Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1930, Page 17

THREE FACECHAR AFTER COWVTIN N YORK SLAYIG Found Guilty in First Degree in Death of Prohibition Enforcement Officer. ATTORNEYS WILL FILE PLEAS FOR NEW TRIAL Conflicting Stories About Actual Killer Are Told -at Trial by Defendants. John Borum, John Logan and Milton Guy, all colored, are facing death in the electric chair today as the result of & verdict rendered late yesterday after- noon by a jury in Criminal Division 1 holding all of them guilty of murder in VICTOR CERCIO. —Star Staff Photo. ESTIMATES FOR 1932 - # the first degree in causing the death of Lamar Watson York, a prohibition en- forcement officer, April 12, in Brooks court. The jury deliberated more than three hours before reaching a verdict, which requires the “imposition of the death’ penalty. Pending the filing and disposition of motions for a new trial, which will be filed by all the defendants, Justice Jesse ©. Adkins remanded ‘the prisoners to Jail. The trial occupied the attention of the court for the entire week and was marked by conflicting stories told to the police by the defendants, which failed to fix the responsibility for the actual firing of the pistol which caused the death of the prohibition agent. Borum accuséd Guy, and Guy and Logan de- clared Borum had done the shooting. Logan was accused of being the owner of the pistol, which was said to have been in the house of Guy prior to the shooting. o g%l}{{“hld followed the automobile in which some of the defendants were riding into the court because he sus- ted it was a car that had “smoked’ m scme days before. The man had left the car when York reached it and he tooted the horn for several minutes either to learn who was the owner of the car or to summon police aid. The three men appeared before any police had been heard from and York was shot and killed. " Assistant United States Attorney Wil- Hlam H. Collins canducted the prosecu- tion, while Attorneys James A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett defended Logan. Attorney Bertrand Emerson, jr., 8p- ared for Guy and Attorney Peter ichardson for Borum. POLICE AND FIREMEN | ANSWER FAKE CALL Newlyweds Surprised When Men Arrive to Fight “Blast Flames.” Police are today investizating a fake telephone call which last night sent firemen, police and several emergency wagons to 139 E street, only to find a newly married couple, .whose knowledge of a repomdm fatal explosion was de- dly lacl 3 m‘iffl.ylnd l\:n James T. Gallihorn were enjoying a quiet evening at home when the stillness was broken by the clanging of firebells and the screaming «f police car sirens. Piremen and police. leaped from haif & dozen vehicles and ran onto the couple’s front porch. “Where is the explosion—what hap- pened to the two persons killed?” queried the firemen and police. Mr. Gallihorn looked at Mrs. Galli- 10 BE MADE TODAY Figures for District Budget Expected to Be Fin- ished Soon. The final touches are being put on the ~District estimates for 1932, and they are expected to be sent to the Bu- reau of the Budget for revision today or tomorrow. The Commissioners have completed their task of pruning the de- partmental estimates, and their revised figures are now being checked in the auditor’s office before the totals are sent to the Budget Bureau. The practice of the Budget Bureau requires secrecy &s to the totals recom- mended in estimates, and consequently the exact total recommended by the Commissioners will not be made public. Reduction Necessary. The department heads’ estimiates to- taled $54,000,000, and when they were published, District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan announced that about $7,000,- 000 would have to be eliminated if the District’s tax rate was to remain at $1.70 per $100 in 1932. This was based on a Federal contribution of $9,000,000 to the District’s expenses. The contri- bution for 1931 has been fixed by Con- gress at $9,500,000, but the size of the 1932 contribution is still speculative. One of the large items that must be taken into account is an expenditure of $680,000 to 860,000, in the way of increased salaries for policemen and firemen under the terms of the recent act of Congress ordering the increased pay. Only One Trimming. For the first time this year the bud- getary procedure requires the estimates to make but one -trip to the Budget Bureau. Previously the estimates were sent to the burcau and returned with orders to trim them to an “upset fig- ure,” and the revised figures were sent later for further pruning. This year there will be but a single revision, the Budget Bureau reporting to Congress next December the figures, which are “not in conflict with the financial pro- gram of the President.” The city heads have held almost daily sessions on the budget since tak- ing office last April. It i expected that now the task is complete, they w’zu begin to take their annual vaca- tions, POLICE RUSH TO ANSWER FAKE MURDER MESSAGE Telephone Call Sends Officers to Home of Policeman S. H. Miles, Who Is Surprised. No attention was paid to speed regu- lations by members of the Police Der horn., The police looked at the fire- men. Mr. Gallihorn said, “That’s a new one en me.” The firemen and police agreed with Mrs. Gallihorn and together they vowed :’e‘nnmoa against the perpetrator of e call, Police traced a telephone call to a northeast address, but were unsuccess- ful in their effort to locate the person ‘who made the mysterious call. GUARD STOPS PRISONER TRYING TO HANG SELF Prisoner Arrested on Disorderly Charge Returned to Hospital for Observation. Using his belt_and shoestrings as a noose, Sampson Green, 30-year-old col- ored man, attempted to hang himself | ghortly after 8 o'clock last night in a | cell at the fifth precinct station house, where he had been locked up on a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The man was discovered by Policeman Harvey Barefoot, who cut him down before he had suffered any serious injuries. Green subsequently was sent to Gal- linger Hospital for mental observation, although he had just been transferred from that institution to the police sta- tion. Green was arrested Sunday night when police and firemen succeeded in inducing him to descend from the roof of his home, at 1533 Tenth street, in- stead of leaping, as he threatened to do. The man’s condition was believed to be improved yesterday, and Gallinger phy- siclans reieased him in custody of the police. MAN WITH STOLEN DOGS IS RELIEVED OF BLAME Potomac, Md., Kennels Proprietor Proves to Court He Did Not Know Animal’s Owner. Charges of receiving stolen property, lodged against James Grant, proprigjor of a dog farm near Potomac, Md, in sonnection with the alleged theft of two valuable dogs from their owners in Bethesda, Md., were dismissed in Rock- ville Police Court early this afternoon. The dogs are alleged to have been stolen more than a week ago from their owners, Volney O. Chase and Mrs. Irene Benard. The ywere found on the ani- mal farm, of which Grant is manager, Saturda; ht. Polluycglu‘n Judge Charles W. Wood- ward dismissed the charges against Grant when it was shown that Grant partment, who responded to a fake call telling of a murder at 4446 Ord street northeast, - Kenilworth, this forenoon. Inspector W. S. Shelby, who happened to be in the eleventh precinct, when the call was received, accompanied Capt. Charles T. Peck and members of ‘the latter squad to the Ord street house, Detectives Thomas Sweeney and George Darnell of the homicide squad, going from headquarters. Policeman Sidney H. Miles, resided at the Ord street address, and he greet- ed his callers, not knowing why he was so honored until he was told of the receipt of the message. Identity of the sender of the message has not been determined. Elks’ Boys' Band to Play. The Elks' Boys’ Band will entertain this evening at the sixth annual lawn fete of the Curley Club, which will be held at Sixth and North Carolina ave- nue, southeast. The proceeds of the fete will be added to Archbishop Cur- ley’s scholarship fund, of which com- mittee Silvio Poli is chairman. Four Sons Born on Same Date. SAALFELD, Germany (#).—February 21 is boys' day in the family of Hugo Wacker, a Thuringian peasant living in Feldrennbach. Each of his four sons was born on that day, the first in 1920, the second in 1922, the third in 1927 and the fourth this year. RICHARD P. SCHULZE, did not know where the dogs came from when they were placed in his cus- tody. One animal was a sefter valued . at $250, and the other a Chesapeake 'L "yBay dog, said to be worth §25. For several years has resigned to firm. \ f the B«::l’“‘:n”l'l':"l“:I".ll‘l'e formed 1 secretary of ] of le, who * formed a sales organization and are become associated with operating their uw? steamship lines England and Canada, WASHINGTON, D. SUSPEGTINTHEFT 0F “HOLDUP TAY TAKEN T0 COURT Police Charge Machine Was Used in $2,200 Filling Station Robbery. CAB OWNER TESTIFIES ABOUT BEING GAGGED Case Is Continued to Give Cercio Time to Get Witnesses in Effort to Prove Alibi. Victor Cercio, 27 years old, first block of E street, was arraigned in Police Court today on a charge of robbery of a taxicab from Fred Hopkins, colored, who declares he was tied to a tree near Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge Sun and gagged while two men sped a in his machine. Police charged the stclen taxicab was used in the $2,200 robbery of the Lord Baltimore gasoline station at Pennsyl- vania avenue and Second street Sun- day afternoon. ‘The case was continued to Wednesday by Judge Isaac R. Hit to allow the de- fense an opportunity to subpoena wit- nesses in an effort to prove an alibi for Cercio. Hopkins testified today that Cercio was one of two men who hired his cab at Seventh and T streets Sunday and ordered ‘him to drive to a “house” in the 1200 block of South Carolina ave- nue southeast. The cab driver said he became suspicious as he knew there were no buildings in this block, and informed the men of the fact. Then, he declared, a revolver was pushed into his back, and he was forced to drive to a lonely spot near the bridge, where he was tied and gagged with “cement plaster.” He managed to cut his bonds and secure a ride to the eleventh precinct, where the police were informed of his experience. Hopkins said in court that one of the men carried a package wrapped in a newspaper, the package being about a foot by six inches in size. Cercio is said to have been in the Army at one time and received treat- ment at Walter Reed Hospital on sev- eral occasions. He was arrested by police of the sixth precinct at Second and C streets Sunday. He was held under $5,000 bond. Cercio insists that he was at home ecting dinner when the hold-up was staged. Burch lost $2,216. ‘Walter N. Tapscott, 30 years old, of 330 A street southeast, who was work- ing at the fillipg station when Burch was robbed and later was arrested for questioning, is still in custody of the police. BLADENSBURG FLOOD ~PROTECTION IS STUDIED U. 8. Engineer Office Expected to Recommend Plan About * September. A plan to protect Bladensburg, Md., and the Washington-Baltimore Boule- vard at that point from floods will probably be recommended about Sep- tember 1 by the United States engineer office, it was stated today at the office of Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., acting District engineer of the War Depart- ment for the Washington area. E. J. Merrick, jr., civil engineer in Maj. Arthur’s office,-explained that the survey of the Anacostia River and its tributaries for the purpose of getting | information pertaining to the flood con- dition, which frequently occurs at Bladensburg, has been completed. This survey is now being studied by the United States engineer. Mr. Merrick believes they will be ready to make a definite report and recommendations in about six weeks. ‘When there is a heavy rain lasting for a considerable period in that vicinity the road at Bladensburg is frequently flooded to such an extent that auto- mobile traffic is forced to detour around the town. Bladensburg is on the Ana- costia River at the point where it di- vides into two tributary streams. The ‘Washington-Baltimore highway crosses ?‘x.:e of tl streams on a bridge in the wn. TRACED BY NEW AUTO | Man Wanted in Monroe, N. C.,Is i Arrested Here. William Broadway, 24-year-old col- ored man, who is wanted by the police of Monroe, N. C,, on a’charge of house- breaking, was arrested in a room at 1214 Duncan street northeast early to- day by Detectives Howard E. Ogle and O. W. Mansfield. The man was traced by a new auto- mobile, which he had parked in front of the Duncan street address before he went to his room to sleep. Broadway was seen riding about the streets in the car last night and the car just hap- pened to be the property of Robert E. Adams of 2130 Frye street, which had been taken from its parking place at Third and East Capitol streets. Broad- way explained that he “just borrowed the car to ride around town in—bor- rowed it from a man down the street.” Broadway's next ride will be to Mon- roe, for Sheriff Fowler of that town is headed this way. GLIDER WINS APPROVAL Product Complies With Department of Commerce Regulations. The first glider to comply with the airworthiness requirements of the aero- nautics branch of the Department of Commerce has been issued a certificate of approval, it was announced today by Gilbert G. Budwig, director of air, regu- lation of the department. The certificate, he explained, shows that the glider has been examined and tested for design, materials, workman- ship and flight characteristics by engi- neers and inspectors of the department. Other gliders manufactured exactly { similar to the approved design will be ;‘lgible for Department. of Commerce nse. i | Jewelry Loss Reported. Two strings of pearl beads and two gold pins, one a cameo and the other &t with opals, valued at $70, disap- peared from the apartment of John D. | fin, :X:elkalnl.‘cl[:li fihflpfln street, mfi . an has asked investigate the theft. o ce to Banana growers of Jamaica have to IRA KECK. —Harris-Ewing Photo. KECK APPOINTED AS AD TO CROSBY Succeeds Lieut. F. A. Varney as Contact Man foi Police Commissioner. Detective Sergt. Ira Keck has been appointed personal alde to Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby to succeed Lieut. Frank A. Varney, who has been assigned to the tenth precinct. Varney was the first to hold the position, - which was created by Commissioner Crosby to ex- pedite reports to him from the Police Department and avoid much of the red tape involved in the former methods of communication between the Police Com- missioner and the department. Varney had only held the job two months when he was promoted to a lieu- tenancy. Keck, who reported to: Com- missioner Crosby for duty early this morning, has been a member of the de- partment for 22 years, 11 of them in the Detective Bureau. He has been for the past three years a member of the bad check and business fraud squad of the Detective Bureau. Although now on assignment to the tenth precinct, Varney is expected to stay at the District Building a few days to acquaint Keck with the nature of his new duties. Y CIVIC BODIES UNITE IN STUDY OF RULE Arlington Groups Join in Consider- ation of Change in County Government. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., - July ‘15:—The groundwork of a joint committee of the Civic Federation, Chamber of Commerce and Bar Association for the study of a change in county government was laid at a meeting last night of the special County Government Committee of the Arlington County Civic Federation. Walter U. Varney, chairman of a similar committee of the Arlington County Bar Association, was present and announced that he. would imme- diately call a meeting of his committee to recommend a consolidation. Ashton C. Jones, president of the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce, was also consulted and stated that he would call a meeting of the executive committee of his association for the same purpose. Jones is of the opinion that the joint committee can do much more effective work than three committees working separately and that any decision reach- ed by the joint comrgittee would more nearly express the opinions of all classes of residents than would a decision of any one of the separate committees. The Civic Federation committee has practically eliminated the idea of the commission form and is now directing its efforts,to the study of the relative advantages of the county manager form and incorporation. A discussion as to the time the elec- tion on the change should be held and the new form adopted resulted in a decision to the effect that such action should be taken just as soon as the par- ent body has considered the recom- mendation of the committee and the public has been sufficiently informed as to_just what the change will mean. Hugh J. McGrath, who heads a spe- cial subcommittee that is making a study of the powers of the present gov- ernment under the State constitution, announced that his report will be com- pleted this week and submitted at the next meeting. Having in mind consolidation with the Chamber of Commerce, it was de- cided to request that body to furnish an engineer who can compile all available statistics with respect to the present physical condition of the county and the form of government most needed under existing conditions. CASH AND RING LOST The loss of a diamohd ring valued at $900 and '$95 in cash in the wash room of a garage in Stafford County, Va. was reported to the Washington police by Mrs. Faye M. Root of 2127 California street last night. . According to her explanation to the police, Mrs. Root left her home here yesterday to motor to Florida, She stopped ‘at the garage, where she lett her purse in the wash room. Return- ing as soon as she discovered her loss, she found the purse had been taken. She said other tourists were in the ga- | a Tage at the time of her visit and she believes one of them took the purse. Besides the ring and the cash, the pock- €tbook contained a locket in which was a plcture of three children. NORRIS TURNS GUNNER Senator Finds Turret Exhibition Substitute for “Store.” ' Senator Norris, self-elected chief :al:::::n o't :l::c ;:tnr;‘ which occupied T of the Senate chamber di e S T or e na o = My val exhibit that re Two sets of model gun turrets, dis- played by London treaty foes to illus- trate the superiority of 8-inch guns over sixes, attracted the Nebraskan's toying igers. He combined the two into a single contraption, aiming each of the guns at a different angle. One was ready to fire at the Vice President, an- other at the gallery. Satisfied, Norris returned to his seat. looking as_pleased as though he had set off a firecracker under & political opponent. C., TUESDAY, JULY 15, PLAN COMMISSION WL STUDY RVER PARK EXTENSINS Effecting of Cramton Bill Provisions to Occupy Friday’s Session. STREET WIDTHS SLATED FOR STANDARDIZATION Study of Dimensions of Present Routes May Be Basis in Traffic Consideration. Preliminary plans for carrying into effect the Cramton bill, enacted at the last session of Congress and providing for the extension of Washington's park area along the Potomac River, will be! the most important matter to be taken | up by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission when it meets Friday and Saturday of this week, ac- cording to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the commission. Col. Grant said the commission would probably examine the whole situation and consider how and where the money which Congress has authorized under the Cramton bill should best be ex- pended. The commission will also consider a pmfmnl to adopt standard widths for various types of streets in Washington. Col. Grant explained today that at pres- ent the same street often has several changes in width and cited Thirteenth street as an example. The problem be- fore the commission is whether it will be advisable to establish various stand- ard widths for thoroughfares for differ- | ent purposes. The widths of streets at present, for the most part, have no re- lation to present traffic conditions, Col. Grant_said. Present Sireets to Be Basis. This does not necessarily mean, he said, that the commission will consider making certain streets wider. It is possible that certain types of streets al- ready in existence will be used for cer- tain kinds 6f traffic and standardized on that basis. As an advance proposal in connection with the suggested rebuilding of Calvert street bridge the Commission will con- sider the development of a plaza at the point where Connecticut avenue and Calvert street meet. The fyrther development of south B street along the southern side of the Mall from the Capitol westward is also expected to come before the Commis- sion. Col. Grant explained today that this street is at present not -straight and cannot be used as a thoroughfare. It has been suggested, especially if the Government proposes to purchase land south of this street, that it be developed as a thoroughfare all the way from the Capitol through, to the vicinity of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Reservoirs Problem. On the program of the Commission meeting is also the question of the future use of the old resoirvoir site in Georgetown and of the Brightwood Reservoir. ‘The problem 6f what to do with the Brightwood reservoir has in recent months been discussed in a ' lively fashion by the citizens living in the vicinity of Sixteenth and Kennedy stieets. They have been very much opposed to using it as & swimming pool and have suggested its development as a sunken garden. There is also a remote possibility, Col. Grant explained, that the commis- sion may be asked at this meeting to pass upon plans for the proposed Ma- sonic Temple on the Deane tract at Connecticut and Florida avenues. Col. Grant, however, was inclined to believe today that the plans for this structure are not yet ready for submission to the commission. COL. GAMBRILL RITES TO BE AT ARLINGTON Body of Brother of Maryland Rep- resentative Being Sent From Arkansas. Special Dispatch to The Star. LAUREL, Md, July 15.—The bod; of Col . Willilam Gorman Gambrill, Uhited States Army, brother of Rep- resentative Stephen W. Gambrill of the fifth congressional district of Mary- land, who died Sunday morning at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., will arrive at Arlington Cemetery, Washington, tomorrow after- noon and placed in a vault until Thurs- day morning at 11 o'clock when inter- ment will take place. Services will be held at the grave. Col. Gambrill was born in Laurel 58 years -ago, and was a nephew of the late United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman. He was a veteran of two wars, the Spanish-American and the World Wars. - He was a son of the late Stephen Gambrill *of Hyattsville, and Mrs. Kate Gorman Gambrill. His wife, who, before her marriage, was Miss Suzanna Richardson of St. Paul, Minn., died early in December of last year a few days after her husband's arrival from the Philippines. Besides Rep- resentative Gambrill, the colonel is sur- | vived by another brother, Arthur P. Gambrill, Hyattsville, and a sister, Mrs. James Bradley, Roland Park, Baltimore County, Md. [ Col. Gambrill was stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.,\and was removed to the hospital two months ago suffering from a complication of diseases. or to going to the Philip- pines he was the commanding officer at Camp Holabird near Baltimore for two years. He entered the service as paymaster. during the Spanish- American War and was present at the battle of Manila. SPEED CHAIN PRODUCTION Czecho-Slovakian Shoe Plant Turns Out 102,000 Pairs in Day. While the great. American mass pro- duction plants, which devised the method of manufacturing commodities by the conveyor chain method of con- stant movement are slowed down a bit this year, some of their European imi- tators are still accelerating output. In Czechoslovakia, where the Bata Co. began to put shoes together on such a plan—with thousands of operatives each whacking a nail or an eyelet into the moving procession of footgear trav- eling down their aisles—an American trade report recounts an output of 102,- 000 Fllrl a day as having been recently attained. "The shoe assembly plant since Jan- uary 1, when business enterprises all over the world have been in general slowing down, has increased its workers by 3,400 and its gutput totals by 20 per cent, l 1930. VIOLIN MADE OF PAGE B—-1 POLICE WILL START FILLING VAGANCIES FROM ELIGIBLE LIST Appointments to Be Made From Those Passing Test Three Months Ago. LIEUT. MORGAN GIVEN SIX NAMES TODAY Arthur Groverman with the violin constructed of 2,500 safety match sticks. BOY MAKES VIOLIN OUT OF MATCHES Good Tone Obtained by Ar-! thur Groverman, Tech High | School Student. If Tech High School offered medals for ingenuity Arthur Groverman, 16 year-old senior, would win hands down. Arthur equipped himself with 2,500 safety matches of the common variety, 2 quantity of water-proof glue and a good supply of patience and in a month and one-half came out of his concen- tration with a full-size violin that produces as pretty a tone as one would want to hear. Arthur lives with his parents at 2006 Columbia road and plays the first violin in the Tech High Orchestra. Early one morning several weeks ago he waked his father and, with considerable en- thusiasm, announced, “I've got it.” “You have what?” the father asked. “I've got the right idea,” said Arthur. ‘Whereupon he went to work and the idea proved to be right. First he marked the outline of his violin on paper. Then he decapitated the safety matches, treated them with the potent glue and fitted them togeth- er to conform to the outline. He worked the thing out artistically, with a result that the body of the instru- ment has an attractive mosaic effect. He fitted the base of the violin to a form and molded it to the desired shape, then he built a “fence” of matches, which became the section con- necting the fore and after parts. Ex- | cept for the bridge and key base, the instrument is constructed of matches throughout. Arthur is.a model ajrcraft enthusiast and the idea of constructing a violin from matches came to him while he was working on the small, delicate sur- face of the minature planes. “I have wanted to make a violin for a long time,” he said. “It worked out fine.” Mr., Groverman was amazed at his son’s patience and skill. , The violin is symetrical’ and the sounding board placed so accurately that the tone is distinctly a violin tone. That, says | Mr. Groverman, is something. He plans | to submit the instrument to a trained musician for minute inspection. Arthur may play it in the Tech High Orchestra. | POLICE STATION VISITOR BADLY INJURED IN FALL William Albrecht Tumbles Stairs While Leaving ' 14th Precinct Station After Call. William Albrecht, 36 years old, of | 3241 N street, was reported in a serious | condition today as the result of a fall on the stairs of the fourteenth police precinct station yesterday afternoon. Albrecht was said to have been in| the habit of visiting the station from time to time, and yesterday he ap- peared there and conversed with one of the policemen. On his way from the building he fell and received a severe injury to his head. He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital and treated for concussion of the brain and possible | fracture of the skull. COUNCIL TO. CELEBRATE Jewish Group to Honor Memory of on | Zion Movement Founder. ‘The Junior Young Judea Council of | Washington will hold a Herzl memorial celebration tomorrow evening, begin- ning at 8 o'clock, at the Jewish Com- munity Center. One ‘of the principal speakers will be Isidore Hershfield, local attorney. The services are in commem- oration of service of the founder of the Zionist movement. Miss Betty Rabeno- vets is leader- of the activities of the local group and Miss Mary B. Lewis is president of the council. CITY HAS 320 FARMS NEW YORK, July 15 (#).—It's only & subway ride from the hey-hey-fields to the hayfields. New York City, the 1930 census re- veals, has 320 farms within its limits. Most of the rustic acres within the borders of the metropolis lie in Queens Borough, which has 250 farms; Staten Island has 66 farms, and Brooklyn 4. All raise truck crops. { —Star Staff Photo. DR. PAUL PREBLE DIES IN PANAMA Heart Attack Is Fatal to Pub- lic Health Expert at Age of 48. Dr. Paul Preble, public health expert, who conducted a city public health sur- vey here several years ago, died sudden- ly Sunday of a heart attack at, Panama Clty, Panama. He was 48 years old. Dr. Preble, after concluding a two- year period of administrative public health work here iri 1928, was detailed to Panama. He was director of the Pub- lic_Health Service at Panama City. Besides his extensive administrative and survey operations in this city, where he resided periodically for 10 years, Dr. Preble had conducted public health campaigns in many major cities of the East. His administrative scope had also extended to-the Western Coast, a survey of Seattle having recently been com- pleted. During the World War, Dr. Preble supervised the sanitation of citizen con- tonement zones at Portsmouth, N. H., and Kittery, Me. In 1918, at the time of the influenza epidemic, he was State director of public health relief measures in Maine. He was also a former direc- tor of the quarantine station at Boston. Dr. Preble enterel the Public Health Service in 1908 as an assistant surgeon, and in 1920, was promoted to the grade A;vr‘xurxeon. He was a native of Auburn, e. On July 3, little more'than a week before his death, Dr. Preble was pro- moted to the grade of senior surgeon, the highest surgical rank in the service. . Dr. Preble is survived by his widow aad two children. The body will be Lrought ‘back: to this country. Burial will probably be in Auburn. $150 STOLEN FROM SAFE Manager Reports Blossom Inn Cafe- teria Robbery. Approximately $150 in cash was stolen early today from a safe in the offices of the Blossom Inn_Cafeteria, at 1315 New York avenue, Frank P. Fenwick, the manager, reported to police. As the combination had been dialed properly, George Darnall and Carlton Talley, headquarters detectives, questioned sev- eral employes on the theory that the robbery was an “inside job.” W. W. BRIDE WILL SAIL Corporation Counsel William W. Bride left Washington today for Boston, where he will sail for London on the City of Flint. and cross to France to Vichy. taking with him his 13-year-old son, Noel. He expects to be back at his desk on August 26. During his absence Vernon L. West, principal assistant, will act as corporation counsel. Dies in Panama He will travel in England DR. PAUL PREBLE. Delay Caused by Character Tests Following Mental and Physical Study. The Police Department will begin next week to fill its depleted ranks with candidates who qualified for appoint- ment in the civil service examination nearly three months ago. The names of six eligible appointees, it was announced today, have been furnished Lieut. Joseph Morgan, who serves as the liasion between the Police Department and the commission. The District Commissioners wili be asked to confirm the appointment of these men at their semi-weekly board meet- ing next Tuesday. The six men certified for appoint- ment are but a small group of those who passed the required mental and physical examindtions. The names of the others will be submitted to the de- partment, Lieut. Morgan has been ad- vised, as soon as a character investiga- tion, the final step in the qualification, is completed by commission investi- gators. As a result of a_complaint last week by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. over the apparent delay in the certification of the candidates, the commission has assigned additional in- vestigators to the task of checking up on the character of the men who passed the mental and ghymm tests. 1In reply to Maj. Pratt, the commission said the seeming delay in the certification of the candidates was due to the thorough character investigation it is making of the men who want to join Washington's police force. There are now 62 vacancies in the roster of the Police Department per- sonnel and Maj. Pratt is anxious to fill them as soon as possible in order to bring the force up to its full strength, These 62 vacancies, it was said, prob- ably will completely exhaust the new eligible list created by the April police examinations, and make necessary the holding of another examination in the near future to qualify men for appoint- ments to vacancies that will occur within ‘the next few months through resignations, dismissals, deaths and re- tirements. g SEEKS INJUNCTION ON APARTMENT RENTS Holder of Notes on Four Buildings Asks Suspension un- ' til Sale. A. Joseph Howar, 1412 I street, today filed én the District Supreme Court an application for an injunction against Joseph McReynolds, Thomas J. Fisher & Co. and Randall H. Hagner & Co., to prevent McReynolds from collecting rentals from four apartment houses in the interval between the insertion of a notice of foreclosure and the actual sale of the properties. The real estate agents are rental agents of McReynolds and injunction is asked to prevent them transferring any rentals to McReynolds prior to the sale date which is given as July 25 ‘Through Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer the plaintiff says he holds a second trust note for $250,000 on the apart- ments known as the Flagler, 736 Twen- ty-second street: the Guthridge, 2115 F street; the Windermere, . 1825 New Hampshire avenue, and the Harrowgate, 1833 New Hampshire avenue. He de- clares that McReynolds had allowed taxes to become in arrears and is in default on the $250,000 note and has been advised that anéadvertisement for foreclosure is to be inserted today in & local paper with a sale date of July 25. During the iterval a number of rentals in the various apartments will be collected by the agents and unless enjoined may be pald over to McRey- nolds when, it is claimed, the rentals should be applied on the note held by Howar. § ‘The court is asked to name a receives for the four buildings to hold them as i long as the title remains in McReynolds. AFFECTED BROGUE FAILS, SUSPECT IS ARRESTED Steamfittter Held on Charge of Re- ceiving Stolen Radio Set Valued at $72.90. George Mortimer, steamfitter, 1214 gland | Montello avenue northeast, was arresied e is | by two headquarters detectives at 3 o'clock this morning when an affected brogue and the claim he was an “O’Bride” failed to convince the police he was not the man wanted for receiv- ing a stolen radio set valued at $72.90. Detectives Howard E. Ogle and O. W. Mansficld roused Mortimer from his sleep. “What's your name?” they wanted to know. “My name is O'Bride,” he answered. “If your name is O'Bride,” Ogle told Tum, “I'll just back up the patrol wagon and take everybody in the house to the station.” “It that's what you're going to do, then my name is Mortimer,” the steam- fitter replied. Mortimer was held for Detectives Curtis Trammell and J. L. Billman, holders of a warrant alleging that he received a radio stolen from the Homer L. Kitt Co. of 1330 G street. B LA ROBBERS ENTER STORE BY BREAKING SKYLIGHT $650 in Wearing Apparel and Cash Taken, but $140 in Money and Checks Is Missed. Kicking a hole in a. sgf.uzht window, robbers entered Friedlander Bros’. clothing store at 428 Ninth street early today and helped themselves to $650 in wearing apparel and cash. Cash and checks totaling $140 were overlooked. Max Shaffer, manager, discovered the robbery on opening the store for busi- ness at 8 am. The manager said this was the first robbery in the store’s 48 years of business. Included in the loot were five suits, two topcoats, 30 dozen hose, 15 dozen ties and 15 dozen handkerc]