Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1929, Page 11

SUBURLAN NEWS, EAWS ENFORCED, ROVER DECLARES Prosecutor Implies He Has Been Unjustly Scored as Re- sult of McPherson Case. Though avolding direct reference to the McPherson case and recent criti- cism of the Police Department and the district attorney's office by a grand jury, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and police officials at a law- enforcement meeting Jast night in the Fifth Baptist Church, 609 E street | southwest, insisted all laws are being enforced in Washington. Mr, Rover, one of the targets of the grand jury attack, implied he had been subjected to unjust thrusts. He de- clared Washington law - enforcement mgencies are honest and diligent. “We should give our confidence to the law- | enforcement officials s long as they are | worthy of it; and when they prove that they are not worthy, we can be quickly rid of them,” he said. Audience Seems Tmpressed. A capacity audience seemed impressed | by the forceful manner in which Rover | delivered his address. The crowd also listened attentively to speeches by Po- lice Inspector ‘Willlam Harrison, Capt. Fred Cornwell of the fourth precinct, Oapt. Robert E. Doyle of the elghth grulnct and the pastor, Dr. John E. ting out that a majority of the| modern crimindls are young men in-| stead of comparatively old men, s was | the case a generation or so ago, \er its .40 be more strict with | . 'The speaker sald spe- should be made to prevent boys froni hew deceitful. Rover made a plea for more wide- | spread .observance of the laws. He| added eriminals would be more suc- cessfully punished if more intelligent le emnmd to serve cn juries. will go free unless juries and intelligent, Rover as« Guilty are h serted. Ma). Pratt Is Praised. ‘Maj.-Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, | is & man of “brains, ability and cour= | age,” Inspector Harrison told the eon- gregation in explainis he had been asked to speak because Pratt was unable to appear. ;;Vo Mv&d o be honest =e-| cause we're Investigated once a menth,” | Harrison“said in expressing the opinion that Wi has a_cleaner Police | Department than any o'.her city of sim- ilar size in the coun! The tor ur‘ed l.h! citizens to ald police whenever possible. He said such co-operation would improve con- dmom He asked that the police not | Pe! criticized until all_the facts I“ hmvn He concluded there & need for more friendsl bfl'een Ppolice and wbl Cornwell gnd Doyle said conditions .in their were good and praised ‘the men under their command. Dr. demanded iess criticism of ‘law lorcement officials. - He in- sistedJesidents of his community could give pplice valuable information from time to time without being “snoopers.” COL. C. W. CRAMER IS VICTIM OF SNAKE %= Toted Herpetologist Races 20 Miles : to Doctor in Vlh M’le for Life. . By the Associated Press, MORGANTOWN, W. Va., October l‘ —Bitten by a rattlesnake in his coun~ try home in the Cheat Mountains, Col. Charles William Cramer, natiohally known herpetolcgist, died at a hospital here yesterday, after racing his autos mobile 20 miles over‘rough mountain roads for assistance. Cramer had a number of copperheads, rattlers and other snakes at his coun- | try place. A rattler escaped from fts cage and as Cramer attempted to eap- ture it, he the hand. Cramer administered first- aid treatment to his wound and then raced to Morgantown, where a physi- cian was summoned and Cramer was removed to the hospital. He died 12 hours later. The . herpetologist had been bittenr several times before. He was the discoverer of a number of rare specimens of snakes in the mountains of West Virginia and had contributed to exhibits in yarious zoos. He also had written extensively on the subject of snakes. Cramer was a veteran of the Spanish- American War and the World War. He was prominent as a criminal lawyer. MAN TAKEN IN FORT RUM RAIDS IS FINED $50 Lipp Arnold Pleads Guilty After Obtaining Continuance of His Case. was struck in_the palm of | Blubaker, Serman. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTUN, STATE POLICE WHO HANDLE BIG LAUREL RACING -CROWDS - %‘:fi g - i One of the reasons why there have been no serious accidents, despite the heavy volume of traffic whlch streams into | Laurel from Baltimore and Washington every day this month, is picked men of the State police force to direct the meotorists. that the motor vehicle commissioner has assigned 15 Left to right, kneeling: Officers Dillinger, Booker, Hadda way and Wheeler. Second row: Lieut. Raleigh, Officers Haines, Plummer, Cubbage, Corp. Deutsch and Officer Buch anan. Back row: Sergt. Duthworth, Officers KlapZroth and | —Star Staff Photo. DRIVE T0 RESTORE LEE HOME OPENED Move Inaugurated With Ob- servanec of National Strat- ford Day in Virginia. By the Assocfted Press. STRATFORD, Westmoreland County. Va., October 14—National Stratford day, inaugurating a movement to raise $300,000 for the restoration of the home | of Gen. Robert E. Lee, was observed | here yesterday with sevcral hundred reons, represcnting a majority of the 17 Stat:s participating in ths movement, in sttendance. . Albert Bushnell Hart, world-fam- United States Ssnators Alben W. ley of Kentucky and Harry B. Hawes of Missourl, delivered addrissss from Lh!‘;gu of the ancestrial home, built Mrs. Lanier Presided. National Stratford day was observed ons day aftter th> fifty-ninth anni- versary of the death of the great Con- federate leader. Mrs, Charles D. Lan- ier of Greenwich, Conn., president of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, the organization that has purchased the estate, Dl":fld'd at thc ceremony and introduced Mrs. Horace Vln Devem!r, State di- rector for Tennessze, read & poem in tribute to Gen. Lee, written by Virginia Frazier Boyle, poet laureate of the United D-u;hwrs of the Confederacy. Mirs. Pope Yeatmann, State: director of Pennsylvan'a, presented framed copies of & l(t(er sent from Fredericksburg by Gen. Lee to Gen. Burnside, in vhlchtho Confederate chieftain. lppelled to the Unijon commander for an_ investigation of the case of John W, Irwin of Stafford County, then being tried .as a spy. The letter resulted in the saving of lrvlln' lite. Pramed co:'es were donated b “T. Stuart of Phi adelphia. Reading Is Given. A rading from Ethel Armes’ “Strat- * | ford on the Potomac,” giving Gen. Lee’s own recoliection of Stratford. was given by Mrs. 1. Newton of Greenwieh, Conn. Paul Wiletach of Washington, author “Potomac Landings,” sketched the historical background of the Lee home and “resolutions” writi-n by Sidn3y Lanier, noted Southern poet, and passed by citizens of Macon, Ga., for a perma- nent memorial to Gen, Lee, in the year of his death and only recently d'scov- {ered, were read. These resolutions are um:o have led to the foundation move- ment. BOY SAVES COW IN PATH OF TRAIN; HURTS HIS LEG Robert Beachman in Hospital After Heroically Protecting Bovine. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., October 14— Robert Beachman Spindle, 12 years old, of Bladensburg saved & cow from de- | struction and averted a possible train wreck _yesterday afternoon, but was ROBBERY IS MOTIVE IN CGUNTY KILLING George Gray s Found Slain With Ax in Field in Prince Georges, By § Staff Correspondent of The Star. FAIRMONT HEIGHTS, Md., October 14. — Robbery is believed by Prince | rges County police to be the motive ‘hlc led to the murder yesterday of George Gray, colored, of Fal Heigm.x who died at Casualty Hospital from wounds inflicted by an ax. Work- ing on this theory, police suceeded in learning the name of the man's assail- ant and an arrest is expected shortly, Gray was found in a fleld near his home early yesterday morning by his | daughter Georgiana. She told police | $300 he had in his possession the night | before was missing. A blood-stained ax was found nearby. Fractures Leg Two Times. TLONACONING. Md., October 14 (Spe- cial) —After having been in Miners’ Hosplital, Frostburg, 101 days, recovering from fractures of both legs received in irmont | & mining accident, Ezra Kitzmiller is back again in the same institution with a broken leg. He fell at his home and fractured the right member. MONDAY, AUTO TAX AND TAG BILLS TO BE MAILED County Treasurer at Rock- ville and Motor Chief Col- laborate on Issues. Ut Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md,, Qctober 14.—The | automobile tax bills for the fiscal year, | which began July 1, are in course .of preparation in the office of the county treasurer here, but, County Treasurer J. Forest Walker stated today, will not be mailed for the present. This tux must be paigd before license tags for the year 1930 are obtainable from the State motor vehicle commis- sioner and eviderice of payment of the tax, so far as the motor vehicle com- missioner “is concerned, is perforation by the county treasurer of the license application blanks supplied to all au owners by the office of the motor ve- hicle commissioner. Mailed Simultaneously. Under an agreement between motor county treasurer the application blanks and the tax bills will be mailed simul- | taneously—Ilate in November, County Treasurer Walker said today. Upon receipt of the license blanks the owners must bring or send them to the | county treasurer's office here and at | the same time bring or send the agount | of their auto tax for theé current year. As the tax is paid the license blanks | are perforated and the license tags may | be obtained promptly thereafter. Only One Trip Necessary. Mailing of the tax bills and the li- | cense application blapks on the same | day was arranged so as to make it un- necessary for auto owners to make more (than one trip to Rockville. Had the auto tax- bills gone out with the other tax bills some weeks ago, many auto owners, it is thought, would have visited the county seat to pay the hills and would have ‘had to repeat the trip when their license application blanks were received late in the year. ‘Treasurer, Walker- stated today that the license blanks and auto bills, some- thing like- 12,000 of each, would be placed: tn-the mails November 25, ac- cording ‘to ‘4 tentative agreement be- twéen him and the motox vehicle com- missioner. the W ron\'é/m AV]ENUIE al NHNTH' An Outstanding Event in vehicle commissioner and the [’ LOUBER 14, ALEXANDRIA READY FORK.D. MEETING Big Attendance Expected for Session Which Opens : Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to the Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 14.—All preparations for the State convention of ‘King’s Daughters, whith meets in this city tomorrow, Wedneiday and Thursday, Wave been made. Requests for reservations point to a large at- tendance, at least 200 delegates and visitors - being expected by those in charge. . The State president, Henty Eley of Suffolk, will be the guest of honor. "Interesting programs as well as social functions and sightseeing trips will be features of the convention, Opens With Reception. ‘The convention will open with a re- ception Tuesday evening in the old Presbyterian Meeting House. Head- quarters will be in the Westminster SUBUKBAN l{\:uhaln‘ ‘where some of the sessions will Local committees -re as follows: Hoep\hl.\ty Chairman, Mrs. Frank Car- lin; Mrs. Harvey Wutbrook Mrs. | George Darley, president of Grace Church Circle; Mrs. Effie Wheatley, Mrs. Demarest, Mrs. Henry Blount, Mrs. ‘Walker and Mrs. Mark Cragg. Entertainment: Mrs. Harrie. White, chairman; Mrs. James P. Brown, Mrs. Mary Ryor. Automobiles: . Mrs. Carrie Dudley, chairman; Mrs. Maurice Simpson, Mrs. Nalis, Mrs. Leela Rutzahn, Mrs. Nor- man- Lawler. Credentials: | Mrs. Sheldon - Cline, chairman; Mrs. Bethune, Mrs. Frank Thompson Mrs. A. L. Hough, Miss/ Luetta Cox, Mrs, J. W. Wilkinson. Receptin: Miss Greenwell, chairman: Mrs. Chauncey, Mrs. Mankin. Mrs. P2d- g:tt Mrs. Briar, Mrs. Mark Cragg, Mrs. Mh. Ethel Smith, Mrs, Carol ldgu Mrs. Tarbold, chairman: Mrs. Eastman, Mrs. Boone, Miss Dav- enport. Decorations. : .Mrs. Darley, chairman; - ;Mr! Reid, Mrs. Wheatley, paying dele- gates in charge of Mrs. Wheatley. Information: Mrs. D. J. Garber, chairman; 'Mts. George Gillingham, Mrs. Herbert Blunt. Ushers: Mrs. Westbrook, chairman; Miss Margaret Cockrell. Pages: Mrs, Lawler, chairman. Luncheons; Community builders: Mrs. Cockrell, Cox, Mrs. F.| Mrs. Woolf, Mrs. Christine Buckman, | NEWS. cmmw Rose, Mrs. onm:fi : Mrs. Dum man; Miss “Duley, son, Mrs. Pdgett. Dinners: ool d:i: Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Cox, . er. Mount ernon: Mrs. . Wilkinson, Mrs. Briar. . Royal helpers; Miss Greenwell, Mrs. Demlmt Finance: Miss Luetta Cox, Mrs. Tra- bold, Mrs. F. Wilkinson. Miss Alexander. Pul lcny Mrs J. W. Cox, Mrs. Her- bert Blunt, Mrs. Dlruy. Mrs. Garber. RITES FOR MRS. WAGNER. Special Dispatch to The Btar. HYATTSVILLE, Md, October 14.— Funeral services for Mrs, Anna E. Wag- ner, aged about 60 years, widow of John Wagner and a native of Washington, were held -this afternocn at the home here of Mrs. Willlam F. Marche, with whom Mrs. Wagner had lived for the 5t 10 years. Services were to be held later from _Zion Lutheran Church, Sixth and Pstreets, Washington, of which Mrs. Wagner was a life-long and active member, and interment was to be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. ‘ Mrs. Wagner died Friday lbflllt 5 .m. as_the result of a stroke | suffered the day before. She hld not been in good health for the past two years She left no near relatives. Her usband, who was in the shoe business, dled 22 years ago. 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