Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1930, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, , D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930. PLANE CRASH KILLS COUNT DE LA VAULX Three Others Die With French Aeronaut in Flaming Aircraft. By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J.. April 19.—Fog which forced their plane to a low alti- tude as it groped for an airport w plamed today for the death of four per- killed when a Canadian Colonial Airways transport hit a power line 150 feet above the ground and fell in flames. A police inspector expressed the belief that the four persons had been elec- trocuted. The dead are: Count Henry de la Vaulx, 60, of a founder of the Aero Club of e and president of the Federation nternationale; Mrs. Mary ence, R. I. ntington, N. of Albany, N. Y., sons, A Conklin of F Y Salway, 37. Crowds See Struggle. Shortly after 5 pm. the plane ap- ed out of the mists above Journal Square, in the heart of Jersey City. Crowds watched in amazement as the plane swooped close to the roofs barely 100 feet above the ground, only to strike a ension wire a_ few minutes lat e plane dropped. bursting into flames Workmen attempted to extinguish the flames and re: occupants of the plane, but the heat kept them at a dis- tance. \ Louis Landau, we er forecaster at the Metropolitan Airport at Newark, said he had telephoned a warning of Jow ceiling and poor visibility to Sal- way at Albany. Department of Commerce Tegulations | forbid passenger planes to fly when the| ceiling is less than 1,000 feet and visi- bility less than 1 mile. Count Was Noted Aeronaut. Count de la Vaulx was making a tour to study aviation in North and South America. He was a pioneer of French aeronautics and a balloonist be- fore the days of aircraft. He was noted as an _xplorer and was a member of many sclentific societies, was laureate of L'Academic des Science and La Societe de Geographie a Paris. WORDS GRIMLY PROPHETIC. Count de la Vaulx Had No Use for Parachute in Plane Crash. Prophetic words expressed by Count de la Vaulx while preparing for a flight from New York to Boston, were fulfilled in the tragic death of the dis- tinguished Frenchman yesterday after- noon. Obliged by regulations to wear & arachute in the Army plane in which Ec took off from Mitchel Field on the contemplated flight to Boston, the count smiling remarked as the device was strapped on his back, “this $hing can't help me.” 3 The remark was only too true—death eame swiftly and suddenly from electro- oution caused by the plane's contact with the high-tension wires of thel public service power plant near Hacken- | sack, N. J—a parachute was unable o save the life of Count de la Vaulx. In Washington last week the count was entertained by Ambassador lndl Mme. Claudel, Senator and Mrs. Bing- m and members of the National eronautical Association of America. At} the time of his visit to this city, Count | de la Vaulx was on his journey north- ward to Montreal, via New York, for the purpose of establishing a representative of the Federation Internationale Aero- pautique in Canada. _The count, who had landed at Hoover Field from Akron, | Qhio, had expressed himself as delighted with the service he had received. Leaving his home in Paris, France. February 12, Count de la Vaulx had traveled first to Northern Africa. then on to South American nations, north- ward to Mexico, from there westward to California and then across the United States. Practically all of his journey had been made in airplanes, with the exception of the trip across the ocean. ¥t was his intention to visit Miami, Fla., before returning to France, and all preparations had been completed in the Florida city for a hearty welcome to m. Count de la Vaulx gained a host of friends and admirers while on his short visit to Washington. Tall and distin- guished looking, the count, who was 60 years of age, was a delightful talker, and conversed with authority and en- thusiasm upon the future of aviation and aeronautics, a subject which had commanded his interest since his twen- ty-eighth year. He had written several books on the subject of balloons and aeronautics. “RIO RITA” PRODUCERS SUED FOR PLAGIARY Second Act Is Facsimile of “Two Little Capt. Kidds,” Is Charge in Accounting Action. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.—Alleging that the stage and screen production “Rio Rita” plagiarized their musical show “Two Little Capt. Kidds,” Elmer T. ‘Walls of New York and Walter J. Weir of Philadelphia yesterday filed suit for an accounting in United States District Court here. They also ask an injunc- tion to prevent further invasion of their claims. The defendants named were Florenz Ziegfeld, stage producer; George E. Wintz, producer Radio-Keith-Orpheum Productions, Inc., which made a talking picture of the piece, and Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, its reputed au- thors. The plaintifs alleged the second act of “Rio Rita” is an exact facsimile of “Two Little Capt. Kidds" as to plot, requence of events, characters and story. ‘They alleged they copyrighted their piece in 1924, while “Rio Rita” wa produced in 1927. The complaint failed to estimate the profits made from “Rio Rita. BEAUTY PARLOR STUDY RESTRICTED BY COURT By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, IlL, April 19.—Trim- ming men's whiskers is one thing and cutting women’s hair is another, the highest tribunal in Illinois decided ‘Thursday. It was unreasonable, said the Su- preme Court, to require beauty parlor operators to “spend 1,248 hours in a school or college of barbering and 2% vears in a barber shop learning to shave men and trim whiskers, a thing entirely foreign to the trade for which they desire to qualify.” Section 2 of the Btate beauty par- lor uct, which prohibited beauty oper- ators from trimming hair unless cer- tain provisions of the barber’s act were complied with was held to deprive them of their liberty and property with- out due process of law. In the Automobile Section of Sunday’s Star A map of the best route to Winchester and a description of the condition of the highways will be found for the motorists contemplating a visit to the apple blossom festival Thursday and Friday. mer Alabama Home After Ceremony. Planned Before Return to Capital. Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding Po- lice Court magistrate, and Miss Anna B, Varnon, 3300 Sixteenth street, were married at 10 a.m. today by Rev. Harvey !B. Smith in the Columbia Heights Christian Church. | The couple left immediately after the | wedding for the former home of the bride in Selma, Ala. After a few days | | spent in the Alabama town they plan {to continue to Miami and from there {to Cuba. The honeymoon is scheduled | to take up about three weeks. { Miss Varnon and Judge Schuldt an- | nounced their prospective nuptials last August. At this time a definite date was not fixed and it was not until the | license was obtained yesterday that the day was named. “The magistrate was a trifle bashful | about securing a marriage license and | asked his friend, Harry B. Dertzbaugh. assistant clerk of the District Supreme Court, to perform this service for him. Judge Schuldt's age was given as 52 |and Miss Varnon, who was formerly secretary to Robert N. Harper, at the District National Bank, as 39. The wedding this morning was at- tended only by a few relatives of both. Judge Schuldt was first appointed to the Police Court bench in 1923 by Pres- ident Harding. Congress was not in session at the time, so the magistiate's official first term did not begin until | January, 1924, when President Coolidge again appointed him. He was reappoint- ed in January of this year and con- firmed by the Senate to head the court bench for another six years. on Arlington Ex Inspector William 8. Shelby last night made public the following list of articles owned by Mary Baker, found by Clar- ence L. Joneston, J. E. Nash and George Alexander Kelly on the Arlington ex- perimental farm: Gray coat, with worn fur colla: ?voodwnrd & Lothrop on inside of ar. A grayish tan tight-fitting hat, two holes in back brim, brown pointing on left side, gray lining. One colored scarf, silk; gray, red and blue mixture plaid. One tan leather handbag containing vanity case. white comb, lady's hand- kerchief, lipstick in metal case with chain, small box containing matches, one chance on a filled cedar chest, U. 8. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, American Legion. One large nail file, key, coat button and two- small buttons. One bank book, National Savings & Trust Co., in the name of Mary E. Baker, showing balance as of March 19, 1930, of $843.04. Paper letterhead of the Evangeline, 1330 L street northwest. One small coin purse containing 10 cents and & number of small black but- tons. One small looking glass, one small sil- ver pencil, One pair of lady's kid gloves, dark brown gauntlet type. A pair of lady's silk stockings in bag marked “I R. Miller.” One box containing the following: One set of graduated coral beads, two fancy necklaces, one fancy bracelet known as costume jewelry. One small indexed address book con- taining various addresses. One small black leather holder. Use unknown. One black leather card case. One envelope marked “Urbana Beach Hotel, Inc.,” and “Mr. and Mrs. Willlam EASTER VISITORS TO BREAK RECORD AT 75,000 MARK (Continued From First Page.) ame col- JUDGE GUS A. SCHULDT WEDS ' MISS ANNA B. VARNON HERE Couple Goes to Bride’s For- Honeymoon Trip to Cuba| | JUDGE GUS A. SCHULDT. LIST OF ARTICLES FOUND Clothing, Papers and Cards Owned by Miss Baker Located perimental Farm. | M. Buck, Managers, Urbana, Va.." c taining a letter addressed “Dear Mary. The following cards: Operator's per- mit in name of Mary Elizabeth Baker. 1330 L street northwest, No. 156670 Registration certificate for Ford sedan, engine No. 8873715, model A, 1929. 1ags No. B-5615. One American Legion membership card U. 5. 8. Jacob Jones Post, signed Elizabeth I. S8age, No. 311360. One membership card in Society of Virginia, issued to Mary E. Baker. No. 419. Signed by financial secretary. Signatures not legibile. H. Rudolph something. One membership card in American Automobile Association, No. 69331, is- sued to Mary E. Baker. One accident identification card, is- sued to Mary E Baker. One card of safety hints to drivers. One communicallon from the tional Savings & Trust Co, Washin ton, No. 4055, dated March 3, 1930, ad- dressed to Miss Mary E. Baker, 1330 L street northwest, Washington, announc ing receipt above date for account of sald Mary E. Baker, and at her risk, Wright Corporation common, No. T00 120022, for safekeeping. Letter signed “E. T. Wilson, secretary.” One check book, National Savings & Trust Co., containing stubs and three blank checks. Two envelopes for weekly offering for | 1930 class budget, Burrell Bible class, | Calvary Baptist Sunday school. | _ One parcel post receipt, No. 27479, for candy mailed from i Sheets, 507 | 'll‘;;zmh street northwest, February 13 | . One card slip from the Hotel Evan- ’gsl:lge for Sunday dinner, February 2, Two National Theater programs for week commencing April 7, 1930. Several torn pleces of newspapers. 18-CRUISER TOTAL BY 1935 PLANNED (Continued From First Page.) of persons conveyed to the District dur- ing the week approaches close to 200,000. Hotels report that the demand for rooms far exceeds last year and they are borne out by the American Auto- mobile Association, which constantly is being requested by its members to se- cure accommodations. More than 25 such requests have reached the local office every day for a week, it was sald this morning that hope has been given up of placing the tourists except in rooming houses and private homes. With the traffic jams that accompany the presence of a huge crowd almost inevitable, Metropolitan lice have made their arrangements for handling the throng. Experience has taught police officlals that the last day before Easter is the time when there is the greatest crush of shoppers, and Lieut. L. I. H. Ed- wards, personnel officer of the depart- ment, shuffied his men about so as to give Capt. Frank S. W. Burke, com- mander of the first precinct, an extra detail of six men. Christmas and Thanksgiving are not the only feast days of the year, Lieut. Edwards thinks, and accordingly a number of men have been assigned to direct the crowds which purchase their Easter feasts at Center Market. Capt. C. P. M. Lord of the thirteenth precinct has been assigned 10 extra men to ald in handling the crowds expected to attend the sunrise services at Walter Reed Hospital tomorrow morning. Capt. Robert E. Doyle, commander of the eighth precinct, will have his regular personnel, augmented by 19 nren, the largest single Easter detall, to take care of the fans who will see the New York Yankees and the Washing- ton ball club clash at American League Park. The double cherry blossoms in Po- tomac Park are attracting the visitors by the thousands, and the first and fourth precincts and the United States park police are having difficulty keep- ing the solid Lnes of automobiles moving. Special arrangements have been made for the protection of the thousands who will take part in the Easter Monday egg rolling at the Zoo, and this task has been assigned to the tenth and | fourteenth precincts. The first and third precincts will take care of the children and their parents at the egg rolling on the White House lawn. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, this evening at Stan- j ley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock (John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader) : March, “On_the Air”..Franke Goldman Overture, “Yambour der Garde”...Titl Descriptive fantasia, “A Hunting Scene” ... Bucalessi Gems from the dy, “The Desert Song” ... Fox trot, “Wrapper BROBY oo 0000 Waltz suite, “Solitude’ Dowli Finale, “How Am I to Know?"...King “The Baaner.” from London to make up his mind whether to submit it to the Senate for ratification at this session. Arnoni provisions of the pact that became known here today was that all types of aircraft carriers are to be in- cluded in the 135000-ton limitaticn established at_the Washington Arms Conference. Under the Washington treaty carriers of less than 10,000 tons would not have come under the total limitation. Ships to Be Scrapped in Fact. ‘The battleships covered in the scrap- ping provisions of the treaty will be serapped in fact. The three American ships which fall into this category would become obsolete next year, but those of other nations would not until 1934 or 1935. One of the ships to be scrapped might be retained by each nation, however, for use as a training ship, or for other non- military pu 8. A positive provision for the safety of passengers of ships at sea is included in the submarine clauses of the pact. Representatives of all five powers have agreed that before a submarine can sink a vessel arrangements must be made to guarantee the safety of passengers. Senator Hale has notified President Hoover he will insist upon hearings by the naval committee on technical mat- ters Involved before the treaty comes up for ratification, His speech on the floor yesterday was the first discussion of the treaty in the Senate chamber. Says Policy Set Aside. Stressing that a policy of Congress with reference to cruisers apparently had been “set aside,” Hale urged: “I hope very much that Senators will not determine their positions on the ratification of a treaty which so vitally affects the national defense of the coun- try until the information to be acquired at these hearings is laid before them.” From reports already received, Hale added: “It is evident that the general policy of Congress in relation to cruisers as evidenced by all cruiser legislation that Congress has enacted since the date of the signing of the Washington treaty in 1922—to build nothing but the 8-inch-gun treaty cruisers that our needs require—has been set aside.” “This policy of the Congress was in- sisted upon by the last administration at the Geneva Conference,” Hale contin- ued, “and has been supported until very recently by practically all responsible naval opinion.” This question and “other naval ques- tions involved in the treaty,” the com- mittee chairman declared, are “tech- nical” and “require a thorough and in- tensive study before intelligent support or opposition to the terms of the treaty can be given. Bishop of Peoria Appointed. VATICAN CITY, April 19 (#).—Pope Pius today appointed Right Rev. Joseph H. Schlarman of Belleville, Il to be bishop of Peoris. g securities as follows: Five shares Curtiss | BY U. S. UNDER PACT| SECOND SALESMAN ISHELD IN MURDER Man Arrested in Richmond | to Be Questioned in Mary | Baker’s Death. (Continued From First Page.) | and then slept throughout the after- | 200n. He then recounted his move- ments from the time he ate dinner un- til_he returned from the trip to Tap- | pahannock in the evening | Cause of Arrest. | | Gloth said Sisson's arrest was the | result of information he had obtained | {chiefly from letters to Miss Baker, | coupled with his actions in “keeping | quiet” when he knew that the authori- ties were looking for him for the pur- pose of questioning him about the case “His faflure to come forward,” Gloth declared, “resulted in his name being broadcast throughout the whole coun- ! try.” The difficulty in locating Sisson, Gloth explained, was due to the fact that the territory he covers for a Baltimore soap | maker extends over 20 Virginia countiss. | It was known, however, that he was | scheduled to return to his home in Warsaw yesterday and three Arlington County police officers—Hugh C. Jones, John R. Burke and Roy Cobean, who found Miss Baker's body, were sent there to take him into custody. | News that Sisson had been arrested | spread throughout Washington and | Arlington County early last night and| when he arrived at the Arlington County Court House shortly after 11 o'clock, a | large crowd had gathered. He appeared | calm and did not seem to mind the ex- | citement. He wore a gray slouch hat | and a gray topcoat. The interrogation of Sisson had been underway only about half an hour when | Gloth learned that Gallegher was in {Richmond. He immediately telephoned the police there to arrest him and hold him for investigation. Attended Funeral. According to Gloth, Gallegher at- tended Miss Baker's funeral at Oak Grove last Tuesday. His arrest was made on a fugitive warrant. Gloth indicated that Sisson would be held in the Zrlington County Jall pend- ing further developmeents. The bus driver who reported picking up a sus- picious looking man shortly after 9| o'clock last Friday night near a gaso- line station in the vicinity of the Ar- lington Cemetery will be taken to the jail sometime today to confront Sisson. “The description given the police by the bus driver, does not correspond with the salesman’s appearance, however. Miss Baker's long-sought hat and coat were found by Clarence L.Joneston, 2928 Yost place northeast, and J. E. Nash and George Alexander Kelly of 1312 Twelfth street while searching the Department of Agriculture Experimental Farm grounds. The articles were stuffed in a sewer at an isolated spot that had been gone over before, but a heavy cover over the sewer hid them from view. The clothes were water soaked. The three men brought the clothing and other personal belongings of Miss Baker to the Washington detective bu- reau and turned them over to Inspector William S. Shelby. An investigation was started immediately to trace the owner of the pair of man's gloves and the scarf. The detectives are not definitely certain whether the scarf is a man’s or a woman'’s. Gloves “Hottest” Lead. Gloth frankly admitted that the find- ing of the pair of gloves is the “hot- test” lead the authorities now have to | work on in the search for Miss Baker's slayer. “If this lead falls through,” he declared, “we will have to start all over again. Arlington County officials find it diffi- cult to believe that Miss Baker's clothes and other belongings were stuffed into the sewer by her slayer. Several of them think that the colored men who ransacked the abandoned and blood- stained car may have hidden the gar- ments in the sewer with the intention of returning for them later, but be- came frightened upon learning that they had taken the clothes of a mur- dered woman. Several of the investigators point out that a murderer, in his excitement would not have taken the time to search through the agriculture farm for such a secluded hiding place as the sewer to dispose of the clothes. Moreover, they declare that the fact that the colored men admitted taking the small coin purse which Miss Baker carried in her gockelbook indicates that they must ave taken the pocketbook. The pocket- book was found with the clothes. Probably Dropped Keys. ‘The explanation offered for the key ring containing the keys to Miss Bak- er's car and the key to the door of her home and the receipted doctor’s bill, found three days ago near the sewer where the clothes were discovered, is that the person who carried the varicus articles to the hiding place most likely dropped them while going through the contents of the pocketbook. ‘The question which is now puzzling the investigators is where to look for Miss Baker's lingerie and the gun. There is a possibility that the slayer carried the weapon with him after committing the crime, it was said, for the purpose of defending himself against capture if surrounded, or else committing suicide. It is a foregone conclusion of the authorities that if such was the case, the murderer dis- posed of the gun far from the scene of the crime. EXPECTS TO GIVE ALIBL Julian Gallegher Says He Can Account for Time Through Daily Reports. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. April 19.—Julian Gallegher, arrested here early this morning in the investigation into the murder of Miss er{ Baker, was turned over to Commonwealth's Attorney Gloth of Arlington County at 9:30 o'clock. Gloth left by automobile for Arlington Court House 15 minutes later. Gallegher was arrested at John Marshall Hotel, where he was stopping, about 3 o'clock this morning at the request of Arlington authorities. He was asleep at the time and was aroused | out of . He was taken to first police station and locked up awaiting arrival of Gloth. Gallegher was taken to police headquarters shortly before 9 o'clock, where his photograph was taken and he was fingerprinted, weighed and measured. He gave his age as 28 and his occupation as travel- ing salesman. Later he was lined up with four other prisoners, all colored, one of them a woman, for inspection by the plain clothes force of the Richmond police department. Shortly before 9:30 o'clock he was taken to Police Court and ushered into the office of Police Jus- tice T. Gray Haddon, and after the usual formalities in such cases was sur- rendered to Gloth by the Richmond | police. Reluctant About Names. Gallegher is of dapper appearance and was neatly attired in a light brown suit. He wore tan shoes and a light hat. He is light complexioned. e wore a pale blue shirt with faint purglle pin stripes and a black bow tle. e was cool and collected and talked freely about himself, but was reluctant to give names when talking of his business as- sociates and preferred not to give the initials of -his parents, with whom he lived at Warsaw, Va. Accounting for his presence in Rich- mond, he said he received a telephone call at Warsaw yesterday afternoon from the sales supervisor of the north- ern neck and southside Virginia ter- ritory, which he covers as a traveling for a soap concern, instructing SALESMAN HELD IN BAKER MURDER INQUIRY Arlington County ing. Left to right: Special Officer John R. Burke, Sisson, Special Officer Ray Woodyard. police arriving at the court house last night with Mervin Sisson, arrested at Warsaw for question- Cobean and Deputy Sheriff Harry L. Wi o) WHERE KEYS CULVERT: WHERE BODYAWAS FOUND EAST 'WALL SWERE FOUND—— Some of the articles which have been identified as the property of Mary Baker, found in a sewer yesterday on the C. L. Joneson, who found the clothing. him to be in Richmond today for a sales_conference, He left immediately for this city in his own car and regis- tered at John Marshall Hotel here. The sales supervisor, whose name he pre- ferred not give, also is registered. Gallegher admitted knowing Miss Baker, whom he said he met last Sep- tember. He asserted he had not “gone” with her, but had kept company with Miss Mildred Sperry, one of the mur- dered girl's companions, who shared a bungalow with Miss Baker at Lyon Park, Va. He said he had seen Miss Olga Skinner, another girl who shared the bungalow with Misses Baker and Sperry. Gallagher said he had never written to Miss Baker, but had sent her a Christmas card. He said he was at Warsaw the night Miss Baker was slain and was confident he could establish an alibi. “I can account for every minute of my time since and before Miss Baker was killed,” he said. He indicated he would rely in establishing his alibi on his daily reports to the Baltimore head- quarters of Procter & Gamble, his em- ployers. Willing to Aid Search. He declared he was willing to spend every cent he has to apprehend the guilty person. He spoke highly of Miss Baker and her girl friends. He last saw Miss Baker, he said, about four weeks ago. Gallegher sald he knows Mervin Sis- son, who was arrested at Warsaw yes- terday in connection with the case. None except Richmond police. Gloth and newspaper men knew of Gallegher's arrest. Gallegher sald he was in Farnham, va, where he had lunch Friday, thé day of the murder, and reiterated he was in Warsaw the night of the slay- ing. Gloth was accompanied to Richmond by “a friend” whose last name is Thomas, “but he has nothing to do with case,” the Arlington official added Thomas also accompanied Gloth on the return trip to Arlington. Gloth said he had been up all night and had but about three hours’ sleep since the Baker case broke When Gallagher was arrested, police toox charge of his suit case and brief case, which were returned to him prior to departure for Arlington with Gloth. SALESMEN TO OFFER ALIBIS. Little Town of Warsaw Stirred by Arrest of Two Men. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. WARSAW, Va., April 19.—Two trav- eling soap salesmen, taken in custody by Arlington County and Richmond police for questioning in connection with the murder of Mary Baker last Friday, today were prepared to offer alibls, presenting testimony of the members of their families and citizens of the village of Warsaw that they were both at their homes in Warsaw last Friday night when Miss Baker was brutally murdered and her body thrown into a culvert near the Sheridan gate of Arlington National Cemetery. They are M. S. Sisson and Julian (Jimmie) Gallagher. The two men were the object of a search over :vwlde area in the north- ern Arlington experimental farm. Sewer in which the clothing was found. lington County policemen arrived at the home of Sisson shortly after he arrived home for the week end and took | him into custody, riding back to Arling- | ton County with him last night. Gallagher, whose family had been told that he was wanted for question- men, waited, according to members of this family, some time for policemen to come and get him. Then, his father, | James Gallagher, told newspaper men, his employer had wired Gallagher to come immediately to Richmond. Gal- | lagher drove to Richmond, 50 miles ing in the Baker oase by newspaper | away, and #yent to the John Marshall espec! ALLEGED UNNER TAKEN N CHASE Police Find Colored Man if Rock Creek Thicket After Car Crashed. Policeman W. R. Laflin and William McEwen of the eighth precinct won a mile-a-minute chase with an alleged rum runnei last night, when the fugitive machine crashed into an em- bankment at Rock Creek Park. ‘The driver and lone occupant escaped into the woods but was uncovered in a pile of brush by police. A smoke screen apparatus, with which the captured automobile was equipped, was rendered useless just as the chase ot underway, when the supply can of oil fell from an open front door. The oil spattered the police car during most of the chase, being dragged by.its copper ube. Frank Posey, colored, 23 years old, whom Policeman Laflin’ located in the thick of Rock Creek Park after 10 min- utes’ search, will be given jury trials on charges of reckless driving and posses- sion of 240 quarts of liquor, it was an- nounced at Police Court today. He was held for grand jury for pos- sessing the smoke-screen equipment. Police declared that they observed several persons carrying obviously heavy bundles from a car into a garage in the 2300 block of Kalorama road. As they approached, a man jumped Mto the parked machine and drove away. The other men ran into a_house. The police followed the fugitive down Kalorama road to Ontario road. As both machines were rapidly gathering speed, there was a near crash as they turned into Lanier place. The cars weaved through trafic to Harvard street and from there into Adams Mill road, whefe they attained a speed said to have been 60 miles an hour. The chase led deep into Rock Creek Park and ended when Posey’s machine was unable to make a turn. Although police reported finding no liquor in the machine a subsequent search of the garage revealed 240 quarts of which Posey was charged as owner. EXHIBIT CONTINUES | Miss Muhlhofer's Paintings to Be Displayed Through May 4. Announcement is made that the spe- cial exhibit at the Carlton Hotel of paintings by Miss Elizabeth Muhlhofer will remain open through Sunday, May 4. At the beginning of this display, which opened April 5, it was stated er- roneously in The Star that it would run for a fortnight only. The exhibit, installed on the mez- zanine floor, consists of more than 30 paintings, mostly in watercolor and nearly all of them depicting flowers, in which the artist, who is well known locally, has long and successfully spe- cialized. AP. Biographical Editor Dies, NEW YORK, April 19 (#).—Charles P. Stack, 48, biographical editor of the Associated Press, died here last night after an illness of several weeks. He was born in Troy, N. Y. and entered newspaper work in that city. He came to the Associated Press in 1920. Hotel, where he was taken into custody by Richmond police on orders from Ar- lington County. Visit Warsaw on Tip. Arlington County Policemen Hugh Jones, John R. Burke and Ray Cobean arrived in Warsaw early yesterday morning cn what police characterized as a “hot” tip. After inquiring around the little Virginia village they set out across the Rappahannock River and combed the section there thoroughly in search of the two soap salesmen. It was not, however, until the men left their routes that police could check their movements. ‘The little town of Warsaw, with a pop- ulation of about 250, was tremendously stirred yesterday over the arrival of the officers and the search for Gallagher and Sisson. Down about the town hall the citizenry, many of whom knew Miss Baker, gathered in little knots all day and, well aware that the two men were wanted for questioning, racked their brains to determine whether either or both of the two men were in Warsaw last Friday night. Opinions came to be divided with both camps undecided as to the exact date when Gallagher and Sisson were last seen in town. Fred Settle, deputy sheriff of Rich- mond County, arrested Sisson at the instance of the Arlington County police. He said he had seen Sisson in Warsaw around last Friday, but was not certain as to the date. Of Gallagher’s move- ments, Settle said he knew nothing. Settie remembers distinctly, however, several weeks ago seeing Gallagher and Sisson, both of whom work for Balti- more wholesalers, leave Warsaw with the announced intention of going to Baltimore to confer with their man- agers. About Time of Party. “That would have been around the | time that housewarming party was held, | I think,” said Settle. Mrs. Sisson, interviewed yesterday morning, told a representative of The Star she knew Gallagher was a friend of Miss Mildred Sperry, who shared the Lyon Park house with Miss Baker and Miss Olga Skinner. Mrs. Sisson said she did not know whether on their recent trip to Baltimore her husband and Gal- lagher had visited the girl's home in Lyon Park Last night, following the arrest of her husband, Mrs. Sisson would not discuss the case, declaring she was a nervous wreck over the whole matter. She had said earlier in the day, however, that her husband came home about 6 o'clock last Friday evening and had spent all day Saturday and Sunday at his home in Warsaw making bird houses. James Gallagher, father of Julian Gallagher, was equally positive that his son hgd been at home as usual last Fri- day night. Mrs. James Gallagher con- curred in this view. Gallagher is not married. Deputy Sheriff Settle declared that both Gallagher and Sisson have held and raised in Warsaw, while Sisson, born in Emmerton, about 9 miles away, married a Warsaw girl and had been living in Warsaw for the past 20 years. GETS HOTEL REGISTER. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 19.—Department of Justice agents from Washingtoh called yesterday at the Maryland Hotel here in connection with investigation of the death of Mary Baker Nathan Levin, manager of the hotel, said today the agents asked him ‘about two men and women who are said to have registered at his hotel severa: weeks ago. “I have no way of telling,” he ‘sdid he told them. “Yesterday a Depart- ment of Justice agent came to the hotel and asked to look over the record of registration for March 21 and 22. I gave him the record—two sheets—and after observing them he asked me whether he could take them to Wash- ington for use in connection with an Investigation. “‘He did not tell me who he was look- m? for and he did not discuss the case. I let him take the records with him and have no other way of telling who registered here on the days mentioned. It is, of course, impossible for me to remember evervbody that registers— i1y 80 long ago as March