Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1929, Page 17

- Commission tomorrow. RETRENENT BL ACTON PREDITED BY SENATOR DALE Favorable Feeling Noted in Upper Chamber Toward Federal Measure. 'MAY HAVE TO AWAIT SESSION IN DECEMBER Passage Believed Certain Whenever Vote Is Taken, Is Chair- man's Opinion. Tavorable action by the Senate, either during the special session or early in the regular session, on the bill to im- prove the retirement law for Govern- ment employes was predicted today by Senator Dale, Republican, of Vermont, chairman of the civil service committee. The Senator has just returned to the city for the tariff debate which is about to start in the Senate. ‘The retirement bill, which would raise the maximum payment from $1.000 to $1,200 a year and also liberalize the re- tirement age limit, is already on the Senate calendar, having been reported favorably shortly after the special ses- sion began last April. It is in a posi- tion, therefore, where it could be con- sidered before the regular session if the Senate should take up the calendar. Senator Dale indicated, however, that the retirement bill probably would have to wait for the regular session begin- ning in December. He is confident, however, it will pass the Senate when there is a chance to vote on fit. It is substantially the same bill, which passed both House and Senate in thc old Congress, but which failed to be- come a law when former President Coolidge withheld his signature in the closing days of the old Congress. Unanimous Consent Action. The chances are that if the Senate should call the calendar between now and December it would be for the pur- pose of acting on bills by unanimous consent. Under this rule one objection would postpone action on the retire- ment bill. When the regular session starts in December, however, there would be | ample time to take up and consider | the retirement measure. In the old Congress the Senate passed the bill after a brief debate. Under this bill employes who are | now eligible to retire at the age of 70| years, could retire at the age of 68‘ years, after 30 years of service. Letter carriers and Post Office clerks, who re- | tire now at 65 years, could receive a | pension at 63 years and railway mail clerks and others engaged in hazardous ; work. who now retire at 62, would | be eligible to retire at the age of 60, | with 30 years of service. These changes in age limits mean | that all employes with“a service record | of 30 years would bé.eligible to retire two years younger than othefs in the |ing same group who have not served quite that long. The committee believes that these new age limits for those with 30 years service are high enough so that it is probable that the employes who would avall themselves of the option will be only those who have become mentally or ph'x":nwsl{nm:gwm‘ itte e ate committee, in reportin, the bill last May, characterized it lg meritorious legislation and took the view that it would benefit the Government as well as the employes because it would result in greater efficiency in the service. FINE ARTS GROUP T0 STUDY BRIDGE Commission to Be Asked for Advice | Concerning Four Proposed Statues. ‘The PFine Arts Commission, at its meeting tomorrow, will be asked for ad- vice concerning the four proposed statues that will form part of the ‘Washington terminus of Arlington Me- morial Bridge. * In making this announcement today, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, said that the commission, which is headed by President Hoover, has approved the proposal in general, leaving details to be worked out by the artists, Two statues, representing warlike themes, are to be placed at the terminus of the bridge proger. At the entrance to the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- . way two groups are to represent the triumphs of peace, Col. Grant ex- plained. ‘The warlike figures might represent war and valor and the peace s ht represent peace and justice, or invention and art, but he said that the form the figures will take will be left to the ingenuity of the artists. Specifications for the statues now are ‘being written in the office of Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, assistant executive officer of the bridge commission. They are to be ready for presentation to the Fine Arts Recently, Senator Overman. Democrat of North Carolina, proposed that statues of Gen. Ullyses S. Grant, and Gen. Robert E. Lee be worked into the bridge program to carry further the idea of the Union of the North and South. —_— TEXAN RECEIVES FINE ON SPEEDING CHARGE Thomas Blanton's Neighbor Abilene Also Posts Permit Bond, John G. Bennett, who said that he in The driver of this machine had a narrow m-re through a barricade about a sewer excavation at Twel The Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1929. last night when it broke fth and H streets northeast. —Star Staff Photo. CHINESE SLAYER S ORDERED HELD George Lee Tells Coroner He Killed Guam Sing Lee—Two Others Also Held. George Lee, Chinese, 25-year-old con- fessed slayer of Guam Sing Lee, 58-year- old laundry man of the same race, was held for the grand jury late this morn- ing, following a coroner’s inquest. The older man was shot Tuesday at his laundry, 1005 Four-and-a-Half street southwest, by George Lee and then beaten on the head with a collar iron. He died two days later in Emergency Hospital of a fractured skull. The younger Lee took the stand this morn- ing and again confessed the killing. He had formerly signed a written state- ment in which he said Sing had re- proached him because of his conduct anger when the laundry man tried to force him to leave the establishment Sing had accused him of gambling and | going with American women, he said. The young Chinese, who lives at 315 Pennsylvania avenue, seemed confused at the inquest this morning and went on the witness stand without the ad- vice of counsel. Michael Duffy Held. ‘The jury also held for action of the grand jury Michael Duffy, 52, of the | 1300 block of I street northeast, who is alleged to have struck the blow that resulted in the death early this morn- | in Casualty Hospital of James O. Smith, 51, of 817 G street northeast. | ‘The same jury held Joseph Harrison, colored, of 37 Patterson street north- east, in the death last night at Freed- mans Hospital of Robert Queen, also colored, 39, of No. 9 Patterson street northeast, whom he is alleged to have beat on the head with a hammer last Tuesday. The testimony indicated that Queen was the r in the alter- cal BREressol ition, but the inquisitorial body cided to share the responsibility with the grand jury. Skull Is Fractured. In the Smith case, several witnesses testified that Smith and Duffy quarreled and that the latter struck Smith, knocking him to the sidewalk. He died | of a fractured skull. A statement was read in which Duffy | admitted striking the blow, but said | he_hit Smith with his open hand. Patrick Sullivan, 1225 G street north- east, told the jury that Smith was sub- ject to epileptic fits and that he had been drinking. . BITTEN ON HAND. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va. September 9.—Mrs. M. C. Forsom of Chatham is at Memo- rial Hospital being treated for a bite on the hand, supposedly by a reptile. She was gathering vegetables when che felt a sharp sting and two small punc- | tures were revealed on the hand. { Mrs. Forsom never saw the creature | and because of a doubt as to whether she was bitten by a snake or some insect the administration of anti- | venom serum is being delayed, as the wounded hand has not indicated a venomous bite. e e CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. The Staunton Park Citizens’ Associa- tion will meet in the Peabody School, Fifth and C streets northeast, this eve- ning at 8 o'clock. Association officers will be nominated. The first regular meeting of the Manor Park Citizens’ Association for the coming year will be held tomor- row evening at the Whittier School at 7:45 o'clock. A 500 card party for the benefit of the" St. Teresa's School, in Anacostia, will be held in the church, 13th and V streets southeast, at 8:30 o'clock. ‘The Syracuse Alumni Men'’s luncheon will be held at the Playhouse tearoom, 1814 N street, tomorrow noon. The Lions’ Club will meet at lunch- afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. The Loyal Knights of - the ‘Table will meet l?flu Univer:ll;alcll?lg and that he had shot him in a fit of | eon in the Hotel Mayflower Wednesday | tod: for luncheon tomorrow afternoon, 12:30 o'clock. Hog ‘bond on the latter one. & Texas, ap- Corporation ley De Neal on nflanludmrflndulm- told De Neal that Ben- net was going to be in Washington only a short while, so the prosecutor recom- mended personal bond on the np permit charge. Bennett was arrested last night on New Jersey avenue when Policeman J. D. Martin of the second flreclnct said that he was making 30 miles an hour. ‘He posted $75 for collateral. Ofl companies of Venezuela are con- structing many roads at their own ex- burg road and Queens Chapel road northeast early last night, with its crew fighting a brush fire, No. 26 fire engine ‘was struck by an automobile driven by Robert Simpson of 2707 Twenty-fourth itreet northeast. No one was hurt, but the ladder on the engine was broken and the carrier bent. Firemen soon extinguished the blaze, which was of minor proportions. Frank T. De Klousky, 35 years old, of 640", Fourteenth street northeast, sus- tained slight cuts to his arm shortly before last mldnlfiht. when his auto- mobile was in collision at Hunt place and Minnesota avenue ni with & car driven by Samuel Randall, col- ored, 25 years old, of 1028 Forty-fourth -{¢ street northeast. De was taken momwmm,mmw- RELIEF FROM HEAT DUE BY WEDNESDAY Cool Breezes Forecast After Yesterday’s Record Since September, 1919. Relief from the torrid weather by Wednesday is promised by the fore- caster at the United States Weather Bureau, when cool breezes, sweeping down from the lake region and Ohio Valley, tomorrow night will temporarily. at least, drive away the heat which yesterday afternoon sent the ther- mometer up to 92 degrees, the highest recorded on September 8 since 1919. Unless clouds intervene, the tempera- ture is due to go as high this after- noon as it did yesterday, when the heat killed one man and prostrated three others. Although there is a possibility that brief thundershowers may come this afternoon, according to the fore- caster, there is greater likelihood of showers late tomorrow afternoon—pre- ceding the cooling off process—than there is today. A peculiar contrast in weather in the East and West is noted, the highest temperature being reached at Cheyenne, Wyo., yesterday, 36 degrees, with tem- peratures of 28 being recorded at many of the Wyoming stations today, the forecaster stated. there will not affect the Eastern of the country, however. Carlton Ray, 43-year-old colored cad- dy at the Columbia Country Club, dropped under the intense rays of the sun about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon while on the golf course and was pro- nounced dead by a physician before the Bethsda Fire Departmnt, which had been notified, could lfit men on scene to rendr first-aid. Three pros- de- | trated in the District were as follows: Miss Madeline Skinner, 20 years old, of 3601 Nichols avenue southeast, was overcome last evening while in a the- ater in the southeast section of the city. She was taken to Casualty Hos- pital and given treatment and then allowed to return home. While walking yesterday afternoon at Fourteenth and East Capitol streets William H. Davidson, 80 years old, of 1349 South Carolina avenue southeast, was prostrated and removed to Casualty Hospital. He was revived by Dr. J. Rogers Young of the hospital staff. The third victim of the heat yester- day was Leah Catlin, 30 years old, of 1900 F street, who fainted on the street at Tenth and F streets about 9 o'clock last night. She was treated at Emer- gency Hospital by Dr. I. Rutkoski and sent home. WARNING TO MOTORISTS. of Expired Permits. Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Traffic Court this morning warned motorists of the District about driving on permits which have expired. The magistrate said that many cases of this nature came up before him each day and that so far he has taken personal bonds on the charge, bu:hu'm he is going to start imposing es. ‘The jum“sal‘d the d‘:!:ndmuwi‘!v‘ilfl be charged operati cars - out permits. He said that the permits, which were given in place of the old ones in July, 1926, have recently ex- pired and that many motorists have failed to have them renewed. SALESMAN ROBBED. Overpowered While Demonstrating Car, He Reports. Receiving & call for a car demon- stration last night, Marshall Brady, 766 Park road, a salesman for the Carter Motor Co. of Alexandria, Va., went to Elm Grove, Takoma Park, Md., to dem- onstrate a car to a man whom he found with two young women, he told police ay. After a short drive around the city, Brady told police, he ‘drove to Waldorf, Md., where the man assaulted and robbed him of the machine and $35. Brady alleges that he was attacked and overpowered while driving. Parked Fire Engine Hit‘by Automobile While Crew Is Fighting Blaze in Brush passenger W driven by Dangerfield Walker, colored, of the O street address, and the other car by Jems Chandler, colored, of 1210 ‘Twenty-fifth street. o ‘Walter McPherson, colored, 32 years old, and Lawrence Watson, also colored, of 1014 P street, were Casualty Hospital early this morning received when Sheriff for shock and bruises ::edlrfiumln:ol':wnn an_automobile m"wumm colored, of 925 N atrest. The _cool . weather | sect! ¥ | Dann, Judge Hitt Proposes Fines for Use | 'HIT-AND-RUN BOAT FLEES AFTER CRASH AS 3 ESCAPE DEATH Number of 35-Foot Craft That Hit Cabin Cruiser Is Taken by Pursuer. REFUSED TO RETURN, CLUB STEWARD SAYS He Hailed Vessel and Asked That It Come Back to Scene of Accident. Three persons narrowly escaped drowning last night in a “hit-and-run” collision between two motorboats in the Potomac, but neither Government officials nor police could say what will be done about it. Meanwhile, the owner of a speedboat who overhauled the alleged “hit-and- run” skipper and obtained a number from his boat is wondering what to do with the number. * David Miles of 2715 Pennsylvania avenue says his cabin cruiser was side- swiped about 7:30 o'clock as it turned into the Corinthian Boat Club docks from the Georgetown channel by a 35- foot cruiser, which proceeded up the Potomac, despite his cries that his boat was sinking. Says Boat Lacked Lights. Miles was with his wife and brother, William Miles, aboard the cruiser. He said the other boat was moving at a fast clip, without running lights, when she crashed into his starboard bow. Miles and his party at first were alarmed for the safety of the others, but when they veered around to look fox;dthe second boat, it went off, Miles said. The driver of the first boat then found his floor boards awash and shouted to the others to return. His cries were heard by Albert Seeley, steward of the Corinthian Yacht Club. Seeley hastily put out in a speed boat threw Miles a tow line and started ashore. Miles, fearful that his boat was sink- ing, had placed his brother, who could not swim, in the rowboat behind his cruiser. Miles also placed three dogs he had on board the cruiser with his brother in the smaller boat. Craft Is Grounded. ‘The craft was grounded, however, be- fore it sunk. No one was hurt in the accident, Seeley then put about in his speed- boat and raced after the other craft. He said he overhauled it about 400 yards above the Highway Bridge, halled the craft and asked those aboard to return to the scene until police from the harbor precinct could make an in- vestigation. This, however, the others refused to do, according to Seeley. The steward said the other craft carried a license number, partly obscured, but he thought he obtained the right one. He was undecided who to report the case to. Neither the harbor police, the Com- merce Department’s Bureau of Naviga- tion or the Georgetown Customs House has a report of the incident. 150 PATIENTS OF SERVICE HOSPITALS TAKE TRIP Alto and Walter Reed Men Guests of Women's Legion on Boat Ride. A hundred and fifty patients from Mount Alto and Walter Reéd Hospitals were guests of the George Baldwin McCoy and Gen. Doyen Units of the American Women's Legion on the trip down the Potomac aboard the War De- partment’s ship, Gen. Rucker, Saturday. ‘The patients were taken to and from the ship by busses furnished by tie Capital Traction Co. and the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. A section of the Marine Band furnished music and additional entertainment was pro- vided by a group from a local theater. Refreshments and cigarettes were pro- vided. Clyde B. Stovell was master of ceremonies. ‘The committee in charge of arrange- ments was composed of Mrs. Laura V. Mrs. Charles E. Dement, Mrs. P. J. Hayes, Miss Pauline Block, Miss E. Block and Miss Lilllan Dann. Among special guests were Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gans, Judge and Mrs. Robert E. Mattingly, Mrs. Harry Werner and others. CUBAN URN FROM HAVANA T0 HAVE PROPER SETTING Authorized to Lay Walks and Otherwise Improve Site in Park for Coolidge Memento. ‘The Cuban urn, set in the rose gar- den in Potomac Park and presented by Mt. the Havana government to former | President Coolidge as a memento of his visit to the island, is being given a more n!filn{nseltlng by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Grading work is going forward and plans are under way for constructing a circular walk in front of the urn and two rectangular walks in the rear. The walk job will have to ait further work on putting a sidewalk along the Hains Point seawall on the Washington Channel side of Potomac Park, officials n’g.l;lnld today. e Cuban urn is of marble and was made from the old Maine memorial col- THIEVES GET CASH INFIVE ROBBERIES Jewelry and Other Articles Taken in Eight Places Entered and From Auto. | Pinding only 33 cents in the cash| register in Agnes Lund’s lunchroom, at 1254 Twenty-fourth street after break- ing a window and climbi in yester- day, burglars destroyed & number of articles, but took the 33 cents and a small quantity of groceries. Burglars entered the apartment of Mrs. Ruby Wiley, third floor of 2714 Quarry road, during her absence the past three weeks and stole jewelry valued at $65. Mrs. Annie Cooperstein, proprietor of a bakery at 5100 Georgia avenue, told police of .the thirteenth precinct that a burglar entered her place of business Saturday night through an unlocked front door and stole $97. Theft of four rings, two set with diamonds and two with rubies, was re- ported to the police by Lemuel John- son, 1504 Tenth street. The rings, valued at $70, were stolen from the bed- room in his esterday. Morris Wertleb, business at 333 H street northeast, told police bur- glars stole 2 bundles of leather and 3 dozen soles for ladies shoes, valued at | $84, from his store Saturday night. Theft of $40 in cash from a dresser | drawer in his bedroom in his apart- | ment at 1123 Twelfth street last night was reported by Anthony Stossich. | . Eiur Barford, Perry Building, Phila- delphia, Pa., told police that a suit | case and brief case were taken from his automobile parked at North Capitol and E streets yesterday. Henry Young, 1108 Third street, re- rted the loss of $18 in a house on | Sixth street. Willard Hearn, 2501 Brentwood road | northeast, told police that $300 was Woman Accused By Policeman of Offering $100 Bribe Blenda Hicks Asked to Continue Sale of Whis- ky, Following Raid. Apprehended in a raid, conducted by police of the first precinct on a lunch- room, 1200 block of K street yesterday, Blenda Hicks, 35 years old, is said to have offered $100 to the police if they ‘would allow her to continue in business. “Selling whisky is my only means of livelihood and I will willingly give you $100 if you will let me alone and per- mit me to sell it,” she said, according to Policeman R. B. Carroll. ‘The police went into the premises on complaints and found several men seat- ed at a table drinking and seized a quart of liquor, but had no evidence to support a “sale” charge against the woman. _According to the officers, she also confided in them that she had been selling liquor for about three months, The police took her to the- first pre- cinct, where she was charged with pear before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court this afternoon. The officers did not charge Mrs. Hicks, a widow, with attempted bribery. saying that they thought the possession charge sufficient. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR PASTOR Rev. C. E. Wheeler of Holy Comforter Church Buried in taken from his place of business at 1911 | Seventh street last night. Entrance| was gained through a rear door, Hearn | | stated, and the money taken from the | cash register. . \GUIDES OF CITY PLAN TO FORM COMBINE Propose Association to Insure Uni- form Rates and for Operation of Central Bureau. Plans for the formation of an asso- ciation of the guides of the city in tke | interest of uniform rates, operation of a central bureau for assignment and | generally making uniform the business of flndlnl tourists through the city to historic places outside, will be dis- cussed at a meeting of guides tomor- row evening at the Cavalier Hotel, 3500 Fourteenth street. ‘The meeting had been called by John C. Hall, and it is his intention, he says, to place the proposition of uniting be- fore the guides for their approval or disapproval. Speakers from the Police Department and the Chamber of Com- merce will address the meeting. Hall today stated that there has been much dissatisfaction with the affairs of the guides as they are handled now. There is, he says, no uniform rate for to find a guide without going out and searching the streets. There are 121 listed guides in the cit {SAMUEL HELLER DIES; JEWELRY FIRM HEAD President of Castelberg’s National Company 30 Years—Was Na- tive of Alexandria. Samuel Heller, 57 years old, president of Castelberg’s National Jewelry Co., died at his home in the Emersonian Apartments, Baltimore, yesterday, after an illness of only & few hours. Mr. Heller had been connected with the jewelry company for many years, dnd was president for 30 years. He was married to Miss Rose Castelberg, daugh- ter of the proprietor. The company’s Washington and Bal- timore stores will remain closed today and tomorrow out of respect to his memory. Mr. Heller was a native of Alexandria, Va, He is survived by his widow and two children, Gerald and umn that was damaged in a West In- | D% dian tornado. pREmeTRe GIRL IS POISONED. Mistakes Bottles in Trying to Get Medicine for Self. Miss Yvette Maltls, 22 years old, of 1410 D street southeast, is in a rious dition Police say the fused the bottle of cine bottle. AUTOPSY IS ORDERED. An autopsy was to be performed to- day to determine the cause of the death young woman con- poison with a medi- | last night in Casualty Hospital of John road with | death. Mallery, colored, 48 years old, of Bla- densburg, Md., who was brought to the | Ha ‘Washington institution a e B, Physicians at the hospital said that awas due to & heart attack, but an overdose of L4 ‘thers was a suspicion of t time Georges County | K. Funeral services will be conducted at his Baltimore residence tomorrow morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the Baltimore Hebrew Congregational Cemetery. CHAPMAN RITES HELD. Funeral Services Are Conducted at Lee’s Sons Chapel. man of Court a great niece of Pres! son and cousin of Zachary Taylor. Mrs. pman is survived by- four daughters: Mrs. Alexander De Milan of vana, Cuba; Mrs. J. M. Smoot, Mrs. Walter R. Dorsey and 3 Mrs, Oolwh f this city, 2 Webb, T Chi tours of the city and its environs, and | there is no way at present for a person | Cathedral Cemetery. Impressive funeral services for Rev. Charles Edmund Wheeler, pastor of Holy Comforter Catholic Church, Four- tcenth and East Capitol streets, who cied in the Bon Secours Hospital, Sal- timore, Thursday, were conducted in the Holy Comforter Church today at 10:30 o’clock. Solemn gonuflnl mass of requiem was sung by Bishop John M. McNa- mara. Rev. George H. Tragesser of Mount Savage, Md., was assisting priest, with Rev. Andrew J. Carey of Hyatts- ville, Md., deacon, and Rev. Patrick E. Conroy of St. Anthony’s, this city, sub- deacon. Rev. Williams Preaches. Thomas David Williams, pastor of St. William's Parish, Baltimore, and Rev. | Harry A. Quinn, rector of the Cathe- | dral, Baltimore, was master of cere monies Rev. C. Carroll Kerr of the | Cathedral, Baltimore, was in charge of .. Joseph P. Kennedy of St. Joseph's was censer bearer; Rev. Joseph V. Buckley, pastor of St. Francis Xavier, this city, and Rev. Henry F. Graben- steln were acolytes. _The following were insignia bearers: Rev. Michael W. Hyle of Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Arthur C. Slade of St. Paul's, Rev. Paul L. Norris of St. Peter's and Rev. Law- rence Kilkenny of St. Paul' Members of the Holy Name Society and the Sodality, which Father Wheel- er helped organize at Holy Comforter | Church. served as the guard of honor. Rev. Edward J. Nestor, administrator of Holy Comforter, conducted services at the grave in the New ' Cathedral cemetcry, Baltimore, this afternoon. Special Children Service. Special services for the children of the parish were conducted this morn- ing at 7:30 o'clock. Solemn mass of requiem was by Rev. Edward J: A. Nestor. Rev. John S. Martin, of St. Katherine’s, Baltimore, was deacon, and Rev. Leo J. McCormick, St. Dominic’s, Baltimore, sub-deacon. The office of the dead was recited by visiting clergy- men last night, with Rev. Joseph F. . Rev. John S. Martin ; Henry F. Grabenstein and Rev. Leo. J. McCormick assisted. Father Wheeler had been pastor of Holy Comforter for more than 21 years, during which time the congregation more than quadrupled, gaining from approximately 1,000 to more than 4,00 persons.. He was 57 years old. . o PLANE TO BE CHRISTENED. Amphibian Will Be Used on South American Line. Announcement was- made today at the Navy Department that a Sikorsky amphibian plane will be christened at the Naval Air Station at Anacostia to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. This ship will be utilized in the service of the New York, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires lines, which will operate along the airways. connecting the cities of the east coast of South America, the West Indies and the United States by s sepresentative of & ° represen! lve o ruguay, will be used to supplement the one now in active operation between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the an- The pleasure cruiser owned by David Miles, sunk by a hit-and-run motor boat last night. Miles, Mrs. Miles and the former’s brother were saved by a speed boat. Photo shows owners raising the boat. —Star Staff Photo. POLICEMAN'S SHOT HITS FLEEING BOY Victim Was One of Four Sus- pected of Attempt to Take Auto Tires. while alleged to have been removing 11836 S street was shot through the | man §. Jones. The officer was on his cinet at the time. The officer reported he saw the men alight from their automobile behind another parked at the curb and be- longing to George G. Barthelmess, 1900 S. street. He said they got out tire tools and had jacked up and removed the lugs from one wheel when he ap- proached. ‘Wounded While Running, They scattered and ran, according to | Jones, and he shot twice to stop them, \once on S street and again as one of the fugitives turned up an alley. The | officer said he searched the alley and | The sermon was preached by Rev. found Prederick McClary, 17, hiding in |a doorway. | McClary was booked on a charge of investigation and removed in No. 9 patrol to Garfield Hospital, where it | was said he had sustained a flesh wound. The automobile in which the young men were riding was abandoned at S and Nineteenth streets. It was later driven to the precinct. H Called Boyish Prank. | According to police, McClary admit- | ted he and his companions were trying | to steal a set of tires to put on their | car so they could make a trip to a nearby beach resort. McClary’s father declared today that the affair was a boyish prank and that he had known Barthelmess for 10 years He said the owner of the car would not prosecute and that the shooting would | be dropped so far as he was concerned 'NEIGHBORS’ WORD SCORNED BY HART Prosecutor Refuses to Bring Liquor Charges, as Police Lacked ‘Warrant. Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart at Police Court today refused to accept the verbal complaints | of neighbors in lieu of a written search lwnrrr;m and relu?ed mrmllsk' out papers charging possession of liquor agains Mrs. Catherine Schwartzback, 32 vears old, 1400 block of Hopkins street, whese house police of the third precinct raided | after receiving such confpliants. Policemen R. F. McCarty and F. O. Brass raided the place last night and found four cases of alleged beer and two crocks filled with masn, they re- ported. The woman told the police, after she had received clem very cordially, that the ‘“‘home brew” was for herself and friends and was not for sale. Police charged Mrs. Schwartzback with possession, but Prosecutor .1lart held that a search warrant was neces- sary to make the “findings” legal. Hart also dismissed charges of man- ufacture and possession against Joseph Burch, 39 years old, whose house in the 1200 block of Thirtr-sixth street was raided Saturday night ¢n a dis- orderly house warrant. Although the 5&“" reported finding 12 bottles of r and apparatus designed to make more, Hart held there was 10 dis- order in the house the police had no right to make a search. Policemen N. S. Hodkinson, F. E. Stroman and J. E. Burke of the seventh precinct made the raid. ROCK CREEK ROAD WORK SEEN NEAR COMPLETION Improvement Likely to Be Finish- ed by November 1, if Weather Proves Favorable. Work on road improvement in Rock Creek Park is progressing satisfactorily and with good weather the job will be finished about November 1. Tomorrow morning work on surfac- ing between Military Bridge and Massa- chusetts avenue will begin. Between those points, the base of heavy three and one-half stone is in, and all curbs and gutters have been installed in that area. Sub-grading on the road leading up to Calvert street has been com- pleted. Park officials have yet to work out with authorities of the Smithsonian road passing through or near the Zoo- logica h‘:{, and it is expected that g conference will be held in the near Infant Admirer Is Bitten by Raccoon, Sweltering Under Sun in Cage at Zoo Joe growled because he had to wear raccoon coat yesterday, hot as it was. Growling and grumbling, Joe ambled lmndpf:‘hkufi at tthe N“wlm:aotzw_ logical , looking for a cool spot. Little Katherine Scott, however, didn’t know how hot under She decided that ‘| better humor when the collar® she liked Katherine's father, Robert L. Scott, 15 Seventh street northeast, who was standing in front of the monkey cage nearby, heard the child’s screams and came running. The anxious parents took the child to Casualty Hospital, where it was found she was inj Katherine, who {s 20 months old, must return for treatment.for several days, however, ‘The Zoo officials say Joe will be in & m\;.‘“ sets in. One of four young men surprised | tires from an automobile in front of | right leg late Saturday night by Police- | | way to report for duty at No. 9 pre- | jured only slightiy. | PAGE 17 GALLINGER REPORT EXPECTED TO CLEAR HOSPITAL HEADS Investigating Committee Opens Executive Session on Findings Today. FORMAL STATEMENT TO GO TO COMMISSION Several Days Will Be Needed to Complete Study—Improve- ments May Be Asked. Its public investigation of Gallinger Municipal Hospital having been con- cluded, the medical committee of the Board of Public Welfare was scheduled to hold an executive meeting this after- noon. At this meeting, it was expected, the initial steps would be taken with re- | spect to the formal report which the committee will file with the District Commissioners embodying the official record of the testimony. It was be- lieved that the report will exonerate the hospital management in the main, al- though it will stress certain improve- | ments which are deemed advisable in the conduct of the hospital. It will require several days before the committee can whip its report into | shape. No publicity is to be given its findings until the regflfl is submitted. The Gallinger hearing concluded Saturday afternoon when the committee reopened the case of Mrs. Nettie B. Thompson, a patient sent to the hos- pital by Judge Kathryn B. Sellers of the Juvenile Court for a physical test, but who died following an operation. Al- though the committee endeavored to confine this phase of the investigation to the official medical report from the hospital and Judge Sellers’ own charges, it became necessary to go extensively into all matters connected with it. It was not known whether the com- mittee itself would undertake to ex- press an opinion as to the caute of Mrs. Thompson’s death or merely let the record speak for itself. Testimony was produced at the hearing from the operating surgeon, Dr. George R. Cos- tello, that a “contributing cause” was the physical setback the woman re- ceived when she tried to escape from the hospital in the temporary absence of one of the nurses. JUNIOR RED CROSS ' URGES C0-OPERATION Conference Delegates Decide on Closer Relationship With Boy and Girl Scouts. GENEVA (P). — Agreement to seek closer to-operation with other world- | wide organizations of school-age chil- | dren, notably the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, was reached by the Inter- | national Junior Red Cross conference, which met here in a seven-day session. Seventy experts in child health and social education, representing the Junior Red Cross sections of 37 nations and 11 international organizations, took part in the discussions on the technical phases of the Junior Red Cross program, which reaches 11,000,000 children in 41 countries. The United States was represented by Dr. H. B. Wilson, national director of the American Junior Red Cross. | Other Americans participating included | Charlotte Kett, child magazine spe- | cialist, and Everett B. Sackett, interna- | tional school expert, both of the League | of Red Cross Societies secretariat in | Paris. Discussions of ways and means of speeding up and extending the interna- tional school correspondence of the Junior Red Cross occupied the first three days of the conference. This in- ternational exchange of letters reached | about 60,000 school children in 55 na- | tions 1est year. i78-YEAR-OLD. WATCHMAN ATTEMPTS TO END LIFE |John C. McConnell Uses Gun While Despondent Over Health Condition. Despondent over il health. John Chester McConnell, 78-year-old night watchman, residing 212 Fifth street northeast, shot and seriously injured himself early today. Discovered by his son Irving, after firing the shot, McConnell was removed to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. J. Rogers Young, who be- lieves his condition is serious despite the fact that he remains conscious. Questioned by Policemen J. J. Antoine and D. L. Guest, McConnell declared ill :xe:llt;\ led him to make the attempt on ife. PLAN JUNGLE AIRWAY. Service Will Be Inaugurated Be- tween Johannesburg and Kenya. Plans have now been completed for a commercial air service, with the route lying across the jungles and forests of darkest Africa. The serv- ice is to be known as Wilson Air- ways Limited and it owes its incep- tion to a flight from England to Kenya in February by Mrs. Wilson, a wealthy settlers widow. The company will op- erate between Johannesburg and Kenya, and the northern headquarters will be at Mombasa. Mails and passengers be carried, and it is hoped toat soon the service will be supplementary to the British Imperial Airway from London to Cape Town. ' RITES FOR CHARLES DIETZ Services Today Followed by Burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Funeral servides for Charles Diets, 71 years old, retired restaurant and hotel proprietor, who died Friday, were conducted in Concordia Lutheran Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, fol- lowing services at the residence. 6907 State street, at 1 p.m. Interment was i Prospect Hill Cemetery. | _ Mr. Dietz was active in the Masonic Fraternity and the Knights of Pytaias. He had been a meriber of the Con- cordia Lutheran Church for the past 55 years and was vice chairman of the consistory of the' hurch at the time of his death. He also was a member of the board of the German Orphan Asylum.