Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1930, Page 17

BOMB DEATH CLUE HELD UNFOUNDED BY STATE COUNSEL Attorney Declares Tip on $800 Debt Motive Proved Valueless. IMMUNITY IS REFUSED TO SUSPECT’S BROTHER MHerman Brady Must Testify ‘“‘to All He Knows" About Atrocity, Says Parren. Rumors which injected a new name into the Seat Pleasant bomb atrocity today proved to be unfounded, States Attorney J. Frank Parren announced. Meanwhile, Parren declared he was determined to continue to refuse a re- quest of defense attorneys that Herman Brady, young farmer, be granted im- munity from future prosecution for his testimony as a_State witness against his brother, Le Roy Bra an automo- bile mechanic, charged with responsi- bility in the triple murders. “I still think we have a good cis against Le Roy,” Parren asserte “and I intend to do evrything possible to force Herman to tell what he krows about the bombing. I think the defense is making a mistake in attempting to gain an immunity promise for Herman. If he had nothing to do with the ‘bombing why should his counsel be so interested in obtaining a pledge from the State?” ‘Wants Immunity Promise. M. Hampton Magruder, chief of counsel for the Brady brothers, reiter- ated he intends to attempt to gain the Telease of his clients through writs of habeas corpus unless the State meets his demand that Herman be told any- thing he might say to incriminate him- self would not be used against him. Magruder added he plans to confer soon with Parran and his assistant, J. ‘Wilson Ryon, in an effort to reach an agreement on the immunity promise. Defense counsel indicated no court action would be instituted to gain the release of the Brady brothers from the Marlboro jail until after the prelimi- nary hearing of Leroy, to be held ‘Thursday. Parran said a thorough investiga- tion had been made of a report that a Marlboro automobile mechanic had seen a man making a bomb a few days before the infernal machine, dis- guised as a “Christmas gift,” exploded and caused the death of Herman's wife, Naomi Hall Brady, and her ‘brother and sister, Samuel Hall, 19 months, and Dorothy Hall, 4!, years old. This rumor was to the effect that the manufacturer of the bomb was mngry because a member of the Hall family had failed to make good an $800 debt. Tip Thoroughly Disproved. “We ran that tip out and can say &ith_certainty that there was nothing @t all to it,” Parren said. The State's attorney also disclosed that in the event LeRoy was held for the action of a grand jury at the pre- liminary hearing he probably ~would ‘demand that Herman be held with him 8s a State's witness. He intimated Her- gman’s conduct on the witness stand would have s bearing on_his possible request that Herman be held without bond. PRESIDENT MAY ATTEND OBSERVANCE Alexandria Delegation Extends Invitation for Washington Birthday Event. |, President Hoover today tentatively ac- Tepted an invitation to attend the cere- monies to be held in Alexandria, Va. February 22, to celebrate the anniver- mary of the birth of George Washington. The invitation was extended by a del- /egation headed by Representative R. ‘Walton Moore of Virginia, representa- itives of the authorities and citizens of Alexandria and the members of the |George Washington Birthday Associa- tion. Besides Representative Moore, those in delegation were Mayor William 8. Smoot, Harry D. Kirk, president of the George Washington Birthday Asso- ciation; M. T. Dwyer, John H. Trymer, ‘J. William May, Francis H. Fannon, W. |B. Fulton and M. E. Green. It was explained to the President that there will be a glass-covered stand from which he will review the parade. He ‘was reminded also that with only a few exceptions every President of the United States has participated some time or other during his administration in ob- servances of this kind in Alexandria. Calvin Coolidge participated three years 2go. MAJ. GEORGE C. BEACH,JR., RECEIVES HONOR MEDAL Army Surgeon Cited for Effective Service During Influenza Epi- demic at Camp in 1918. Maj. George C. Beach, jr., Army Medical Corps, & native of Kansas and now stationed at the General Dispensary in this city, has been awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Medal by the Secre. tary of War for exceptionally merito ous services while acting as camp sur- geon at Camp Greene, N. C., during the influenza epidemic in 19i8. “By his foresightedness in providing ample | B i | Several Hundred Young Men Jam Stairway Following ospital facilities during the early stage: of the epidemic and by his efficient a tion in directing the care of patien &aid the citation, “Maj. Beach was pri- ‘marily responsible for a large reduction in the mortality rate at that camp. His eflorts were untiring and he continued even after he was stricken with the malady in its most serious form. He jshowed a rare devotion to duty, in that, withough himself a sufferer from the “iisease, his efforts were unabated.” DUVALL RITES ARRANGED. Man Who Fell Dead on Street Car Capital Native, Puneral services for Nelson Haskell Duvall, 74, of 406 Turner street, who ell dead on a street car on Pennsyl- fvania avenue near Tenth street yester- ‘day, will be held tomorrow afternoon lmt the home. Mr. Duvall is survived by his widow, iMrs. Georgia Duvall, and two daugh- ters. Mr. Duvall was a native of Wash- ingion and was in business here for j years. @he Foening Staf L President Reported Having Difficulty Finding Successor. ton and Robert E. Lynch Suggested. today as people’s counsel to the Public Utilities Commission to resume the practice of law. i Flebarty submitted his resignation to President Hoover December 14, with a request that it become effective within 30 days. 1t was accepted “with regret” December 16, exactly 30 days ago. In the meantime President Hoover cessor to Fleharty, and, according to reports from the White House, he is having considerable difficulty in filling the vacancy. Comparatively few names have been suggested for the position. And, coupled with the small number of candidates, are the legal qualifications of the appointee to the office, which have served to complicate the Presi- | dent’s task. ‘The law provides that the appointee must have been a resident of the Dis- trict for three years preceding the ap- | pointment. Thus the field of candi- | dates has been limited. Names Are Suggested. Two of the names suggested to the President for consideration as a succes- | sor to Fleharty are Willlam McK. Clay- ton and Robert E. Lynch. Clayton is the veteran chairman of the public utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens' Association, who has long been a_prominent figure. in public utility affairs. Lynch is an assistant corpora- tion counsel, and in this capacity has aided Corporation Counsel William W. Bride in a number of cases before the Utilities Commission. Aside from be- ing the corporation counsel Bride is the commission’s general counsel. Fleharty had the distinction of being the first people’s counsel, a position FLEHARTY, PUBLIC UTILITIES PEOPLE'S COUNSEL, ENDS WORK {Names of William McK. Clay- | Ralph B. Fleharty ended his career | has made a diligent quest for a suc- | w | | | L TRIUE TOEM Y created in the act of Congress reorgan- izing the Public Utilities Commission and divoreing it entirely from the Board of District Commissioners. ~He was | | appointed by former President Coolidge in March, 1927, for a term of four years, which does not expire until March 7, 1931. Resignation a Surprise. ‘The resignation of Fleharty came as a complete surprise in public utility circles; although it was known among his most intimate friends that he had intended to take such action before January 1. He told tho President he wanted to be relieved of his public duties actively to resume the practice of law. His duties as people’s counsel, he said, re- sulted in such an almost complete interference for nearly three years with his practice that he did not feel he could longer afford to continue this sacrifice. The most epochal events in the his- tory of the Utilitles Commission occur- red during Fleharty's uncompleted term and in all of them he took a conspicuous part. Outstanding were the first defi- nite negotiations for a merger of the street railway lines. OFFICER CONVICTED OF LIQUOR CHARGE Capital Policeman Is Given Eight Months and Brother- in-Law Is Fined. George L. Aikins, a member of the District of Columbia police force, and his brother-in-law, = Cressman A. Pritchett, were found guilty by Judge Charles W. Woodward in the Police Court at Rockville this morning on charges of illegal possession of intox- icating liquor. Aikins was sentenced to the Maryland House of Correction for eight months and Pritchett was fined $200 and costs. Both noted appeals to the Circuit Court and were released on bond in the amount of $500 each. In passing sentence Judge Woodward stated that the fact that Aikins was officer of the law influenced him in sentencing him to prison rather than imposing a fine only. The arrest of the pair followed a night visit to their home on Wilson lane, near Bethesda, about two weeks ago of Chief of Police Alvie A. Moxley of Rockville, Sergt. Leroy Rodgers of the Bethesda substation and several other county officers, who found there, so they stated, 350 bottles of beer, 6 gallons of whisky, 7'; gallons of wine, 5 gallons of cider and numerous empty bottles, cans and other containers. Alkins disclaimed all connection with the presence of the liquor in the house, but his brother-in-law, who stated that he was a taxicab driver, admitted mak- ing the beer and assumed full respon- sibility for everything else found there, explaining that the supply had been obtained in anticipation of entertaining a large number of relatives from New Jersey during the holidays. WATCHMAN TO HOSPITAL.| John Banes, 64, Found Wandering in Agriculture Dept. Grounds. Suffering from a stroke of apoplexy, John P. Banes, 64 years old, of Hyatts- ville, Md., a night watchman in the Treasury Department, was found wan- dering through the grounds of the Agri- culture Department shortly after 10 o'clock last night and was removed to the Emergency Hospital, where his condition was said by hospital suthor- ities today to be serious. patrolling his beat when he came upon Banes in a semi-conscious condition. - TWO HURT IN ROW. Fight on Northeast Street Sends i Couple to Hospital. [ Paul and Howard Eagle, 209 F street | northeast, fared badly yesterday after- | noon in 'a fight with several colored | men on Third street, between F and G | streets, They were treated for wounds, | non serious, at Casualty Hospital, where | they told police they couldn't identify their assailants. | John McMahon, 705 Fourth street, also was treated at Casualty for a wound in the mouth he reported he re- ceived from an unidentified colored man at his home yesterday. n | arrived in the city. Park Policeman W. E. Riley was | WOMAN WAR CURE DELEGATES HERE 500, Headed by Mrs. Catt, Expected to Be Regis- tered by 9 P.M. Preparatory to tomorrow’s opening | session of the conference on the cause and cure of war, woman delegates from 10 national organizations affiliated with the peace movement were registering today at the Washington Hotel head- quarters. Before the office closes at 9 o'clock this evening it was expected that the last of the 500 delegates, who are headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, chairman of the conference, will have Bringing with them resolutions from all over the country calling upon the Senate to ratify the World Court proto col, the delegates will suspend their ses- sions Thursday morning to make an invasion of the Capitol. There will be no “march to the Capitol.” as in pre- vious years, but State delegations will begin arriving at the Senate Office Building at 11 o'clock that morning, armed with copies of resolutions. To Avoid Demonstration. Efforts will be made to avold scenes such as interrupted the Capitol con- ferences last year, when so-called Com- munists held protest meetings_outside the office building and were dispersed by the police. Several spokesmen of these groups also interrupted one of the night sessions of the conference Arrangements have been made for State delegations to be received by the senfor Senators from their States, assisted by the junior Senators. In each case one woman selected by the delega- tion will act as spokesman, presenting the World Court resolutions which have been passed at women's meetings in that State, All other sessions of the conference will take place at the Washington Hotel. The conference will open tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, when the four foreign delegates attending the meet: ings will be welcomed by Miss Hen- rietta Roelofs. The English delegate, Miss Kathleen D. Courtney, is honorary secretary of the British Women’s Peace | Crusade. ~Frau Dorothee von Velsen | of Germany is president of the German | League for Equal Citizenship of Women. France and Japan Represented. France and Japan also are repre- sented by delegates, the former by Mme. Marie-Louise Puech, a vice president of the French Assoclation of University Women, and the latter by Mme. Tsune Gauntlett, one of the organizers and directors of the Japanese Women's Peace Association. One of the principal meetings of the conference will be at the annual ban- | quet tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, at which the principal speakers will be Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts of South Africa, one of the leaders of the world | peace _movement, and Bishop Francis John McConnell. The local committee in charge of arrangements for the conference |is headed by Mrs. Willlam E. Darby. A number of entertainments are being planned during the sessions. Fraternity Dance, Policeman Patrick O'Brien of No. 3 precinct was bruised and trampled early Sunday by college boys who are said to have toppled him down a flight of steps at the Mayflower Hotel in their haste to get their hats and coats following a fraternity dance. Two house detectives also were overwhelmed by the rush. Once released from the press of col- legians, Policeman O’Brien reported sick to his precinct and was treated by Dr. Julian Ruffin, 1629 Twenty-first street, for sprains and bruises about the | neck and shoulders. He was to report’ for duty this afternoon, however, fol- lowing additional treaiment at the police clinic. Shortly before the dance broke up in the main ball room a house detective requested the policeman to come in and help bhandle the crowd in the event there was disorder. The policeman POLICEMAN INJURED AS COLLEGE BOYS RUSH TO HOTEL CLOAK ROOM Trampling Officer. complied and, with two employes of the hotel, took up his stand before a stairway leading downward to the men's cloak room. At the first strains of “Home, Sweet Home," several hundred young men de- tached themselves from the 1,000 danc- ers and dashed for the cloak room, the detectives sald. The passageway was to0 narrow to accommodate them all, and the officer was seeking to get a line formed when the pressure threw him backward down six steps to the landing. Dazed for the moment, he was unable to rise, and the young men in front, pushed on by those behind, were forced acress his body. Meanwhile the hotel attendants fared no better, and the three officer: flattened themselves against the wall until the rush sub- sided. ‘The girls at the dance obta'ned their cloaks from another room in an orderly menner. the officer sald. No errests | confessed his connection with the rob- ASHINGTON, D. C, ALLEGED ROBBERS TRACED BY SQUEAK OF DUMB WAITER Police Seize Four in Ashley Apartment After Nearby Store Is Looted. PHONED IN EARLY HOUR BY OCCUPANT| Apparel Valued at $360 Claimed by Dealer as Prisoner, Police Say, Confesses. A dumb waiter that squeaked and made queer noises in the hush before dawn today caused the arrest of three men and a woman, who are held by police for investigation In connection with the robbery of the haberdashery of J. T. Klawans at 2002 Eighteenth street. Some person in the Ashley Apartment at 2038 Eighteenth street heard the dumb waiter and telephoned the police. Detectives D. B. Crooke and R. W. Hopkins of the eighth precinct re- sponded and caught, they say, Charles Robert Bolton sending up on the dumb waiter to an apartment above a mis- cellaneous assortment of men's and women’s clothes, alleged to have been stolen from the store operated by Klaw- ans, shortly after midnight. The mute testimony of a jimmied door in the Klawans establishment was said by police, together with the character of the goods sent up on the dumb waiter, to_connect them with the robbery. In the apartment above were found Robert Duffell, who gave his occupa- tion as a fireman and his address in the 1400 block N street; David Russell, who said he is a doctor and lives in the | Ashley apartment, and a woman, who | gave her name as Alma Russell, and claimed to be the wife of the doctor. All were taken to the elghth precinct, from which the woman was subsequent- ly sent to the House of Detention, while police checked up on a list of the goods sald by Klawans to have been stolen from his shop. Confession Is Reported. At the precinct police said Bolton bery, and was said to_have implicated the other two men. Wearing apparel of the value of between $360 and $370 was saild by Klawans to have been stolen. Police said the articles found in the apartment checked with the goods taken from the haberdashery. The loot included women's dresses, hose, scarfs, caps, blankets, robes, collars, belts, 'cuff links, neckties and men's shirts, together with a miscelleaneous assortment of small articles of clothing. Small time burglars were also active Saturday night, according to reports to police, who were told that four stores were broken into during the night, and miscelleaneous articles, including’ gro- ceries and meats, a small amount of cash, an evening dress and other wear- ing apparel, taken. Thieves broke through a rear win- dow in the store of Bernard Abrams, 1311 H street northeast, and stole, ac- cording to Abrams, a box of cheese, seven chickens, six pounds of butter, four pork loins, eight pounds of lard, a box of bacon and a quantity of cig- arettes. Cash Register Robbed. Burglars broke a glass panel in the store of George Hillow, 2000 Seven- teenth street, and stole’ $20 from the cash register, while some individual with a flair for elaborate evening clothes entered the store of Morris Needle, 421 H street northeast, and stole a black evening dress trimmed with fish scales, valued at $80. Wear- ing apparel valued at 16.65 was taken from the store of Paul Harmel, 730 Four-and-a-Half street, by thieves who broke a show window. The homes of William V. Nessley, 518 Concord avenue, and William Smith, 111 Massachuseits avenue, also were robbed. Fifty-two dollars was taken from the pocketbook of Nessley, while Smith said his home was robbed of a suit case. a handbag and a gold brace- let. Pernell Brown of 926 Bennett place, Baitimore, was walking along Six-and-a-Half street Saturday night with & coat over her arm when some one snatched it from her. The hen house of Harry Rousseau, 3238 R street. was entered and seven chickens valued at $12 were taken. FUGITIVE FROM LORTON REFORMATORY CAPTURED Second Inmate Who: Escaped Dur-| | ing Night Successfully Eludes Bloodhounds. Bloodhounds from the District Re- formatory at Lorton, Va., early this| morning scored a signal victory in the trailing of James McLoughlin, 20 years old, who took French leave of the prison some time during the late hours of the night. They were not so successful 1n| their trafling of Archbald Lyles, allas | Charles P. Smith, however, the latter | " managing to elude them. | It probably was while the dogs were | on the trail of McLoughlin that they lost the trail of Lyles, and Lyles had | not been captured early this afternoon. | ‘The two prisoners, tiring of institu- tional life, crawled out one of the dor- | mitory windows during the late hours of the night, and as soon as their ab- sence was discovered the dogs were put on their trail. Police are participating in the search for Lyles. G. W. B. EVANS BURIED. Funeral services for George W. B. Evans, 17 years old, who died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Clarence N. Walker, Kensington, Md., Thursday, were conducted in St. Paul's Church of Rock Creek Parish Saturday. Mr. Evans was for a number of years choirmaster at St. James' Episcopal Church here. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emily M. Evans, and by the following children: Mrs, Clarence N. Walker and Maj. Francis C. Evans of Kensington, Mrs. Harry Irion and Mrs. Charles W. Lane of Washington. He also leavesr two sisters, who reside in England. German Jobless Increase. BERLIN (#).—The number of job- less in Germany drawing unemploy- ment insurance passed the 1,000,000 mark in November by official count. This represents an increase of 200,000 over the same period last year. South African Natives in Riot. CAPE TOWN, Union of South Afr; | January 13 (#).—Rioting among nativ broke out “today at Carnarvon, Cape Colony, after a series of native meeting:. Col. Van Zyl, mayor of Carnarvon, was seriously injure and several other | were mades Guropeans were wounded in the fighting. MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Bogus Policeman Disappears After Collision “Arrest” Ninth Precinct Officers | Seek Man Described by | Albert W. Straughan. Ninth precinct police today are en- deavoring to determine the identity of a | man, who early yesterday posed as a | policeman, when two machines collided at Twelfth and C streets northeast and ordered the driver of one of the cars to drive “straight ahead” and then left the car and disappeared at Ninth and E streets. | Albert W. Straughan, 26 years old, of | 1433 Spring road, told police that he was “arrested” by a man who claimed to be a policeman after his machine had collided with an automobile in which the “policeman” was riding. ! Straughan reported that the driver of the other car fled after the accident, but | the “policeman” stepped into his ma- chine and ordered him to drive “straight ahead.” Reaching Ninth and E streets the “offic’r” ordered him to stop, left the machine and walked away. A baton, reported missing about a year ago by Policeman B. R. Campbell | of the eleventh precinct, was found in the car abandoned by the “policeman” and his companion after the collision. Campbell was in the precinct when the strange occurence was reported. Police endeavored to cbtain the name of the owner of the abandoned car, | which bore 1930 tags, but a search of the unfiled new license records at the | District Building failed to reveal the | identity of the owner. Capt. James E. Wilson, commander of the ninth precinct, said today he was_frankly puzzled as to the purpcse of the man who told Straughan he was a policeman. MEETIGS ATIRAC (OLLEGE EADERS Three National Education Groups to Be in Session Here This Week. Three national educational groups, bringing to Washington many of the outstanding educators of the country, will be in session here this week at the Willard Hotel. ~ Featuring these de- liberations, will be those of the Asso- ciation of American Colleges, whose sixteenth annual meeting opens tomor- row. More than 400 colleges will be represented through their presidents, deans and other officials, and tomor- row evening Sir Esme Howard, the re- tiring British Ambassador, will be guest of honor at the annual dinner in recog- nition of his outstanding contributions to education and international under- standing. The first of the educational sessions to convene was the Council of Church | Boards of Education, which met this morning. Its sessions will continue until tomorrow afternoon, when a union mass meeting will be held at 2:30 o'clock to discuss the place of religion in American higher education. Educational _associations of varlous denominational groups will begin their meetings Thursday afternoon, some car- rying on until late Friday. In this group are the Association of Colleges of Congregational Affiliations: Board of Education, Five Years' Meeting of Friends in America, Educational Asso- ciation of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the General Education Board of the Bretheran. Presidential Address. In his presidential address before the Council of Church Board of Education this morning, Dr. Boothe C. Davis, president of Alfred University, discussed the two-fold mission of modern college training in_denominational institutions. “These colleges,” he said, “must set standards of liberal culture, forms of scholarship, and ideals of citizenship and public service in a century when all the world is a neighborhood, and all men are brothess and fellow citizens as never before.” At the dinner tomorrow evening for Ambassador Howatd, given by the Association of American Colleges, “The Contribution of American Higher Educa- tion to ‘' International Understanding” will be the topic of the address by Guy E. Snavely of Birmingham-Southern College, the assoclation president. Another speaker will be Dr. Charles Moore, director of the Washington- Beautiful Plan. ‘Will Review Year's Work. The year's work will be reviewed at the Wednesday morning session, when Dr. Robert L. Kelly, former president of Earlham College, first president of the association, and for the last 12 years its executive secretary, will speak. Frank L. McVey, president of the Uni- versity of Kentucky, and Prof. George Johnson of the Catholic University also are on the program. “The Education of College Teachers” will be the topic of the afternoon ses- sion, with A. H. Upham, president of Miami University, presenting the sub- ject from the standpoint of the under- gradute college. Deans Charles Laing of the University of Chicago and Wilbur Cross of Yale will represent the graduate schools. The development of intellectual life among the undergraduate colleges will be the topic of the evening session. James A. Blaisdell, president of Clare- mont College, in California; Dean Luther P. Eisenhart of Princeton and Dr. Henry Suzzalo, former president of the University of Washington, now on the staff of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and . C. Mierow, president of Colorado College, who 'will speak on college chapels, illustrated with _stereopticon slides, will address the gathering. Hear Recommendations Thursday. Recommendations of the standing committees will be brought before the closing session Thursday morning. New members will be admitted and officers elected. A report on the committee on college athletics, based in large part on the recent report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will be Iaia_before the a: sembly by Prof. Bert E. Young of In- diana University. Officers of the association for 1929-30 are Guy E. Snavely of Birmingham- Southern College, president; President William M. Lewis of Lafayette College, vice president; President Bernard I. Bell of St. Stephen's College, Columbia University, treasurer; Robert L. Kelly, executive secretary, and Archie M. Pal- mer, associate secretary. Additional members of the executive committee are Trevor Arnett, president of the General Education Boart, and Rees E. Tulloss, president of Witten- berg College. The association has its }‘}:ngulmn at 111 Fifth avenue, New ork. Germany Buys 01d Gold. BERLIN () —Germany bought back from Argentina in 1920 about $4.000,000 worth of German gold coins, part of the hieavy gold exports to South Amer- ica in the post-war inflation years, | Names 1930. s LIQUOR CHARGES 'FORONE DAY BREAK EXISTING RECORD 33 Persons Charged With, Prohibition Violations—Five More Released. NINE DEFENDANTS FACE ACTION BY GRAND JURY | | 28 Arrests Before Christmas Was | High Docket Mark, but 17 of These Were Released. Prohibition cases at Police Court to- | day broke all records for the tribunal when 33 persons were charged with various violations of the liquor law. | Police brought 38 cases into court, but | Assistant United States Attorney David | A. Hart and James R. Kirkland reported that five were arrested illegally. Nine of the people to be arraigned were charged with either transporta- tion or the sale of whisky, and were held for action of tre grand jury under the Jones-Stalker law. - The largest number of prohibition cases previously to be tried in the court in one day was 28. This number appeared on the court docket about two days before Christ- mas. But on this day there were 17 arrested persons freed because police made the arrests illegally. The fourth precinct whisky squad also set a record when they arrested 20 persons on charges of possession. All but three of these were held at court today. The home of Maggie Sewell, 600 block of Springman’s court, southwest, was ralded by the squad and 112 pints of liquor as well as the alleged operator of the premises were taken to the precinct house, police re- ported. The other arrests Involved smaller amounts of <contraband. The liquor squad is composed of Policeman C. Curtis, R. J. Barrett, Nelson Thayer, and Floyd Trescott. Policemen L. S. Graham and H. J. Martin of the thirteenth precinct seized the largest amount of whisky to be charged to one defendant when they arrested William Cabell, colored, 1900 block of Seventh street, on a transpor- tation charge. The man's car was halted at Sixteenth and Kennedy streets last nirht when the police say that he was driving with defective headlights. John J. Smith and Robert H. Battle were arrested by Policeman J. E. Ben- nett after their automobile had been stopped because of one bad headlight, on Nichols avenue, near St. Elizabeth's Hospital last night. Seventy-two quarts were found in the car, according to police. ARMY MEN URGED AS COMMISSIONERS of Dalton and Hersey Submitted for Hoover's Consideration. The names of two additional retired Army officers today were submitted to | the White House for consideration in the event President Hoover determines not to reappoint one or both of the present civilian commissioners of the District. They are Maj. Gen. A. C. Dalton, former quartermaster general of the Army and former president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation of the United States Shipping Board and Maj. Gen. Mark L. Hersey, at one time commanding officer of the constabulary forces in the Philippines, Both are residents of Washington and were represented as be interested in local affairs as well as being well | qualified for the duties of commissioner. | Gen. Dalton was proposed by Isaac | Gans and Gen. Hersey by Maj. Clayton E. Emig. Mr. Gans and Maj. Emig have themselves been suggested for | appointment as commissioners by friends, but each said today that he was not a candidate. RALPH S.T(IRKWO(;D DIES OF HEART ATTACK Civilian Electrical Engineer Federal Service Is Stricken at Friends' Home. Ralph S. Kirkwood, 47 years old, of 5508 Eighth street, for the past seven years civilian electrical engineer in the office of the quartermaster general of the Army, died last night of a heart attack while having dinner with friends at the home of R. L. Morrls, 514 In- graham street. Mr. Kirkwood served with the Quar- termaster Corps, U. S. A., with the grade of. lieutenant during the World ™ ar, his special duty being that of technical ad- viser in engineering matters on con- struction work. Prior to the World War he served a period of enlistment in the Army, He Was & member of the Washington So- | clety of Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He is survived by his widow and a | daughter, Miss Dorothy Kirkwood, a student at Antioch College, Ohio. Funeral —arrangemenis were being completed. Interment is to be in Ar- lington Cemetery. SRR Plaque Honors Memory. LAUSANNE (#).—A bronze plaque in memory of the Right Rev. Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of Western New York and president of the World Con- ference on Faith and Order, wha died here March 27, 1929, has been placed in the English Church. Bishop Filham of the English churches of Northern and Central Europe received the plaque. in l Reported Missing I 5 CHARLES J. TOLLEFSON. TWO CITIES SEEK MISSING EX SALOR Charles J Tollefsen Disap- pears From Steamer on Way to Norfolk. Police of two cities continued to search_today for Charles Julius Tollef- sen, 63 years old, retired Navy chief boatswain’s mate, of 520 Tenth street southeast, who disappeared Saturday night from & steamer en route to Nor- folk after leaving a farewell note in his state room. While members of Mr. Tollefsen's family here, which includes four chil- dren and six grandchildren, refused to | 22! believe he had committed suicide, they admitted he had been despondent for some time and that he left home Sat- urday night without announcing his destination. Missed at Norfolk. ‘Tollefsen was not missed until his steamer. the'Southland, docked at Nor- folk yesterday. Capt. George H. Howell reported the matter to police of that city, who searched Tollefsen’s cabin and found, among other effects, a note saying: “Good-by, Gena,” and signed “Julius Tollefsen.” ' The note presumably was addressed to Tollefsen's eldest daugh- ter, Gena Tollefsen, 31 years old. An overcoat, a dress coat, a scarf, a watch and chain, a hat and a pair of glasses also were found in the state room. Relatives Go to Norfolk. Members of Mr. Tollefsen's family left for Norfolk when notified. Capt. Howell said he last saw Tollef- sen in his state room Saturday night about the time the steamer was pass- ing Alexandria. The purser had Tol- lefsen listed as “John Thompson,” ac- cording to Norfolk police. Members of ‘Tollefsen's family expressed the possi- bility he might have left the boat at Oid Point Comfort with the expecta- tion of visiting his wife at Phoebus. Va, from whom he had been separated for many years. ‘Tollefsen retired from the Navy after 33 years' service. Recently he had been working as a tailor at the sailors’ re- ceiving station at the Navy Yard. ABANDONED CHILD IS NEAR TO DEATH Three-Day-0ld Infant Was Found in Exhausted Condition at Union Station. By a tiny thread, “Mary Margaret O'Brien,” 3-day-old girl child aban- doned in Union Station last night by its mother, today was holding to life at Children’s 'Hospital. “Mary Margaret” won her name with her blue eyes, black ringlets and cheery disposition in face of great difficulties. ‘The Children’s Hospital doctors are trying to prevent serious iliness result- ing from her having been left on the marble floor of the station. When she was taken to Children's Hospital last night she was chilled through by her stay on the cold stone. Doctors think she will recover. The mother who abandoned the child did her best to assure her comfort be- fore leaving it. She left the baby girl on the floor with a large blanket carefully wrapped about her. The child’s feet had been wrapped in cotton batting and then covered with warm stockings, wearing, in addition, a hand-embroid- ered bib and dress. At the hospital it was said today that “Mary Margaret's” clothing indicates she is the child of parents of the bet- ter class. The little bundle was “ound at about 8:30 o'clock last night by Miss Mae K. Schwartzman of 513 Ninth street south- east, an employe of the Western Union office in the station. “Mary Margaret” will live at Chil- dren’s Hospital until she gets well. Po- lice will search for her parents. The abandonment of “Mary Mar- garet” is the fourth such case in the Capital in the past four week: LEGION TO HAVE SHOW. Elks Boys Band to Play for Dance Tomorrow Night. A:minstrel show, to be presented by the Costello Post of the American Legion, and a dance will feature the Elks’ Club meeting, observing ladies’, service and ex-service men's night, to- morrow at 8:30 o'clock, at the club, 919 H street. The Elks’ Boys Band will play. As a special feature, Bo; Hoy will present June Shirley Blake, “the Physical Culture Baby." MISS CLARA FREE IS EXONERATED |FROM BLAME IN HOT-TEA ACCIDENT Mrs. A. C. Beaver Denied $5,000 Damages Demanded as Result of Collision in Corridor. Miss Clara L. Free, president of the Maryland Tobacco Plantations, Inc., was exonerated today by a jury in Cir- cult Division No. 2, before Justice Bailey, of responsibility for injuries al- leged to for ~ Secretaries, from a cup of hot tea which Miss Free was carrying when the two women col- Lided in the corridors of the Trans- portation’ Building February 25, 1927, i Mrs. Beaver said she was severely burned on the arm, and in her suit for $5,000 damages charged that her beauty had been permanently impaired and she would not be able to wear evening clothes as a result of her injuries. The defense was that the collision was ac- cidental and occurred at a junction of two corridors. Miss C. Larimore Keeley defended the case for Miss Free, while Attorney Goldfrey L. Munter appeared for the plaintiff, PAGE B—1 ENGRAVING BUREAU PAY APPROPRIATION IS REDUCED §251 20 .Report to House Explains De- ! | crease Does Not Forecast | Any Dismissals. [ TOTAL APPROPRIATION | FOR UNIT IS $6,125,000 Placing of Country on New Cur- | rency Basis Results in Net Saving of $1,600,000. A decrease of $251,260 in material, salaries and wages at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is shown in the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill reported to the House today. This de- crease, it was explained, does not fore- cast any dismissal from the force. Chairman Wcod of the appropriationg committee explained that the total ap- propriation for the bureau is $6,125,000, compared with the current appropria- tion of $6,376,260. In the interest of good administration, he pointed out, the items for the bureau are consolidated into a single appropriation account in lieu of the four paragraphs previously carried, viz, salaries in the director's office, salaries of employes, wages of plate printers and the engravers and printers’ materials. This consolida- tion accounts for approximately $95,000 of the decrease and the remainder is due to the smaller currency program, chairman Wood said. In connection with the placing of the country on the new currency basis, it is interesting to note that the estimated reduction in cost brought about by in- troduction of the new money is $2,- ,000. Net Saving Reduced. “However,” Chairman Wood said, “since the new program was projected, increases in compensation of employes at the bureau as the result of new law, and administrative action resulted in reducing the net saving to about $1,- 600,000. Alvin W. Hall, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in his tes- timony before the House appropriations committee said that the reduction is based upon the quantity of work to be accomplished in the fiscal year 1931. “There is a slight reduction in currency,” he said, “a slight reduction in revenue stamps, a slight reduction in withdrawal permits, and an increase in checks, drafts and miscellaneous work. The net difference would be the equivalent of $176,260, which, with the $75,000 reduction by reason of com- bining the four former propriation items, makes the total amount in re- duction .of appropriations for the bu- reau. Furloughs Rotated. Chairman Wood asked Mr. Hall re- garding a proposed reduction in the number of plate printers, and Mr. Hall replied, “We are meeting this over- manned ccndition by a system of ro- tating furloughs.” He explained that in this way employment is being given to practically the same number. “We have not made any reductions in force,” he said, “but retirements and resignations will automatically reduce the force to our actual needs. We are trying to work it out so that it will not be necessary to discharge any one.” He told the appropriations subcom- mittee that he is waiting for retire- ment resignations and deaths to absorb the excess number. “That seems to be the most equitable way of meeting the situation,” Mr. Hall said. total number of employes at the bureau is now 4,750. There were 4,988 in 1927, before work was starsed on printing the smaller notes. o BILL IN HOUSE PROPOSES INEW D. C. CENTER MARKET Representative Bowman Introduces Duplicate of Senate Measure, ‘Which Provides $1,300,000 Fund. Representative Bowman of West Vir- ginia today introduced in the House a bill identical with the one introduced in the Senate by Senator Capper au- thorizing an appropriation of $1,300,000 for establishment of a Center Market in the District of Columbia. Of this amount, $800,000 is for lands and $£500,000 for buildings. The site would be selected by a committee rep- resenting the District Commissioners, the Secretary of Agriculture and the engineer office in charge of public buildings and grounds. Mr. Bowman introduced the bill with the same stipulation as made by Senator Capper that while he personally favors the measure passage of it will depend upon the number of District residents who come forward to declare a desire for such a market. DISTRICT SdCIETY S.-A. R. SCHEDULES LADIES’ NIGHT Dinner and Dance Is Announced for January 22 at the May- flower Hotel. The District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will hold its annual “ladies’ night” din- ner and dance at the Mayflower Hotel, January 22, at 7:30 p.m. An_address will be delivered by Ed- win P. Moore, former governor of Ken- tucky. Among those who will express greetings are Mrs. James Harper, State director, Children of the American Rev- olution; Mrs. David D. Caldwell, State regent, Daughters of the American Revolution; Dr. Thomas E. Green, president, D. C. Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and Mrs. Lowell Fletch- er Hobart, president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. TWO SECTIONS PLANNED FOR SOCIETY HORSE SHOW Riding and Hunt Club Outlines Program for Exhibition Sched- uled for March 1. The soclety horse show, to be held March 1 at the Riding and Hunt Club, will be run in two sections, one show for the children in the afternoon and an adult show in the evening. The shows will be for the benefit of the Soldlers, Sallors and Marines’ Club, at’ Eleventh street and Massachusetts avenue. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded in all events of the two shows. Mrs. Frank M. Andrews, daughter of Gen. Henry T. Allen, is chairman of thes show ecommittee, which this year Is planping several special features, L