Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1929, Page 17

FVEAREARRESTED IN-THRE CAVING RADS N 24 HOURS Names of Fourscore Patrons Are-Taken as Govern- ment Witnesses. FARAPHERNALIA SEIZED IN GAMBLING DRIVES Police Declare 40 Persons in Col- ored Restaurant Were Playing “Numbers Game.” Acting in pursuance with the policy of the district attorney's office to “clean up” alleged widespread gambling in the District, two men were arrested, the names of 40 were taken as Gov- ernment witnesses and a quantity of what purported to be “numbers game” slips were seized this morning ' when Headquarters Detectives Frank Varney and H. E. Brodie raided a colored res- taurant at 20 G street northeast. ‘The arrested men, both colored, gave their names and addresses as Ralph A. Rose, 55, of the G street address and John A, Waters, 28, of the 1800 block of Vernon street. They were taken to the first precinct station house and charged with permitting gaming. Third Raid in Day. According to the raiding party, the 40 persons in the restaurant were all seated around tables and most of them were busy with number slips, while they were eating breakfast. The de- tectives said that the patrons of the place were calling numbers back and forth to Rose, who, they said, is the proprietor of the place, and Waters, ‘who is emplayed as a cook. It was the third gaming raid here in 24 hours, two having been staged here late yesterday. 49 Taken Yesterday. Posing as patrons, the headquarters raiding squad, under command of De- tective Sergt. Howard E. Ogle, walked calmly into an establishment in the 400 block of Ninth street, arrested two men on gaming charges, dispatched five ‘wagon loads of witnesses to police head- quarters and confiscated gaming para- phernalia. " ‘William Baroni, 25 years old, of the 800 block of Crittenden street and Ed- ward Huffman, 30 years old, of the 900 block of F street, proprietors, were charged with setting up and maintain- ing a gaming table. Forty-seven men were booked as witnesses. The raiders said racing information ‘was being collected there. A man, who said he was Chester Ross Craig, 27 years old, of the 1600 blogk of R street, was arrested by Sergt. O. J. Letterman of the vice squad and booked at the first precinct on a charge of per- mitting gaming, o A UNVEIL MEMORIAL T0 MAJ. GEN. HAAN| 1 Wisconsin and Michigan Notables to Homor 32d Division Com- mander in Ceremony. Wisconsin and Michigan notables and members of the two State societies of the Capital will attend the unveiling at Arlington National Cemetery tomo:- row morning at 10 o'clock of a me- morial to the late Maj. Gen. W. G. Haan. former head of the war plans division, general staff, who commanded the 32d Division during the war. Thas division was composed mainly of Wia- consin and Michigan troops. The invocation at the unveiling will be pronounced by Mgr. Patrick Duni- gan of Michigan, chaplain of the 32d Division during and since the war. Speakers at the ceremony will be: Gov. Walter Kohler of Wisconsin, At- torney General Wilbur M. Brucher of Michigan, Brig. Gen. Briant Wells, rep- resenting ‘the War Department; Maj. Gen. Guy Wilson of Flint, Mich., rep- resenting the 32d Division: Representa- tive John Schaefer of Wisconsin ana Lieut. Col. Robert M. Beck, jr, who was Gen. Haan's chief of staff during the war. A detachment of troops from Fort Myer, including buglers and a firing squadron, will act as guard of honor during the ceremony. The ceremony will be held beforé the grave of Gen. Haan and will be attena- ed by his widow, who has been making her home in Milwaukee, Wis., since Gen. Haan's death about a year and & half ago. Money for the memorial was rnhed‘ by subscription among members of the | 32d Division Veteran Association. . . DIAMOND RIN 1S REPORTED TO POLICE Naval Commander Tells of Loss of | ‘Watch Chain and Cigar Cutter. Disappearance of a diamond ring valued at $900 from the apartment Dfl ‘Weller Nicholson, fourth floor of 1417 Newton street, is being investi- gated by tenth precinct police. Comdr. John M. Smealie, United States Navy, 5209 Thirty-eighth street, told fourteenth precinct police of the loss of a gold link watch chain and gold cigar cutter valued at $50. Rachael Klinan, 1014 First street, re- rted the loss of a pocketbook con- Eflnh’ll $7 in cash and an envelope containing stamps and a bank book. She sald the pocketbook was snatched from her hand by a boy while she was passing near New Jersey avenue and L street early last night. FUND DRIVE GIFT MADE BY WASHINGTON WOMAN Mre. Louis Pennington Donates $18,000 to Jersey Historical Sdeiety for Memorinl. The largest donation yet received in the New Jersey Historical Society’s campaign for & $350,000 building fund was made by Mrs Louis Pennington of Washington, C. L. Dixon of New York, director of the campaign, has an- nounced. Mrs. Pennington gave $18,000 for a gallery on the first floor of the pro- jected building as a memorial to the late Judge Howard W. Hays. A valuable collection of objects of art, assembled by,Judge Hays, already has_been given the Historical Society bv Mrs. Pennington as a memorial to | Head of State Hospital G THEFT | DENNIS W. SULLIVAN, FRIENDLY TUSSLE RESULTS FATALLY Switchman Who Fell From| Tower While Boxing Friend Dies in Hospital. Dennis W. Sulljvan, 50 years old, who fell from a 25-foot tower to the Union Station tracks during a friendly tussel last night with a fellow switchman, died at Emergency Hospital this morn- ing.- Two other employes were in the tower at the time, police were told. The efforts of Sullivan and his friends to avert the accident were described to investigators. Sullivan and Earl W. Garrison, 33, were s ing, it was_explained, when the older man tripped and toppled against a large low. dow. Sullivan’s body broke the sash, and continued backward through the win- dow, although the falling man held momentarily to Garrison's shirt. Gar- rison succeeded in, laying hold of Sullivan’s feet, police were told, but a swinging motion of the sash tore them from his clasp. Sullivan, who lived at 120 C street northeast, sustained a fractured skull and legs. He was picked up by fellow workmen and carried to the first aid room in the station. After preliminary treatment, Sullivan was removed to Emergency Hospital, where he died about 8 o'clock. Headquarters Detectives L. A. O'Dea and Dennis J. Cullinane, who investi- gated, were told by Garrison that the man killed was to have been a guest in the Garrison home at dinner to- night. The detectives heard that the two men engaged in occasional friendly bouts while at work in the tower. . O'Desa and Cullinane reported their findings to Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, who ordered an inquest at the District Morgue tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. . Sullivan, an employe of the Wa ington Terminal for 28 years, is su vived by two daughters, Margaret, 10, and Angela, 8; two brothers, John L. Sullivan of Calverton, Va., and Jeremiah Sullivan of Manassas, ; his mother, Mrs. Johanna Sullivan, and a sister, Mrs. Catherine Whitticker of Phila- delphia. Funeral arrangements were to be completed after the inquest. MAN KILLED IN-ROW ON TORN DOLLAR BILL Proffered in Plymént for Alleged | Liquor, Shooting Follows at Danville. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., November 8.—A torn dollar bill proffered, it is alleged, in payment for a pint of liquor, caused the death near here last night of Linden Campbell, 29, at the hands, it is alleged, of Charles Proctor, 35. _Campbell, according to county, offi- cers, called at the Proctor home, where and where words passed as to the value of the $1 bill. Proctor is said to have shot Campbell twice in the neck, killing him instantly. Campbell is a son of a minister of Wal- nut Cove, N. C. Proctor is in jail. MARYLAND OFFICIAL GOES TO FIGHT INDICTMENT Denies Charge of Embezzlement Lodged in Arkans By the Associated Pre : _ BALTIMORE, Md., November 8.—Dr. | E. P. Bledsoe, head of the Springfield State Hospital for the Insane at Sykes- ville, will leave for Little Rock, Ark., within the next few ys to face an indictment returned against him there, charging embezzlement of funds while Jhe was connected with the United | States Veterans’ Bureau hospital there. Dr. Bledsoe announced his intention of leaving for the Arkansas city follow- ing a conference with Gov. Albert C. { Ritchie and officials of the State Board | of Hygiene, at which he was relieved of his dutles as head of the Maryland in- stitution at his own request pending disposition of the case against him at Little Rock. The Board of Hygiene, which has supervision over the Spring- field_Hospital, expressed confidence in Dr. Bledsoe. Dr. Bledsoe and J. J. Hudson, former disbursing officer of the Little Rock in- stitution, were indicted October 22 in connection with an alleged shortage of $15,295 from funds of the hospital, word of which action reached him unofficially | yesterday, Bond in the sum of $5,000 was posted by friends of the accused man to avold his arrest here. Bledsoe denies his guilt. | mobile as he was walking from the the alleged liquor transaction took place @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NORRIS IN SENATE DESPITE INJURIES | IN'MOTOR CRASH |Describes Wounds as Painful, | but Not Serious, and Stays on Job. HEARING OF CHAUFFEUR | POSTPONED TO TUESDAY | Nebraskan Knocked to anement: En Route From Capitol to Office Building. Injuries received in a traffic accident yesterday afternoon did not prevent Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska from resuming his activities today as a leader in the Democratic-independent Republican coalition’s fight on the pend- ing tariff bill. Although served with a Police Court summons this morning, the Nebraskan did not expect to let either his injuries or his expected attendance in court keep him long from his duties on Capi- tol Hill, ‘The Senator received injuries which he himself described as “painful but not serious” when bowled over by an auto- Capitol to the Senate Office Building. Knocked to Pavement. He started across Delaware avenue at B street northeast just as Policeman F. R. Tierney of No. 6 precinct raised his hand to halt a line of machines led by the automobile of Milton G. Wood, 362 John Marshall place. According to Tierney, Wood’s machine skidded sev- eral feet before it could be stopped, struck the Senator and knocked him prostrate on the pavement. ‘The Senator sald he had neither seen nor heard the.approach of the automo- bile. He was assisted to his feet by the traffic policeman, who offered to call an ambulance. The Senator, however, de- clined further assistance, and, hailing a taxicab, proceeded to his home, at Al- ban Towers, 3700 Massachusetts ave- nue. Questioned in Court. ‘The Senator was questioned in Traffic Court this morning for 15 minutes by Assistant Corporation Counsel Stanley de Neale and Milton G. Wood, 326 Joha Marshall place, the defendant, who, in the absence of his attorney from the first part of the trial, pleaded his own case. Senator Norris testified that he left his office about 6 o'clock last night and was proceeding to his automobile, in company with two other members of Congress, when a car shot across the intersection at B street and Delaware avenue northeast, struck him on his left side, whirled him around and threw him to the pavement. He said that he did not see the approaching car until it was within a few feet of him. Policeman~P. R. Tierney of the sixth precinct, who was stationed at the cross-walk at the time of the accident, sald that he saw the three Senators crossing the street and held up his hand to stop traffic. He sald that Wood ap- parently disregarded his signal and that he, Tierney, was forced to jump to avoid the approaching machine. Wood, who pleaded not guilty of the charge of reckless driving, told Judge Gus A. Schuldt that he was blinded by the glare from the lights of an auto- mobile coming toward him and failed to see either the policeman or the Senators crossing the street. Trial Continued. After hearing all' of the available testimony, Judge Schuldt continued the case until Tuesday to allow the defense to present a material witness. ‘When questioned regarding his con- dition the Senator replied, “Oh, just bruised a little, my legs are a bit stiff this morning.” n-year-old Walter Trittipoe of | 211 Thirteenth street southwest was slightly injured last night when the machine he was driving was in collision at Thirty-first and N streets with an automobile operated by Jefferson E. Nicholas of 3115 N street. The youth was treated at Georgetown University Hospital for a fractured left elbow and later taken home. Mrs. Katie Huff, 28 years old, of 608 Roxboro place, suffered body bruises when her hushand, Walter R. Huff, lost control of the machine he was driving along Colorado avenue at Hamilton street and crashed into the curb. Mrs. Huff was thrown against the side of the car. She was treated at the office of a nearby physician and then taken home. The car was badly damaged. Dorothy Higgs, 21 years old, of 1318 Massachusetts avenue., was treated at Emergency Hospital for injuries sus- tained when the machine in which she was riding and driven by James | Schwenk, 35 years old, of 1312 Euclid street, was in collision at Thirteenth street and Massachusetts avenue with a hit-and-run driver. After recelving treatment at the hos- pital for a sprained shoulder, the girl was taken home. Police were given a description of the car which failed to stop. { ZIHLMAN REINTRODUCES REAL ESTATE MEASURE! Capper Bill Would License All} Operators in District of Columbia. Chairman Zihiman of the House Dis- trict committee, which has not yet been | organized in the present special session of Congress, reintroduced in the House yesterday the Capper bill to license real estate operators in the District of Co- lumbia. This is identical in language with the bill introduced in the Senate! by Senator Capper, on which no action| has been taken by the Senate District committee. This same legislation was proposed in the last Congress. The House District committee will not be organized to consider any District legis- lation until the December session. | | | | Threatens Wife, Robert Swan, colored, who according {to his wife “takes a knife to bed with j him every night” to stab her, but “al- | ways goes to sleep before carrying out { the threat,” was sentenced to serve 30 days in for assault on the wife. Judge Isaac R. IHIitt ordered the de- fendant to pay $5 for being disorderly. The wife said her husband arrived at the house, located in the 1900 block | of First street southwest, last night in drmnken eendition. She sald he knosked her down and was proceeding to chase ¢! Robert Swan, Colored, Takes Knife to Bed.! Gets 30 Days in Jail her out of the house when a son in- Park Commission and Fine Arts| SENATORIAL BODY 10 TAKE UP PROBE OF POLIGE AFFAIRS Senator Sackett Calls Sub- committee Session Today After Much Dele_ly. TARIFF DEBATE OCCUPIES| TIME OF BOARD MEMBERS. Night Sessions May Be Considered | by Chairman if Quorum Is Not Present. The senatorial subcommittee appoint- ed to investigate local police affairs has been called by Chairman Sackett to meet this afternoon. The Senator has had difficulty during the past two weeks in getting the inquiry started because members of the subcommittee have been giving the tariff debate on the Senate floor preference over other mat- ters. If the Senator is unable to get a quo- rum of the subcommittee this afternoon, there is a possibility he may consider trying night meetings. ‘The subcommittee has before it for consideration reports from various of- ficials_on specific matters, which Sen-| ator Sackett has been wailting to lay | before the subcommittee before making them public. These include: An expla- nation from Maj. Pratt regarding the previous suspension of Policeman Rob- ert J. Allen, following his investigation of the McPherson case; a report from District Attorney Rover on the question whether there was delay in handling indictments growing out of the death of a Chinese last Summer; a report from Police Court on the number of permits issued during this year to carry concealed weapons, and & reply from the Department of Justice to a query as to whether the department could as- sign an investigator to work with the subcommittee. CITY BEAUTIFUL PLANS ARE PUSHED Group to Exchange Agenda. More orderly development of beauti- ful Washington is the objective sought under a new program under which the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission now will work. The two commissions henceforth will exchange their agenda. so that one may be advised as to whaf, the other is doing. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., engineer of the Park Commission, and Charles W. Eliot, 2d, its city planner, now are ep- gaged in mapping out the program for the forthcoming meeting of the com- mission, scheduled for Friday and Sat- urday of the coming week. ‘The last meeting of both commissions was made a joint one. Each gave its impressions of the development that should go forward in the National Cap- ital to the other, in order to synchronize and harmonize the beautification pro- am. As a result of discussions that gllowed, it now has been decided to ex- change programs of the meetings, so that a more unified system may be followed. CHAIRMAN NAMED FOR THRIFT SHOP Mrs. Arthur 0'Brien Succeeds Mrs. John A. Dougherty—Other Officers Elected. Mrs. Arthur O’Brien has been elected chairman of the Thrift Shop, perma- nent child welfare agency, operating a continuous rummage sale at 504 Tenth street, it was announced today. ‘The shop, which has proven a sub- stantial provider of funds for its bene- ficiaries, the Child Welfare Society, the Children’s Hospital, Prenatal Clinic of Columbia_Hospital and the Children's Country Home, has enlarged and im- proved its quarters, and tomorrow will introduce a new feature, in the form of a food shop, for the sale of cakes, pies, cookies and other articles sent by persons interested in the charity. ‘The food shop will be conducted for Saturdays only, and will be a feature of the last day of each week. Other officers of the reorganized management include: Vice chairmen Mrs. Archibald Davis, Mrs. James Lycn, Mrs, Barry Mohun and Mrs. Thomas B. Sweeney; treasurer, Mrs. Frank S. Hight; secretary, Mrs. Randall Hagner, and recording secretary, Mrs. Marion Ramsay. Chairmen of the principal committees ; of the shop are: Supplies, Mrs. John R. Williams, pricing, Mrs. Frank Letts; publicity, Mrs. R. M. Kauffmann, volunteers, Mrs. Barry Mohun; house, Mrs. Reeve Lewis. Mrs. James E. Schuyler is the shop manager for the year. ! The enlarged fecilities, with addition | of the second floor of the building, make it possible to place on display | the better grade of dresses and fancy clothing on the second floor in a spe- | cial showyoom. On the second floor | also is provided space for the various! committees of the organization to meet ; for conference. Mrs. O'Brien succeeds as chairman Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, who has made an extended trip into the Orient ! in the interest of child welfare work. ! VACANT HOUSE DAMAGED. Mount Rainier Firemen Offered Aid ' by Four D. C. Companies. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md. November 8.—Summoned by one of their mem- bers whose own house was endangered, volunteer firemen from Mount Rainier, Brentwood, Cottage City and uvcrfl‘ other surrounding towns, early this! morning extinguished a stubborn blaze in a vacant house the corner oll Thirty-seventh street and Valley avenue ; after the interior of the house had been tervened and knocked the faf do Then they notified Gue carried Robert off precinct station house. to the fourth Jjudge. “I takes a couple of drinks each m lr‘:we'red the &"fl“fd x;; 3 ve been doin for years,’ he added. . “I will send you where you will not ! he ahle to get a drink for at least 30 days,” said Judge Hill. . day, “uf er down. | destroyed by flames. :he police and F. R. ! Four Washington companies also were called to the scene, but their aid was found unnecessary, and they immediately returned to the ! continued amusing the baby, W. “Do you drink much?” asked thecity. According to information reach- |name, she explained with a ing Fire Marshal Andrew R. Gill, the ! Laura. been vacant only a few| house had it | hours. Howard Dove, a member of the Mount jrider for a turpentine camp, NOVEMBER 8 HELP RED CROSS These young ladies, employes of the District, will sell Red Cross memberships at the District Building. Left to right: Geraldine Jacoby, Marie Borruat, Thelma Coffin, Virginia Timmons, Margaret Kelly, Madeline Reid, Alice Wilson, Marian Bond, Margaret Cecil and Estelle Lowrey. Ethel Leibsohn, seated at the desk, is in charge of the girls. —Star Staff Photo. GROGERS REMAIN FOR TRADE PARLEY Meeting With Commission Follows Convention of Man- ufacturers’ Association. Having concluded their twenty-first annual convention with the election of officers and adoption of resolutions at a business session in the Hotel May- flower yesterday afternoon, followed by a banquet in the hotel last night, many of the delegates of the Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc.,, are attending the second Grocery ‘Trade Practice Conference, which con- vened under the auspices of the Federal Trade Commission in the Mayflower Hotel today. ‘The general purpose of the Trade Practice Conference, it is pointed out, is to get the grocers voluntarily to adopt codes of business ethics, with a view to the Federal Trade Commission seek- ing methods to enforce the ethics as sponsored by the grocers themse]ves. H. R. Drackett, past president df the Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America, is presiding at the trade con- ference sessions as chairman of the conference executive committee. The conference executive committee com- rises members of the following organ- tions: Associated Grocery Manufac- turers of America, America Wholesale Grocers' Association, National Associa- tion of Chain Stores, National Food Brokers' Association, National Associa- tion of Retail Grocers and the National ‘Wholesale Grocers’ Association. Will Discuss Prices. Principal among the issues to be con-- sidered are those of price discrimination, on which the conference is to consider the adoption of a resolution declaring it “an unfair business method to make any price discrimination that is uneconomic or unjust”; selling below cost, in con- nection with which it is declared to be an unfair trade practice to sell goods below cost for the purpose of injuring a competitor. Misrepresentation, lot- tery- and bribery, boycott and propa- ganda are also to be considered as sepa- Tate groups. ‘The following officers of the Asso- ciated Grocery Manufacturers of Amer- ica were elected at the final business session of that organization yesterday afternoon: George D. Olds, jr., of Hills Bros. Co., New York, president; Charles A. Vilas of the National Biscuit Co. of New York, first vice president; George H. Burnett of Joseph Burnett Co., Boston, second vice president; Joseph D. F. Bull of the Cream of Wheat Co., Min- neapolis, third vice president, and B. E. Snyder of R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N. Directors elected are: . Prancis of New York, M. J. Norton of New York, J. S. Goldbaum of Phila- delphia, R. %. James of Chicago, Paul E. Willis of New York, M. Hills of New York and E. C. Godron of Indianapolis. Want Amendment. A resolution adopted at the business session yesterday urged that the Fed eral and State anti-trust laws b amended to make it lawful “to take any business or trade action the purpose of which shall be to promote constructiv competition.- The association also adopted a reso- lution condemning “the double taxation of foreign corporations by State legis- lation involving the imposition of both | a franchise tax and an income tax for the privilege of transacting the same business within the State. President Olds in a statment last night vigorously denied that co-oper- ative distribution efforts of the whole- sale grocery manufacturers will lead to direct selling.” An address telling of the work of large corporations and their responsibil- ities was delivered at the annual ban- quet by O. H. Chaney, vice president | of the Irving Trust Co., New York City. GIRL FACES CHARGE. Daughter, 16, Is Accused of Kill- ing Father in Family Row. * BUNNELL, Fla., November 8 () Dotha Avant Hain ear-old di- vorced mother, calmly played with her 8-month-old baby in the county jail yesterday while the machinery of the law ground out the legal business by which the State hopes to convict her of the murder of her father. The girl, charged with shoottng her father at their home during ®n argu- ment last Sunday morning, was served with a murder warrant in the jail yesterday. She made no comment, but se smile, is Another daughter, Bessie, testified that her father, a 60-year-old woods was Rainfer Volunteer Fire Department, | choking her mother and waving a whose home is immediately back of the knife when Dotha shouted she would house which burned, turned in the alarm. kil him rather than see her mother hurt., | Finkelstein as the cause of the disturb- ! Government witness. ! over to Inspector Stoll “for such action | i Contractor, Active in Secret Orders, Name for Old Rail Building Puzzles Federal Officials Miscellaneous Collection of Bureaus in Structure Involves Problem. A mnew and official name for lhe] former Southern Railway Building at | Thirteenth street and = Pennsylvania | avenhue is being sought by officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, under the direction of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. ‘The conglomeration of Government activities now in the structure near the District Building complicates the mat- ter. Due to the fact that some of the bureaus housed there are part of the big departments, the name “Indepen- dent Building” appears to be ruled out. Now in the former Southern Railway Building are the Bureau of Prohibition, the Customs Bureau, the Federal Farm Board and others. The “officials are considering housing the United States Employes Compen- sation Commission, now in Invest- ment Building at Pifteenth and K streets, in the former Southern Railway Building. ‘The suggestion has gone out that the | name “Miscellaneous Building” may yet | be adopted for the building, due to the | varied activities of icle Sam that are | going forward there. OFFICER IN ROLE OF PEACEMAKER Inspector Stoll to Adjust Mix-up Over Wrongful Ar- rest of Narcotic Witness. Inspector Louis J. Stoll was intrusted today with the diplomatic mission of soothing feelings ruffied in a mix-up yesterday, in which a prosecuting wit- ness in a narcotic case was arrested by error and confined in the second pre- cinct station. The witness was Nathan Finkelstein of Baltimore, who was attacked by sev- eral men as he came out of Police Court ges!erdny. During the melee Policeman H. Foster arrived, and when one of Finkelstein’s attackers pointed out ance Foster took him to the precinct station and booked him. Finkelstein ;ius detained at the station about an our. ‘When 8. L. Rakusin, a Federal nar- cotic inspector, for whom Finkelstein was acting, heard of the affajr, he per- sonally arrested Raymond J. “Hinky Dink” on a charge of intimidating & Rakusin today called on Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, to complain about the treatment accorded “inkelstein. Maj. Pratt said that Raku- sin had no complaint about the lrrest.l which was made through an error that could easily have occurred, but he felt the precinct officers had. been re-| miss in not promptly notifying the nar- cotic division of the Internal Revenue Bureau that Finkelstein had been held. | Maj. Pratt turned the whole matter as. will. meet the satisfaction of llli parties concerned. | DOUGLAS RITES HELD. | Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. l Funeral services for Archibald H. Douglas, 57, a contractor, were held today at_his home, at 211 Ninth street northeast. Dr. Harold Douglas of the Church of the Epiphany officiated. In- terment_was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Douglas died in George Wash- ington University Hospital Tuesday night affer ‘an operation. He is sur- vived by his widow, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Judith Barbeaux Wilson; a sister, | | CIVIL LEGION PAYS TRIBUTE TO WILSON Delegates to Convention Place Wreath on Tomb at Cathedral. Delegates to the fourth national con- vention ‘'of the Civil Legion, which con- vened in the Hotel Mayflower today, held a special ceremony and placed a wreath upon the tomb of President ‘Wilson, the wartime President, in Beth- lehem Chapel of the Washington Cathe- dral this' afternoon. ‘The wreath was placed on the tomb by Miss Elsle C. Hajicek of Chicago, who was selected as the typical Ameri-~ can girl by the people of Czechoslovakia when a monument to Woodrow Wilson was unveiled at Prague two years ago. Prayers were delivered at the services by Bishop James E. Freeman of the Episcopal diogese of “Washington and Bishop James H. Darlington of Harris- burg, Pa. / Pilgrimages Are Lauded. At the opening session in the May- flower numercus delegates praised the) idea of pilgrimages being made to the ‘Wilson tomb, bringing out the fact that as Chief Executive of the Nation Presi- dent Wilson represented the greatest | single force not in uniform during the World War. Charles Edward Russell, a writer, of New York declared before the opening meeting today, “Civilization past that stage where wars are carried on with shot and shell,” adding that the Civil Legion “cannot” lend a greater service than to keep alive the historical fact that the civilian forces responded with such equanimity.” Mr. Russell also took occasion to criticize what he described as “increased attacks on the character of men responsible for the founding of this country.’ The Civil Legion is made. up of gov- efnors from the various States who were in office during the World War, members of the Council of National De- fense, former four-minute speakers in the Liberty Loan drives and members of draft boards. The organization stands for preparedness as & guaranty against war, and is expscted to pass resolutions urging restoration of the old system of draft boards as a means of national defense, it was stated by lead- ers of the organization today. ‘The delegates were to be addressed at a session this afternoon by three governors in office during the World War. They are Charles H. Brough of Arkansas, A. O. Stanley of Kentucky and Emerson E. Harrington of Mary- land. There will be no session tomor- row morning, the delegates planning to devote - that period to sight-seeing around Washington. ‘The afternoon session tomorrow will be featured by.reports of officers and committees and an address by Dr. Peter Clemensen of Chicago, whose subject will be “Present Generation of Emi- grants and the Foreign Language Press.” The convention will be brought to a close with a banquet in the May- fower Hotel tomorrow night at 6 o'clock. The list of speakers for the banquet includes Senatqe George H. Moses of New Hampshi Senator Charles S. Deneen of Illinois, Representative Wil: liam R. Wood of Indiana, Representa- tive John Q. Tilson of Connecticut and | Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of ! the Veterans' Bureau. ORANGE COUNTY HUNT RACES SET TOMORROW | Special Dispatch to The Star. - WARRENTON, Va., November 8.-— The Orange County Hunt races will take place at The Plains, Va., tomor- row. The first race, which will be called at 3 p.m, is for teams of two horses from any recognized hunt, to be owned and ridden by members of any recognized hunt, and the course is about three and one-half miles over natural country flagged. The Challenge Cup, presented by Raymond Belmoni, must be won three times by the same owner before becoming property of winner. A silver pitcher is presented to each owner of a winner and a hunting bridle to :nch of the riders of the successful eam. The second race, called at 3:30, is Mrs, Mary Brandt, and two brothers, George and Joseph H. Douglas. Long active in the Elks, Mr. Doug+ las also was a member of the Board of | Trade, the Masons, Knights Templur." the Mystic Shrine, the Kallipolis Grotto and the Knights of Pythias. Virginia Man Dies at 90. Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va., November 8.—News was received here this morning of the |D. C. Sands, A. death in Charlottesville of John F. {lini Groame, 90 years old. He was a broth- er of William Groome of Sterling, H 8. C., and George Funeral Va. for the R. Pern Smith, jr. Challenge Plate, which must be won three times. ‘This race is of about three and one: half miles over natural country. En- tries must be owned and ridden by members of a recognized hunt in colors. ‘The owner of the winner receives plece of plate and the rider a bridle. The race committee consists of Thomas Atkinson, Courtland H. Smith, Raymond Belmont and Fletcher Hai per; stewards, A. S. Craven, Robert C. ‘Winmill and Raymond Belmont; judges, 5 , A. C. Randolph and Ster- Larrabee; clerk of the course and les, J. W. Slaughter; paddock judge, Todges, . Gartor Foster, George Bustis, udges, E. 3 ; Drayton H. Meade, 8. C. Glascock and Thomas Atkinson. McNamee, jr., Cherrydale, PAGE 17 EASTERDAY G EXTRADTON, AL ATTORNEYTOI. Former Confederate of “Nicky” Arnstein Says He Is Being “Persecuted.” STATES HE CAN PROVE HE PURCHASED STOCK Insists Instead of Being in Debt His Customers Owe Him $300,000. Anxious to avoid being returned to New York to face a charge of using the mails to defraud in an alleged $300,000 stock swindle, Wilen W. Easter- day, former confederate of Jules (“Nicky”) Arnstein, today summoned Saul Gordon, his New York lawyer, to Washington. Meanwhile, Easterday remained in the District Jail in default of $25,000 |bond pending an extradition hearing tomorrow morning before Needham C. ‘Turnage, United States commissioner. The prisoner insisted he had many friends and would arrange bond as soon as he cared to. He added he would take his case to the courts, and three or four years would be required for a final decision. Says He Is “Persecuted.” Asked to explain his arrest, Easterda explained he was being “persecuted. Pointing out that he had served a sen- tence in Leavenworth Penitentiary, the affable prisoner said he had “been hounded so much I've had to change my name to Walter W. Stewart and I'll change it again when I get out of this.” Easterday said he d purchased actual stock for the various customers of his brokerage firm, operated under the name of DeWolf-Stewart, 1775 Broadway, New York. “Do you think I'm crazy?” he asked. “I bought the stock and I can prove it. Instead of my being in debt to my customers they cwe me $300,000. This fellow, A. V. Manley, who had me arrested, as a matter of fAct, owes me $30,000.” The prisoner was bitter in his sharp criticism of Manley. He contended he had stood by Manley during the recent market crisis. “Why, I even sent his checks through a separate account, 80 his bank wouldn’t know he was gam- bling on the market,” Eastcrday sald. Bitter Against Manley. Making an angry gesture, Easterday threatened to “force Manley into bank- ruptcy when I get out. Don't think I can’t do it, either. And when I straighten this case out I'll make some more money. I always have made money, and I'll do it again, because I'm a money- man. Reverting to-a discussion of his hea ing yesterday, hicl ed, Easterday sald to United States commissioner is before have any.chance to defend yourself. | They said down there that I have been in Washington six months, when I've only been here five days. Even so, I knew I was ‘red hot’ here, and came ,? l’W\zshlngton because I know the law ; here/’ |FACTS ABOUT POWER LINES REQUESTE | Information on Interstate Trans- mission Sought in Resolution Adopted by Senate Today. By the Associated Press. Information about the amount of electrical energy transmitted between States was sought in a resolution adopt- ed today by the Senate as a means of obtaining data for an investigation of the question of Federal Government control over interstate transmission of power. The resolution, offered by Chairman Couzens of the interstate commerce committee, directed the Federal Trade Commission to obtain the information as soon as_possible. Couzens has a bill pending to give the Federal Government control over inter- state transmission of power and his committee is considering it as a part of its investigation of the whole field of radio, telegraph, telephone and cable communication. ‘The information also would include the amount of power imported by each of the States. GAS-ELECTRIE: RAILWAY TEST SEEN BY NOTABLES Chesapeake Beach Line Will Put New Equipment in Regular Service Monday. Representatives Clarence H. Lea and Arthur M. Free of California and o number of other notables were guests on a test run of the new Chesapeake Beach Railway gas-electric equipment yester- day. The new equipment will be put in regular service Monday. Leaving the District line for the beach resort on the journey also were Col. W. C. Jones, assistant quartermaster gen- eral: O. J. Gilchrist of the General Electric Co., J. A. Morland of the Tim- ken Roller Beanni Co., Capt. A. W. Holbrook of the Brill Car Co., H. N. Van Vieck of the War Department, T. A. Marquin of Alaska, H. O. Hartzell, executive vice president of the Baiti- more & Ohio Railroad, and officers of the beach railway. The new equipment is capable of 75 miles an_hour in an_emergency, it 18 stated. Freight t rafic over the road will continue to be hauled’' by steam locomotives. PLAN ANNUAL DANCE. Loving Cup to Be Given Most Pop- ular Couple at Les Amis Club. The annual popularity contest and dance of the Les Amis Club is to be held E“Ani:;y g:l"ht at A' si?l'cll‘.n:k in the ’Aiglon room. ver loving will be presented to the most e couple competing in the po) dance., Each social club in the city has been invited to enter one couple representative. Building, this city, and A g i ot Division, and o David L. Turhbyil Fort Hovle, Md., as a second lieutenant id Artillery. u"“ in the Fiei