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g. Washington News MARRIED WOMAN ALLEGES CLOTHES STRIPPED BY TWO Maryland Officials Investi- gate Story of Attack in Road House. ALL THREE PRINCIPALS HELD IN INVESTIGATION Men Charge Larceny, Asserting Companion Took Stickpin and ‘Watch From Trousers of One. The sensational story of a young ‘Washington married woman, who says she was enticed into a Maryland road house by two men Sunday night, stripped of her clothing, and attacked before she could escape and make her ‘way Back to the District in the mascu- line Attire of her alleged assailants, ‘was being investigated by Maryland authorities today, while all three of the principals are under arrest. The woman, Mrs. Muriel Pyeatt, 29, of the 1400 block of K street, is being held in lieu of $500 bond in the Hyatts- ville Jail on & charge of larceny. The charge was preferred against her by the two men after she had secured their arrest for the alleged statutory offense. ‘The men, George Godfrey and Talley Day, were released under $2,500 bond!! each by Justice of the Peace Robert{ E. Joyce of Hyattsville. A preliminary hearing will be held tomorrow before Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Hyattsville. In a sworn statement submitted to| Policewoman Hazel K. Mansfleld, Mrs. Pyeatt told of the alleged assault. She said that early Sunday evening 4 man she knew and a stranger came to her home and after a short visit the | stranger suggested they visit a woman friend of his in the 3100 block of Four- teenth street. Told Men She Needed Money. Arriving there, she said, they had some refreshments and met Godfrey and Day. In the course of a conversa- tion, she states, she told the men that * she had been out of work and needed money to support & minor child. Day, she declared, then told her that she had & good voice and suggested that) he might be able to secure employment for her as an entertainer at the Iron Lantern Inn, formerly known as Green Gables. It was suggested, she said, that they ride out to the roadhouse to determine the possibility of securing employment for her, and that the three. of them left on that mission. On arriving at the inn, Mrs. Pyeatt said she asked the men to wait before introducing her to the manager while she looked the place over. They had food and severaj -irinks, but Mrs. Pyeatt says she was #1 no time intoxicated. They staye? at the inn, she said, until the establishment was closed for the , w”en the men began to insult her. She declares in her statement that she ran out of the inn and climbed onto the running board of an automo- bile, but that the two men pursued and dragged her off. Then; she says; they stripped off all of her clothing and carried her back into the inn, where the alleged assault occurred. After the men had gone to sleep; Mrs. E_.vem says, she donned the shirt and ousers of one and in fled from the inn. This time she iled a motorist who took her to a filling station in the District, from which pi she called & taxicab and was driven to her home. Found Diamond Stickpin. ‘While at the filling station, she says, she found a diamond stickpin and a gold watch in the trousers, which she removed in the presence of the man- ager. Later, the automobile registra- tion card of one of the men and $61 in cash was found in the trousers by Policewoman Mansfield. Justice of the Peace Joyce said the warrants for the arrest of the two men were issued on complaint of Francis J. Stoegerer, Washington attorney, who with J. Robert Esher, represents Mrs. Pyeatt. Godfrey and Day were taken into custody by Chief of Police Eugene Plummer of Mount Rainier. MOVE TO ELIMINATE I I the Civil War, is 83 years old and until WASHINGTON, D. y ¢ Foening s Star TUESDAY, AUGUS l JOSEPH E. COE. LUCIEN W, POWELL NOTED ARTIST, ILL Famous Capital and Virginia Resident, 83, Is in Grave Condition. Lucien W. Powell of Washington and Airmont, Loudoun County, Va., in- ternationally known artist, is reported gravely Il at his country home, Powell- ton, near Purcellville. Col. Powell, as he is known in Pur- cellville by reason “of rank attained in a few weeks ago was actively pur-| suing his long career of painting, a | career that has brought him fame and fortune throughout the world and sent his pictures to art lovers of many lands The nature of Col. Powell’s illness was not revealed at Powellton today, | but his condition is reported criticai | and his closest relatives are with him. | Has Two Stadies. Li here at 1923 G street, Col. Powell made the Capital his home for many years, but always has gone down into the rolling hills of the horse country of Virginia for his Summers. He maintains studios at both homes, and for years has been turning out & great number of pictures, mostly can- vasses of mountain and canyon scenery. Regarded in Washiggton as one of | the foremost AmericAn artists, Col. Powell is well represented in the gal- ! leries of art and in the private col- lections here. In 1903 he was awarded the Parsons prize for his picture, “The Afterglow,” -by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and his picture now hangs there. His picture, “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone ‘River,” is hanging in the National Gallery of Art in the Na- tional Museum. He has pictures also in the Carnegie Library here, the Cangressional Club, at American University, in the Holy Land of Georgetown Univer- sity, the Atlanta Museum of Art and in large number of private collec- tions, including that of the late Presi- dent Roosevelt, of whom Col. Powell ‘was a warm personal friend. ‘Went to War at 17. Probably the largest collection of Powell paintings.is in the possession of Mrs. John B. Hnderson of Washington. About 200 canvases from the brush of Col. Powell are in Mrs. Henderson's | private_collection. Col. Powell was born in Virginia, at Levinworth Manor, on December 13, 1846. At 17 he went off to the Civil ‘War with his brothers. When the war was over he went to Philadelphia to study painting under Tom Moran, then one of the foremost painters of canyon pictures. Later he went to New York, London, Rome, Paris and_Venice to continue his art | studies. Venice furnished him with the inspiration for many of his pic- tures. So also did the Holy Land. When he first returned to Washing- ton from his study abroad Col. Powell did some portrait painting, but in later years he has turned back again to the canyons, mountains, scenes in Venjce and the Holy Land, which formed the DUMP IS STUDIED The District and Arlington County officials are trying to arrive at a operative agreement for disposing of g:ir combustible refuse other than by burning it at the dump, just south of the Capital Airport in Arlington County, near Highway Bridge. Engineer Com- missioner John C. Gotwals today re- ceived a letter from C. L. Kinneer, en- gineer of Ariington County, stating that the matter would be taken up at & meeting of the Board of County Super- visors, August 15. The scheme is temporary only. As soon as the District’s two incinerators are built, all the District’s combustible refuse will be reduced in these plants, without the dense smoke that accom panies the process of burning trash on open dumps. There also is a provision in the law allowing the District to take the trash of the adjoining Maryland and Virginia counties and reduce it at these plants for a reasonable price. But the in- cinerator plants will not be ready—at the very earliest—before next Spring. Meanwhile many complaints are being made to the District Commissioners and the Arlington County Board of Supervisors about the dense pall of smoke from the dumps that at all times hangs over the airports. Maj. Gotwals said today that he thought it would be possible for the Iastrict to borrow a scow from the Army Engineer’s office to tow trash to some shallow bay in the Potomac and t greater part of his earlier work, and for which he received the greatest acclaim. STATUES OF 62 NOTED AMERICANS TO BE HIDDEN The statues of the 62 noted Ameri- cans in Statuary Hall at the Capitol | will be hidden from view for a while | during the course of redecorating the , | Wooden boxes have been bullt around | each statue as a safeguard against in- | jury to the bronze and marble, while | the circular chamber, which was the | hall of the House of Representatives in the early days of the Government, | is being renovated. As soon as the work has been com- pleted the statues will be back on view again, to be seen by the thousands of | visitors who pass through Statuary Hall constantly in their trip through the Capitol. dump it there. Some spot out of the current, where there would be no danger of contaminating the river with float- ing refuse, would have to be found, he said. Edaralan R YOUNG AUTO THIEVES STOLE “JUST FOR FUN” Three 16-year-old boys who leged to have admitted stealing 10 mobiles during the past month for the fun of it” were arrested and charged with joy-riding by fourteenth precinct police yesterday. The boys are McPFariand Clark of 3357 Stuyvesant place, a student at Central High School; Robert Stabler of 6123 Broad Branch road, and Morriss Kelley of 3226 Tennyson street. ‘They were arrested in an automobile owned by George Belt of 5011 Belt road, by Policeman J. O. Thume, who recognized the automobile as a stolen one and gave chase. Two of the boys were taken into custody near the Dis- trict line at Chevy Chase. Kelley, who leaped from the automobile and es- gaped, was later arrested at his home o information given by his comrades. Summer home, Powelllon, at Alrmon Washington home is at 1923 G street. FOUL PLAY FEARED INHUNT FOR COE, MISSING 3 DAYS Capital Laundryman Disap- pears, Supposedly En Route to Annapolis. FELLOW-EMPLOYES WILL SEARCH W0O0DS iWife Had Been Notified He Was Leaving Washington to Visit Her in Maryland City. A searching party composed of 10 fellow employes of Joseph E. Coe, 28- | year-old superintendent of the Home Laundry, 1101 Raum street northeast, home, 3122 Monroe street northeast, after attending a wedding Saturday night, will comb all roads and the woodland sections between here and Annapolis, Md...this afternoon in hopes of finding the missing mian. Business associates and Coe’s family are convinced that Coe has met with foul play. Theodore Warner, manager of the laundry, who organized the searching party, said today it was his opinion that Coe gave some one a “lift" and was robbed and probably beaten. Coe, after attending the wedding at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thir- teenth and Fairmont streets, told Donald Mackenzie of the Alta Vista apartments, owners of the laundry, that he was going to Annapolis to see his wife, where she is visiting her brother, Stephen W. Dulcett. Annapolis police said Mrs. Coe re- ceived a telephone call from her hus- band about 8:30 o'clock Saturday night. She sald her husband announced that he would be in Annapolis within two hours. Mr. Mackenzie said he could assign no reason for his employe's disappear- ance, and added that he was thoroughly convinced the man was the victim of foul play. “Mr. Coe was one of my best em- ployes, and was a steady worker and a non-drinker. He was a splendid young man, and happily married.” Mr. Coe has two small daughters, one 3 years old and the other 1 year old. The man is described as being about 5 feet 8 inches in height, with black hair and brown eyes and weighing about 145 pounds. ROSS FUNERAL RITES HELD EARLY TODAY Funeral services for Samuel Ross, 76 years old, famous turfman and chair- man of the board of directors of Bar- ber & Ross, Inc., here, who died sud- denly Saturday at Atlantic City, were held at 11 o'clock this morning_at the Presbyterian Church of the Pil- grims. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. . Ross, associated here in busi- ness for 50 years, was. former pro- prietor of Barber & Ross Co., hard- ware dealers, relinquishing his position in 1927, when the business was in- corporated. Since then he had been chairman of the board of directors. As a turfman Mr. Ross was national- ly known, having maintained one of the more famous American _racing stables for the past 25 years. He was :’t]l sr[lnimr of the Washington Jockey ub. Mr. Ross is survived by his daugh- ter, Mrs. Rebecca Lipscomb, an only child, whom he was visiting at Atlantic City when fatally_stricken while bathing in the surf. The Ross residence here is at 2324 Massachusetts avenue. Honorary pallbearers were: Justice James C. McReynolds, Jus- tice Charles H. Robb, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, James Baird, Bates ‘Warren, B. F. Saul, F. H. Duehay, W. D. Hoover, Benjamin F. Cole, Charles E. Galliner, H. L. Rust, sr.; Hugh Thrift, W. L. Browning, J. Harry Mil- ler, H. Rozier Dulany, Capt. P. M. Walker, Henry F. Woodward, C. H. Small and Harry Blake. AIRWAYS COMPANY SUES ON NOTE FOR OPTION The Mount Vernon Airways, Inc., yes- terday filed suit in the District Su- preme Court to recover $1,100 from | Alva Sole, John Arthur Shaw and Rob- | ert D. Burbank. The sum sued for is | said to represent a note given for an al- leged option to purchase the flying fleld of the plaintiffs located at Hybla Val- ley, in Virginia. According to Attorneys L. N. Coe of Washington and Henry P. Thomas of Alexandria, the defendants, Alva Sole and ‘John A. Shaw, are, respectively, president and director of publicity of the District of Columbia Air Legion. It is stated that on December 12, 1929, the three defendants signed an agree- ment to purchase all the capital stock |and assets of the Mount Vernon Air- ways, Inc., by January 6. Later an op- tion was extended to February 20, 1930, it is said, in consideration of the note for $1,000, which forms the basis of the suit, to which is added an additional $100 for attoruey fee. AMOUS ARTIST CRITICALLY ILL COL. LUCIEN WHITING POWELL, Tnternationally known Washington artist, who, t, Loudoun County, Va, Col. who mysteriously disappeared from his at 83, lies gravely ill at his Powell's INSURANCE CODE 10 BE REOFFERED AT NEXT CONGRESS | Dr. Reichelderfer Quotes Gib- son as Saying Bill Has Chance of Passage. GIVES DISTRICT POWER {TO FIX FIRE POLICY RATES Report Shows Companies Have Col- lected Twice as Much as They Have Paid Out. Commissioner Luther H. Reichelder- fer said today that the District insur- lance code, which has been sought to | be enacted for several years, will be re- introduced at the next session of Con- gress. Although the matter is con- troversial and has been strongly op- posed by some insurance interests, ‘Dr. ! Reichelderfer quoted Representative Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont, member of the House District Committee, as ! saying that the bill had a good chance of passage this time. Mr. Gibson called on him several months- ago, Dr. Reich- elderfer said, and made the statement at that time. One of the clauses of the code gives to the District Insurance Department | the power to fix fire insurance rates. In the report of the insurance department made public yesterday, it was shown that fire insurance companies doing business in the District collected more than twice as much in premiums last fiscal year as they paid out in losses. In past years the proportion of losses paid had been even smaller. Although life insurance companies were shown by the report to have col- lected more than four times in premiums the amount paid out in losses, there is no clause in the proposed code limiting the price to be charged for life insurance. Thomas M. Baldwin, jr.. superintendent of insurance, ex- plained today that life insurance com- panies, in addition to paying the poli- cies, also pay dividends to policyholders. These are not taken into account in the figures used, he said. Life insurance rates are practically standardized throughout the country, he said. MODEL AIRPLANE | BUILDING TAUGHT Classes of Boys Under Instruction at Central Community Center. Annual Tourney Dates Set. A series of special classes in model airplane building under the direction of John H. Willlams opened today at Central Community Center, Thirteenth and Clifton streets, to aid the many boys who are desirous of entering the annual District of Columbia model air- craft tournament scheduled to take place August 25 to August 29 under the direction of the District of Columbia Model Afrcraft League. The tourna- ment is officlally sanctioned by the Na- tional Aeronautic Association of the United States. ‘These classes will meet each Tuesday, ‘Wednesday, Thursday and Priday after- noon from now until August 17, free to all young model plane builders. They will be under the auspices of the Com- munity Center Department of the Dis- trict of Columbia public schools, which is sponsoring, with the Aero Club of this city, the annual tournament here. On each of these afternoons in the week, from 1 to 4 o'clock, opportunity will be given to all comers to learn to build model airplanes under expert di- rection, and on Wednesday of each week boys may qualify and register for the tournament. There will be five classes of plane fiyers in the tournament, from Ace to D class, and boys will compete only with those in their own class. Awards will be offered in all classes. ‘Two more public contests will be held prior to the tournament. The first of these will take place Saturday morning of this week, August 9, at 10 o’clock at the Monument grounds. The second will take place Saturday morning, Au- gust 16, at 10 o'clock at Macfarland Community Center, JOHN C. CONLIFF TAKES OVER SECRETARY DUTIES Becomes Aide to U. 8. Atforney Rover, Succeeding Milford F. Schwartz, Named Chief Clerk. John C. Conliff, jr, today took over the position of private secretary to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, in succession to Milford F. Schwartz, recently promoted to be chief clerk in the office of the prosecutor. Conliff is a native of Washington, having been born May 6, 1906. He at- tended Gage Grammar School and was graduated from Central High School in 1924. He received the degree of LL. B. from Washingion College of Law in June, 1928, and the degree of LL. M. in June, 1929. Conliff was ad- mitted to the bar October 8, 1928, after joining the office force of the United States attorney in May, 1928. He is a member of Sigma Nu Legal Fraternity and resides at 1320 Juniper street. He was married August 4, 1928, to Miss Katheryn M. Crowder. Flee Industrial H:’)ma Clement O'Connor and _ Bernard Greenwald, inmates of the Industrial Home School, escaped from the institu- tion last night. Police searched unsuc- cesstully for the pair today. Baby “Bootlegger” Taken With Parents On Liquor Charge ‘The 8-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson of the 1200 block of Oates street northeast,. was brought to the first precinct last night when her parents were arrested on charges of transportation and possession of liquor. The parents were arrested by Sergt. J. R. Leach, head of the police vice squad, in an alley in the rear of the 600 block of D Upper: Building roads at camp of Center: The old water bag, popula: about the tents. Lower: Trench diggers on the job. U. P. Bowen, in charge, and Prt. A. D. REPORT DECREASE N CITY ARRESTS Twenty Per Cent Drop Com- pared With May, June, July, 1929. A substantial decrease in arresis is shown in a report released by police headquarters today covering May, June and July, as compared with the same months last year. The decrease is par- ticularly noticeable in traffic arrests. For the past three months a total of 27,629 arrests was made.. The corre- sponding figure for 1929 is 35,154. This is a decrease of roughly 20 per cent. Arrests for felonies dropped from 1,036 to 983; those for misdemeanors dropped from 7,021 to 6,062; trafic arrests dwindled from 19,759 to 12,784. Thus the bulk of the decline is attributable to the falling off in traffic arrests. As to the traffic arrests, the drop was mainly in arrests for trivial viola- tions classed under the general head “miscellaneous traffic violations.” Ar- rests for drunk driving actually in- creased from 65 to ‘80, while arrests for the miscellaneons offenses dropped from 16,129 to 10,100. Arrests for intoxication showed a very small increase, from 3,404 to 3,428, less than 1 per cent. Those for viola~ tion of the Volstead law, by way of manufacturing, selling, possessing or transporting liquor, showed an increase from 1231 to 1,370. Murder arrests dropped ,from 16 to 12; robbery arrests increased from 39 to' 43, and housebreaking arrests in- creased from 242 to 305. The_figures were prepared by Capt. L. I °H. Edwards, personnel officer of the department. HYDE EXPRESSES VIEW KANSAS CITY, August 5 (#).—Ar- thur M. Hyde, Secretary of the Depart- ment of iculture, here to address the Midwest tail Merchants’ Association, expressed belief that disposal of the large wheat carryover might be speeded by_the drouth damage to corn. He sald recent crop estimates placed the corn loss at 200,000,000 bushels, and he_indicated the Department of Agri- culture believed the loss might ap- street when the couple drove up with the liquor in their auto- mobile.- They were later released on bond of $1,500 each. proach 500,000,000 bushes. This de- crease would offset the dversupply of wheat, achieving & rough balance. He added that his department is stressing the value of wheat as a stock ration. 121st Engineers at Fort Humphreys, Va. r with the boys after cleaning up brush Left to right: Pvi. W. J. Hart, Sergt. Floras. —Star Staff Photos. SLUMP IN STOCKS QUICKLY OFFSET A. E. Horst Praises Govern- ment Action, Which Relieved Economic Depression. Praise for the manner in which Gov- | ernment agencies of the country mo- ! bilized construction programs to re- lieve depressed economic conditions that followed the stock market slump was voiced by A. E. Horst, president of Associated General Contractors, in an address broadcast last night by the National Broadcasting Co. At the same time the chief of the contractors’ body pointed out that pri- vate industry, particularly in the resi- dential fleld, had not been able to keep pace with records of the previous year. For this situation blame was laid to lack of better co-operation between building agencies and financial groups and, in part, to loss of confidence by the_public due to financially irrespon- sible contractors, which the Associated General Contractors are attempting to drive out of the field. Buylng Power Increases. Pointing out that Federal, State and city government agencles selected .the construction industry as a means of building up the buying power of the general public, by providing added em- ployment and ess through a step- up in public building projects, Mr. Horst declared the contractors were surprised at the vast amount of such work which Government agencies have 80 T‘llckly started. The speaker quoted statistics of the F. W. Dodge Corportation showing that there has been an increase of nearly 30 per cent over last year in copstruc- tion contracts awarded for educational buildings, institutions and various pub- lic works and public utilities. Private works have not made such & record; however, he said. Due to the declines in this phase of construction, the grand total of contract awards of all kinds for the first six months of this year showed a net loss of more than 12 per cent, or more than one- third of a billion dollars. Residence Construction Lags. Residential construction was reported to have shown a decline of more than $500,000,000. Further, Mr. Horst said, the contemplated work repprted in this field shows no sign of recovery. Loose credit conditions have ¢nabled irresponsible elements to creep into the 11T ENGINEER READYFOR REVEW Guard Regiment to Receive Coveted Colors From War Department Tomorrow. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FORT HUMPHREYS, Va., August 5. —The 121st Regiment of Engineers, District National Guard, had the situ- ation in half a hundred pairs of capa- ble hands today. With all their ef- ficiency, however, the most astute could do nothing about the heat but suffer. The camp site had been vir- tually cleared of underbrush and prep- arations were being made for the for- mal exercises tomorrow afternoon at which the regiment will receive from the War Department its new colors. Col. John L. Oehmann, commanding, will assemble the regiment and act as master of ceremonies for the presenta- tion. Army officers from Washington and the mili post here will take part. The exerc] will mark the first time the regiment has received the cov- eted colors from the United States. Another incident to which the camp looks forward is scheduled for Thurs- day afternoon, when the District Com- missioners are expected to visit the camp. Col. Oehmann expects that sev- eral of the District officials will remain at the camp for supper after a review has been held in their honor. First honors in competitive field went to Company D, commanded by Capt. Samuel R. Turner, which for the second consecutive year was awarded the t emblematic of general kitchen efficiency. The company offi- cers nailed the pennant to their kitch- en and invited the other five com- panies to try to_win it from them. Other company officers are PFirst Lieut. Walter A. Knight and Second Lieut. David W. Milner. Despite the heat there had been no casualties since the camp was pitched Sunday. Maj. George W. Allen, chief medical officer, sald some men had re- ported to the regimental dentist for extractions, but that all were well “It's & marvel to me,” he said, “not that they are not sick, but that they work so well. You should have seen this place when we came in. These men and boys, whose wives and mothers can't get them to mow the lawn at home, are swinging axes and shovels around here with the enthusiasm of Boy Scouts. It's funny what this uni- form will do.” . ‘Work on fortifications and the build- ing of pontoon bridges occupied two groups of the 469 officers and men to- day, while about one-fourth the regi- | ment's complement again worked on the roads and improved the appearance of the site. The softest job in the camp, to all appearances, fell to a squad of eight recruits. Bossed by a genial | corporal, they went through the motions iof the manual of arms under a tree, with frequent rest periods. 1 On every hand the two-week soldiers asked visitors from Washington if it had rained and what the weather man promised. Autos Robbed of Valuables. ‘Theft of a suitcase containing clothes and jewelry valued at $100 from a car parked at Seventh and H streets was Te) to police today by Jacob Ben- jamin, Norfolk, Va. He said a locked door had been forced open. Similar articles worth $150 were stolen from the machine of Frederick 8. Young, Chicago, while he was visiting the Smithsonian Institution yesterday. PAGE B—1 CANPELL HEARING PLANSFINSHED BY FEDERAL ATTORNEY Lieut. Edward J. Kelly Is Expected to Be Only Witness. SMITH THREATENS PLEA BEFORE U. S. TRIBUNAL Defense Counsel Maintains Fight for Outright Release of Baker Case Suspect. Arrangements were completed today for a hearing tomorrow to determine whether Herbert M. Campbell shall be brought to Washington from Alexan- dria to face trial on & charge of slay- ing Mary Baker. The removal skirmish will be held before J. Barton Phillips, a United States commissioner, in his Alexandria offices. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, probably will be the only witness. He sald today he expected to tell little of importance, merely explaining he had arrested Campbell and had been told the de- fendant was in Washington April 11, the day of the murder. Evidence to Be Retained. William H. Collins, assistant United States attorney in charge of the case, had a conference today with Alban Jones of Richmond, Va., an assistant United States attorney. Collins in- structed Jones to insist on the removal of Campbell without disciosure of the evidence gathered by investigators. Collins reiterated 1t only would be necessary for the prosecution to prove Campbeil was the man named in the warrant and that he was a fugitive from justice. He termed the effort of Charles Herry Smith, Alexandria at- torney, representing Campbell, to block the removal, “a ridiculous waste of time and effort, because he hasn'’t a chance.” Smith sald the prosecution had no right to remove his client because the venue of the crime never had been defi- nitely determined. He scoffed at re- ports that Washington authorities pos- sessed information indicating the girl was slain here. He also discounted claims of Collins that the investigation pointed to the guilt of Campbell. Threatens Federal Action. Determined to gain the outright re- lease of Campbell from th> Alexandria city jail, Smith again threatened to carry the case to Judge D. Lawrence Groner of the Federal District Court in Norfolk, Va., should the necessity arise. Collins revealed that regardless of the outcome of the hearing, it probably would be several weeks before the case was presented to a grand jury because numerous photographs and other data remained to be forwarded by Maj. Cal~ vin Goddard, Chlcl:o ballistics expert. Maj. Godderd already has submitted to Collins a preliminary report of his ex- amination of a pistol turned over to authorities by Campbell and bullets re-~ moved from the body of Miss Baker. ‘This report said the bullets had been fired from the Campbell gun. Meanwhile Campbell received several callers in jail. ' He sald he was well satisfied with his new quarters. He was removed to Alexandria yesterday from the Arlington County Jail after his release by State authorities and his rearrest on a Federal warrant. COMPLETES 12 FULL DAYS IN TREE-SITTING STUNT Frank Kilmartin Abandons Perch Because He Wanted a Few Days of “Regular-Type” Vacation. Thirteen days, more or less, shy of the tree-perching record for human beings, Frank Kilmartin, whose perch- ing proclivities have put business on the boom in the miniature golf course over which he perched, last night aban- doned his tree seat and came down to earth. ‘The 17-year-old high schol boy had completed 12 days in the tree last night with an official 288 hours of perching time, but was a good distance away from the record when he descended. A crowd of about 150 persons was on hand to see Frank come down. Frank's “spokesman,” who has taken care of all the boy's publicity since the tree-sitting began, explained last night that Frank's desire to spend a little of his vacation out of the top of a lo- cust tree caused him to “resign.” He is to get back to school shortly and wants to take a trip with his fraternity before the school bell rings again. s BOY SCOUTS WILL OFFER ELABORATE PROGRAM Concert and Indian Ceremonies Will Be Features Friday Evening. ‘The fifth of a series of Summer pro- grams given by young people of the Capital will be presented in the Sylvan Theater, on the Monument Grounds, Priday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, by the District of Columbia Boy Scouts, in co- operation with the Community Center Department and the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. A concert by the drum and bugle corps of Troop 49 will usher in the pro- gram, to which the public is invited. Greetings will be extended by L. C. Drake, Boy Scout executive, of Wash- ington and Charles Wood, assistant re- gional executive. A demonstration of Indian ceremo- nies will be presented by 12 Scouts, un- der the direction of William H. Mur- ray, scoutmaster of Troop 76. Troops 85, 43, 133, 79 and 57 also will partici- pate in the program. The exercises are being planned as the most elaborate demonstration of Boy Scout activities arranged in Washington. TWO ESCAPE DEATH construction business to such an extent that loss of public confidence is result- ing, the speaker declared. The rre- sponsible contractor, by piling up de- linquent accounts, pyramiding their ac- J tivities and producing unsound work, have given the industry a “black eye” with financial institutions and the pub- lie, Mr. Horst sald. A “housecleaning” was in order, and & movement to this end, launched two years ago, now is under way, the speaker sald. This includes establish- ment of a bureau of contract informa- tion, which is gathering performance records of every contractor in the eoun- try, which will be made available to in- terested parties. Samuel Mensh and Companion Res- cued After Canoe Capsizes. Samuel Mensh, 25 years old, of 3218 Georgia avenue and & woman com- panion were rescued from the Tidal Basin near the Tidal Basin Boat House by employes of the boat house after their canoe capsized and threw them into :‘x:’ wukr“fit'zllht. e Mensh man gras, com- panion with one hand and glln‘ to the overturned canoe with the other until help arrived. The woman declined to give park police her name. Neither suffered any il effects. E. R. Lane and Russell Gates effected the rescue.