Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1930, Page 17

g | ‘Washington News WOMAN'S CHARGE - OF POLICE GRAFT - STARTS' INQUIRY Miss Campbell Says She Paid Gravely to “Protect” Dis- orderly Houses. ACCUSED POLICEMAN SUSPENDED BY PRATT Inspector Bean Receives Prepared Statement of Charges Against Officer. Investigation from two angles Was started today into startling accusations made yesterday in a Police Court trial by a woman who said she paid Spotts- ‘wood F. Gravely, second precinct police- man, “hush money” to continue opera- tion of disorderly houses. District Attorney Leo A. Rover this morning announced that he has had fssued a summons for Miss Elizabeth also known as “Bobby ‘Turner,” of the 1800 block of W street, to appear before the grand jury next ‘Tuesday. .Meanwhile, Miss Campbell today gave & prepared _statement to Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean of the Police Depart- ment in an effort to have Gravely brought before the Police Trial Board on graft charges. Gravely was sus- pended at noan by Maj. Pratt, superin- dent of police. ‘Woman Outspoken. inspectors refused to tell news- ‘men what occurred at their con- with the principal figures in , following her confes with Bean, on what she had told the police officer. Makes Charges in Court. Miss Campbell made her first ac- against Gravely yesterday in & Police Court trial before on a charge of assault on Grav- on Effa L. Casepper, & police- was found guilty of as-- licewoman but acquitted of assaulting Gravely. e court that when she on N street neal as on Specimen counts to determine the number of ragweed pollen grains in the atmosphere are being taken at 25 sta- tions of the Weather Bureau scattered over the country as an aid to hay fever August and September are the hay fever months. n policeman, who ve at the '_!t‘hu-d précmet, “dev- onth.” month.’ guilty verdict by the jury of assauiting ‘the palice~ returned yesterday, she re- the court, “How can a girl tving in ‘this town that's full Sary that in spite of the jury sp! id . Gravely regularly, umun‘l‘::d; l‘lhc‘e" ly upon her place. that & last, raid she and six girls had put up $225 collateral and forfeited the money. Makes Signed Statement. ‘This morning she said she made a statement to Inspector Bean, him all she told the court yes: y afternoon “and more besides.” said she has been in conference She tative Andrew J. Mon- lice . Miss Campbell was accompanied on her trip m’!mpectol* ‘Bean’s ‘offite by s ‘'Who gave her name as Helen The Taldst flr)"dlfl' “m; paper men after the conference ted All Miss Camphell's ts before Inspector Bean. Campbell also told “the news- ‘men that she related to Inspector the incidents which 1!4'?‘? o] ‘n‘ln'en on the charge of assau ting, y. Tralled by Policeman. said that after the last raid on street house last Fall she decided " leave Washington and went to Florida. She said that Gravely told her before she left tirat if she “ever refurned to try to “outsmart” him he ‘would get even with her even if he had to plant liquor in her car, She stayed in Florida for several months, she said, and then returned o Washington to stay with her parents on W street. She declared that on the day of her arrest, July 21, Gravely, who was then # second precinct policeman, followed her as she drove her automobile home. She said that she arrived in front of the W street apattmeént house, alighted from the car with Miss Talasz, who was riding with her, and went thto the house. After about 10 minutes, she sald, she came out and found Gravely standing outside, his car parked nearby. Shesaid Gravely punched hef In the face and knocked her back into the vestibule of the -rmnem house, wheh hé tried Yo grab her, she said. Then, she says, she was placed under arrest and taken to the second precinet, although the encounter occurred in the eighth precinct. Denies Accusations. Gravely today branded the woman's tale as false. He denied ever accepting any money from her, or ever raiding her apartment while she was there. He said he did raid an aj ent which he believed she leased, did not find her there, Of the woman's charge he attacked her first, .he said: “I met the woman near Thomas Circle on July 21, and she invited me to sgmn several hours in her apart- ment. Since I had recently talked ta Assistant United States attorney, John itrick shout picking up women g to their apartments and then 8 disorderly house warran{ R. Fi and against them, I accepted her invita- tion.” He added that when he arrived at the apartment, he plaged the woman under arrest. He said, she vigorously objected and forced him. to balf carry her to the second precinct. “The trip 1o the apartment,” he sald, “was made hich grows almost he: d whic almost everywhere an some of its close relatives n’r: the chief offenders. llen grain census, which is made by shows & pol e of | glass slides, | p o Tl per cuble yard WASHINGTON, RAGWEED POLLEN COUNT MADE TO AID IN HAY FEVER RESEARCH Weather Bureau Will Take <Specimens at 25 Stations Throughout Country. ir from day to day due to such tal‘ct:m as rainfall and the direction of the wind. Rain particularly washes the atmosphere clean of these es which have such & specific effect on some persons, the Weather Bureau re- searches show. The amount is found to vary greatly from place to place, even between dif- ferent rooms of the same house. This may explain, says the Weather Bureau report, why treatment which roves successful in one place may be a complete failure in another. 22 YEARS UNUSUAL RECORD IN SERVICE E. F. Concklin, Col. Grant’s| Assistant, to Be Honored on Retiring. Few men in the Government service have ever held records for greater length of service of efficiency than E. F. Concklin, 80 years old, special assist- ant director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, who will retire from active ‘service after 52 years in the same office September 1. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d;, his im- mediate superior, speaking of his re- tirement, says he is a man whose place will be difficult to flll. and who has never failed to make good in every position he has held, from clerk to his present one. Mr. Concklin came to work in the office of Public Buildings and Public Grounds, as it was formerly called, November 1, 1878, as a clerk. He rapidly rose through the various positions in the office until he became chief clerk, a position which he held for a long time. Recently he was made special assistant to the director, Col. Grant. ‘Working on History. Col. Grant says there is no mar living who knows as much about the history of the office as Mr. Concklin. One of the things he has been cmgaged upan. recently has been a history of the work of the Amy and Civil Engineer's Office, in charge of public buildings and n, going back to the days of ashingtos ident Wasihington. Mr. Concklin is also treasurer of the Welfare and Recreational Association ‘of the ‘Office of Public Buildings and Public Grounds, Inc, of which Col. Grant is president. This is not a gov- ‘erninéntal 'organigation, although the officers are all connected with the Gov- ernment. Mr, Concklin will continue in tie position of treasurer of this asso- ciation with & salary, which he has not received heretofore, after his retirement from the Gevernment service at a high rate of retirement pay. Ne Iiiness in 45 ‘Vears. Officials in the same officE with Mr. say that he has not lost & day from work from fliness in at least 45 years. He is capable of continuing on active duty, but under the retire- ment law has reached tbe limit of his service for the Government. He married and has a daughter, who is a teacher in & Washington secretarial school. Mr. Concklin's associates hold him in the highest personal regard. Plans have been made to give him a big send-off, with a present from his fel- low employes, next Tuesday afternoon. MIDDIES END CRUISE omee " AND START LEAVES Practice Trip of Three Months Took " in Ports of Four European Nations. Specia] Digpatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, August 29.—Completing & practice cruise of nearly three months, during which stops were made at ports in four European nations, the practice squadron, consisting of the battleshi) Arkansas (flagship), Utah and reached Annapol Roads early this morning. Midshipmen of the first and third classes, numbering about 900, disem: barked promptly and started leave, which will continue until September 26. ted by the squadron in- cluded Cherbourg, France; Kiel, Ger- many; Oslo, Norway, Scotland. Midshipmen who took the cruise were delighted with the trip, and stated that they received warm hospitality wherever they stopped. Members of the second class, who re- ceived instruction in aviation and aero- nautics at the Ni Academy during the Summer, went on lenve yesterday. ———— JEWELRY DISAPPEARS Woman Leaves Rings in Waiting Room at Earle Theater. ‘Three rings, valued at $415, property of Mrs. Freda Cantone, 1620 R atreet, disappeared from a waiting room at Earle Theater yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Cantone, employed as secretary at Emergency Hospital, left the rings on & washstand, and when she returned for them she was disappointed when she discovered they had been taken. One was a wedding ring. MRS. SWEENEY SUES Musician and Newspaper Employe Faces Divorce Allegations. Mrs. Creole L. Sweeney has filed suit for a limited divorce yrom Thomas J. Sweeney, described as a musician_and employe of a local were married in April, two children. The wife says she was forced to vacate their home last Pri- day, and the husband would not only the moving, but took his personal belo; gs to another place. He is attentive 1o another woman, the wife also informed the court. She is represented by Attor anlmce L. Cas- teel and Thomas C. King. in my car, and not in the two cars, as ‘woman claims. I never followed Rev. D. G. Brimlow Retires. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., August 20 ‘(Bpecial).—The Rev. D. G. Bri W, of the Blairton-Greensburg Brethren Churches, this county, He will move to this city. Rev. 5 of Brimlow has been active in his denomi- [ named vice president ott of Hartford, HARRY W. RIEHL CHOSEN 8t. Louis Man Headr Affiliated Bet- ter Business ‘Bureaus. MONTREAL, Al b 20 (). —Harry ‘W. Riehl of St. hm‘wu elected presi- H. Van Horn and Edinburg, \‘*h REVIEWING STANDS FOR PARADE G0 UP Distinguished Guests to See Annual Labor Day Event on Monday. Workmen were busy today putting up stands in front of the District Build- ing and the old Southern Railway Build- ing on the south side of 'Pennsylvania avenue, from which the annual Labor day parade of the Fire Department will be reviewed next Monday. One of the stands is for the distinguished guests, Govs. Pollard of Virginia and Ritchie of Maryland and the District Commis- sioners. The other is for guests of the Fire Department, who will be admitted by special tickets. Ball Game to Be Staged, In_connection with the parade, the annual policeman and firemen'’s base ball game will be staged a week from Saturday at Griffith Stadium. The sale of tickets to the ball game is expected to net about $25,000, which will be split evenly among the Policemen’s and Fire- men's Rellef Associations. These as- sociations pay to the estate of each fireman or policeman on his death, $1,000. The iast ball game, which re- sulted in a victory for the firemen, netted $32,000, but this year, owing to depressed conditions, the sale of tickets has been going somewhat more slowly. ‘The tickets, which sell for $1 apiece, represent 100 per cent profit. All labor, materials and the use of the ball park are donated. There is a small expense for the upkeep of the two ball teams and for putting the ball park in shape after the game, but this is borne out of the extra 50-cent cha for box seat tickets. Odell 8. Smith is chair- man of the Citizens' Committee ar- ranging both events. Many Prizes Offered. Forty bands and drum and fife corps have already been signed up for the de, which will be heavily attended members of out-of-town fire de- The Wi n_firemen in the parsde numerous decorated floats and there are many prizes for-the handsomest, most comic and other classifications of floats. For the past four years the same set of firemen has been on duty dur- % the pn;;deg;utb’ t.h: r the j: was chani one pla- toon two consecutive wseks of & y is | work s0 as to allow it to be on night work during the parade, thereby get- ting a chance to see the efforts of the firemen to win the prizes. No District fire apparatus will be in the parade, as all of it is needed in case of an outbreak of fire here. HELD FOR GRAND JURY ON ROBBERY CHARGE Two Clarendon Youths -Accused of Breaking Into Gasoline Fill- ing Station, By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Au- i guSt 2. —Arrested last night by County | Policemen H. C. Jones and Edward ' Duncan, two youthful residents of Clar- endon were held for action of the grand jury in Police Court this morning on a charge of having broken into Miller's Do, BUREAU MAY RGP TENDAY PERNIT FOR AUTO DRIVERS Applicants Hereafter Prob- ably Will Get Permanent Cards Upon Application. CROSBY HOLDS OLD PLAN IS UNFAIR TO MAJORITY Police Dislike System to Be Ef- fected Thursday as Increasing Tasks of Officer. Abolition of 10-day drivers’ permits probably will go into effect Tuesday, it was announced today following & con- ference between Traffic Director Har- land, Commissioner Crosby and police officials. Harland said he has spent much time in working out & plan whereby regular drivers’ rmits hereafter will be 1s- sue to all applicants and the investiga- tion of their characters, addresses and previous records will be made after the issuance of such permits. It is understood Commissioner Crosby favors abolishing the 10-day permit. The Commissioner has taken a position that it is not fair to impose a penalty upon reputable citizens in order to pre- vent a mere handful of others, who will eventually be located anyway, from ob- taining permanent permits upon appli- cation, Police Not for Plan. Harland's plan, however, 1s not in ac- cord with the belief supported by of- fck of the police side of the Traffic Bureau, who point out that where per- manent_permits are issued the tasks of their oflv:erl would be Increased two- fold in those cases where it is found that permits should never have been issued. In such cases, they declared, steps to revoke the permit would have to be taken and this would necessitate locat- in the holder of the driver's card, serving revocation papers and taking up the permit. Police officials of the Traffic Bureau favor the present plan of issuing per- mits by which & person who never has held a driver's card, or who comes to the District from some other jurisdic- tion, is required to take out a tempo- rary permit, in order to give the pol ample opportunity to investigate their case. The same plan is used in the case of persons who lose their regular driver's card and those who wish to renew for a period of three years. Would Reduce Work. The_ director of traffic believes his new plan would eliminate a great deal of the work in his office as well as in the police section of his bureau. 1t is the contention of the police offi- cials of the bureau that the renewals of old permits can well be taken care of from the records of the office, as all matters inyolving questions which might call for refusal to renew permits are carried on the individual records kept on drivers at the bureau. GOLD STAR MOTHER TO HAVE MILITARY RITES Mrs. Rose Fox of Annville, Pa., Who Died at Sea to Be Hon- ored at Funeral Services. Special military honors will mark the funeral services for Mrs, Rose Fox of Annville, Pa., & Gold Star mother, who died at sea on the S. 8. Roosevelt while returning from a visit to the grave of her son, Pvt. J 3 Infantry, in the Meuse-Argonne Ceme- t France. l. A. E. Williams, officer in charge of the pilgrimages, at New York City, with a small of troops, will receive the body on its arrival at that port to- morrew and escort it to the train on which it will be taken to Annville for burial. Maj. Kenneth M. Halpine, United States Int-nta. will accompany the funeral party to the place of burial as the representative of the War De- partment. Secretary of War Hurley and Gasoline Station, Virginia avenus and Wilson Boulevard, early yesterday morning. Bond was set at $2,500 each. The two youths are Woodrow Rucker, 18 years old, and William C. Smith, 20 years old. Their arrest followed in- formation furnished police by another boy, who claimed to have overheard a conversation that aroused his suspicions. Rucker and Smith are both sald to ave admitted their guilt. Police say that they took only cigars and cigarettes. 75 OF KIWANIS CLUB GUESTS AT BAY RIDGE Golf a Feature of Outing Promoted by Andrew D, Loffler, a Former Member. Some 75 members of the Washington Kiwanis Club were entertained at Bay Ridge, Md., yesterday afternoon and evening by Andrew D. Loffler, former member of the iocal club. A feature of the occasion was a golf tournament held during the afternoon, on the Annapolis Roads course, and the low gross score was made by Dr. Edward R. Tilley, who shot an 84 for the 18 holes. The second low gross was regis- ur'e;l by Dr. Paris E. Brengle, who had a 91, ‘The low net score of the afternoon was registered by Roland P. Harrington, whose gross score of 98 and a handi- cap of 24 gave him 74. Second low net was made by Dr. Brengle, whose handi- cap of 16 gave him a 75, while third went to Davis A. Roberts, with a gross of 93 and handicap of 16, giving him an] ) ell, gross 94, handi 6; Roland P. Harrington, gross c".p y|handicap 24, and Edward S. Pardoe, gross 94, handicap 20, tled with a net score of 74 each in the “kickers’ handi- cap” tournament. Scores of the others in the “kickers' handicap,” with their r’ou score, handicap and net, were as follows: Davis A. Robers, 93—18—75; g Brengle, 91—16—75; Edward C. Baltz, 111—35—76, and Earl D. Krewson, 103—25—178. In the evening the Kiwanians were entertained at the Bauer House by Mr. Loffler. The latter was presented with a being made by John A. Boobar, Mrs, Loffier was g ers. Ortiz Rubio Hits Gambling. MEXICO CITY, August 29 . President Ortiz Rubio has ordered the and presented with flow- e Columbus, Ohio, was and 1l _nation in Virginia Conference for many | Me Jears, % closing of all gamb houses i n'mrunn‘ It E“w ti:-nt g: have lfl.“du::‘ Gen. J. L. De Witt, quartermaster gen- eral, have sent personal messages thy to Mrs. Fox’s family. . COL. GUSTAVE WIESER SENT TO PHILIPPINES Lieut. Col. Brinton Is Ordered to Post at Boston From Duties in Panama. Col. Gustave A. Wieser, Infantry, on duty with Organized Reserves at La Crosse, Wis., has been ordered to the Philippines for duty with troops; Lieut. Col, Louis C. Brinton, Coast Artillery, from the Panama Canal Zone to Boston for duty with Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Corps affairs; Capt. J. V. N. In- gram, Quartermaster Corps, from Ha- waii to Selfridge Field, Mich., and Capt. Furman W. Hardee, Infantry, from Hawail to Fort Wood, New York. Second Lieuts. Willlam Wi le, jr., neers, and I. R. Schimmelpfennig, Field Artillery, have been detailed as students at Oxford University, England, for a period of two {:m, with possible extension. Lieut. Whipple is at Baton Rouge, La., and Lieut. Schimmelpfennig at Humphreys, Nebr. Pirst Sergt. Marshall Hall, 25th In- fantry, at Nogales, Ariz. and Master Sergt. Juan T. Utset, 65th Infantry at San Jusn, P, R., have been placed on the Army retired list on their own ap- lications. Each of these soldiers has Bnd more than 30 years' active military service. e L2 DANVILLE PHARMACIST DIES AFTER OPERATION |Fan nou William M. Brydon, 57, Was Civic and Business Leader and Promi- nent in Masonic Circles. Special Dispatch to The Btar DANVILLE, Va., August 29 —William M. Brxdon, well known pharmacist and residenit, died at a local hospital here Jast night from complications follow- an operation. He was 57 years old clvic and nt. Mason. business here 15 PERSONS INJURED INMOTOR MISHAPS IND. C. AND NEARBY Man Held on Charge of Leav- ing Accident and Hitting Youth on Bicycle. WOMAN IS ARRESTED ON RECKLESS COUNT Seven Members of One Family Treated for Hurts Sus- tained in Wrecl: Fifteen persons were treated at Dis- trict hospitals late yesterday and last night for injuries received in trame"l accidents in washington and neari Maryland, including a' 9-year-old u’g who was knocked from his bicycle by an alleged hit-and-run machine leaving the scene of another crash. ‘The car collided with a parked and unoccupied car on Bladensburg road near Fleischmann's yeast plant, ripping off one of its own doors, and then knocked the youngster, Willard Bab- cock, 3605 Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainfer, Md,, trom his bicycle a short distance away from the first mishap. The automobile continued on its way without halting, it is said, but a passing motorist stopped and removed the boy to Casualty Hospital, where he was iven first aid treatment for possible racture of collar bone and ankle and lacerations of the knee and then dis- chargea. William Hammett, 45 years old, of 8105 Flower street, Silver Spring, Md., sald to be the driver of the hit-and- run machine, surrendered to detectives at police headquarters a short time later and was transferred to the twelfth precinct station, where he was charged with falling to make known his identity after an accident. ‘Woman Driver Arrested. Fourth precinct police arrested Mrs. Betty O'Neal, 39 years old, who lives near Benning, Md., on charges of reck- less driving and failing to stop after a collision following a crash between her car and another driven by Raymond L. Lewis, 16 years old, of 1239 Sixth street southwest. ‘Witnesses told police she attempted to run away after the accident, which oc- curred at Sixth and L streets south- west. Mrs. O'Neal was released under $1,000 bond for appearance in court on the two traffic charges. Falling from his bicycle at Fifteenth and D streets southeast, Edward Reeves, 16 years old, of 1534 Massachusetts avenue southeast, suffered a broken col- lar bone and was rushed to Casualty Hospital for surgical attention. His condition is not considered serious. An attache at the Mexican embassy, Lewis Gonsales, 33 years old, of the Cavendish Apartments, PFifteenth street and Columbia road, sustained minor lacerations of the head and left leg when his automobile struck a cement abutment, He was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. ‘The young diplomat -told police he ‘was de Pifteenth street hill between V and Euclid streets when the brakes of the machine failed to hold and he turned the car into an abut- ment in front of a building formerly | occupled by the Egyptian legation to halt its wild rush. Automobile Turns Over. Maurice G. Willlams, 40 years old, of Ballston, Va., suffered severe lacera- tions of the head when his machine slipped off an embankment at Suitland, Md., overturned and knocked him un- conscious. Motorists who witnessed the accident | disp removed Willilams from the car and brought him to Casualty Hospital, where 54 stitches were taken in his Ip to close the wounds. arrison Copeland, colored, of Suit- land, Md., and six members of his fam- ily were treated at Georgetown Hos- pital yesterday afternoon for injuries sustained in nearby Maryland when their car collided with a tree and was demolished after a tire blew out and threw the machine out of control. Private John Spiller of the Prince Georges County Rescue Squad, had a narrow escape Lom sérious injury when his automobile skidded on the road and overturned while he was driving to the scene of the accident. Spiller was un- hurt and continued on to the crash in a passing machine. Capeland was treated at Georgetown for probable internal injuries and lace- rations of the face and body while his wife was cut and brulsed. A daughter, Louise, sustained a broken leg, while four other children, Rose, Thelma, Wil- liam and Harrison, jr, escaped with cuts and bruises. Four Others Injured. Four other colored people were taken to Emergency and Children's Hospitals when two automobiles collided at Twelfth and T streets last night. One of those hurt, Effie Nickens, 19, of South Washington, Va., is reported in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital with a possible fracture of the skull. Eleanora Gales, 1§, of Fort Myer, Va.; Edward Nickens, 8 months’ old, and Robert H. Holley of 2651 Fifteenth street, driver of one of the cars, were given first aid treatment at Children's Hospital. Police reported that Roszier Nickens of South Washington, Va., was lmvm: the second machine in the col- on. STORES WILL GO BACK TO REGULAR FALL HOURS Department and Specialty Estab- lishments Will Resume Sched- ule Tomorrow. Most of the large d ent. and specialty stores of Washi n, which have been closed on Saturdays for the past eight weeks will resume regular rs tomorrow and remain open all day, it was announced today by Ed- ward D. Shaw of the Merchants' & Manufacturers’ Association. Three or four of the stores will re- main closed tomorrow, one because one of the Saturdays of the regular Sum- mer closed season was used for inven- tory taking and the others to prolong the Summer week-end vacation period for their employes. Shaw also announced that all down- town stores will be closed on Monday, Labor day, following an annual custom. b e Dy MOTHERS VISIT SOISSONS He | “Q” Contingent Makes Trip From Rev. mond; Robert Brydon, jr., Mrs. Willlam Ed; Mt d Gold Star Danille, ! ighiseting in Peris Paris to Oise-Aisne Cemetery. PARIS, August 20 (#).—The N Mothers of party “Q" y departed for Soissons to visit the LL ] - REPAYS OLD DEBT WITH HEALTH Upper left: Dr. Wade H. Atkinson, Washington physician, who will go Sunday to Johnston County, N. C., where he was raised, to perform lr’ml- mately 75 free tonsil operations on school children in three days. Dr. Atkinson is making his second “operating trip” back home to pay the county for starting him toward his medical career 40 years ago. Right: Dr. B. M. Ellyson, also of Washington, eye, nose and throat specialist, who will assist Dr. Atkinson. Lower, left to right: Misses Elizabeth King and Edith Bartholom grad- uate nurses of Sibley Hospital, who have volunteered their services on the ‘errand of mercy with Dr. Atkinson. TEMPORARY TRUCE INTHEATER DISPUTE Musicians, Projectionists and Stage Hands Will Work Two Weeks Longer. With a temporary truce agreed to between the Musicians’ Protective Un- ion and the Motion Picture Theater Owners' Association of the District as a result of conferences in New York yesterday, musicians, projectionistsand stage hands will continue at work in all local theaters for a period of two ‘weeks after the expiration of the much- uted contracts of the musicians on August 31. A. C. Hayden, president of the local unit of the Musicians’ Union, in mak- ing this announcement today, said that a committee of his organization, con- sisting of himself, John E. Birdsell, secretary, and Richard Ashby, con- ferred with the heads of the four thea- ter circuits involved in the controversy at the New York headquarters of the Loew’s theaters yesterday morning, with the result that present contracts will extend pending negotiations. A. Julian Brylawski, president of the owners' group, who returned late last night from New York, said today that negotiations will be resumed in New York either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. He intimated this would mean the “showdown” in the controy versy and the result of this conclave would be final. Theaters Make Offer. “The offer for an extension of {imé for further negotiations was made by the officials of the theaters,” Mr. Hay- den said. “Mr. Brylawski, who, I un- derstand, was in New York, was not. present at this conference. We talked merely with the New York representa- tives of Warner Bros, Loew's, Fox Theaters and R-K-O. “I believe, however, that these rep- resentatives were in communication with Mr. Brylawski and he informed them that the local group would be willing to agree to any reasonable proposition that the New York office might make. I understand, he in- formed them, an extension for at least & week, probably longer, would be agreeable.” v Continue Summer Schedule. In view of the fact that the Winter schedule of musiclans, which calls for the use of more men in some of the ensembles, would normally go into ef- fect September 1, an arrangement was made between the employers and the musiclans to continue the Summer schedule for the two-week period. If, however, the musicians succeeded in ob- taining a renewal of their contract, for ‘which tl are now fighting, the num- ber of additional men who would have worked under the Winter schedule will receive back pay from September 1, and to work as contract. John E. Bire , secretary of the Musicians' Union, jssued a statement to this effect this morning. He said: “Because of the impossibility of ar- ranging negotiations with the local managers’ our Committee | was requested to come to New York to confer with the executives of the cor- porations involved. No progress having been made here, the only way left open to the Musicians’ Union in order to obtain any recognition in its fight for living music in the Washington thea- ters ap) to be to call a strike on these theaters. “At the !ast minute an executive of one of the large tions involved called his local representative by long- distance telephone and the the preservation of the pending further negotia- “This was done, and at noon yester- day & conference was held in New York, at the offices of Loew’s, Inc., in the LANDMARK RAZING - WORK STARTS SOON . Removal of Records Holds Up Conversion of Avenue Block Into Park. As soon as the Government can move two large storerooms full of Secretary | Mellon’s old files, work will be started on | the block between Fourteenth and Fif- | teenth streets, on the south side of | Pennsylvania avenue. A Washington firm, H. Herfurth, Jr., Inc., today had the contract for de- molishing Polis Theater, the old Ox- ury es moved, September 10 at the latest, work | we be started on converting the area into a park. . The Coast Guard completed its re- moval from the site to Treasury Annex, No. 1, yesterday, and the only thing that held up the demolition today was the inability of the Government to get thousands of old records and papers out of two bulldings at once. These records will be removed to one of the Treasury Department’s annexes, and while it’ was sald that the construction company might work the first of next week it was thought that action would be deferred until the files were taken out. After the bulldings are demolished, a Dayton, Ohio, irm will grade the area and seed it as a park, affording unobstructed view of the new ' Com- merce Department Bullding. It is ex- pected that the whole operation will be completed just before Christmas. e e tinue with the same number of men jnow employed in their theaters, with the same salaries and working condi- tions now in effect, so that negotia- tions might contimie toward a settle- ment. “No agreement was made for the small independent theaters by. the ex- ecutives at this conference, but it is understood that a telephone call was made to their representative, who stated that he was only authorized to bind them for one week, but hoped the agreement with them would be extend- ed for the full period of negotiations. “However, it must be definitely un- derstood that the agreement, which has resulted in at least temporarily avert- ing the possibility of a strike, and probably in laying the groundwork for a satisfactory aceord, was entirely due to the action of the executives present at this conference, and in no way caused by any local theater represen- tative.” Meanwhile, Thomas Reed, business executive of the Moving Picture Ma- chine Operators’ Local, said this morn- ing that no official word had come from the national headquarters of his union to call off the strike of the projection- ists in the event no settlement is reached between the musicians and their employers. He said, however, that the union men would continue at work as long as the musicians were satisfied. Under these circumstances, he said, they will remain on their jobs during the period of the extension of the con- tracts, but their threat to walk out if amicable settlement is not made with the musicians is still in effect. Denles Split on Question. reports stage hands, s jectionists and musicians had lpmm:n the issue and that the musiclans would be left alone in their fight. These unions have alw: ‘worked in unison, and the triple ice between them lfl_ll{le 3 said. Palace Theater presented its stage show as per schedule today, the troupe being notified in Jersey of the agreement with the musicians and the resultant of the vaudeville attraction. Michael Cullen, manager of the theater, had said that unless an agreement was reached by today he would not start his show, regard- less of the fact that the orchestra would be in the theater until August 31 o The Foening Sfap [Cooouven | FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1930. PAGE B-1 TWO ROB THEATER EMPLOYE OF §265 AFTER CRIME SHOW Assistant Manager Bound and Gagged by Youths in Box Office. CAR BELIEVED STOLEN FOR GETAWAY BY PAIR Audience Sits Through Picture as Hold-up Is Staged Just Before Closing Hour. Two young men who had viewed a crime picture at the Avalon Theater in Chevy Chase last night left their seats a little before the closing hour and sauntered into the theater’s office. As- sistant Manager Edward Bowman was 50 busy counting $265 of the night's re- ceipts he sald he did not hear them enter. The men had tied handkerchiefs over their faces and produced pistols before interrupting Bowman. “Stick ‘em up,” barked one in the best movie manner. That was as far as th Tho Test was acon, Gug. b e ack that Bowman had been gagged and the youths were too busy to talk. The pair also produced cord and bound the manager. Pocketing the $265, the robbers then searched the office and departed with a warning to Bowman to keep quiet. Stole Auto for Getaway. In making their getaway, police be- lieve the pair avalled themselves of an automobile g to Walker S. Buel, correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Shortly prior to the rob- bery, Buel left his machine, a sedan bearing tag J-6218, and standing at the Connecticut_avenue curb near the theater while he went into a drug store. The car had been stolen when Buel returned 15 minutes later with his pur- chases. Incidentally, Buel said, there were two books pertaining to crime in mmnn&u. men went about the robbery so quietly that the audience, intent on a feature entitled “The Shadow of the uv"‘.;: never suspected anything was ami The manager, meanwhile, freed him- self just as the organist, Miss Blanche Levinson, heard muffied cries and ran to his assistance. Pair Assault Man in Store. Police were also attempting to get some trace today of two colored men Wwho entered a delicatessen store at 910 Twentieth street yesterday afternoon and assaulted Anthony Nau, 50 years old, with a blunt” instrument. Nau lay upon the floor in a semi- conscious condition while the pair stole $30 from the cash drawer. Nau sum- moned assistance and was removed to Sbie Tracture. o (¢ skl mhnvp: e re e , It - lef with & flair for literature visited the residence of Rudolph Leitner at 3105 Thirty-sixth street Wednesday night and made off with 55 books of poetry and prose, all by German au- TS, Police today were seeking to identify the burglar as the same who robbed the home of John M. Sternhagen at 3328 O street recently, obtaining many rare and valuable volumes of poetry and prose. Stolen Calf Sold and Found. A calf which Albert Thompson, Fair- fax County farmer, later identified as having been stolen from him was sold to Walter Brown, at 928 C street yes- terday afternoon by two young men. The pair told Brown they were from Fairfax County and that the calf be- longed to them. Brown gave them a $11.70 check for the animal and then, becoming suspi- clous, tried to stop payment at the bank. He was informed, however, that ir already had cashed the check. n Thompson appeared and iden- tified the animal Brown paid him a like amount. The calf, Brown explained, had been butchered before Thompson arrived. Film Reels Stolen. Headquarters Detectives were on the lookout for four motion picture reels of “Lightning Express” and “Outside the Law” this morning following the re- rt of a theft at the Universal Film cchange, 924 New Jersey avenue, some time after closing late yesterday. Oscar Blumenthal, manager of the film company, told police the two mov- ing pictures and a number of litho- graphs were taken from the offices of the exchange. He valued the stolen goods at $120. A diamond ring valued at $325 was stolen from the wardrobe of Samuel Delisi, at No. 7 L street, last night, “?'m'xfin' “Apprvxim:u'g ll}e ufx-x ond preci 10 bills was also taken, he sald. A thief entered and ransacked a Tex- aco gasoline fill station, at 3279 M street, and stole $67.24 from its place of concealment on a shelf beneath the cash register, ac to a report made to police of the seventh precinct this morning. - Automobile Company Robbed. Burglars who made a_foray. on the Trew Motor Co., at 1317 W street, went so far as to steal an automobile in which to make their escape last night, after taking seven automobile tires, sev- eral suits of overalls and miscellaneous tools, valued at a total of $75. RUM SUSPECT ESCAPES , Leaps From Car While Iafl& Driven to Headquarters. Arrested on a charge of m‘mfl% liquor after a foot chase in 1 block of E.street this morning, an un- identified driver of an automobile con- tearing down the familiar buildings in | thoi driven wxollu headquarters by a head quarters detective. ‘The driver of the car jumped out of the automobile and started up E street toward New Jersey avenue when the officer n&mouhn. but was overtaken after a short run. After he was placed in the car, with th officer at the wheel, he made the leap. RELIEVED OF $2,600