Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1930, Page 17

s Washington News LARGER LIGENE . FEES FOR AUTOS ~ ARE SUGGESTED Scrapping of Worn-0ut Cars, ' Rather Than Auction, Is Recommended. {TRAFFIC COMMITTEE WILL HEAR REPORTS Subcommittees Will Offer Detailed Results of Study of Prob- lems Tonight. Two final reports will be heard by the TrafMc Advisory Council and Traffic Committee tonight at a meeting in Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby's of- fice at the District Building at 8 o'clock. One of them deals with license fees and the other with the disposal of old and worn-out motor vehicles. The license report, drawn up by a subcommittee of which Rudolph Jose is chairman, recommends greatly increased license fees for heavy vehicles, espe- elally those with solid tires, so as to make such vehicles pay a nearer ap- proximation of the damage they cause %o streets. At present the lightest road- ster and the heavies truck pay the same fee, $1 per annum. Fee Set by Weight. recommend & sty Beveased egsiration fee. for passenger cars and for pneumatic tired trucks up to three tons capacity. For The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1930. EUROPEAN BOY ORATORS ARRIVE l ‘The Fifth International Oratorical Constitution Hall. Fioux. FOREIGN YOUTHS HERE FOR CONTEST English, Irish and French Orators Will Meet Hoover Wednesday. An English lad named German and a young Irishman who says “Righto!” arrived in Washington over the week | of larger capacities the license end with a bowing French youth as the trucks fees recommended will step up sharply ‘with capacity. There will be two scales above this limit, one for pneumatic tired wehicles and the other for solid tired, with much greater prices for registra- ¢lon of solid tired machines. One of the recommendations is that Bfter a certain date, licenses for scid- tired trucks over three tons capacity shall be extended for vehicles already in existence, but that no license shall be for new machines, in an effort get rid of the heavy solid-tired trucks. +, Serapping Is Urged. The Commif on Worn-out Vehicles, e Traffic Director a recommendation Police Department quit its old worn-out vehicles $IX DEATHS TRACED TO TRAIN WRECKERS 0 Persons Injured in Disaster Blamed on Limestone Obstruc- first of the seven foreign contenders in the Fifth International Oratorical Con- test finals to be held Saturday night to reach the Capital. They are Jack Mallard German of London, William Hayes of Rathfarham, Ireland, and Andre Fioux of Montfer- rand, France. The three boys landed in New York from the S. S. America Saturday morn- ing after a particularly calm voyage and uarcelty had the gang-plank been run out before annoyance beset them. One of the immigration inspectors, it seems, feared something irregular in the fact that on one was on the Wwharf to meet Hayes. Just why Hayes was detained, neither of his friends knew, but after waiting for three hours, German got his British up and demanded to know, from other inspectors, why the Irishman was prevented from landing. ‘Went Sightseeing in New York. Hayes was permitted to land when his yullr e tor had the whole story before m, “in words of one syllable,” as the lads put it. In New York, él.‘le bt;{: did a bit of sightseeing Saturday afternoon. “Thz t;lig came down to Washington late Saturday, arriving here at the Mayflower Hotel shortly after mid- t. Washington and New York? “Oh, Washington is far nicer; one could live ' says the young| Londoner. “Righto, quite nice, but so expensive!” the Irishman. l.x'lA.hxxl'n" says the Prenchman with | one of those hand-clasping and smiling | gestures of his which one soon learns signifies appreciation. Will Meet Hoover Wednesday. The boys presented themselves and | their credentials to Randolph Leigh, director general of the contest, The Star Building, this morning. They were given a few general instructions concerning the contest and warned to make no en; ts which would con- flict with the scheduled audience with President Hoover at 12:30 o'clock ‘Wednesday. mc; SOLOMON LEWIS DEAD; other authorities were unable to any reason for the piling of the on the rails. s belleved of the rails length; ered both sides of the five pleces of stone were found track nearby, the largest easuring 2% inches by 4} and 5 inches. The rocks ap- caused the right front engine ‘mount and cross the rail drop- off on the ties.” MAN ARRESTED ACCUSED IN RECENT AUTO THEFTS Bamuel R. Alley Held as Member of Band Operating Here and in New York. ‘The activities of a band of automo- Plle thieves who have been stealing cars in New York City and selling them #n Washington were disclosed yester- day with the arrest here of Samuel Rives Alley, 30 years old, of the 1300 block Spring road, and the subsequent gecovery of four stolen machines. was taken into custody by De- tective Sergt. Henry Jett and is being detained on a technical charge of in- wvestigation for New York authorities. Alley, Jett said, has admitted selling tomobiles he brought from New York n‘ & Washington dealer. o One of the recovered automobiles has identified as that stolen recently Miss Helen Donovan of New York. OPENS SIXTH SEASON $t. Gabriel Players to Present ‘“Cat and Canary” Tonight. ‘The sixth season of the St. Glbfl&;‘l new St. Gabriel’s tworth, cast includes Kathleen Baker, Col r, Richard Collins, Collins, Matt Fenton, Harold Hamill, Margaret Frawley, Paul Mur- phy, Mary McCarthy, George Winkle snd Justin Winkle. s o N, Voluntary Bankruptey. RETIRED BUSINESS MAN Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow Morning—Burial in Washington Hebrew Cemetery. ’ Solomon Lewis, 73 years old, retired business man and s resident of this city for the past 55 years, died at his 1360 Spring road, day. Mr. Lewis formerly conducted s sign contracting business. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Lewis; four sons, Dr. Harry 8. Lewis, Dr. Edward Lewis and Willlam Lewis, all of this city, and George Lewis of Richmond, Va., and three daughters, Mrs. Leon Pach of this city, Mrs. 8. Glick and Mrs. Harry Lewis, both of Huntington, W. Va. He also leaves 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the chapel of Bernard Danzansky, un- ertakers, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the Wash- ington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. WOUNDED B'Y ACCIDENT Edwin McMillan’s early morning rat- hunting expedition today in the base- ment of his home came to a noisy and near-tragic climax when a 32-cali- ber pistol he was carrying exploded when he fell headlong down the stairs, inflicting & slight wound in his thigh. McMillan, colored ':’n;rl’udldlng anZOX O gtreet, was taken reedman's Hos- pl&l. where his condition 1s said to be not serious. Three of the boys arrived today from Europe. to right: William Hayes, Ireland; Jack Mallard German, England, and Andre | today when defense attorneys secured Contest will be held Saturday night at They are, left —Star_Staff Photos. SMITH ATTORNEYS WILL FILE BRIEFS Legal Preliminaries to Trial of Four Officials Ended by Justice Hitz. The legal preliminaries to the actual trial of four former officials of the F. H. Smith Co. on an indictment charging them with a conspiracy to embezzle company funds and destroy allegedly incrimianting records came to an_end permission to file briefs on their de- murrers and motions to quash the in- dictment. Justice Willlam Hitz granted the re- quest, setting 2 o'clock today as the time for filing. The Government was instructed to file its answering briefs at noon tomorrow. ‘When all the briefs are in, the court will take them under advisement, and probably announce its decision in the mnear future. It had been expected that the mo- e e 5t foda bit (e defense and o y, but the announced that it preferred to handle the matter through briefs. The former officials facing trial are G. Bryan Pitts, Samuel J. Henry, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr. Pitts, Anadale and Edwards are represented by Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph Yeatman and Frank G. Raichle, while Harry S. Barger ap- pears for Henry. The Government is represented by Nugent Dodds, speclal assistant to the Attorney General, and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw. BULLET SENT CRASHING INTO AUTO WINDSHIELD Shattered Glass From Supposed Stray Shot Lacerates Face of Lewis Ernst, Car Owner. A bullet crashed through the wind- shield of an automobile on Canal road yesterday afternoon, pieces of the shat- tered glass cutting the face of Norman Lewis Ernst, 21 years old, of 3711 Wood- | bine avenue, Baltimore, Md., driver of the car. John Ernst, brother of the driver, snatched the steering wheel and prob: ably prevented the car from crashing through the fence into the canal or coming to a stop against a structure to the north of the roadway. William Emnst, father of the young men, also ‘was in the car. The machine was going east in the direction of the city when the bullet crashed through the windshield. and the flattened bullet was found in the car. Reports of three pistol shots were heard by persons on Canal road about | the time the car was damaged and Ernst injured. It is believed by the police that the shot was a stray one fired by some per- son on the Virginia side of the river who was target shooting. The injured man was treated at Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital. SUPREME COURT SETS “DUCK BLIND” APPEAL Attorney Wampler Claims Statute Is Class Legislation—Case to Be Heard November 24. The United States Supreme Court has set November 24 as the date for de- ciding whether the Constitution gives a man the right to build a duck blind on the Potomac River in front of his property. ‘The court announced today that it had “probable jurisdiction” over the appeal of Attorney Thomas M. Wamp- ler from & Maryland Court of Appeais decision denying him this right because his property frontage was less than the minimum fixed by Maryland statute. Mr. Wampler got his case before the Supreme Court on the ground that the statute was class legislation in that it favored large property holders, WORLD RECORD FOR DAYS IN JAIL MAY BE CLAIMED BY SAILOR HERE Judge Hitt Astonished to Learn War Veteran Has Been Arrested 154 Times Since 1919. A probable “world’s record” was an- nonn':,ed in Police Court today when court attaches discovered that Joseph Stephen Woods, 35-year-old sailor, who lost an arm during the World War, had been arrested 154 times since 1919. An attorney asked Judge Isaac R. Hitt for an order to release Woods from the District Jail. Judge Hitt had sent Woods to jafl for approximately two years on several charges of drunkenness and assault on March 13 of this year. The magistrate requested the court probation officer to “look up Woods' record” and six pages of fine type, con- taining the arrest and court tion of the cases, were returned to him. ‘Woods first fell into the tolls of the law on October 3, 1919, when he was on & charge. The e in court. Since 1920 case was ‘Woods has been sentenced to 2,820 days, or eight years in jail, on almost every offense known to the Police rt. and has $2,040 in Ones. TWIT he was arrested for robbery and served a year on one charge. Third precinct police, after jailing ‘Woods on numerous occasions, charged him with “incorrigibllity.” On this he was given personal bond. Seven cases have been dismissed at court against Woods, the records reveal, while he has been placed on probation six times. Woods since 1920 has resided prin- cially in the District Jail and prior to that served several years in the Navy. Upon losing an arm he was honorably dismissed, court officials said. Woods had his worst year in 1924 when he was brought into Police Court 31 times. The next year he appeared only once—but the ch.rge ‘was robbery. Judge Hitt was speechless when the lawyer returned for his answer. The attorney was advised by a court baillff to “say mo more to his honor about | Woods,” that he, Woods, was a “sore| | subject to the judge.” WARDMAN FIRM'S MEETING DELAYED UNTIL NOVEMBER 12 Counsel Agrees With Attor- ney of Stockholders to Ac- tion in Alexandria. QUESTION OF RECEIVER TO BE ARGUED FURTHER Judge Hearing Case Involving Mortgage Corporation Wants Additional Testimony. Annual meeting of the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Corporation, scheduled for noon in Alexandria today, was postponed until November 12 by consent of Attorney Gardner L. Boothe, statutory agent for the company in Al- exandria, and Attorney Harry F. Ken- nedy, who represents stockholders in their suit for the appointment of a re- ceiver, and who sought to prevent the scheduled meeting. This action came as the result of & conference between the two attorneys and Judge Willlam P. Woolls of the Corporation Court, this morning, after Judge Woolls had announced that he would grant a temporary injunction against the meeting if the company would not agree to his request that the meeting be postponed. ‘Wants More Testimony. Judge Woolls also announced that he will hear further testimony con- cerning the appointment of the re- celver asked in the bill of the complain- ing stockholders, represented by Ken- nedy. He granted the attorneys time to prepare further briefs and to pre- sent additional arguments in the case. Testimony as presented at the hearing here Friday was said by Judge Woolls to have been insufficient for him to reach a decision. The Stockholders Committee, through their attorney, charged that Harry Wardman, Thomas Bones and James D. Hobbs issued to themselves without authorization, 22,991 shares of common stock in the discount company. The assets of the company, they claim, are frozen in approximately $850,000 of pre- ferred stock in the Wardman Realty & Construction Co, for which there is now no market. Believes Value Is There. Judge Daniel Thew Wright, attorney for the company, sald in court the chances were nine to one that the stock will be worth 100 cents on the dollar if it is held until the depression has passed. Most of the allegations con- tained in the bill filed by the com- plainants were denied in the answer filed on behalf of the corporation. Robert B. Smythe, Theodore 8. Grape | | DECORATED FOR Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jahncke tod: listed men of the Marine Corps for service in Nicaragua. The medals were bestowed by President Moncada. General News SERVICE IN NICARAGUA conferred the Medal of Merit of Nicaragua on 11 officers and 5 en- In the photo- graph, left to right: Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps; Mr. Jahncke and Brig. Gen. Dion Williams, MARINES RECEIVE NICARAGUA MEDALS Jahncke Presents Awards Sent by President Mon- cada for Services. Eleven officers and five enlisted men of the Marine Corps this morning re- ceived the medal of merit bestowed by President Jose Maria Moncada for services rendered to Nicaragua. The Acting Secretary of the Navy, Ernest Lee Jahncke, officiated at the ceremony, which was brief and held in the office of Secretary Adams, who was absent from the city. The list of Marines decorated was headed by Brig. Gen. Dion Williams, who commanded the Marine Corps brigade in Nicaragua. Two brothers re- ceived the award, when Lieut. Col. Charles R. Sanderson and Capt. Rich- ard O. Sanderson, Washingtonians, were decorated. Maj. Willlam W. | Buckley, who was to have received the award this morning, sent a telegram to Marine Corps headquarters announcing that he had been delayed by the snow- storms, First Lieut. Robert L. Skidmore is on leave and Second Lieut. Prentice Shie- bler has returned to Nicaragua for duty in conjunction with the elections being held in that country. Col. John C. Beaumont, Marine Corps officer, was unable to be present. ‘The others in addition to those previ- ously mentioned who were decorated were Col, Rush R. Wall: ing the Marine Edwin N. McClellan, Maj. 3 Thacher, Maj. David L. 8. Brewster, Marine Corps athletic and publicity and Charles D. Davis are named as|officer; Capt. Clifford O. Henry, Capt. complainants in the bill of the sfock- Donaid J. Kendall, Pirst Lieut. William -| holders. The Wardman Mortgage & | M, Orr and Chief Pay Clerk Fred 8. Discount Corporation, Harry Wardman, | Parsons, Thomas P. Bones, Henry J. Robb, J. Floyd Cissel, Robert Taylor, K. Parrish Wood, jr., and James D. Hobbs were listed as defendants. ——— RECKLESS DRIVING UP TO HIGH COURT Supreme Tribunal to Act on Ap- peal From Sentence Imposed . in District. ‘The question of whether a District motorist is entitled to a trial by jury on a charge of reckless driving is to be argued in the United States Su- preme Court some time this week. The case is that of the District Gov- ernment against Willlam H. Colts. Colts was charged with reckless driving last year. In Police Court he pleaded not guilty and demanded s trial by jury, which demand was denied and an exception noted. Upon being tried by the court, he was convicted and given & 30-day sentence. The case was taken to the District Court of Appeals, which reversed the judgment the Police Court. ‘The ration counsel, in asking the United States Supreme Court to pass on the case, contends that the Court of Appeals erred in holding that Colts was entitled to a jury trial and also in holding that reckless driving is not a petty offense within the meaning of the constitution. The lawyers for the District say the question involved is an important one for the District. They point out the number of similar cases that arise an- nually and say that the requirement of trial by jury in such cases would seri- ously lmrede the administration of this and similar laws. Counsel for the other side also have filed a brief in the Su- greme Court upholding the view taken y the Court of Appeals. FUNERAL OF MRS. ESCH IS SET FOR TOMORROW ‘Wife of Interstate Commerce Com- mission Member Dies After Long Illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn A. Esch, 48 years old, wife of George Esch of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, who died yesterday at her resi- dence, 2008 Brandywine street, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the 8. H. Hines funeral home. Inter- ment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Esch, a native of Marion, Iowa, has resided here for the past 17 years. She had been {il for more than a year. She was & member of the Mothers’ As- sociation of the Pi Phi Sorority. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank J. Bar- le‘{ and Miss Janet Esch, both of this city. PHONES FALSE REPORTS Police Seek Colored Man Who An- noys Fire~Department. Inspector William 8. Shelby, chief of detectives, has directed that mem- The enlisted men honored were: Sergt. Norman Hussa, Corpl. Richard W. Hayward of the Marine Barracks, and these Marines from the Washington vy Yard: Corpls. C. E. Phelps and H. H. Campbell, and Pvt. Lester F. Heath, WASHINGTON’S RETAIL FOOD PRICES INCREASE Labor Department Figures Show 4 Per Cent Gain During Month. Pittsburgh Shows Same Rise. Retail food prices in Washington in- creased 4 per cent in the month ending September 15, the largest advance in prices in any city except Pittsburgh, where a similar price increase was noted, according to the Labor Depart- ment, Food prices over the United States incre 1% per cent in the month, after falling steadily for almost a year, but still were 9!4 per cent below the average for September, 1929. The increase applied chiefly to eggs, certain meats, potatoes, beans and cheese, according to the department. Decreases were reported for onions, cab- bage, flour, sugar, tea and some fruits. Of the 51 cities in which the depart- ment conducts food price inquiries, 48 showed an increase for the month. The three cities where decreases were an- nounced were Butte, Mont.; Charleston, 8. C, and Little Rock, Ark. A decline of less than one-half of one per cent ‘was noted. POLICE FORM PISTOL TEAM, ANNOUNCE DEFI Seventh Precinct S8quad Members Beek to Win Trophy for Best Score. Members at the seventh precinct po- lice station have organized a pistol team under the direction of Lieut. Lioyd E. Kelly and are issuing a sweep- ing challenge to all teams in this vi- cinity for matches. The team is practicing twice each week at the Georgetown University pistol range under direction of Lieut. H. J. Hunt, professor of military science at that institution. A silver trophy donated by J. Clinton Tribby, local jeweler, will be awarded the policeman ‘on the team scoring the best average in the practice matches now in progress. Pvt. K. G. McCor- mack is leading at present. ————— YOUTH IS SOUGHT. Washingtonian Has Been Missing Since Last Thursday. Albert Rounseville, 20 years old, is reported missing from his home, 1248 Florida avenue northeast, since last Thursday. It is said the young man formerly was a resident of Middleboro, Mass., and that he figured in a traffic accident last Thursday night while driving a truck. ‘The missing man is described as be- ing about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds. He has brown hair, and both his forearms are tattooed. ‘When his friends last saw him he wore a dark pin-striped suit and low shoes, but no hat. BEDROCK IS REACHED Engineers Go Down 115 Feet in ‘Washington Monument Drilling. Engineers exploring the subsoil near the Washinglon Monument, for ' the proposed sunken garde struck bedrock at 115 feet 7 inches. —=Star Staff Photo. Youth Found Dying; Accident, He Claims; Hides Woman’s Name . Responding to a call to investi- gate a shooting last night at 1706 Seaton street, Detective Leo Mur- ray and B. C. Kuehling found Thomas Dyson, colored, 24 years old, removing bis clothes pre- paratory to retiring for the night. He had been shot through the chin and several teeth knocked out, but his condition did not ap- pear critical, Detectives carried him to Freed- men’s Hospital, where he died shortly before 1 o'clock this morn- ing. The wounded man said he had been shot accidentally by a woman. He refused to give her | name and requested authorities not to prosecute her. Police are | making an effort to locate the | | woman. THREE ARE INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENTS Colored Boy Is Arrested After 1 Auto Seriously Hurts Cap- tain of Steamer. Mrs. Georgia C. Lea, 60, of the 2100 block of Massachusetts avenue, was treated for laceration and shock at Providence Hospital yesterday after an electric coupe which she was driving collided with an automobile at Fourth and B streets southeast. The driver of the second machine, | Conrad A Thomas, 24, colored, of Har- | risburg, Pa., escaped injury. ! Lacerations of the arms and legs were sustained by Clifton Smoot, 8, of 811 £ street southeast, when he was knocked down yesterday by an automobile operated by Mrs. Laura E. Bowman, 53, of the Carlton Hotel. treated at Casualty Hospital. Capt. John H. irner, 64, of the excursion steamer Charles Macalester was taken to Emergency Hospital with a broken leg, cuts about the head and body and bruises suffered when he was struck by an automobile at Water and M streets yesterday. | _The driver of the car which felled | Capt. Turner was arrested and taken to the fourth precinct, where he gave his name as Elmer Warren, colored, 18, of South Washington, Va. He was charged with reckless driving and bad brakes. —_— NEEDLE INJURES BOY, Taken Ffom XKnee of Lad, 9, at Casualty Hospital. A needle which Charles H. Wetzel, 9 years old, plunged into his knee while at play yesterday was removed at Casu- alty Hospital and added to the collec- tion of curios which have been extracted by attaches of that institution from the throats and limbs of children. The youngster was romping on the floor of his parents’ home, at 2212 Douglas street northeast, when the needle, sticking upricht between the cracks of two , was jammed into gi: right knee. He was later returned me. FOUND HUR1.' ON STREET W. M. Smith, Unconscious, Is Sent to Hospital. Suffering from a laceration of the scalp, a possible fracture of the skull and shock, Willlam M. Smith, 34 years old, of 1254 Florida avenue northeast, was reported in a serious condition today at Casualty Hospital. Smith was discovered last night lying in front df a house at 1219 K street northeast by a passerby. The man has continued unconscious since he was picked up by police and carried to the hospital and police are at & loss as to how his injuries were sustained. ——— OFFICER’S GUN TAKEN Police of the District were engaged in a search for a fellow officer’s revolver today, following Detective Sergt. Leo Murray's report that his gun was stolen from a wash room in the 1400 block of H street northeast. Murray told his superiors that he left the gun in the wash room and it was gone when he returned in search of it. MAN FOUND DEAD ONELECTREAL LNE Body of William T. Fealy Re- moved From Tracks on Trestle in Alexandria. Lying in the center of the car tracks of the Alexandria-Washington Electric Railway on a trestle over Hooff's Run, just off of King street, in Alexandria, the body of Willlam Thomas Fealy, 24, of 236 Kentucky avenue southeast, was found shortly before 1 o'clock this morning. He had apparently been struck and instantly killed by an elec- tric car which passed over the trestle some time before, unknown to the motorman or passengers. Fealy’s body was discovered by ‘William Roney, motorman of a north- bound street car, when the headlights of the car showed the body lying on the trestle. Roney called police, who went to the scene and who notified Coroner T. Marshall Jones. An ex- amination of street cars at the barns this morning did not show that he had been hit by any of them. The dead youth was a medical stu- dent at George Washington University and had been visiting a girl in Rose- mont here over the week end. An organic chemistry textbook was dis- covered a few feet from his body, and in his hand was a quarter in change. He was the son of Joseph P. and Mar- garet Fealy. After graduating from Gonzaga High School in Washington he attended the Georgetown Foreign Service School and later transferred to George Washington University. Police discounted an early fi::‘ofi that the youth might have been s by an automobile or met with foul play and his placed on trestle. ‘The sum of $60.40 in the youth's pocket was undisturbed. Coroner Jones de- cided that the condition of his body would not support He had been dead about 20 minutes when found. 'MUCH-ESCAPED BOY HELD FOR OFFICERS 116-Year-01d Massachusetts “Hou- dini” Slipped Through Re- straint Ten Times. Armed with & warrant charging Victor J. Stanawhite of Dorchester, Mass, 16-year-old “boy Houdini,” with the hold-up and robbery of a drug store five months ago, two Boston policemen were en route to Wi ton today to return the youth to that city. “Stanawhite, who earned the sobri- quet because of his aptitude for escaping from jails and reformatories, walked into the sixth precinct station 10 days ago and asked for food and shelter, but it was not until yesterday that police learned that their guest was Boston's “boy Houdini.” A guard was immediately placed at the boy’s bed in Gallinger Hospital, where he had been sent to be treated for drug addiction. to guard against any attempt he might make to escape being returned to the Massachusetts city. ‘With Stanawhite when he appeared here was Marshall W. Umpleby, also 16, of South Chelmsford, Mass., & paroled prisoner, who was turned over to his parents several days ago. Stanawhite’s record includes 10 escapes from jails, insane asylums and re- formatories, his latest “break” being from the Worcester State Hospital on October 2. Stanawhite was first com- mitted after a series of hold-ups and robberies, but so far has always man- aged to gain his freedom. ‘The most famous break charged to the youth was made last June, when he made his getaway from the city prison at Boston while he was in a straightjacket with a policeman sitting outside his cell door. The boy suc- ceeded in freeing himself from the jacket and then relieved his dozing gulrd of his keys and walked to free- lom. His escape from the State Hospital this month was effected by expert lock- picking. Umpleby also had been an in- mate of that institution and joined Stanawhite when the latter left Boston in search of adventure in other cities. Both youths were sent to the House of Detention when they appealed to police of No. 6 station for aid, saying they were homeless and hungry. Spectal Dispateh to The Star. ‘WARRENTON, Va., October 20.—An- cient and modern methods of transpor- tation were brought into sharp contrast here yesterday, when Dr. Peter Hoguet of New York arrived at the Fauquier Hospital by airplane to treat Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Winmill a_ few hours after the couple were injured when their four-horse tallyho overturned in front of the local court house. After an examination the New York physician said both patients would probably be able to leave the hospital tomorrow. The 'ul‘y% rturned in making a turn and flowing the vehicle on PHYSICIAN FLIES TO VIRGINIA TO AID TALLYHO CRASH VICTIMS Couple Injured as Four-Horse Vehicle Turns Over on Street at Warrenton. its side, the horses ran away, stopping only when the tallyho struck a culvert. Beside Mr. and Mrs. Winmill, the vehicle was occupled by the latter’s father, Mr. Townsend of New Yotk, and PAGE B—1 FREE BEDS TAXED BY HOMELESS MEN INFIRST COLD SNAP Missions Get Foretaste of Demand Winter May Put Upon Facilities. CITY LODGINGS REPORT ON MORE HOPEFUL VEIN Less Than Number Applying Last Autumn There—Freezing Tem- perature Tonight. With continued cold weather in pros- pect for the Capital for the next two or three days, and the mercury scheduled to drop to the freezing point or even below tonight, according to the Weather Bureau, Washington missions ministering to cold, hungry, jobless men got their first real taste last night of what sort of problem they may have to face throughout the Winter. ‘The two largest of these missions, the Central Union Mission and the Gospel Mission both reported that last night they were filled to capacity, and pre- dicted if the cold weather keeps up they will have to find more room to take care of those who cannot pay to get in out of the cold. uAt'thJe ‘(_l:emsul Union Mission, street, John 8. Bennett, manager, ported more men applied for lodging than on any other night in the 15 years he has been with the mission, about 200 applying for and receiving tickets. No applicants were ti down, however, he reports. Will Provide More Beds. ‘Today he announced plans for speed=- ing up the work that is being done to have the new building of the at 313 Sixth street prepared for the expected overflow from his presend quarters, a building which he says is a foul play theory. | ing being fitted for 100 more beds and which can be made to accommodate 200 beds 1f necessary. ‘The bread line this morning, he de- clared, was _the longest of the Fall. Harvey Prentice, superintendent of the Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall lace was filled to them, he said, have overcoats, many are without underclothing and not a few even need shoes. Plans are being made for the addition of 50 double~ beds at the mission, he said. Lodging - House, lmheetsbllfl'een C and D “Times,” d, “don’t seem to be as hard this year as they were last year, if the number of to the lodging house is tion of the times. While I lodging house practi past 10 days, I'm not men this year as I was at year. There were 44 mq last night, about all comfortably. Of course, we care of more, and we away. I really don't ;.u”mmy'.h Jobless and r as there were last. All heads of the I agree that a somewhat different class of men is applying this year for food and lodg- ing. The habitual loafer, the tramp, who has learned from many years experi- ence how to get along on nothing at all is not so evident this year, Applicants Want Work. The mission heads believe these men have gone with the birds, into the southland, where they can “sleep out” nights, and won't be bothered by usual. ly industrious men out of work, who are now found to be crowding the “flop- houses,” formerly the Winter homes of o Beanett reported nnett and Prentice today that the men seen in the lodging houses this year are men who seem anxious to find work, any sort of em- ployment that will provide money with which to feed and clothe themselves, ‘They are earnest men, who are con- scientiously trying to help themselves, :::‘d’ntr‘z mslmpl};h unable to do it with as are now,” declared. % e o — WEEK END HOLD-UPS NET BANDITS $68 AND WATCH Four Victims Report Losses to Po- lice—One Man Robbed of $55. Another Loses Timepiece. Hold-up men operating in - tal over the weekmend ue‘nx’i(:l’l‘:;:l° tfi:g:- selves to the extent of $68 and a watch, njccg:dlnx to the police, in various “iobs.” At 9:45 o'clock last night two colored men, both masked, u!’i:hmd from an automobile near Fifth and R streets and held up James Alexander, colored, of :&a 'I‘hn::m ak'::;;. ‘Alex;x::‘er told police men rom at the of J. pleI.T e Rt ames Tolbertson of 1732 Taylor street told police he was stopped {nd robbed of $5 by a young white man early this morning at Seventeenth and Taylor streets. Tolbertson gave police a description of the man. Leigh Bishop Fleming, 200 H street, was the victim of two colored highway- mb%ncn;uxrs Eighteenth and K streets about 2:15 o'clock yesterday morning. ‘The bandits robbed him of ;l. e ‘While standing at Maryland avenue and Four-and-a-half street southwest about 4 o'clock yesterday morning James Parker, 10 N street southwest, was accosted by three colored men and robbed of his watch. ROBBERS ARE SOUGHT Police Hunt Unidentified White Men, Who Pilfered Three Stores. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Grace of Warrenton. | hour Mr. Winmill is & member of the New York brokerage firm of Gude, Winmill & Co. and holds a seat on the New ‘Winmills