Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1930, Page 17

The Toening Star FOUR ARE INJURED N SAFETY ZONEBY | HIT-RUN” DRIVER Two Boys in Serious Condi- tion, Woman Suffers Frac- tured Arm, Man Hurt. ANOTHER- STRUCK DOWN IN SIMILAR ACCIDENT Colored Man, Held as Driver in Second Crash, Said to Admit Failing to Stop. Four persons were injured last night when a hit-and-run driver piloted an automobile through a safety zone at| Connecticut avenue and Van Ness| street. i Those hurt were Miss Anna C. Min- nigerode, 45 years old, of 2020 N street, sister of C. Powell Minnigerode, director and secretary of the Corcoran Art Gallery; Frank O. Rohland, 16, and his brother, Henry Rohland, 10, both of 2953 Tilden street, and Mrs. Ellen S. Roden, 52, of 1316 New Hampshire avenue. Boys Seriously Hurt. Garfield Hospital attendants reported that the Rohland boys were seriously in- Jured, Henry suffering from a possible fracture of the skull and a broken left leg, while his brother received multiple bruises of the body and fractures of the left wrist and right leg. Mrs. Roden ‘was not badly hurt and went home after first-aid treatment for bruises. Miss Minnigerode, her arm broken, was found lying near the curbstone by Lieut. Comdr. Charles J. Wheeler, U. 8. N., 1835 Phelps place. He took her to her brother's home and she later was removed to Emergency Hospital. Police had been canvassing the hospitals in search of her, witnesses declaring that four persons had been hit by the auto. One Driver Arrested. Only a meager description of the au- tomobile was obtained by witnesses. Susie Johnson, 65 years old, colored, of 106 F street. was hurt seriously when knocked down by a hit-and-run driver at Second street and Florida avenue last night. She was taken to Freed- men’s Hospital with a fractured arm | and internal injuries. Hugh Doran, colored, 26 years old, of 601 Howard street, was arrested by po- lice of the second precinct in connec- tion with the accident and charged with driving without a permit and failing to stop after a colliston. Doran was apprehended after the owner of the car, traced by tag numbers furnished police by eyewitnesses, de- clared he had loaned his machine to Dorai. ‘The latter is said to have con- fessed he was the hit-and-run operator. Charged with falling to stop after colliding with another automobile, Jo- seph Thomas Grayhardt, 23 years old, of the 900 block of Ninth street south- east, was overhauled and arrested yes- terday by Sergt. R. B. Jenkins of the United States Park Police after he struck the officer’s car. Grayhardt was booked at No. 1 police precinct on charges of failing to stop after colliding and reckless driving and released to appear in Police Court. According to Jenkins, the accident occurred on the drive around the Ellpise in the rear of the White House. The officer said Grayhardt, who was driving a truck, struck his automobile while going at an excessive rate of speed and continued on without stopping. Jenkins ohased and overhauled the man at Eleventh and E streets, Grayhardt is an employe of an elevator company, acting in the ca- pacity of “trouble man.” to look out for elevators in hotels and hospitals. SUNDAY BASE BALL FIGHT IS ON AGAIN Phils Likely to Be Sold Unless Sabbath Games Are Permitted in Quaker City. Another attempt is being made to g:u 2 bill legalizing base ball in nnsylvania on Sunday. The bill will be introduced at Harrisburg this Winter {and its sponsors say prospects are very “bright. The campaign to legalize base ball on the Sabbath is said to be holding up the sale of the Phillies. ! The Phillies withoyt Sunday base ‘ball are worth so much, but with it ‘they are worth a lot more. With the prospect of playing at home on Sunday the Baker heirs and the “other stockholders are desirous of con- ‘tinuing in charge of the property. But without Sunday base ball it is believed any fair offer will take the club. SNOWFALL HERE LIGHT; : PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT {Little Change in Temperature Ex- { pected Tomorrow—Freeze Causes Slippery Streets. Washingtonians were _treated to i thrills and spills aplenty when yester- # day’s light snow began to freeze around midnight, providing treacherous going ifor fcot' and vebicular traffic alike. Partly cloudy weather is expected to- night and tomorrow without much | change in temperature. Last night's low was 29 degrees and ftonight's is_expected to approximate this extreme. The maximum yesterday was 36 points. Only about .03 inches precipitation was recorded during the | snow fall. POLICE GET MORE TIME T0 BUILD RADIO STATION Commission Extends Limit March 1 for Erection of Short- Wave Apparatus. to | also aroused by Mrs. Tolbert. | spectat Dispateh to The Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1930. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. mother when an electrically lighted Christmas tree caught fire. to right: Jane, 9 years old; Ann, 2, and Betty, 10. S. A. Tolbert, who were rescued by their They are, left MOTHER RESCUES THREE FROM FRE Blaze in Home Is Blamed on Electrically-Lighted Christmas Tree. Thinking the smoke she smelled came from the furnace, Mrs. Lucy J. Tolbert, | 815 Aspen street, remained in bed early Sunday morning while flames spreading | from a burning Christmas tree threat- | ened the lives of her three small daugh- | ters, | Finally, however, the smoke became so | intense that she investigated and found the living room ablaze. Arousing the three children, who were asleep in a bed room directly above the fire, Mrs. Tolbert led them to safety through the back door, escape from the front being | cut off by the smoke. | Firemen told her if she had been a | few minutes later the fire would have | eaten through the ceiling to the bed | room, trapping the girls, Betty, 10 years old; Jane, 9, and Ann, 7. | Two grown daughters, Virginia and | Marjorie, sleeping in a rear room, were Mr. Tolbert, who was visiting rela- | tives in Virginia at the time, said he thought the fire started from a short circuit in the wires of the electrically lighted Christmas tree. Mrs. Tolbert had planned to accom- | pany her husband on the trip, but abandoned the idea because of illness. She and the children retired about midnight, after starting a fresh fire in the furnace. When she first smelled smoke about 3 a.m., she thought it came from this fire. Firemen, called by one of the grown girls, confined the blaze to the one room. The furnishings were ruined. SECOND KILLING CHARGE IN THREE YEARS FACED Arrested Man Juiy Today—Selt-Defense Plea Is Made. Ludy Robinson, 36, colored, of 1728 Vermont avenue, will face a coroner's jury today, charged with killing a sec ond man within a period of three yea: binson, charged with the fa shooting of James Walker, 24, colored, Before Coroner’s | 701 S street, yesterday in the latter's home following a fight, admitted to {mllce today that he had been arrested n 1927 by first precinct police on a charge of manslaughter. He said he served two years in jail on the charge. Robinson says he shot Walker in self-defense. = STAMP MACHINE THEFT ADMITTED BY PRISONER Man Faces Court Today Also on Charge of Stealing Dresses From Store. James Carter is a bold shoplifter who takes no pains to hide his pride in his achievements along this line, so say potice. Carter, already in custody on a charge of stealing nine dresses during tae Christmas rush, boastfully admitied to | cfficers of the first precinct yesterday that he took an automatic stamp vend- ing machine from a drug store at Tenth and F streets while clerks looked on. The colored prisoner, who is 22 years old and lives at 61 Plerce street, said he tcok the machine beneath his’ coat, | walked nonchalantly to an alley near Tenth and E streets and opened the coin compartment, taking several dollars in change and tossing the machine away. Store officials knew nothing of the| robbery until informed by police. Car-' ter was to go to Police Court today on charges of petit larceny in connection with the stamp machine theft and grand larceny of nine dresses valued at $148 frcm a downtown department store early last week. | PLAN RADIO PROGRAM Fairfax Chamber to Broadcast on New Year Day. FAIRFAX, Va. December 20.—The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce | will sponsor a radio program over Sta- tion WJSV on New Year day from 2| to 3 o'clock. The music will be in| charge of Mrs. Annie Robey Walker of Herndon, director of music in the Fair- fax County High Schools. Addresses will be made by L. L. Freeman of Vienna, member of the Assembly from ‘The Federal Radio Commission today authorized an extension of time to the Police Department of Washington for erection of the master radio sending station, which will broadcast on short ‘waves to the police cars equipped with recelving apparatus. The commission extended the time for construction of the sending station to March 1 from December 1. * Washington is one of about 35 cities which have or will have radio connec- tion from headquarters with spe- police cars. The sta- t on a short wave with ‘will broadcast the' call letcers WEDW, Fairfax County, and by Capt. Thurlow | ‘White of Baileys Cross Roads, a director of the chamber. The announced by Edmund H. Allen, presi- dent of the Fairfax chamber, Resigns as Secretary. CHESTERTOWN, Md., December 29 (Special).—Mrs. William T. Eckenrode, who before her recent marriage was Miss Dorothy Pennington of Chester- town, has resigned as secrctary Deputy State Heaith Officer Ralph G. Mrs. Vernon Kirby of this | through the regular medical examina- | | Vance program will be | o | School, EDWARDS BEGINS 3YEAR SENTENCE Pitts and Anadale Remain in D. C. Jail Awaiting Appeal Action. Jobn H. Edvards, Jr., was admitted | to Lorton Reformatory today to begin a three-year sentence for conspiring to | embezzle funds and destroy records of the F. H. Smith Co. Edwards, former vice president of the company, was convicted of the con- spiracy with G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the board, and C. Elbert Anadale, another vice president, by a jury in’ District Supreme Court two weeks ago. Pitts and Anadale are still in the District Jail, where they must stay pending appeal cf their convictions. | Pitts was sentenced to 14 and Anadalc | to 9 years in the penitentiary. Edwards was taken to the reformatory | from the jail with a dozen other con- | victs in the prison van, Arriving at Lorton, he was checked in, issued a prison uniferm and put | tion. He probably will be given somc task in the institution tomorrow. COLORED CONVICT SLAYS CELLMATE Williams Fatally Stabs Lloyd Dexter at Occoquan. Is Held for Murder. Vance Williams, 45-year-old colored convict at the District Work House at Occoquan, Va., fatally stabbed his cell- mate, Lloyd Dexter, 40, colored, early yesterday as the prisoners were being led from their cells into the rest room. Dexter was hurried to Gallinger Municipal Hospital with a_ jagged wound in his body and died a few hours later. When word of his death was received preparations were made to take Williams to Alexandria, where he will be arraigned today in Criminal Court on a charge of murder. The two men had quarreled as a | result of ill feeling that had existed | between them for several weeks, work | house officials said. Williams evidently | had stolen a knife from the kitchen | and stabbed his cellmate with it. The dead prisoner had begun to serve a 300-day term for non-support. Williams was serving a sentence of 1,140 days on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He had been released from the work house last May, after serving & 300-day sentence on a similar charge, but was back again a few months later. RUTH KUBIAS FATALLY HURT IN I0WA CRASH Income Tax Office Stenographer Dies of Injuries Received While on Visit to Parents. ‘Word has been received here of the death in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, yesterday stenographer in the income tax branch, Treasury Department, who was injured in_an automobile accident Saturday night while paying a holiday visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kubias of Cedar Rapids. Miss Kubias came here about a year ago from her home in Iowa on Teceiving a civil service appointment. She made her home in the 1900 block of Columbia Road. G D CHARLES COVINGTON DIES Cause of Blacksmith’s Demise Puz- zles Doctors and Police. Charles Covington, 51 years old, of treet southeast, a blacksmith, ly i v Hospital early ‘The body was taken d to the morgue to await decision by the | are adopted by the parishioners. coroner, Mr. Covington, according to police, had been treated for sometime for & minor ailment by Dr. Homer K. Butler of 1241 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. On Wednesday night he was reported to have fallen down a staircase rela- tives said, but apparently suffered no ill effects. Emergency Hospital officials sald there was a possibility he had sustained some internal injury. FIVE ASSIGNED HERE Another New Foreign Service Of- ficer Sent to Post in Egypt. Foreign service officers, recently ap- pointed, have been assigned to stations as follows: Charles W. Yost, Water- town, N. Y., to duty as vice consul at Alexandria, Egypt; Theodore S. Cleve- land, Ohio, and 'Arthur L. Richards, California, to the Foreign Service this city, and Kenneth J. Yearns, Washington, D. C.; H. Byipgton, jr., Connecticut, and John Hubner, Ball town. will succeed Mrs, Eckenrode 85 Dr. Beachley's . timore, to duty at the State 'of Miss Ruth Kubias, 24 years old, a | months after which the officer will join AVIATOR AND GIRL ESCAPE IN' CRASH OF PLANE IN FIELD Mother of Passenger Sees Craft Fall Mile Away as Motor Fails. BERWYN FIREMEN AID COUPLE OUT OF SWAMP Pilot Thrown Out by Impact, Young Woman Dangles, Head Down, From Safety Belt. A young pilot and his girl passenger escaped with trivial hurts yesterday afternoon when their biplane over- turned on a plowed field near Berwyn Heights during an emergency landing, which catapulted the youth from the machine and left the girl dangling head down from the passenger cockpit. It was Miss Rose Park's first ride, Miss Park, who is 20 years old and lives at 1716 Irving street, drove to College Park Airport with her mother, who watched while she was helped into the plane. Piloted by E Amanuel, 23- year-old member of the District Air Le- glon and a_musician employed in_the Mayflower Hotel Orchestra, the machine took off for a short hop. Motor Stalls in Afr. The motor stalled about a mile from the airport and spectators there, in- cluding Mrs. Park, saw the plane de- scend suddenly from a height of sev- eral hundred feet. Amanuel managed to clear the trees beneath and headed for the small field. As the machine came in with the wind behind it, a wing hit some small | trees. The plane bounced on the muddy ground and flopped over. Amanuel, thrown from the cockpit, released the safety belt which vas holding Miss Park in and helped her from the machine, Fearing that Mrs. Park had seen the plane descend and would believe her daughter killed, Amanuel heiped the girl on a short cut for the field through | a swamp. The plane landed not far from the engine house of the Berwyn Helghts Fire Company and that ap- paratus was quickly on the scene. Firemen Give Aid. Firemen assisted the couple from the swamp while some one ran to telephone that they were only slightly injured. The fire rescue squad from Bladensburg | also was summoned to the scene. Fire- | men gave Miss Park first aid for a black right eye and Amanuel for a cut lip. Both then returned to the field. The plane is the property of the Dis- trict Air Legion. Badly damaged, it was dismantled and returned to the fiying eld. Amanuel had rented the plane from the legion to accede to a request to take Miss Park aloft. He has been flying for about two years and was licensed. Amanuel lives at 4806 Kansas avenue. YOUTH FOUND DEAD IN STRIP OF WOODS Harold Beatty Dies From Exposure Near Middletown on Way Home From Party, Speclal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., December 29— Harold Beatty, 17, son of John Beatty, found dead from exposure in a strip of | woods by a brother, after he had failed | to return home at night, was buried today near Middletown, He was employed on the fArm by his | father and had been with a party of | friends in Middletown the night before he was found dead. Surviving are his parents, three brothers and one sister. LIEUT. COL. F. H. SMITH UNDER TRANSFER ORDER Adjutant General of D. C. Militia Is Assigned to Duty With U. S. Coast Artillery. Lieut. Col. Frederic H. Smith of the Coast Artillery Corps, adjutant general of the Militia of the District of Co- lumbia since October 26, 1928, has been transferred to the 69th Coast Artillery | at Fort McClennan, Ala., in an order issued at the War Department today. Col. Smith is ordered first to report to Fort Monroe, Va., where on January 2 he will begin temporary duty for the purpoce of pursuing the ‘“refresher course” for general and fleld officers This duty 15 to be limited to three his regiment at Fort McClennan. Col. Smith was graduated from the Military Academy at West Point in July, 1903, and from the Army War College in 1925, S ANCIENT CHURCH URGED FOR SHRINE BY PASTOR Rev. Mr. Tebeau Suggests 110- Year-01d Edifice Be Closed as Place of Worship. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., December 29.—An 110-year-old church, once the bulwark of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, will be closed for lack of active mem- bership, if its rector’s recommendations { when the drivers attempted to pass the Rev. A. C. Tebeau, in a sermon yes- terday, urged that the congregation of Monumental Episcopal Church divide among other churches in the city and that the ancient structure be placed in charge of the bishop of Virginia as a shrine. The church, one of the four oldest in the city, was erected in 1814 as a monu- ment to the dead of a theater fire dis- aster here in 1811 MAN BURNED TO DEATH Former Danville Resident Dies in |he Blaze in Georgia. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., December 20—Fu- 76 SCARLET FEVER CASES IN CAPITAL First Prevalence Reported in Three Years Marked by Low Mortality. Seventy-six cases of scarlet fever have been reported in Washington in the last | three weeks, marking the first preva- lence of the disease in the Capital for three years. Two deaths from the dis- | ease occurred yesterday, one at Sibley and one at Providence Hospital. The | mortality from the disease is very low, | however, according to Dr. James G.| Cumming, contagious diseases officer of | the Health Department, deaths having occurred during 1930, The scarlet fever cases are quaran- | tined for a minimum of three weeks, although the’ period, which continues until the last signs of the disease have disappeared, usually lasts four and sometimes five weeks. Apparently the disease is not concen- trated in any one locality. There are| everal cases in Alexandria, Va., and| ome in Prince Georges County, Md. Some of those reported as Washington cases are of persons brought in from nearby points for treatment in Wash- ington hospitals. Of the cases reported, 25 occurred last week, 29 the week before and 22 the week before that. The symptons of the approach of the disease, according to Dr. Cumming, are a sore throat accompanied by nausea, A physician should be summoned promptly, he said, in case such symp- tons develop. ICY ROADS DITCH CARS IN MARYLAND Many Slide From Highway on Betliesda-Silver Spring Route. No Injuries Raported. Icy roads in suburban Montgomery County were strewn with damaged au- tomobiles this morning, bearing mute | evidence of numerous accidents through- out the night. Not a single injury, however, was reported to police. The worst stretch of road for motor- ists was along the Bethesda-Silver Spring Highway between Wisconsin and Connecticut avenues. At one spot, where two machines carrying Delaware tags went into a ditch, car after car| slid off the road while attempting to go around them. Two cars skidded down a 20-foot embankment into a ravine, striking each other at the foot, stalled automobiles. Place Sand on Icy Roads. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHERRYDALE, Va., December 29.— State highway forces were today placing sand on scveral steep hills and bad turns on the Lee Highway between here and Falls Church because of the large amount of fce in the more shaded places. ‘Through -this precaution it is hoped to avoid th large number of accidents that occur during icy spells along this 500 ORPHANS GUESTS OF K. OF C. CHAPTERS Toys and Candy Distributed at An- nual Christmas Party at Or- ganization's Hall. ‘Toys and candy were distributed to | more than 500 orphans from varisus District institutions at the .annual Christmas party held by the Washin ton chapters of the Knights of Colum- bus at the organization’s hall, 918 Tenth street. Wiillam G. Freeley, State deputy of the order, presided, and John Ray impersonated Santa Ciaus. The com- | mittee in charge included Reed Stanton, chairman; A. J. Sardo, M. Tabler, George F. Howell, V. Eastman, J. Zable and J. T. Quirk. Washington traction _companies donated buses to transport the children to the party. FEDERATION TO MEET TONIGHT AT BETHESDA Montgomery Civic Body Will Con- sider Special Reports on Conty Legislative Program. By a Staff Corresponaent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., December 29.—A special meeting of the Montgomery County Civic Federation has been called by President Stephen James for tonight !in the Bethesda School to consider re- oorts of the Committee on Roads, Streets and Bridges and the Committee on Schools. A special session was deemed recessary in order to give the Committee on Public Finance and Budget time to act on the reports before the next regu- lar meeting, when recommendations of desired legislation will be made. Under the recently inaugurated policy of the federation, all gl’opoal.ls involving the expenditure of public funds are con- sidered by the Budget Committee before the federation definitely commits itself to support them. The reports of the two committees to be heard tonight are expected to form basis of the civic body’s major leg- islative program which it will support at the session of the Maryland General Assembly next month. neral services were held here Satur- day afternoon for Reuben Q. Fulton, former Danville resident, who was burned to death several days ago when trapped in the offices of a lumber plant at Willen, Ga., when the plant was de- stroyed by fire. Mr. Fulton left Dan- ville about 10 years ago. He is survived by his widow and two children, also four sisters and brothers. Rites for John S. Green. DANVILLE, Va., December 29 (Spe- cia).—The funeral of John 8. Green, well known resident of the Hinesville section of Pittsylvania County, who died on Saturday at the age of 77 years, was held yesterday afternoon at the residence. He 18 survived by his widow and several children, Eli Amanuel and Miss Rose Park, below, the aviator and his passenger who only eight had a narrow escape yesterday when Amanuel’s plane ground-looped on plowed | ground during an emergency landing. The machine is shown as it came to rest. —=Star Staff Photos. STOPLIGHT VICTIM FORCED FROM AR Bandits Use Pistols in Hold- up at Intersection—Report Other Robberies. Woodrow Ingram, 425 Tenth street southwest, reported he was held up last night by bandits and robbed. He was walking near Delaware avenue and K street southwest, he sald, when he was accosted by two colored men, one of them striking him and the other taking $5 from him. Frederick B. Harper, 614 Gallatin street, early yesterday was the victim of so-called stop-light bandits at Rhode Island avenue and North Capitol street. He was driving east on Rhode Island avenue and when he stopped for a traf- fic signal three colored men appeared. Two of the men, armed with pistols, Harper told the police, boarded his car, one of them taking the wheel and driv- ing to Benning Bridge northeast and the third member of the trio driving away in a car which was parked near the scene of the hold-up. Harper was ordered from his car at Benning Bridge. Two unidentified colored men were seen breaking into the locked automo- bile of Henry B. Wood, 1515 L street, at North Capitol and L streets last night. The thieves took an overcoat and pair of gloves from the car. Jimmying a door, burglars late Sat- urday night or early yesterday morn- ing gained entrance to a gas station at Sixteenth and Taylor streets, Nathan Norris, manager, told the police. He said the burglars took two sets of skid chains, $1.65 in cash and a small quan- tity of other property. Violet Davis, 66 New York avenue, told police of the taking of a coat from her automobile, parked in front of 463 | K street southwest. She valued the | garment at $40. BUDGET OF $291,000 FOR WINCHESTER City Council Committee Cuts and Slashes Appropriations to Keep / Down Tax Rate Speclal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va. December 29.— It will cost nearly $291,000 to run the city government here the coming year, it was indicated today, after the Finance Committee of the city council had cut and slashed appropriations for various departments and urged strict economy in operations. Public schools are to receive approxi- mately ons-fifth of the income, but this will not include over $100,000 received from the John Handley Foundation, nor the amount which the State con- tributes. The committee urged that resurfacing of certain streets be de- {‘errgd and other retrenchments be prac- ced. The counell decided to make no in- crease in the tax levy, which will con- tinue at $1.55 on the $100 of assessed value, and it applies to all subjects of taxation, including real estate, tangible personal property and public service corporations. WATER TO BE CUT OFF TONIGHT FOR REPAIRS Mains Along Mount Vernon Ave- nue, in Virginia, in Need of Attention. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY _ COURT HOUSE, Va., December 29.—The water service along Mount Vernon avenue and in Virginia hlands, Aurora Hills and Oakerest will be cut off from 8 o'clock tonight until 4 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing due to repair work on the mains supplying these sections, it was an- nounced today by the county water department. JOYRIDES IN POLICE CAR Unidentified Man Takes Auto Park- ed on Georgia Avenue. Police are at a loss to understand why an unidentified man yesterday selected a police car in which to take a joyride. The car, bearing the in- scription, “Police car,” was parked in front of No. 5912 Georgia avenue by Policeman G. R. Browning of the thir- teenth precinct and was taken during his temporary absence. It was found abandoned on lower avenue later in the day FERRYMAN DROWNS AT ANNAPOLIS DOCK Roland Lee of Washington on Way Home When He Slips on Ice and Falls Into Bay. Roland Lee, 22 years old, of 534 Fourth street southeast, an oiler on the | Annapolis-Claiborne ferry boat John M. Dennis, was drowned at Annapolis when he slipped from an icy wharf into the bay soon after the boat docked there last night. Lee's cries were heard by the crew of the ferry, who lowered life boats in an effort to rescue him. The vessel's searchlight was played on the water and after 19 minutes of searching, Quartermaster Edward Higgins hooked Lee’s clothing with oyster tongs in 16 feet of water and the body was | recovered. Coroner John W. Anderson gave a verdict of accidental death. Lee had been married only a few months. - He had dressed in street clothes before the boat docked, and leaped to the wharf on his way home from work. 3-YEAR SEARCH ENDS IN ARREST Howard County Officers Capture Man Wanted on Many Charges. By the Associated Press. HAGERSTOWN, December 29— Wanted by Howard County officers for law violations covering a three-year E:flod. Christopher Columbus Camp- 1l, 27, was arrested in a barn near Edgemont by State police, Prederick fioumy officers and Baltimore detec- ves. In the capture Campbell was shot in the left shoulder, but the wound was said not to be seriows. He was taken to Ellicott City to face eight bench warrants, covering charges ranging from minor violations of the automobile laws to assault with intent to kill. Campbell, who has been living in this section many months, was traced to a house near Edgemont, 10 miles north of here, by the officers. With him was Lee Mayme, who is held as a material witness. CONDEMNATION ACTION TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT | Preceedings Siarted to Acquire Troperty for Proposed Exten- sion to Congressional Library. The Department of Justice, at the request of the Committee on the Li- brary of Congress today instituted in the District Supreme Court a con- demnation_ proceeding to get title to the south half of square 760 and all of square 761 as a site for the proposed extension to the Library Building. The property sought is immediately south of the Folger Shakesperian Library and extends south to B street southeast be- tween First and Second streets. Justice Cox directed the issuance of citations to all property holders af- fected to appear in court January 28, 1931, when a jury of five citizens will be selected to hear the evidence as to the value of the property and report to the court. The proceeding was filed by Assistant Trited States Attormev General Henry H. Glassle, United States Attornev T.eo A. Rover and Special Assistant United States Attornevs Arthur G. Lambert and Alexander H. Bell, jr. PUBLIC HEARING HEID Views on Opening of Eichth Street Northeast Given. Fngineer Commissioner John C. (inf- wals todav held a hearing at which those interested in the ovenine of Eichth street northeast between Jacl- =on and Kearnev streets put forward their views on the matter. ‘The 1and for ovenine the street is in condemnation nroceedings. The rase has heen argued. but the condemnation furv has not vet refurned a verdict. The of them_desiring others ghnosing 1t on benefit nscesements will m sessed and that the nronarty pronartionately henefited. Maf, Gotwals listened tn # ment§ of both sides and reses cision. nd the h1v be as- 11 not be Areu- de- l PAGE B-—1 TWO 1928 INCOMES IND.C. MILLIONTO MILLION AND HALF Revenue Report Shows Capi- tal, With 8 Pct. of Popula- tion Filing, Highest in U. S. AVERAGE NET, HOWEVER, LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE $7,474,643 Total Paid Here, While That for Nation Is $1,164054,037. ‘Two persons in the District of Co- lumbia had incomes ranging between a million and a million and a half dol- lars during the year 1928, 1t was dis- closed last night by the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue. Their identity was not revealed. They were among the 511 citizens throughout the country who in that year of high-tide prosperity saw their incomes go over a million a year, There was one person here whose income was listed between $750,000 and $1,000,000; three whose incomes were between $500,000 and $750,000, and four whose incomes were between $400,000 and $500,000. The largest number of returns here showed incomes between $1,000 and $2,000 a year, a total of 8,285 persons reporting from the Dis- trict of Columbia in this class. The next largest total class, 4,687, had in- comes ranging from $4,000 to $5,000. In addition there were 970 persons who had #hcomes between $4,000 and $5,000, who had enough exemptions to relieve them from paying any tax, although ihey had to file returns. The District of Columbia was shown by the report to stand ahead cf all the States and territories in the per- centage of population filing returns. Eight per cent of the population here filed returns, as compared with Cali- fornia, second, with 6.95 per cent, and New York, third, with 6.76 per cent. Average Net Income Low. The average net income of the Wash- ingtonian, however, was $5,151.77, which is below the average of the country, $6,196.81, for that year. The internal revenue statistics based on income tax returns showed that the total net income of the Nation for that year was $25,226,325,910, an increase of $2,681,236,359 over the previous year. Of the total, only $8,755,464,338 was subject to tax, returning $1,164,254,037 to the Government. District of Columbia individuals paid a total of $7,474,643 income tax, which was .64 per cent of the total of the country. The corporation income tax here that year totaled $6,422,798. Of the 511 persons in the million dollar income ~class throughout the country, 74 were women and 29 single women. Eighteen of the latter had incomes between $1,000,000 and $1,500,- 000, three ranged petween $1,500,000 and $2,000,000; two between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, two between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, two between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 and two had incomes of $5,000,000 and over. In the highest class of income, that of $5,000,000 and over, were 26 persons. There was one each in Alabama, Cali fornia, Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin; three each in Tllinois and New Jersey, 11 in New York and two in Pennsylvania. State’s Millionaire Lists. The State lists of persons having incomes of a million dollars or more gave Alabama, 2; California, 7; Con- necticut, 97 Delaware, 9; District of Columbf Florida, Illinois, 57; Indiana, 2; Iowa, 5; 1; Maine, 3; Maryland, 9; Massachusetts, 24; Michigan, 25; Minnesota, 7; Mis- souri, 5; New Jersey, 12; New Yorl 243; North Carolina, 3; -Ohio, 2 Oklahoma, 1; Pennsylvania, 41; Rhod2 Island, 2; Tennessee, 4; Texas, 2, and ‘Wisconsin, 4. During the year 4,070,851 persons filed income tax returns, of which 2,- 523,063 were taxable, but the total was 30,696 less than the previous year. The tax collected, however, was $333,614,603 mofe and the net average income in- creased from $5,496.73 in 1927 to $6, 196.81 in 1928. The average tax liability increased from $202.52 to $283.99 while the aver- age tax rate went up from 3.68 per cent to 4.62 per cent. The millionaire income class, however, paid a tax of $185,140,211 on a total income of $1,- 108‘!893,0(1, or an average of 15.90 per cent. Husbands, whose wives filed separate returns and -husbands and wives who filed joint returns, totaled 1,976,954 and showed net income of $15,269,775,143. Wives who filed separate returns num- ber 124,208 and reported net income of $1,525,570,793, single men who were heads of families totaled 286,837 with net income of $1,280,920,821; single women, heads of families, totaled 105,- 194 and had net income of $502,097,664. 1,079,948 Single Men. Single men, not heads of families, numbered 1,079,948 and had net incomes of $3,944,632,780, and single women, not heads of families, filed 456,757 returns showing net incomes of $2,043,222,984. Community property returns numbered 40917, showing net income of $660,- 106,747. Kentucky, i the corporations, 229 reported net The largest portion of the income of individuals was from wages and salaries, which accounted for $10,862,330,998 Other income to individuals included business, $3,243,955,494; partnerships, $1,929,519,630; profits from sale of real estate, stocks and bonds, etc., $2,928,- 141,616; capital net gains, $1,879,780,- 038; rents and royalties, $1,164,518,456; interest and other income, $2,143,857,~ 860; interest on Government securities not tax exempt, $£0,553,301; dividends on_stocks of 'domestic corporations, $4,350,978,752, and fiduciary, $443,998,- 364. Of the total of $28,987,634,519 de- ductions amounted to $3,761,307,607. Corporations reported net income of $10,617,741,157 for the year and had a tax lability of $1,184,142,142. ‘They filed 495,892 returns, of which 268,783 reported net income. Figures of Corporations. The figures showed corporations other than life insurance companies paid $488,554,270 in cash dividends and $40,- 275,429 in stock dividends. The total of their year’s income compared with $8,- 669,046,354 for the previous year. Of in- come of $5,000,000 or more, while 1,258 reported income of $1,000,000 or more. Estate taxes brought the Government $43,303,482 from 8,582 estates, whose gross value was set at $3,566,207,967. Nurse Weds. CAMBRIDGE, Md., December 29 residents are.gplit.into two ecamps. some | (Special).—Among the Christmas wed- dings was that of Cecil Webster and . A that | Miss Carrie Lyons, who were married at St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Dr. Tho’mu 8 Mulligan, The bride 5