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The Foening Star MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1930. OUSTER OF WITTNER IN 1928 15 UPHELD)| i e ™ WASHINGTON, D. C, INQUIRY INTO RAID | | ON HOME ORDERED TRAFFIC CRASHES FATAL T0 THREE - WEIRD ABDUCTION STORY 1S RELATED | » » k] & + Held Captive Several Hours by Five Men and Woman, She Declares. PULLED INTO AUTOMOBILE ON 15TH NEAR L STREET| McCurdy, Mentioned by One of Al-| leged Kidnapers, Is Unable to Furnish Clue. Police today were investigating the deiails of a weird story of kidnaping related to them shortly before last midnight by Mary Johnston, 21 years old, Treasury Department employe, of} 1301 Fifteenth street, who said she was; thrown into an automobile and held captive for several heurs by five un- known men and an old woman. First word of the abduction was tel ephoned by Miss Johnston to & room- mate, Miss Flossie Tilloston, when the former explained she managed to elude her captors long enough to call for help. Miss Tilloston relayed the information to police headquarters, ex- plaining that Miss Johnston had said | she was on the upper floor of a build- ing. the location of which was unknown te her. me two hours later Miss Johnston I'assof&lem by a friend, Mrs. Mary Haight of 6604 Second street, apparently badly frightened and searching for the laf ter's home. Mrs. Haight had gone out on an‘errand about 10 o'clock when she encountered the girl. She brought her indoots and later took her bac Fifteanth street apartment. Miss John- ston was unharmed. She said she ex- pected to return to work today. Tells Story to Detectives. She gave Detectives H. J. Wilson and Richard Cox the following version of the affair: ¥ & “I left my apartment about 8 o'clock to clau on"fdrl friend in the neighbor- hood. ' 1 was walking on Fifieenth street, neer L when 1 was suddenly pulled into- a sedan by several men— there must have been at least five of them-—and an old woman. “They tied & rag around my face, which 1 later learned was an old sock. ‘While: they were driving off with me I} heard one of the men say, “This is a good way to get even with McCurdy. Troy McCurdy lives in the Park Central gpartment, at 1900 F street, seid to be-a friend .of Miss Johnstom®_ He. said today He. wes at & loss to explain the reference, as he had 1 | i ! £ AS PURSE SNATCHER Two of the young ladies who will compete in the shorthand and typing con- test to open under the auspices of the Washington Chamber of Commerce at the Industrial Exposition, tonight, at the Washington Auditorium. Left to right, they are: Miss Marie Jorolemon and Miss Marie Adams of the Washington School for Secretaries. —Star Staff Photo. SUSPETISNANED INDUSTRAL SHOW * OPENIG TONEHT Two Women Identify Ma’fllwmmissioner Reichelderfer Caught in Chase; 100 Others and Rudolph Jose to Address See Him Today. C. of C. Exposition. With the arrest of John Byrd, colored, | The sixth annual Industrial Exposi- 22 years old, cf 109 L street, police ex- { tion of the Washington Chamber of pressed confidence today that they have | Commerce will be open to the public under ur:elt one of m:?empmil-w | at the Washington Auditorium at 7:30 pocketbook snatchers ve been | o'clock tonight. Dr. Luther H. Reichel- Spnducting “widespread operations IN| yerfer, cliairman of the Board of Dis- ‘Byrd has been identified by two vic- | trict Commissioners, and Rudolph Jose, tims of such rcbberies, police say, while | president of the chamber, will be the noarly 100 other persons robbed bY | principal speakers at the opening. purse snatchers were to call at the ™ A colorful background has been cre- second precinct today to attempt 10| gated for the exposition with the Audi- n TSONA! that he knew of, ngrpfild he ever heard of any of the d by Miss by'{an 3 pted ousy, although-he knew no-oné who fnlxhc have engineered it. Stop at m hlfl"". ? the only furniture: old lady with a mean and took my coat snd hat she took my dress. “After that an old man me:-e t:tdo the room and around. I don't know long that lasted, but he couldn't caf me, grew tired and finally went out. Before he left the old woman returned and said, ‘This joke has gone far enough.’ I was then iven my clothes and a little later blind- folded and put into the automobile, which drove in a circuitous routs for & d while. “‘qwhtn they stopped the machine and told me to get out I was in the Viclnitx of a girl friend’s home and went there. Miss Johnston had never scen any of the men before, she said, and could give no reason for the “abduction.” . identify the man. torium_decorated in artistic fashion to I TSt o O g | house the numerous exhibits which 1l- iyer of ‘second- precinct, after - purse. . :}&h' od_ th 5! . Her §n e man away and attention of Dankmyer, who gave chase. The officer said that Byrd hid be- neath & porch on Hanover street, but was discovered and taken into custody. Mrs. Laura Carlton of 35 M street ‘Miss Prances B. Lewis of 626 Nineteenth street, who were robbed of their purses on BSaturday night, weve tummoned to the second precinct fol- lowing Byrd's apprehension and picked him from a line-up as the man who robbed them, it is said. ‘The prisoner denled having any knowledge of elther crime. o COMMUNITY CHEST | CITES EMERGENCY Remaining Donors Are Asked to| Pay Pledges to Meet Charity Burdens. ‘The exposition this yi 2 y of business and industrial exhibits. -In addition to these exhibits there are displays by the various Gov- ermnment departments, relief and wel- fare organizations, and other agencies active in the community life of Wash- ington, Music. Program Scheduled. Tonight's opening program will be featured by the addresses of Commis- sioner Reichelderfer and = President Jose. There will be music furnished by teachers and pupils of the Institute of Musical Art. At 8 o'clock the novice typewriting contest will begin, and at 8:30 there will be a similar event in the stenographic competition. Election returns will be announced to patrons tomorrow night. Returns and late news flashes will be furnished through the courtesy of the Associated Press, International News Service, United Press and Universal Service. The junior typewriting and shorthand contests also will be held tomorrow night. “National Guard Night” a Feature. “National Guard Night” will be on Wednesday, with especial attention di | rected to the activities of the local de- SUSPECT IN SHOOTING CAUGHT BY “GAME LEG” Baltimore Police Arrest Train Pas- senger Wanted for Alleged Kill- ing of Washington Man. Charlie Young's “game leg” made it for Baltimore police to single him out from passengers who alighted from a train in Baltimore early last night. Baltimore police were told that Young, colored, 25, was wanted here on a charge of homicide, and that he was lame in « his right leg. Young was wanted by the local po- ce to answer for the death of Elijah . colored, 40 years old, of 221 avenue southwest. g to police of the fourth pre- t the two men engaged in an alter- at Quarles'’ home about 5:30 afternoon, and when ouse, it is stated. he uarles that he would return shot Quarles fatally through the left eve, police declare, FIRE BOXES RUINED New York Motorist Held on Reck- less Driviag Charge. ¢ demolished by ea re boxes vesterday Mary Harric, 48 years old. of 211 was reported to have autom bile at Sum- and the machine fire box off at the was sl'ghtly hurt en by Al Son, 50 years York, knccked down arn box at Wisconsin avenue v ad Jast night when he swerved machine onto the sidewalk to avoid a collisicn with another auto- mobile. 1 was arrested on & reckless driv- ing charge and released on $50 collateral. HIGHWAY WORK TO HALT U. S. Engineer's Office to Wait on Bridge Contractor. The United States engineer's office will_halt work at Hunting Creek, Va. in the development of the Mount Ver. non Memorial Highway program tem- porarily to permit the contractor con- Y struct make neceded headway, nounced today. ppod a She ar driv New The dredge Welatka will return next month to complete the pumping of sand and gravel on either side of the bridge The fill will then be downstream and upstream of Hunting Creek toward Alexandria, Va., was said. to s ize it +* ; i and | ing the bridge at that point to it was an- With collections totaling $1,377,946.98 on November 1, the Community Chest had received 85.2 per cent of the funds pledged it for 1930, according to tabu- lations just completed by Andrew G. Landrus, Chest auditor. On_the basis of $1,605.459.66, which was the net amount promised after can- cellations 2nd deductions had been | made, the belonce due the Chest for |the year is $227,512.68 and bills for | this sum now are in the mails. Because of the emergency confront- ing charity organizations at present, the Chest has sent a letter to each con- tributor urging prompt payment of the balance he owes. The Chest reserve fund of $100,000 and the Inaugural Committee gift of $50,000 were thrown {into the budget in the last campaign in { order to meet the needs cf these organi- zations The letter to donors points out that the unemployment situation has placed an unusually heavy burden on the va- {rious agencies associated with the Chest. WORLD TRADE GROWS, SAYS RADIO SPEAKER W. L. Cooper Predicts U. 8. Will Get Share of Demand as It Develops. “There already are signs that the world's trade is ready to continue its slow but steady growth Willlam L. | Cooper, director of the Department of Commerce Bureau of Foreign and Do- | mestic Commerce, declared in a radio address here last night Speaking over the Columbia B:oad- asting Syst.m, Cooper added that “with our vastly improved efficiency in foreign trade we intend to take advantage of every favorable opportunity.” Cooper said the principal cause of the world-wide trade recession was overproduction, while another important factor was the prevailing high interest and dis:cunt rates, WILL SEE SCHOOL LIFE University life will be demonstrated to the mothers of freshman girls at George Washington University when they accompany their daughters to school Wednesday. The mothers will hear talks by col- lege officlals and inspect the various buildings. They will be reccived by a faculty committee, including Mrs. Vinnie G. Barrows, director of women's per- sonnel guidance; Ruth Atwell, Anna Pearl Cooper, Irene Cornwell, Frances Kirkpatrick, Elizabcth Lathrop, Ruth Aubeck, )nrirnq«lck Bowman, Martha Gibbon, Thelma Hunt, Janet Peirson Jones, Helen Lawrence and Katherine v i fense unit. Leaders of the National Guard will be present, and & quantity of euipment displayed. On this night there will be run off ‘the senior type- writing and shorthand competitions. Thursday has been designated as “Civic Association and Club Night.” Leaders in the fleld of aeronautics will be the guests Friday, “Aviation Night.” The second annual Chamber | o merce model aircraft sustained flight contest, in_which local boys will compete for the Chamber of Commerce |cup and a group of prizes donated by | Washington merchants, will be held. Carnival Night Program. “Carnival Night” will be Saturday, when the exposition closes. Prizes will be given for the winners in the type- writing and shorthand contests, and | special awards made by exhibitors in | drawings held during show week. Lieut. Col. U of public buildings and public parks of | the National Capital, lends his hearty | support to the Sixth Annual Industrial Exposition in a letter addressed to Ru- dolph Jose, president. “It is a great pleasure to again wel- | come an Industrial Exposition in Wash- ington, given under the auspices of the | Chamber of Commerce,” Lieut. Col. | Grant’s letter reads in part. “These events not only help us all to keep up with the march of progress and to note the steps passed over from year to year, | but they also constitute an interesting record of the increasing prosperity and activity of our city.” The Industrial Exposition will re- main open until 10:30 o'clock each eve- ning through and including Saturday. November 8. Tomorrow and thereafter | the show will open at 2:30 p.m. THOMAS DISBARMENT " DECISION IS SUSTAINED District Court of Appeals Affirms | Action Against Man Accused | of Professional Misconduct. | The District Court of Appeals, in an | opinion by Justice Charles H. Robb, has |afimed the action of the District Su- | preme Court, which had disbarred from practice as an attorney Oscar C. Thomas. The lower court had found the lawyer guilty of professional miscon- duct and conduct prejudicial to the ad- ministration of justice and ordered his disbarment April 29, 1929. The lawyer | appealed. Charges had been preferred against | Thomas by the Grievance Committee of | the bar that he had collected money in one instance from a client and in other for a client and had failed to ac- count for the money, except by worth- less checks which were not made good until after complaint Grievance ' Engh p! to the - Committes. S. Grant, 3d, director ! Croshy Acts on Complaint of Newspaper Man—No Liquor Was Found. “JOHN DOE” WARRANT WAS USED BY VICE SQUAD William P. Flythe Says One Officer Had Pistol in Hand When Admitted. Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby to- day ordeved Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super- intendent of police, to launch an in- vestigation into a rald staged on the home of William P. Flythe, local news- paper man, by the police vice squad Saturday. Commissioner Crosby made & special trip to Maj. Pratt’s office this morning after Flythe reported that the vice squad, armed with & John Doe warrant, appeared at his home Saturday after- ;noon and, after ransacking his home, 1806 G street, departed emgty-hu.ndem A second investigation through the office of Leo A. Rover, district attor- ney, will be demanded by Flythe, in which he will seek an indictment against one “John M. Burke,” who, according to the warrant used in the raid, furnished information for the squad's fruitless raid. Alleged Sale of Liquor. Flythe said the warrant was a John Doe warrant, issued on a sworn state- ment by “Burke,” who is believed to be & liquor informer, and described a man 5 feet 9 inches tall, 160 pounds in weight, 31 years old. The warrant, Flythe said, charged that the man de- scribed in the warrant sold half a gal lon of white whigky to “Burke” on Oc- tober 30. * The newspaper man declared today that although he has had small quan- tities of liquor in his home he had “never sold a drop of liquor in his life.” Flythe said the raiders entered his home about 2:30 o'clock Saturday aft- ernoon while his wife was entertaining several woman friends. He said he went 1o the front door in answer to the door- bell and was confronted by 10 plain- clothes men, one of whom had a gun in his hand. Newly Organized Squad. Flythe said one of the men pushed his way through the door with the gun in his hand, another ran upstairs and a third made his way to the basement of his home. After they failed to find any liquor they returned to the ground floor. Flythe said the squad was headed by N. O. Holmes, a member of Sergt. Inspector Thaddeus A. Bean's newly | organized police vice squad, and declared R, A. Williams, also a memb-r of the squay, spresenfed him with the warrant, = “The lice were pretty decent about it and . Holmes made Williams show me the warrant before they en- tered,” Flythe was quoted as saying this TR Inspector Bean and members of his vice squad, who conducted the raid, were summoned before Maj. Pratt shortly after noon today. Inspector Bean was ordered to make a detailed report of the activities of the squad during “ the rdid and e it before the police chief later today. Denies Gun Was Drawn. ‘Those who conferred with Maj. Pratt were Sergt. George M. Little, Sergt. N. O. Holmes and Inspector Bean. Flythe's report to the police chief that one of the raiding plainclothes men entered his home with a drawn pistol was denied by Sergt. Holmes at the conference today. Sergt. Holmes declared that no guns were drawn and that there was no dis- order. ‘The police admitted there was a man named “Burke” employed by them as a dry law violation informer and they said they were of the opinion he made a mistake in the address. Burke is said to have told the raid- ing squad that he entered the premises listed on the warrant and discovered a still. . He also swore that he bought one-half gallon of liquor. DREDGE IS REMOVING EARTH AT WATERGATE Clear View From Potomac Park- way Approach of Memorial Bridge Will Be Provided. ‘With a hydraulic pipe line across the Potomac River, from near the Lincoln Memorial to Columbia Island, the United States Engineer Office dredge Talcott today actively started work at the water gate, near the Washington terminus of Arlington Memorial Bridge, to remove the segment of earth around the sea- wall there to give & clear water view from the Rock Creek and Potomac parkway approach, This earth will be forced across the river, through the pipes, to be deposited on Columbia Island, in order to raise the level, as the basis for the parkway development that will go forward there. The work is expected to take about a menth. Under the direction of Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., District engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, two derrick boats have been at work ncar the water gate recently, re- moving the old riprap foundation of the former seawall. This material has been to strengthen the foundations of the Arlington Memorial Bridge project, whers they touch the island. Maj. Arthur and E. A. Schmidt, en- gincer in his office. who oversees the work, explained today that all naviga- tional interests have been requested to hold operations to a minimum, while the earth is being transported from the water gate to Columbia Island. Pro- vision is made, however, for removing a section of the big pipe in the middle of the river to permit the passage of necessary craft. SR LAND BEING RECLAIMED Development of Anacostia Park Project Shows Progress. Development of the Anacostia park project is proceeding satisfactorily. Above Benning _ Bridge, near the Potomac Electric Power Co.’s plant, the dredge Daleceriia is at work reclaiming land as the foundation for the future park- way. The contractor for she rip-rap stone foundation is p ing actively, officials of the ited States ineer Office sald today, in Upper Kingman. % * transported to Columbia Island, | Dismissed From Police De- partment for Inefficiency by D. C. Commissioners. ACTION HELD JUSTIFIED FOR “GO0D OF SERVICE” Circulation Among Employes of Pamphlet Considered Offensive Figured in Case. The action of the District Commis- sioners in removing Loren H. Wittner, a civil employe of the Police Depart- ment attached to the Traffic Bureau, in December, 1928, was approved today by the District Court of Appeals in an opinfon by Justice Charles H. Robb. ‘Wittner brought a mandamus proceed- ing in December, 1929, to secure his re- instatement, which was denied by the District Supreme Court, and the em- ploye appealed. Charges of failure to keep up with his work, using office time for private | purposes in writing news articles and receiving visitors on private errands having no connection with the work of the office were made against Wittner. He also was charged with circulating among the female employes of the Traf- fic Bureau a pamphlet having to do with companionate marriage and free love of an offensive nature to the per- sons among whom the pamphlet was circulated. Declares Pamphlet Inoffensive. ‘Wittner denied the first charge, and as to the second allegation denied that if true it lessened his ability or con- duced to failure of his office work. He admitted showing a pamphlet to some of the female clerks, but denied that “it dealt particularly with com- panionate marriage and free love.” The clerk declared the pamphlet was an “inoffensive, ironical and spicy satirical review of modern marriage customs and practices, with heredity | particularly in view. These were con- trasted with the slow growth of ancient marriage systems since the dawn of ctvilization.” The Commissioners held the charges had been sustained and removed him “for the good of the service” and ap- pointed his successor. Action for Good of Service Upheld. In sustaining the decision of the lower court denying the mandamus, Justice Robb points out that the finding was justified that Wittner had used his of- fice time for private purposes and by his admission that he circulated among the female clerks “an unfinished, un- published manuscript of his latest book, ‘Blueblood Intimacies,’ in ah effort to get a public opinion before publishing it” amounts to an admission that he had circulated the pamphlet among the female employes as charged. “Whether efficient or inefficient,” concludes the court, “his attitude was such as to justify the Commissioners in concluding that he would be a dis- turbing element in the bureau; that his retention would be subversive of disci- pline, and that the good of the service demanded his removal.” DEATH OF WOMAN CALLED ACCIDENT Hattie Peacock Believed to Have Fallen in Canal From Landing. Mrs. A certificate of accidental death was issued yesterday by Coroner J. Ram- sey Nevitt in the drowning of Mrs. Hattie Peacock, 38 years old, whose body was found in the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal yesterday morning following her disappearance Saturday night. Mrs. Peacock is believed by police to have slipped into the water from a landing while attempting to board row boat in which it is necessary to cross the canal in the vicinity of her home, between the canal and Potomac River in the 4500 block of Canal road. ‘The woman had failed to return Saturday night after leaving home to visit her son and to purchase some groceries. Her father, Lach Eaton, with whom Mrs. Peacock had been residing, and other members of the family Instituted a search late Satur- day, but their efforts met with no success. Discovery of the woman's pocket- bood and some groceries in the row- boat by Fred E. Rest, 17 years old, and his sister, Eleanor, who were returning home from & dance, falled to arouse their suspicions until they heard of the woman's disappearance the following day. The row boat is used jointly by the Rests and the Eaton and Peacock families. The body was found by Willlam Eaton, brother of the drowned woman, in about six feet of clear water. Wil- liam T. Reynolds, veteran river man, and and William Finley, both residents of the vicinity, removed the body from the weter, Civic assoclations in the section where the little community lies be- tween the river and the canal have been urging the erection of a bridge across the canal at the point where Mrs. Peacock was drowned. It pointed out that the only means of crossing the water at this point is by boat, the nearest bridge being almost a mile away. TRIO OF GIRLS SOUGHT IN APARTMENT ROBBERY Police Given Description of Three Who Climbed Fire Escape in $200 Burglary. Police today were looking for three girls suspected of burglarizing the apartment of May G. Pickett, on the ground floor at 3014 Dent place, some time last week. They have descrip- tions of three young women seen loite) ing in the vicinity. Clothing valued at $200 was taken. The intruders climbed a fire escape and clambered in through a rear window after breaking the glass. Two Lord Baltimore filling stations, one at 415 New Jersey avenue and the other at Maryland avenue and Third street southwest, were entered by burglars and looted of a small amount of change and automobile tools some time before daylight toda - truders got into the former station through a rear window and into the latter by breaking glass in the front door. ‘Two overcoats and other wearing ap- parel were stolen over the week end|Cl the tailoring establishment of ‘Twelfth police from John W. Saunders at 833 street, Saunders reported to today. Wreck of an automobile in Fairfax ‘was killed. ool Va., in which Mrs. Gladys Starr —Star Staff Photo. County, “BUY-NOW" SLOGAN VOICED IN' DISTRICT C. of C. Enters Upon Vigor- ous Campaign for Busi- ness Revival. The slogan, ‘“Buy-now-for-Better- business.” was being presented to Washingtonians today when the cam- | paign of the Washington Chamber of Commerce to revive business condi- tions got under way. Radio talks each day this week will be broadcast by a committee of speakers over Stations WRC and WMAL. This committee includes George A. G. Wood, chairman of the prosperity campaign; Charles W. Darr, former president of the chamber; George Plitt, president of the Board of Trade; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations; Mark Lans- burgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers Assoclation: George E. Keneipp, Thomas P. Littlepage and Nicholas Whelan. Churches Giving Aid. Stimulus was given to the “buy-now" campaign through a series of sermons preached from church pulpits through- out the city yesterday. Heads of the various church denominations of Wash- ington have promised chamber officials their co-operation during the week-long drive. Signs carrying the slogan of the cam- paign were placed in prominent places throughout the city today, including spaces donated by the traction com- panies on street cars. Billboards and other advertising space dona by va- rious firms will also carry the “buy- now-for-better-business” slogan during the week. Radio Addresses Listed. Addresses on the campaign will be delivered tonight by Mr. Wood and Ru- dolph_Jose, president of the chamber, over Stations WRC and WMAL, respec- tively. H. P. Seidemann, president of the Newcomers' Club, was to address the membership of that body on the campaign at the Carlton Hotel this afternoon. BUSINESS BUREAU ASKS AUCTION SALE ORDER Rothschild Seeks to Limit It to Stock of Store With Local Auctioneer in Charge. The Better Business Bureau of Wash- ington, through its director, Louis Rothschild, today obtained the consent of Justice Jesse C. Adkins to file an intervening petition “as friend of the court” attacking the method pursued in condueting an auctioneering sale of the bankrupt stock of Berry & Co., at 610 Thirteenth street. The petition, in asking that an order be issued limiting the time for the con- duct of the sale to a reasonable time within which to dispose of the stock, and limiting the merchandise to be sold at such sale to merchandise in the stock of Berry & Co., also requests that the court require that the crier at said sale be an auctioneer licensed to do business in the District. Averring that the present auctioneer I8 | seriously today when he slipped and of the stock, J. B. Gordon, is not a resident of the District, and not a duly | licensed auctioneer, authorized to hold | auction sales in the District except in so far empowered and authorized in the | order of the court which granted per- mission to conduct the sale of the stock, the petition asks that the re- celvers of the bankrupt stock, Levi H. David and Lucas P. Loving, as well as Gordon, show cause why the said order of October 18 “be not vacated, set aside and held for naught, and that said auction sales be ordered discontinued.” CARPENTER IS SERIOUSLY |3 | Siemon as auditor. INJURED IN CHAPEL FALL Richard Ross, 23, Treated for Pos- sible Fracture of Pelvis Bone and Bruises After Mishap. Richard Ross, 23 years old, of 3406 Fifteenth street northeast was injured fell from a board into an 8-foot dlu:h’ while working at_the Nativity Chapel, | Fourteenth and Massachusetts avenue southeast. Ross was brought to Casualty Hospital by the Pire Department’s rescue squad and treated for a possible fracture of the pelvis bone, bruises and cuts to his bod; y. Police saild Ross, a carpenter, was carrying a kit of tools across a board which spanned the ditch when he lost his balance and fell. RURAL WORK IS TOPIC Methods of development of rural work will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Missionary Institute of the Diocese of Washington, Episcopal Church, to be held in the Epiphany Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Bishop James E. Freeman will be the | celebrant of the holy communion. He will be assisted by Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector of Epiphany Church, and Dr. George B. Gilbert of Middletown, Conn. L B ‘Will Speak on Burbank. Rev. Edward O, Clark, pastor of the Chevy Chase Baptist Church, will speak on the life of Luther Burbank &t 1:10 o'clock tomorrow afternoon before the Washington Round Table, which meets weekly at the University lub. There will be & business meeting of CAMPBELL PISTOL TEST IS DECLINED Has No Interest in Case, Ordnance Officer Says in Reply to Challenge. Decision to reject a challenge of Her- bert M. Campbell that he decide which |of 10 test bullets were fired from five revolvers was announced today by Maj. Julian S. Hatcher, Ordnance Depart- ment of the Army. Hatcher said he had no interest in the matter, had not followed the trial in which Campbell was exonerated on a charge of slaying Mary Baker and was too busy to be concerned with tests. He said he would so inform Campbell. Hatcher added he had only been drawn into the case because he had told a newspaper man he would vonch for the veracity of Col. Calvin Goddard, pros- ecution ballistics expert. Campbell had telegraphed Hatcher: “Your statement in Sunday's paper noted. I challenge you to make a test in accordance with the terms offered by Col. Goddard at my trial and see if you can make any better job of it than he did. It took him four hours to pick my gun out of every other gun on earth when my life was at stake and he failed to determine the bullets from five guns in four days with his own reputation at stake. Please accept or reject this challenge at once, as I am retaining Dr. Hamilton until I have your answer.” ‘The exonerated Virginian and his brother, Frank G. Campbell, Washing- ton attorney, announced they would ex- tend “every ald within reason” to any one brought to trial in the future in cases involving ballistics testimony. Meanwhile it was learned a proposed meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, at which Albert H. Hamilton, | Campbell’s firearms expert, had planned to speak had been canceled because of inability to .obtain & suitable meeting place, TWO HELD IN CUSTODY ON ROBBERY CHARGE ]ldentified by Victim of Hold-up ‘Who Alleges Loss of $27. Roland D. Dorsey, 23 years old, of | 2000 Sixteenth street. and homas | Abrams, 24, of 417 Sixth street, were arrested by Policeman J. E. Yost of the | first precinct and charged with robbery | last night. | The men, police claim, have been | identified by Charles S. Dracos of the 700 block Sixth- street as the pair who beat him and robbed him of $27 in an alley opening on the 900 block of I street. Policeman Yost became suspicious when Dorsey, hurrying from the alley, nearly collided with him and halted the man for questioning. A few seconds later Dracos ran from the alley, told the officer he had been robbed, and pointed out Dorsey as one of his assailants. Abrams was arrested later at his home. TELEPHONE EMPLOYES GIVEN HIGHER POSITIONS Charles Siemon and Franklin Ken- worthy Appointments Announced at Company Offices. Announcement was made at the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. today of the appointment of Franklin Kenworthy as assistant = general auditor of the company and Charles Mr. Kenworthy is transferred from Baltimore, where, according to Harry C. Gretz, general auditor. who made the announcement, he has been in charge of the accounting department in Mary- land. Mr. Siemon has been promoted from auditor of disbursements. Mr. Kenworthy has seen service with the Bell Telephone system since No- vember 18, 1901, starting as a clerk in the New York City accounting depart- ment. Mr. Siemon, entered the service of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. as a clerk in the division plant office at Baltimore in 1902. OCTOBER AIRMAIL BULK ESTABLISHES RECORD Fifth Volume Mark of Year Set by Planes, Which Carry More Than 63,000 Pounds in Month. October airmail carried on the Eastern Air Transport line through the National Capital totaled 63,601 pounds, it was announced today by officials of the line, exceeding the highest previous record by 5,010 pounds and establish- ing the fifth volume record on the lino this year. This is the first time that planes of the line have carried more than 60,000 | drinking. DURING WEEK END Liquor Found in Car After Woman Expires From Loss of Blood. SIX OTHERS INJURED, ONE IS GRAVELY ILL One Auto Hits Fence, Anocther Farked Car on Road, and Third Smashes Tree. Martin J. Gloyd, 28 years cld, of 45 G street, died at Frederick City Hos- pital early today of a fractured skull suffered in an automobile crash yes- terday at Clarksburg, Md. Gloy death was the third fatality which re sulted from week end traffic in Wash- ington, nearby Maryland and Virginia, Six other persons were injured, oue seriously. While Maryland authorities concluded their investigation of the accident in which Gloyd was killed, a justice of the peace at Fairfax, Va., was preparing for a hearing today on charges of vio- lating the prohibition law against two young men, following an accident on the Lee Highway yesterday in whicn & Washington woman lost her life while a passenger in their car. The woman, Mrs. Gladys Starr, 25 years old, of No. 40 D street southwest, bled to death about 7 o'clock yesterday morning. A branch from one of the trees along the highway about a mile above Fairfax plerced her jugular vein when the automobile ran ofi the road and crashed through a rail fence. Her companions, Thomas J. Van Pelt, 21 years old, a steam fitter of Cheverly, Md,, and James H. Colbert, 23 years old, a clerk of Cottage City, Md., were taken to Fairfax Jail by Sheriff Kirby, who said he found a pint bottle half full of liquor in a pocket of the car. Tt was further testified at an inquest in Kirby's office yesterday that two other bottles were thrown out of the car before police arrived. Authorities are also investigating the story of the young men to learn if they had violated any Federal laws. Skull Injuries Fatal. ‘The third fatality occurred in Wash- ington last midnight, when William R. Jarboe, 28 years old, of 3714 Twelfth street northeast, died at Sibley of a fractured skull and two broken legs received Friday ‘night. Jarboe was driving when he lost control of his car in front of Tiinity Coliege and the ma- chine hit a tree at Michigan avenue and North Capitol street. Jarboe was removed from his wrecked | machine by H. H. Byrne, Washington j attorney, who happened to drive by & few minutes efier the accident. Byrne took Jarboe to the hospital, where doc- tors ot fi.st were hopeful they could | pull him .through after a successul operaticn to remove splinters of bone from the skull, Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of accidental death today in the Jarboe case, while a similar certifi- cate was issued after the inquest at Fg;lax yesterday in the death of Mrs. Starr. Woman Hurt Seriously, The seriously injured victim of yes- terday’s traffic mishaps were Mrs, Mary Haller, 23 years old, of 520 G street southeast, who was riding with Gloyd when his machine crashed into a parked car. She rcceived a broken jaw and possible internal injuries. Doctors said her condition was grave today, but that she probably would recover. The accident occurred early Sunday morning as Gloyd’s car rounded a curve and came suddenly on the parked car, occupled by Willis H. Mulher and Francis Conroy, Georgetown University students, who had run out of gasoline, Gloyd and Mrs. Haller had been visiting the latter’s parents in Frederick and were returning to Washington, Mrs. Haller also was taken to Frederick City Hospital. Gloyd was well known as a soccer player in Gaithersburg, Md., Where he was employed by the General Electric Co. . Auto Turns Over The accident near Fairfax resulted in a fractured rib for Colbert although Van Pelt escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Marks on the highway showed the car first struck the fence on the right, then swung back and somer- saulted through the fence on the left. Tbe machine was wrecked completely. Mrs. Starr socn lost consciousness from the wound in her throat and died before she could be moved from the scene. The body was Tremoved to E. W. Groff’s funeral parlors, in Fairfax. She could be identified at first only as “Gladys” by her companions. Authori- ties learned who she was by communi- cating with Washington detective head- quarters, who telephoned several men whose names had been found in a note- book which the dead woman had on her person. Questioned regarding the liquor, the young men denied that they had been The girl, they said, had placed several bottles in the machine when the party left home. Check Men’s Stories. Authorities are checking on the stories of the pair. Colbert, they said, at first gave his name as James Mils and was known in Cottage City by that name. He testified at the inquest he was on probation from the Maryland House of Correction on a sentence for assault and battery. Mrs. Starr was said to have been separated from her husband. She was the daughter of Mrs. George Crist of Baltimore. Colbert said he and Mrs. Starr in- vited Van Pelt last Saturday midnight to go with them to Leesburg to visit Colbert’s relatives, and that they left oin Van Pelt’s car shortly later, Mrs. Florence Sherlock, 48 years old, of 1012 Twelfth street, suffered & pos- sible fracture of the skull last night when knocked down by an automobile as she was crossing the in n of Tenth street and New York avenue. Witnesses told police Mrs. Sherlock walked into the side of a machine operated by Arthur B. White, 36, of 2848 Myrtle avenue northeast. White declared he did not know the woman had been struck by his machine. Mrs. Sherlock is under the care of physicians at_the Emergency Hospital. Minor bruises were received by Mrs. Jessie M. Loving, 45, of 810 Aspen pounds of mail in a month, although for several months the volume of mail carried has closely approached the ton- a-day figure, Ingalls on Air Inspection Trip. Flying & new type twagseater Curtiss Navy ter equipped ith wheel streamlining, engine cowling Wnd glass- street, yesterday afternoon when an automobile driven by Cliester M. An- derson, 25 Carroll Manor, Takoms Park, struck her. A nearby physician treated her. George Gillespie, colored, 23, of Balti- more, was charged with drit ‘while drunk after an accident at h and P streets in which he received a frac- tured collar bone last ht. He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital for treat- inclosed cockpits, David S.% Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the vy for Aeronsutics, took off from they Ana- the Executive Committee before the 12:30 o'clock luncheon, at which officers will be installed. ¥ costia Naval Air Station today$on a long inspection trip which willjtake um to the West ment. Gillesple's motor cycle crashed into & car ornnd b; Banks, colored, 19, of the 2100 block of street, police reported. . 4