Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1929, Page 3

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COLUMBIA 211 THE FOLLOWING C; > BE SOLD FOR ghames at Weschiers publie auction, Satur: a 3:° Ford Touring. V-4390. left Hudson Sedan, no e CALL CARL,_INC. ny: Kris Every Facility —for a perfect printing service. | The Natfonal Capital Press 1310:1212 D §t. N.W. _ Phone National 0850 | WINDOW SHADES & SCREENS n estimate on_making | nels shhdch wnd sereens. Finest workman- | ¥hip. " Factory, prices KLEEBLATT 4t 8.8 ‘Window Shades and Screens. Phone Lin. 879 YOUR ROOF—NOW Have us call, look things over, tell you what is needed—what the ‘cost will be. 5 ncere work and fair charges, wly . Let us serve you. 1 119 3rd St. B.W. 1 KOONS fzity, 3 | divorce from James M. McNey, E(]MPLAIN OF DOGS Postmaster Requests Pa-| ! trons to Keep Them Chained or Call for Mail. Policemen study marksmanship: fire- | men devote hours to the study of how | to seale walls, and now W. M. Mooney, | ‘Washington’s genial postmaster, is won- dering if it wouldn't be wise for his | letter carriers to take lessons in culti- | vating the friendship of his patrons’ dogs. A letter carrier has enough bother with his own “dogs,” as Mr. Mooney | sees it. From 12 to 15 cases of letter | carriers being bitten last week were re- \ ported to the post office. along with complaints from carriers that in some instances mail dcliveries were being held up. Patrons of the post office in,| Washington and nearby Maryland and | Virginia_ towns, whose dogs insist on | biting his letter carriers, will chaperon | | their canines henceforth, Mooney has | | decided, or will call at the post office for theix mail. 1 | " The largest number of cases have | | been reported from _Clarendon, Mooney said today. but carriers | been “bitten _in “Washington, | Park was bitten on the shoulder and | confined to his home a week, Mooney said. Regquests Chaining of Dogs. | Co-operation is what Mr. Mooney {eraves, and in calling the situation to | the attention of patrons he requested | { merely that dogs be k~nt chained or | | housed at delivery hours. He concedes ! that the dogs are not entirely to blame, | | considering that some of his carriers just will run at the sound of a growl. Some of the patrons about whom | | complaints have ‘been made several | times have taken the matter so seri- | ously that they have had affidavits pre- \parcd and sent to the post office in | | support of their contention that the | dog in question is harmless. even friend- Myer. The Secretary of War delivering an MATTHEW J. NOONE, i1y, Even so, carrier are bitten. The postal laws and regulations pro- | vide that delivery of mail can be | stopped where complaints | made by postmen. | mail is held at the post office until f{canei for: [ Child Bitten on Arm. | Four cases of dog bite not involving | | | ch the postal service were reported to Washington police yesterday. Little Prancis Malousis, 5 years old, of 513 | F street, was bitten on the right arm near his home about 7:30 o'clock last night and was treated at his home. John W. Walker, colored, 60 years old, of 1300 Q street, was bitten on the left heel while delivering furniture at 1915 | Twenty-third street. Samuel Pinkney, colored, 30 years old, of 715 Smith row, went to Sibley Hos- | pital last night nursing a bite on the | right leg. and Mrs. Eugenia Nelson, col- ored, 1881 Third strect, reported she was attacked and bitten on the right hip by a dog while in front of 1857 Charles S. Fisher | Third street gave first aid. Allowing dogs to go unmuzzled has | already proved cestly in court for some owners, Dr. SUE FOR $25,000. Auto Company Made Defendant in Accident Case. Suits totaling $25.000 damages were | filed today against the Lambert Hud- son Motors Co. by Mrs. Mary M. Young and her husband, Harry D. Young, 927 | Ingraham street. Mrs.” Young charges negligence against the company in fail- | ing to give notice of a step-down at the entrance to its place of business. She declares she entered the offices of | the company at 2319 M street January 18, 1928, and being unaware of the step-down inside the door, fell and sus- | tained serious injury, which she places | at $20,000. The husband asks an addi- { the wife 'and for the expense incident | to her illness. They are represented by | Attorneys Harlan Wood and J. P. Don- | ovan. WILL TAKE VACATION. Chief Justice McCoy to Leave To- day for Home in Maine, Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy today completed his “vacation” term on the | bench of the District Supreme Court and will be succeeded Monday by Justice Jennings Bailey, who will pre- side in all the branches of the court until July 26. Chief Justice McCoy will leave Washington late this afternoon for his Summer home, at Haven, Me., | where he is expected to stay until the opening of the Fall October 1. term of court Mrs. McNey Seeks Divorce. Elizabeth V. McNey, Embassy Apart- ments, has filed suit for an absoll:)llb; Fourteenth street. They were married September 4, 1926, at Baltimore, The wife charges cruelty and misconduct. She is represented by Attorneys Frank J. Kelly and Cornelius H. Doherty. LODGE OFFIE)ES FILLED. Forest Temple of Elks Auxiliary Holds Installation. The following officers of Forest Tem- ple, No. 9, Daughters of the 1. B. P. O. Elks, auxiliary to Morning Star Lodge, No 40, were installed yesterday: Mrs. Maude Fleming, daughter ruler; Mrs. Linda L. Fortune, vice daughter ruler; Mrs. Estelle Herbert, assistant daugh- ter ruler; Mrs. Hattie Clark, chaplain; Mrs, Marie McNeil, escort; Mrs. Grace Rich, doorkeeper; Mrs. Mamie Thomas, gatekeper, and Mrs. Mamie Booker, or- | ganist. | . Addresses were made by Willlam B. | Harris, district deputy; Dr. Leo Hol- | ton, exalted ruler of Morning Star o | Lodge, No. 40, and Herbert Jones, ex- alted ruler of Columbia Lodge, No. 85. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. FUTURE. ‘The Third Baptist Sunday school will have a picnic at the Suburban Garden tomorrow at 10 o'colck. The children are to meet at the church, Fifth and Q streets, at this hour. John R. Baker, s-‘z’pe;munaenc will be in charge of the affair, Card party and supper will be ven by the auxiliary home board of the Warren G. Harding Chapter at the suburban home of Mrs. Grace L. cme;, 317 Mason street, Cherrydale, Va., n:o;ruw afternoon, 2 o'clock. supper at 5. ‘Temperance rally will be held Sun- day evening, 8 o'clock, on the lawn of the American Children’s Aid Society, éo‘r;er Barney and Spa streets, Cottage Dashaway Club. widdie, . superintendent of the associa- tion, will be one of the speakers, l”A\"‘muxh:‘:l’ .J:: literary SR will lven ‘Young Men ubilee Chorus, assisted by others, fea atn!-w and his saw, under the of William B. dnw:,; -the Ve mne Avenue Btw.u on Mon. evening, July 15, at.8:30 o'cle~l". tional $5,000 for the loss of services of | Man Had Been Missing More Than Two Days. Matthew | 2506 Pennsylvania avenue, long promi- | himself yesterday in a small store room {on the third floor of the St. Stephen’s Club, 2422 K street, which he helped to organize. His body was found last eve- for almost 48 hours. His wife, Mrs. Marjorie Noone, with ters, said he had been missing from home for more than two days and that she asked the police to search for him. tion of the reason for his act, but his friends and the Rev. T. V. Fitzgerald, assistant pastor of St. Stephen’'s Church, | attributed it to ill health. ‘Was Sick Man. “Matt Noone was sick in both mind [Hnd body." today. “He was willing to take on his shoulders the troubles of others, could not rid himself of his own. He let trifies prey on their mind. | _“He was born and raised in St. Ste- phen’s parish and during all the time that I knew him he was perhaps the | most active member of the church.” Noone's body was found in a sitting position on the floor with a noose around his neck and the other end of the rope tied to a gas jet. The door | was barricaded from the inside with | chairs. J. H. Frank, the houseman of | the club, who discovered the tragedy was forced to remove the lock witl screw driver and then summon ht]p | before the door could be completely | opened. He said the door had been | locked since Wednesday evening. Dead for 48 Hours. ‘The Emergency Hospital ambulance was called and Dr. J. Swartzman of the giving his opinion that death had come 48 hours before. District Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt is- |sued a certificate of suicide. Noone was employed as an auditor in the Internal Revenue Bureau. He played on the St. Stephen's, the Emer- ald and the Treasury Department base ball teams, He was instrumental in organizing the Departmental League and had served as its secretary and treasurer. He had been president of the St. Stephen’s Club and was a lead- er in the Holy Name Society. Besides his widow he is survived by his daughters, Majorie, 14 years old; Frances, 13 years old, and Eleanor, 4| vears old, and a brother, T. A. Noone | of 1135 New Hampshire avenue. Funeral arrangements are being made | today by Father Fitzgerald. STIMSON ASKS INQUIRY INTO TRIAL OF MEXICANS Pair Sentenced to Death Were De- nied Interpreter, Secretary of State Is Told. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo,, July 12.—At By the Associated Press. the request of Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, Gov. Caulfield has started an investigation into court action at a trial ending in conviction and sentence of death of two Mexicans for the slay- ing of a St. Louis merchant, Nathan Broddon, during a hold-up. The mat- ter was called to the Secretary's atten- tion by the Mexican embassy. The complaint is that the pair, Miguel Aguilera and Jose Martinez, were tried and convicted without being permitted to have an interpreter. Sec- retary Stimson’'s letter to Gov. Cnul- field said: “If the facts are as alleged you can | recognize that the carrying ous of such a death sentence on these Me: might become an im t factor in relations between Mexico and the United States.” The denial of an interpreter caused the defense to end 'its testimony, al- though only two witnesses had ap- peared. WILL ACCEPT RESIGNATION President Moncada Denies Breach With Minister Sagassa. By Cable to The Star. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 12.—Ac- cepunce of the regisnation of Dr. Juan Sagassa, Minister to~Washington, is a practical certainty, it m nnnmmced Md., under the auspices of the | =G Rev. Bdwin C. Din. | o8 30, HANGS HIMSELF [Body Is Found in Club After, are | In such event the | Noone, 35 years old, of | | ning where it is thought to have been Noone left no note or other indica- | Father Fitzgerald asserted | but he | | was subpect to neurasthenia and it was | apparent that he was one of those who | hospital staff pronounced the man dead. | Takes Own Life | , | n"nt in local base ball and church cir- | cles of the west end of the city, hanged | whom he iived with their three daugh- | __ MATTHEW §1000BILL CAUSES 0.C. MAN' ARREST 'F. A. Crawford Flashes Large | Bill in Night Club, Police Raid Apartment. Special Dispatch to The Star. | ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 12.—"Flashing | aa $1,000 bill in a night club, especially a St. Louis night club, attracts too | much attention. You can bet I won't | do it again when I get out of this mess.” ‘The speaker, a prisoner at police | headquarters, was a middle-aged man, who says he is Frederick Arthur Craw- | | ford, a’ Washington, D. C., real estate | operator worth $250,000, including the $1,000 bill. | “I'm on a year's vacation and have | to carry a lot of money with me." the | prisoner continued. “Besides, I like to | take in night clubs and havé a drink or two, and that costs money. “Last night I was in a party at a West End club and paid the bill out of a roll with a $1,000 bill on the out- side. After I left. I understand a rookie | rop dropped in the place and somebody | him: ‘You should have seen the; guy with a roll of forty or fifty | “grand.”* The "rookie made a report| and 12 detectives came to my npln-‘ ments last midnight and pinched us.”| Two Arrested in Apartment. Arrested with Crawford at the Guild Hall Apartments were a man who said | he was John Dade of Washington and a woman who said she was Dade's 29- year-old wife. ‘The police seized in the apartments Crawford’s roll of $1.950—one $1,000 bill, two $100 bills and 15 $50 bills— Dade's $80, two pearl necklaces which Crawford said had been appraised at $25,000, two diamond rings, wern by the men, and valued by them at $2,000, 8 watch and chain, six women's gold rings, two scarf pms and a revolver. An expensive roadster, parked outside the artment building, also was held. letter in the apartment interested !he ulderx “I hope you pull a good deal soon,” it read. "It was signed “Harry” and postmuked from Lans- downe, Md. Made Fortune in Real Estate. Crawford related that he accumulated a fortune dealing in Washington real estate since 1920, prior to which he had worked_for -the Government for 16 ye Last January he started a year's vacation, taking the Dades with him. To occupy his time, aside from night clubs, he '.nded in jewelry, he added, address yesterday'to members of the Citizens’ Military Trs..nln‘ Camp at Fort | Army, ‘Jnmes Thomas Pleads Guilty to thus u:%utrln[ the articles seized hes “Everything’s been strictly legitimate, o’clock is closing time, to serve you until the -—Star Staff Photo. | C.M.T.C.BENEFTS ARE CITED BY GOOD Secretary of War Tells Stu- dent Soldiers at Fort Myer Lessons Are Invaluable. ‘The lessons of. obedience of law and faith in divinity, taught in the C. M. T. C, are of incalculable erecting bulwarks of true Americanism to stem the tide of lawlessness and cynicism which is spreading through the country, Secretary of War Good told | the student soldiers at Fort Myer yes- | terday. Secretary Good's address was incident to ceremonies attending the administra- tion of the oath by Maj. Gen. E. A. Kreger, judge advocate general of the the camp. 1t was his first address to t:00ps since entering the cabinet. The oath was administered on the fort parade grounds, with the Regulars of the 3d Cavalry formed at attention | during the ceremony GETS 10 YEARS IN PRISON. Two Charges of Housebreaking, Because of a previous criminal record, James Thomas, colored, was given a term of 10 vears in the penitentiary to- day by Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1. Thomas had pleaded guilty value in to the 300 young men attending | Capital Man Elected Head| at Session in ~ Oregon. Speaks on Expensive piag- nosis Procedure Demand- ed by Public. Dr. William Gerry Morgan, prominent ‘Washington physician, yesterday was cal Association, and, appearing before the organization last night, declared that the “elaborate and expensive” diagnostic procedure “which the public has come to demand” may account for the increased cost of medical services. | ‘The means of combating this in- creased cost is one of the problems | confronting the profession, Dr. Morgan said, according to Associated Press dis- patches from Portland, Oreg., where the association is meeting. Medical Cost Problem. “The problem most acute from the public point of view,” Dr. Morgan said. “is the cost of medical care. As I present situation does not come so | much from the insistent demand of the | so-called oppressed ones, as from the activities of that comparatively small group of well meaning, mentally bored, more or less idle rich, who are taking otherwise unoccupied energies. “Certainly it may be said that the individual fee received by physicians cannot account for the complaints against_us, true difficulty may lie in the elaborate and expensive diagnostic procedure vlhlch (he public has come to de- mand. The congress of the association de- cided to investigate further a proposal to urge State legislators to provide for mental and moral examinations for au- tomobile drivers. The house of delegates of the association voted to raise th limit for annual dues to $8 from $6. Other New Officers. of Portland, vice -president; Dr. Olin West, Chicago, treasurer, re-elected; Dr. F. C. Warnshuls, Grand Rapids, Mich., speaker of the house of dele- gates; Dr. A. E. Bulson. Indianapolis, vice speaker: Dr. D. Chester Brown, Danbury, Conn., member of the board of trustees, re-elected; Dr. Allen H. Bunce, Atlanta, Ga., member of the board of trustees. Detroit was a!l!tltd | as_the next meeting place. Dr. Morgan has been a practicing | physician in Washington 40 years, hav- ing come here from Séuthport, Conn., in 1899. He is recognized as one of the country's foremost specialists on diseases of the digestive tract, and | since 1904 has been professor of diges. tive tract diseases in Georgetown Uni- Money! Mone Banks say: Merchants say: to two charges of housebreaking and larceny and the court fixed the penalty at five years in each case and ordered that the sentences run consecutively. Thomas broke into the home of Peter Lynard. 200 block of John Marshall place, March 10. and stole an overcoat. March 26 he stole a quantity of cloti- ing from the home of Charles W. Cav- anaughy 200 block of C street southeast. | SLAYER GIVEN 30 YEARS. James Henry Dyson Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder. James Henry Dyson, colored, was sent to the penitentiary for 30 years to- day by Chief Justice McCoy in Crim- inal Division 1, for murder in the sec- nnd degree in connection with the kill- ng of his wife, Ada Dyson. The tragedy occurrm February 18 at 1234 Six-and- | a-half strect. Dyson was indicted for first-degree murder, but was allowed to plead guilty to second degree. The plea | to the lesser offense was accepted by Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins. Dyson was defended by At~ torney John H. Wflson. SEEK TORTURE GANGSTER. ‘TOLEDO, Ohio, July 12’ (#).—Police here and at Wauseon today sought the fourth member of & gang which broke into the home of Frank Shaffer, 61; bound and gagged him and his wife, who is 52, and a niece, Mary Cramer, 14, and then tortured them in an effort to secure $6,000 which they believed to be secreted in the house, Three youths, accused of torturing them, were in_jail in Wauseon. e he declared. “That $1,000 bill started all the trouble. I had another ‘grand’ with me, and, do you know, I had to go to four St. Louis banks_before I could get it changed?” Crawford and the other pair are held for_investigation. Crawford gave his age as 41. He says his wife and daughter are in Washington, his home being at 1610 Varnum street. He asserted he had bought some jewelry from the son of a Philadelphia police official. At the Crawford home at the Var- num street address it was uld mdly that Mr. Orawford is in St. At Your Service %15 AM. UNTIL 2 PM. Tomorrow—Saturday ¥ ATURDAY store. hours for Summer— 8:15 am. until 2 p. —and - while 2 you will find us alert last gong. go broke. The bank knows without spending. and it may be that the| Officers of the assoclation elected yes- | terday include also Dr. Ernst Sommers | elected president of the American Medi- | | | ciation and is a member of numerous {view this matter, the acuteness of the | 1006 Sixteenth street. { this problem as an outlet for their | Money! “Deposit it here.” “Spend it What are you to do? The answer is simple—a well balanced budget provides for both saving and spending. The merchant doesn’t want you to you can't |Order of Elks were dispersing today, | leaving behind the stamping grounds of 1 % oy Gt 7 DR. WILLIAM GERRY MORGAN. i | Socfety of the District of Columbia, of : at Fort Humphrey the Clinico-Pathological Society and of the American Gastro-Enterogical Asso- medical and scientific societies. Dr. and Mrs. Morgan make their home at ELKS’ 1930 SESSION WILL BE IN JERSEY Convention Ends in Pageant, Fol- lowing Selection of Atlantic City for Next Year. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 12.—Del- cgates to the Benevolent and Protective the sixty-fifth annual convention, which | was brought to a close here last night. | ‘The conclave ended at 11 o'clock, mystic hour of Elkdom, at the termina- tion of a brilliant pageant, in which | gorgeous floats representing the mo- tion picture industry played the leading | roles. 'The 1930 convention will be held in Atlantic City, N. ARGENTINE STRIKE GROWS | | Fear Labor Troubles Will pr‘endl From Rosario. | i ROSARIO, Argentina, July 12 (#).— Labor troubles which have been ex- istent here for some time have culmi- nated in a general strike. The move- ment so far has been tranquil, but it | was feared it would spread to neighbor- ing ports. An Open Boo\l:t on Banking The merchant sells his goods in order to get ahead finan- cially—he something for later life. That's all live Washington money, Wachington made, Should stay at home For Washington trade. Keep Part of Your Profits for Yourself This bank also urges every Washingtonian to buy Washington because— THREE APPOINTED FOR CANAL SURVEY {Maj. Daniel L. Sultan Wil Head Party to Study Prob- lems in Nicaragua. Secretary Good of the War Depart- ment today designated Maj. Daniel L. Sultan, Corps of Engineers, now at- tached to the River and Harbor Board of the office of achievement engineers in this city, to _have charge, under the | direction of Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwi chief of Army Engineers, of the | vestigation and survey for the prono: canal in Nicaragua, authorized aes\l’)l\;tgmn of Congress approved March The Secretary of War al=o h nated First Lieut. Eugene 13th Engineers, as an a: nt to Sultan, and also Maj. Paul R. Haw] Medical Corps, for duty with the surv party. Lieut. Caffey is now on duty Hawley is stationed at Fort R Kangas The (wee officers named will sail from New York City August 20 on an Army transport bound for Corinto. Nicaragua, from which port they will proceed to Managua, which will be their permanent station. Maj. Sultan, who will be in charge of the surveying party, i= from Oxford Miss., and was_graduated at the tary Acadev in June, 1907. He \l\!.F assigned to the Corps of Engineers has since been in charge of engi ing work at Savannah, Ga tion work in the Philippine lock and dam work on the Ohio River and for the past three vear and harbor Work in the office of the chief engineer. During the World War he was a member of the War Depart- ment general staff and was avarded the Distinguished Service Medal Maj. Hawley is from College Corner, and was appointed to the Hetsa advanced course. He has specialized sanitation and public heaith. Lieut. Caffey was born in Decatur, Ga., and was graduated from the Mili~ tary Academy in June. 1918. He also is a graduate of the Enzineering School. basic and civil engineering courses. Virginia, and Maj Bogota Carnival Opens. By Cable to The Star. BOGOTA, Colombia. July annual carnival got under yesterday, with a parade by university students bearing the flags of Colombia, Spain and all Latin American coun- tries. Maria Teresa Roldan was crown- ed students’ queen of the carnival. Heat Kills 510-Pound Cab Driver. NEW YORK, July 12 (#) —Among heat casualties is David Katz of Brookl: 510-pound taxi driver. The weather forced him to abandon his specially f'tlmg:rucud cab. He was found dead 12.—The way here wants to accumulate we urge you to do— in Oy X O ey Federal -American National Bank JOHN COMING! KANN'S SUMMER SAVINGS SALE! —Releasing at one time over one hundred special pur- chases of desirable Summer items—from more than one hundred different manufacturers! Offering in one great sale real money-saving opportunities to buy Dresses! Shoes! Hostery! Accessories! Silks! Wash Goods! Home Furnishings! Almost everything! POOLE, President MONDAY! e Y, See Sunday s Papers for Dctails)