Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1930, Page 17

@he Zoening Staf Society and General COURT BREAKDOWN| DANGER EXPLAINED T0 BOARD OF TRADE Annual Meeting Hears Two Attorneys Declare Tribunal “Under-Manned.” SUFFRAGE FOR DISTRICT IS DECLARED NEARING Aviation Group Answers Noise Ob- jection Raised by Legion to Air- port Near Arlington. With only four active judges on its Supreme Court bench, the District of Columbia is confronted with a virtual breakdown in the administration of justice, it was declared emphatically by two prominent practicing attorneys of the Capital at the annual meeting of the officers and directors of the Board of Trade last night at the Willard Hotel. Jesse Adkins, chairman of the trade board’s committee on public_utilities and transportation, and Paul E. Lesch, member of the committee on law, both expressed alarm over what they serted must be the results of the Dis- trict’s present “undermanned” courts. In the same meeting the chairmen of the various committees or their spokesmen outlined their plans for the coming year, indicating briefly the m-]uruum they mA\;xel mlmed thjelr Tespective groups. ong the major projects which the Board of Trade members pledged themselves to support during the year were national repre- sentation for the District of Columbis, the municipal airport, an armory for the District of Columbia, the Roosevelt memorial for East Washington and architectural compatibility between the structures on the north side of Penn- sylvania avenue and the new Federal Government buildings on the opposite side. Support of the proposed George Wi n bicentennial in 1932 also ‘was promised. Progress for Suffrage Reported. Reporting for Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the committee on national ing, Jesse Suter declared tha " toward representation for the District was obtained during the past ’"R.repot!lng for the aviation committee, s special body which was made a per- manent unit of the Board of Trade complement of committees at last night's meeting, Lawrence E. Williams, chairman, pledged continued support of the municipal airport project. He said that recently objection to the airport had come from the American Legion on the ground that the noise of aircraft was disrespectful to the soldier dead buried in the Arlington National Ceme- tery. He answered this objection with the assertion that requests are made for military plane escorts at all the “pruccinent funerals” and that the planes assigned to that task are not equlpged with muffiers as are commer- clal ships, ‘The suggested Zeppelin terminal, Mr. ‘Williams said, “is too far in the future to consider very seriously at this time.” Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, chairman of the military and naval affairs com- mittee, reported that two bills providing for an armory for the District now are pending in Congress. One of these calls | for the purchase of the Pension Office Bullding, while the other calls for the guu:hue of the Washington Audito- Claude Owen, reporting for A. K. Shipe, absent chairman of the com- munity affatrs committee, promised support of the bicentennial celebration in 1932 and outlined the definite plans which had been evolved by the Allied Architects of Washington for the pro- l'tEd Roosevelt Memorial in East Wash- on. Exaggeration of Communism. A. J. Driscoll, chairman of the Amer- ican ideals committee, declared that “to a certain degree” that body was willing to agree with the Board of Education that communism in District schools is exaggerated. This agree- ment, however, will not stop his com- mittee from seeking all the facts on communism that it can find and of recommending ways and means of stamping it out. Mr, Driscoll took oc- casion to pay tribute to the work of the Webster Americanization School, and he invited the board members to visit that institution. Robert F. Beresford, chairman of the committee on public and private build- ings, promised that every effort would be made to evolve a plan by which the buildings on the north side of Pennsyl- :llnll avenue can be made more attrac- ive. Reporting for the municipal finance committee, Joshua Evans, jr., declared that the taking of District property for the Federal building program may pro- duce tax complications by bringing about the removal of small businesses from the District to nearby Marylahd and Virginia counties. Odell 8. Smith, chairman of the pub- Ho order committee, promised support of the police school proposal. Other Support Pledged. Others who pledged support of civic projects and earnest endeavor for the year included: Stephen E. Kramer, chairman of the library committee, announcing the mdmg formulation of a plan of estab- ing libraries at school centers. Rufus Lusk of the sewerage commit- tee, paying tribute to the efficiency of the District of Columbia Sewer Depart- ment. Harry Blake of the zoning conimittee, announcing that zoning meetings will be held in the future once every three months instead of once a month. Frank P. Leetch of the rivers and harbors committee, promising close at- tention to the Great Falls project. George V. Graham of the streets and evenues committee, announcing failure of efforts to secure paving for New York avenue io Bladensburg road and the extension of Thirteenth street north. M. X. Wilberding of the water sup- ply committee, pledging close study to the water situation here. T. A. Mullett of the municipal art committee, announcing determination of appointing as many architects as possi- ble to membership on that body so as to improve the efficiency of its work. Charles F. Consaul of the parks and reservations committee, announcing a policy of watchful waiting pending ac- tion on the Cramton park bill. Dr. D. Percy Hickling of the public health committee, deploring high per- centage of mental cases in hospitals throughout the United States and an- nouncing that the District pays $1,000,~ 000 annually for the care of mental case patients in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. ‘Walter S. Pratt of the charities and corrections committee, announcing pol- icy of “looking on” at what he termed was the efficient operation of the Com- munity Chest and the Board of Public Welfare. W. W. Everett of the survey commit- WASHINGTON, D. C, The Washington Glider Club has made a fotal of 23 successful flights with its first glider, a primary training type designed and built by members of the club. al Country Club, shows Mrs. Ralph Barnaby, wife of Lieut. Barnaby, U. S. N., The photo; h, made on the estate of Louls ot Ticat o first licensed American glider pilot, who H. Crook, near the Congression- ded from the Ni dirigible Los Angeles in a glider during the past Winter. Mrs. Barnaby made a flight and her \‘!:l.:;::!d made two m.;'u’. P‘n‘r‘ther flights are to be made Sunday and a secondary glider, suitable for longer flights, is being completed. GLIDERS SUCCEED IN CAPITAL DEBUT 23 Flights Are Made by Members of Club in Craft They Built. lane gliding has made its debut mm National Capital. Twenty-three successful flights have been made by members of the Washington Glider Club in a glider designed and bullt by club members. A second glider, of more ad- vanced type, is now nearing comple- tion, said Ernest W. Spink, club presi- dent, today. The flights were made privately on the estate of Louis H. Crook, near the Congressional Country Club, on Sunday, and further flights are to be made there next Sunday. ‘Among those who made flights in the club’s glider were Lieut. Ralph S. Bar- naby, Navy glider pilot, and Mrs, Bar- naby. The 23 flights were made by 15 different persons. All of the flights were made over short distances, the glider rising only a few feet above the ground. This is the ordinary procedure in primary glider training. secondary glider now un- der construction is of more advanced type and will permit longer flights, Mr. Smith said. The shock-cord method of launching was used, a long rubber rope giving the motive power for hurling the glider into the air. The center of the rope is caught in & hook on the nose of the glider and half a dozen men draw out the ends of the rope, while others hold the glider until the rope is stretched and under great tension. The glider is re- leased and catapulted into the air much s a stone is shot from & “bean-shooter.” gton Glider Club was or- flnlled last Fall. It numbers among its members several aeronautical engi- neers, including Jack T. Gray and Gay- lord N. Newton of the engineering sec: tion of the aeronautics branch, Depart. ment of Commerce. Paul E. Garber, secretary of the club, is curator of aero- nautics at the Smithsonian Institution and is re as a national au- thority on the construction of model gliders. Several members have made glider flights previously and several, hem Mr. Spink, were war-time airplane pilots. In addition to gliding activities, the club is planning & seres of lectures in the near future on various subjects re- lated to the sport of gliding. The course will be open to the public. For B JEWISH GROUP TO CALL ON HOOVER TOMORROW National and Local Organization Leaders to Discuss New York Memorial to Warburg. A delegation of national and local philanthropic organization officlals is to call on President Hoover at the White House tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock to- discuss plans for a testimoniai to Felix M. Warburg at Town Hall, in New York City. ‘The party includes James N. Rosen- berg, chairman of the New York Jew- ish Allied Campaign; Harry L. Glucks- man, director of the National Jewish Welfare Board; Isaac Gans, for years prominently identified with civic activi- ties ‘here, and Maurice Bisgyer, director (é( tthe Washington Jewish Community enter. —_— WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY DESCRIBED BY ENGINEER Charles M. Ripley Declares 3,000, 000,000 Slaves Would Be Required to Replace . Present . Power.. . ‘The wonders of electricity and power development were described by Charles M. Ripley, electrical engineer and au- ther, at & luncheon of the Advertising Club of Washington in the Nationhl Press Club auditorium this afternoon. “Three billion slaves, or almost twice the population of the world, would be required to handle the day’s work in America should mechanical power suddenly be taken away,” Mr. Ripley declared in emphasizing mechanical and electrical power is depended upon in modern day life. Mr. Ripley praised electricity for its share in raising the standard of living. tee, announcing the probable start of the city-wide general survey on Sep- tember 1. Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary of the board, reporting for C. Phillips Hill, absent chairman of the industrial |interests committee, announced that efforts are being made to secure “a more reasonable smoke nuisance law.” Mr. Cottrell also reported efforts will be made to secure a five-year pro- gram calling for the construction of a new bridge each year. The ably will be the Klingle (Valley Bridge. o’ma Plitt, wu!d'e;&"u-ymd.m first of these new structures, he said, prob- Army. His widow, Mrs. Ruff C. Do arranging FIRE HITS LIBRARY Timely Arrival of Woman Charge Averts Bad Blaze. The timely arrival of Miss Eva N. Gilbert, librarian at tke Curtis School branch library, at her post of duty last night probably averted a serious fire. With the assistance of Rogers Clark, 17 years old, who used a fire extin- guisher, the flames were quickly put out. Miss Gilbert, on opening the door of her office, found the room filled with smoke. Clark, who was passing by at the time, noticed the smoke and ran into the building. Fire apparatus ar- rived too late to be of assistance. The blaze was sald to have originated from spontaneous combustion. plontbutsimse PERMANENT CHILD CARE GROUP URGED Plans to Form Conference Are Discussed at Session of Social Agencies. in Plans to form a permanent child care conference, composed of executives and board members of private child caring organizations and institutions for de- pendent children, were discussed at a meeting held in the Young Women's Christian Association yesterday under the auspices of the Council of Social Agencies. Rev. John M. Cooper, who recently directed a Natlon-wide study of Cath- olic institutions for the commonwealth fund, declared it was far better to keep children in their own homes instead of sending them .to-institutions or foster homes. He cited numerous methods he said had proved practical in preventing the breaking up of homes. Social investigations have resulted in materially decreasing the population of children’s institutions in Richmond, Miss Mary A. Howell, secretary of the Richmond Children's Aid Society, re- ported. She said many children had been kept in their own homes through operation of the case work plan. Miss Katherine Lenroot, chairman of the meeting, said she hoped a definite case work demonstration might be made by the council of social agencies within a few months for institutions desiring such service. The group approved a plan to continue child care conferences each month. DELEGATION IN CITY ON SPECIAL MISSION Forty Leading Business Men of Tacoma, Wash., Here on Good Will Tour. Forty of the leading business men of Tacoma, Wash,, are making a visit in the National Capital, partly in the interests of factories and trade bodies of heir city and partly on a good will tour of 19 citles of the country. ‘Tomorrow the men from the West Coast city will be received at the White House by President Hoover and Thurs- day night they will hold a banquet at the Willard Hotel, in this way bringing together the interests of the East and West. Among those in Washington at the present time are Fred C. Brewer, presi- dent of the Tacoma Chamber of Com- merce; A. F. Albertson, Roy N. Allen, Gen. James M. Ashton, John S. Baker, George Barlow, B. E. Buckmaster, C. F. Davidson, John Dower, J. Albert Eves, A. C. Gamer, Edwin Gregory, Fred Griffon, Maj. E. G. Griggs, Forbes P. Haskell, Calvin Heilig, Scott Hender- son, Charles H Hyde, Frank E. Jeffries, J. T 8. Lyle, L. B. MacDonald, W. H. | Miller, Alvin F. Muehler, J. L. Norton, Samuel A. Perkins, G. H. Raleigh, Dr. E. A. Rich, George Scofield, Ralph Shaf- fer, Oscar Smith, Phillip J. Sullivan, T. A. Stephenson, H. K. Todd, Willlam Virges, Leo V. Weston, Charles B. Welsh, %ubhshzr and general editor of the ‘acoma News Tribune, and Dr. E. C. Wheeler. ARMY OFFICER EXPIRES Lieut. Col. Frederick B. Downing, Corps of Engineers, instructor of the Massachusetts National Guard, at Cam- bridge, Mass., died at his station Sun- day morning, according to War Depart- ment advices. He was born at Sharps, Va., April 23, 1883, and was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1902 and from the West Point Military Academy in 1906. His entire service was in the Corps of Engineers and reached the grade of lieutenant colonel in the Regular Army in November, 1929, During the World War he served in France as a colonel in the National wn- ing, is in Cambridge for the funeral services. DONOVAN FAVORS NEW MOORE BILL Auditor Wants Commission to Decide U. S. Contribu- tion to District. After reviewing the sums of the pro- posed budget for 1931, and the total sums of the prospective revenue, Maj. Daniel J. Donovdpn, favored the enact- ment of the Modre bill providing for the establishment of a commission to determine the amount the Federal Gov- ernment should contribute to District expenses, at a meeting of the Mid- City Citizens’ Association in the Thom- son School last night. He urged, however, that a reservation be made in the proposed bill to require the Commission to decide on the sum each two years instead of naming the sum to be contributed each year over a four-year period. Indicating that either the Federal contribution will have to be increased or the tax rate raised, Maj. Donovan said: Matter of Time. “The question is just how long it is going to be before the Federal Govern- ment increases its contribution to the District. “T don't see how it is possible to keep from increasing tax rates.” The present annual contribution by the Federal Gov- ernment is hardly more than enough to take care of current annual improve- ments, he said. Prior to Maj. Donovan's address the association adopted & resolution favor- ing the enactment of the Moore bill for the establishment of the commission to determine the amount of the Federal glov:mment'a contribution to the Dis- c Praise Police Work. ‘The association also adopted a resolu- tion favoring the Capper bill providing for the expenditure of $15,000,000 for the Municipal Center, with the reserva- tion that all the District surplus, plus additional funds to be derived from the sale of the District Building, be utilized in the project, with funds then exceed- ing the surplus to be provided as now proposed in the bill. The Police Department and the homi- cide squad were praised in s resolution for apprehending the accused murderers of Prohibition Agent Lamar W. York. Dr. W. O. Fowler, health officer, was| commended in a resolution for his ef- forts to enforce the anti-smoke law in the District. A. J. Driscoll, president of the association, presided. POLICY TO BE ADOPTED ON POTOMAC PERMITS Government to Act on Plans to Build Commercial Structures in and Near City. A permanent policy to be followed by the Government in dealing with appli- cations for permits to bulld structures for commercial purposes on the banks of the Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington will be adopted soon, of- ficials indicated today. Preparations have been made for a hearing May 9 on a request of the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia for authority to construct a wharf near the Key Bridge. Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army engineers, will preside. A sec- ond oil firm is said to be seeking a sim- ilar privilege. DR. BENJAMIN TO ADDRESS SONS OF THE REVOLUTION ‘Will Discuss “Part Maryland Had in the Struggle for American Independence.” Dr. Marcus Benjamin will deliver an ess on “The Part of Maryland in the Struggle for American Independ- ence” at a meeting of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia in the Willard Hotel tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock. A feature of the meeting will be the presentation of a new flag to the society by John H. Storer. A program of music will be by George H. O’Connor. Dr. Thomas E. Green, president of the society has invited as a special guest Capt. John H. Cowles, sovereign grand commander of the Scottish Rite Mason, in view of the prominent part taken by Masons in the founding of the American Nation. A reception com- mittee has been named for the oc- casion composed of Clarence A. Aspin- wall, Capt, Robert R. Bennett, John B. Gordon, Lawrence Hoes and Dr. 8 Brown Muncaster. e Named to Reserve Corps. John B. Downs, 1409 Twenty-first street. this city, has been commissioned by the War Department a first lieuten- ant and specialist in the Reserve Corps of the Army. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1930. IBAKER CASE HOPES | HANG UPONBREAK. DETEGTIVES ADMIT Collapse of Probe Nears as Clues Fail to Reveal Trail of Slayer. HANDKERCHIEF REMAINS AS IMPORTANT FACTOR Policeman’s Story of Her Meeting ‘With Man Will Be Gone Into for Second Time. Hope for solution of the murder of Mary Baker apparently hung upon a | turn of fate today as the police elimi- | nated one by one their few nmalnlns‘ clues to the identity of the slayer. | Detectives who have worked on the | case day and night since the young Government clerk’s body was found | April 12, readily admit that they now can only wait for some “break” to open up a new angle of investigation, and that without some stroke of good for- tune, the murder probably never will be solved. Willilam Hammond, park policeman, who reported that he had on numerous occasions seen Miss Baker meet a man ‘who drove an automobile with Maryland tags, will be questioned at police head- quarters today by Inspector William 8. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly. Hammond Firm in Belief. Policeman Hammond has stated that from his observation of the couple's ac- tlons, he got the impression that she was arguing with the man, and he has reiterated his belief that with the iden- tification of this man, Ia‘fprechble progress will have been made toward :nr:;lleulnx the mystery of the girl's eath. ‘The policeman, however, already has made a full report of his observations to investigators in charge of the case, and no explanation was forthcoming as to why he is being requestioned. One_possibility pointed out was that the police may have obtained some more definite information as to the identity of the man in the Maryland automobile and that Hammond is being recalled in an endeavor to confirm this partial iden- tification. Handkerchief Yet Is Clue. Another clue, which has not be!n! definitely abandoned concerns a man’s initialed handkerchief which was found by a photographer for The Star in a culvert near the one in which the body was located. This handkerchief was picked up several days after the crime had been committed. ‘The handkerchief bore an initial which corresponds with the name of a man who has been questioned in con- nection with the case. It also is expected that a headquar- ters’ detective will be sent to New York city one of the three men who found Miss Baker's personal belongings in a manhole on the Arlington Experimental Farm. Detectives last night held a lengthy conference with a man named Martin Furhamm, living in the 1300 block of Twelfth street, who said his room was ransacked two days after the clothing and jewelry were found in the sewer. According to police, one of the men who was present when the clothes were found is believed to have been impli- cated in the removal of the articles from Purhamm’s room. Although pointing out that the theft of the articles from the man’s room could have had mo possible connection with the finding of the clothing and jewelry in the sewer, police believe the man they want to question may be able to throw some light on the presence in the manhole of a novel, ltrfiu of coral beads and necklace. Immunity Offer Unanswered. Their offer of immunity having brought forth no response, many of the investigators are now turning to the theory that Miss Baker's clothes were placed in the sewer by the man who killed her or some one who looted her automobile shortly after she had been killed. Immunity was offered to the rson who concealed the articles in the that he would come forward and his story, thus clearing up the most puzzling phase of the case. ‘The Arlington County police, under Sheriff Howard Fields and Common- wealth's Attorney Willlam C. Gloth, were not working on the Baker case to- day. Gloth was {n court and it was understood Sheriff Fields' men had no more clues to work on. It was made clear, however, that men were being held in readiness should any new de- velopments materialize. Meanwhile, local detectives still were running down several loose ends. ‘The police are suffe from ground- less information communicated to them, but. as explained by Lieut. Kelly, noth- ing can be left to chance. A conference was held this mornin, by Inspector Shelby, Lieut. Kelly an two Department of Justice agents. Afterward Inspector Shelby sald there was “nothing new.” H. B. NEVIUS NAMED TO OPTIMIST HONOR Local Board of Governors Chair- man Is Given Dis- trict Post. J. W. Burch, secretary and treasurer of the Sixteenth District, Optimist In- ternational, of which the Washington club is a member, today announced that Herbert B. Nevius, chairman of the board of governors of the local club, has been governor of the district. Other officers chosen by the district are: Douglas Morrison, Baltimore, lieu- tenant governor; Adrian Waring, Wash- ingtor lieutenant governor; J. W. Burch, Washington, secretary-treasurer; Hugh Phillips, Washington, and J. Swing Willis, Baltimore, directors; Fen- ton Leith, Washington, nominator; J. Swg:l Willis, Baltimore, alternate nomi- nator. H Wash B. Willlams, president of the Washington Optimist Club, today an- nounced the chairmen of committees for 1930, as follows: Membership, J. W. Nesbitt; attendance, Adrian Waring; program, P. C. Bowie; prizes, Harold Zirkin; entertainment, I. Harry An- gelico; transportation, Henry Willard; sergeant-at-arms, Ray Catlin; audit, Don K. Hutchinson; fg]f, Hugh Phil- lips; bowling, Ray Catlin; house, George Plitt; civic club relations, Herbert B. Nevius; boys' work, T. E. Gilbert; pub- licity, Earl Nash; glad hand, Hugh Phillips, and initiation, Paul:Grove. ‘The weekly luncheon meeting of the club tomorrow afternoon at the Hamil- ton Hotel will be a reception in of Governor N :vius, who as president of the Washin honor it year served Club. today or tomorrow to bring back to this | P’ (below) was killed. RAYMOND MOFFETT 1S KILLED BY TRAIN Washington Resident Dies In- stantly as Engine Hits Automobile. Ralph Raymond Moffett, 23, of 936 Ninth street northeast, was instantly killed at the Baltimore road crossing of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Rockville, Md., shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, when his automobile was struck by west-bound express No. 17. ‘The young man had just left Miss Bertha Watkins of Washington at the county home of the Christ Child So- clety, near Rockville, and was return- ing home. At the time of the accident, no watchman is on duty at the crossing and several buildings and piles of lum- ber obscure the approach of trains headed west. Moffett’s body was picked up 125 feet west of the crossing and the de- molished auto was carried 700 feet far- ther in the same direction. He was thrown through the top of the machine and hi sskull crushed. Rockville police headquarters was romptly notified of the accident by Supt. Selby of the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Co. and Po- liceman J. Lloyd Whipp made an in- vestigation. ‘The train was in charge of Con- ductor E. B. Hoffman of Baltimore, Engineer G. W. Howser of Brunswick ilmil Fireman J. G. Myers of Cumber- and. ‘The grade crossing where the accident occurred is regarded as one of the most dangerous in Maryland and cently been made more so than ever by the establishment of a lumber fmrd adjacent to the railroad there. It is one of the grade crossings in Mont- gomery County scheduled for early elimination. The body of young Moffett was turn- ed over to Undertaker Warren E. Pum- phrey of Rockville, for preparation for burial. ——— GIANT WHO STRUCK WOMAN IS JAILED Man Loses Argument Small Victim “Hit First” in Row Over Dime. A colored man, well over six feet in height, lost his claim that Mrs. Nettie Pecker, small Greek grocery store own- er, “hit him first” in an “argument over a bum dime” and was subsequently sentenced to serve 360 days in jail to- day by Police Judge Ralph Given. Mrs. Pecker testified that Thomas Dean, the defendant, bought a “plug” of chewing tobacco from her store in northeast Washington Saturday night. “He tossed me a dime, your honor, which hit the counter and sounded like a plece of lead,” Mrs. Pecker said, “then he had the nerve to go out and sit on the curb and bite off a big wad of tobacco. I bit the dime and my teeth went through. I went to him and demanded a good dime. He hit me and I remembered no more.” Mrs. Pecker appeared with one black eye, two teeth missing, and a cut, which required eight stitches to close, on her arm, all of which she attributed to Dean. “She sald I gave her a bum dime. ‘T'was th' same dime some one gave me. Anyway she hit me first your honor,” said Dean. APPROVAL IS GIVEN PAROLE BOARD PLAN Bill Affecting District Wins Favor of Commerce Chamber Committee. A bill for the creation of a District parole board was lp})roved by the ex- ecutive committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The bill was prepared by a special subcommittee, Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman, after months of study of conditions here and in other cities. It provides for a parole board of three civilian residents of the District, which would have power to parole any prisoner sentenced in District Courts to serve a sentence in excess of six months. In approving the bill, the executive committee directed that efforts be made to secure its introduction in Congress in the immediate future and Mr. Little- ge declared he intended to seek an interview to this end with Senator Capper, chairman of the Senate Dis- trict committee this week. $126,002,397 Spent on Roads. RICHMOND, Va, April 29 (8) —Virginia has added 7,032 miles of roads to State hlgh‘uy system since 1918, 8 $126,003,307 for con- struction and maintenance. WRECKED AUTO AND DRIVER KILLED Above: The wreck of the automobile of Ralph Raymond Moffett, which was hit by a train at a Rockville grade crossing early this morning. 1). 'nal Corps this afte ‘Young Moffett —=Star Staft Photo. GAR KNOCKS YOUTH 0 DEATH IN GANAL Two Women Held as Rent Car Is Returned to Local Agency. were the occupants of an automobile which struck and hurled a colored youth to his death in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal last night, police today were holding Miss Martha Louise Russell, 24, of 204 D street northeast, and Mrs. Lillian E. Walsh, 20, of 1223 Fifteenth street, for a coroner’s inquest tomor- row morning. Mrs. Walsh told investigators that she rented the automobile at an agency at 924 Fourth street shortly before 7 o'clock last night. Miss Russell was with her at the time, Mrs. Walsh ex- plained, and the two women had started toward Georgetown when Miss Russell asked permission to take the wheel. Police were informed that Mrs. Walsh stopped the car and Miss Russell got into the driver’s seat, proceeding out M street into Canal road. e e was moving west on Canal road just short of the Foxall road intersection when it is alleged to have struck a bicycle o] ted by Fillmore Ray, 21, colored, of 1018 Twenty-ninth street, and to have catapulted the youth over the stone wall buttress into the water of the canal. Feared Arrest. Miss Russell became confused, Mrs. Walsh said, and drove on despite Mrs. Walsh’s protests, saying that she did not have a driver's permit and was afraid she would be arrested. Several persons nearby heard the ::gés'e of the impact and rushed to the Motor Cycle Policeman Frank Sco- ville of the Traffic Bureau and Dempsey Schwartz, 18, of Twenty-fifth street near I street, dived several times on reaching the scene in an effort to re- cover the body before arrival of the fire rescuc squad and volunteers. The body was recovered by W. T. Reynolds and W. A. PFindley of the nearby Reynolds boat house after they had dragged the canal for more than 45 minutes. Ray was pronounced dead by an ambulance doctor from Emer- ency Hospital. Drowning, possible ;ncture of the skull and internal in- Juries were given as causes. Furnished by passersby with the number of the automobile, police ar- rested the two women about an hour later when they returned the rented automobile to the Fourth street garage. At First Denies Accident. At first, police say, Miss Russell in- sisted that she did not recall hitting anything while driving in the vicinity of the accident, but later admitted that fear of arrest prompted her to drive on. Miss Russell said she was from West Virginia and held a permit in that State to operate automobiles but did not have it with her. Investigators say the automobile was on the south side of Canal road when it struck the bicycle, and that the bumpers scraped the wall for more than 100 feet from the point of impact. N POLICE CAPTAIN ILL Martin Reilly Being Treated at Georgetown Hospital. Capt. Martin Reilly has been granted sick leave from his command at the sixth police precinct station and is con- charge of the precinct until Capt. Reilly returns, e Army Plane Film Planned. ‘Three Army pilots from Bolling Fleld will fly P-1 pursuit planes to Fort Having obtained admissions that thev | PAGE B-1 INDICTMENTS MADE AGAINST THREE IN MURDER OF AGENT Borum, Logan and Guy Alii Accused of Slaying Lamar Watson York. THIRTY-FIVE TRUE BILLS FOUND BY GRAND JURY Dexter Dayton Is Again Formally Charged With Taking Young Woman’s Life. John Borum, John Logan and Milton Guy, all colored, were indicted today for murder in the first degree in con- nection with the death of Lamar Wat- son York, prohibition agent, April 12 last, in Brooks Court. York had fol- lowed & supposed bootlegger’s car into the alley and while waiting for its owner to appear was shot and killed. The men arrested are reported by the police to have accused each of the others of firing the fatal shot. ‘The indictment is in three counts each of the accused being charged with holding the gun in a separate count. Logan recently asked for the return of his automobile, which he claimed had been seized by Lieut, Edward J. Kelly, head of the homicide squad, without authority of law. He claimed that Kelly battered open the door of his garage without a search warrant and after seizing the car had pictures taken of it. Dayton Indicted Again. Dexter Churchill Dayton, 25-year-old salesman, was again indicted today on a charge of first-degree murder in con- nection with the killing of Marjorie O'Donnell, 24-year-old stenographer, in a room at the Roosevelt Hotel, October 7 last. The indictment contains only a single count and alleges that Dayton choked and strangled the girl to death. ‘The new indictment was made necessary because Attorneys Ring and Cobb, for the accused, attacked the validity of a former indictment which had been re- turned by a grand jury on which there Wwas & woman drawing a pension from the United States. They also attacked the array of the present grand jury, but the case had already been submit- ted, 1t is reported. Manslaughter is charged in an in- dictment reported against Alfred C. Curtis, colored, in connection with the killing of Alfred Crawley, March 2. Curtis was driving an automobile which struck Crawley on Wisconsin avenue near Veazey street. Violations of the Harrison anti-nar- cotic law are alleged in indictments returned against Guy E. Knott, former policeman, and John C. Callahan. Both men were arrested recently and held by U. S. Commissioner Turnage for the grand jury under bonds of $5,000 each. Several sales are alleged against them. Callahan is under a similar in- dictment. Woman Is Accused. Mrs. Edith Mannie was indicted for grand larceny, it being charged that she stole a pocketbook from a clerk in a department store containing seven platinum ring settings. Mrs. Mannie was accused of using her 9-year-old daughter to attract the attention of the clerk while she took the pocketbook. She pleaded guilty in Police Court April 16, to the theft of two other pocket- books from clerks in the same store and was given a 90-day suspended sentence. A total of 35 indictments was re- turned by the jury, which also declined to indict 33 other persons charged with various crimes. Those whose cases were ignored: Jennie Dur- ham, arson; Josep! Baker, James E. ong, Tyler, Wilbur Wallace, Josepl , Ernest B. Bryant and Grace Hutchin- son, joy-riding; William Persoff, larceny after trust; Oliver Kinnard, George E. Deacon, Harvey Lewis and Joseph Jones, grand larceny; Harvey Lee Schultz and Mable Schultz, violating the national prohibition act; Severance A. Farmer and Timothy W. Temple, housebreaking and larceny; James Hemphill and Theodore R. Poole, 8s- sault with a dangerous weapon; Au- gustus Wallace, assault to commit rape; John T. Commodore, assault to commit - | Carl L. Mess, Charles carnal knowledge; John er, rape; “oben Rogerson, Mann act; George Nicholson, bigamy: Irvin Rosen- berg, Helen Moore and Charles A. Lo- max, perjury; Garnet Mayhew, alias Buck Mayhew, and Nellle P. Ernest, abandonment of child, and Helen Speaks, robbery. Others Indicted. Others indicted and the charges against them include: John G. Yates, larceny after trust and embezzlement (reindicted); Russell Carlin Brown, James Cleveland Spencer, Roy T. Dam- eron and Harrison Willls, non-support of minor children; Arthur Johnston, Charles Walker, alias Charles Johnson, James F. Heeney and Richard Adams, joy-riding; Richard Adams, Andrew Smith, Francis W. Legge, George Du- pree, alias George Ransom, and George E. Hicks (four cases), housebreaking and larceny; Alphonso Newton, Eric Edmonston, Edith Mannie, Denis Col- lier and John Thomas Donnelly, grand larceny; Raymond N. Johnson and George B. Mason, robbery; Andrew B. Johnson, receiving stolen property; Ed- ward S. White, carnal knowledge; Mar- shall P. Frye and Henry W. Waters, as- sault with dangerous weapon; John W. Ballinger, embezzlement. POLICE ON TRAIL OF JIMMY THIEVES $3,000 in Dental Gold Reported Stolen ' From Offices in ‘Washington. Search for a band of “jimmy thieves” has been instituted by headquarters detectives following the theft of $3,000 worth of dental gold, which yesterday afternoon was reported stolen from 14 downtown offices. ‘The burglars forced access to offices in the Columbia Medical Building, 1835 I street; the Kresge Building at Eleventh and G streets, and an apartment house at 1129 Vermont avenue and made off with the loot. Dentists whose offices in the Colum- bia Medical Building were entered are Drs. Lester M. Lucas, Willlam M. Sweet, D. Cole, Steven C. Hopkins, Charles W. Rodlum, Tracy %. Pdl‘yhil'. Arthur L. Harvin and Otto endt. At the Kresge Bullding Drs. Frank C. Brightwell and Percy M. Merton report- ed thefts while the apartments of Drs. J. H. Rielly, C. W. Camalier and C. A. Baker at 1129 Vermont avenue were Humphreys, Va., where the Army Sig- | looted. rnoon will make a training fllm for use in the future in- struction of Army officers. The are Lieuts. Leland 8. 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