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MOBERTSISNANED T0 UTILITIE POST BYDISTRET HEADS 1. C. C. Attorney Examiner to Be Assistant Corporation Counsel. APPOINTMENT IS GIVEN BRIDE RECOMMENDATION First Major Task Expected to Be on Revaluation of Washington's Street Railway System. William Allerton Roberts, senior at- torney examiner of the Interstate Com- | merce Commission, was given an ap- pointment by the District Commission- ers today as speclal assistant corpora- tion counsel to handle the legal work of the Plxbll: 5!53\11““ Commission. The t ,500. POy Ronerts, Whose appotntment was recommended by Corporation Counsel ‘William W. Bride, has had wide experi~ ence in public utilities matters, gained during his service with the Interstate Commerce Commission on _valuations of common carriers. He is also familiar with local utility problems through his service as member and vice chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and his membership on the Citizens’ Ad- visory Council. He represented the or- tizens, together with Willlam M layton, during the merger legis- lation negotiations in recent years. ‘The oners, before acting on Mr. Bride's recommendation, sought an expression of opinion from the Public Umflu Commission, but that body de- clined to enter into the matter one ‘way or_another. Mr. Roberts is a graduate in engi- neering of the Tufts College of Massa- chusetts and a bachelor of laws of Georgetown University. He is a mem- ber of the bar in the District of Co- Jumbia and alsd in Massachusetts. His first employment was with the construction firm of Charles H. Nichols of Boston, Mass., from 1919 to 1920. ‘He was employed by the Interstate Com- merce Commission in February, 1923, as & civil engineer in the Bureau of Valu- ation; promoted to be associate attor- ney examiner in 1925, to be attorney examiner in 1926, to be senior attorney examiner in 1927; was assigned to the assistant board of review, of which he later became chairman in 1929, and was appointed a member of the Elec- tric Lines Recapture Committee Novem- ber 15, 1920. He is at present engaged in the Erepnlflon of a plan and organization of valuation of 362 electric interurban and suburban railroads. the numerous valuation cases on wi Mr. Roberts has worked are those of the Pacific Coast Railroad, the Alabama & Vicksburg Rafllway, the Central Vermont Railroad and the Chicago & Northwestern Indiana Rail- road. He comes to the District with high recommendations from his supe- riors at the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. Mr. Roberts lives: at 5405 Potomac :‘v&nu He is margied and has three dren. Mr. Roberts’ appointment will be effective as soon as he can clear his desk at the Interstate Commerce Com- mission of a few pending matters. his first /ajor task for the be the legal work in con- nection with the revaluation of the street railway system of the District re- cently ordered by the Public Utilities Commission. PLEADS NOT GUILTY T0 GRAND LARCENY Whelan Arraigned After Telling of Two Men Who Robbed Dairy Safe. William 3. ‘Whelan, charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of $15.000 from the safe of the 400 | have been reported. Buildi arrested after police his ad- mission of receiving & $100 bill from two bther men wanted in connection with ease. 3§ ‘There was no testimony in the court this mo! , but Millard' Sniffin, an official of the Southern Dairy, and Head- quarters ves L. M. Wilson and Thomas Nalley xpened for the govern- ment, th Assistant District Attorneys Wilbert McInerney and Michael F, Keogh. Two mef for whom police are search- ing in connection with the case are Fred N and Roy Beall. The latter was an employe of the cashier’s office of the concern, while Nally is a former employe. their homes. ;sald that the two men came to the Sunday night and gained entranice by saying that Beall had to work overtime, Upon leaving, Whelan declared that they tossed him a $100 bill and told him to keep his mouth shut - and threatened him with bodily harm. NEW REVENUE POST ASSUMED BY WILMER Former Agent in Charge of Balti- more District Now in Charge of Income Tax Unit. Joseph C. Wilmer of La Plata, Md, former internal revenue agent in charge of the Baltimore division, today entered upon the duties of deputy com- missioner of internal revenue in charge of the income tax unit, to suc- ceed David Burnet, recently appointed commissioner. The oath of office was administered by Ira Y. Bain, chief of the Bureau Personnel Section of the Appointment Division, in the office of Commissioner Burnet, in th? rud:nce of many bureau cials and nds. - Wilmer entered the Customs in 1906 and in 1015 was trans- revenue inspector; in 1918 was to internal revenue agent; in 1921 he was transferred to o In e Mew or and Bl ) as well as the “Baltimore di- A. ROBERTS. New High-Brow Hat To Emphasize Brow Say Beauty Experts Indications beauty experts in session here are that the Fall vogue will tend to make the American woman “eyebrow conscious.” The new “high-brow” hat will em- phasize feminine brows to an unusual degree, according to Harry M. Spiro of New York, who is attending the con- vention of the National Hairdressers and Cosmethologists’ Association at the Mayflower Hotel. He predicted today the plucked eyebrow would give way to such refinements as the “Maiden-in- Distress” brow, or the “Hollywood.” ‘The “Maiden-in-Distress” eyebrow he said, imparts an expression™df per- petual appeal. . The “Hollywood,” al- ready approaching fad popularity, is smoothly shaped and continued down o the cheek bones by dye application. Meanwhile the convention is occupied largely with plans to mobilize every agency of beauty culture into a single organization that will command an equal place of influence with industrial and scientific bodies. The cosmeticians and hairdressers, with allied trades, represent now the fourth largest industry in the United States, according to C. W. Godefroy of St. Louis, national president. The convention yesterday decided that legislation proposing strict regu- lation of all beauty shops be pushed in all of the State Legislatures. Resolutions urging that such a law be passed by Congress for the District of Columbia were expected to be ed before. adjournment today. The delegates feel that with the National Capital as a model, their efforts will be easier in the States that do not have these laws, it was explained. Some 21 States have already adopted the law favored by this organization, which calls for registration and strict examination of & beauty shop operators. ROOKIE POLICEMEN BEGIN TRAINING 42 Placed in Charge of Sergt. Cal- lahan After Taking Oath. Forty-two rookie members of the| Department were sworn in at headquarters this morning by Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the force, and placed in charge of Sergt. Harvey Cal- lahan, head of the Police School, for instruction in the fundamentals of police work. The class will immediately begin a 90-day course of schooling under Sergt. Callahan, the first group of its kind to enter the school since the District Com- missioners extended the training period from 30 days to three months at the suggestion of Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. The rookies were addressed by In- spectors William H. Harrison, Alfred J. Headley, Thaddeus A. Bean and Lieut. Joseph C. Morgan at headquarters after they had taken the department oath. SPAIN FEELS QUAKE MURCIA, Spain, September 3 (#).— trong earthquake was felt here at 5 am. today, and was followed by another of less intensity.at 2:30 p.m. The first lasted eight .seconds., The quake in'the morning sent the popi scurrying panic-stricken into the streets, but no deaths or injuries swayed, distinctly rattling Ts: and paintings. chande! at the convention of | GRAVELY CHARGES IGNORED BY JURY: BOARD WILL ACT Woman’s Testimony of Giving Policeman Money for Pro- tection to Be Heard Again. PRATT SAYS GUILT NOT DECIDED BY U. S. Defendant Accorded Right to Sub- mit Grand Jury Action in Own Behalf. The ‘grand jury today ignored the charges of extortion preferred against Spottswood F. Gravely, a policeman of | the second precinct, who formerly | served as a detective in the third pre- | cinct, but, notwithstanding this move, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, announced that Gravely, now under suspension, must face the Police ‘Trial Board on charges arising from the same case. ‘The charges were made last Thurs- day at a jury trial in Police Court by Elizabeth G. Campbell, who testified in an assault case brought against her by the policeman that she had given him money, at one time as much as $50, for protection, which did not keep him from raiding her on charges of keeping a disorderly house. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover had the Campbell girl and her com- panion, Helen Talasz, before the grand Jjury yesterday, when the charges were repeated. Police Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean, who investigated the story of the gir], also testified. Miss Campbell is at liberty under bond of $300, awaiting sentence on an assault charge preferred by a police- woman, whom she was convicted of ctriking, in the House of Detention. She was acquitted of the charge of hitting Gravely when he arrested her. Maj. Pratt said Gravely would be on charges of accepting money and for neglecting to prosecute a woman for keeping a disorderly house. “The finding of the grand jury,” he sald, “simply means that Gravely is ex- onerated of having violated any law of the United States. It is still possible that Gravely has violated a rule of the department, and a finding of guilty by the trial board would not be inconsist- ent with the action of the grand jury. Gravely, of course, is at liberty to sub- mit the action of the grand jury as a defense.” e PARKWAY PROJECT BIDS ARE OPENED \Eight Seek Job, With Estimated Cost of Approximately $25,000. ‘The Federal Government moved today toward completion of another section of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway when it opened bids for the improve- ment of the area lying between Massa- | chusetts avenue and P street. Eight bidders sought this job, which is esti- mated at $25,000 and is to be com pleted in about four months. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, will study the offers and a contract will likely be awarded shortly. The bidders were M. Cain, J. B. Lati- mer, J. B. Mullin & Co., -Warren F. Brenizer & Co., William Meyer, Corson & Gruman Co., Alcott, Campbell & | Harris, and the Cranford Co., Inc. The prospective contract calls for all labor and materials and the performing of all work for the clearing, excavating, filling and grading of the construction of a rip-rap stone fill and road drain- | age. Offers for clearing of the wood ran from 60 cents to $4 ame acre, earth excavation from 34 cents to $1.45 per cublc yard, rip-rap stone from $2.75 to $8.60 per cubic yard, trenching for drainage from 90 cents to $2.50 per cubic yard. l!iddleb;n'g Barn Burns. MIDDLEBURG, Va, September 3 (8) ).~—A pony was burned to death yesterday when fire of unknown or&in destroyed a barn with contents belong- ing to Capt. C. Oliver Iselin. A shed also burned. Insurance will partly cover the loss. ‘ CHARITABLE AGENCY IN NEW HOME I Both men are missing from | When the Thrift Shop, opened Vice President Curtis, made the first operated its new home, 1011 E street, yesterday, Mrs. Dolly Gann (left) sale to Mrs. John Allan Do, for the benefit of four WASHINGTON, D. C, brought before the Police Trial Board' organizations, , sister of ol gherty (right). | for their annual outing under auspices Proceeds from the shop go to the Child Welfare Society, Children’s Hospital, | of Costello Post to Edgewater TRACTION FIRM'S 035 50 PER GENT, . EXPERTS DECLARE Analysés of Accounts Show Company Included Tokens Sold at OId Rate. POINT OUT DEFICIENCES PRECEDED FARE RAISE Benefits of Higher Rate Pointed To on Basis of May and June Revenues. Public utility experts, who made a cursory analysis today of the Capital Traction Co’s acounts for July, sub- mitted yesterday to the Public Utilities Commission, estimated that while the report showed a decline of 78 per cent in net income as compared with July, 1929, the actual loss was about 50 per cent. The difference is represented in an item of $6,395.09 which the company included among its losses for tokens sold at the former rate of 62; cents and were outstanding when the ‘new rate of 7% cents went.into effect July 23. Theoretically, this is a book Tloss, which, it was said, could have been spread over a period of several months, but the company chose to put it in the July accounts, with the result that it added about 28 per cent to the decline in net income. ‘The company’s report showed that its icome for July was $22,567.57, a de- rease of $17,631.97 under the corre- sponding month of 1929. The loss in passengers amounted to 414,840, Losses in Previous Month. As the new rate of fare went into effect in July, there has been a tend- ency to blame some of the decrease on the higher fares, but the experts point out that'the losses were steady in the months precceding the increased fare. For instance, an examination of the monthly reports showed a loss of 337,677 passengers in May of this year, in com- parison with the same month of 1929, and a loss of 312,729 in June of this vear in comparison with the correspond- ing month of last year. = It was explained, therefore, that the revenue passengers have not been drop- ping off at an alarming rate because of the higher fare, although it is impos- sible to determine at this time the actual effect due to the increased fare, which was operative only for the last eight days of July. The August reports of the car companies, it was said, would furnish a more accurate gauge of the effect of the higher fare. Increase Benefits Companies. The increased fare, however, has inured to the benefit of the car com- panies, according to the utility experts, on the basis of revenues for May and June. In May, with a loss of 337,677 passengers, it was pointed out, the net income was $23,309.48, under that of the same month of 1929, and in June it was $21,874 under that of June last year, whereas the net incomegin July, with & loss of 414,840 passengers, under the same month of 1929, was $17,631.97. ‘The car companies have blamed some of the loss in revenue passengers to the competition of the unregulated taxi cabs which have been offering a flat-rate cheap service since March. At the Public Utilities Commission, it has been impossible to determine how many car riders have been taken away by the cabs because some of the cab operators have not submitted reports on the result of their operations. Those cabs which have made reports failed to show the number of passen- gers carried, but listed the number of trips. In most instances, it was ex- plained, the cabs carry more than one passenger on a trip, making a check-up virtually impossible. Cabs Losing Money. 4The commission knows, from the re- ports that have been submitted, that & majority of the cabs operating on a cheap rate are losing money. Ouf of a total of 354 reports analyzed, it was found that every operator showed a loss for the month of July. ‘The only complete report received by the commission on taxicab opera- tions was submitted by the Nickel Cab Co., which operating on a meter basis of 5 cefits every third of a mile, This company reported & net loss of $1,564.94 in July. d The revenue from transportation was listed by this company at $3,713.87. The total expenses of operation was placed at $5278.81. The company's cabs made 15819 trips. In the case of most of the 35-cent flat rate cabs, it was said at the com- mission that the drivers were making individual returns, with the result it has not been possible to determine the earnings or losses of the companies operating them. In some of these cases, it was sald, it is possible forsthe driver to suffer a loss, while the operator is making rofit because the cabs are rented to the drivers, TREASURY EMPLOYE 38 YEARS RETIRES Owen Barron, ead Plumber, Na- tive of Capital—Head Charwoman 50 Years Also Retiring. Owen Barron, head plumber of the Treasury Department, 72 years old, has retired from his post after 38 years of service for the Government. He re- sides at 1208 Criftenden street. He is & native Washingtonian. Mrs, Mary C. Ratcliffe of 39 V street northwest, has retired from her post as head of the charwomen at the| Treasury Department after 50 years of service. She was born in Staunton, Va., and was appointed to Government service in 1880 before the civil service ‘handled applications for this work. JACOB N. HELPER HEADS . COSTELLO LEGION POST Elected Commander—Other Officers Chosen—Outing Platined for Invalid Veterans. Vincent B. Costello Post No. 15, American Legion, last night chose as commander, Jacob N. Helper, Wash- n attorney. Other officers elected at a meeting in the District Building follow: Gregory Cipriani, senior vice .com- mander; Norman Grant, junior vice commander; Charles Newell, third vice commander; Howard Dull, sergant-at- arms; R.S. Reynolds, master-at-arms; Sam Olshel quartermaste; sk, r and Rev. J. Hurney, chaplain. Plans were made to take all patients in the service itals of the District Children's Country Home and Prenatal Clinic of Columbia Hospital,—P. & A. Photo. Md., on September 14, ering ‘WEDNESDAY, &t SEPTEMBER 3, 1930. 1 ar The casket of Maj. Gen. Henry T. At the extreme left ma) FINAL TRIBUTES PAID GEN. ALLEN i Burial at Arlington, Pershing and Others Attending, Fol- lows Church Rites. | Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, one of this Nation’s most distinguished soldiers, was buried today on a sunny southern hillside in Arlington, hallowed resting place of the country’s war dead. As _the body of the man who com- cupation in Germany was lowered into the grave, a bugler sounded “Taps,” the Army's final salute. Before a gathering of distinguished military men, diplomats, friends and relatives, funeral services were con- ducted at 10 o'clock this morning in St. John's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H streets. In the absence of Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of the church, the gsistant rector, Rev. Leon Schearer, officialed. Escorted to Grave, After the simple services in the flower-banked church, the body was taken to the cemetery, where it was met at the Fort Myer gates by an escort of troops under command of Maj. Gen. Guy E. Henry, chief of Cavalry. The escort was made up from Troop H of the 3d United States Cavalry, the dismounted batteries A, B and C of the 16th Field Artillery, the Army Band and the Headquarters Company of the ‘Washington district, which fired the salute over the general's grave, just| south of Arlington House. ‘The flag-draped casket was borne to the grave on & caisson, followed by a horse carrying Gen. Allen’s saddle, sword and boots. The honorary pallbearers were Gen. McCain, Maj. Gen. David C. Shanks, Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat, Col. David 8. Stanley, Lieut. Col. George P. Ahearn Paul E. Johnson and Lynch Lugquer of the English-Speaking Union, in which Gen. Allen also was active. Many Washington representatives of { foreign governments with which Gen. Allen was associated during his overseas service, including Dr. Kiep, charge d'affaires ad interim of the German em- bassy, attended the services. Death From Heart Attack. Gen. Allen died suddenly Saturday afternoon of a heart attack at Buena Vista Springs, Pa., while visiting at the Summer cottage of Dr. Rudolph Leitner, first, secretary of the German embassy. Gen. Allen was 71 years old #nd had been in the military service more than 44 years. From start to finish of his Army career he took on constantly in- creasing responsibilities, ~culminating with his command of the American Army of Occupation on the Rhine. Earlier Army assignments had taken him to Russia, Cuba, the Philippines and into Mexico with Pershing's puni- tive expedition, - In Germany his consideration and fair dealing won for him the regard of the officials as well as the citizens of that country. The esteem in which he was held by Germany was indicated by the statement of Dr. Kiep, when he called at the State Department yester- day to express the sympathy of the German government at Gen. Allen’s death., He stated that there was a double reason for his coming: “First, because of the high regard which his government and people have maintained for Gen. Allen as a result of his work in charge of the Army of Occupation, and, second, because of the fact that he died at the home of an official of the German embassy.” POLICE SUPéRINTENDENT RECEIVES HUNT GIFT A. D. Mullins Presents Maj. H: G. Pratt With Relic of Chase. Albert D. Mullin, a police headquar- ters chauffer, today presented Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- lice, with a desk sef, relic of a success- ful stag hunt last Fall. ‘Two inkwells, mounted on the set, have the stag's front hoofs as bases. A pen wiper is constructed out of part of the stag's nk. Owing to the departmental rule that nobody may make a present to his superior officer without the consent of the major and superintendent, Mullin, before the presentation, was compelled to ask Maj Pratt’s permission to make it. Maj. Pratt took one look at the set and ceremoniously granted the per- mission. TRADE COMMISSION FIRE INQUIRY IS PUSHED Capt. Ray Montgomery Questions| po; Persons Believed to Have Information. tion into the cause of the Federal e Commission Building fire Saturday went forward again today with Capt. Ray Montgomery, -3 intendent. of thamunmd Ec;etleo k Invest AN HONORED manded the American Army of oc-| John J. Pershing, Maj. Gen. Henry P'I SOLDIER GOES Allen being removed be seen Gen. Pershing, who was one of the honorary palibea; TO REST from St. John’s Church this morning on the way to Arlil n. rers. —sStar Staft Photo. BREAK DOWN BY REX COLLIER. _ Using the analytical methods of fic- | tional detectives, special agents of the | United States Bureau of Investigation |have just so'ved a baffiing crime in | Texas through evidence scraped from the fingernails of a dead woman. A detailed report in the case has| been received by J. Edgar Hoover, di- rector of the bureau, he disclosed today. The matter-of-fact report, prepared by operatives of the San Antonio office of the Justice Bureau, reads like de- tective fiction. Here is the story. Fishing Party Heard Crash. On the night of August 9 last an automobile crashed into Salado Creek, near a bridge, on the Fort Sam Houston military reservation. About 60 feet away two sergeants and their wives, who had been fishing, heard the crash and reached the car a few minutes later, 4 In the front of the wrecked céach was the body of a woman. It was plain she was dead. There were numerous wounds on her head." A medical officer from the fort reach- ed the scene of the supposed accident about 20 minutes after the crash. He expressed the opinfon the woman had been dead for at least an hour. The woman was identified as Mrs. Lillian Adams, wife of James R. Adams of Co. K, 23rd Infantry. The husband was questioned, but produced an iron- clad lligl in the form of testimony by two soldiers that he had been seen at the barracks about the time of the crash, which occurred 2}, miles away. Local authorities were prepared to record the death as an accident or sui- |cide. But Federal investigators, called in because the crash had occurred on Federal territory, were not so easily satisfied. FINGERNAILS OF DEAD WOMAN HUSBAND'S ALIBI Federal Detectives Solve Baffling Texas Murder by Scientific Investigation After Wreck. ‘The special agents of the Government learned that the man and his wife had been very jealous of each other. It was noted, moreover, that the husband had deep scratches on his neck and chest. The bureau investigators carefully ex- amined the body of the wife. Under- neath her fingernails they found sus- picious matter. The nails were scraped and the collected debris subjected to scientific analysis. It was found the substance was human skin and flesh. PAGE B—1 PAIR CONFESSES ROBBERIES HERE, POLICE BECLARE Laborer and Nephew Ac- cused of Taking Valuable Antiques From Homes. YOUTH IS ARRESTED AT CAPITAL STORE Appeared With Suit Case Full of Rare Books to Sell, Detec- tive Charges. ‘The mystery of the identity of burglars whose familiarity with the Capital society columns has allowed them, with discerning taste, to ran- sack sumptuous Capital homes of priceless prose and poetry, rare antiques, jewelry and other things of value, was believed by police today to have been solved in the arrest of a 48-year-old laborer and his youthful nephew last night. Police this morning reported that after a thorough grilling, the pair, Wil- liam Sullivan, 1214 H street northeast, the uncle, and John L. Sullivan, 21, 2004 Bryant street northeast, had con- fessed to robberies in homes of wealthy Georgetown residents while their oc- cupants were sojourning for the Sum- mer months at fashionable resorts in this ®ountry and abroad. This afternoon the pair was ordered taken on & tour of the ransacked homes in Georgetown and other fashionable sections ‘of the northwest section of the city. These ransacked homes have been a puzzle to police for several weeks. Rare German Books Taken. Rare German books of prose and poetry, valued at more than $10,000 and stolen from the home of Rudolf Leitner, first secretary of the German embassy, offered for an infinitesimal portion of their real value, led to the arrest of the pair last night, police say, The books, police declare, were offered Encouraged by this discovery, the de- tectives again quizzed the alibi wit- nesses, who finally confessed they had lied in their first statements: They explained they had testified falsely at the urgent request of Adams. Confronted with the damaging finger- nail evidence and with the complete collapse of his alibi, Adams broke down and gave the agents a lengthy, written confession, Hoover was advised. In the confession the soldler is declared to have said he had quarreled with his wife, striking her over the head with an iron wrench and then, becoming frightened at his act, had driven the car to the banks of the creek, stepped out and sent the machine and the corpse hurtling into the stream. He explained he had hoped thereby to make it appear his wife had been killed in an accident. Charged With Murder. On August 20 Adams was charged with murder at a hearing before the United States commissioner in San An- tonio, and he now is in the county jail ‘without bail, pending action of the De- cember d jury. “This is an example of how our men are using scientific methods in the de- tection of crime,” Director Hoover re- marked. “All of them are thoroughly schooled in such methods before they are sent into the field, and the results are more than could be expected.” THREE INDIGTED ONHOLD-UP CHARGE Grand Jury Accuses Men of Snatching McCrory Store Satchel and $1,200. John Irvin, Elmer Bennett, and Henry Machelinski were indicted jointly today by the grand jury on a charge of high- way robbery ‘in’ connection with the hold-up of two employes of the J. C. McCrory Co. store August 7. Irvin and Bennett are in jail in de- fault of bail of $10,000 each, set by United 'States mmissioner Needham C. Turnage. The third man is said to be in custody in Baltimore and the in- dictment was returned in order to expe- dite his return in the hope of settling the case for trial early in October. . The three men are accused of at- tempting to force into an automobile Earl D. Flory and Harvey W. Smith, store employes who were carrylng a satchel of money to the Second National Bank, just one block away. The satchel contained $1,200. The employes re- sisted and the trio are said to have selzed the satchel and to have escaped in the automobile. The machine was later found abandoned in Anacostia and the empty satchel was later discovered in the vicinity. ‘The arrest of Irvin and Bennett is said to have resulted from the efforts of Headquarters Detectives Howard Ogle and Dennis J. Murray. The grand jurors exonerated Olin V. Mitchell, 19, of a charge of homicide. Mitchell was driving an automobile which struck and killed Mary Dixon, colored, several weeks ago. The jurors considered the killing accidental, it was, reported. BOY’S DEATH IN SHAFT OF ELEVATOR ACCIDENT Inquest Fails, However, to Disclose Manner in Which 5-Year-0ld Met His Fate. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned by a coroner’s jury at the Dis- trict Morgue yesterday afternoon in the case of 5-year-old Jackie Williams, | whose body was found Monday after- noon lying at the bottom of an eleva- tor shaft at 724 Third street after police had conducted an all-day search for the . No evidence was offered at the inquest yesterday to show how the boy got into the elevator shaft, H The boy, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Willlams, is reported to have left his home between 8 and 11 o'clock | po Monday morning. When he did not re- %unfih};u parents asked police to search for him. Sentenced for Stealing 50 Cents. NEW GRAFT CHARLE " FLED BY CALVRT {Mount Rainier Attorney Sends Third Complaint to Prince Georges Board. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Septem- ber 3.—Declaring what Be has said about graft in Prince Georges County “is but a bare scratching of the upper surface,” and that “the larger graft and corruption reaches to higher places and stretches widespread over the entire county,” Charles B. Calvert, Mount Rainier attorney, yesterday filed his third complaint in four weeks with the county commissioners. The attorney’s complaints deal chiefly with the operation of what he terzu a notorious gambling establish- ment on Bladensburg road, which he claims has been permitted to operate openly for a decade because of corruption. His Latest Letter. In his latest letter, Calvert carries out a promise made in his letter of August 27, to furnish the commissioners with the names and addresses of those allegedly implicated in the “wide- spread corruption and graft now prev- alent in the country.” The letter also contains a list of persons said to receive $90 a week irom the operators of the gambling establishment for the use of their auto- mobiles to transport patrons between the establishment and Washington. Calvert says nine cars are operated under such conditions, giving their license numbers and the names of the persons to whom they are listed. Some of the cars bear Maryland markers and others District tags, according to the attorney. In conclusion the attorney expresses the opinion that it is the commissioners duty to investigate the facts supplied by him, and if their finding warrants, the matter should be submitted to the grand jury. Letter Considered. ‘The commissioners ve Calvert's the esion yestorday Indicating ot ghe erday, indicating af conclusion, of tic session that they would o " Daivert's to make ligation if their attorney advises vieh action is within their province. “We ate not apologizing to the public,” one of the officials explained, “but we are Jimited by law and have no _enforcing power. However, we are at a local book store, while a detective, planted at the store since the report of the theft of the books had been received at police headquarters, stood guard. The younger man, it is alleged, arrived at the store with a suit case full of books to sell, and immediately was placed under arrest. > Following the questioning of the younger Sullivan, four headquarters detectives were assigned to the task of apprehending the uncle, who has a long record with the local police, with numerous convictions on housebreaking charges listed on it. : . Claim Loot Was Found. ‘The detectives went to Sullivan's H street address, found Sullivan and are alleged also to have found many thou- sands of dollars’ worth of goods, ‘be- lieved by police to have been loot from , the homes of wealthy Washingtonians. Police say they found jewelry bearing the name of John M. Sternhagen, 3328 O street, where a $4,000 burglary was reported to police in July; jewelry an- swering the description of some stolen from the home of Louis Pennington, 3100. Q street and articles answering the descriptions of those reported stolen from the homes of Representative Ross A. Collins, at 2463 Wisconsin avenue, and Willlam S. Conant, 1402 Thirty~ | first street. Police today declared that practically every home in Georgetown reported ransacked during the Summer months was visited while occupants were out of the city, and that the burglar or burglars showed considerable discern~ ment in their choice of loot to carry away, throwing aside the gaudy baubles that would bring no price with a “fence,” and taking instead some not so_striking-looking article, such as a Jewelry. for WK & g4 prie: mighs 3 a be obtained. iy v e Won't Estimate Total. It is the first time in years that police have had to deal with thlev%powhn showed so much knowledge of the value of rare literature, and it is believed th: this penchant for rare prose and poet brought about the collapse of the al leged robbery project of the Sullivans, since it was the German books that led to their arrest. Police today were unwilling to esti- mate the total amount of loot reported stolen in the past several weeks from Georgetown homes, partly because they could not determine the value them- selves of some of the paintings, books and antiques which have been listed by owners as among loot taken from their homes, Nor would police make a definite esti- mate of the amount of goods they claim they found at the Sullivan home. ‘William Sullivan's police record is re- ported by police to date back to 1917 when Maj. Pratt, superintendent of police, then' just a detective, arrested Sullivan for house-breaking. He later was sentenced to serve three years in Leavenworth prison, Kansas. Since that time, police say, Sullivan has been arrested on 12 occasions, several times on house-breaking charges, - BROADCAST LOOK-OUT FOR MOTHER OF FOUR Mrs. Lillian May Finney Has Been Missing From Home Since Friday. Police today were broadcasting a look- out for Mrs. Lillian May Finney, 29 years old, who has been missing from her home, 1609 Foxhall road, since last Friday: According to Thomas E. Fin- ney, husband of the missing woman, Mrs. Finney had recently recovered from an illness and was in a highly nervous condition. The couple has four small sons. The police look-out describes her as having light complexion, dark brown bobbed hair and wearing a dark b'ue silk dress, dark coat and black pumps. Two years ago, when the family lived in Seat Pleasant, Md., Mrs. Finney disap ed from home and was located at home of her mother in Alexandria. $ TRUSTY ESCAPES ‘The fact that the District Jail is re- garded as one of the coolest institu- tional buildings in this city did not mean anything to David Howall, col- willing, to do anyth ‘within wer, and will not ‘lfe'm-u to '-:E ]thl initiative if we find we can do so Travels 32,000 Miles in Year. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 2.— g eolored men drew onme year in Maryland House of Cor- lon today for stealing 50 cents, ich, Business and Professional womenei Clubs, traveled 32,000 miles in her first year of office, _iemian tute search for him. ored, 55 years old, who was there serving a term of 90 days on a charge of vagrancy. How:lll. whnw w:{ig mprll:fn.‘ thnedmk; ago and sent proved sucl & handy man that he soon was made & trusty muge deserted h institution. Police were asked to insti-