Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1930, Page 17

POLICEMAN'S FIRE | FAILS TO HALT FIVE ROBBERY SUSPECTS Men in Car Escape Through Alley as Lookout Attempts to Arrest Them. MAN FORCED TO ENTER MACHINE OF QUINTET Companion Allowed to Walk Away After Imposters Pretend They Are Officers. Pive men who posed s policemen and forced a pedestrian into their machine last night in an attempt to rob him escaped amid a hail of bullets from the | revolver of Policeman John T. Ensor | of the tenth precinct, when cornered in an alley at the rear of the 4500 block of Kansas avenue, several hours later. Police traced the ownership of the car to a resident in the 4500 block of Kansas avenue after the attempted Tobbery and “planted” Ensor in the vicinity to arrest the men when they put in an appearance. They discover- ed the officer, however, and fled on foot before he reached them. One of the quintet took deliberate aim and fired at the policeman as he approached. All five fled and outdis- tanced the officer as three shots from his pistol went wild of their marks. One Man Is Held. Officers from the tenth precinct ar- | Tested a man found hiding in the ga- | rage early today and placed him under arrest for investigation into the case. He denied having any part in the at- | tempted robbery or shooting and told police he was drunk last night and could remember nothing of what had happened to him. of the occupants of the hold-up machine is known to police. Park Policeman H. W. Brown came upon the men walking in Potomac Park near their car shortly before midnight and took their names. Brown, who had heard nothing of the robbery at that men were acting sus- usly and he thought it best to out who ‘were. h_ for the car started shortly after 1 o'clock, when John F. Ford of 225 First street northeast that and B streeis get into the ear. Posed as Policemen. “You are drunk and we are going to take you down to the sixth precinet,” onc of the men said. They told Ford and Perry they were mfi-—a and ordered the former into ir car. They also accused of being intoxicated and ordered him “to walk a straight line.” Perry turned and paced off & few down the pave- ment to convince the “officers” that he_was not drunk. As he did so, the men drove off with Ford in the rear Ford lice the men drove him around the bl , but returned to First and B streets and pushed him out when they failed to find any money | on him. A “lookout” was broadcast from the ninth precinct to every station in the city after the license number of the machine was turned over to officers investigating the case and Ensor was stationed near the Kansas avenue gl;ge when the ownership of the car been learned. Car Sped Into Alley. t and made him The automobile soon appeared and | It turned into the alley at a rapid rate of . muh{ne drew to a halt in nt of the garage and the five men were alighting when Ensor ap-| proached on the run. They broke for the opposite end of the alley with the | policeman about 50 yards behind. Ensor stumbled and had only time to get in three quick shots before the men reached the exit to the street. He searched the vicinity for some time, but failed to find any trace of his quarry and returned to the machine, driving it to No. 10 precinct station, where it will be held. A number of whisky bottles, a set of tools, commonly led as burglar uipment, and 6 Yeet of rubber hose, # which, police say, had been used to siphon gasoline from other machines, was found in the automobile. NAVY MAY PUT BASIN | IN ARLINGTON COUNTY Assistant Secretary Jahncke De- clares Plans for Project Are “News” to Him. Navy Department plans for the erec- tion of & new testing basin for battle- | ship models, to take the place of the| one at the Navy Yard, which is now| considered too small, may carry the project to Arlington County, it was| learned today. Employes admitted that | such a project was in contemplation, but stated that no definite site has as yet been selected. When questioned concerning _ the project, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke, said that it was “news” to him and that the expendi- ture by the Navy Department of funds on a new project would be directly in conflict with the President’s economy program. Officials of the Bureau of Yards and | officer Edward Docks refused to reveal the plans for | thought young Curry the new basin, but it learned that sites in Arlington County, near Fort Myer Military Reservation are under consideration The basin must be erected upon solid ground and not where it is marshy, it was sald, and such a location has been found in Arlingtonr County, although not defi- nitely decided upon. Battles Hold-Up Men POLICEMAN JOHN T. ENSOR. —Star Staff Photo. POLICEMAN T0 GET Trial Board Orders Punish- ment for B. R. Torrence for Disconnecting Auto Wires. Policeman B. R. Torrence, fourth precinct, wa» sentenced to receive a severe reprimand by the Police Trial Board yesterday on a charge of having disconnected the distributor wires of an automobile parked in violation of the parking regulations. Neither Samuel Shapiro, owner of the machine, nor any of the other witnesses to the affair would testify. The only testimony bear- ing on the case was given by Capt. Rob- ert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, who said Torrence had admitted discon- necting the wires. Doyle was Tor- rence’s commanding officer at the time of the occurrence. When Judge Gus Schuldt dismissed the case against Shapiro in Police Court, Torrence was transferred from the eighth to the fourth precinct. H. G. Wannamaker, liquor enforce- ment officer the first precinct, was cleared of a charge of unbecoming con- duct. He %was accused of beating a prisoner on the head with a blackjack, but the trial board was satisfied with defense testimony to the effect that the prisoner had received the blow in an altercation in a house in the 1100 block of I street bzfore he was arrested. The trial board found that the only damage done to the prisoner was to tear his pants when putting him into a cell, and this was held excusable. [] e POLICE ACCUSED OF ROUGH ARRESTS Four Are Seized at Band Concert. Man Charges Wife's Dress Was . Torn by Officers. ‘The manner in which two park po- licemen arrested a man, his wife, son and a friend for disorderly conduct in Judiciary Square last night during a band concert, will be told to Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public build- ings and public parks, according to the D. L. Mooney and wife of 524 Third street were cleared of disorderly charges by Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court today, while the son, David Mooney, 18 years old, and John Peretti, 515 Third street, the friend, were fined $10 each. Peretti, according to testimony, was arrested for being disorderly, when he was waving his hands about in imita- tion of the band concert leader, When Mooney approached and asked why his friend had been arrested, he also was taken in custody. The latter protested his arrest. The father arrived and be- lieving that one of the police was reaching for a black-jack to strike his son, he grabbed the officer’s hand. He, too, was arrested. Mrs. Mooney also was drawn into the dispute. One of the police tore the woman's dress and threw her to the ground, it was said. All were forced to post collateral at the sixth preeinct. The Mooneys brought 14 witnesses against the policemen to court, but Judge Mattingly told them there was not time to hear them. After the trial Mooney, senior, announced his inten- tion of carrying his grievance “to the Capitol, if necessary.” He is an em- ploye of the Government. The police against whom complaints will be filed are Officers W. J. Grissam and M. J. Kennedy. They both denied using undue roughness in making the arrests. 11-YEAR-OLD BOY HELD SUFFERING FROM TYPHUS Believed to Have Acquired Disease as Result of Insect Bite on Fishing Trip. Allen Curry, 11 years old, of 3316 Brothers place southeast, was reported suffering from typhus fever today. He is at Providence Hospital. His condi- tion is sald to be not serous. The source of the fever has not been def- initely determined, according to Health J. Schwartz. It ‘may have become infected by the bite of an insect, while on a fishing expedition to nearby Mary- land. This is the fifth case of typhus re- ported in Washington this year. Only one has proved fatal. SEVERE REPRIMAND. WA POINTS OUT HOMES HE ROBBED N D. C. Tells Police He Rifled 40 Houses Here and 15 in Arlington County. OBTAINED $10,000 WORTH OF LOOT IN 3 MONTHS Weakness for Girls Is Blamed for Youth's Operations and Capture. Paul Calvin Embrey, 20-year-old self-styled “gangster chieftain,” with a flair for humor, arrested yesterday and charged with the daring hold-up of a Mount Vernon .avings Bank runner Saturday, is taking what he terms as a “little joyride” through the northwest section today, laughingly pointing out to detectives the various homes he plundered. ‘While on his tour through the North- west, section today young Embrey pointe ed out the home of Clark C. Griffith, president of the Washington Base Ball club, 4720 Sixteenth street, as one of the homes he robbed in recent months. Embrey said he got $200 in cash, sev- eral articles of jewelry and some house- hold effects from the place. The rob- bery was reported to police in May. ‘The debonair self-admitted leader of the bandit trio who held up the bank messenger and escaped with $4,000 told headquarters detectives this morning he could point out more than 40 homes he has robbed during the past three months. Joking with his captors, young Embrey said he would show them at least 15 more homes he victimized if they would but continue the “joyride” into Arlington County. A weakness for the weaker sex ended Embrey’s career of crime. He was taken into custody at Tennessee avenue and C street northeast with a girl seated next to in the flashy roadster he bought with his spoils. And it was to clothe his girls in finery that he robbed the homes here and in Arlington County, he told police. It is estimated that Embrey's visits to the various homes netted him more than $10,000 worth of loot. Says Robbing Was Easy. Leaning back in a police squad room chair with his feet propped up in the seat of it yesterday, the boy who “wanted to be like a movie bandit” freely told of his activities during the past_several months. “This robbing of homes was all so easy,” the youth told the detectives; “my girls didn't even have to send their clothes to the laundry, They wore them awhile and threw them away.” “At one place in Virginia,” he sal laughing loudly, “I got 12 pairs of si stockings and 20 suits of underwear- lm{ say, Mr. Murphy, they just fit my L ‘l‘rhe youth directed most of his re- marks at Detective Dennis Murphy, who, after receiving a box of salt water taffy from the boy from Atlantic City while police were staging a hunt for him, made up his mind to bring the boy into custody. And yesterday, with gun in hand, he leaped to the running board of the boy's car and carried out his _threat. “You were mnot the only one that got some tafly,” Embrey retorted when Murphy wanted to know “what the big idea was in being so funny.” No, sir, Mr. Murphy, I sent candy to every- body I knew in town.” Well Known to Murphy. Embrey is much more than well known to Murphy. It was Murphy who, seven years back, when he was patrollin ga beat in the Northeast sec- tion, gave young Embrey his first taste of a police chase. And those chases continued intermittently and became more serious in nature through the passing years until the climax yester- day. Meanwhile the two other members of the trio, Carl Davis and Morris Beck, the former charged with house- breaking and robbery and’the latter with robbery, are being held at the first precinct pending their arraignment in Police Court Saturday morning. “1 was fl‘ul‘lni on coming back here for ope more haul,” Embrey told his questioners—that's why I sent that candy to you Mr. Murphy—I sort of | hoped you fellows would come up there | and give me a free path here.’ | " “And you want to know why I didn't | keep that date with you guys in front |of the Earle Theater that day—well, | you don’t think I'm goofy do you?—I | had no intention_of meeting Carl and | Morris anyway—1 was going to have |a big time on that $3500 all by my lonesome,” the boy laughingly asserted. | The youth told the detectives every- | thing about his trip to Philadelphia |and Atlantic City. Related to them | just “how it felt to be rich for a couple |of days.” "He told of buying jewelry | for two girls he picked up in Philadei- phia. Buys Girls Jewelry. | “I bought one of them a $215 brace- | let and the other a $75 ring—and I | rode them around in more taxicabs | *han you could line up and down Penn- sylvania avenue,” he declared. | " Embrey told his method of robbing the various homes. “I would stand on a street corner reading a newspaper until I saw an occupant of one of the houses leave (and then I would ‘Jimmy’ & window or | a door, wrap up my loot in the news- paper and take it home to the girls.” “Listen, Mr, Murphy—don't be too hard on Morris. He didn’t have any- | thing to do with the stick-up. In fact he didn’t know anything about it—he all over,” the boy said. |, “And another thing—do me one favor, will you, Mr. Murphy? Tell me who the dirty egg was that tipped you off that I was in town?” Murphy refused this request and questioned him as to who the young The extent of the proposed basin was kept & secret by Navy Department, offi- clals, but it would probably form a lake ©of no mean proportions. HUNT HIT-RUN DRIVER Truck Horses Struck When They Go to Quench Thirst. Police today were searching for the *hit-and-run driver” of two coal truck horses. The ooal truck, driven by a colored man, is rej to have bumped into the machine of Prank P. Suraci, 2164 out of their line of traffic to quench their thirst at a watering t th in front of 726 Sixteenth street: heast mufd’e'nuty of the driver is known priey SAFE DRIVING LAURELS GIVEN TO SILAS MORRIS BY ELDRIDGE Record of 26 Years Claimed Yesterday for Frank Chapman Found Eclipsed by 2 Years. The record for long-distance safe ) d | record in The Star yesterday and went driving, which was yesterday awardes by Assistant Traffic Director M. O. e to Frank Cha set place, was offi of 527 Randolph street, Mr. his rfect record. 22r. Chapman’s record u®26 years, in, 526 Somer- ly declared today to be null and vold and the record was Florida avenue, when the horses went | ceremoniously awarded to Silas flofll‘: orr: has been driving cars of various makes through city traffic for 28 years con- tinuously with nary a mishap to mar he eclipses Mr. Morris read about Mr. Chapman’s down to claim the record for himself today. He carried documentary evidence including his first permit, No. 22, issued in 1902 and giving him the right to operate a steam-driven motor vehicle on_the streets of the District. Mr. Eldridge was duly lm{ruud. “How did you manage out of accidents all these years?” he inquired. “Oh, I just watched the other fellow,’ was the reply. SHINGTON, D. C, EMBREY JOKINGLY {RIGID EXECUTION OF TAXICAB CODE ANNOUNGED HERE Hack Inspector Harrington Says 150 Applicants Have - Been Refused Licenses. TWO NEW CONCERNS SEEK TO OPERATE CAB FLEET Those Venturing Into Field Must Make Statement of Financial Responsibility. With two new taxi concerns about | to enter the Washington low-price taxi | field, a program of rigid gnforcement of { various rules in the taxicab code was decided upon at a conference today by Hack Inspector Joseph D. Harrington |and Harleigh H. Hartman, vice chair- man of the Public Utilities Commission. Harrington said that in the past month hacking licenses have been re- fused to 150 applicants who could not prove that they were bona fide resi- dents of the District for one year or more as required by the taxi code. It was also decided to require each new concern venturing into the Washington fleld to make a statement as to who is financially responsible for its operations. ‘The two concerns that are now seek- ing to place fleets on the streets are both offering their services at a nickel for the first third of a mile and an- other nickel for each additional third. One of the concerns, however, proposes to establish a maximum charge of 50 cents for a ride to any point within the District of Columbia. The other concern has no proposition to offer as to & maximum fare. Expect to Launch 200 Cabs. ‘The straight 5-cent fare concern is the Astor Cab Co. This company has established itself at a garage at 421 N street. Henry C. Mockabee, jr., was its representative in preliminary nego- tiations with Harrington. He has been in the cab business here for some years. Six cabs were submitted to Harrington for inspection, Three of these were ap- roved and will be placed in operation lay. Harrington quoted Mockabee as saying that he expects to launch a fleet of 200 cars in Washington in the near future. The cabs are said to be at_present in Hagerstown, Md. ‘The concern with the 50-cent max- imum fare proposition is as yet anony- mous. No cabs have been submitted for inspection, but they are looked for soon. Await Monthly Report. Meanwhile the Public Utilities Com- mission is looking forward with great "interest to the filing of monthly reports the various cab concerns now doing ness in Washington, showing how much money they are making and giv- other statistics. According to an order recently passed by the commis- sion, these reports must be filed on the 15th of each month, covering oper- ations for the preceding month. There never has been any satisfactory collec- tion of taxicab statistics heretofore, but these monthly reports are expected fo serve as the foundation for a study of the various features of the financial situation of the taxicab industry here generally. ————e NEW HAITIAN OFFICIAL VISITS CAPITAL CLINICS Dr. Elie Villard Will Reorganize Public Health Service of Island Republic, Dr. Elle Villard of Port au Prince, Haiti, one of the officials who recently replaced the American officials in Haiti in accordance ‘with President Hoover's orders following the recommendation of his Haltian Commission, is visiting for & few days in Washington. He is study- ng the clinics at Howard University and Preedmen's Hospital, and is being shown every courtesy by American naval officers, especially those who were in Hait! during the American occupation. Before returning to Haiti, where he will help to develop the island’s public health service, Dr. Villard will visit hos- pitals and clinics in & number ot other cities in the United States. He was as- soclated with the American naval doc- tors who developed Haili's public health ;;ervice during the American occupation in 1915, YOUNG MAN IS SOUGHT ON BAD CHECK CHARGE Suspect Wanted Obtaining Change From Drug Stores on Telephoned Orders. for Search for a young man who has been swindling drug stores out of cash and merchandise through the use of bogus checks was instituted today by the bad check squad of the Washington police force. The youth, police allege, makes a practice of telephoning drug stores and ordering merchandise to be delivered. He requests that the messenger be sent with change for $20. When the goods arrive, he tenders a bogus check for $20 and accepts the change. Yesterday Robey's Drug Store at 5017 Connecticut avenue was a victim. ladies were to whom he gave the stolen Just sat in the rumble seat until it was | good: s, The youth reglled that he would be glad to show _hem all the houses he had robbed and tell them anything they wanted to know. Bilit he refused point blank to reveal the names of the girls. And when he had finished his tale he laughed as though he meant it. A reported on his way out of the fgoroofm, who knew the boy, said , ln? good luck—I'll ou again, some time.” yeh,"‘:ald the youth, and his laugh was louder—“¥Yeh, I'll see you in 15 years.” see Embrey Changes Story. This morning Embrey changed his story about Beck somewhat. He said that after the robbery he gave Beck $500 to take to Davis and promised to meet them in front of the Earle. Police said today that it is their be- liet that Beck and Davis knew that Embrey had left town. They arrived at this conclusion because the two falked so freely about Embrey's con- nection with the -hold-up. Ma). Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, announced yesterday afternoon that he would attempt to get indictments and a trial for the trio without delay, as an object lesson to bandits. A confer- ence. scheduled for today with the Dis- trict attorney's office in regard to the matter, has not yet been held. THURSDAY AUGUST 7, 1930. The Concord coach was the last (ONGORD COACH | Fred Stone and Will Rogers Present Smithsonian With 1825 Model. coaches of the period of 1825, the handiwork of the famous coachmakers of Concord, N. H., has been presented cowboy humorist. The coach was set up yesterday in Museum Building. It was delivered earlier in the day, having been brought from San Francisco on the United States transport St. Mihiel by the Quartermaster Corps. Will Rogers gave the coach to his friend Fred Stone some time ago and the actor had it in his home at Beverly Hills, Calif. Recognizing the carriage as an authen- tic piece, officials of the institution pre- sumed it was of the period of 1825, but were without definite knowledge of its pedigree until a casual examination yes- terday afternoon gave a hint of its true value as a factual commentary on transportation progress. A nameplate was discovered on one of the cross- pleces in front bearing the inscription, “G. E. Gerald, Blacksmith, Concord, N. H.” Except for leather curtains, which are new, everything about the carriage is thought to be just as it was when retired from service. It shows signs of wear and tear, but it also gives evidence of the extreme utility of transportation form perfected by the Concord blacksmiths. Fittings of Heavy Leather. The body of the coach is swung in straps of heavy leather and is so re- sponsive that the slightest push gives it the undulating motions it probably went through on long, rough roads in the old West. The fittings and upholstery are of the heaviest leather. of the high degree of artistry accom- plished by the coachmakers are the iron steps, which bear studiously wrought floral designs. The coach is highly regarded by of- ficials of the Smithsonian Institution for several reasons, chiefly because it torical transportation, and also because it furnished the institution with an au- thentic coach, Requests avc numerous for specifications of the old ccaches, and often efforts are made to reproduce the carriages for historical pageants, but until now the institution has not been able to give first-hand infurmation based on the object itself. A careful effort will be made to trace the G. E. Gerald, whose nameplate adorns the coach, and learn where he did business. Concord, N. H., places the carriage in the very select circle of coaches, however. History records that the blacksmiths in Concord first dis- played their handiwork “in the middle of the third decade,” which would be 1825, and that their coaches soon sup- planted other carriages. They were used throughout the West, and those driven on the national highway were given names which range throughout the wild country with the exploits of drivers and horses. Displayed by the B. & O. This particular coach was put on display by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road & few years ago on tne occasion of the rlllrolg:l “fair of the iron horse,” celebrating the 100th anniversary of the companys founding. It was adver- tised at the time.as being authentic plece of the period of 1825, but it was not definitely located. Fred Stone and Will Rogers were the recipients of long telegrams from the Smithsonian Institul yesterday, GFT OF ACTORS One of the few remaining stage | to the Smithsonian Institution by Fred | | Stone, the actor, and Will Rogers, the | the land transport hall of the old| Symbolic | forms an important link in the his- | word In land transport in 1825. The authentic coach shown above was pre- sented to the Smithsonian Institution this week by Fred Stone and Will Rogers, the actors. Another recent addition to | What happened at 1101 Seventh street southeast early this morning was enough to make Max Catzba pinch himself to see if he really was awake after all. It looked like just another Thurs- day to the elderly grocer when he sat up in bed about daylight and groped around on the floor for his shoes. Catzba’s hand encountered a | of shoes and he would have put them on, but it happened that a large col- ored burglar already had them on. When comprehension broke over the grocer he emerged into the hallway, shouting to his family. Meanwhile the burglar was doing a bit of emerg- ing himself. The two, grocer and burglar, arrived together at the narrow staircase leading to Catzba’s store on the ground floor. In their mutual anxiety to get down stairs, they delayed each other, and it was not until then thai Catzba saw the burglar was not alone. Sticking close at the intruder’s heels, and howling dismally, was a big white | the Smithsonian is the steam fire engine which the City of Alexandria, Va., first displayed in 1906. —Star Staff Photo. ‘ The Burglar and the Bulldog Southeast Grocer Finds Colored Intruder Beneath Bed and Gives Ground to Intruder in Chase Down Stairs Upon Discovering Canine. bulldog. D?h refuge er beneatn Catzba’s bed, presumal frightened when Catzba stirred as they were prowling about the second floor. Catzba’s wife, daughter and son all got their first inkling that anything was amiss when Catzba began shouting. While Catszba was crying out for the police, the dog yelped and_the ‘colored man, greatly agitated himself, kept yell- ing at Caf 3 “Get back! Get back! I'll:hurt you! I'll hurt you!” Catzba obliged as rapidly as possible in view of the general confusion, and the burglar, his dog scampering at his heels, tore down the steps and went out through & window from which he had removed the screen on his arrival, Nothing was missing save $1.54, pil- fered from the purse of Catzba's daugh- ter Pearl. ‘The only weapon the burglar showed was his dog’s teeth. Police were given a description of both culprits and started searching for them. 9600 SHORTAGE CHARCED BY STORE Bookkeeper Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement Alleged by Barber & Ross. Arrested in connection with a short- age of more than $26,000 from Barber & Ross, Eleventh and G streets, Walter A. Woodworth, 29 years old, 1006 New- ton street northeast, bookkeeper, was held for grand jury action under $10,- 000 bond on charges of embezzlement, in Police Court today. While charged with embezzling $1,296.96 in the warrant on which he was taken into custody by‘headquarters detectives, officials of the store in- formed Attorney James Reilly, defense counsel, that Woedworth will be charged | with having converted to his own use more than $26,000. Store accounts show that the money has seeped from the firm over a period of six years, Reilly was told. Woodworth, a World War Veteran, waived a preliminary hearing in court and entered a plea of not gullty to the charges. He was arraigned before Judge Ralph Given. thanking them for their gift and asking for any information about it in their possession. Speed records attained by the coaches depended upon the strength and stur- diness of the rangy horses that pulled them. On one occasion a mark of about 26 miles in 48 minutes was hung up, to stand for a long time. Just around « the corner from old coach in the thsonian hangs the Spirit of St. Louise, the famous plane in which Col. Lindbergh flew to Paris from New York in 3312 hours. The gift of the coach suggested Col. Lindbergh to officials of the institution through the further fact that Wil Rogers is an enthuslastic friend and admirer of the aviator. Now are reD:‘:er;::‘d. ‘llw"l‘.h nnlumon’.n mlmml: resf ce for the Nation’s inanima muh&l. P POLIGE EFFICIENCY WILL BE REWARDED Nine Per Cent Will Be Given $5 Extra Each Month for Superior Service. ‘The District Commissioners today put into effect the machinery whereby efficient policemen will be rewarded by an extra $5 pay each month. A new section of the Police Manual was pro- mulgated, carrying the new regulations. The money was provided by a section of the appropriation bill for the cur- rent year. The major and superintendent of | police will select a number of privates and sergeants for recognition, and turn over their names to the supervising in- spectors. The supervising inspectors shall choose from the list 9 per cent of the authorized number of men and, on ap- proval of the District Commissioners, these will get the extra $5. In order to let the world know that they are honor men they will be entitléd to wedr a gold stripe on the left sleeve of the uniform coat. The bill calls for the extra pay to 10 per cent of the men, but the 1 per cent is to be left unfilled so that any policeman who performs extraordinarily efficient services may be promptly recognized by being put into the $5 a month list. “The rules also provide for summary remov- ing from the eligible list of those con- ;'lzted by the trial board for any of- ense. WILSON SAIL.S TOMORROW Dirctor of Public Welfare Will Vacation in Ireland. George 8. Wilson, director of public welfare, will sail from New York to- morrow for a month’s vacation in Ire- land, the land of his birth. His t arrives at Southampton, !n&\;nd‘ and he will spend a few days in England and Scotland before cross- ing the wuflh Channel to Belfast, where he will and burglar had sought & PAGE B—1 PLAN T0 ROB BANK FOILED BY SEIZURE OF 3, POLICE HOLD Suspicious Actions of Five Near Institution Lead to Arrest of Trio. TWO WHO WALKED AWAY FAIL TO RETURN . Prisoners, Who Were Unarmed, Deny Plot to Loot Institution, Saying They Were Loitering. Police folled what they believe to have been the preparation of plans fof a robbery at the National Bauk k?! ‘Washington, Seventh street and Louisi- ana avenue, when the suspicious acticns of three strangers led to their arrest this morning by Headquarters Detec+ tives Harry Cole and W. C. Curtis. The men are being held for inves- tigation while Polloe ques*ion them as to their activities and make efforts to determine whether they are wanted in any other cities. Two other men who conferred with the trio now in custody several times during the period they were watched by detectives are sought for questioning. Watched Bank Too Closely. ‘The attention of Detective Sergt. Cole was attracted by the quintet whem he walked from the bank after making a deposit and stood on the sidewalk chatting with a friend. The men were watching the bank very carefully, the detective said, and occasionally met in a group to confer in low tones. ‘The two men who are being sought, followed several persons from the bank, detectives said, but returned on each occasion and resumed their posts. Deny Robbery Pianned. Just before the detectives closed in and arrested the trio, their two com- panions walked off and when they failed to return after a reasonable length of time, Cole and Curtis accosted the three remaining men and. put them under arrest. ‘The trio told police they were merely Io‘l:fll‘l‘: in front of the bank and de- ni wving any idea of planning 3 robbery. The men were unarmed. DISMISSED CLERK CASE TO BE GIVEN TO ROVER Decision Awaited on Possible Pros- ecution of District Employe - Accused of Keeping Money. Police investigating the case of Grover C. McCauley, dismissed District govern- ment clerk, will lay their facts before he District attorney today for his deci- to waether -a warrant should mule{ arrest. ¥ who worked in. the ofln‘. any icense , which should be direct to the col of taxes. ‘When Wade H. Coombs, superintend« ent of licenses, found out about the the lis 'LAND SUIT FILED Government Seeks Condemnation of Two More Squares. ‘The Department of Justice, through Ac United States Attorney William H. Collins and Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Henry H. Glassie, lay condemnation proceedings in the Dis- "rlx” &gpreme dcourt tr«: lfi::ul.re all g!sx_c’ privately owned property in squares and 258. One of the squares is directly in the rear of the District Building and the other joins it on the east. ‘The street frontages, as given in the petition, are Thirteenth, Thirteen-and- a-half, Fourteenth, C and D streets and Ohio avenue. The land is within the triangle being eondemned for Govern- ment buildings. Chief Justice Wheat signed an order directing the property owners to appesr in court September 15, when a jury will be selected to value the property to be condemned. EXCURSION IS PLANNED Hebrew Sisters Aid Circle Will Visit Marshall Hall Sunday. Completion of plans for an outing to Marshall Hall aboard the steamer Mayflower, August 10, has just been announced by the Hebrew Sisters’ Ald Circle, an_ organization of women en- gaged in charitable work. The steamef will make three trips. The proceeds from the excursion wifi go toward meeting expenses of the or- ganization during the coming Fall. The committee in charge of arrange- ments includes Mrs. H. Ehrlich, Mrs, M. Denison, Mrs. M. Saitlan, Mrs. A. Friedenberg, Mrs. A. Edlavitch, Mrs. B. Landow, Mrs. M. Braverman and Mrs. S. Rosen. DETECTIVE'S CAR TAKEN Theft Believed Work of Some One Seeking to Delay Officer. hX A thief, believed to be trying to hamper the work of Detective R. J. Barrett of the fourth precinct, yester- day afternoon made off with the de< tective's automobile 'and is the object of a city-wide search by headquarters and all precincts. The car was taken from in front of the detective's home, 526 First = street southeast. i llPogce I::uev’; th'::- aame one hftug ng Barrett's inves lons, soug! slow up the detective by depriving him of his machine. The detective, how- ever, has secured another car. g TWO HELD FOR PROBE Man and Wite Suspected of $5,000 Diamond Robbery. - - Jack Floyd, 20 years old, and his wi Pearl, 22 years -old, were arrested fi ©Sereis. Mike Do Dei 3 wd and Larry O made_ the arrest. They said police of the North Carolina city have been searching for the pair for several wee! and their had been recei! here on circulars, The two will be taken to North OTTOW,