Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1930, Page 13

BAKER CAR LOOMS AS DEFENSE LINK INMURDER CASE Campbell’s Counsel Moves to Block Removal by Slain Girl’s Father. BELIEVE EXHIBIT MAY "REBUTT GRAVE CHARGES |, One of Indictment Counts Is That Fatal Shot Was Fired in Auto. About to be discarded by the prose- cution, the blood-spattered automobile nwmmmmmhfldnm on April 11 last loomed yesterday as an important plece of evidence in the defense of Herbert M. Campbell, charged with her murder. Counsel for Campbell, hearing of ef- forts of the slain girl's father to obtain possession of the car, moved quickly yesterday to frustrate release of the grim exhibit on the' ground that its mute story may tend to rebutt the grave charges brought against the Arlington County realty dealer. One of the counts in the double- barreled indictment returned against Campbell by the District grand jury is that he shot the girl after strangling her in her automobile. The charge re- sulted from the findings of ballistic ex- rts that,Campbell’s revolver fired the B:IM from Miss Baker's lfimml insists the experts were mis- their common verdict, and [ The Passing of Room 19 Reporters Must Reform in New Louisiana Avenue Headquarters to Get Co-operation of Police. Former Colorful Those ubiquitous and generally anon- ymous gents who supply us with our daily quota of crime news—the police last night took last Building, their office for ‘m‘ and settled themselves ly and uncomfortably amid bare and uninspir- ing nurmundmu in the new police press 2 Louisiana avenue. Uneufly t.hey took those seats and uncomfortable they found them, for in ::.‘len: ll“:hytmnf d- '.hme ln & bril- lant of n.fec ‘They left behin '.hem not only the printed reminders of good jobs well done in days gone by, not only the pictured pulehritude of daringly dressed damsels, but many a legend of things dear to the heart of the ce reporter; things that never get into print, but nevertheless formed an’ ever-diverting part of the days and nights they spent gatheriLg the news of the police pur- suits iri old room 19. | Gone Is Urge to Beat Police. Gone with room 19 is the old urge to beat the police to the story, for the by- | 4 | word of the mew quarters and the new position of respectability is co-operation, the police get what the reporters dig up and the reporters get what the Pollee fl:% up, and neither holds out on the other. Gone also is the reportorial boyish- ness which characterized the idle hours between stories in old room 19. Over on Louisiana avenue the bare walls must remain bare, the reporters must realize they are stern men, dealing with the stern of life, striving for their daily bre with no time in working hours for the play that was part of the game of police reporting from old Toom 19. Into the limbo of forgotten arts they flung one of the best developed by- prflduc'.l of police reporting—the art of applying fantastic mustachios to the Inx!y‘?el’ "mp g&fi'n&" i 2 po: e “Busch Slayers They took to Louhl-n- avenue with them the of a homelike room, B B i s is 4 i H ifig : 1 g?&-&? 3 ettt gl EEE%E si to Fort il for 14 days’ active duty lnlnlnl nnlde the Sheridan he crime was com- s wlvart KILLED WHEN \ AUTO COLLIDES WITH TAXI Colored Man Dies Instantly From Fractured Skull as Car Overturns. 'W. Ellis, colored, 28 years old, inth street, was killed lmuntly night when an automobile in which overturned in a collision at Eleventh and T streets hllll from the machine. He who jons of the head and arms, was under lice d at Freedmen's Hospital t, and was to be held for a ‘memory with its door ever open, beck mmwum..n'fi. s the portals of which namm,a.. mnyo!thohuhernot the lower ¥ g T EE i 5? its RESERVE OFFICERS GIVEN NEW POSTS Many Washington Residents Are Named in Orders for 8d Corps Area. officers, residents of Wash- , named in 3d Corps Area orders Capt. Athol Eugene Later, Infantry s | Reserve, ‘3501 'rmmenm street, is or- dered to Meade, Md., Capt. Byron Bird, Engineer Reserve, 1747 Irving street; Capt. Raymond G. Clinf eer Reserve, care nf the the 1,308th Service Unit, Second Lieut. Forrest A. MacCarty, Engineer Reserve, 1901 D street, is as- General . | signed to the !ud Engineer Service Regiment. Second Lieut. Lawrence E. Fouchs, Signal Reserve, 4833 Kansas avenue, is assigned to the 80th Division. First Lieut. Floyd R. Benny, Coast Anuu Reserve, 1614 Tuckerman lul(ned to the 3d Coast Ar- Hlk'r] District. Second Lieut. Joseph c Holphre; 1863 California street, and Hicks, jr., United States Collt and Geodetic Survey, both Engineer Reserve, are assigned to the 343d Engineer Gen- et Praser O, i cer Re er, - serve, 1309 Delafield place, is assigned to the 80th Divisio SHOES BURGLAR CLUE Kentucky Avenue Resident Reports Find After Noise in Home. ”fl:l”l inquest scheduled for tomorrow m’c Knott, 22, of 807 P street B e e ct ater re. huelsh custody etplzu attorney for his sppearance before the coroner’s jury. INTENDED GUN VICTIM BREAKS ANKLE IN JUMP The police are reliably informed that m-\ucvhlchvhmbyuauv street. {umflu blank at Phili Inuhnv eolorod intended vm&u however, uelped by ‘marked for Matthew Tee it, only the bystander re- mained. Matthew was gone and so was mb Vass, colored, ‘Vass is being sought as the gunman. No.oné =‘u seek bt: ‘(: Matthew. broke leaped. 'f'n vas. window, A shoeless burglar was the object of a police search last night. All be- cause Nick Finamore of 810 Kentucky avenue heard strange noises. Finamore told police he was awaken- ed by a disturbance in the basement of his home. He arrived in the basement "ntdlme to see a form pass through a He found a pair of shoes and tried them on. They were many sizes too lnue hz told the police, and the search COLORED MAN IS STABBED Altercation Leads to Wound That May Prove Fatal. Andrew Meyers, colored, riously wounded when mbhod by Pnrl Wwdllml also colored, of the 800 block of Half street southwest, during an altercation in the 1200 block of How- ison street southwest. Meyers, who "the right lllll, serious Quarters Closed. Thenheltflded t{mtthevrhmn— porters must pay for this is & nlomnu?n of the which resulted in t:m 1;ome'ho"m rance of old room .pmmrua:mm;mewmmm future, the pector reports of activities without the sanction of the llquor laws of the land in the press It nmlm to be seen whether the lice reporters will become journalists 5’3 the press room at 462 Louisiana ave- nue. A cub reporter, whose memories of the pressroom as & boy six years ago will never grow , peeped into old room 19 last night and saw only the ghost of tradition. Save for the paper-littered walls the pressroom was bare and deserted—even Oscar, the pet pressroom mouse had abandoned hh hole in the fioor. Cub’s First Visit to 19. This cub reporter will never forget his_initial visit to old room 19. uTh;ee reporters sat n: their m ve desks poundirg ouf poueu for their papers. ~Another la: dead on the top of & desk. “Any copy?” said the boy to & be- mcued and nervous man who has ce' died—the cub reporter saw his picture on the wall last night and be- low it, in a penciled scrawl, were the words— “In Memoriam to one of the Cl itol's best police reporters.” nd that man answered “No, bu( we might get a lm out of the man on the desk.” With mouth agape and h’enbll.nl a bit the c hoy lookefl at the }:ody—. ch hat half cove! '.h! lace The bespeckled man and his com- panions soon arose and ordering the copy boy to watch the body ex- Lln:uhlud the lights and left the room. It was a trying five minutes the boy waited—then suddenly and without body arose from the desk. ‘The boy made a bee-line for the door but it was locked. He tried to scream, but his screamer failed to work. ‘Then from the darkness came & realistic yawn and a sleepy voice said, rom hln home during the war. “How close is it to press time?” Wouldn't Take the Tip. Some years back, as the story goes, of fimmn sat about & hble tvhonmibuluu- announce- the Washington Monument. “Tell it 1'1‘, the well known Marines,” the all-] 'Well.lmuutumhn {‘u the Monument and it appe; mwumnmmmm -playing. ‘They played through two editions and the sergeant returned. “You think I'm mn‘—hulfl" said, “well give the morgue a buss.” Somebody €id just that and it wasn't later that next time,” were hole. But to the regret of it was repaired and painted. BUNGALOW OF BOXES PROVES ATTRACTIVE English Builder Saves Money and Provides Luxuries by Clever Use of Waste. LONDON (N.ANA) little house in Camden Town that surely unique. It is & three- bungalow, with a garden roof promenade, and did not cost & to build, for it was made by its entirely from wooden fish boxes. over, the owner, Mr. Dick, is 80 ~There is | old. He is a giant of a man, standing 6 feet 2 in his socks, and can wield an axe with the best of them. Mr. Dick, who is & fish curer, made mnam thing. I did not want to make a laugh- able house that would fall down, YOII know. When I had finished the sheil, made a little promenade and nower garden on the roof, where I can sit of an evening. My flowers have won prizes and folks come to see my garden on Sundays, just as they go to see the rose nruem of wealthy folks.” . Dick’s Tecipe for healthy old age is bo “carry yourself like & guardsman and throw out your chest as if you were going on parade.” GERMAN UNEMPLOYED INCREASED BY 80,000 Nearly 3,000,000 Persons Out of Work—2,000 Storm Circus to Get 25 Usher Jobs. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 23.—The number of | tion. unemployed in Germany was today to have increased by 80, ing the first half of August, Nearly 3,000,000 persons now are out of work in the lulch. the official figure being 2,845,000. Of these 1,915,000 are reciving public rellef, an increase of more t.hnn & million over this period So dupenu has the plight be of many of Berlin's jobl-lpknul m popular Berlin yclrcu &yz l.ud -2 fised for 25 ushers. o ises. Many ainted in the crush. “Baby Dirigible” Carries Pnpen. TORONTO, August n m ::mma h"""‘a, s tion at Casualty H ‘Where he was ity 0-“.; x| onnu:c c.m‘.T Grounds, the te House, ARTS COMMISSION APPROVES DESIGNS FOR NINE BUILDINGS Seoretarfr Caemmerer Tells of Body’s Work Under New Shipstead-Luce Law. CERTAIN TENTATIVE QUESTIONS TAKEN UP Gratification Expressed Over D. C. Approval of Show Window Restriction. During the first three months that the Shipstead-Luce law has been in operation, glving the Fine Arts Com- mission authority to pass on the ex- terior design of proposed buildings fronting on the more important Gov- ernment areas, the Commission has approved nine applications, with a sug- gested modification relating to show windows on Pennsylvania avenue in three. cases. Discushing the work of the commis- sion under this new law yesterday, H. P. Caemmerer, secretary, said the commission is gratified that its recom- mendation against further extension of show windows on Pennsylvania avenue was sustained by the District m! 3 Nine Cases Presented. “Since the Apvmnl of the act,” Mr. Caemmerer inspector of buildings of the Dllll‘lc'». Col. John W Oehmann, has submitted to the mission of Fine Arts, inbehmottha Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia, nine specific cases as follows: 1. Building for temporary golf course w the Washington City Post Office. 2. Residence, 1631 treet (adjacent | narthwest . Park). 3. Residence, 2438 Massachusetts ave- nue northwest. 4. Private swimming pool. 5320 Twen- ty-levmth street northwes Alteration of hufldlnl. 1701 Penn- lylvlnh avenue, to be occupled by a umut drug store, design approved wil show window extension on Pennsylvania avenue. 6. Alteration of residence into & store bullding, 2810 Pennsylvania avenue, de- sign approved without extension of show dow on Pennsylvania avenue. 7. Alteration of facade of store, 1737 Pennsylvania avenue, design approved without extension of show window. 8. Alteration and additions to resi- dence, :m Massachusetts avenue (ad- Jacent to Potoma 17. Rock Creek Park), Questions as to certain other pflnu bulldings in the areas covered by the mh'hlnbeenwtbe(mthem mission tentatively. “The Commission of Pine Arts” the secretary said, “is co-operating with the Oommissioners of the District of Co- .fi_fll and the Nlu‘olnnnlo c“:inlnl;'u‘k Planning Commission in_carrying out the of the fullest m Commission of Arts realizes that for the act to be ef- fective, real improvement should be shown in designs of buildings -dopud ‘The were gratified when they to mmlulan mdmm&o{&mfimfi they mflnfl irther extension of Pennlylvlnh avente, he Commis- Dlltrm In the plans above mentioned. The commission have a desire to bring about a real im- provement in the appearance of Penn- sylvania avenue west of Seventeenth street, at least to Washington Circle and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. A decided improvement in the apeparance of Pennsylvania ave- gl.fi::flof&hlwhlhflauuhmund now the south side of Dmrltmmt uer&x: en Capitol, and on the north side of Penn- sylvania avenue by the proposed plans (‘lmn‘:: mfn;'u&' f"'&"” ta :‘h. wh!eh includes tge eon'tmh s ctlom 8 new avenue direc om Union auu:u dnon.hwug & ’Abouv. Third street and Pennsylva: avenue; from t.hnu to Sixth nnet uvenl cT;nes will be llnlclpll new ccnur that hn been authorized Congress. Buildings Well Designed. ““There are certain 1 buildings on Pennsylvania avenue from Seventh mm. to Ht':‘e;tcl‘i street :hnldt are well gned arc! urally, there is little do\lbt that improvement will be made in the desi, of the other store buildings in this tion in the course of '.hn next, pm" isap] show window exten- nom uu Commission calls attention to th- great improvement it makes in tne ice_of bulldings that are now completed, as the new Shoreham lnd the Garfinckel Building. stores could be mentioned where lho' ‘windows have been omitted. “The commission does not wish to imy) undue hardship on owners of or on contractors, but they emphasize the fact that those who p; pose construction work in that purtrn of the area mentioned in the Shipstead- Luce act are building in the heart of the National Capital of our country.” The Shipstead provided that hereafter when -applications are made to build or alter structures in the areas 'n;uu the law the plans, so far as tl relate .to hfl(ht and up nce, color and texture of the rials of exterior construction, shall - submitted by the District Commissioners to the m Arts Commission for recommenda~ lies to pro&rrty abutting e grounds of lvania avenue extending from the capltol to the White 3 Park, Zoological Park, Rock Oru& md Pownuc k- way, Potomac Park, the Mall Plrk sys- and public bulldings adjacent or abutting upon any street mm any of said grounds or parks. PR FACES LIQUOR CHARGE Alonzo Block Arrested for Alleged Possession of Whisky in Jars. police re- ding 65 one-half-galion jars low | of alleged liquor when they raided his t 61 Myrtle street northeast. W way for the dmlopm-u of of Pennsy French naval eadets on their Mi Above, they a NEW BONDS CALLED BY SMITH CO. BODY,.z District Apartment House, Once Held Sound, Said to Be Defaulting. Anewmntorbunaanldmmuch the F. H, Smith Co. on Wi apartment houses, which heretofore have been considered sound investments, has been issued by the Roosevelt Commit- e oumeed purpose”of protecting. the announc of “prof e hol?&:u c:t m sold through the ‘The Tivoll Apunmenfi of Wuhlnx among bonds _totalin, IMJ'ID prine] n amount. Bonal also are being on other local apartments known the Fairfax, Stanley Arms, Hamilton Hotel, the Cedric and the Ai-Roy. Not Smith Co. owmu-. ‘The commitee em that the bonds sold by th dn not purmn to be lh obunmu f separate eorwrlnom “The Smith company's connection with the I.uuefl has been and ostensibly is ghat of agent,” the ctrcuhr “t;tu.' t;:\lhhou.h lt. hu been t.{um e of the company in pay bonds and coupons upon t.hgfl-.::ummy. irrespective of whether the mortgagors made payment on it lor this pu.x?ou this practice has not been lo\lo !hz t few months. The tion of the F. H. Smith co &hm- fore can have lmle bearing on the intrinsic worth of the bonds. The con- tinued plyment of Eflnflpfl and lnter- interest on the ids upon the value and earning power ot the Rrop- erty by which they are secured. Circular Letter Declared Inadequate. Referring to & scircular letter re- centlg malled to its stockholders by imith company, quoting from a decision of the New York Supreme Court, on a petition for a receiver and a restraining injunction, the commit- tee's circular said: “Without a more com -summary of the court’ w&:&lfln was cun- fained in the letter, the true import of that decision is mum ‘The committee - called at- tention to that portion the decision which read: “If, we are fo take the physical property as the basis of its value, the evidence shows the appraisals to be grossly excessive and exhorbitant. Even upon the basis of valuation which was adopted by the defendants u is lp- nt that the lppnlnl.l are inflated and were deceptive pany is sB:rd to ited earnings of a go- basis for many of its the fact e Smith Co. have used antici ing concern as valuations. Henry Removal Sought. ‘The committee advises the bondhold- ers that there have been defaults in payment of interest or principal on the Hamilton Hotel and the Fairfax, as well as on the Tivoll. Court actions to se- Arab Strike Uneventful. JERUSALEM, August 23 (#)—The Arab strike commemorating the Pales- tine day riots passed without l.ncldent today. "No unmu number of idsumpaer re photographed before the French manded the llll Aviation w during the World yesterday and 3 left to right: Chaj n. Lieut. Dupre, Lieut. Claj made a visit to the Capital. Ophe Gielliard, who com- and Lieut. Coquelin, aviators. -—Star Staff Photos. DOCTOR WIFE HELD Invut!nth- by Officer on Nar- cotics Assignment Ordered. Dodn 38_years uise Dodge, gfimfltummt Mn is detained af m m":hm her mnhand hlodledlnnmflltlhefln:preclnct 19BOYS QUALIFIED Contests to Be Held This Week at Macfarland Center and Bolling Field. One hundred and ninety-five boys have qualified for entrance in the an- nual District of Columbia Model Alr- craft Tournament, to be held this week at Bolling Field and at the Macfarland Community Center. The tournament is conducted by the District Model Air- craft League in co-operation with the Community Center department of the schools tgd the Aero Club of Wash- 'T'gm will be 13 events, 6 outdoor and 7 indoor. Bolling Field will be the scene of the outdor events and Mac- farland Community Center the scene of the indoor. Monday’s events, be- ginning at 9 o'clock at Macfarland Center, include contests for scientific, flying true scale, seaplane and baby. On Tuesday, at Bolling Field, at the same hour, the events will be for uhn- tific, seaplane and dynamic t; the Xollowln day fuselage, lider lnd helicopter planes will ict nu and all outdoor events will Wul be an closing day, day, Indoor meet le M-chfllnd center, with tfe :ufler and helicopter planes Parachute Jumper Killed. DENTON, Md., August 23 (#).—Wal- ter Jewell, 32, profe-nonn! parachute jumper, was killed late today when the chute he was using failed to open and he fell 700 feet into Market street. GEORGETOWN U. TO ADMIT WOMEN | | the Dis IN AIRGRAFT MEET, D. G. WELFARE COST 16,000,000 YEARLY == vuu.- | Board of Trade Survey.Shows Annual-Wants of Poor, Sick and Misfit. The constant task of administering to the fior.u\emkmd the misfit of ict requires an annual expen- | diture of nearly $16,000,000. “This calculation is & -result of the annual master community survey of the Board of Trade, now being made, under the direction of Rufus S. Lusk, throughout the city. Hospital and welm'e units of the Federal Government, the Disf vate agencies, . ernment pending umm aries in the vari pitals of the clty many welfare, ref hospital units of the District v:ta” agencies require an e: of $9, tions house an average of more 5,000 inmates. The 13 public hnspi d pri- containing 2,254 beds, are ‘maintained at s cost_of 82'129000 ‘The two Dis- itals, Gallinger and Tuber- eulouls, equlpped with 505 beds, are operated at a cost of $848,000. y-nlm social $2,028,000 annually, Wi Thomes tenance of 42 for the ued ned and infirm, housing an aver- [ power rate “war” mo%aaoo bemnclulu, requires $1,- To the maintenance ol these insti- tutions, excluding the st agencies, the average citizen of Wash- | was 0] ington contributes $18 a year. TR INJURED &N FALL | will not be {nrmlwry and 000,000, These combin humu- m county-owned power rictly Federal fltltull!.llorlln'-hev PAGE B—1 STARTLING RESULTS ARE EXPECTED IN THEATER DISPUTE Owners Hold to Refusal of Renewed Contracts With Musicians. READY TO EMPLOYE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS Union Stands Firm, While Oper- ators Reiterate Strike Intention. Although Washington's tangled movie controversy remained “hanging fire” over the week end, with no move being made by any of the three factions in- volved toward offsetting the projected strike of all union theatrical employes August 31 unless satisfactory agree ment is reached between musicians and their employers before that date, it was intimated yesterday that startling de- velopments would occur early this week, Pprobably tomorrow. The situation as it now stands is: renew contracts for musicians in Wash- in[wn theaters, which expire August ‘The association, however, is nndy to negotiate with the Musiclans’ tective Union toward employing & eer- Aheates o) &‘pe:“ otk m-mmy rs for ‘work on a ‘wage basis. The moclnuen is await- 2. The Musiclans’ Protective Union steadfastly refuses to recede from its demand for renewal of contract for its members, along same lines as that which e: lreuntmeendotmhmnm. ‘This cont for regular employ= ment tor a eerhln quota of its mem- bers in local v.hnhn. ‘The union is awaiting action by the owners’ associa- also will walk out August 31 if no settlement is reached. this action ‘The ge owner;‘ wl that vhlum m_event e, Washington theaf be dark. A. Julian Brylawski, president of the owners’ group, in as- un- yesterday, however, did not ! tphnm had in mmd urm probiem, should it mat ze, £ u.s.nuc—-u-l. ited S cilia tat lce of t!u Dtplnmlnt of Labor, which cases of emer- num by H nun L. Kerwin, e denied pomtmhude:r‘u::m l.be mullchm and '.heir mpwyu-l hcn mig] drastic among concerned and express no lme‘%flmwmmmhm of If nothing happens in the meantime tlnmunchmm-yunmmrw- wudu:somuu with the employers as a result of a scheduled union board meeflnx'mudu it was said yesf by president Ilunchm Prot trict and | however, mnu\mxonmutm that pri with & total enroll- | the next move should be on the part of ment of 15,000, have been subject to | the managers, (S, Fed Gov. m?a u:':nenm: GEORGIA INTERFERES IN POWER CONTEST Company Ordered to Explain Com- Petitive Rate Cut in City of Cordele. 'fi:“m expend By the Iunel-m Press. CORDELE, sutehnunn-mammdm between county phnt I.M t—the States— ned only 28088 ob- bltltlmol‘lm ob= wnedbylbon d issue. Yesterday the Qeorgla Fower vhlcuzx had nerved the community prhr ‘William. Cook, Colored, Falls Five °l COl’dele. Stories ‘to Ground. ‘Willlam Cook, colored, !1 years old, of 1207 Fourth street, ile working on & building at southwest from tite fifth floor m the ground, sus- taining serious injuri Taken to mmnfl Hospital in an automobile operated by Richard Con- way, Cook was treated ror a poume fracture of the back and internal in- Juries. below wh at Thirteenth and C streets ay, slipped and ' fell | Fower Co. to show cause why offered in Cordele, should not be ap- plicable to aj tely 100 other mfin munlflu Wi the company serves P. S. Arl ht, president of the Georgia Power issued a statement in which he charged that the County nnnrmmu using tactics emnflnu local service Cordele customers. e declared sluhln]uof Oord&l: uwi was to the TO DENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT |Gt mipthuliiele b e Special Course Will Train Students to Become Office Assistants, Teachers and Lecturers. Georgetown University is establish- ing & precedent this year by admit- ting young women to its School of Donultr{ el'n d: ly created de- partmen hygiene. In mmm last ngm\lt the on officials of m% the n" course {8 not in any sense & move ‘make duuunnsl since the classes in restricted solely to women, .nwbeldmlmdwmouwr depart- ment in the school ‘The _establishment of this special course lor women is the result of a trial given the ldu last, yur when uum\ m hygiene at ‘m neow\lon.imn. 32, | pertain! explained that | tra dental school co-|in the dental training in me for women who are entering den assistants in st s 1 . et of high m schools. The course vlneouruneyur oxmmy-mmumummm i i nfle at the Geo work and m’lEn professors the increased interest in Dul:lln With health lnd menu he opportunities aduates in dental JJ our business in Cordele.” County k:u;“eul i & unconcerned al e rate cuf llncennmlflflw cent of the citizens of Cordele are tak- ing current from the local plant. Cordele and Crisp County citizens voted to allow the county to issue bonds to finance the plant by a vote 1,000 to 61. mheuin(onuu of Public Service Commission will be held in Atlanta on September 12. VETERANS TO ORGANIZE