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Washington News JEWETT IS HELD FOR JURY TRIAL IN FIRECRACKER CASE Former Policeman Accused of Hurling Explosive Into Bahy’s Crib. DRIVER OF CAR IS FOUND GUILTY OF DRY COUNT Defendant, Father of Four Chil- dren, Faces Liquor Charge Also. Free Under $1,100 Bond. Frank Jewett, 34 years old, a former policeman, living in the 700 block of Third street, was held in Police Court today for jury trial charged with throw- ing a firecracker into the crib of Joseph I. Wilson, jr, 7 months old, burning the baby severely about its arm and face. Elmer Altizer, 24 years old, of Rich- mond, Va., driver of the car from which the cracker was thrown, was cleared of these charges, but received six months in jail for possession of whisky, which police reported finding in the ear at the time of the arrest. Jewett, himself the father of four ehildren, is also charged with possession of liquor and assault on baby Wilson's 8-year-old brother John, who was in- jured in the firecrackef blast. Jewett was held under. $1,100 bond. Children Were Out for Ride. ‘The firecracker was thrown into the Wilson machine in which Joseph L. ‘Wilson, sr., and the mother, Mrs. Helen ‘Wilson, were taking their children for a ride on Bladensburg road on the aft- ernoon of July 4. Mrs. Wilson de- clared that a car pulled alongside of their machine and a man whom she described as Jewett lighted something and threw it into the rear of her ma- ehine where her sons were riding. There was an explosion and the chil- dren screamed and immediately after the smoke cleared she saw blood trickling from the baby's right arm. ‘The other car speeded off in the di- rection of the city, she said. Altizer Blames Jewett. Altizer, testifying in his own defense, declared that his companion, Jewett, threw the firecracker. He said that he threw a few in Maryland, “boyish like,” but stopped throwing them when they reached the District line. He admitted speeding up the machine at Jewett's Tequest as soon as they discovered that a car into which a cracker had been thrown contained children. Jewett and Altizer were arrested the | day after the alleged assault by sixth | breech mechanism of every gun leave ! recinct police, who reported finding 29 alf pints of whisky in the machine Tegistered to Altizer. John R. Fitzpatrick, assistant district attorney, represented the Government in the trials, which were held before Judge Isaac R. Hitf. WATCHMAN’S DEATH REMAINS UNSOLVED Antopsy Fails to Reveal Signs of | Violence on Body of Orion S. Gover. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. E, Md., July 8—Scant in- ELKRIDG! formation as to the cause of the death | gp, of Orion 8. Gover, 65-year-old railroad | ‘watchman, was gleaned from an autopsy yesterday, gccording to State and county lice, who today continued their inves- igation. The autopsy failed to show any marks of violence or bullet wounds on the body, police reported. Gover's body was found in the shallow waters of & stream about 2 miles from his home in Jessups, from which he disappeared more than a week ago. Only a small Qquantity of water had entered the lungs, however, the autopsy disclosed. Police are endeavoring to locate a shotgun which the man is said to have been carrying when he left his home. An inquest will be held within a few days, according to Howard U. Gosnell, ustide of peace at Savage, who is act- g as coroner. 38 CANDIDATES SEEK ELECTORAL OFFICES Berkeley County, W. Va., Resi- dents File for Local and State Jobs. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, July 8.— ‘Thirty-eight candidates for Berkeley County re filed when the lists closed here yesterday. They will come before the voters at the party primares August 5. Of this pumber 24 are Re- Ppublicans and 14 Democrats. Six Republicans and five Democrats seek membership on the County Court as follows: Democrats—J. C. Ellis, L. F. Staub and Arthur H. Stuckey, for the| g long term, and Harwood Burhart and * C. T. Whitacre for the short term; Republicans—Commissioner C. E. Dick, former Uommu;rng .7,k P.ffluts:. !} L. Snay and Jol peck, for the long 'Aernan.fllnd A. R. Fulk and Commissioner ‘W. M. Johnson for the short term. Only two filed for superintendent of county schools—former Superintendent Willis F. Evans, Republican, and Miss . Kilmer, Democrat, present are l't‘teur the‘ nominations as two representatives of Berkeley County in the West Virginia House of Delegaets—John H. Zirkle, former Delegates James S. Dailey and Roy Grove, John W. Smith and William E. Gordon. . Three Democrates filed— former Delegates Herbert L. Alexander, George L. Weaver and A. M. Gilbert. ‘nul:‘cther filings are for minor offices. LADUE EXPECTS TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO POST ing Orders for Work After Maj. Gotwals’ Arrival. Tex., as district he m:'mna-wuu. John ‘C. Gotwals mgu.m said today that he had not yet recei his mih.h'r'uthmt he understood informally be given the San . Ant tonio £ —lfihuwzudmmzln- . from the War Department today. School Gives Scientific In- - struction on Tracing Law-Breakers. Experts in Government Serv- ice Tell Students Here Latest Methods. BY REX COLLIER. Organized society's answer to the challenge or organized and scientific- minded crime may be found in an im- provised class room overlooking Penn- sylvania avenue and Eighteenth street, where Uncle Sam is conducting an ad- vanced course in the fine art of crim- inology. In this novel class room a group of university graduates is beng shown that the highly specialized science of crime detection is not a myth of the detective novels, Under the tutelage of veteran crimin- ologists of the Department of Justice and trained analysts of other Federal bureaus, these young attorneys and ac- countants' are learning the fascinating trick of solving real-life mysteries of the underworld. Prepare for U. S. Jobs. When they complete the exacting course—and they will do so by the end of this wesk—they will have become eligible to fare forth as probationary special agents of the Bureau of Invest- ment. This bureau, under the director- ship of J. Edgar Hoover, is probably the most secretive of all investigative agen- cles of the Government. Certainly it must be the most exclusie, for only col- lege graduates are qualified to become its operatives. Philo Vances received from Dr. Wilmer Souder, ballistics expert of the Bureau of Standards, detailed instructon in modern scientific methods of tracing | criminals through gun and typewriter identification. Dr. Souder is the Gov- { ernment’s outstanding authority on gun i identificat’on and the man who identi- fled the fatal gun used in the Mary Baker case. His skill as a microscopist | has paved the way for solution of some of the Nation's most baffling murder mysteries. During the lecture by Dr. Souder it was disclosed that as a final conclusive test of the infallibility of bullet analyses, the Smith & Wesson concern recently submitted to Dr. Souder two revolvers claimed by the manufacturers to be “absolutely identical,” and invited him to attempt to distinguish between them. The unerring lens of a special micro- scope device enabled the Bureau of Standards scientist to prove that al- through both weapons were made by the same workman and with the same tools and machinery, there were numerous microscopic differences between them. Science of Identification. Dr. Souder told the embryo investi- | gators that gun identification his be- erring as fingerprint identification. “The barrel, the firing pin and the Yesterday afternoon these aspiring | come a sclence fully as exact and un- | CRIME DETECTION IS TAUGHT TO PROSPECTIVE U. S. AGENTS JOHN M. KEITH. | their telltale ‘fingerprints’ on every bullet | and shell,” Dr. Souder declared. “There is no guesswork about it. as no two guns | in_the world are exactly alike.” Dr. Souder asserted that typewriters also leave a characteristic message for | the microscopist, so that spurious docu- |ments, anonymous letters and other products of the typewriter may be traced to their source. Handwriting, too, is of value in criminal investigation, he sald, although not so dependable as gun and typewriter identification. Talk Is Illustrated. As the Federal expert talked he illus- | trated his points on a large blackboard, on a lantern screen and by exhibiting samples of guns and bullets. The stu- dents, with coats off and sleeves rolled up, manifested their interest by taking voluminous notes and propounding nu- merous questions. The variety of subjects studied by the class is as wide as the scope of Federal |law violations with which they will be | about fingerprinting. Yesterday morn- | ing and the day before they were lec~ | tured on bankruptcy frauds. Before | the course is over they will have studied | crimes on the high seas, anti-trust vio- lations, financial frauds, automobile thefts, fugitive cases, white slave con- spiracies, Federal larcenies, bribery and |8 host of other crimes against the | United States. | Examinations Are Held. John M. Keith, an inspector of the | Bureau of Investigation and one of the | Government's veteran criminologists, is {dean of Uncle Sam's detective univer- |sity. Inspector Keith has lectured the class frequently during the past few weeks, assisted by Inspectors Thomas F. Cullen, James S. Egan and other ex- perienced investigators of the bureau. | Pinal examinations are to be given | within a few days and the “commence- ment” will take place Saturday. If the | students receive a passing mark in the | tests they will be sent to one of the | bureau’s 27 fleld offices for a period of probationary training. Not until this post-graduate work is completed satisfactorily will the alumni of Director Hoover's university be eli- gible to the coveted designation of “spe- cial agent.” ALFRED WORTON FUNERAL IS HELD Member of Rumness Clan Is Buried in Glenwood Cemetery. ‘The body of Alfred Worton of 407 Eleventh street, a rhe own as the Rumness clan, descend- ants of high caste English Hindus, who settled in America at the time of the Revolutionary War, was buried this aft- ernoon in Glenwood Cemetery, with the rituals of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Worton, who was 27 years old, died Saturday morning from menin- gitis, after a short illness. He was the son of Arthur and Vashti Worton, who lived at the Eleventh street address, and in business at Herald Harbor. Since his death last Saturday morn- ing the body had lain in state at the home of his parents, and many relatives and members of the clan from nearby States attended the funeral. Mr. Worton'’s family were prominent members of the clan, who in early days were known as English gypsies. There are still large settlements of the Hin- doos in Rorkshire and Devonshire, Eng: Jand. Those who came to America in early Colonial times seldom intermar- ried with other races and while they are American citizens and affiliated mostly with the Episcopal Church, they speak among themselves the Rumness language, which has been preserved for about 1,600 years. ‘They have been confused at times witn the wandering tribes of Gypsies, who were the servants of the Hindoos from which the Rumness iribe claim when they came from India to settle in England after the Christian era. Between the two classes there is no affiliation. Mr. Worton’s maternal grandfather, Peter Hicks, was a prominent citizen of Holyoke, Mass., and so also was his al grandfather, Johnson Worton of St. Louis. They were all Masons. A cousin, Cornelius Hicks of New York, is jonally known artist, who painted the American Red Cross posters used last year and the year before. . Besides his ents, Mr. Worton is survived by three brothers, Morris Wor- ton of Newport News, Va.; Ellas and Peter of Washin and two sister: Misses Nancy and Fay Templeton Wor- ton. A NEW ELECTRIC COOKER PREPARES MEAT BETTER ‘The newest type of electric cooker has a broiler which holds the steak in a vertical position with the result that both sides of the meat are acted upon by heat at the same time. The ad- vantage of this is that the o tion { cooking ‘is done in about halt the BOWIE, Md. July 8 (Special)—A ember of what is| their ancestry and separated from them:| Husband Publishes Love Affair Story; | Wife Gets Divorce Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘CUMBERLAND, Md, July 8.— ‘Too much publicity for his affairs of the heart brought Mrs. Esther Fleagle a divorce from her husband, Vonder Smith Fleagle, in a decree based on a story written by the man for a “Confessions” magazine, in which he outlined his love affair with a neighbor's wife. The manuscript of the “Confes- sion” was admitted as evidence. It also was testified that ‘Fleagle paid numerous visits to the home of his neighbor when the latter was ab- sent. Another time he brought the neighbor’s wife to his own home and ordered his wife from the room. She ‘said she watched the couple’s love making through a radiator opening. Mrs. Fleagle was given custody of their five children, W, B. MARLOW DIES AT RESIDENCE HERE Owner of Coal Company to Be Buried Tomorrow in. Rock Creek Cemetery. ‘William Beale Marlow, 68 years old, owner of the Marlow Coal Co. 811 E street, one of the oldest established coal companies of the city, died yesterday at his home, 305 Marylanc avenue north- east. He had been ill nearly a year. Mr. Marlow, the son of the late Wil- liam H. and Eliza Marlow of this city, had resided continuously on Capitol Hill, where he was born. When a young man, Mr. Marlow en- tered the W. H. Marlow Coal Co., founded in 1858 by his father. With the death of the elder Marlow, Mr. Marlow, assisted by his brothers, reo! ganized the company, remaining a tively engaged in its business until the time of his Jast illness. Besides his widow, Mrs, Clara Marlow, he, is survived by two daughters, Vir- i Shirley and Elizabeth Beale Mar- | 11 , and two sons, Francis 8. Marlow of New York and Howard W. Marlow of this city. \ir, and 1and Ernest W. Marlow of New York City Illlo survive. All three are connected with the Marlow Coal Co. | » Funeral services ‘conducted by the Rev. T. Freeland Peter, canon of Wash- | ington Cathedral, will be held tomorrow afternoon at-3 o'clock at the residence. anrment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- ry. i s meeting of the Executive Committee of Lenham-Severn Road Association N | required to deal. Today they will learn | - WASHINGTON, D. C, WASHNGTON AUTO PARKING PROBLEM REPORT SUBMITTED Harvard Professor Presents Preliminary Findings to Special Group. OVERTIME VIOLATORS FOUND NOT NUMEROUS Investigator Favors Space Inside or Adjoining Government Build- ings for Federal Employes. ‘Washington's automobile parking problems were being studied today by a speclal committee, which includes rep- resentatives of the various trade bodies of the Distric:, the Trafic Bureau, the American Automobile Association, ‘the Nationai Capital Park and Planning Commission and the office of public buildings and grounds. The committee was attempting to reach some decision on many knotty questions that have arisen in connection with the parking of automobiles- here. McClintock Report Submitted. Dr. Miller McClintock of Harvard University, who has been studying the traffic situation in Washington for about two months, submitted a preliminary report. Coples of this report were re- cently submitted to each member of the automobile parking committee, made up of representatives of the various agencies heretofore mentioned. Each member was asked to study the report and be ready at the meeting today to submit £ny criticism or suggestions that he might desire. The meeting was called by Capt. E. N. Chisolm, acting director and execu- tive officer of National Capital Park and Planning Commission, in the ab- sence of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chairman of the committee. The traffic report will not be made public until after all the objections have been heard and there has been a chance to amend it and whip it into a final form thab will meet the a proval of all or a majority of the mem- bers of the committee. Federal Employes Considered. Among the numerous questions that are before the committee and that ar: dealt with in the report is the prob- lem of providing space for Government employes to parq their automobiles. It was indicated today that Dr. McClintock favored either providing space within the new Government buildings that are being erected or directly adjoining | them for this purpose. His report is understood to contain detailed infor- mation showing the number of employes in the variol departments and the number of automobiles that must be provided for. ‘The overtime parking problem is also considered in the report. It was stated that the report indicated that the this rule was much smaller than gen- erally supposed Jects as the number of busses entering and leaving the city dally in the con- gested section and the number of trucks and private cars. It is understood that the report pointed out that there are more automobiles of all types entering the business section of Washington of Boston. All-Day Parker Real Problem. The all-day parker provides another serious problem for Dr. McClintocl® and the committee. One suggestion that has been made is that the New York plan be adopted of imposing fines on all-day parkers ranging as High as $10 and running down to $3 for parking more than 20 minutes in the congested district. . . It was explained, however, by Capt. Chisolm today that it is too early to say definitely what the committee will finally recommend in these and other matters, HUSBAND RESTRAINED BY ROCKVILLE COURT Washington Grove Man Ordered Not to Molest Wife During Pending Divorce Case. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 8.—In the Court here by Mrs. Jean Johnston Hast- ings of Washington Grove, who is an employe. of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in which she seeks a limited divorce from Grover Cleveland Hastings, also of Washington Grove, an employe of the District of Columbia government, on the ground of cruelty, Judge Robert B. Peter yesterday signed an order temporarily restraining the de- fendant from “in any wise interfering with or molesting the plaintiff and her custody of her minor children and in- terfering_ with or molesting the said minor children pending the further order of this court” and “in any wise interfering with the possession of the Emntlfl. her agents and servants, of er home and property in Washington Grove, Montgomery County, pending the further order of this court.” = ‘The couple, according to the bill, were married June 23, 1913, in Phillipsburg, N. and lived together until February , 1930, when the plaintiff was forced to leave the defendant because of his conduct being “unbearable.” Mrs. Hast- ings the court to award her the custody of the couple’s’ five children, one of whom, & girl, 13 years old, is per- manently blind. Mrs. Hastings is represented by At- torneys Albert M. Bouic, Thomas L. Dawson and Edward Peter of Rockville. JOHNSON HITS MACHINE; AGREES TO PAY OWNER South Dakota Representative En- gages in Argument After Park- ed Car Is Sideswiped. an argument with the own- car which his own auto- number of automobflists who violate | The report also dwelt with such sub- | every day than there are in the city | suit recently instituted in the Circuit | = ning Star ESDAY, JULY 8, OHIDANS AT LORTON GET PRISON IDEAS FOR PENITENTIARY Study Penal System Prepar- atory to Rebuilding Co- lumbus Institution. DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRIES NOTED State Commission Visiting Various Places on Tour-—Seeing Washington Today. The Ohio State Prison Commission, appointed by Gov. Thomas to make a study of penal institutions following the disastrous fire in the penitentlary at Columbus recently, spent yesterds at the District of Columbia Reform: tory at Lorton, Va. as the guest Capt. M. M. Barnard, general super- intendent of the D. C. penal institu- tions. The elghth similar body to visit Lor- ton in recent months, the Ohio Commis- sion expressed interest in the penal system in forcesat Lorton. They men- tioned particularly the architectual de- sign of the buildings and the grouping of the various units of the whole scheme which at present imprisons nearly 700 persons without the traditional prison wall. Study Dormitory System. The dormitory system attracted at- tention of the visitors. Among the industrial activities. which inspired comment by the Ohioans were the new | laundry, opened within the last few | |days to do Government departmental work of the District of Columbia as well as the institution’s own work; the foundry, where, during the past year, all sewer and water department cas ings have been made; the automobile tag plant, where the Capital's license plates are manufactured, and the farm dairying and allied industries. Other shops visited included those in which brooms, mattresses, patterns and clothing are manufactured, the print shop, the canning plant, the automobile . Seeing Washington Today. ‘The members of the commission who visited Lorton were Prentice Reeves of the Ohio Iinstitute, at Columbus; Hal H. Griswold, director, Department of Public Welfare, Columbus; Julius F. Stone, Columbus; A. E. Henderson, Cincinnati, and Dudley S. Blossom, director of public* welfare, Cleveland. Lorton is the first institution of its kind—one which maintains the dormi- tory and industrial activity system minus much of the confinement of traditional prisons—which the Ohioans have visited in their tour. They are in ‘Washington today winding up their tions of the country. {COOLEY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS i Montgomery County Ex-Police | Chief Asks for Associates as Pallbearers. | By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. CAPITAL VIEW, Md., July 8.—Ex- pressing the wish that his former asso- clates on th. Montgomery County police |force be his pallbearers, Charles T. | Cooley, first chief of the force, died late | yesterday at his home here. He had been ill for almost two years. was established in 1922, Mr. Cooley was appointed chief. He served in that ca- pacity until 1924, during which time the fines resulting from arrests by his men more “than paid the expenses of the department. He is survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. Funeral services will be conducted at St Forest Glen, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be at Neelsville. Following out his last wish, six mem- bers of the police force are to be pall- bearers at the funeral. They are Sergts. Leroy Rodgers, Guy L. Jones and Earl Burdine and Corpls. Leroy Snyder, George Windham and Oscar Gaither. PRINTER IS A.RREST_ED ON LIQUOR CHARGES | Leo Curry Is Accused of Delivering 5 Gallons of Alcohol in Answer to Call. Alleged to have responded to & tele- phone request for the delivery of five gallons of alcohol at a house near Thir- tieth and Macomb streets last night, Leo Curry, a printer, 33 years old, giving his address as 3411 Quebec street, was ar- rested by Sergt. W. B. Barnes and De- testive Joseph De Palma of the four- teenth precinct. It is said that the telephone request was sent in_the name of an individual believed to have been known to Curry and the man was arrested when, it is charged. he appeared at the place des- ignated prepared to make the delivery. Charges of illegal possession and transporting the intoxicant were pre- ferred against the printer and seizure of the car and alcohol reported. Bond in the sum of $1,500 was furnished for Curry’s appearance. COUNTY FIREMEN ELECT CONVENTION GROUP HEAD Arlington-Fairfax Volunteers Se- lect John R. Mossburg Com- mittee Chairman. Special Dispatch to The Star. | repair shop and the industrial railroad. | visit before continuing to other institu- | ‘When the Montgomery County force | John's Catholic Church, at! CHERRYDALE, Va, July 8.—The execuitve committee of the Arlington- Fairfax Counties Piremen's Association last night at a meeting in the PFire- men'’s elected John R. Mossburg of as general n of the Convention and Jubilee Committee, to lucAoeed the.late C. Clayton Donaldson. ‘Mossburg announced that plans will be made to invite Gov. John Garland Pollard of to review the mammoth parade that is to be staged on convention day, which has | been selected as August 13. Several prominent speakers are ex- to be present to following the 1930. PAGE B-1 Passengers flying at Washington Airport tomorrdw will pay 114 ecents a weekly Washington day program. The photograph shows Miss Lillian Sweikhart being weighed in by Pilot Floyd Cox, gone through with an 18-day diet may reap monetary benefit from their regimen, field officials pointed out, but those who run to fat must pay and pay and pay. pound as a part of th Those who have —Star Staff Photo. | COSTS OF LIVING SHOW DECREASE Purchasing Power of Dollar Increases 5 Cents Over July of 1929. By the Associated Press. ‘The clouds of the business depression have a silver lining for the wage- earner sure of his job, with no reduction of pay, and for the person with a fixec income. Old high cost of living, ogre of the war and post-war period, isn't the terrifying figure it used to be and the slump in commodity prices threatens to | make it still less formidable. The con- sumer’s dollar now goes much farther than it did in 1920 and a bith farther than in 1929 and may go even farther before the end of 1930. Real Savings in Many Homes. Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of labor statistics, says the purchasing power of the retali or “home” dollar applied to foodstuffs last May was $1.056, compared with $1 in July, 1929 For a family whose monthly outlay for food is about $50 the, saving is from $2.50 to $3 a month—fio small item in homes where pnnies are potent. Government economists say that while & decline in retail prices is virtually | never commensurate with the drop ir wholesale prices, the current slump ir the latter should add some power to the i home dollar. Getting down to the “meat and po- tatoes” of the situation, the retail prices of 22 articles of food decreased from April 15 to May 15, the latest period on which prices are available. The prices of 7 articles increased, while 13 showed no change. Since May, ho ever, the general trend has been down- ward, the reduction in meat prices being a notable feature. ‘Wholesale Level Lowest Since 1916. ‘The wholesale price level of all com- | modities in May was the lowest it has been since September, 1916. The whole- sale purchasing power of the 1926 dol- lar for all commodities was $1.12 in May. ucts, foods, cotton and woolen goods, silk, rayon, fuel, drugs and furniture | have dropped in wholesale prices. While up-to-the-minute figures on the general cost of living are not avail- able, the comparatively recent survey of December, 1929, shows a big_drop from the peak of June, 1920. In 32 representative cities the average .cost of living decreased 20.8 per cent. In nearly all of these cities the decrease in the cost of clothing since the silk shirt era has been tremendous. Rents have decreased steadily since 1923 and housefurnishing goods have had a similar decline. S — FIRE ALARMS SOUNDED TO STOP STREET ROW Answering Police Break Up Quar- rel Between Street Car Con- ductor and Passenger. In an effort to get quick police action to put an end to a street row on upper Georgia avenue early last night, Ralph Matthews of 776 Girard street turned in a fire alarm, summoning members of both the Fire and Police Depart- ments. Firemen and policemen chased a crowd from the scene and arrested Lewis T. Bentley, colored, 30 years old, of 630 Gresham :hel, became _engag in a controversy with Conductor Ker- mit L. Beddoo of 914 Madison street. Bentley, it is charged, assaulted the conductor and both men left the car and were in an exciting en- counter, when Matthews sent in the fire alarm. - Bentley posted a bond of $125 for his appearance in Police Court CARNIVAL HELD SUCCESS Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., July 8.—The an- nual carnival of the Clarendon Volun- teer Fire Dej been determined, be applied to the building fund. The Woman's Auxiliary of the de- _ which assisted the firemen the con- . It is greater today—farm prod- | ROBB BEGINS WORK AS D.C. ENGINEER Army Officer Takes Place of | | Maj. L. E. Atkins—Has } Had Wide Experience. | Mzj. Holland L. Robb, Corps of Engi- neers, United Stat:s Army, today took ! over the duties of Second Ascistant En- gineer Commissioner of the District. He | takes the place of Maj. L. E. Atkins, who was transferred to Alaska. Maj. Robb will have charge of the municipal architect’s office, the District | repair shop, the District building, the | municipal garage, th: District automo- | bile repair and paint shop and will also | be in charge of the purchase of land | for the new Municipal Center. He will serve as chairman of the District's Mo- | tor_Transport Beard. He comes from a two-year term as a | student at the Commandant General | Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. | Previous to that he served for four years as assistant district engineer at | | Kansas City, Mo., in charge of engi- | neer work on the Missouri River. He has also s'rved for four years as an in- structor in the department of engineer- | ing at the West Point Military Acad- emy. During the war he was a captain and T Jjor in the 6th Engineers and saw much actual fighting in the second Battle of the Marne, when he was at- tached to a British army, and at Cha- teau Thierry, Maj. Robb is temporarily residing at Cathedral Mansions with his wife and two daughters. RIFLE TEAM THYOTJ;’S TO BE HELD SATURDAY Representatives of District at Na- tional Matches in Ohio Must Be Civilians. Tryouts for a civilian rifle team to represent the District of Columbia in | the national matches a. Camp Perry, Ohio, will be held Saturday afternoon at the Camp Simms Rifle Range, Con- gress Heights, according to an an- nouncement by the adiutant general, | District of Columbia Militia. Candidates are advised that their status must be strictly. civilian because | members of the National Guard, naval | militia, and Organized Reserves are in- | eligible. The competition will be conducted by Capt. Just C. Jensen, militia officer in | charge of rifle practice, who will provide | ammunition for all participants and rifles for those who do not have their {own. Tt is planned to have the suc- | cessful ~ sharpshooters elect the team captain from among themselves. 'PLAN INSURANCE CLASSES | H. L. Choate Placed in Charge of Arranging Groups. Classes in various aspects of the life insurance business, conducted as pre- paratory training for the examinations of the American College of Life Under- writers here next June, will b: arranged b H. L. Choate of the C. L. U,, chair- man of the class committee. Mr. Choate was appointed by John Dolph, chairman of the Life Insurance DETECIVE HUNT TAXCAB ROBBER AFTER3HOLLAPS Driver Says Colored Pas- cenger Forced Him to Aban- don Car, Taking Cash. ONE CHAUFFEUR_BEATS OFF BANDIT WITH FISTS Auto of Another Recovered Fol- lowing Theft, but Criminal Evades Arrest. Headquarters detectives and police of the fourth precincts are patrolling the southwest section in automobiles today on the lookout for colored bandits, who have committed hold-ups within 48 hours. The latest robbery took place today near First and S streets southwest, ace cording to a report to police by the vietim, William G. Nalley, 27 years old Of 1400 L street. Nalley, employed by the Bell Cab Co. sald a colored pas- senger stuck a gun in his back and forced him to surrender his watch, three taxicab | $3 in cash and his cab. Bandit Drives Away. The bandit ordered Nalley from the cab by threatening to shoot him if he resisted, and then drove off at a high rate of speed. The scene of the hold-up is sparsely settled. In the other hold-ups one cab driver was robbed of his cab and some cach and another driver frustrated the rob- bery by an effective display of pugilis- tie prowess. Fights Off Bandit. Morris Lee of 1513 Fourth street was theimpromptu pugilist. When an unidentified colored man stepped from his taxicab early today at Third and N streets southwest brandished a strip of heavy iron pipe and demanded money, Lee made up his mind not to be robbed. Shooting a left to the chin, Lee almost knocked the would-be hold-up man out. He then grabbed the club and tossed it away Fists flew at a fast pace for some ‘:,(L‘mlnutel, whereupon the colored man Lee collected his assailant’s hat, the tattered remnants of his shirt, his tie and other articles of wearing apparel ripped away in the encounter and drove to police headquarters to report the mncident Meanwhile, John Capone of 233 Ken- tucky avenue southeast reported he had been relieved of his automobile and $8 by an unidentified colored man. The hold-up occurred in the 1900 block of Half street southwest. The car was recovered, but the bandit evaded arrest. = \GIRL STRUCK BY CAR ON SUNDAY EXPIRES Teresa Andrews, 4, Knocked Down While Crossing Street, Dies of Injuries. ‘Teresa Andrews, 4 years old, of 310 C street, died at Emergency Hospital shortly after ‘1 o'clock this afternoon from injuries she received Sunday when struck by an automobile. The child was knocked down while crossing the intersection at Eighth and Mount Vernon place. She was with her father at the time. Police arrested the driver of the automobile, R. W. Beeskow, 25 years old, of 1420 M street, and later released him in custody of friends, The child had a skull fracture, con- cussion of the brain and a lung injury. Another small child, Florence Ray, 7 ) rs old, of 2009 Fourth street north- east, was injured slightly when struck by & motor cycle last night at Fourth and U streets northeast. She was treated at Sibley Hospital for cuts and bruises. Police said Joseph Denovere, 18 years old, of 231 Q street, was the driver of the car. IN INJUNCTION SUIT Arguments in Court on Motion to Dismiss Plea Relating to Gar- finckel Building Contract. Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis. trict Supreme Court today heard argu ments of counsel on a motion of Local No. 5, International Association of Bridge, Stru tural and Ornamental Iron Workers' of America, to dismiss a sult for injunction brought against the local and certain of its officials the Metal Door & Trim Co. of LaPorte, Ind, charging interference with the work of the Indiana company on the Garfinckel Building, at Fourteenth and F streets. The plaintiff claime that a strike had been called because it using carpenters in connection with the erection of elevator enclosures instea of iron workers. Through attorneys James S. Easby- Smith and Prancis W. Hill, jr., the d fendant local charges that the plaintiff company has failed to state a case en- titling it to the injunctive action of Managers of Washington. It is expected that a class of 25 local underwriters will take the examinations. . PARKS’ WILL IS FILED Personal Property Is Put at Q15',- 846 in Petition. Charles B. Parks, who died June 25.‘ owned no real estate, but had personal property estimated at' $75,846.66, accord- ing to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Martha B. Parks, 1829 Mintwood place, for the probate of his will. Mrs. Parks is made the sole beneficiary of the es- tate. The deceased had three brothers, Granville H. Parks, Chevy Chase, Md. Karl E. Parks, 2418 North Capitol stree nd Albert F. Parks, South Nor- walk, Conn. Attorney John E. Hoover appears for the widow. Body of War Veteran Interred. l BOWIE, Md, July 8 (Special).— Funeral services for Capt. John W. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Davis, and a brother of Mrs. William W. Everett, of this place, who died at the United States Veterans' Hospital at Livemore, Calif, were held morning at Arllngt:nn National with military 01 wife and an 1l-year-old daughter, Capt. Davis served both in the Mexican border ‘trouble in 1916 and in the World War, seeing service -4p France. {:emelet; rs. He leaves a the court. The bill, it is stated, is too vague, indefinite and uncertain to charge a conspiracy and the allegations of overt acts are not made on personal knowledge nor upon information and belief. The plaintift also fails, it is stated, to show that its work has in y _manner been retarded by reason of the alleged acts of the defendant local or that it will suffer irreparable damage by reason of any such acts. Attorney William C. Sullivan for the plaintiff opposed the granting of the motion to dismiss. It is expected Jus- tice Bailey will take the matter under advisement. OFFICERS TO BE RETIRED Col. A. L. Briggs, Listed for Gal- lantry, Included in List. el on Gty i € home to Avait et e woria War, uad holds & Siiver Stas gallantry. in . action. Infantry, re- citation for Corps. Fort Houston, Tex., ha: been placed on the retired list in th: m{ major, on account of disability it to the service, Capt W. Pryor, Quartermaster Corps, at ville, Ky,