPENHEIMER and GROSNER Man’s Suit in the House REDUCED! T RAINIER PLANS facing of Five of Town’s Highways. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., June 18.— Authority to proceed with the paving of five streets as the initial step in their road improvement program was granted by the mayor and council at their regular meeting in the town hall last night. In taking this action the council instructed the town engineer to prepare profiles and advertise for con- tracts for the streets selected, the cost of the proposed work being estimated at_approximately $39,000. The streets to be improved are: ‘Thirty - fifth and Thirty - seventh streets from Valley avenue to Perry street. . fromi Thirty-fourth to Otis street Thirty-seventh. Thirty-seventh street from Eastern avenue to its “dead-end” near Valley avenue. ‘Thirty-second street, from Perry to Beech. Mayor John Beall announced the personnel of the committee, authorized at the last meeting, which is to endeav- or to have the District authorities ex- tend Eastern avenue from Bladensburg road to Queen Chapel road. W. T. S. Rollins was named chairman_of the committee, the other members being Perry Boswell, Carl Roftman, Julius Reiners and Floyd B. Mathias. Reports of the auditing and improve- ment committees were received. D. J. Orcutt, chairman of the budget com- mittee, called the first meeting of that body for Friday night. — 4 | 10 PAVE STREETS, Authorities Authorize Resur- TEN MIDDIES SAVED |AFTER BOATS CAPSIZE Annapolis Men Are Thrown Into| Squall—Tossed Severn When ‘Wind Hits Ship. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 18—Ten midshipmen were rescued from the squall-tossed waters of the Severn River yesterday afternoon after a high wind capsized a number of small boats in which 75 or more Naval Academy stu- dents were sailing. The squall came up suddenly without warning ‘and the tiny ships were mo- | mentarily helpless. Two of them upset and the students were spilled into the water. They clung to the sides of the overturned boats until help arrived. Every motor boat at the Academy was rushed to the scene and all availablc ambulances were dispatched to the pier. The emergency wagons were not needed however, for none of the students werc injured, although all of them were thor- oughly drenched. In addition to overturning the boats the squall unleashed five of the navy seaplanes which were tied to buoys near the Severn River bridge. planes were damaged. For business . « . or bungalows . « « Westinghouse Panelboards No matter how many circuits must be handled in a single panelboard, or how few —no matter how large the building, or how small —Westinghouse can supply a panel- board designed to meet the requirements with compactness, safety, and convenience. For the busy factory or towering office structure, for the dwelling or the neighborhood shop, Westing- None of the | ARUINETON HONORS BRTHDAY OF DAVS Confederate Daughters Fit-| tingly Observe Anniversary. Medals for Veterans. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., June 18—High tribute was &lld to the memory of Jefferson Davis by Representative Rob- ert S. Hall of Mississippi, the principal speaker at exercises held last night in the Clarendon Methodist Church under auspices of Arlington Chapter, U. D. C., | in celebration of the birth of the famous Southern leader. The guests, who numbered about 200 |and included members of the chapter and their families, members of Ar- lington Camp, Sons of Confederate Vet- erans and Arlington Post, American Legion, were welcomed by Mrs. De Lana Robertson, president of Arlington Chapter. Presentation of Flag. Presentation of the flag by Wendell Robinson and Everett Palmer opened the exercises. This was followed by the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by the entire assemblage, with Mrs. W. W. Snyder at_ the piano. Invocation was by Mrs. Roberta Lee Sutton, chaplain of the chapter. Winners' in the historical essay con- | test conducted by the chapter were announced, as follo Miss Magni | Florence Robertson, “My Flag_and | What It Means to Me”; Miss Mabel Maflett, “Arlington Past and Present”; | | Lunquest G. Robertson, “Famous Southern Inventors,” first prizes; Quen- tin Allen, “Arlington Past and Pres- ent”; Helen Palmer, “Famous Southern Inventors,” second prizes. Francis Hodges, Mary Farley Ames and Vir- ginia E. Jones received honorable men- tion. Medals were presented to the winners by Frank R. Fravel. Medals for Veterans. Descendants of Confederate veterans | and who gave honorable service in the World War were presented crosses of honor on behalf of the chapter by | Joseph J. White, commander of Ar- lington Post, American Legion. Those so honored are E. Martin Eubank, Ray- mond W. Sutton, John H. Warner, Wal- ter 8. Warner and Blakley James. Other features included a reading, | “The Little Bronze Cross,” by Mrs. Maude Howell Smith of Washington; | presentation of one of Mosby's flags | to the chapter by Mrs. Mabel Angelo | Appleton, the flag having been carried | during the Civil War by -her father, the late Capt. Frank M. Angelo, and bene- diction by Rev. Perry L. Mitchell, pas- tor of the Clarendon Baptist Church. e Preacher Lauds Dry New York. NEW YORK. June 18 (#).—Rev. Dr. Christian F. Resiner, Methodist, be- lieves New York is one of the “Cleanest. finest and driest cities in America and a million times better than before prohibition. PALM BEACH and MOHAIR TROUSERS $4.65, $5.65 To match your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F || Don’t Miss the Big Doggy Dance Thursday, June 20 100 real woolly dof to be given to ladies ing lucky numbers. [-"-MEYER DAVIS' i Chevy Chase | LAKE buildings CAPITAL DISTRICT - PASTORS CHANGED Maryland Conference Metho- dist Protestant Church Transfers Preachers. By the Associated Press. * SUBURBAN Rhode Island Avenue—R. ¥. Nichol- n. xWesley Chapel of Kent—H. E. Hud- gins, Westminster—C. M. Elderdice. Peninsula—R. W. White. Second Church—W. A. Roberts. Whaleyville—J. F. George. Wye and Queen Anne—yJ. G. Lynn. Other changes in pastorates by the conference were: Virginia—Accomac, W. A. Donaway; Fairfax, to_be supplied; Wallace Me- morial, F. W. Sifirin; Tyreanna, John L. Alvis, supply. Pastors in the churches in the Cum- berland district were unchanged. Delaware—Cannon, A. W. Simms; Dagsboro, to be supplied; Felton, O. G. Brewer; Greenwood, H. G. Hagar; Harbeson, L. W. Gordon; Harrington, R. W. Sapp; Milford, J. L. Nichols. BALTIMORE, Md, June 18.—The | Rev. F. G. Holloway, who was pastor | of the Cherrydale Methodist Protestant | Church of the Washington district, was | transferred to the Westminster Theo- | logical Seminary at assignments read at the closing session of the annual | Maryland Conference of the church. | These appointments were mad; ident, Western Maryland College, A. N. Ward; professor, W. B. Sanders; presi- | dent, Westminster Theological Semi- B nary, H. L. Elderdice; professor, F. G. Holloway: superintendent church ex- tension, W. H. Litsinger; secretary board of mission, G. W. Haddaway; treasurer general conference, J. H. Straughn. ‘The Washington district appointments follow: Alexandria—G. J. Hooker. Calvary—J. W. Townsend. Cherrydale—J. A. Trader. Congress Street—H. A. Kester. First Church—T. J. Turkington | Fort Myer Heights Chapel—Ira Dinkle, Mount, Tabor—C. M. Kelser. | Mount Olivet—W. H. Hodges | North Carolina Avenue—H. L. schlincke, | | and Walker's - | Gallry: West Virginia—Harpers Ferry, H. C. Burkins; Harmony, M. E. Dearholt. Maryland—Bivalva, F. M. Clift; Caro- line, W. T. Archer; Cecil, C. M. Jenkins; Centerville, J. W. Baxley: Crisfield, E. C. Graham; Dorchester, C. H. Dobson: Frederick, H. L. Murphy; Kent Island, | G. S. Ross; Laurel, J. E. Cummin: Leeds, C. L. Dawson: Lewiston-Liberty, O. Keen; Mount Nebo, Stephen Nichols Memorial, L. E. Had- daway; Oak Grove and Prince George, George E. Baughman, supply; Oxford, G. A. Morris; Pittsville, K. H. Ware- il Powellville, W. F. Bauseher; Rowlandville, F. N. Bowers; Susque- hanna, H. L. Murphy; Trinity-Salem, . B. Robey; Union, C. P. Butler; Wal- lace Memorial, F. W. Siffrin, and War- wick, C. 8. Marshall. Raising of an endowment for West- minster Theological Seminary was rec- ommended by the institution’s board of governors. No amount was mentioned, but it was said the institution is in urgent need of funds and that there had been a deficit of $2,000 in the last vear. In a report commenting “that two women had been graduated from the seminary this year the board of gov- ernors said “Both of these women justified the NEWS. | wisdom of admitting their sex asjsfu- | dents into the theological nml.nln‘ d demonstrated that in high moralsi &hd | scholastic success they ‘rated withs ‘the | best of the male students.” It was voted to admit to the confer- ence and ordain two laymen who have long taken an active interest in the church. They are H. E. Gilbert, an |artist of Rowlandville, Cecil County, | who is said wmhavemrlj\'eln x{g a fio,- 000-a-year position join the minis- | try, nfd A. W. Betts of Grove, Fred- | erick County, who has been preaching since 1876. It is customary, it was ex- | plained, to require three years of minis- terial service before admission to the conference. STRICKEN FAMILY HELD PUZZLE BY AUTHORITIES Chicago Doctors Mystified Over ) Death of Boy and Illness of Four Other Children. By the Associated Press. 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