Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1930, Page 17

NOW ENTERED “INDIXIE AR DERBY TOCHCAGDRACES Woman Pilots to Leave Local Field at 11 0’Clock To- morrow Morning. CHAIRMAN OF CONTEST HERE FROM NEW YORK Mrs. Phoebe Omlie Favored to Win With Plane Much Faster Than Others. Six contestants were on the field to- @ay making ready to take off at 11 ©'clock tomorrow morning in the Wom- an's Dixle Air Derby from Washington Airport, through the South and up the | Mississippi River Valley, for prizes to- taling approximately $4,000. Engines were being tuned up and the final touches were being applied to the six _light planes, which woman fiyers, thered here from all over the coun- y, will pilot over the 1,575 miles. The race will be run between the Capital and Curtiss-Wright-Reynolds Airport at Chicago, the finish line, R. C. Oertel of New York, contest chairman for the derby, who will ac- compary the flyers along their route and have charge of the entire race, arrived at Washington Afrport this morning and spent the day ironing out details of the race with contestants and the Washington race officials. Oerte] foresaw a spirited race in pros- pect, with two hops along the route, that' from Columbia, S. C., to Atlanta, and the route from Birmingham, , to Memphis, Tenn., likely to give the woman racers the greatest trouble, particularly the latter hop. ‘Will Supervise Timing. Oertel, in a machine capable of nearly 200 miles an hour, will take off at each control point about & half an hour before the racers are sent away, and will supervise the timing of a rival of racers at the control point. He will precede the racers by a good margin to prevent any possibility of the racers charting their course by the red monoplane he will pilot. * “I've got to win the race, as well #s_run it,” Oertel said. The race will not be started tomor- row morning if the weather is such as Oertel would belleve dangerous. He pointed out that this-precaution will not be taken because women are rac- ing, holding that women are just as good pilots as men, but he said_ there no necessity for endlngerinl life in a race of this sort under any cir- cumstances. Mrs. Bowman Enters. Mrs. Leslie Bowman was the latest entry for the race. She brought her smail bi-plane to Washington Airport shortly after noon. Mrs. Phoebe Omlie is favored to win the race, her monoplane being the fast- est ship entered, it being capable of & top speed of 140 miles an hour. Oertel issued a call this afternoon for all contestants to have their planes on the starting line by 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and for all pilots to meet with him at that hour for final instructions on the race. Guests at Banguet. ‘The derby fiyers are to be the guests of honor tonight at a banquet at the ‘Willard Hotel, given by the Women's City Club. The Eagle Wings Flying Club, an organization of the club, will at this time graduate several women who have completed the club’s ground school aviation course. Mrs. Phoebe Omlle, one of the derby pilots, will pre- sent the diplomas. Following the banquet there will be 8 reception at the Willard, with the Eagle Wings Club members acting as hostesses. ‘This morning the woman racers were ests at a breakfast at Washington irport, given for Rear Admiral W. A. MofTett, chief of the Bureau of Aero- nautics, U. 8. N, prior to his departure early today, accompanied by eight Ma- rine Corps fighting planes, for the na- tional air races at Chicago, in a stand- ard Navy observation plane, piloted by Lieut. Comdr. J. J. Clark, executive officer of the Anacostia Naval Ailr Station. The woman derby flyers will arrive at the airport tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock to meet newspaper men and hotggraphers. There will be a break- fast for them served at the airport at 9:30 o'clock, and at 10 o'clock officials of the National Aeronautic Association, n chtrge of the race, will inspect planes and truct pilots on the course, rules of the race and other particulars. At 10:45% the planes on the starting line will rt warming up. { Mrs. Omlie First to Go. Pr@mptly at 11 o'clock Jack Wynne, inandger of Hoover Feld, will fire the starting gun and the plane of Mrs. Omli§ will take the air, followed at ones | min intervals by the rest of the con- | testa El mad to tl ts. rate preparations have been for the entertainment of visitors airport for the start of the race tomofirow. Throughout the day there will B special events, in addition to the | regulir arrival and departure of the air- Jine $ransports, sightseeing flights and other airport activities, There will be stunting by Jack Carroll, Baltimore fiyer; balloon bursting exhibitions by fiyers of the airport, and a spot-landing contest for flyers from Washington and vicinigy. M4J. James Doolttle of the Army Air serves will take-off from Bolling morrow morning carrying Presi- | dent f Hoover's sp message to the | officifils of the National Ailr Races openfhg in CI ago Saturday, it was annoinced today | Thé former Army speed pilot plans | to miake the 650-mile hop from the Capital to Chicago without stop. He will @eliver the President’s message to Senafor Hiram Bingham of Connect- icut, gpresident of the National Aero- nautfe Association, sponsor of the races, and e message will be broadcast to- morpw night at the National Aero- mautf Association annual banquet. f MRS. HAIZLIP BETTER. GREENWOOD, 8. C., August 21 (#).— Mrs. Mae Haizlip, St. Louis woman fiyer Injured when her plane cracked up near here yesterday in a forced landing, was much improved today Mrs. Haizlip regained consciousness late yesterday. Her physician said she Tested comfortably last night Three Commissions Issued. Commissions in the Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department to Howard S. Berger, 1801 T street, this city, as a first leu- tenant, Dental Corps; to John R. Rich- ard, 1909 Pennsylvania avenue. this city, as_a second lieutenant, Medical ,Administrative Corps. and to Willlam 5. Rose, Beltsville, Md., as a second Msutenant, Chemical Warfare Service. | under $5,000 bond Show yesterday. These youngsters took the judges’ eye at the G Upper: Joseph, 3 years, and Bernard, 18 months, sons of and Mrs. A. F. Paul of 3421 Dent place, who won first prizes in their classes. Lower: Mrs. H. D. Coleman of 1717 Thirty-third street, holding her 6-week-old twins, Charles and George, whom the judges seemed to be able to tell apart, for Charles won a prize and George didn't. he Foening - Star ‘WASHINGTON, BABY CONTEST »layground Baby .. —Star Staff Photos. ARREST 4 MENBERS OF NARCOTIC RING Complaints by Authorities at| Walter Reed Hospital Led to Capture. Four colored men- were placed under arrest and held for investigation in connection with the operation of a narcotic ring, in connection with which | three other colored men and a colored woman were previously arrested and charged with sale and possession under the Harrison narcotic act. The investi- gation, resulting in the arrests, grew out of complaints made by authorities of Walter Reed Hospital that patients at the institution were being supplied with narcotics. The men arrested yesterday and held for investigation were James Eddle | Waller, 32 years old, colored, driver of | the Freedmen’s Hospital ambulance: | Roy W. Sorrel, 20 years old, switchboard | operator at Freedmen's; Morris Lee, 25, of the 1500 block of Fourth street, and | James Thomas Pierce of the 1600 block of New Jersey avenue. Samuel Henson, 28 years old, of the 900 block of 'V street, alleged ring- leader of the gang, was picked up at Second street and Pennsylvania avenue Tuesday and booked at police head- quarters yesterday under a charge of sale and possession of narcotics. He later was held under $10,000 bond and is to go before United States Commis- sloner Needham C. Turnage for a hear- ing Monday. The others arrested and charged prior to Henson's arrest were Ruby| White, 22, arrested at 901 V street and | held under bond of $3,000; Richard H.| Epps, 35, of the 700 block of Morton | street, held under $5,000 bond, and| James E. Brawner, 28 years old, held | Henson, the alleged ringleader, was| out under $2,500 bond when arrested for the second time on Tuesday. He made his escape when police tried to arrest him several days ago by jumping out of a second-story window. The eight arrests within the past sev- eral days were the outcome of an ex- tensive investigation by the police and agents working under Headquarters D. H. Jones of the narcotic squad. $100 LEFT IN WILL T0 PARK SQUIRRELS Late Clarence Gale Allen Appre- ciated Pleasure Little Animals Provide His Mother. In appreciation of the pleasure given his mother by the antics of the park squirrels, Clarence Gale Allen, who died August 4, left a bequest of $100 to the Humane Society of Washington for the care of the squirrels. Mr. Allen left an estate valued at $81,611.08 accofding to the petition of his widow, | for the nrobate of his will. no real estate, but had securities the widow he is surviyed by a half- brother and two half-8isters. Bequests of $500 each are provided for Davis S. Sheldon and Mary Shel- don Rowan: $200 to Will R. Gale; $100 each to Willlam R, Lucy, Dorothy, Ruth and Paul Gale. The children of Fred- erick and Lena Benjamin are to divide $500. Allen W. Miller, a namesake, is given $500. The remaining estate is Mrs. Martha J. M. Allen, | He owned | panions slightly hurt when an automo- RESERVES ARRIVE Three Destroyers Bringing Naval Units Here on Annual Training Cruise. Three destroyers of Uncle Sam's At- lantic scouting fleet are expected to | dock at the Washington Navy Yard to- morrow afternoon, and will remain here until Monday. They are bringing to the Capital City three divisions of Naval Reserves, two ‘of them_ from Rdchester and one from Buffalo, N. Y. The units f Naval Reserves are taking their an- nual training cruises, and the vessels have been operating in the Chesapeake Bng' during the current week, having left New York City last Saturday. Capt. Gordon W. Haines, U. 8. N, commander of Destroyer Division No. , of the Scouting Fleet,.is in com mand of the three vessels, which, hoy- ever, do not compose the regular di¥i- sion. He is on the flagship Lawrence, which 1s commanded by Lieut. Comdr. J. D. Jones. Comdr. V. J. Dixon is in command of the destroyer Sands, anceher of the fleet, and Lieut. Comdr. S. A. Manahan is in command of the third, the destroyer Humphreys. Arrangement of Details. Lieut. Comdr. R, 8. Field, aide to Capt. C. C. Bloch, commandant of the ‘Washington Navy Yard and former commander of the destroyer Abel P. Upshur, training ship of the local Re- serve battalion and inspector instruc- tor of that organization, is arranging the details for arrival of the vessels here. Comdr. Field pointed out that this is the usual midcruise liberty pe- riod for the destroyers with Reserve trainees aboard. The destroyers, while regularly attached to the Atlantic Scouting Fleet, have been assigned this year to special duty in cruising with Reserves. During this period & por- tion of the regular complement was given leave to make room for the Re- servists. Largest Flotilla in Months, Although the local training destroyer Upshur. now at sea with a contingent of local Reserves for training, is regu- larly berthed at the Washington yard, this is s=ald to be the first time in many months that such a large flo- tilla of seq-going naval vessels has been in this port, and the Ships are :‘xp«‘cu’d to attract considerable atten- ion. Lieut. Samuel W. Stinemetz com- mander of the lccal Reserve battalion, will greet the visiting Naval Reservists and offer them any aid from the local unit, and he reported that plans are being made for a reception to the city on the part of the local trade bodies. Guide books and information will be furnished the visiting officers and men. MAN FATALLY INJURED WHEN AUTO HITS POLE By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MEADOWS, Md., August 21.—John Cheseldine, 26 years old, of Brookmont, Md., was fatally injured and two com- bile in which they were riding struck a valued at $80,024; cash, $587.08, and | telegraph pole while avolding a collision furniture estimated at $1000. Besides | with another car on a sharp curve here yesterday afterncon. Brice Bowie, secretary to the Prince Georges county commissioners, and Wil- liam P. Keys, county transfer clerl; who were passing at the time, rushed Chesel- dine to Casualty Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. According to police the car was oper- ated by George Hayes, 34, 3100 block of O street, and also occupled by Claude Jeft'to the widow, who 15 also t6 act as executrix, Foltz, 30, of Alexandria, Va. They were only slightly cut and bruised. IND. C. TOMORROW =5 D.) 0, NEW SEWAGE PLANT FORDISTRICTWOULD PURIFY POTOMAC Large Portion of Contamina- tion of River Within D. C. Could Be Eliminated. NEW SYSTEM WOULD COST MORE THAN $10,000,000 No Menace to Health Seen at Present Time—Survey Will Be Made. Can the Potomac River be freed of iuypfllluflon? es, says J. B. Gordon, sanitary en- ginegr of the District, but it would uire the expenditure of millions of dollars and e many years. A large portion of the contamina- tion within the limits of the District, Mr. Gordon sald, could be eliminated by the erection of a sewage disposal plant. This plant would chemically purify the District's sewage, now dis- charged into the river in a raw state ne;r glesbum Point. uch a plant, however, would mnot bring_about the ideal. The pollution, Mr. Gordon said, would continue to exist until all Maryland and Virginia gcommunities bordering on_the“Potomac, Tar above the District, likewise erect sewage disposal ld)lnnu. Even then, Mr. Gordon explained, contamination would continue to a certain extent and some of that would come directly from the Distrigt due to the construction of its sewerage system. ‘There are two classes of sewage sys- itary and storm water. There are few sewers in the District which handle storm water exclusively, but the sanitary sewers are bullt large enough to handle storm water in the time of a storm. As a result during periods of heavy rains, the storm w: ter, together with some sewage carriee with it, would be discharged into the river without passing through the sewage disposal plant. Would Cost $10,000,000. Construction of a sewhge disposal | plant, Mr. Gordon estimates, would cost approximately $10,000,000, while its maintenance would take about $40,000 a year. Every bit of sewage from the Dis- tric® watershed, as well as that origi- nating in the area served by the Mary- land Suburban Sanitary Commission, he sald, could be chemically treated and purified before being discharged into the Potomac. As a result, Mr. Gordon pointed out, the contamination could be materially reduced, and there would be a marked improvement in the condition of the river. Yet, he said, it will not be pos- sible to eliminate all of the pollution without the concerted action of the States bordering on the Potomac and their co-operation in the establishment of sewerage treatment plants at all sources contributing sewerage at points beyond the District. Suburbs Are Co-Operating. The Maryland. Suburban Sanitary ission “already has undertaken a am in co-operation with the Dis- Mr. Gordon explained, to alleviate present conditions by connecting parts of the u“fi system under its control with the District system and thereby eliminating some of the pollution that comes into the Potomac just beyond the District line and through Rock Creek. Sanitary engineers and other officials in Arlington County, Va., also are considering plans, he said, to treat the sewage that is discharged into the river on the opposite side of the river. And with the actual steps taken by the District to reduce contamination with the construction of the Upper Potomac and Upper Anacostia interceptors, the sanitary engineer declared the condi- tion of the river should be far better in_the mext few years than at present. Erection of a sewage disposal plant, however, according to Mr. Gordon, would further improve conditions by purifying all of the District's sewage. There has been no definite plan to construct such a plant, but whatever action is taken with respect to its es- tablishment, it is indicated, will depend on the outcome of the comprehensive survey to be made of the sewerage sys- tem in the metropolitan area by the United States Public Health Service. This study is to be undertaken at the request of the District Commissioners and the National Capital -Park and Planning Commission and will show the extent of river pollution, its effect and how it can be eliminated or further reduced. SWIMMING POOL CLOSED Cooler Weather Ends Season at Central Community Center. The swimming pool at the Central Community Center at Thirteenth and Clifton streets was definitely closed for the season yesterday, it was announced | by public school officials today. The cooler weather that has prevailed during the past week led to the de- cision to close the pool, it was stated. Huge New Liner Planned. PARIS, August 21 (#).—The French Line is planning a 1,170-foot transat- lantic liner with tonnage of more than 50,000. It will be ready in 1934. Lux- ury and comfort, rather than speed, will be the alm. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, NEW YEAR T0 SEE | NATURAL GAS IN - USE IN CAPITAL President Wood of Light Com- pany Tells Utilities Body Cost Will Be Lower. ENLARGED MARKET OBJECT OF CHANGE | Employes of Washington Concern and Subsidiaries Are to Retain Positions. Natural gas will be in use in Wash- ington by January 1, according to a& public tsatement yesterday by G. A. G. Wood, president of the Washington Gas Light Co. Mr. Wood went to the Dis- trict Building and gave the information to the Public Utilitles Commission. The commission asked whether he would submit them his contract for the purchase of the nafural gas before it was signed. He replied that he prob- ably would not. \ The natural gas is to be bought from a subsidiary of the Columbia Gas & Electric Co., and is to be delivered to the District from a pipe line near Rock- ville. It will cost the Washington com- pany somewhat less than the present cost of manufacturing the carburetted water gas which is used in Washington. Directed From Higher Up. The natural gas_deal gives the pub- lic something of & line on the way a company works after it has been bought by outside interests and its operations begin to be directed from higher up. The company is seeking & larger mar- ket. This it expects to accomplish by charging lower rates for gas. To meet the increased demand it buys from a sister corporation natural gas by means of a_contract not ung:; the control of the local regulating y. And _this, according to Mr. Wood, is only the “first step in a program of expansion.” More is to come later. Quoting Mr. Wood's statement: “Natural gas will be brought in to | take care of nntlclpattf: nnmedmemh‘;; creased consumption as a resul the new 5::! schedule and the taking in of much additional territory. “Eventually it is likely that more gas will have to be manufactured to ac- commodate the tremendous gas load that the new management anticipates, and at that time a by-product plant will loom large in the developemnt plans. ‘Whole Situation Considered. «“Contrary to popular belief, natural gas is not necessarily cheaper than gas manufactured under favorable condi- tions with up-to-date equipment, but, having in mind our whole situation, we thought it advisable to make this nat- ural gas arrangement. “Under the present plan no one who is an employe in the plant of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. or any of its sub- sidiaries, the Rosslyn Gas Co. or the Georgetown Gas Co. will lose his job as a direct result of natural gas coming here.” ‘As for the lower rates, Mr. Wood has sald that hé would file a proposed schedule with the Utllities Commis- sion” this month. Thus far it has not materialized, but it is thought that it will be in by the end of the week. Be- fore such a schedule could be put into effect public hearings before the com- | mission would be necessary, although it is not thought that there would be | any opposition to a reduction if jt were genuine. e |69TH COAST ARTILLERY WILL MOVE TO ALABAMA | Present Station at Aberdeen, Md., ‘Will Be Abandoned About November 1. Orders have been issued by the War Department for the transfer of the 69th Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft) from its present station at the Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md., to Fort McClellan, Ala. The movement will be made about No- vember 1 and the regiment will remain at Fort McClellan about three years, awalting the availability of Fort Crockett, Tex., which will be its per- manent station. The 3d Attack Group, now at Fort Crockett, is to be trans- ferred to Barksdale Pield, Shreveport, La. Company K, 22d’Infantry, now at Fort McClellan, will be transferred to Fort Oglethorpe before the arrival of the 68th Artillery at that post, and the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, which is to be permanently stationed at Fort McClellan, will remain at Fort Bragg, N. C, until the 69th Coast Artillery goes to its regular station in Texas. KELLY BEM:S_SPELLERS Because 14-year-old Alicia Mooney of 2525 University place could not spell “cachet” this month’s championship of the Capital City Spelling Club went to George J. Kelley of 4501 Georgia avenue at a spelldown last night in Mount Pleasant Library. About 15 contestants were in line when the spell- ing began., The next monthly meeting of the club will be held September 17. Ever since an ugknown colored man helped them whcmhey lay wounded and still menaced by a thug's revolver, Detective Joseph F. Waldron and Lieut. J. M. Roper have been looking for their benefactor. The shooting occurred on the night Harding was inaugurated. The officers were seeking a colored suspect, when he wheeled and began to blaze away. ‘Waldron was incapacitated, temporar- Lisut. Roper received a body wound, which put him in a hospital for several months. Gunman Flees as Aid Arrives. When an unknown man dashed up unexpectedly the gunman fled. The newcomer, however, was able to give kL tion on the scene which hel] cers to locate their assailant. Then disappedred. and the officers could BENEFACTOR OF POLICE TURNS UP YEARS LATER, BUT UNDER CLOUD Man Who Helped Wounded Officers Fight Off Assailant Appears Here in Custody as Wife Slayer. ily anyhow, by a slug in his scalp.| learn nothing of the identity of the man whom they wished to reward. Yesterday one of Waldron's fellow officers was_returning from _Detroit with Prank Couzzens, colored, 29 years old, self-confessed siayer of his wife, Fannie, on the night of August 11. ve something to tell Mr. Waldron,” the prisoner sald. And, accordingly, on his arrival he was brought to head- quarters, | Looks Familiar to Waldron. “Don’t you remember me, Mr. Wal- dron the prisoner asked. Waldron looked at him; had a familiar look. “I'm the boy,” Cozzens said, “who helped you and the lieutenant that night you was shot.” the fellow 1930. *# This is the result of a short circuit on the Capital Traction Co. line this morning, as seen from atop the Bond street. Building, looking north on Fourteenth The cars were backed up from the Treasury, at Fifteenth street and New York avenue, to Rhode Island avenue, and the jam is shown here as far as Thomas Circle. —Star Staff Photo. GARLINES JAMMED BY SHORT-CIRCUIT Pennsylvania and New York Avenues and 14th and 15th Streets Tied Up. Street car traffic on Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets and on Pennsylvania and New York avenues in, the, vicinity of the Treasury was tied up for nearly an hour this morning. when & short- circuit occurred in the Capital Traction Co. tracks in Pennsylvania avenue west of Pifteenth street. The short circuit blocked the west- bound tracks on Pennsylvania avenue in front of the White House from Fifteenth street through to Seventeenth street and resulted in the tying-up of southbound Fourteenth street cars and Wwestbound . Pennsylvania avenue cars. The tie-up halted the cars in a solid line as far north on Fourteenth street as Rhode Island avenue and as far east o:-ne;ennsylmun avenue as Thirteenth street, Second Delay Minor. After the circuit was restored and the New York avenue, a second minor delay was caused when a plow on one of the cars burned out at that intersection. The damaged plow or shoe through which the car's motors are contacted with the underground third rail, was detached from the car and then it was towed to a siding at Seventeenth street -ne; less than eight minutes’ speedy work. ‘Woman Fatally Injured. An unidentified colored woman was fatally injured and a 5-year-old child slightly hurt in" two traffic accidents yesterday afternoon and last night. The woman, about 50 years old, was run down in the 400 block of Rhode Island avenue at 7:45 o'clock last night by an automobile which police say was oper- ated by James Edward Ryan, 18 years old, of 1522 Brentwood road northeast. Ryan was ordered released by a cor- oner's jury tody, which returned a ver- dict of accidental death. The woman was taken to Freedmen’s Hospital, where she died four hours later of fractured skull and internal injuries. Efforts to identify her have been unsuc- cessful. Five-year-old Margle Livingstone, colored, of 5245 Karl place northeast, was cut and bruised slightly when knocked down. yesterday afternoon at New York avenue and N street by a motor cycle operated by Frank E. Keiffer, 23 years old, of 108 C street southwest. The child was with her mother at the time. She ran from the curb toward a safety zone, the police were told. OFFICER ON LEAVE NABS THREE YOUTHS Detective Alligood, Off Duty While 'Ill, Charges Trio With Larceny. The detective who picked up more stolen automobiles last year than any other member of the force works at his job, off duty or on. Frank M. Alligood, on sick leave, was driving home from the doctor’s office yesterday when he noticed something suspicious. Alighting on Georgia avenue ngar Grifith Stadium, Alligood watched three colored youths tampering with a car belonging to Dr. Edwin Roberts of 3213 Georgia avenue. Summoning Po- liceman James W. Gresham of No. 8 precinct, the officers rounded up the youths. . One youth, the officers reported, had made off with the doctor's medical case. Policeman Gresham overtook him, he said, and recovered the case. ‘The trio was ed on charges of larceny at No. 8 precinct as Jerry Sulli- van, 12, 2500 block of Georgia avenue; Russell Diggs, also 12, 900 block of Forty-fifth street northeast, and Wil- liam Banks, 16, 2400 block of Georgia avenue. THIEVES SAW IRON BARS Escape With $280 From Xunch Room on E Street. Counsel for Herbert M. Campbel charged with the murder of Mary Baker, regard Mrs. Gwendolyn Parsons, Washington girl (above), as an impor- tant witness. Mrs. Parsons and Camp- bell were riding together on the after- noon Miss Baker met her death, sc- cording to Campbell’s statement. ~—Star Staff Photo. HAZEL BOUND OVER T0 GRAND JURY Is Charged With Simple and Grand Larceny in Auto- Looting Case. Harry V. Hazel, 18 years old, of the 1900 block of Sixteenth street, who was arrested last February for shooting his stepfather, Harvey Spencer Lowe, after the latter was alleged to have beaten Hazel's mother, was bound over to the grand jury ygsterday in Police Court on charges of joy-riding and simple and grand larceny, in connection with the theft from automobiles. Hazel's mother, Mrs. Leitha Elizabeth Lowe, is at liberty under $500 bond on a charge of receiving stolen property. She is to be arraigned after police com- plete their investigation, court officials explained today. Two other boys, arrested with Hazel and Mrs. Lowe by police of No. 3 pre- cinct severel days ago, after, the officers charge, they uncovered stolen property in Mrs. Lowe’s apartment, were given a hearing in Juvenile Court yesterday be- fore Judge Kathryn Sellers. George Lilly, 15, was committed to the Board of Public Welfare and Joseph Callahan, alias Patrick McGowan, 16 years old, was placed on probation. Lilly lived with Hazel and his mother, while Cal- lahan gave his residence as the 1400 block of Harvard street. In the apprehension of the boys, po- lice believe they have solved a series of robberies from automobiles, which were driven from where they were left parked and looted of accessories. PROGRAM IS ARRANGED Singing and Dancing Scheduled at Sylvan Theater Tomorrow. A program of group singing and ancing, arranged by the Friendship Although Demetrous Horsoulas had |House and the Southeast Community fitted the windows of his lunchroom at 1003 B street with iron bars, burglars yesterday sawed through them and escaped with $280 in cash, most of which Horsoulas had secreted in hiding places about his establishment. “1 believe you're right,” whistled the detective. “We've been looking for you a long time, Lieut. Roper, and I . ., . but it looks like we were not the only ones,” \The intruders got only $15 from the cash reg but, searching further, they uncovered $140 and $125 in sepa- rate hiding places, the proprietor re-| Miss ported. Center, will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the Sylvan Theater. ‘The entertainment has been arranged as a part of a Summer series of public entertainment sponsored by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks and the Community Center ent. Departm: The Elks’ * Band of Washington Lodge No. 15 will assist on the program. Doris H. Tucker of PFriendship House will direct the sing! AGE B—1 CAMPBELL FAGES INDEFINITE DELAY IN APPEAL FIGHT Baker Murder Case Defend- ant in Jail at Alexandria. Counsel to Make Trip. NORFOLK JUDGE AWAY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2 Opportunity Given Both Sides to Bolster Cases—Many Wit- nesses Not Heard, ‘With Herbert M. Campbell back in the Alexandria jail after a brief ap- pearance in court yesterday, attorneys for the prosecution and defense today prepared to take all possible advan- tage of the delay occasioned by the latest legal skirmishes in the Mary Buker murder case. Both sides will seek to bolster their cases during the respite which followed yesterday’s ruling by United States Commissioner J. Barton Phillips in Al- exandria that Campbell must be re- moved to the District jail to await trial under a murder indictment. The defense will protest the ruling to Judge D. Lawrence Groner of the Federal Dis- trict Court in Norfolk, who exercises extradition powers in the Alexandria district. Judge Groner is on vacation until September 2, so that an indefinite delay is in prospect. Charles Henry Smith, chief of de- fense counsel, announced he would leave today for an unannounced destination, It was rumored he might go to Auburn, N. Y, to confer with Albert H. Hamil- ton, director of a Crime Detective Bureau, who has interested himself in the Baker mystery. Exhibits Are Examined. Hamilton notified The Star today that his examination of a pruucution"’s eX- hibits decided which side of a case he might align himself with. He said he understood that Campbell’s attorney has been investigating my work in several hundred homicide cases.” The Auburn criminologist declared his attention had been directed to the Baker case by a “stranger,” who had propounded to him certain questions relating to ballistic angles involved in the investigation. These questions, he said, together with his reply, must be held “professionally confidential.” Ballistic questions in the case al- ready have been passed upon by Dr. Wilmer P. Souder of the Bureau of Standards, Col. Calvin H. Goddard of Northwestern University and Lieut. John Fowler of the local Police De- partment, all of ‘whom. found that a :%\gv;ilvolgnmny turned over to the orities by Campbell was the one used’by the girl's algyer. Merits Not Considered. The merits of the case were not allowed to enter the hearing before Commissioner Phillips: in Alexandria yesterday, despite vigorous efforts of the defense to introduce alibi testimony from nearly a score of witnesses. The commissioner ruled he could not judge the guilt or innocence of the er, but must confine his opinion to the technical points of whether Campbell was the man named in the indictment and whether he was in the District of fig:_lixlm!;;l oé: Lb;e day of the crime, .- Campbell himself admif flles.s:u:’:cta! c;n the stand. 2 = leclared he would ask Groner to call a new hearing, i}l&: before another commissioner or in the Federal Court at Norfolk, and that he ::t:]ed; ::n:eavor then to present the wit- 0 Were prevente - mfls”m.y. P d from testify. ong the witnesses summone the defense bvt not heard were!dM}',sy Gwendolyn Parsons, with whom Camp- bell has said he parked near the Ar- llng'op Cemetery culvert in which Miss Eukverl body was found the next morn- Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Wood, who friend of the dead girl and known person to have ugen her alive; Henry Green, who had a busi- ness conference with Campbell at the later's home about 6 or 6:15 o'clock on the fatal evening; Thomas A. Kin; scoutmaster, who talked with Campbe! at a Scout meeting near Park road and Fourteenth street about 7:30 o'clock that, evem&g; Mrs. Marian Stewart, who talked with Campbell about 9 o'clock at a house on Hamilton street: and gl:l:rlsa:kl"lstmibu, employe of Schneid- ery, who saw Campbel 10 o'clock that night. wiEe HEARIEG BEING HELD ON GAS EXTENSION Washington Company Seeks to Carry Its Mains Into Nearby Maryland Suburbs. A hearing is being held today be- fore the Maryland Public Service yC()m- mission at Baltimore, on an applica- tion by the Washingtdn Gas Light Co. to extend its mains to Seat Pleasant, Capitol Heights and Tuxedo. The com-~ mission recently granted permission for the company to pipe gas to Garrett Park, Kensington and Rockville, and it is expected that the service will be available in Rockville before cold weather sets in. ‘The extension as planned will mean the construction of 96,000 feet of gas mains, at a cost of $133,000. More than 1,100 families are expected to benefit. In addition, lateral extensions will be made, which are expected to reach 500 more homes inside the Dis- trict lines. ‘The proposed extension is part of a $600,000 plan of expansion by the Washington Gas Light Co., which will bring gas to many communities in Maryland and Virginia and to thou- sands of homes which previously have not been able to enjoy its benefits. ‘The company will be represented at the hearing by the president, George A. G. Wood, and Vice Presidents Fraser and Woodhead. FALLS THREE FLOORS Elevator Employee Escapes With Lacerations and Bruises. James McCurby, 28 years old, of the 2400 block of Eighteenth street, was injured slightly yesterday when he fell from the third floor to the basement in an elevator shaft at 2901 Sixteenth :!t.‘uxet.' ‘The mlln "’nu working in the aft for an elevator company when he slipped and fell. Taken to Emergency H , Curby was treated for slight ations to his left leg and thigh and for bruises. He later went home, apparently life