Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1930, Page 24

POLICEMAN BEATEN AND BROTHER SHOT Prince Georges Road House Scene of Attack on Dis- trict Officer. Attacked by a band of revellers when it was revealed he was a policeman, Private Lauritz Christensen of the eleventh precinct was badly beaten sbout the head and his brother, Yens C. Christtnsen, a Coast Guardsman, was shot in the leg at the Iron Lantern Inn, formerly the Green Gables road- house, at Suitland, Md, yesterday morning. Policeman Christensen, his brother and two women ccmpanions were seated at a table when someone pointed him out as a Washington policeman. He was premptly searched and when found not to have a Tevolver, was set upon by | several men who had just arrived at| the inn. Goes to Brother’s Ald. ‘When Yens Christensen came to his | brother’s aid, he was shot and subjected “to a severe beating. Officer Christensen ran to the home of Elmer Pumphrey, professional bondsman, about half & mile_distance, and was given first aid. Mr. Pumphrey’s son took the policeman to Casualty Hospital where he found Yens in the emergency rocm. The _companions of the Christensens, Miss Ima Adamson and Miss Louise Robey, 900 block of L street, Washing- ton, told police the men who assaulted the brothers drove away in the direction of Washington as soon as the melee was over. The girls said nearly 30 minutes elapsed before they succeeded in getting a passing motorist to take Yens to the hospital. P':ivne Crristensen was released from Casualty Hospital following treatment for head wounds. His brother was later removed to Providence Hospital. Mr. Pumphrey said he was awakened early yesterday morning to find Officer Christensen on his front porch bleed- ing profusely. He admitted him and ‘washed the wounds. ‘Wanted Lights Extinguished. Christensen begged Pumphrey to turn out the lights for fear his assail- ants would follow. Louritz told Pumph- rey some one had asked him if he was & policeman, to which he replied, “I am a policeman part of the time,” and then the fight began. Pumphrey claims the officer said he “knew one of the bunch” who set upon him, A full report of the circumstances surrounding the assault and shooting has been submitted to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, by Capt. C. W. Holmes, commander of the elev- enth precinct. Investigation Continued. @apt. Holmes said the report was sub- mitted to Maj. Pratt yesterday after- noon following the shooting and after a number of witnesses had been inter- viewed. The commanding officer said that as far as he could learn the story told by Christensen was true. He said the matter, however, was still under investigation. ”q‘l:‘mwmm is e‘xpeckd to retum‘ ity at midnight. ‘The local roadhouse has figured prominently in police annals of the county in recent years. About 18 months ago Charles Wesley Poutra of Wi was fatally shot there and although several suspects were arrest- ed, no one was ever convicted of crime. Last Summer a Wi woman accused two men of assault- ing her in the establishment. D. C. BUSINESS MAN DIES OF PISTOL SHOT for his experience. ’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1930. SISTERS RESCUE. BABY BROTHER l Unhesitatingly, Claribel Reno, 8 years old (left), and her sister, Marjorie, 10, dived into the waters of Pass Manchao, New Orleans, and rescued Frank Albert, their 14-month-old brother, shown in the arms of his elder sister, none the worse —A. P, Photo. OPPOSES CHANGE IN MARKETING ACT Head of Farm Bureau Fed- eration Declares This Is No Time for Amendments. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 8.—Revision of the agricultural marketing act was opposed today by Sam H. Thompson, president of the American Farm Bareau Federation, in his address cpening the annual three-day convention of the organization. “I believe there is in the act all the authority to do the fundamental things that we want done. The time is not m for discussion of amendments,” he Aftending the convention were farm of the country, seeking through discus- sions of their mutual problems practical methods for their, solution. These in- clude rural credits, agricultural taxation, acreage reduction, submarginal lands and transportation. Denies Claim of Overproduction. In his ing address, President ‘Thompson cl ged what he said was SBEARE 5. 5588 P Le Roy Bildman, Proprietor of Toy Store, Found Wounded, With ‘Weapon Beside Him. Le Roy Bildman, proprietor of & toy store at 709 D street, died at Emergency Hospital at 11 o'clock this morning, just after h: had been admitted to the insti- tution with a pistol bullet wound in his head. Bildman had been found 20 minutes earlier lying in the basement of his store, lcwrdu;&w a police report, with a pistol near left hand. A police investigation revealed that John H. Allen, colored, 5711 Grant street northeast, the store janitor, re- ported for duty at the usual time this morning. N the store he called the Bildman resi a prevailing opinion that agriculture's troubles were due to overproduction. The cause, he said, lay in faulty dis- tribution. There was a genuine market m:glun of goods that could not be sold with adequate return to the producer, he admitted, but added: “In terms of human need there is no surplus. In our great cities today are hundreds of thousands of men and ‘women, walking the streets, idle. Fac- tory doors are dark and multitudes are hungry. There are today, tod, millions of farm people in need of every product of those factories and there are millions of dollars worth cf farm products rotting ‘in the ground because there is no market for that product. “The fault cannot be explained by the word ‘surplus’ On the one hand are millions needing food and without the wherewithal to get it—on the other hand millions desiring the products of 8. the hungry city worke: Criticizes Rural Credits System. ‘Thompson declared that rural credit after search among the crowded toy counters for Mr. Bildman, They decided that he had left the store on & business errand. Later Allen went down into the base- ment, where he found Bildman near a coal bin. He was unconscious. Police ascertained that Bildman was | :hot after 8:30 o’clock, for he telephoned s mother at that hour. Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt ordered an autopsy for this afternoon. THREE ESTATES LIST PERSONAL PROPERTY Probate Asked of Wills Left by Mrs. Fannie Hyde, Lemuel Nor- ris and W. J. Vonderheide. Mrs. Fannie Hyde, who died Novem- ber 26, owned no real estate, but had personal property estimated at $176,- 974.50, according to the petition of the American Security & Trust Co., her executor, for the probate of her will. ‘The only heir is a daughter, Mrs. Emily R. H. Wright, 2727 Q street. The American Security & Trust Co. also asked for the probate cf the will of Lemuel Norris, who died November 23. He left personal E:Dperl)’ valued at $101,926.80. His sole heir is a daughter, Hannah A. Norris. ‘Wiiliam J. Vonderheide, who died November 4, had personal property es- timated at $154,722.49, according to the tion of his wife, Mrs. Amelia J. onderheide, for the probate of his will, He 1s survived also by a sister, Caroline ‘Vonderheide, 1423 Montague street, and brvthe;. Henry Vonderheide, 1316 road. SCHOOL TEACHER HELD AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT Special Dispatch to The Star, ‘WINCHESTER, Va., Decémber 8.—A warrant charging reckless operation of Viginia. Garper, this i?,“m‘“'m'«""" al " city, s a public school teacher, after auto- mobile had struck and severely injured . Mary B. Prye, wife of B. , Prederick County farmer, causing & fracture of the skull and other in- Mrs. Frye, it was said, was walking on d be made more elastic, and ed the theory that a large cmp" ht & smaller return than a Smal 3 the reduction pro- gram of the M% Board and the Department of Agriculture, he said: “The statistics have been accurate, but I am not sure that we, as farmers, can entirely agree with the deductions that have been made from them.” Farm Board Act Commended. He commended the activities of the Federal Farm Board in stabilizing the wheat crop and said the same effort should be applied to other crops, par- ticularly to corn. With regard to the agricultural must be done bv its friends by its enemies, who are legion. Both Ends of Mule Dangerous. GORDON, Nebr.,, December 8 ().— Lyle Hull, a rancher, found the front bit off one of his fingers. = Decrees Area for Universities. ROME (#).—Mussolini has signed a decree establishing a suburban area where only university bulldings may be erected. The University of Rome now has 4,200 students. CLAFLIN Nptician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 INVESTMENT | BUILDING SU ITES arrang- requirements. 9 H. L. RUST of a highway a few miles - when Miss Carper came machine. Mrs. Frye was usly ill in a hos- . Authorities said the would be COMPANY H Agent marketing act, he said any amending | end of & mule more dangerous than the f rear. While he was trying to bridle | one he recently purchased the animal ed to suit your | CALDWELL & £ HTS BANKRUPTY Tennessee Investment Firm Charge Creditors’ Petitions Lack Foundation. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 8— Motions, asking the dismissal of invol- untary tey proceedings against Caldwell & ., investment bmkfl;x;g house now in receivership, were in Federal District Court today by at- torneys for the company. ‘The ‘motios declared the petition for involuntary bankruptcy filed by Dyer County, the Middle Fork Drainage Dis- irice No.§ of Weakley County and R. E. L. Gallimore failed to allegs “specific acts of bankruptey,” and failed to state assets of Caldwell & Co., “at a fair valu- ation” are no equal to “labilities.” Additional Time Asked. Should the court decide the company must answer the petition of the com- plaints. The company asks that-it,be_ allowed additional time to prepare its answer. ‘s motions probably will be held tcmorrow when the subpoena on the bankruptcy petition is returnable. In its motions to dismiss the invol- untary bankruptcy bill, Caldwell & Co. claims both Dyer County and the drain- age district of Weakley County acted without authority of the courts of the respective counties in filing the petition. Charges Held Too General. Allegations in the petition for invol untary bankruptcy with reference to leged " “switching and handling its curities” to ‘“create unlawful prefer- ences” were declared by the motions to be too general to be sustained by the court. In the original petition for bank- ruptey it was charged the indebtedness of Celdwell & Co. is “stupendous in the aggregate” and scattered throughout several States; “that some of its in- debtedness is well secured; that some of it is poorly secured, and that some of it is unsecured.” ‘The original petition for bankruptcy later was joined by two intervening creditors. issal of the intervening petition also was asked in the motions. 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