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Washington News WASHING' . ON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 1930. PAGE B—1 10 BE SET FREE IN BAKER DEATH CASE Gloth Declines to Reveal Reason or Date for Re- leasing Soldier. “CONFESSION" TURNED | SUSPICION UPON HIM| International Search for Barrere | Fails to Disclose Any Clues as to Whereabouts. Howard L. Brewster, Army hostler and the fifth of a group of suspects arrested in connection with the in- vestigation of the murder of Mary Baker, will be released from custody “very soon,” it was announced today | by Commonwealth Attorney William C. loth of Arlington County, Va. Since June 4, Brewster has lan- guished in the Arlington County Jail, | Wwhile Department of Justice agents end other investigators on the case checked the various angles of his con- fession and subsequent repudiation of | having _committed the crime. The | soldier was taken into custody by Ar- | lington County authorities on a war- Tant charging him with the murder of Miss Baker after military authori- ties had held him prisoner for sev- gral weeks. Reason Is Withheld. Gloth did not reveal the reason for his decision to release Brewster, but it is understood that the investigators | ‘have come to the conclusion that he ‘could not have hdd any connection with the crime in view of the sensational de- velopments of the last three weeks These included the recovery of the murder gun and other evidence which have pointed the finger of suspicion in the direction of another suspect Gloth also declined to indicate the date fixed for Brewster's release. It will depend largely, it was intimated, on the plans of Army officials, who have not determined whether to keep him in the service or discharge him as a penalty for the notoriety he at- tracted to the Army. When Brewster was turned over to Arlington County authorities, prelimin- ary steps had been taken by Capt. A R. Bolling of the Headquarters Com- pany, to which the soldier was at- tached, to have him either discharged or transferred from his company. Capt. Bolling now is on leave of absence and there has been no recent announcement concerning the soldier’s Army career in the event of his release. Shelby Believes He's Innocent. Coincident with the disclosure by Gloth of his plans to give Brewster his freedom, Inspector William S. Shelby, chief of the Detective Bureau of the Washington Police Department, an- nounced that he is satisfied that the solcier is innocent. “In view of recent developments,” he said, “we know that Brewster does not fit into the picture of the crime. The international search for Herman H. Barrere, itinerant painter, who is wanted by the authorities for question- ing in connection with the crime, has failed to produce any information s tc his probable whereabouts, it was said. The authorities, however, appear to e confident that he will be captured. Aside from Barrere, the investigators also are looking for a man with a wars on his nose, who is said to have made s mysterious visit to the real estate office of Herbert M. Campbell, at Oak Crest, Va., after the murder of Miss Baker and inquired about the gun which the authorities have established was the one which killed the Navy Department clerk. Campbell turned the weapon over o the police when his suspicions were aroused by the visit of the stranger. Barrerre had been employed by Campbell shortly before the murder to paint his house. Campbell had him | errested several days later on a lar- | ceny charge, but withdrew the charge and he was released. Several weeks afterward he disappeared. Finding Gun Aids Inquiry, With the recovery of the murder gun, some of the myrial .of mysterious elements surrounding the case have been cleared up, with the result that wirtually all of the stolen articles found n the manhole sewer on the Arling- ton Experimental Farm of the Depart- | ment of Agriculture, wrapped in Miss Baker's clothing, have been identified. ‘The coral beads and costume jewelry, & novel and a pair of women's hose were identified several wecks after the murder. Campbell is said to have par- tially identified several weeks ago the pair of men’s gloves. The only remain- rticle to be identified is a Scotch ! arf. A most thorough search. police said, has failed to yield a clue | as to the owner of this article. INJUNCTION IS SOUGHT AGAINST IRON WORKERS| e Metal Door & Trim Co. of La e, Ind., yesterday brought suit in the rict Supreme Court against Local No. 5, International Association of Bridge. Structural and Ornamental Jron Workers of America, its officers | and agents, seeking an unction ' nterference the work of tiff thi Miss Anne Ropley and Miss Lila Ma Margaret Green, Miss Kathryn Pangle a arranging for the eighth annual conventis the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow, Friday Jocal chapter. e Hall, standing, left to right, and Mrs. nd Mrs. Frances Bild, seated, who are on of the Alpha Zeta Beta Sorority, at and Saturday, under auspices of the EARNING CAPACITY HERE FOUND HIGH Greater Than That in Seven% Selected Cities, Board Survey Reveals. Industrial workers of Washingtoni have a greater earning capacity than those seven other selected cities, it | was revealed today by a survey made for the Board of Trade by Rufus S.| Lusk. Stressing the fact that the cities in- cluded in the report had not been “hand picked,” Mr. Lusk cxplained they were chosen either due to their prox- imity to this city or because they ranked close to Washington in the 1930 census. The cities named were Philadelphia, | Baltimore, Richmond, Buffalo, San | Francisco, New Orleans and Minne- apolis. | “It is interesting to note,” Mr. Lusk | declared, “that Washingtcn is thesonly one of the cities here studied in which the average industrial salary exceeds | the average yearly expenditures per family. It is not to be inferred, how- | ever, that the average income per fam- ily in these seven cities is less than the average expenditures per family, as the salary of an individual engaged in in- dustry does not necesarily constitute the sole means of support for the fam- ily. Nevertheless, the fact that Wash- ington is the only city here studied in which there is a positive margin is significant. “A combined weighted average of the salaries of the industrial workers and | the Government employes in Washing- | ton, which group constitutes 34 per | cent of Washington's total working pop- | ulation, gives an average income of | $2,149. This would seem to indicate | that the average salary in Washington | is substantially above the average ex- penditures per family.” Mr. Lusk reported figures for the pro- | fessional classes, persons in business for themselves and certain others were un- available for inclusion in the report. Difference between ay- Average Average erage vearly yearly expenditures Washington Baltimore Buffalo Minneapokis MRS. BERRY COMMENTS Amplifies Contention Miss Jen- nings Not D. A. R. Regent. Mrs. M. De Clare Berry. whose elec- | tion as regent of Maj. William Overton | Collis Chapter of the D. A. R, is dis- puted by Miss Julia Jennings, herself claimant to the office, today issued a statement amplifying her contention that Miss Jennings was not legally elected to the regency of the chapter last week. Referring to a statement in The Star yesterday that she left the meeting of | chapter members as a courtesy while balloting proceeded, Mrs. Berry said: “I left the room not to be absent during balloting, but during nominations for the office of regent. 1 intended to come | filed through Attorney W.| E states that the plaintiff | ix engaged in ere the elevator inc and other work | inckel 1d at Four- rectsand t a strike on that build- ing solely because the plaintiff is u: ters instead of iron work- aimed in the bill that the At of the strike has been to stop work of the A. F. Jorss Co, the Steel Co. and the General the subcontractors on the the Trusscon Bronze Co.. building Justice Bailey at the request of At- torney Sullivan fixed Tuesday for A hearing on the company’s motion y injunction or an ALDIE, VA., WOMAN DIES ALDIE, Va, July 2 (Special).—Mrs. Earah Carruthers, 82 years old, widow | of Joel Carruthers, died at her home, near here, Monday of paralysis. She was the daughter of the late Griffith Thomas and a native and lifelong resi- dent of this county. Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. Walter George of Winchester, Mrs. Mae Thomas, at home; Mrs. Blanche Beasley, Norfolk, and Mrs. Robert Con- nor of Clarendon, and one son, Elmer 1 Carruthers of the University of Vir- ia. O neral services were held at Mount Zion Primitive Church this morning at 11 o'clock, Elder H. H. Lef- ferts officlating. Interment was in the sdjolning cemetery. July 8, | back into the room on completion of the nominations to resume the chalr, ing under contract!but when 1 returned 1 found Miss | Versary of service with the Pire Depart- Jennings occupying the chair and claim- | ing she had been elected regent. There | the local | could have been no election during my | for conspicuous work at the Knicker- absence, prezent. there no quorum | as was 'SADDER BUT WISER FANS SOMETHING OF | and Team L The scene was the last inning of & |close game between Municipal and | Veterans' Bureau teams in the Colored Departmental League, the place was lhe‘ Monument Lot and the time was late afternoon Tuesday. The Veterans' Bu- reau had_the game safely tucked away | on ice. Bragg, their pitcher, who also | plays first base sometimes, had held | the Municipal team to 3 runs and his | own team had a comfortable 4-run lead, | the score being 7 to 3. | With one out in the first half of the ninth the Municipal boys got two hits and a walk and filled the bases. Up to the plate walked Whitlock, a mighty hitter and a man to be relied on in a pinch. He struck at one or two, let & couple of bad ones go by, then picked one he liked and w! it for falr. ROVER'S STAFF'S Triumphal March With Runner Cuts Home Run to Triple Fiji Island Chiefs Coming to Capital For Three-Day Visit Two Fiji Island chieftains, whose foreparents were cannibals will arrive in Washington July 10 for a three-day visit as guests of the world’s headquarters of the Seventh-Day Adventists in Tako- ma Park. The two chifetains are converts to Christianity and are engaged in active missionary work in their native land. They are making thelr first visit to civilization. DUTIES CHANGED Hart Is Promoted to Super-| vise Prosecution at Police Court. Important changes in authority of | members of the United States Attorney 34 FOUND GUILTY OUT OF 1,793 LIQUOR CASES LAST YEAR Percentage of Convictions Is | the Highest on Record, Report Discloses. 689 ENTER PLEAS: 195 ARE CONVICTED Police Court's Inadequate Facilities | Are Indicated in Total of Trials Pending. Eight hundred and eighty-four per- sons were found guilty of violating the prohibition law in the District of Co- lumbia during the fiscal year ended June 30, according to figures released today by the office of David A. Hart, assistant district attorney, in Police Court, and in this connection it was | announced that the percentage of con- victions was the highest on record. This report shows that 195 of these were convicted after court trials, while 689 entered pleas of guilty, out of 1,793 | cases during the year. Jomes Law Aids. “We had a larger percentage of con- | victions in court last year than in any | previous period,” Hart declared, “despite | the fact that some contend that public | animosity is becoming _increasingly aroused against the dry law. Some of this success is undoubtedly due to police making better cases, while the fear of the Jones law has also helped us.” This report, which also included data on the unclassified cases from the office | of Charles R. Murray and John R. Fitzpatrick, assistant Unfted States at- | torneys, shows that as much success| is had with prohibition cases in court as | with the others. | In 7752 cases begun last year Murray and Fitzpatrick have convicted 1,333 while 1,663 persons have pleaded guilty to various misdemeanors. Eight hun-| dred and forty-three people have oeen bound over to the grand jury for! felonies, while Hart's office has held | 209 for the higher court under the| Jones-Stalker law. Nolle Prosses in 1,940 Cases. Police Court’s inadequate facilities for trialg by jury is revealed by the figures | which show 376 such cases pending in | Hart’s office now as compared to 160 a year ago. Only 201 jury trials were | given liquor law violators last year.! The other office has decreased its num- | ber of untried cases from 339 to 270. Nolle prosses were entered in 1,940 ) unclassified cases, while Hart threw out 170 dry-law cases. PADLOCK INJUNCTION INCREASE REPORTED i | | 0ld Bureau of Prohibition Mono- graph Supports Preventive Increase In the number of padlock in- junctions issued by the courts for viola- tion of the prohibition law is reported in Rover’s staff assigned to Police Court| a monograph issued today in the name were announced today. David A. Hart, for many’ years in charge of prosecution of liquor cases, was promoted to supervise both offices of prosecution attorneys at Police Court. Charles B. Murray, in charge of the office handling unclassified cases for the past nine months, was transferred to the Supreme Court. John R. Fitzpatrick, for some time a ranking assistant of Mr. Murray, be. came director of the office of unclassi: fied cases. however, he will report to Mr. Hart. The three recently appointed assistants of Leo A. Rover, District attorn Michael F. Keogh, Wilbert McInerne: and Wilbur N. Baughman, already have two on unclassified cases and the latter on_ prohibition. SUES TO RECOVER $51,150 Administrator of Estate Files Ac- tion Against Driver in Fatal Crash. Fred W. Layman, administrator of the estate of Bruce H. Owens of Cas- par, Wyo., who was killed last Summer in an automobile accident on the Yel- lowstone Highway, in Wyoming, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $51,150 damages from Mrs. Alice G. Hill, 1440 N street, for the death of Owens. Mrs. Hill is said to have been operating the car in which Owens was a passenger and whose hus- band, James D. Hill, lost his life in the same accident. The limit for recovery for death as the result of a wrongful act in the Dis- trict of Columbia is $10,000, but as the | accident occurred in Wyoming the laws of that State are relied on by Attor- | neys Long, Chamberlain & Nyce, | Charles P. Swindler and S. W. McIn- | tosh, who represent the administrator. 30 YEARS IN SERVICE of Fire Celebrates Anniversary. Capt. Julian D. Green, No. 22 Engine Company, celebrated his thirtieth anni- | Green Department | ment yesterday. He has been a captain for 13 of his 30 years. He was decorated bocker Theater disaster. Capt. and Mrs Green live at 928 Madison st street, LEARN BASE BALL RULES| oses, 7 to 6. The ball went, far over the head of the right-fielder and kept going. The three men on base crossed the plate. Whit- lock dashed like mad around the dia- mond until he got to third base, and then saw that the right-fielder was still chasing the ball, He tlowed down to a walk. But the rooters for his team dashed out like a mob, grabbed him and began a tri- umphant march to the plate. It was then that the umpire spoke up and declared Whitlock out because of Interference. He was credited with a three-bagger. his team failed to score again and by the time that ball he had | knocked was recovered, the game was | | over and the score was 7 to 6. Mr. Whitlock was sad, but the rooters were sadder—also wiser, of the old Bureau of Prohibition, which | went out of business at the close of the | fiscal year Monday night. The number of injunctions through-| out the country rose steadily from 1921, | when there were only 466, to 1929, when there were 7,048, as compared with! 5,428 in 1928 and 5.134 in 1927. | “The writ is a preventive rather than a punitive measure,” says the mono- graph. “Enforcement officers have been slowly coming to the conclusion that it | Under the new arrangement, | iS Wiser to prevent violations of the law if it is possible to do so, than to wait until the violations have been com-|{ mitted and then apply the consequent | punishment.” | The padlock injunction applied in the | | been stationed at Police Court, the first | case of Le Paradis Cafe of this city w: referred to in the monograph at length, | and was characterized as “an outstand- | ing case.” —e ZONING COMMISSION ADOPTS AMENDMENT Change in Code Will Permit Con-| struction of Eight-Story Apartments, The shortest session of the Zoning Commission in the memory of local | officials was held this morning, when | the agency adopted a revised statement of an amendment to the zoning code which “will permit construction of eight-story apartments in 60-foot height areas, subject to certain stringent re- strictions. The public hearings lasted les five minutes and the executive session, even les stime, during which the revised amendment was formally adopted. Fol- lowing the reading of the changed amendment by Maj. Donald A. Davison, assistant _engineer commissioner, Louis Justement, representing _the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, indorsed the change in a few short sentences, and Rufus S. Lusk, representing the Operative Builders Association, nodded his approval A spokesman for the Dupont Circle | Citizens’ Association rose to object, but finding the hearing concerned only a rewording of an amendment of one already approved by the commission, re- frained from presenting arguments The change in the amendment was to clarify the intent of the regulation and to eliminate a waiver of the require- ment of side yards for such apartment buildings, which might have been raised | under the wording of the original amendment adopted following the lengthy hearing last month LIEUT. MEAD RESIGNS AS AIDE TO MOFFETT| Inadequacy of Present Pay Sched- ule Held Reason—Civil Avia- tion Career Intended. Lieut. Alfred R. Mead, aide to Rear | Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy De- partment, has resigned from the naval service because, according to orders published today, of what is described as inadequacy of the present pay schedule His resignation has been accepted and will take effect on October 9. Lieut. Mead said he expects to make connections with the civil aviation in- dustry. He entered the Naval Academy from New York State, being commis- sioned an ensign in June, 1921. He has been on duty with the Bureau of Aero- nautics since May, }928. than | | Senate amendment | Brooklyn A photographic drawing of the 0il Co. of New York. be about §10,000,000. His collection of r: Folger provided for the library in his will, G IN Folger Shakespeare are editions, Library, now under construction, to house the collection of Shakespearean and Elizabethan literature of the late Henry Clay Folger, formerly chairman of the board of the Standard providing for it financially with a bequest believed to old prints, manuscripts and autographs is known by scholars all over the world. ~Exterior of the building will be of white marble, to harmonize with the Library of Congress, to the west, and the United States Supreme Court Building, the latter to be erected nearby. It will cost between $1.000,000 and $2,000,000. CAPITAL ssociated Press Ph 51,000 00015 GIVEN T0D.C. PARK FUND Sum Needed in Cramton Ex- tension Program Restored to Deficiency Bill. The inclusion of $1,000,000 in the second deficiency bill to make a start on carrying out the Cramton park ex- tension program for the National Capital, is virtually assured by the action of the Senate late yesterday in approving the action of the conferees in restoring the item. The House placed it in the bill originally, but the Senate last week knocked it out before the measure went to conference. It was put back by the conferees with slight amendment, authorizing the Commission to acquire options on park sites as well as the purchase of Jand. The bill provides that the Dis- trict will not have to begin paying back portions of this appropriation to the Federal Treasury until June 30, 1932, Additional Sum in Prospect. The regular District appropriation bill for the next 12 months. now in con- a P: ference, also carries $1,000,000 for the Park and Planning Commission. The conferees struck from the de- ficincy bill the Tydings amendment to appropriate $250,000 for a subway at or near Fern street, to eliminate the Chestnut street railrcad grade crossing. This_same item, however, is already in the District appropriation bill, in con- ference The conferees have not yet settled the of $1,500,000 with which to buy for the Library of Con gress the Vollbehr collection” of boo recently authorized by a separate enact ment. The conferces are also still in dis- agreement over Senate amendments arrying_funds for contagious disease o | ROBERT 'C. McLANE. R()her{(l: Mi-Lane : | Ends Half Century Veteran Receives Congrat- ulation Messages as He Completes Last Run. . OF . PROGRESS As Rail Conductor| 5 REPORTED BY DARR Finance Chairman Predicts | D. C. Appropriation Bill Passage. | ? Progress in the affairs of the Cham- | ber of Commerce was reported last | night by President Charles W. Darr | when he presented a review of activities | during the past eight months at a meet- | ing of the board of directors, He pointed | OWINGS AND JONES REPLY T0 COURT'S CONTEMPT CHARGE Declare They Had No Such Intention When Talking in Corridor. LATTER WAS ON JURY WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED Justice Bailey Continues.Hearing Until Next Wednesday. Siddons Issued Rule. Frank Owings, former vice president of the Bank of Commerce and Savings, and Fred W. Jones, 3811 Beecher street, today filed separate answers to the rule in contempt of court issued last week against them by Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District Supreme Court for an alleged conversation be- tween Owings and Jones when the latter was serving as a juror in Cir- cult Division 1 June 23. Jones is said to have refused to foin with the 11 other members of a jury Sitting in a case against the bank brought by Charles D. Kenney, trading as the Washington Electric Co. The | citation followed a complaint of coun- sel for Kenn Both men disclaim any intended disrespect of the court. Justice Jennings Bailey continued the hearing of the matter until next Wednesday. ~ Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw appeared as the prosecutor, while Owings was repre- out that the bill sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce for amending the parole law in the District has been introduced by Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of the Senate District Com- | mittee, and expressed hope that it soon will be enacted into law. He also called attention to the fact that the policemen’s and firemen's pay increase bill, supported by nearly all civic and trade bodies, has passed Congress and is now awaiting the President's signa- ture. Weather Study Completed. ‘The Chamber of Commerce has made complete study of weather data affect |Ing the District, he reported, strength- |ening the claim of the District that | Washington is a comfortable city during |the Summer. He also called attention | to the special study made by the cham- | ber of the 1932 budget estimates, | _Stephen H. Talkes, chairman of the | membership committee, reported that the membership of the chamber Numerous messages of congratulation Srowing steadily. on completion of 50 years of service as| Despite the dead-lock in Congress a conductor on the Richmond, Fred-|Over the amount of the Federal Gov- ericksburg & Potomac Railroad were re- | CTAment’s contribution to the expenses ceived today by Robert C. McLane, 70 | of the District, Rudolph Jose, chairman years old, of 4326 Fifteenth street. In making his last from Washington to Richmond, Mr. | of the committee on District finances run” yesterday | Of the chamber, expressed the opinion that Congress would not adjourn with k a Garfield Memorial and at Provi- | McLane sang his swan song, having|Out finally passing the 1931 appropria- dence Hospitals, and on an item for re- | completed a half century of continu- | tion bill. pairs at Columbia Hospital The House conferees accepted the Senate amendment adding $62,812 to the fund for relocating the Botanic | Garden, making it total $404,190.68. Retirement Fund Program 0. K.d. ‘The House conferees also accepted the Senate amendment appropriating $150,- 000 to enable the Government depart- ments to keep individual records of the contributions made by Federal employes toward the retirement fund, as required by the new retirement law. The House agreed to the Senate | amendment reappropriating not to ex- ceed $116,500 of unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for ! school buildings and playground sites in_the District. This deficiency bill contains numer- ous other items for urgent requirements of the local government, which were not in disagreement and which will be available as soon as congressional action on the measure is completed. The Dis- trict items include a fund to establich a radio station for the Police Depart- ment, 18 DENTAL EXPERTS PASS EXAMINATIONS 13 Dentists and Five Hygienists Are Successful, Secretary of Board Announces. Thirteen dentists and five dental hy; gienists were successful at the June ex- aminations of the Board of Dental Ex- aminers, according to an announcement yesterday by Dr. C. Willard Camalier, | secretary-treasurer of the board. The dentists are: Dr. Clyde E. Base- hoar, 1 Public square, "Hagerstown, Md.; Dr. Harry J. Beech, 3932 Ala- bama avenue southeast; Dr. L. J. Faust, 1318 Fifteenth street; Dr. R. C. Fear, 157 Swallow street, Pittston, Pa.; Dr. H. A. Fisher, Freedmen’s Hospital; Dr. J. P. Halaby, 146 Spring street, Middle~ town, Conn.; Dr, R. C. Hall, 1400 Kear- ney street northeast; Dr. A. E. Kling, liam B. Tillis, 1635 Tenth street; Dr W. G. Vogel, 185 Normand avenue, . Y.; Dr. J. A, Talley, Lex ington, Va.; Dr. J. Wasserman, 1624 T street The dental hygienists are: Maude J. Hall, 5424 Conduit road; E. I. Mar- tin, 15 Rhode Island avenue; Cathleen V. Cates, 1801 I street: Minnle Veder- man, 301 South Stricker street, Balti- more, Md.: Annie Lee Allnutt, 1205 Fiftcenth street Dr. John R. Hogan is president of the board. Other members, besides Dr. Camalier, are Dr. Thomas J. Rice, Dr. Chester A. Baker and Dr. Charles D. Cole. SAFE FOURTH DRiVING URGED ON MOTORISTS Appeal for Holiday Carefulness Is Broadcast Over Columbia Sys- tem by A. A. A. Official. A Nation-wide radio appeal te mo- torists to observe care while driving on the Fourth of July holiday, a day on which an average of 150 fatalities have resulted from traffic accidents in the past several years, was broadcast today over the Columbia system by Ernest N. Smith, executive vice president of the American Automobile Association. The speaker asserted 525 lives are lost_each year in connection with the celebration on the Fourth. He said that while only about a third of this total can be blamed to traffic accidents, the percentage may be materially lessened this year if motorists take warning. He added, “today we have an acute safety problem, a problem which con- stitutes challenge to the best thought of the ter serve than by consecrating inde- pendence day to National safety.” ous service without an error, mishap or | reprimand. Mr. the Pennsylvania Railroad at In reporting on the 1932 budget for | the District, Mr. Jose said that any McLane entered the service of | I®POrt would have to cover also the York, | 1931 appropriaticn act. In view of the | Pa, in 1880. He was promoted to pas- | Present situation confronting the pend. | senger conductor four years later. He|IDE supply bill, he said, the chamber |later was transferred to the Baltimore | Nad received leiters from the chairman | & Potomac Railroad, and with the | merger of the Pennsylvania and the |R. F. & P. became associated with the | latter company. He was station master | of the old Sixth Street Station here at one time. Back in the days when trains were coupled with links and pins and air- | brakes were unheard of, or in their in- fancy, Mr. McLane had as his passe gers such distinguished figures as Pre: dents Grover Cleveland, William Mc- Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He has been a thirty-sccond degree | Mason for many years active in the affairs of the Order of | Railroad Conductors for more than 35 years. IN GAS STOVE EXPLOSION Woman Employe Holds Construc- tion Company Responsible for Her Personal Injuries. Injuries alleged to have been sus- tained when a gas stove exploded in the Willard Courts Apartment, 1916 | Seventeenth street, form the basis of & suit for $10,000 damages filed today |in the District Supreme Court by Myrtis Hamilton Wilcox of Athens, Ga., | against the Columbia Construction Co., | owner of the building The plaintiff says she was assistant manager of the apartments March 11, 1928, and occupied an apartment in the building which was equipped with an alleged defective gas stove. stove there was an explosion when she attempted to apply a match. She suf- | fered serious burns and will be | permanently _disfigured, she _states. | Attorneys L. Q. C. Lamar and John L. 1200 Nincteenth street southeast: Dr. E.| Chapman appear for the plaintiff, J. Neaverth, 1418 Perry place, Dr. Wil- | SUES FOR $25,000 |Man Claims Auto Hit Him as He Waited for Street Car. Declaring that he was forced to Te- main in bed 16 weeks as the result of an automobile accident, Joseph Shapiro, | 4411 Sixteenth street, today filed suit o | recover $25,000 damages from E. Clar- | aevnue, | ence Rice, 1028 Connecticut said to be the owner of the automobile. Through Attorneys Tobriner & Graham | the plaintiff says he was walting for a street car October 16, last, on North Capitol street near M street, when he was struck by an automobile of the de- fendants and sustained serious injur He has been | $10,000 DAMAGE CLAIMED | Shortly | after repairs had been made to th:‘ of the District committees and chair- men ot the appropriation subcommittees handling District fiscal matters in both houses, commenting on the situation, Safety Campaign Approved. Charles J. Stockman, chairman of the committee on police and fire protection, reported that the District Commission- ers had approved the “Save a Life” campaign which the chamber proposes to conduct in the Fall for the purpose of reducing the number of traffic fa- talities. He called particular attention to the report submitted by Col. E. G. Bliss on the 1930 “Clean Up” campaign. For | the first time in 10 years a real co- operative effort was put forward to make the campaign a success, he said, commending Col. Bliss for the good work he had done. All citizens’ associations and other | groups, he said, had co-operated with the schools, fire department, and Boy and Girl Scouts.in giving lectures on the value of safety measures against fire risks. Col. Bliss has made recom- mendations that are expected to make the 1931 “Clean-Up” campaign even more successful. |RITES FOR L. M. STODDARD | DUE TOMORROW MORNING | Requiem Mass at Immaculate Con- | ception Church to Preced Burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral services for Levi W. Stod- years old, of 1108 Ninth street, who ‘died in Emergency Hospital Mon- | day, will be conducted at the Church |of ‘the Immaculate Conception, where | requiem mass will be said tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, following brief services at Perry & Walsh's under- takers. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr., Stoddard, a retired shipping clerk of the Palals Royal department store, was found unconseious in his | home by a son, Joseph A. Stoddard, and was taken to the hospital. Cor- |oner Nevitt issued a certificate of ac- cidental death due to flluminating gas. Mr. Stoddard was in the act of pre- paring a late meal, as was his custom. It is believed he was stricken with cerebral hemorrhage the time, and that tea overboiled, putting out the gas on the stove and allowing it to escape. Mr. Stoddard had previously suf- | fered two strokes, it was explained. He is_survived by two sons, Joseph | | A and William F. Stoddard. His wife was the late Mrs. Catherine Stoddard. & good record for maowmesdu. Abe Schnider told how he sent a trip boy from his drug store at 208 Massa- chusetts avenue northeast to a nearby dwelling with a small order and change for $20, as a customer had requested by_telephone. When the boy arrived at his destina- tion he was requested to cash a check and the change and took the check. d his worst expectations were A was the case of Samuel ‘Then {JOB HUNTER IS GIVEN WORK HOLDING ENVELOPE COSTING §35 Glib Stranger Offers to Get Him Place, Provided He Can Qualify. ‘The police, who hear of every one's Cabell of 1019 P street. Cabell fell into grief, heard two new tales of woe today,|a conversation at Rhede Island avenue and Ninth street yesterday with an un- identified colored man who said he could obtain Cabell a job. " Cabell was anxious to procure the job, but first, as the colored man ex- plained. he would have to show that he was a financially responsible applicant. ! Cabell had $35 on him, which the stranger examined and then, as Cabell for $20. The boy handed over the order | thought, placed in an envelope. The colored man sealed the envelope and Schnider took the check to the bank | handed it to Cabell, saying he would untry. In no way can we bet- | toda; qualify for the job. Cabell today was still holding the en velope, but not & pay gpvelope, sented by Attorney William B. Wolt and Jones by Attorneys Hawken & | Havell, Accosted in Hall. | Owings tells the court that he was | cashier and vice president of the bank | at the time of the cashing of certain | checks complained of by Kenney and | 1s still a director of the financfal in- sctilution. He was in attendance at the trial of the case, which occupied three days, and was returning from luncheon when accosted just outside the court rcom door by a person un- known to him, who propounded an in- quiry whether banks are protected by insurance against bad checks, Without hesitating in the walk to the court room, he says, he answered that in some cases they are, but not in others. He had no idea the man accosting him was a member of the jury, he states, as it was well after the hour set for reconvening of the court and he suspected all the jurors | were in the box listening to arguments of counsel, The banker assures the court he has always had the greatest respect for the honor and dignity of the court and for its rules and authority. He had no intention to speak to a member of the jury and did not know he was doing so, His remark, he states, was not intended to influence the jury and did not in his estimation, Jones in his separate answer says he is a mechanic and unfamiliar with banks or banking and not acquainted with any official of the Bank of Com= merce and Savings and never spoke to Mr. Owings before nor had he ever seen him before the trial. Jones declares that in casting his vote for the defend- ant in the jury room he acted “con- scientiously and according to my best Judgment.” Did Not Mean Disrespect. He admits propounding the in to Mr. Owings at the recess pequrlnd,h which he asserts was prompted merely by curiosity and without intention to violate any instruction of the court. He intended no wrong, he avers, and was not conscious of wrongdoing. If his action was improper, he assures the court most humbly that it was due to his ignorance of court procedure. His conversation with Owings was limited to his inquiry and the answer given by Owings, he tells the court. The juror says his vote was cone trolled solely by the evidence as he un= derstood it and by nothing else. He voted conscientiously, he states. of the jurors urged him to change his vote, stating that “it was getting late and they wanted to get home,” which he declined because he did not believe i the plaintiff entitled to a verdict, In declaring that he had no intention to do anything in contempt of the court, Jones points out that his jury service caused him a loss in wages of $2 a day, but he did not ask to be ex- cused. He has always had the greatest respect for the court, he asserts. OHIO STATE ALUMP_H PLAN RESEARCH FUND Ultimate Goal of $2,600,000 to Fi- nance Graduate Work Is Set by, Group. Plans to establish an endowment re- search fund of $500,000 were outlined by H. 8. Warwick of Youngstown, Ohio, national president of the Ohio State University Alumni Association, at & meeting of the local chapter yesterday in the National Press Club. Warwick declared it was hoped ulti- mately to raise $2,600.000 to finance research work to be done by several hundred graduate sturents. He also told of plans to issue sora the first alumni register since 1917. He sadd directors of the national organization would be selected from geographic areas in the tuture, The meeting was presided over by R. W. Dunlap of the class of '95, now an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Among those present were W. M. Kip- linger, J. A. Smith, W. B. Putman, W. R. Beatty, J. W. T. Duvel, C. D. Shoe- maker, J. O. Willlams and A. C. Field- ner. PAUL CHASE RESIGNS Attorney General's Special Assist- ant Will Join Law Firm. Paul A. Chase, who has served as special assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral, has resigned, and will return to Vermont to practice law, it was an- nounced at the department. Mr. Chase has been liaison officer be- tween the Attorney General and the heads of the different divisions of the department. He will become a partner in the firm of Stickney & Sargent at Ludlow, Vt., which includes former At- torney General Sargent. D. C. Men Get Reserve Posts. Commissions in the Organized Re- serves of the Army have been issued by the War Department to Stewart Grayson, 1833 New Ham) as a major in the Medical Corps; to Francls S. Walker, 2361 Ashmead place, nd to James E. Douglass, keth street, Che Chase, M ond lieutenant of Infantry, 7 Some