Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1930, Page 11

THE EVENING § TAR, WASHINGTON., D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1930, ¥ A-11 m MYSTERY IN DEAT OF HALIFAX YOUTH Fer Snows Watks - GTIRS (OPPOSITION Coroner Holds Uncle of Kill- ing Victim—Accused Blames Dry Agents. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., February 4.—Thel- bert Edmunds, 35, is held in Halifax jail without bond, charged with the murder of Owen Edmunds, 17, his nephew. Authorities are investigating two theories as the result of conflicting circumstances. A coroner's jury today held that Thelbert Edmunds was responsible for the death, but Edmunds denies the shooting, attributing the killing to pro- hibition officers. He failed to shed further light on this phase of the charge. Authorities attach significance to bloodstains discovered in the yard of Fred Dettison, near where the body was found. Edmunds says he had purchased whisky at the Dettison home. Dettison and J. T. Murphy were arrested fol- lowing & raid. Dettison told officers that a few minutes before the shooting he saw and heard Edmunds and his nephew seated in a car, talking in loud tones. He says the elder man appear very drunk. The youth's body was found on the roadside vesterday 12 miles from Halifax with two wounds in the head HEADS VETERANS’ BODY Washington . Physician Elected Commander of Military Order of Foreign Wars. The District of Columbia Com mandery of the Military Order of For- eign Wars, meeting last night at the Army and Navy Club, elected Lieut. Comdr. George B. Trible, Washington physician, as commander. Retiring from the post of commander, Capt. Theodore G. Dewey, U. S. N., retired, was named at national vice commander general of the order. Other officers elected were Maj. Al bert H. Dondero, senfor vice com- mander; Maj. Paul J. McGahan, junior vice commander; Capt. Edwin S. Bet- telheim, jr., secretary; Capt. Samuel W. Small, chaplain; Comdr. Howard F. Strine, surgeon; Lieut. Col. Robert P. Parrott, judge advocate; Capt. A. E. F. Horn, historian; Capt. James H. Ferry, recorder; Maj. Emit Walter, registrar, and Lieut. LeRoy W. Hyde, treasurer. Col. Earl D. Church, commissioner of pensions, made the principal ad- dress of the program. TROPHY TO BE AWARDED. | Sir Esme Howard to Receive Speed Cup for Countrymen. ‘The Thompson speed trophy, won by Great Britain in the Schneider Cup races last September, will be presented to the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, by Senator Hiram Bingham of | Connecticut, president of the National Aeronautic 'Association, in the British embassy at 10:30 a.mi. tomorrow. There are no members of the famous British racing team now in this coun- try. The presentation ceremony is to be brief and simple, it was announced today at the British embassy. HYMN CONTEST. Music Study Club Conducts Com-| petition in Danville Schools. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., February 4—An in- teresting feature of the second semes- ter of the public schools of Danville, just getting under way, is a hymn con- test being conducted in the fifth and sixth grades under the auspices:of the Music Study Club. Contestants are required to know the author and composer of various hymns, must memorize first - verse end bullet | 100 Danville Folk | Fined $3.50 Each Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, Pebruary 4.— The city treasury was enriched by approximately $350 vesterday when a full hundred Danville citizens were | fined a total of $3.50 each, including the costs, for failing to remove snow | from sidewalks adjacent to their property, as provided by the city ordinance. All elements appeared before the | judge—white and black, rich and poor, young and old. Various ex- cuses ‘were offered, but only two managed to evade paying the fine, The stork had visited the home of one man during the night of the snow, and another thought that a tenant, to whom he had rented a house, had already occupled it, when in reality he had not. FAIRFAX CIROUT - COURT TERM ENDS 1 Docket Clear as Closes January Session | of Tribunal. Judge | | Special Dispateh to The Star. | | 'FAIRFAX, Va, Pebruary January term of Circuit Court has been | closed by Judge Howard Smith, with | the do practically cleared of pend- | ing cases. Charles Mergler, who plead | guilty to transporting liquor and operat- ing an automobile while was fined $100 and costs and given one month in jail. Ralph G. Gaither, who | plead guilty to a stmilar indictment, was |also fined $100, costs and given one month in jail. | Douglas Lacey, indicted for reckless ' | driving and leaving the scene of an | accident, plead guilty and was given six | | months in the county jail. Lacey was | the driver of the automobile which last | | August struck a car which upset and | killed Mrs. M. E. Quigg of Clifton, an occupant. | Defendant Fails to Appear. | . Eugene Miles of New Alexandria, in- dicted for unlawful manufacture and sale of liquor, a second offense, failed ‘(o appear in court as summoned. When Capt. Heywood Durrer went to his house Miles and his wife, against whom a ‘llke indictment was lodged, had taken | their household belongings and fled | without waiting trial. The cases were | continued until the March term of l:court, a capias was issued for his arrest and his bail was declared forfeited. | _The cases against Estelle and William Bailey, indicated for a felony, were severed, the case against the wife being {nolle prossed and she being discharged from custody. A capias was issued for | the arrest of Bailey, who is a fugitive from justice. In the case of A. S. Doniphan against the Withers Supply Co., a jury of seven, R. A. Demory, ioreman; J. T. Clatter- buck, J. W. Mercer, E. C. Kirby, J. W. | Gorham, John Kerns and Henry Adams, | found a’verdict for the defendant, who | | was ordered to recover his costs. | ! 'Case Dismissed. | The case of K. H. Poston against |L. C. Leith was dismissed. The cases |of the Hoge Grain & Feed Co. versus | L. A. White, Martha Alexander against Herbert Davis, R. L. Taylor against | | Frank Tates, T. J. Beavers against C. Tetterman and First Naticnal Bank | of Alexandria against C. W. Mills were ordered dismissed at the cost of the plaintiffs. The case of the Duro Co., Inc, against L. G. Anderson was con- tinued to the second day of the March | term, Armistead T. Thompson was awarded a limited divorce on grounds of deser- | tion 'om Olive Bladen Thompson. This decree may be made final three | years from August 7, 1928. Custody of the child, Ellen Virginia, was awarded to the mother, subject to the father's | right to visit the child every Priday. During the echild’s minority or until her marriage tHe father is required to pay $20 per month for her education. F. 8. McCandlish, general receiver. of the court, was ordered to pay to Sadie Wormley Hall $13.45 with accrued in- terest minus his commission and 1930 taxes as her share in the sale of real 4.—The | He ERECTION OF SIGN Sentiment Against Billboards Aroused by Action at Capitol Heights. BY GEORGE PORTER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 4.—The smouldering sentiment in Prince Georges County against more roadside signs burst into flame again during the past few days when a large outdoor ad- vertising company apparently uninten- tionally erected a sign in a residential area. As a result of an investigation by the | Maryland-National Capital Park and | Planning Commission, instigated after | numerous complaints had been received | by aroused citizens, the company has agreed to remove the sign Near, Capitol Heights. e, clerk to the | the sign was| zone on Central | ant, district, jus imits of Capitol | eights. 3 From the records at the office of the | county commissioners it is disclosed | that the advertising company obtained | a permit several weeks ago to erect the | sign in an area zoned commercial with- | in_the town of Capitol Heights | When work was started. owever, | Mayor Thomas J. Luckett and the town | building inspector ordéred the workmen to stop, claiming the erection of the| sign was in violation of a town ordi-| nance. According to Mayor Luckett, the | town of Capitol Heights only permits | According to Brice Bow county commissioners, erected in a residenti avenue, in Seat Ples outside of the town h intpxicated, | SIgns to be erected by persons whose ' popularity in India. | mission engineer declares residents need | gllce of business Is in the town except Y special permission from the mayor and council. This permission was not obtained in this case, it was said. Officials of the advertising company told Irving C. Root, engineer of the park and planning commission, who investigated the case, however, that the Wn authorities failed to produce a copy of the ordinance. Zoned Residential. Engineer Root states that the town authorities told the signboard people | they could erect the sign outside the town, but for some reason the latter overlooked the fact that the site se- lected was zoned residential. The result was that the sign, costing, according to the estimates. about $200, and being 100 feet long, 10 feet high and about 8 feet from the ground, was | practically finished before the Park Commission and the county commis- sioners could intercede. It now appears, Mr. Root states, that the matter will be settled amicably, as the advertising company has secured the consent of the authorities to leave the nearly completed sign in its present location until they can obtain a site that is properly zoned, when it will be removed. For this reason the Park Com- | have no fear that the structure will| be permitted to stand permanently. Areas Zoned Commercial. Mr. Root points out that there are some’ areas a little further out the road which are zoned commercial and the sign may be removed to one of them if a lease can be obtained by the company. He is of the opinion the sign company would not attempt to| place the sign in Capitol Heights and contest the legality of the town ordi- nance, as it does not wish to antagonize the residents of the community. The Prince Georges County commis- sloners have repeatedly used all their legal prerogatives to prevent the erec- tion of additional roadside signs in the county, and when complaints reached their office about this sign the matter was immediately referred to the Park Commission without waiting for the weekly session of the board. Wiy ey American automobiles now lead in BOY HURT IN FALL UNDER COAL TRUCK Six Others Are Injured in| Traffic Accidents, One Seriously. Seven persons were injured, two seri- ously, in traffic accidents early today and yesterday. ‘Thomas Joseph Fitzgerald, 14 years old, of 1450 Harvard street, sustained & crushed shoulder and arm and a cut on | his ear when he leaped from a coal| truck on which he had been riding, without the driver's knowledge, and fell | beneath the rear wheels after striking a | parked automobile as he got off the| side of the truck at Fourtenth and Har- vard streets, according to police. The driver, apparently unaware of what had happened, although the rear wheel passed over the boy's shoulder, ! falled to stop. Young Fitzgerald was treaftd at Garfield Hospital by Dr. F. S. Parker. The boy is said to have jumped onto the side of the truck at| Eighteenth street and Columbia road. | The accident occurred yesterday after- | noon. | Boy, 12, 1s Hurt. & Felix Silverstone, 12 years old, 3606 | Rock Creek Church road, sustained | severe injuries to his head and lacera- tions on the neck, when he ran into the side of the automobile of Eugene Colella, 7512 Fourteenth street at New Hamp- shire avenue and Rock Creek Church road yesterday. He was treated at Gar- fleld Hospital. 1 John W. Hardgrove, 4506 Thirteenth street, was treated at Emergency Hos- pital for cuts on his forehead from fiy- | | HECK THESE Toilet 75¢M lIIlllilI | I"Ill Here Are 81 Cheram Water .. 25c Ideal Tooth Paste .. anners’ Theatrical Cream $1.20 Scott’s Emulsion ... 75¢ Mead’s Cod Liver Oil 60c P. D. Savings on Nationally Known 4 . Home Remedies 60¢ California Fig Syrup. $1.10 Father John’s Medicine ing glass - from & broken windshield when his automobile crashed into a dirt bank at Woodley and Klingle roads early this morning, when he lost control of f his car. Hardgrove was charged with reckless driving and s No. 14 police station, s Herbert Dent, 17 years old, of 503 Maryland avenue southwest, passenger in an automobile driven by Francis E. Swing, 18, of 182 Sixth street south- west, was treated at Emergency Hospital for a scalp wound early today, received when the automobile collided with one operated by Milton J. Sales, 38 years old, of Fredericksburg, Va., at the north end of Highway Bridge early today, | Mrs. Frances McNeill, 46 years old, of 3826 Windom place, was treated by & private physician for lacerations tained when knocked down by an au- i tomobile driven by Lloyd Lewis, 38. of 3800 New Hampshire avenue, at Con- necticut avenue and Q street yester- day afternoon. Man’s Leg Is Broken. Emmet L. Rutt, 55 years old, of 3313 Twenty-second street, sustained a frac- ture to his right leg when a parked au- | tomobile owned by Dr. W. E. Lewis, 2101 Rhode Island avenue northeast, was pushed against him by an automo- bile operated by Otto Nielson of Brook- lyn, N. Y. after a collision between Nielson's car and one operated by Fred- erick P. Haas, 105 Twenty-sixth street northeast, yesterday. Mr. Rutt was treated at Siblev Hospital. The acci- dent occurred at Rhode Island and Mills avenues northeast, Frank B. Queen, 68 ars old, of V3 5 4 SOUND Cherrydale, Va.,, was treated by a pri- | vate physician for a possible fracture of the right collarbone and injuries to his forehead, sustained when knocked | down on K street near Washington circle yesterday by a motor truck oper- ated by Julian Johnson of Clarendon, Va. Mr. Queen later was removed to Providence Hospital for X-ray exami- nation. BRADFORDV AT ACCRA. Word has been received here by M and Mrs. Harry Bradford of the arrival of their son, Willlam Werner Bradford, at Accra, Gold Coast, British West Africa, where he will take up his new for the United States. Young Bradford was formerly a stu- versity of this city, where he majored in economic development. His present in Africa, making a study of economic conditions along the Gold Coast. How- ever, he will spend several months of each year in Europe. Card Party for Firemen. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. GREATER CAPITOL HEIGHTS Feb- | ruary 4.—A card party for the benefit of the Greater Capitol Heights Fire | Department will be held at the Shady Oak Inn tomorrow night. s IN building a home, the only worth- while values are lasting values. Saving a few dollars on construction costs by using inferior materials is poor economy. Permanent materials are always the best investment. That is why such bankers as Mr. Lipman advise you to build with rust-proof Copper, Brass and Bronze. Brass or Copper pipe, Copper flash- ings, gutters and downspouts and solid Brass or Bronze hardware and lighting fixtures do not depreciate in value or service. They cannot rust. They give permanent cost-free service. Although these enduring metals cost a trifle more in the beginning, they in- variably prove an economy in the long run. And their use adds appreciably to the value of any building. s The Building Service Department of the COPPER & BRASS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, 25 Broadway, New York, will be glad to ad- vise you without charge about the uses and proper application of these metals. ADVICE FROM A SOUND FIVER JUBILEE VEA duties as assistant trade commissioner | dent at the George Washington Uni- | work calls for a stay of several years| OPTIMISTS TO HONOR ' DEPARTING MEMBERS Testimonial Luncheon Tomorrow for William St. John and Francis B. Thompson. A testimonial luncheon will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Hamilton Hotel by the Optimist Club of Washing- ton for two members, William St. John, first vice president of the club, who goes in & few days to San Francisco to take charge of the office there of a national firm he represents, and Francis V. Thompson, director of the Boys' Clyh here, who will soon take charge of the Boys' Club_in_Chicago. Herbert B. Nevius, president of the club, ‘today announced that S, Detwiler, director of plant pathology of the Department of Agriculture, will the principal speaker at tomorrow's luncheon. Mr. Detwiler will speak on the frrigation projects of Government in the Southwest, dealing particularly with the transformation of the desert lands of Arizona and New Mexico into fertile, crop-producing farm lands. Students Licensed to Wed. i AIRFAX, Va, February 4 (Special) —A marriage license has been issued by the Fairfax County clerk to Miles G. Falkenstine, 23, and Harriet A. 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