Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1930, Page 3

v CONFISCATED GUN NOT DEATH WEAPON Police Tests Show Pistol Not Used on Alexandria Officer. The investigation into the slay.ng of Police Sergt. years ago, quietly Tevived by Alexandria authorities recently with the finding of a .45-caliber Army automatic in the home of two colored suspects, has again Jed into a blind trail, and the police are as far removed from a solution of the crime as ever. Lieut. John Fowler, firearms expert of the Metropolitan Police Department yesterday completed an examination of the confiscated weapon and reported that the pistol is not the one which was used in the murder of the Alexandria policeman by an unidentified man on August 18, 1928. Fowler Makes Tests, Several tests of the gun were made by Lieut. Fowler at the Bureau of Standards laboratories before he an- nounced that the markings on the bullets in no way resemble those on the two slugs which killed Sergt. Hummer. The pistol was seized by Detective Sergt. FRdgar Sims, Sergts. George Everly, Lawrence E. Padgett and Pvt George W. Embrey while searching a colored rtesidence in which it was be- lieved that stolen goods was being hidden. Police said that the house where the gun was found is occupied by two col- | ored men who moved to Alexandria a short time before the murder and are known to be “tough characte: With the finding of the revolver, Alexandria police believed that they had uncovered a strong lead toward th» solution of the murder. which took lace in the early morning as Sergt. ummer was making his rounds of the city to check up on the members of his squad. Man Seen Running. Several persons who were awakened | by the sounds of the shooting hastened | to their windows in time to see & man | run from the scene and disappear. A dragnet was thrown out immediatedy, and several scores of persons were ar- rested for questioning, but all of those taken into custody were later cleared. The shooting occurred at the mouth Alton B. Hummer two | i MISS MARGARET LIMERICK, Twenty-year-old _Fredericksburg, girl. who ‘was slain yesterday by Eari Turner, 42-year-old married man, who then tried in vain fo commit suicide. The girl was shot four times in the head while seated in Turner's coupe, being instantly killed. With the re- maining two shots in his .25-caliber { automatic_pistol, Turner tried to end his own life, but failed. One bullet plerced his temple and the other lodged in his brain, causing injuries which will likely prove fatal. The couple had been on friendly terms for several months while Turner was staying at a rooming house in Va.. | THE EVENING HAILSTORM PLAYS | HAVOC WITH CROPS ) Second in Week, Near Dan- ville, Shreds Corn and Tobacco. | Special Dispstch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., August 9.—T%e| | second destfuctive hailstorm within a | | week has wrought devastation in a/ section of Pittsylvania County, north of | Danville, A course parallel to that of i | the severe storm of last week bel.werni | Peytonsburg and Sycamore suffered mv; | complete destruction of crops during | | Thursday afternoon’s hail visitation. | Tobacco and corn were torn to shreds. | the section presenting a pleture of | desolation to growers. | No acurate estimate of the loss is| | avatiable but will run into many<thou- | sands of dollars. Other sections, in- cluding a spot in Caswell County, N. C., was struck by hailstorms and heavy damage reported. Still other sections | in surrounding counties reported the | most severe electrical storms in many | years. | A barn on the farm of H. E. Cousins ! near Callands was struck by lightning, killing five cows and one horse. * A bolt | also struck a barn near Axton, killing | two mules and firing the barn, which was destroyed, together with 15,000 pounds of hay and many farming im- | STAR, WASHINGTON. HERE IS NICE 4-TON WHALE ANY O D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1930. 1 E CAN HAVE FREE Officials of Ocean City, Md., are so near the North Beach Coast Guard station. The monster has | car to it at high tide and wrecked the machine when he ran Disposal of four tons of fiesh i washed ashore there the authorities resorted to dynamit ably be cut up and towed to sea. FIGHT OVER WIF, - over the disposition of this 52-foot whale, wzshed ashore attracted many visitors, one of whom attempted to drive his into the mammal. not yet bsen worked out. Once before when a wha'e was almest buried residences with the torn flesh. It will prob- Studio, Ocean City. Photo. | ratching their heads a problem that h CENSUS DIRECTOR STEUART. 69, | CUTS TIME FOR TASK IN HALF, | today. , The cn GRL MURDERER plements. Torrential rains fell Henry County, numerous basements be- ing inundated and extensive damage being done. Telephone communication with' most & %these places was down | ves:erday. but incoming growers brought word of tie heavy losses. F. BARNARD WELSH SEMICONSCIQUS Fues Sanbibiey oy | Rockville Attorney Seeks Repub- Slayer Who Shot Self Nearr lican Nomination for Mont- Fredericksburg in Critical [/ SigomernEatey Attomey; Cendition. i Fredericksburg at which the girl was employed as a waitress. Turner is understood to have a wife and child living in Philadelphia. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 9.—The first Montgomery County Republican to of an alley in the 200 block of South | Alfred street. Miss Lena Shapiro, who | was reading in her bedroom overlooking the alley. told police she heard two | men talking at the entrance to the| slleyway and after several minutes of angry discussion she heard one voice | say T won't stand for that any longer. I won't bother with you again.” Officer Wounded Twice. Thres quick shots rang out. Sergt. Hummer was wounded twice, while a | bullet from the policeman's revolver | imbedded itself in a fence about 6 fect high a short distance down the alley. It is believed that Sergt. Hummer drew his gun and fired @s he sank to the ground, fatally wounded. Police made no arrests at the time the Army revolver, the same type used | by the killer, was found, but a clos2 | ‘watch was made of the movements of | the two colored men living in the house where it was found to fovestall any | sttempt they might make to leave the city. Neither knew that police seized the | in_to have it examined by Licut. wler in connection with' the Hum- | mer Alnyin_g.h s YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WHILE HUNTING| Harold Hayden of Lanham, Hit in Calf of Leg When Gun Hooks in Bushes. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LANHAM, Md. August 9.—Harold Hayden, 13 years old, of Lanham, was | accidently shot in the calf of his leg ! while hunting frogs with several other boys near here yesterday. The boy is said to have been shot | when a .22-caliber rifie, carried by | Brenton Blythe, 1l-year-old son of | H. M. A. Blythe, caught in the bushes | and was accidently discharged. Hayden was treated by Dr. J. T. Maloney. His injuries are not con- sidered serious. LIQUOR CHARGES BRING FINES IN PRINCE GEORGES| Three Men Convicted in Upper| Marlboro Court by Judge J. Chew Sheriff. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. | UPPER MARLBORO. Md., August 9. —Three men arrested for liquor offenses in various parts of Prince Georges County during the week were convicted and fined by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police Court yesterday. months ago. * | formally become a candidate for nomi- Special Dispatch to The Star. |nation in the county is F. illilll'msrd FRE! Welsh, member of the Rockville bar. DERICKSBURG, Va., August 9. | ¢ i lcry,y e filed with the supervisors —Ear] Turner, 42-year-old-mairied man | of"clections here a certificate of candi- of Philadelphia, who yesterday shot to | dacy for the Republican nomination for death pretty Margaret Limerick, 20- State's attorney and put up the fee of : ¢ 1525, He was unanimously indorsed for year-old waitress. with whom he Was |y, "y omination at the informal Repub- own life, was in & semi-conscious con- last week, nlmil hould; he have no op. ton Hospital | Position, as is thought probable, he wil ?z";dl:? '.IehoMu‘.trny m:v :::gi‘z'lo?: is crupical‘:be certified by the supervisors of elec- physléuns say there is a slight chance | tions as the nominee of this party. that he may survive in Apite of the| . ” nd | ville Volunteer Fire Department and is :’.:"];kl'::::;,m;u‘:e:r%; :fi?,"':,:’ hot | also head of the Rockville Athletic As- fired when he tried to commit suicide | sociation. Because of his mr:1 in con- after slaying his sweetheart by fir'ng | verting an unsightly lot near the center of the town into a playground for the T i r‘;:l;k};;]:u::mg‘,:x:mwpubllc school children and others, the e shooting occurred yesterday morn- | County Board of Iducation named the e O e Stafford County, | §rounds Welsh Ficld in his honor. L Now that the ice is broken, the others il o e waington XIS, fIY€ | ndorsed by the Kensington convention use | for places on the Republican ticket are he couple had left a rooming hous: he-:le Elt !p o'clock the preyious ninm‘exl’*fll‘d to file without del and did not return. Turner had stated = ot that he was leaving for Colorado and STOCKHOLDERS SEEK RECEIVER FOR COMPANY canted the girl to drive him to the ;:.sn She was tolreturll in the CI:, which he was to give her as a present. After killing the girl and failing ::& it t at -suicide, ner ran o D aheay mad cullagied fn the | ¥ osil Steam System, Is Involved in road, though he did not lose conscious- | ness. When picked up he said that he | had slain the girl because she would | not marry’ him and he could not live | without her. Turner is said to have a wife and child in Philadelphia. from where he came here to work several Plea Requesting Account- ing of Assets. receiver was filed yesterday in the holders of the Vasil Steam System Co. to conserve the assets of the corpo- ration. An accounting and distribu- tion of the assets are also requested. The plaintiffs, who are represented by Attorney Caiman Mayer, are John Brouman, 3208 O strect; Michael Borduklis, 1406 I strect; Thomas Chakeris. George Chakeris and Andrew Zages, all of 1336 H street: Leon Bades and Sporos Patrulis, both of 1101 I street; James M. Tiches and Charles E. Tiches, 1521 Fourteenth street. e company is a Massachusetts trust and the suit is directed against the following trustees: Vasil Mackey, Bond Building: John D. Nacos, 1018 Fourteenth street: John Dassoulas, 2629 Fourteenth, street. and Peter Paris, Elas Mavromichalls, Anthony Con- stantinopolus and _Nikitas Constan- tinopolus, all of Baltimore, Md. COLORED MAN FINED $100 IN LIQUOR CASE Accused of Running Through Sig- nal and Driving Without Permit Also. Arrested Thursday night when he passed a red traffic_signal at Rhode Island avenue and Ninth street and ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, M August 9 (Spe- cial).—Judge Robert B. Peter has passed an order in Circuit Court here changing the name of Mrs. Katherine Wills of Brookeville, this county, to Katherine Alvord, and making a similar change in the name of her 15-year-old daughter, Katherine Wills. | The petition stated that July 7. 1917, Mrs. Wills was granted an absolute di- vorce in the Circuit Court of Alexandria | County, Va., from Arthur Ldward Wills and was awarded the custody of the| couple’s only child, Katherine. The changes in the names were asked on the ground that because of the conduct of Wills, his divorced wife was not willing for either herself or her daughter to bear his name. | Alvord was the maiden name of the petitioner. She was represerted by At- torney Robert Peter, jr. of Rockville. The union vesper services tomorrow evening, which will be one of a series arranged by the Protestant churches of | Rockville, will be held on the lawn ad- joining the Methodist Church and will begin at 6:30 o'clock, according to an- nouncement by Rev. Prank A. Tyler, pastor of the Methodist Church, who will be in charge and who will deliver the sermon. Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Harmon of Washington will sing. liquor in his machine, Thomas Wash- Vincent Russo of ‘Baltimore, who Was | arrested by Deputy Sheriff Harry Rob- | inson for illegal transportation of 14 | ceses of liquor, was given the severest | penalty. being fined $200. Jerome Savoy of Oxon Hill, whose | home was raided by Constable G. W. | Perrygo on August 6, was fined $50 for illegal possession of liguor. The offi- | eer reported finding about 5 gallons. | Willlam Edmond, 1100 block of | Fourth street northeast, Washington. was given a similar fine for possession 1 of one case of slleged liquor. Deputy Sherifl L. E. Dutrow made the arrest on_the Marlboro pike August 2 SPECIAL NOTICES. ¥HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the new Moses Hall Building Com- Pany for the eiection of airectors and the Transaction of such other business as law- Tully may come before the meeting will be st o.w., on Thursday, Aug NTEE. Secretary M. AND L AZZAM HAVE PURCHASED THE Triit and clgar shop at 517 F st. n.w. from Andrus and s of August 6. 1930 Creditors _are notified o present 5 davs. to Andius £, LEWIS. Attornes THE TAMCO BUILDERS WILL NOT BE yesponsible for any debts contracted by any other than themselves. M THOMPSO! 9150 Abbey PI NE. C._C. APPLE. 820 Lonk_ fellow NW. A T. MCGINNISS. 45 Kenvoh 8t NW 10° SHT FIANO, 31 orage charge 10th st. n. 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Shimp and Miss Muriel Prances Calkins, both of Washington. and Vernon Roland Norris of Gaithers: burg and Miss Elizabeth May Young of Frederick, Md., both ceremonies taking place at the home of the minister. | John Jones, clerk to the supervisors | of elections for the county, has given | notice that all persons desiring to be | candidates for the Democratic and Re- | publican nominations for county offices (o be filled at the November elections | pg.n.., must file certificates of candidacy with | the supervisors of elections by not later | than midnight Monday, August 18. The | | names of candidates filing after that time will not appear on the official bal- | lots, the law requires that such cer- | tificates be in the hands of the super- visors within 20 days of the primary election day, which this year falls on | ington, colored, of Reeves court, terday to serve 90 days in Washington also was charged with driving_ without a permit, no registra- tion card and passing the signal. Court arraignment was postponed on these. prehended was registered to Catherine eceived the death sentence in con- nection with York, prohibition agent SURETY COMPANY SUES N. B. CLARKE Portland, Oreg., Real Es- tate Operator Is Involved in Aetna Action. Noel B. Clarke, 1416 I street, who is sald to have formerly operated in sub- urban property near Portland, Oreg., has been sued in the District Supreme for $25855.75 by the Aetna in | infatuated and then tried to end his|jican County Convention at Kensington | Mr. Welsh is president of the Rock- | Application for the appointment of a | District’ Supreme Court by nine stock- | found to have two half gallons of corn | v & fine of $100 in Police | The car in which the man was ap- | Guy. wife of Milton Guy, who recently | the murder of Lamar | | Monday. Scptember 8 | Court | I Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS. Calif.—Reen reading a lot lately and "Hng movies of the Prench evacuating the Rhine. That's all fine away over in Europe. but what about the Republicans evacuating _the South? They are moving back to the Democrats. They have been holding down foreign territory for two years. This being an nff_presidential year, the Democrats Jook great. The Republicans alwavs look bad on three years out of four. But the year they look good is elec- tion year. A voter don't expect mych. If you give him one good year, he is satisfied. Py Casualty & Surety Co., which had, been surety for him on bonds given in Oregon. The company says it has heen obliged to pay out in judgments obtained by purchasers of lots, who charge fraud- ulent representatiofs in connection with the sales, and for attorneys fees, total sued for In April, 1928, the eourt is told, | Clarke was exclusive &ales agent for | the Burlingame Co. to sell lots in an addition to Portland and the company executed as surety a bond to the com- pany, under which it had to defend a number of suits. In the same month ! it also signed a bond for Clarke to the | Edgemont Investment Co. for sale of lots in Terwilliger Heights, near Port- land, from which sales a number of suits also were filed and judgment entered. Forest Fire in Hefildon. HERNDON, Va., August 9 (Special). —Forest fires started last night on the north side of the Washington & Old Dominion Rallroad on the land known as the Wiehle tract on Sunset Hill, belonging to A Smith Bowman. The fire covered a large territory, but the damage was not so great, as most of timber had been recenfly cut and removed. the | AN IS WOUNDED Harpers Ferry Resident Dying After Being Shot by Husband. | | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., August 9.—Edward | Cogle, 32 years old, of Harpers Ferry, | W. Va, was in a dying condjtion in Loudoun County Hospital and Henry C. Wood, 30, also of Harper's Ferry, is in the Leesburg jail today &s a re-| sult of a shooting said to have been provoked by Cogle’s assaulting Wood's | wife. | The assault is alleged to have been committed as the woman was walking | toward her home Thursday. Wood ob- | tained a warrant for Cogle yesterday | morning, police say, but the authorities | failed to locate Cogle during the day. About 7 o'clock last night Wood, who | was armed with a shotgun, is said to| have accosted Cogle in Roy Titus' store | and shot him. The bullets-took effect in the man’s lungs. TIRE TRACKS CLUE LEADS TO ARREST Bethesda Youth Held in Robbery of Potomac School—Confession Obtained, Police Say. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 9.—Iden- | tification of the tire tracks of an auto- mobile used in the burglary of the Po- | tomac School August 5 led to the ar- | | rest yesterday of the alleged Tobber an: what Montgomery, County police be- | lieve to be the sofution of a series of | thefts occurring during the past two | months. | The “prisoner, Mervin Riley, 24 years | old, of Bethesda, s bcing held at the county jail here while police investigate his sctivities. He was arrested in com- pany with a 15-year-old boy by Con- | stable Edward Caywood, at Bethesda. The boy is said to have been implicated | | in the burglary and is being held under | $500 bond for a hearing in Juvenile Court Monday. | When the Potomac School was robbed Policemen Roy Bodmer and Harry Merson were assigned to the case. Their | only clue was the mark left by an au- tomobile in the soft ground. After | almost & month of search, a car making similar_tracks was located in Bethesda and Riley was arrested while driving it. Police say that Riley has confessed to | six burglaries involving more than | 81,000 in loot. The details of his con- | | fessions ate now being ch-cked. One | of the places said to have been robbsd is in Washington. MAN AbMITS.STEALING | { All Groceries Needed for Weeks Alleged to Have Been Taken by Kensington Resident. B » Stal Correspondent of %he star. | KENSINGTON, Md. August 9— | Seventeen different kinds of groceries | of quantity sufficient to last a man two | weeks comprised the loot_he took from the Piggly Wiggly store here a month ago, John Lancaster, 62-year-old col- ored man, is said to have told Mont- | gomery County police in admitting the | burglary. | The man was arredted last Saturday by Policeman E. R. Jones while the officer was investigating the report | that a still was being operated on a farm about a mile from here. An empty <in which had contained canned chicken- of the brand stolen from the store convinced Jones of Lancaster's | connection with the burglary. The policeman said he found the col- ored man living in the woods, appar- | ently relying on what he could forage for sustenance. ALEXANDRIA. Two | ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 9 (Spe- ! cinl).—Mount Vernon avenue, the upper road to Washington, which is being widened to a width of 28 feet, has been completed as far as Russell road and is | open for traffic. Work is going forward jon the last section of it, from Russell | road to Hume Station, and will include | | the removal of the cupola in the middle | | of the old road at Hume Spring. | Sixairplanes bringing the city direc- | tors of Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, who are on a State-wide | tour by plane, will arrive here Tuesday, | August 12. These directors will be en- | tertained by the directors of Alexan- | dria’s Chamber of Commerce at supper at the George Mason Hotel that night. The purpose of the tour is to establish | friendly = relations between Virginia citles. G w. Stunks, 54, of 200 W. Wind- sow avenue. pleaded guilty in Police | Court th's morning to the possession | Iof 105 bottles of home brew. He was | | fined $50 and costs: a 30-day jail sen- | tence being suspended. | "“Pire at 8 oclock last night did a | negilible amount of damage to a_stabie in tie rear of the Odd Fellows' Temple on 400 block S, St. Asaph street. No. 4 engine company responded to the alarm. Boy Scout Troop 146 of Potomac, will leave Monday on its annual Scout outing. A trip to Baltimore by boat and train, which will cover three days, comprises this year's outing. The troop will feturn Wednesday evening. 1 e S Ry SR Virgil L. Highland Dies. CLARKSBURG, W. Va. August 9 P)—Virgil L. Highland, 59, former Re- publican National Committeeman, died today at Rochester, Minn. During his career he was &, banker, newspaper publisher and coa} operafor here. | | before STOCK FOR HIS LARDER ¢ Ponulation Totals Obtained in 4 Months—8 Required for 1920 Job. Youthful Workers Spurred by Promotion and Pay Raise Promises. By the Associated Press. The impetus of a _man of riperied | years, puiting over his last big job retirement. has spurred the | | enthusiasm of youth in a daily drama | of speed at the United States Census | Bureau. \ Director William M. Steuart, who will be 69 years old in October. yesterday scored 'a triumph by announcing the preliminary United States population | wtal in just half the time it took 10| years ago. | Total Compiled in Four Months. | By his short-cut plan of handling the | census the total was compiled in four | months. In 1920, the entire machinery of the bureau was busy for eight months grinding out this first grist. | Now the white-haired director with | the keen eyes and humorous mouth is | putting the punch into the punching | machine compilations—all _done young women of less than 35. He has just issued a circular promising quick bromotions and higher pay for speed and accuracy at the punching ma- chines, “My chief difficulty now is fo get enough of these speedy young women to operate the machines.” said Director Steuart. “It takes the nimble fingers of youth to make headway in tabulat- ing census figures.” Announcement of the population | caused no lessening of the tremendous pressure at the Census Bureau. The biggest job is still in the doing—the publication of a booklet of each State, to include its every minor civil, divi- sion, by the'time Congress convenes in December. LAUREL COUNGL UPHELD BY COURT Prince Georges Judge Rules Against Resident in Side- walk Suit. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 9.—Holding the mayor and council of Laurel had full legal authority to assess Miss Alice Hopkins for a new sidewalk ich was constructed at the town offi- clal's orders ih front of her residence, Circuit Cowrt Judge Joseph C. Mat- tingly has: filed an opinion declaring her suit foy an injunction will be dis- missed. Miss Hopkins “Hves on West Mont- gomery avenue and brought suit against the mayor and council and the mayor, town clerk, and president of the coun- cil personally, asking that they and their successors be enjoined irom en- forcing the sidewalk assessment. Her bill also asked that the assessment be declared void, and that the act of the assembly of 1927 under which the as- | sessment, was made, also be declared void. The municipal authorities removed a brick sidewalk in front of the com- plainant’s property and laid a cement sidewalk in its stead. The court’s opinion points out that “the complain- ant is rather clear in her statement that she preferred the old brick side- | walk, which had seen many years of | service and which she considered good | enough for her purposes. “But it has been several times de-: cided,” the court continues, “that the | question whether a sidewalk needs re- pair or repaving is not a matter for' the individual owner, but for the au- | thorities of the town, who, by virtue | of their position, are charged with the | duty not only of subserving the in-: terests of the entire municipal cor- | poration, as far as they may affect the! comfort of the citizens, but also to pre- | serve the coffers df the municipality | from inroads that may be made by ! collection cf damages resulting from ! defective streets and sidewalks.” i FIRE IN SEAT PLEASANT Small Blaze Is Believed to Have by | | actually compiled in this bur:au, right | |and capable of making the announce- ‘ Charge, Observes Honesty | | to prohibition officials. WILLIAM M. STEUART. ‘These booklets are to be used as a| basis for reapportionment legislation. | and will be bound togsther in Book 1 of ! the census by ths end of the year, the | director said. Three already are out.! Others are being speedily published. | This work is more than twice as far | advanced as it has ever been in previous censuses. Speed Due to Change in Method. “Our present advanced progress and the early publication of the population figure is dus entirely to the change in method.” said Steuart. “All previous censuses have-been based on the idsi that no figure could be given out unless here in Washington. “I have procezded on the theory that | the census supervisors were responsible ments.” In 1920 Steuart was assistant director of the census. Before the big 1930 job rolled around he could have retired, but he wanted to sez put into practice some of the theories he had evolved during An association with the bureau that dates back to boyhood. HERRICK LAMENTS REIECTING NONEY Ex-Legislator, Jailed on Dry! Might Have Been Mistake. | By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, August 9.—Manuel | Herrick, former Oklahoma Represenia- | tive in Congress, in jail here after his arrest while working at a still as handy man at $15 a week, observes that maybe he had made a mistake in not taking | some of the money he sald was offered him during his one term as a legislator. “When I was in Congress,” he said, | “I had as much as $£50,000 in bills | stacked on my desk-—dishonest money. | But I said to them, ‘Take it away.'| Maybe I was a fool.” Barefoot, unshaven and clad in over- alls, Herrick, 54 years old, would not | claborate on the “dishonest money.” | He stuck to his story that he took the job at the still, at which he was cap- tured Wednesday along with two other man, to get evidence to be turned over | Preparing to Prosecute. | Federal officials, however, went ahead | with plans to prosecute him on a charge | of manufacturing liquor. In jail, in default of $1,500 bond, Herrick faces! the prespect of remaining there for sev- eral weeks until the grand jury a: The Oklahoman, a spectacular figure in Congress during his one term, ending in 1923, little resembled the legislator who while in office was sued for $50.000 for breach of promise by a beauty con- test entrant and was in the public eye also for his interest in aviation. Herrick declares he thought he had a definite understanding that he was to get evidence for the Prohibition Bu- reau_at Washington, though word from the Capital was he was refused a com- mission and warned not to incriminate himself. “When I was in Washington last month,” he said, “I went to sce Col. Woodcock, the prohibition director. He wasn't in and his secretary told me P. J. Moore was his right-hand man. Expected to Be Paid. | to the new order of things and it usu- | | appearance of property. | is no incentive to efficient operation ! shackles COURTS ADVOCATED i FOR SPECIAL SUITS Speaker at Institute of Pub- lic Affairs Favors Rights to Sue Government. Special Dizpatch to The Star. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, August 9.—Special tribuna’s shou'd be estab- lished in which citizons can sus the cvernment for torts, Dr. Thomas H Reed of the University of Michigan told the Institute of Public Affairs here Political scientists, he said. now are almost unanimously in favor of re-! versing the American system in favor of that which holds in c-ntinental Eu- rope and it is only a matter of time | until legislation catches up with them. ! Under the American system, he ex plained, a citizen cannot’ sue the Fed- eral, State or municipal government ex- cept in matters of contract without its consent. which is almost never given. I Tecourse of a person clubbed without ‘reason by a policeman or hit | by A fire truck is to sue the policeman or truck driver. This, he said, generally is a useless procedure since the man has no property and cannot pay a. Jjudgment. 1t is derived directly, he said, from the British theory that “the king can do no wrong.” A generation ago, he! said, political scientists strongly defend- ed this theory on the ground that it was a safeguard of liberty. By throw- ing the responsibility on an individual servant of the government he was made more careful. Thus a policeman might nt be so careless about, clubbing eiti- | zens if he knew he personally might have to pay for it. Actually Makes No Difference. Actually it makes no difference. Dr. Reed said, because if the policeman happens to own property, he puts it in the name of his wife and he seldom is wealthy enough anyway to pay a Jjudgment. On the continent. he said, the in- dividual officer is not responsible, but there are administrative tribunals in which any citizen may enter a case against the government itself. The very liability of the state to heavy damages, he pointed out, makes it care- ful what sort of officers it selects and the officer himself is afraid of losing his job if he gets the state into trouble. Thus there s really a much stronger | curb upon h'm than if he were theo- retically responsible in person. Injuries to individuals, he said, are inevitable in the administration of gov- ernment and until the present system is changed great. injustices are bound to_occur. The helplessness of American citi- zens to override judicial decisions which run counter to well defined pub- lic sentiment is probably unique in the world, said Julius T. Muench, city coun- selor of St. Louis. Campaigns Necessary. Almost invariably, he said, the courts | find difficulty in adjusting themselves ally requires a campaign of education | to gain their co-operation. This has | been practically obvious, he pointed out, in court decisions on zoning laws which have almost consistently denied the municipality the right to regulate the He blamed court decisions for much of the difficulties of the municipalities with public utility corporations, due largely to valuation systems. The cor- porations, he said, have been put in| the enviable position of becoming pub- | lic or private enterprizes according to circumstances. “While the operators emphasize,” he said, “the public character of the busi- when they are in a difficult posi- and need help, the business be- comes a private one as soon &s they >come prosperous. When represent- atives of the public seek information to determine the propriety of a re- | duction in rates they are met with various technical ol tions. “If the utilitis are allowed to per- sist in these practices then cur ulility situation will soon have all the faulls of both private and public ownership, without the benefits cf either. The:e because the commissions and the couvts | can always be called on for help when things go wrong. On the cther hand, | when things look up all profits are the | private property of the utility, were in the days before regulaticn, or | of a holding company. Ultra-Conservatism Hampers. i “A strange characteristic of the pub- | lic eorporations eng>ged in transporta- ticn which distinguishes them from cor- | porations engaged in private enterprises | is their ultra-conservatism, which for | years has kept them from adjusting themselves to new ccnditions and from mecting the competition of other means of transportation. If they had im- mediately adopted the new facilities | and embodied them in a co-crdinated | service, which they are now being forced to do to save their lives, the| balance would not have been so often | on the wrong side of the ledger and there would not have been so many receiverships.” | Women still are a long way frcm equal rights in the United States, Mrs. Burnita Shelton Mathews, Washington attorney. told the institute. “Our laws,” she said, “have for their framework the common law of Eng- land under which the husband had most absolutz control over the per- son of his wife. Despite the steady advance to free women from the | of ‘he common law, the statutes and decisions of the United States reflect her inferior position. For example, in_the. city of Washing- ton a 17-year-old boy was killed and his destitute mother sought to recover damages she sustaned by his death. The court pointed out that any camages recovered would be only for the next of kin and that, as between father and mother, the father is the only next-of-kin and the only one en- titled to damages for the child's death. As the tather died three months after the boy, the court held that the re- covery, if any. would be limited to the father’s loss during that interval. Marriage Is Disability. “The courts in some States seem 10 regard marriage on the part of a woman a5 inaicating lack of judg- ment. They place her under a dis- ability as.soon as the marries. A example is the case of Mrs. Fergusox. | | our merchants and b2n: POLIGEAND TROOPS RUSHED 10 HARON Fear of Retaliatory Measures Follows Lynching of Two Colored Youths. By the Associated '."rt,s MARION, Ind. Augusi 9.-—State polics aided local ouiers today in guarding against fresh cuib.caks cf the {mcb violenc> which Thursiay night was climaxed by the hanging of two col- ored youth:, who were dragged from their cells in the county jail. Fear of pessible rataliatory action by sympa- thizers for the dea.hs of Thomas Shipp and Ab> Smith contributed to an at- mosphere of tense watchfulness. Col. Ceorge H. Healey of Indianapolis, in command of two companizs of ths Indiana National Guard dispatched vesterday from their training quar ers at Camp Knox, Ky., arrived last night by plane in advance of the t He announced the guardsmen woul in pairs to guard against property damage. Yesterday and last night passed quietly except for the curious throngs which crowdsd the courthouse square, where the mob lynched Shipp, accused of fatally shooting Claude Detter, 23, of Fairmount and Smith, who admitted attacking Miss Mary Ball, 19, of Marion, Dezter’s girl companion. The crowds were kept moving by patrolling officers. Miss Ball was to have selected heor engagement ring today. Instead she will attend the funeral of her flance at his father’s home at Fairmount. Sp= cial deputies were sworn in last night to guard the residence where th: youth's body lies. Prosecutor Harley Hardin, who has annecunced he will summon the county rand jury September 1 to investigate the lynchings. expressed the opinion fiatxol | that the record of Grant County juries in failing to convict or in fixing lenient penalties was a dominant factor in rousing the mob to fury. He said, “I heard several person in the crowd re- | mark, ‘If we don't do something they'll just let them go free.' " tioned the court to remove her dis- abilities as a married woman so that her contracts and acts as Governor might not be guestionad. he consent of her husband was required and ob- tained before these disabilities were re- moved. “In 40 States the services of the wife in a greater or lesser extent belong to her husband. Georgia, Vermont and Virginia uphold the right of a_husb: o collect his wife's wages. in the household is legally the prop- erty of her husband. She is not entitled to any part of the family income be- sides her necessary support. In many States the right of a husband to re. ceive the services of his wife is con- sidered a valuable property right and he is entitled to pecuniary compensa- tion for ils loss in contequence of the negligent act of a third person. The wife has no such property right in the labor of her hisband and when he is injured, the injury not resulting in death, the general rule is that she can claim nothing.” . The development of small industrics in_agricultural centers, which will af- ford jobs' to the population to sup- plement their farm infomes, waa pointed to as one way to overcome agri- cultural distress. Already about 10 per cent of people living on farms a engaged in non-agricultural work, it was pointed out. Policy Is Necessary, Prevalent doctrines of the right of peoples to self-determination are eco« ncmocally and biologically unsound. Dr, Charles C. Batchelder, former chief of the Far Eastern division of the Bureay of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, told the institute in giscussing thy American policy in Nicaragua. “The United Siates,” he said. “hat been accused of erushing by force the sovereignty and indeperndence cf Nica- ragua. so that it may be cxvloited by - mes r5. Really our nolicy has been th~ reculi of the mili- tary and economic n-ces<tics which ave recuired for our nationel weifare. The fess advanced nations should be given the 2dvantage of the assistance which ! m-re develoned peoples c2n afford and sheuld not be abandon~d to make over and over again in their ignorance all Xt the Philippines will be useful in the evoluticn of international policies, which wul aid in the solution of the problems >f Egypt, India, China and Africa. | WHERE TO MOTOR AND DINE A colonial resort on Shenandoah River. s scenically beautiful. Rest facilic ties, boating. fishing. sw'mming Southern Meals Weeklv. $15. $18. Booklet. M. F: CASTLEMAN. Berryville. Va. PETER PAN INN At Urbana. Md. 33 mi. from Washing Road open. Disresard detour sign 3 Henderson Corner. g Country Ham, Steak and Chicken Dinners. S Week Days—I | Special Plate Dinner, COLLEGE INN Opvosite Western Maryland Colieze Westminster, Marsiand. = Phone 411-W. SPECIAL' CHICKEN AND, STEAK DINNERS. 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't cee that I was paid tinguish a small blaze ih & vacant house | That's how 1 happened to get the | rear Chapel and Sheriff roads last| jon at the still about three weeks ago. 1 was trying to find out who the own- ers were and would have if those smart aleck agents had not come along.” Herrick's fortunes have gone from bad to worse since his defeat for re- election, He traded in airplanes for a time, he said, and then, broke, went to work on Maryland farms doing | manual labor. The idea of trying to be an under- | cover agent, he ‘said, he got from a ‘moonshine ~ family,” who, he . said, heated me out of $150 rent money I got from my farm back in Oklahoma.” nes night. Firemen said the blaze was started by | a colored man who had a grudge! against the owner. He was seen fleeing | the building as the engines approached | and an uncuccessful effort was made to} catch him. Damage was negligible, firemen said. ° . Virginia i;;ws'érs ( To Have Dry Law Referendum Vote| Police Act Too Swiftly. HARRISON, J., August 9 (#)—In this case it wi t the heat, it was the humility. Two police officers, suspicious | of a car parked in front of a manu- facturing plant and fearing a hold-up wes to be attempted, deflated the tires. The car proved to be the property of a visiting deputy sheriff. So the police officers doifed their coats and restored the tires to normaley, - ° By the Associated Press. OLD POINT COMFORT, Va. Au- gust 9.—By a vote of 92 to 54, the Virginia State Bar Association yes- terday afternoon adopted resolutions providing for a referendum among all Virginia lawyers on the question qf r:pell of the eighteenth amend- ment. An Invitation Come Out to WOODLEY PARK this evening and see how much cocler it is in our new sample house at 2928 CORTLAND PL. Open .Daily and Sunday Until 9 PM. TO REACH— Drive west on Cathedral Ave. IOI'IEEI' govcrnox n{ ‘Te: IS.> Shlr BEM Toii House . 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