Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1930, Page 17

Washington News BOMTEIS NDICTED FORSHOOTIG AN INLOCAL THEATR Accused of Assault to Kil Companion of Wife in Movie House. GEORGE B. SINCLAIR ALSO NAMED BY GRAND JURY True Bill Alleges Embezzlement of $42,000 From Estate of His Uncle. Parker Bowie, 46, 721 Croissant place southeast, was indicted today by the grand jury on charges of assault to kill and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the shoot- ing of Sylvester Fornwalt, when the Jatter was attending the Earle ‘Theater in company with Mrs. Bowie, September e d to have fallowed ve s pHte sd Forawalt to the theater and %o have searched in the darkened inte- rior for his wife until he saw her and Fornwalt seated together, when he is @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C. REBUILDING OF OLD ROCK CREEK PARK ROADS FOUND NECESSARY Planned for Horse-and-Buggy Age., Thor- oughfares Are Inaaequate for Motor- ized Era, Officialg Say. Reconstruction of the entire Rock Creek Park roads system is just around the corner, because officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks ex- plained today, they were largely built for the Victorian horse and buggy days and not for the motorized era. While Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of the office, does mot propose to ask for funds to do this work immediately, offi- cials see the necessity “for it coming soon. In the newer sections of the park, and in the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way, now under construction, between Massachusetts avenue and the Q Street Bridge, wider roads with proper drain- age, are being established. Southward from the Zoo gate, near the Calvert Street Bridge to Massachusetts avenue, the recently opened roadway in the parkway is a broad avenue and is con- structed on modern lines. ‘Work on Banks Finished. Between Massachusetts avenue and street the excavation work on the bank: has about been completed, so that the roadway now leads down from Florida avenue, northward into the parkway. As some of this newly formed road- way is of built-up earth, it will be per- mitted to settle for about'a year, be- fore the surfacing is done and the roads in that section will be thrown open for public traffic. During the past Summer the parks division of the Office of Public Build- sald to have begun firing at the wife’s ‘companion. Executor Reindicted. eorge Burnley Sinclair of New York wg reindicted today by the grand jury for the alleged embezzlement of $42,000 while acting as the executor of the es- tate of his uncle, Cephas Hempstone Sigclair, under appointment of the District’ Supreme Court. Sinclair was indicted March 15, 1923, and was a fu- !1““. it is stated, until located last B N e vt W , but was sel - sisted removal T ‘ru :‘ 10,000. He posted the bond cash. ‘Aodefect in the former indictment ‘is said to have caused the resubmission of e ephas Sinclair died in 1921, and the $42,000 came Into executor, for Wi inds of the e later in the « the he failed to account when an accounting one year Court. hteen other persons are accused o!svl'lnml crimes in the first report of the new grand jury, which was sub- mitted to Justice Peyton Gordon. .grand jurorsignored a charge of homi- cide against Luther C. Proffitt, a Ma- rine, and Hiawatha Summers, his com- panion in an automobile which with another machine June 20 last at Twelfth street and Rhode Island ave- nue, causing the death of Bdward Bell- man, 60 years old. Other cases ignored by the grand jury include: James Ezell, carnal knowledge; Charles L. Lewis and an . Herron, embez~ ‘W. Hamlett, receiv- ing stolen property. Other Indictments. t them include:. . 3 S e B S 3. R ; James J. Walling, Earl Todd, ;uliuswdoel "::g Nathan Py ousebreaking larceny; Roy N. 'y alias Nicholas R. Frye, Harold L. Jones and Garry Ownes, alias Garry and Harold L. Jones, the . United States; ‘Ownes, al Owens, *Bennie John- son and " Willlam Lowery, grand larceny; Albert J. Gove and Arthur 8. Monroe, joy-riding; Joseph S. Watts, assault with intent to commit carnal knowledge; Addison Garner Steele, car- nal knowledge and incest; Joseph Henry | Saunders, assault _ with dangerous ‘weapon: eodore Robinson and An- drew William Homer, violating national prohibition act; Jones, smoke screén, and William L. Stmms, arson. —_—— 104 G. W. GRADUATES TO RECEIVE DEGREES Fall Convocation Tonight to In- elude Address on Virgil by Italian Ambassador. Degrees will be conferred upon_ 104 graduates of George Washington Uni- versity in the Fall convocation at 8:30 o'clock tonight in Memorial Continen- tal Hall. At the same time the uni- versity will celebrate the bimillennium of the birth of the poet Virgil by having as its guest speaker Nobile Giacomode Martino, the Italian Ambassador. The exercises will begin with the acader procession and the invocation by Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of ‘Washington Cathedral. Candidates for degrees will be presented by Dr. Wil- liam Allen Wilbur;: provost of the Uni- wversity. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, presi- dent of the university, will confer the degrees. The benediction, pronounced by Canon Stokes, will conclude the ex- ercises, MARYLAND MAN IS HELD FOR TRANSPORTING RUM Edward A Hamilton, said to be a deputy sheriff of Baltimore County, was convicted late yesterday afternoon fore Justice Luhring in Criminal Div sion 3 of transporting and possessing liquor. Richard Lusby, 21, also of Baltimore, was acquitted. He had been arrested with Hamiltcn. Both men were taken into custody June 26 on Bladensburg road by the liquor squad under Sergt. Little and police, who claimed to have found 143 alf-gallons of corn whisky in their car. Assistant _United States Attorneys Kirkland anc Sirica conducted _the Pprosecution. Sentence was deferred. COUNTY TO APPROVE '|OFFICERS ADDRESS ings and Public Parks has accomplished & program of resurfacing the entire old road system in Rock Creek Park. This involved about 130,000 yards of road- way, and some 30,000 gallons of .as- phalt were distributed in the surface treatment on the macadam road. Officials explained today that most of the roads in Rock Creek Park are old gravel roads that have been recondi- tioned, until now they have a bi- tuminous crust 115 to 2 inches thick. Owing to the obsolete construction, they are not bullt to withstand the increas- ingly heavy motor traffic, and the main- tenance cost is becoming prohibitive. Water Causes Trouble. The roads, having too much crown on the slopes of the curves, were not constructed for automobiles. Officials are finding that they are having a great deal of trouble through the water being forced up through the thin layer of bituminous covering because of the con- tinuous pounding of the heavy traffic on the inadequate roadbed. This water in the Winter months be- comes frozen and tears the road sur- facing apart. The roads, it is ex- plained, were not constructed with proper underdrainage, as modern roads are, and the ground water finds its way up through the rotten rock on which the roads are placed. On the Massa- chusetts avenue-Q treet area drainage facilities are now being placed in the ground. Officials also expect to widen the Rock Creek roads to handle the in- creased traffic that will come down from Maryland as the parkway is ex- tended northward. KELLY T0 DIRECT. DETEGTIVE FORGE Assumes Duties of Captain Tomorrow, Police Super- intendent Announces. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly will- assume his duties as captain in charge of the Detective Bureau tomorrow, Maj. Henry J. Pratt, police wpeflnundent.o‘m- homicide squad, formerly filled by Kelly, will be taken over by Detective Sergt. John Flaherty. Flaherty will have two new members on his squad, J. C. Collins and C. E. Mansfield. C. P. Cox, recently made a lieutenant, will alternate in an eight-hour tour of duty as a desk lieutenant at the bu- rTeau with Lieuts. 1;" ©O. Embrey and squad; Detective Sergt. D. J. . L. Billman were as- clothing® squad; Eugene illlam Messer were as- the check and fraud squad. e C. OF C. LUNCHEON New Membership Total Has Now Reached 261, Canvass Shows. The fifth Juncheon meeting of the 24 teams of the Washington Chamber of Commerce engaged in the membership drive, which is the inaugural step in the chamber’s recently mnwnuh:‘;lve; year expansion program, Was a the Washington Hotel today. The offi- figure of new memberships to date is 261, the total at Monday's With two days’ additional officers expect the fig- group, headed by Martin Lease, was e: to make a report of its accomplishments in canvi business houses of the city at the meet- ident Charles W. Darr and Vice President Rudolph Jose, chairman of the 5-year expansion program, addressed the team workers, Col. Edward G. Bliss, supervisor of team organization, will be the chamber’s radio speaker over Station WMAL to- night. Each day throughout the drive talks have been made by officcrs of the’ commerce bod{ setting forth det&u.l of the campaign and the expansion | program. Mr. Jose will speak tomorrow | night. %aminnuonx for directors of the Chamber of Commerce for the forth- coming_year closed yesterday. Dorsey ‘W. Hyde, jr., secretary of the chamber, said more than 20 names have been submitted. Ten directors will be selected by ballot at the annual meeting which will be held Tuesday. Church Society Eletts. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 15 (Special).—William Macoughtry of Mid- dleway was elected president of the Young People’s Fellowship, Eastern Con- vocation, Episcopal Diocese of West Vir~ ginia, at the semi-annual meeting in Trinity Episcopal Church here. Other officers named: Helen Ellis, Hedges- ville, vice president; William Engle, Martinsburg, secretary, and John Ellis, Hedgesville, treasurer. The next meet- ing will be held in Hedgesville. Bishop Coadjutor R. E. L. Strider of Wheeling was the principal speaker at the ses- PROSEGUTION RAPS MATTINGLY RULING Hart Says Judge’s Interpre- tation of Dry Law Is Wrong. . The ruling of Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly yesterday on liquor cases will have no bearing on future trials, ac- cording to David A. Hart, assistant dis- trict attorney, in charge of prosecution of dry-law cases in Police Court. Judge Mattingly threw out of court charges of possession against four per- sons because the Government failed to have the police informer testify of the irchase he made in the private home fore swearing to the search warrant ‘used in making the raid. Prosecutor Hart declared that Judge Mattingly was all wrong on the law when he announced that “as the raid was based upon the alleged liquor pur- chase of an informer; unless the man is here to tell of the ‘buy,’ to me there is not suitable evidence to W prob- able cause for the search of ‘home.” Judge Mattingly added that ‘would release all persons charged with liquor unless the informer was ht into court. “No other judge here has held a view like that,” Hart said today. “The search warrant issued by the United States commissioner is evidence enough that a sale was made. If any one doubts the legality of the warrant he should see the man who issued it. If we t an informer in court to testify of his ‘buy,’ we would be prov- ing a felony against a defendant to get a conviction in a trial where the charge is a misdemeanor. This is strictly against the law.” The informers are kept off the stand to shield their identity. The custom of the police court when an informer makes a “buy,” which is (olbwq't‘by : ptzgoe raid, l-‘nu bel:n to prosecute only the possession charge. Judge Mmly believes that a charge of sale sl be. pressed. Judge Mattingly was substituting in bl branch of court yesterday for P4 Isaac R. Hitt, and with the re- turn of the latter today Judge Mat- tingly returned to Municipal Court. iy, COUNTY REGISTRATION s /LED BY DEMOCRATS More Listed on Voting Books Than @. 0. P. Members in Prince Georges. By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. October 15.—Returns from scattered precincts on yesterday’s final registration, showed the Democrats placed more names on the books than the Republicans. Unofficial figures from Seat Pleasant district showed 59 Democrats, 37 Re- publicans and 5 independents registered this year in the first precinct, bringing the total registrants there to 927. The second precinct showed 62 new Demo- crats, 112 Republicans and 2 inde- pendents, making the total 1434. In the second precinct, Chillum dis- trict, 155 Democrats, 77 Republicans and 2 independents were registered, making the total voters 1,591. Yesterday’s registration from Hyatts- ville showed 30 new registrants in the first precinct, 8 in the second and 18 in the third. The majority of the new voters in the district were Democrats, officials said. In Riverdale district the Democrats yesterday put 48 new names on the books, the Republicans 28 and the in- dependents 2. ‘Total voters in this dis- trict now are: Democrats, 743; Repulic- ans, 570; independents, 36, and de- sions. clines, 14. APPLICATIONS FOR TAGS UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October 15.—Applications for 1931 auto tags will soon be sent from the commissioner of motor vehicle’ office to the county treasurer for perforation, according to R. Ernest Smith, Prince Georges treasurer. Motorists who bave paid their taxes will have their blanks perforated, he says. The blanks will be returned to Baltimore about November 15. who have not paid by that time will have to make a special trip to the county seat to get their applicagions perforated. system by out to those whose taxes ‘The expects i g‘ .ubou!nunm of December, ample time for attachment by anuary 1. to follow last year's Patrolman on Beat Walks TOY PISTOL ROBBERY ATTEMPT OF AMATEUR EASILY FOILED Up Behind Bell Boy and Would-Be Victim. Police sald Charles Edward Curley w.m‘ln‘ :l.m&:,l{n' Ilhll’l sm‘l‘;cu.r this morni y hold man with a toy pistol without first locating the patrolman on the beat. George motor vehicles commissioner o~ smal the by surprise, Curley made no resistance and was escorted to the precinct sta- n., There Curley was charged with umgnzd robbery, with Charles Davis of 130 “’:unt.h Lueet. the would BAKER GIRL'S BODY UNLIKELY TO BE EXHUMED IN TESTS Defense Attorneys Defer Re- quest Pending Pistol Inspec- tion by Micro-chemists. FATHER IS OPPOSED; U.S. NOT TO ASK ACTION Campbell's Gun Eliminated, Says Dr. Hamilton, as of Dif- 0 ferent Type. ‘There is only a remote possibility that the body of Mary Baker will be exhumed, defense counsel announced ! today as two New York micro-chemists employed by the defense continued their examination of the pistol alleged to have been used by Herbert M. Camp- bell, charged with slaying the Navy De- partment clerk. Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria, of defense counsel, sald he was unde- termined whether he would request the Government to take steps to have the body exhumed in Oak Grove, Va, in order that physicians might extract one of the death bullets from the back, as the micro-chemists desire, The defense lawyer explained that the decision to demand exhumation will be deferred until Dr. Albert H. Hamil- ton and his son, Robert A. Hamilton, ‘micro-chemists of Auburn, N. Y., com- plete their inspection of the pistol, two bullets already removed from Miss Baker’s body, the clothes she was wear- ing when slain and the automobile in which she was riding. Not Desired by U. S. William H. Collins, assistant United States attorney, said that he would not ask for an exhumation of Miss Baker's body. Myemwhne. The Star_ also learned today from Dr. Thomas D. Baker, rec- tor of the Episcopal Church at Oak Grove, that he would object bitterly to any move made to exhume the body of his daughter. Dr. Hamilton told newspaper men it was essential that the third bullet should be subjected to tests. He said the slug might bear some valuable clue to the identity of the slayer. The micro-chemist added his examination of the two death bullets available con- vinced him they had not been fired from Campbell's pistol. “As far as the importance of Camp- bell’s gun in this case is concerned,” Dr. Hamilton said, “it might as well. be thrown into the middle of the Potomac. We have definitely established beyond all shadow of a doubt that the Camp- bell gun was not used by Mary Baker’s murderer.” Declaring the Campbell pistol was of Spanish manufseture, Dr. Hamilton said the rifiing and quality of the death bullets proved they bad been discha. from an American-made revolver. “I know these two bullets were not fired from a Colt's revolver. We probably will be able to tell as soon as we finish our work just what company manu- factured the weapon from which the death slugs came.” Smokeless Type Load. In support of his statement that the bullets which killed Miss Baker had been fired from a pistol other than Campbell’s, Dr. Hamilton said the lead pellets extracted from the girls body were of smokeless type. The bullets in Campbell’s pistol when it was turned over to authorities, he said, contained powder technically known as black. The micro-chemist also said Camp- bell's gun was several years old, while the bullets involved been dis- charged from a new weapon. He said this was demonstrated by the presence of cakes of powder on the official exhibit. Another important fact disclosed by the bullets, Dr. Hamilton said, was that the death bullets made great penetra- tion, while bullets of the type found in Campbell’s pistol were so old they would have gone only a short distance into her body, even though fired from close range. As Dr. Hamilton and his son inspect- ed the clothes of Miss Baker beneath microscopes, several official observer: stood nearby. Those present were Dr. Wilmer Souder of the Bureau of Stand- ards, Lieut. John Fowler of the Wash- ington police force and Sam Hardy, a Department of Justice agent. $20,000 FIRE LOSS AT POTOMAC YARDS Six Stock Cars and 240 Sheep Lost. Lack.of Water Hinders Firemen. Special Dispateh to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 15.—Fire which last night destroyed a quarter- mile-long stock shed, six stock cars and approximately 240 sheep, besides doing other damage, caused a loss estimated by local firemen in the neighborhood of $20,000 at Potomac Yards here. Firemen were unable to render much assistance, due to lack of water. The blaze, aided by peculiar atmos- pheric conditions, was visible for miles and local police were besieged with calls concerning the fire. The Fire Board at the District Building in Washington also received many calls. Traffic on the Alexandria-Washing- ton road opposite Potomac Yards was tied up for some time right after the blaze broke out, due to the many mo- torists attracted by the flames. Truck and Engine Company No. 2 of the local Fire Department were the first pieces of apparatus to arrive on the scene and reached the fire over a little-used back oad. S Fire equipment at Potomac Yards Wwes unable to render any service, due to lack of water in nearby plugs. Local firemen finally ran a line to the Poto- mac River nearby and were able to save a small office building and to keep sparks from spreading. was obtained the shed and cattle cars were too far gone to save. A watchman at the stock pens dis- covered the blaze and turned in the last night cause for the fire, Bes tence | which is owned outright, 'ashis | trial engineers. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1930. XY al News ‘J PAGE B-1 FIRST LADY OFFICIATES AT TREE PLANTING BRIDE Tfl PR[SENT Scene at the new B. W. Murch School this.morning, when the first tree was planted in which Mrs. Hoover took active part. With Mrs, Hoover is Mrs. John Zelinski. ENGINEERS OPEN SESSION WITH 300 Reception by Presideni on Program of National In- “dustrial Body. ‘The Society of Industrial Engineers opened its seventeenth national con- vention at the Mayflower Hotel this morning and the convention delegates, about 300 in number, were received by President Hoover at the White Houss this afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. The President is an honorary member of the society. Ray M. Hudson, industrial executive of the New England council, one of the principal speakers at the morning session, declared the problem of bring- ing about a better equalization of sup- ply and demand in reference to produc- tion offers a challenge to the re- sourcefulness and ingenuity of indus- New York Woman Speaks. Prances Perkins, industrial commis- sioner of the State of New York, speak- ing on “Human Values,” declared for a wage in industry not only adequate for necessities, but for comfort in life. She also asscrted that security against | old age and illness is an essential factor | to be considered in industry. A number of woman delegates to the convention are being received by Mrs. Hoover at the White House this after- noon at § o’'clock. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of Vice President Curtis, is to entertain the woman delegates at tea Friday afternoon. A meeting of the board of directors of the society was scheduled to convene i in the Mayflow:r this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and a general sight-seeing tri around Washington, covering the prmg cipal Government buildings and other points of interest, was to be made later. A dinner meeting is on at the May- flower at 5:45 o'clock this afternoon. Address by President. The convention was opened today with an address by John M. Carmody, president of the society. E. W. McCul- lough, manager of the department of manufacturing, United States Chamber of Commerce, presided. Many prom- inent persons are scheduled to address the convention duflngu sessions here, the final ones to be held Friday. The speakers are {o include Frederick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary of War; Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs National Bank; L. W. Wallace, executive secretary of the American Engineering Council, and a long list of other in- dustrial engineers and executives, MOTHER OF éOL. GRANT LEAVES $373,000 ESTATE Daughter, Princess Cantacuzene, and Son Are Only Heirs, According to Will. Mrs. Ida Honore Grant, widow of Maj. Gen. Frederick D, Grant and mother of Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, super- intendent of public buildings and public parks, who died September 5, left an estate valued in excess of $373,000, ac- cording to the petition of her son and the American Security & Trust Co., the executors for the probate of her will. She owned interests in real estate as- wessed at $162,374.35 and had personal property estimated $211,404.63, making a total of $373,778.88. The only heirs are the daughter, Princess Julia Grant Cantacuzene, | Sarasota, Fla., and Col. Grant, 1711 New Hampshire avenue. The petition was filed today through Attorneys Teelle, Ogilby and Lesh. The terms of the will were published when the document was offered for probate. N. B. C. OBTAINS LEASE OF WTAM STATION By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 15—Station WTAM, Cleveland's 50,000-watt trans- mitter, has been leased by the National Broadcasting Co., it was announced Cl{lln officials said that they would assume full control and operation, tober 18, of the station, which has been an associated unit of the N. B. C. sys- tem for several years. A statement from M. H. Aylesworth of N. B. C. said “under the arrange- ment, WTAM will uglvzbmemrnelfio of complete co-operation by various departments of the National Broad- lun‘hebrmn\ Cleveland management and personnel of WTAM is to be con- tinued. « With the leasing of WTAM, six sta- tions now are under the management of N. B. C. ides WEAF, New York, New York; WRC, n: KOA, ew 5 3 n; 3 Den! Calif, ver, cnd KGO, Mrs. Hoover Plants Tree at Playground Of Murch School First Lady Officiates at Exercises Participated in by Children. Beneath a brilliant sun, ‘whose un- seasonable heat gave added appeal to the thought of shade trees and their need upon the playgrounds of lttle children, Mrs. Herbert Hoover this morning officlated at the exercises of the first tree planting on the playground of the new B. W. Murch School, when a sturdy maple tree was planted on the high ground adjoining the school. Promptly at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Hoover arrived at the school accompanied by her secretary, Miss Ruth Fessler, and Lieut. Emmett Forrestel, one of the naval aides to the President, who were received by Mrs. Leslie Wright and through an honor guard of Boy and Girl Scouts were led to the seats sur- rounding the little tree. Children Sing “America.” About two hundred and fifty children, -anging from kindergarten to sixth grade ages, sang “America, the Beautiful,” after which Mrs. Hoover was presented with a Bouquet of yeilow chrysanthemums tied with blue ribbons, by little Miss Patricia Griffith, daughter of W. W. Griffith, 4200 Harrison street, a pupil in the kindergarten school. After a few informal words of appre ciation to the children from Mrs. Hoover, Jean Cromelin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cromelin, recited Joyce Kil- mers' “Trees.” Mrs. Hoover was then presented with a small brass spade, with which she threw several spade- fuls of soil at the base of the freshly planted tree. After the ceremonies, Mrs. Hoover posed with the school children, and was highly amused by being asked by sev- eral of them, “Where is Mr. Hoover?” Shovel to Be Preserved. The shovel with which Mrs. Hoover officiated is to be preserved at the school in memory of the planting of the first tree, which bears the name of Lou Henry Hoover. Musical selections during the exer- cises were rendered by tl Western High School Band. Boy and Girl Scouts attended from the E. V. Brown and Janney Public Schools. Dr. F. W. Bal- lou, superintendent of schools, was among those attending the exercises.t ‘The committee in charge of tree planting on the grounds of the Ben W. Murch School grounds are Mrs. Leslie Wright, president;’ Mrs. John Zelinski, chairman of the Grounds Committee; Miss Helen Gantley, principal of the school; Mrs. Leila B. King, secretary, and Mrs. D. R. Smith, treasurer. It is planned that the Lou Henry Hoover tree will be but the first of numerous trees which will beautify and lend shade to the playground of the school. gy PROPOSED DEAL ENDS IN $1,000 ROBBERY Owner of Golf Course in North Carolina Reports He Was Tricked by Stranger. Russell M. Willard, owner of a golf course at High Point, N. today was accompanying Detective W. J. Du Busky about the city in an effort to discover the whereabouts of a man who yester- day robbed him of $1,000. Willard told police he was introduced to a man in High Point by a reputable resident of that town, and the stranger interested him in a deal whereby he could purchase first mortgages repre- senting $3,000 for $1,000 in cash. In his conversation with the local police he explained that he did not have the cash on hand at that time and was asked to come here as soon as he raised the money. The stranger met him at Union Station and discussed the pro- posed deal, and it was not until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Willard stated, that he obtained his money. ‘Then, he stated, they went to a Penn- sylvania avenue hotel, where he was given a package purporting to contain the bonds. When he produced the money, he stated, the stranger grabbed it and pushed him into the bath room. ‘The package contained worthless paper. ‘Willard said there was another man with the alleged robber, but he did not mlumm. He said he only heard his volce, Reserve Corps Commissions. Commissions as second lieutenants of | Infantry in the Reserve Corps of the| Army, have been issued by the Department to Thomas Q. Ashburn, jr., | 1830 R street; Thomas H. Roth, 4400 Cathedral avenue, and Willlam H. Smith, jr., 320 T street, all of this city and to Ely J. Treger, Hume avenue, Alexandria, Va., as a second lieutenant iu the Quartermaster | through Nantuncket’s on the grounds at a ceremony ~—Star Staff Photo. IPBRE GROTHER ARRESTED HERE Dry Leader Says Check Com- plaints Against Emmet Due to His Affliction. Emmet McBride, brother of F. Scott McBride, superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League of America, is being held by Washington police for the chigf of police of Steubenville, Ohio, reputedly in connection with a check charge. The prisoner, who is booked for investigation, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detective Clarence Talley of the check squad. In a statement issued this morning the prisoner’s brother, one of the fore- most dry leaders in the country, attribus McBride's arrest to “a case of irresponsibility running over a period of more than 20 years.” Said Dr. McBride: v “The doctors say the affliction of my brother probably was caused by his being hit in the temple by a base ball while playing during his college days. Home Town Complaints. “He has been irregular in money mat- ters, referring to bills and checks for which he has obligated himself with- out any funds to back up the same. He is now being held at the request of authorities of his home community in Ohio because of some arities.” Dr. McBride amplified the statement by declaring he and other members of his family have at various times pro- vided medical care for the brother and declared that his brother has during the years since the blow on his head been a psychopathic patient in differ- ent institutions, mostly voluntarily. Relatives to Help. Dr. McBride gave assurance that, as in former- instances when his brother has been in_difficulties, he and other members of hig family intend to do as m‘:hn "t:e);: pf:uncu'flfl}; mmm' 2 18 obligated to help in this case because he under- stands friends of his are involved in the alleged check transactions. “The family,” he declared, “is making every effort to bring Emmet under the proper care and supervision. We men- ;inn "ht“e Ilflilg‘l ll]]fil"l.dnm and with ceenest_regre! t is necessary to make this statement.” ‘The prisoner gives his age as 50, his occupation as a teacher and his home as Salineville, Ohio. He is being held at the sixth precinct station. M’ADOO RESUMES NEW YORK FLIGHT Coast-to-Coast Test Trip Brings Him to Wichita With Other ” Featsters. By the Associated Press. WICHITA, Kans, October 15.—Wil- liam Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary | of the Treasury, who is making a cross- | country flight to determine how fast an “average business man” can fly from Los_Angeles to New York, took off here at 7:20 (C~8. T.) for New Yourk. He flew here yesterday from Los Angeles in 7 hours anti 59 minutes. Mrs. Keith Miller, British aviatrix, out to better the New York-Los Angeles flight time of Miss Laura Ingalls, ar- rived here yesterday from Kansas City. BORLAND REFUND PLANS THIS WEEK Returns to Taxpayers Not to Go Back Beyond Three Years. LIMITATIONS STATUTE TO CURB REPAYMENTS Commissioners to Determine Policy of Action Under Invali- dated Law. The recommendation of ration Counsel William W. Bride m Com- missioners on the course of action the city heads should take with respect to assessments under the Borland law, vir- tually in¥alidated by a recent decision of the S me Court of the United States, 1 be placed before them at their semi-weekly board meeting Fri- day afternoon, Mr. Bride said today. It has been reported that Mr. Bride favors cancellation of all assessments under the Borland law for the past three years, previous to which any claims would be barred by the statute of limitations, limiting the time within which certain actions may be brought. Assuring that this is the tenor of his recommendation, it will result in a re- turn to taxpayers of some $1,400,000. The exact figures are being worked out by Tax Assessor Willlam P. Richards and will be incorporated in Mr. Bride's recommendation. ‘This, while no doubt welcome to those taxpayers who come under the three- year rule, will be small consolation to the taxpayers who id before the three-year period, and who have con- tributed something like $3,000,000 to the District's coffers on a statute now virtually admitted to be worthless. Figures are available for assessments under this law back to 1918. They are $45,973.79 175,197.13 244,072.88 420,323,57 127,879.91 103,493.58 308,333.80 542,145.17 cersessacancessat.$2,819,000.58 ‘The law was first effective in 1914, and the four years for which no figures are immediately available will undoubt- edly put the total over $3,000,000. RESEARCH WORK BEING REVIEWED | Industrial Executives and Bankers Here on Tour Inspecting Laboratories. A lwug of industrial executives and bankers from all parts of the United States today were completing a two- day e of o«}g’v;lopmenu here as a part of a tour portant laboratories. Research vities of & dozen cities are viewed at first hand by the delegation nearly 100 presi- dents and vice ts of corpora- and other executives. , engineers The tour is sponsored by the Nal Research Council’s Division of Engi- neering and Industrial Research. ‘While here the delegation visited the National Academy of Sciences, where the visitors were welcomed by Dr. Vi non Kellogg, permanent secretary of the National Research Council, and also visited the Bureau of Standards, where they were addressed by Dr. George K. Burgess, director, on the principles of the operation of the bureau laboratories. Today the delegation visited the Na- tional Canners’ Association, at 1739 H street, where they made an ion of the association’s motor truck labora- mg.' l!knmml as “a laboratory on U. S. TRADE GROWTH CONFIDENCE VOICED Foreign Commerce Manager Says- Motorization, Electricity and Advertising Are Factors. Expressing confidence in the growth of American trade despite the serious difficulty now confronting it, Edward L. Bacher, manager of the department of foreign commerce of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, told - the Washington Rotary Club today that “worldwide economic developments dur- ing the past 30 years have so linked themselves with American progress that the future growth of our export and import business is not only assured, but an actual necessity if the world is to go ahead.” ‘Temporary setbacks have occurred and will occur, Mr, Bacher declared, but the general upward trend of our foreign trade appears to be beyond question. ‘The motorization of transporta- tion and manufacturing, the great ex- pansion of the application of electricity to manufacturing, transportation and the household, and the development of advertising were named by Mr. Bacher as outstanding factors in lifting the United States to the forefront of man- ufacturing_nations. Tariffs, he said, have retarded growth of trade in some instances, but these, Her flying time from Curtiss Valley Springs, N. Y. was computed at 13 hours. Although rain, fog and headwinds plagued her throughout, she had clipped 44 minutes from Miss In- "']5; t’m'z leg of he e nex of her journey led to Amarillo, Tex., where M’ig: xn?-u. has waited, weather-bound, since Sunday on her return flight to New York. Robert Buck, attempting to establish a_junior West-East record on the heels of his East-West mark, broke through the rough weather which kept him landlocked at Amarillo since Sunday and reached here late yesterday. His elapsed time was computed at 12 hours and 9 minutes. P Nantucket Still Has Crier. NANTUCKET, Mass, October 15 (N.AN.A.).—The town erler, now almost :’le:ena. is still flesh and blood in Nan- icket, Mass. 3 saunters |each day, ringing a brass bell, blowing eac y H a a e«:rplmY horn I‘g: shouting excerpts from Nantucket Historical Society pays Wyer $100 & month for the job. 930, b th - (Cop right, 1 7 North American News he said, are only one of a number of factors influencing the future of Amer- ican foreign trade. % “Fundamentally,” he asserted, “the quality of American merchandise, the type of service and dependability which is manufactured into American - ucts and the needs of other lands for our food products and raw materials will remain as the energizing force of” export trade when the present breathing spell is ended.” e CLUB ELECTS MEMBERS By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. assorted | County