Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1930, Page 11

28 INDITWENTS * INFARFAX COUNTY Circult Court Grand Jury . Keeps Tribunal Busy With Liquor Cases. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PAIRFAX, Va., May 20.—The grand Jury of the Fairfax County Circuit Court yesterday acted on 30 indictments, re- turning 28 true bills and 2 not true bills, Ten presentments also were made by the Commonwealth’s attorney for violations of the prohibition law. ‘The grand jury included R. R. Buck- ley, foreman; Roy Hollis, B. H.- Swart, J. D. Garrett, Stockton Holbrook, C. L. Fowler, C. C. Carr, W. M. Willlams and Robert. D. Graham. All except seven of the indictments were for violations of the prohibition law. Joseph Ferguson was indicted on a charge of murder, it being alleged that he shot his brother Robert with a shot- gun, inflicting wounds from which the brother died in Alexandria Hospital. The trial was set for June 11. The court appointed Charles Pickett to-de- fend Ferguson. Leon Jackson and Gregg Taylor were indicted on charges of housebreaking with intent to commit larceny. Taylor pleaded guilty, but sentence was sus- pended until after the trial of Jackson, set for May 28. Harold F. Hanes was appointed to defend Jackson. The Commonwealth charges they broke into the hen house of Robert Carter and stole fowls. . On Robbery Charge. Stanley Ayres, John Tyler and Wil- liam (alias Blinks) Parragon were in- dicted on charges of felonious robbery from Robert L. Smith of cash and a ring. i Three _indictments were entered against Taylor Scott Edwards, two charging felonifous wounding of his brother, Emmett Edwards—one with knife and one with shotgun—and one charging ‘wounding of his nephew Ralph. All were set for trial June 10. Joe Mills was indicted on tharges of unlawful sale, etc., of liquor, a second offense. Dorot] Jones was indicted on & charge of unlawful possession. Both trials were set for June 12, J. M. McGee was indicted on unlawful pos- session and transportation charges, de- stroying _evidence and obstructing an officer. He pleaded not guilty and trial ‘was set for May 30. William H. Hardt- bower, indicted on unll:';gl m;nu{:c;l ture charge, was fined an el six months in jail. The trial of William D. Sample; indicted on charges of sale of liquor, was set for June 11. Mrs. Lena Lesney, indicted on unlaw- ful possession charge, was fined $50 and given a one-month suspended jail sen- tence. She gave bond for $1,000° not to violate the prohibition law for a year. Carl Lesney, indicted on a sec- ond offense ;xnhut the prohibition law, was given $25 fine and six months in He also was required to give bond $1,000 not to violate the law for ear. * geven true bills were returned for driving while under influence of liquor. The case against Robert A. Tull was set for trial May 28; against Robert Guthrie for the 21st; Will Beavers was fined $100 and given 30 days; Horace G. Dye will be tried May 30, as will A, A. Hoof, jr. The case against H. L. Threadcraft was continued; the date of trial of Frank Ritenour was not set. Two Cases Dismissed. Two cases were dismissed by the jury, that against Irle W, Dove, charged with driving while intoxicated, and against Clarence C. Cockerille, a second offense Boy Who Left Ship Mows Lawn to Pay Man’s Phone Bill Admits Fibbing to Avoid Sea Trip, but He will Square Debts. By the Assocated Press. FOX LAKE, Ill, May 20.—Ten-year- old John Pershing Stanton, who took Prench leave of a French liner about to sail for France at New York last week, may be a fibber at times, but he believes in paying his debts’ “I'm doing this,” he explained, as he inted to a lawn mower he was push- g across the lawn at the home of his godmother, Mrs. beth O'Boye, “to w.o;k out the telephone call pald by Jake,"” Jake is Jacob Larson, Mrs. O'Boye's son-in-law, whom the lad called by long distance from New York after he left the Ile de France on the pretext he wanted to buy some candy, leaving his mother and stepfather to sail the high seas alone. “I was fibbing,” he added. “I meant to run away, because I didn’t want to leave the United States.” He intimated that the Jure of his base ball bat, his buddies, and, above all, his mongrel dog back home, was more than he could stand. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 20 (Special). = itions have about been com- pleted to serve approximately 800 per- sons at the annual supper of the Rock- ville Volunteer Fire Department, to be held tomorrow and Thursday evenings. Dr. Barrett P. Willson heads the general committee of arrangements and Mrs. Roger Shaw is chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the supper, and many members of the department and a large number of the women ‘of the community will assist. A dance will be held Thursday evening. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of Earl F. Plaughn, 21, of Arling- ton, Va., and Miss Virginia Cullen, 20, of Washington; Park F. Anderson, of Lincoln, Nebr, and Miss Elma Kokko, 21, of Duluth, Minn., and John Bernard Harmon, 27, of Silver Spring, Md., and Miss Mathilda May Wise, 28, of Forest Glen, Md. William H. Keene of Glen Echo has been appointed a deputy game warden for this county and he has subscribed to the oath of office before the clerk of the Circuit Court here. As a result of an automobile accident on the Rockville-Darnestown pike near Rockville J. O. F. Windolph, 22, of Dawsonville, this county, will have to answer & charge of driving an automo- bile while under the influence of liquor. The auto he was drivi ran into a machine bel to colored, of near e, parked’ alongside the road, and Win- dd%h and his father and brother were slightly hurt. None of the several per- sons in Palmer’s car was hurt. The collision resulted in Palmer’s car being destroyed bi fire, Policeman J. Lloyd Whipp preferred the charge lglmt y‘ngl:rzxf ‘Windolph after making an inves- e Bertram M. Os v, am M. of the Bap- tist Church officiated .:?ath! mll’flltep here on Saturday of Melvin O. Ander- son of Bladensburg, Mt myra I Carson of h%leve ale, Md., the ceremony taking at the home the minister. y o Announcement has been made that Representative W. C. Lankford of Geor- gia will speak in the Rockville Baptist | offi Church next Sunday evening. m’lx‘:e lmlmslll May procession children of St. Mary's Catholic school here will baryheld !“nd.y!u.!&l'd‘lrz noon. Rose Abert will be queen ife. ckpecicd 1o, be in Jine. APbroPHAtS are expec e. iate services will be conducted DWMV. Charles R, O'Hara, tor of St. Mary's £ Chureh, " and Tetteshments Wil be Serve Funeral services for Miss Eulalle 284 | Braddock, native and former long-time will be tried on to 3 d transporta Tio Saonths, suspe fiiiddm”“" ¢ ook he- w0 months, suspen - A capias was issued for Geory ‘with possession and sale. date for trial of Guy Staats on a charge of possession and sale was left open. The arrests made by the county traffic officers over the week end included W. T. Lowe of Charlottesville, arrested Sunday on the Richmond road H. Durrer; Carl MecIntosh and Virgil Wil- liams, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Justice Shepherd, at Acco- tink, fined him $40 and costs. R. L. Harrison of Clarendon, arrested by Durrer on the Lee Highway, charged with reckless driving, was fined $10 and costs by Justice Moling at Falls Church, Frank Gorham of Fairfax, arrested on the Leesburg Pike Saturday Durrer, MecIntosh and Pinks, was fined $10 and costs by Justice Moling on a charge of ving. by Justice Ralph and Joseph Mills were arrested ht at their residence in ‘hurch, cha with sale of liquor. They were held for the grand jury by Justice Moling. Italian Families Large. NEW YORK, May 20 (). —Italian mothers lead in big families in New York, One-third of the Italian bables arriving last year had four or more brothers or sisters. EULtY | ber of resident of Rockville, who died on Sat- urday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Blanche B. Cramer, Forest Glen, were Vile' Baptiet Churernshe. pasior, Doy, urcl T, Rev. Bertram omchfi:‘m Burial was in Rockville Union Cemetery. Miss Braddock lived in Washington & num- years. e EX-OFFICIALS INDICTED Borger, Tex., Men Charged With Forming Liquor Conspiracy. deput; lher?‘i ‘were in yesterday b{ the Federal grand jury on chm oh 'e.ontpfl'lcy to violate the prohibif The indictment charged that the former om:hl:h had ern(nlnd L3 juor urpose of selling and distributing llqllAvrp to retail dealers in Hutchinson County; and also that l prot n the ARCHBISHOP IS ILL LONDON, May 20 (#).—Serious iliness of Archl Tord ‘Davidson, recently Archbishop of Canterbury, is causing some anxiety. ‘The present Archbishop of OCanter- buez preaching at Southwark Cathedral yesterday, referred to the aged prelate as lying “in bed not so much of sick- ness as of weakness, where with quiet fortitude and lence he is awaiting the call to rest.” QARANTEE, » ACCOMMODATIONS FORTWO.... 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Jett made the following committee appoint- ments for the ensuing year: ‘The state of the church—Rev. C. F. Magee, Clifton Fo: Rev. William C. Marshall, Bedford; Rev. J. M, Dick, Pulaski; Rev. Douglas I. Hobbs, Mount; Rev. John A. Wilson, jr., Rich- lands; George L. Taylor, Big Stone i nfy 503, 0" r. E. P. Tompkins, Lexing- ton; C. S. Hutter, Lynchburg. Parochial reports—Rev. Roland Mon- cure, Salem; Rev. J. J. Ambler, jr. Dante; A. D. W. Walton, Roanoke; J. M. (itu.rur. Lynchburg, the secretary ex- icio. Admission of new parishes—Rev. the| W. Hughes, Pearisburg; Rev. Richard burg; Reyv. John S. 8. Martin, Blacksl Wellford, Abingdon; Dr. M. M. Radford; C. C. Lee, Rocky Mount; L. W. Morgan, Bluefield. Elections and credentials—Rev. F. Pranks ion: E. D. G Bea ks, ; E. D. Gregory, Bed- ford; Alfred G. Preston, Amaflhm (but representing St. Mark's jurch, Pincastle). Clerical support—C. Edwin Michael, | Roland Roanoke; H.-Minor Davis, Lynchburg; H. B. Jordan, Bedford; Leo Mehler, ‘Waynesboro; W. D. Saunders, Blacks- Crawford —Star Staft Photo. HOTEL GUESTS WILL DESCRIBE SLUMBERS FOR SCIENTISTS Gather’ Data for 'New York Institution Blanks Used to Psychologists to Study Night-Lifc Effects.. BY HOWARD.W. BLAKESLEE. HAMILTON, N. Y, May 20 (®.— Better sleep in cities, especially in ho- tels, is sought in a new experiment by the Colgate University department of psychology. Guests of York are to in New s 3 hotel iven blanks on which ‘been under way at Colgate for several years. The_effects uj rest of cif ':mb:: life, the institution often sai Rocky | made specially for visitors, will be avail- able for analysis if guests choose to an- swer questions. So also will be the stresses of the concentrated business trips. “Check each of these phrases,” the T. Rucker, Glasgow; Kennon C. Whit- tle, Martinsville. E.| ton Barnwell, Lynchburg; Rev. Thomas DeWolf Randoish, . Dy Lynehwug: O. , D. D, urg; C. F. Cooke, Roanoke; F. 8, Crosby, Staun- ton; Dr. George J. Tompkins, Lynch- Dispatch of business—Rev. Oarleton ::nwell. Lynchburg; Rev. Taylor Willis, noke; J. L. Blizzard, Clifton Forge. The in¢rease of the ministry—Rev. Devall, L._ Gwathmey, Wytheville; John J. Gravatt, jr.; Staunton; Rev. Moncure, Salem; Dr. G. D. Hancock, Lexington; W. B. Dew, Sweet Briar (but resenting Ascension Chureh, Amherst). 'W. | 397,000 bflhfl?“o?mm'i.n !lll, i . Styled by Gl'eco PAmIS blanks say, “which describes your sleep last night. More restful than usual— as restful—less restful. Dreams pleas- ant—unpleasant. Fell asleep without trouble. Did not awaken in ni Awakened easily this morning—feelin; r‘ifl:edd. Did not feel like getting ou o ‘The guest is asked to name distu noises, and the list among mmn. or 4 po- S et reasons for fallure to aleep tn T reasons for failure - clude: Not tired upon ret! 3 ht shining into room, worry, excitement, thinking and planning. 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