Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 17

@he Foening Star —— — LANGDON INDICTED BY GRAND JURY ON TWOSTILL CHARGES Unregistered Apparatus and Dry Law Violation Are Alleged of Officer. ROBBER ON PROBATION FACING 2 ACCUSATIONS With Alleged Companion, Morris Beck Named in Drug Store Break-in and Theft. Robert F. Langdon. suspended police- man of the fifth vrecinct and one of the four persons held by the coroner’s jury as possessing guilty knowledge of the murder of Beulah Limerick, was in- dicted today on a charge of possessing an unregistered still in violation of the internal revenue laws and with having in his possession property designed and intended for use in violating the na- tional prohibition law, to wit, the same still. Police, visiting Langdon’s home, at 1282 Oates street northeast, to search for a gun of the caliber of the one sup- pesed to have been used in the killing of Miss Limerick, reported what ap- peared to be a still. Two Indicted for Robbery. Morris Carlton Beck, now on proba- tion for three years for participating in the robbery of a bank messenger some months ago, was indicted on a charge of housebreaking and larceny. Named with him was James de Lafayette Carpenter. These are charged with breaking into the drug store of Samuel F. Higger, 5017 Connecticut avenue, and stealing $200 in cash, 49 pints of prescription whisky, and a quantity of cigars and cigarettes. False pretenses are charged in an in- dictment against Mrs. Zora E. Howe, ‘who is said to have posed as the widow ‘of Henry M. Flagler, Florida railroad builder. The indictment charges that she had hired Miss Jane D. Pierson to nurse her and that she obtained a total of $1,705 from the nurse between October 10 and November 7 last on Tepresentations that she would receive funds from her husband's estate, but that she never repaid the nurse. Elbert O. Williams, former note teller of the Departmental Bank, is charged with embezzlement. The indictment alleges that he appropriated to his own use $2,060.50 of the bank's funds. First degree murder is charged in an indictment against Charles W. Brown, colored. Hz is said to have shot William Sedgwick, also colored, during a brawl January 2, at 1635 Eleventh street. The victim died four days later. Margie Davenport, colored, is accused of manshu%n in connection with the death of John Speaks, whom she is said to have shot November 30, last. She had been held on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon until Speaks died January 4, after which the man- slayght-r charge was substituted. Others indicted and the charges against them include: Stanton D. White, alias Joseph T. Healey; James Reed, Louis Harris (2 cases) and Marie Edelen, grand lar- ceny. William H. Webster, Elmore Le- roy Simms, Donald M. Rosenthal, alias Jack Donaldson; Paul Kelmer, Sylvester Botts, William Brooks, alias William Alfonse Russell, housebreaking and larceny. Robbery Charges. Stanton D. White, John C. Wooden, ‘William _Ellis, John C. Wooden, John Boyd, Theodore R. Brewer, alias Theo- dore Owens, David Craig, alias David Balk, robbery; Clay Eugene Coi nell. non-support of minor chil Clyde Green, carnal assault with intent to commit car- nal knowledge; Henry Slaughter, ca nal knowledge; Clarence Bradford and Joseph H. Davidson. joyriding: Richard A. Love, James Herbert and Richard Wood, assault with dangerous ‘weapon; John Chadwick, Nettie Wal lace and Clifford Williams, receiving stolen property; Joseph Parham and Harry Willie on, smoke screen; Roland John Crismlond, Nachi Higgs and Ira E. Van Tassel, violation na- tional prohibition act; William Brown, John Wesley Williams and Harry Rob- ert Price, possession of unregistered still and violation national prohibition ac ‘William Lewis, forgery: Clarence Gal loway, embezzlement; Frederick C. Will, false pretenses, and Abraham Solomon, perjury. The grand jurors ignored the follow- ing charges: Nathan Norwitz, depreda- tion on private property: George W. Mc- Gill, joy riding;: John Paul Malenky and Beaven Cody Vass (two cases), house- breaking and larceny. FAIRFAX ESTATE LEFT TO MT. VERNON BODY Bpecial Dispatch to The Sta FAIRFAX, Va. Januar ~Under the will of the late Mrs. Jessie Spalding Landon, formerly Mrs. Jessie Spalding Walker, wife of Hugh McKenna Landon of Indianapolis, Ind., probated Saturday in the Fairfax County Court House, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association be- comes the beneficiary of 157 acres ad- Joining the Mount Vernon estate. Mrs. landon, who died June 26, 1930, left an_estate valued at not less than $1,000,000. DIES OF HEART ATTACK Mrs. Mary Syvin: M\;ndey ‘Smith Stricken Mrs. Mary Syvilla Mundey Smith, wife of John W. Smith, died suddenly at 3 o'clock tthis morning at her residence. 909 Quackenbos stre:t, following a heart attack brought on by a recent attack of infiuenza, from which she had ap- parently recovered. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of the Jate Mr. and Mrs. George Mundey of rstown, Md. She has made her home in the Capital for more thap 20 years and was a member of the kmory Methodist Church. Mrs. Smith is_survived by her hu: band, John W. Smith, and the folle: ing children: Mrs. Edward M. Boyle of Pautucket, Mr. Leon Smith, Mrs. Spen- cer Lee Hart, John W. Smith, jr. and one grandson, Spencer Lee Hart, jr., all of Washington, and two brothers. Scott, Mundey and Howard Mundey of Hagerstown, Md. MARION T. MOORE DEAD Marion Teresa Moore, 28, daughter of illiam E. Moore, died at her home in Alexandria this morning. her father, she is survived by her brother, Willlam T. Moore, and sister. Mrs Willlam T. Martin of Washington, D. C. d.l;\l:l;fll”urmu e held c'll;huri am. al t. ry's urc Alesandria, . at Residence. knowledge and | WASI IINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1931. XY PAGE B-—1 ‘CONGRESSIONAL STIRS CAPITOL SPECULATIONS N SR R G 1 Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. Crowther and | Mrs. Hoch Face Eliminat- ing Ballots Tomorrow. Only Two Can Run for Presi- | dent—Husbands Are | Interested. ‘ | [ , BY MARGARET HART. Speculations are rife in Congressional circles today as to which one of the three candidates, Mrs. Leonidas C. Dyer of Missouri, Mrs. Frank Crowther of New York or Mrs. Homer Hoch of Kansas, will be eliminated from the race for president of the Congressional Club at the meeting of the membership at | the club house, 2001 New Hampshire | avenue, tomorrow morning. 3 Under a by-law only two candidates can be presented for any office at the ‘nnnunl elections in February. So one {of the three announced candidates for president and any nominations which | may be made from the floor involving | more than the stipulated number for | each office will not be listed at the elec- | tions. E | ‘The membership will vote lom')rrn\\" morning on the names of those offered | for the nomination for election and all | but the two receiving the highest num- ber of votes for the nomination for each | office will be eliminated. Rk In the meantime, lively campaigning is going on at teas and luncheons and | at little get-together meetings, in the corridors and committee rooms of the | Capital and in the House and Senate | Buildings offices and committee rooms. | While no member of the House or | Senate would “interfere” in the running | | of the ctub to which their wives, sisters | daughters, and mothers belong. it is a | well known fact that the elections at | the Congressional Club divide honors as a congressional topic with appro- priations and _investigations to be carried on on Capitol Hill. There is no denying that an office in the Congressional Club, especially that of president or other of high rank, gives a certain prestige, not only to the congressional woman holding the office herself, but to the rest of her family. To the eager constituency back at home it means much, too. “Bon Mots” Fly Thick and Fast. “Bon mots” and sugared verbal darts have flown thick and fast—in a most | polite way, of course—during the past few weeks over the eligibility classifi- cations of a wife of a Representative from the Middle West about whom much of the election struggle seems to center. Those who are supporting one of the candidates, who, it is said, will | not be prejudiced because of her alleged | opinion concerning the admittance of any woman to membership for racial or other reasons,”point out that there is no grounds for opposition to this can- didate on this account, as it will be im- possible for any woman to be admitted to the club without the consent of the membership. Under the rules of the Congressional Club, the name of the candidate for membership has to be Elimination to Be Tomorrow. CLUB VOTING | Na [ j the | ga zal {1at | by cor e jor ! sto c pe: Upper: MRS. LEONIDAS C. DYER. ho Lower: MRS. HOMER HOCH. nderwood Photos. Wi to presented to a Membership Commit- | tee, then to the Board of Governors,! and then to a vote of the entir membership. Other “dividing issues’ which are said to be in use for o against candidates are the famous we and dry problem and, of course, part; affiliations. Most of Candidates Secret. While the leading candidates for| president make no secret of their can- | didacy, the rest of the aspirants for | office are being held a secret and no woman could be found yesterday who | would say that she was really running for any of the other offices. ‘The Nominating Committee is head- ed by Mrs. Lindley H. Hadley of Wash- ington State, former president of the club; Mrs. Edward Keating of Colorado, Mrs. Anderson Walters of Pennsy vania, Mrs. W. W. Chalmers of Ohio and Mrs, August H. Andresen of Min- nesota. ay at wit a Tr JURY FREES DRIVER IN JOHNSON DEATH Historian Died as Result of Accident, Coroner Reports. e A coroner’s jury today freed the driver of an autcmobile which struck and killed Dr. Allen Johnson, long recog- nized as cne of the leading historians of the United States. Dr. Johnson was injured fatally Sunday night at Con- necticut and Rhode Island avenues. | The Jury's verdict was accidental death. | The driver, Samuel Cherosky of 407 | only eyewitness testifying. Police off cials testified the brakes of Cherosky's | automobile were in first-class”condition. | The first man to arrive at the scene, | Samuel Manchester of 1107 Seventeenth | street, said he had just left the May- | a bellboy, and had crossed the double intersection of M _street and Rhode Island avenue cn the east side of Con- necticut avenue when he heard the im- pact. Manchester declared he aid not see the automobile strike Johnson. He testified Johnson was lying beside the rear wheels of a sedan “10 yards from the pedestrian crosswalk.” Cherosky testified he was driving east on M street, had crossed Connecticut avenue and was making a half turn into Rhode Island avenus when the ac- j cident occurred. Manchester tostified he was under the impression that a car moving in such direction at the time had the green light The jury was told Manchest’r and | Cherosky lifted the injured man into Cherosky's sedan and took him to Emergency Hospital CONTRACT AWARDED FOR BRIDGE PROJECT Local Firm to Build Addition to Congress Heights Schocl—In- cinerators Approved. 1 The District Commissioners today | awarded a contract for the reconstruc- tion of the Monoe Street Bridge over | the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio | Railroad to F. Carozza & Son of Bali- | more, Md., who put in the low bid of $53,025. Work on this project, which | involves widening the rcadway on the bridge, is expected to start immediately. | An early start on the construction of the District's new incinerators was also made possible when the Commissioners approved plans and specifications of | two refuse incinerators drawn by the firm of Metcalf & Eddy of Bostun, Mass., an engineering firm specially re- tained to draw the plans. ‘The Commissioners awarded to the Fidelity Construction Co., Inc., a local firm, a contract for the construction of a four-room addition, including a com- bination gymnasium and assembly hall, | to the Congress Heights School at| Nichols and Alabama avenue southeast ‘The firm submitted a bid of $138,795 for the job. | A contract for the installation of stee! | windows in four cell houses for the | new inclosed group of buildings at the | District Reformatory at_Lorton wes | warded to the Willlam Bailey Co. of | Springficld, Ohlo, which submitted & low bid of $8,530 for the job. CONFERENCE RESUMED ON APPROPRIATION BILL Treasury-Post Office Measure Again Studied in Effort to Overcome Differences. After marking time for several weeks Senate end House conferees on the | Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill ons this afterncon in an ttle their differences over resumed se effort to salary incre: The question is whether to make a start toward promoting workers underaverage grades, and whatever de- cision is arrived at on this bill is i to be followed in all of the other d partmental supply bills. VETERANS TO VISIT CAPITOL TOMORROW Rhode Island avenue northeast, was the | yrohero 0 Tnclude 500 Who Fa- | vor Cash for Compensation Certificates. Approximately 500 world War flower Hotel, where he is employed as | veterans, who have put themselves on| of 1] record as favoring cash payment adjusted service compensation certifi- cates, Tow. The parade, which is sponsored by ictory Post No. 4 Drum and Bugle American Legion, will form at 10°30 am. at the District Building Among the organizations e march are the Baltimore Ov and Bugle Corps, and the W: as Drum and Bugle Corp of which sre branches of the V of Foreign Wars, Joseph 8ol Baltimore P hington . both Drum Pumphrey ¥ le Post, and W. Phillips of the Disabled also are expected to partici- the demonstration. Patn ress the ve George Veteran: an_of Texas is e rans when the; BOLLING FIELD BILL OFFERED IN SENATE sasure Would Change Street Plan to Allow Enlargement of Army Air Base. in the street plan in the Southeast section made nec ry by the proposed extension of Bolling Fieid and by the Shepherd parkway project would be authorized by a bill introduced yes- y enator Reed, Republican, of a, and referred to the Sen- y Affairs Committee. Change ate Milita The bill also authorizes cxchanges of | certain areas of land in that vicinity between the War Department and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. It further authorizes ex- changes of land between the War De- partment and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad irn connection with the reloca- tion of the railrcad tracks across the military reservation. It provides for the closing of Sterling venue, Portland street, First street and other streets and alleys within the area of Bolling Field and the Shepherd park- way. as indicated on a map prepared by the Park and Planning Commission. At the same time the Federal Government would turn over to the District Com- missicners other strips of land for Lhe new location of South Capitol street | and Overlook averuc. Military | brought their batte members that the | Sixth gton Hotel, and attended b, P VIt s, the gur “Some say armaments make war? | easy of solution. Armament in the mili- tary sense is not an e comes_effective, | fabricated | memby | turned shares be turned into s Gen. O'Ryan_concluded centrate upgn ! nited State) to the World Court,” he ses for Government em- | will march to the Capitol témor- | of the < | cause wars, AN BEHND EN SEEN NEWAGE 10 | " et Ave T PEACE BY O'RVAN Tells Cause and Cure of War Members Nothing Will Stop Him From Fighting. ADVOCATES ADHERENCE OF U. S. TO WORLD COUR aval Officers Warn Again Placing | Too Much Confidence in Disarmament. 1 authorities today ies to bear against e of war e of war only cure and n: ause_and c chief cau ilding, and it e claims of rmament this afternoon’s session of the Annual ~ Confere; on the se and Cure of War at the Wash 600 de orga in re es from 11 national won tions, military considerations ion to 1t were discussed Maj O'Ryan, who mmand h Division durin; e World W The generzl ¢ no arns long op him ned. d that armaments no g that . nothing will e is 50 - e man behind the gun, not self, which is, the menace to Gen. O'Ry Pleads for World Court. ace, ““abolish war, for w, without n The war problem is not so ntial of war. hat is an essential of war.is the will fight. 1f the will to make war be- nd no armament is ailable at the outbreak of war, it will first be improvised and thereafter s rapidly as possible that just as swords have been nto plowshares, words. his address h a strong plea for the World Court, 3 clieve the duty of all advocates of world organized for peace is to con- the adherence of the y 4 Greatest MenacgCntouched. I it be true Ms naments cause 1 wa) fiting of the greatest | menace fu world_peace, the rplane, has been completely untouch- |ed, was the claim of r | ner, former Secretary in ge | Aercnautics, Department of Commerce, | program Corroborating, Gen. O'Ryan’s state- and not machines made ner said: “The terrors of war will depend upon what is in the hearts of men and tk hearts will not be changed by n: mechanisms. airplane,” he continued, “is perhaps the gravest menace to the success of efforts for disarmament agreements, for in the air it pre difficult to the point of impossibil | to be limited or disarmed. | Washington nor at Gen been a real approach to dilemma. During the morning session Admiral Willlam V. Pratt, chief of operations, and Rear Admiral Mark L. tol sounded a note of warning against ip ing too much confidence in theory that disar ment will bring world peace. Ne at a has there ution of that Man Must Cure Own Faults, “I see no hope for everla peace,” sald Admiral Pratt, “until humanity thas changed entirely its n: Indi- v\\mu ! man must cu his own fau first, for n is merely a col { tion’ cf those individuals who agree to | serve under the s banner | Denouncing efforts of cer | groups to bring ut complete armament and to training from the N ! continued, “In campaign, I have t to scc where they attempt to get t the causes of war. Such procedure, tremes, would place our country in the danger of being despoiled v others less high-minded than the es of the pacifist plan.” dmiral Bristol, who from 1919 was_senior naval officer in om 1927 to 1929 com- tic Fleet, discussed the fuence for ain J di eliminate ation, Admiral Pri | manded | United sta the claims of othe t ternoon and | “The comed ir as mes | and ! A | me of peace ar i1l s ships of Wa ing with the that peoples t , former on dis- Gencva s at is not League of Nation who delivered the ope [ th ing's se are arme | A poli | sen op | means toward world peac { He urged that to further peration is in jon the only nd security end, th United States become a member of the ! ague of Nations. Last evening, “what is | Le: 1 i ion of s held from the conferenc h Jane Addams | of Chicago. Miss Addams placed aboli- tion of war on a parity with abolition nal dut co-speaker of the Kellogg, editor of Kellogg opined that of worl rest and of slavery as a nath Miss Addams w the Surve y, M. much of ti le caus nd uneasiness which hangs ind. second day's program of the be concluded this evening with a din- ner_for the delegates and an “Ewening ference MRS. GOLDMAN POISONED Young Woman, Stricken on Visit to Parents, Seriously Ill M Fannie Goldman, 20 years old. of 1372 Randolph street, was reported in a_serfous condition at Emergency Hospital today from poisoning. Mrs. Goldman, according fo wolice, was visiting her parents at 3620 Warder place last night when she was stricken. s0 may plow- | | who also spok: during this afternoon’s | to define what 15 | the | military | “!to responding to the wrong box on a e | bo: session of the convention will ; Drama Centered on the Naval Con- | Victim’s Name Used; By Slaying Suspect Confession of Strangling | in Virginia January 8 Is Reported. A strange story of how an alleged self-confessed_murderer fled to Wash- | ington from Richmond and, posing as his victim, obtained automcbile license plates in the slain man’s name was re- vealed today by police. The tale came to light after the car used by Miguel Battaller, the alleged killer, had been found by Detective Sergt. James Collins in a garage owned by Mrs. A. N. Long, 518 Eighteenth trect northeast. Battaller is said to have admitted nzling the owner of the machine, | Rafacl Sanchez, by wrapping a wire around the man's throat and drawing it tight. Body Mutilated When Found. Following the murder, which was committed January 8, Battaller is said to have placed Sanchez's body in the d r automobile and driven to | near Mechum, Va., where he | ew it into a culvert. The body was | horribly mutilated when found, and its | identification was established only | through examination of fingerprints. Meanwhile, how:ver, Battaller is said to have continued to Washington, where e purchased new clothing and rented Irs. Long's garage, identifying himself i as Sanchez. It was just a day after the | slaying, it is said, that h: purchased j the license tags in Sanchez's name. Confession Reported. | Richmond police, knowing that Bal- | | laller and Sanchez, both of whom were {bom in Cuba, and lived in Roancke, { were friends. questioned the former, finally succeeding, they say, in drawing | from an admission of the crime. i The car will be held here until called It is to | b M | for by Richmond authorities. | tor of Sanchez’s estate. According to Sergt. Collins, the up- holstery of the machine bore signs of having been cleaned recently, appar- ently to remove blcod stains. DOWNING MANSION FIRE INVESTIGATED |Mysterious Blaze Destroys Valuables Estimated to Be Worth $25,000. Deputy Fire Marshal C. G. Achstet- ter today was investigating the mysteri- ous fire which last night destroyed the mansion at 107 Ridge road southeast, formerly occupied by Robert Downing, agedian and evangelist. It was the ond fire on the estate in recent the shell of the building was left standing by the flames, which con- | sumed valuable furniture, oil paintings and a wealth of theatrical costumes and other relics. An unofficial esti- mate ula:ug the damage at approxi- ;325 It is believed by police that tramps might have taken shelter there and art:d the fire. A family living in the neighborhood discovered the blaze about 10:30 o'clock and turned in an The fire had gained great headway before the firemen reached the scene, while they were further delayed by |lack of proper facilities for combating the conflagration. A hose line nearly mile in length had to be laid before the firefighters took up the battle. } Thomas J. Chappelear of 1504 Twen- { ty-third strect southeast. owner of the | home, said that the building had not | been occupied for three months and | that, the last tenants were the family of F. D. Bridgett. Previously, Eugenia Blair, herself a famous actress and sis- | ter_of Downing, lived there. Three small dwellings on th re razed by fire last La n structure was a two building and had stood on a hill over- | looking the Anacosiia River for 30 e estate 2 | now before Congress for abolishment of | | authorized to acquire the alley prop- { be turned over to L. E. Hunt, jr., cura=jeity by purchase, condemnation or gift ALLEY HOUSES HIT INDISGUSSION BY CLUB SPEAKERS Dwellings in Communities Cut | Off From Rest of City Held | Danger to All Citizens. MANY RESIDENTS ARE DOMESTIC SERVANTS Huge Death Rate and Contagion| Present Challenge to Rest of National Capital. Unqualified endorsement of a measure | Washington's 250 inhabited alleys was given last night by the Monday Evening Club after speakers had described these “hidden communities” as centers of disease and crime which infect the whole city. John Ihider, chairman of the Hous- ing Committee of the Washington Council of Social Agencies who framed the present bill after a long study of the alley situation, described the pro- posed legislation as calculated not onl to rid the National Capital of its hid- den plague spots but to convert the property to socially profitable uses. $500,000 Fund to Start. 1t calls for a 10-year program, with the United States Housing Corporation | | | reflat it, and convert it to its most | appropriate use. Some, he said, may be converted into minor streets, others into playgrounds or neizhborhood parks, and still others into business property. The program is to be financed for the first year with $500,000, now stand- ing to the credit of the Housing Cor- poration on the Treasury books, repre- senting a profit from the Government housing operations during the war. Af- | ter that the bill calls for a loan from the national Government of $500,000 annually in the form of a revolving fund, for as long as will be necessary. The operation as a Avhole, he said, may | be conducted without any actual loss | since the profit from converting desir- able alley property for business use | 1 will probably offset the loss frem alleys so situated that they have no business value. This gradual process, he said, will | entail no hardship on the alley dwell- | ers. A recent survey by the Council of Social Agencies has shown that there | are enough street houses, renting at about the same rates as the alley prop- erty, to take care of the alley inhabi- tants for the first two years of the will become available as the conversion program proceeds. Improvements Not Remedy. The alley situation is such, he said, that any improvement in the alleys themselves serves only as a temporary palliative, whereas the only real rem- edy will be to tear the condition out by the roots. The alleys, he said, con- stitute communities within a commun- ity. almost completely cut off from the tuticns and morals. ‘The original fault, he said, la; the door of George Washington and city plan which, however excellent in itself, called for intelligent administra tion. They did not provide for this ad- ministration after they themselves were gone. The result was that as the city expanded and the character of its neighborhoods changed, the large blocks laid down in the L'Enfant plan profit, and the large garden spaces were filled with cheap dwellings, with no openings on the street and systems of interior communications. The very secrecy attracted the lawless. The alleys still have a population of approximately 13,000, he said. Tk population now is almost entirely col- ored. Efforts to wipe out the’alleys in the past, he explained, have failed largely because they did not provide for s, D. C. HEADS AFFIRM FIRE CAPTAIN'S FINE| :Cnpt. Chinn to Forfeit $5 After Pleading Guilty to Answering Wrong Alarm. Commissioners today | sentence of the Fire De- rial Board in_imposing a re ¢f $5 on Cap;. Frank Chinn of the Fire Department, on his plea of guilty | fire alarm. The alarm sounded was for 7152, to which Capt. Chinn’s com- | pany, No. 5 engine, is not required to { respcnd on a first alarm. The captain, { however, mistook the alarm for 17252, 1 is in his territory, being at Con- | necticut avenue and Legation street. | Accordingly No. 5 engine rushed to the wrong box, and found that there was 1no fire. No harm was done, as the ccr- { |rect engine responded to the alarm, which was for a fire in the grounds of Mount Albans _Cathedral on the | night of November 29. | There were no alarms for No. 5 dur- |ing its absence. 'The lightness of the plained in an_acccmpanying ¢ during the 23 years of his | sexvice . Chinn had never before been summoned before the Trial Board. At _the same time a fine of $100 im- | posed on Pvt. J. C. Price of No. 23 en- gine company also affirmed by the Commissioners. This was on a plea of guilty to being absent from duty with- out_official permission. Price had al- ready in his record a $5 and a $10 fine for tardiness and a $10 fine for absence | without permission. —— SUPERIOR APPOINTED TO APOSTOLIC MISSION Rev. Thomas A. Daly of New York Will Succeed Late Rev. Lewis O'Hern. Rev. Thomas A. Daly, C. S. P., from »w York City, has been appointed as superior of the Apostolic Mission House at Catholic University as successor to the late Rev. Lewis O'Hern. Father Daly for the last 10 years has been head of the Paulist Mission Band in New York and treasurer general of the Paulist order. He was a native of County Kerry, Ireland, and as a boy lived in Bridgeport, Conn. He graduated from St. Charles’ Col- lege, Catonsville, Md., in 1895 and was ordained at the Paulist Church, New | York, in June, 1990. He organized the intelligent utilization of the property without loss to the owners. Wiping Out Necessary. With the great Federal and District building program under way here, said Lieut. Col. U. S, Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, it is essential that Washington's “slums” be wiped out. said, because the slums are largely con- centrated in the alleys, each one sharply circumscribed. While trying to abol- ish the average city slum in one place, he said, often only results in pushing it into another direction, Washington’s problem is only the wiping out of “little islands,” scattered all over the city. Canon Anson Phelps Stokes of the Washington Cathedral said that both the moral and health situation in the alleys was much worse than among persons of approximately the same type in the same neighborhoods, but living in street houses. Thus in some districts the death rate in the alleys was 30 P 1,000 annually, compared with only in the streets, and one out of three children dies in the first year. He l@ointed out that one-half of all births in the alleys are illegitimate, a much higher rate. than among the same Sort of persons in street houses, 17 to all of Washington, since many domes- tic servants come from the alley homes, bringing the disease germs With them. Disease Carried to Homes. The alley houses were described as “dark, desolate holes” by Miss Gertrude H. Bowling of the Instructive Visit- ing Nurse Society, who said that the existence of these hidden pest holes with new Government buildings ar around them reminded her of the scrip- tural “whited sepulchre.” She stressed the alleys as sources of health centagion for the Test of the populace, with alley women in domestic service carrying dis- ease germs into all sorts of homes. The alleys are a law unto themselves Miss Rhodea Milliken, Washington p licewoman, told the social work About 8 per cent of all crime in the city takes place there, she said. Walter S. Ufford and Willlam V. Mahoney also spoke in favor of the bill. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, who h: crusaded for abolishment of the alleys for many years, arranged for the me=t- ing and presided. She asked that the society accept no alternative for tne proposed bill. DRUGGIST FOUND DEAD Joseph Edward Pittman Had Been 111 for Some Time. Joseph Edward Pittman, 53 years old, a druggist, of 1527 I street was found dead in bed at his home last night when his wife went to his room shortly before 8 o'clock. Pittman was pro- second, Paulist parish in New York and ;:ll'tcglcd the Church cf the Ge:d Shep- erd. nounced dead Dr. J. Marbury lice were told the man had be: for zome time. program and by that time other houses | lifé of the city, with their own insti- | Maj. Pierre L'Enfant, who laid out a} feli into the hands of persons eager for { This problem is much easier, he | The health problem, he said, is vital} DONALD E. BOYER. ar Staff Photo. | CAPPER TO NAME FOOD IVESTIGATOR Senate Probe Will Be Nation- Wide and Will Touch on D. C. Prices. The next move in the senatorial food inquiry will be the selection of an in-| restigator by, Chairman Capper to| gather data for the subcommittee un- der authority given him at the pre-| liminary meeting yesterday afternoon, The study is to be made on a Naton- wide basis, but it has been indicated prices in Washington will be touched on as the subcommittee progresses. Sena- tor Capper had a separate resolution pending with regard to the District, | but when the Senate decided to launch a national inquiry, he concluded sepa- rate action would not be necessary on the local resolution. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, author of the nationa] bread | resolution, laid before the subcomm tee yesterday index figures of the Labor Department to the effect that the aver- age cost of bread dropped only from 1589 to 153.6 between October, 1929, and October. 1930. For the same period. he said, hard Winter wheat dropped from $1.28 to 78 cents, and flour drop- ped from $6.10 to $4.30 a barrel. Resolution Broad in Scope. Senator Wagner said he thought the figures he presented made out a prima | facie case that the retail price of bread i has not reflected the decline in wheat and flour. He added that he is not | prevared to say there is not an expla- {nation for this, the purpose of the i inauiry heing to determine the reasons. | | The Wagner resolution is broad enough to cover differences in price: n different kinds of flour and| r. In addition, there are reso ns still awaiting Senate action I,c" include milk, dairy products and meats. Indications yesterday were that at the outset the subcommittee will go into the bread problem. Senator Capper said at yesterday's | meeting he has heard the "complaint { made about mergers and consolidation: {in the baking industry in some cities and has heard the fear expressed that { “by_these mergers prices are being held up. The Senator added he was not I prepared to say what basis there is Ilul‘ these {e: Carey Proposes Meat Price Study. The proposal to include a study of { meat prices throughout the country w advanced by Senator Carey, Republican, Wyoming. At the subcommittee eting Senator Kendrick, Democrat, of Wyoming, also suggested a study of -th spread in meat prices from producer to consumer. In discussing the question Senator Kendrick said people in Wash- ington had told him that there is a wider spread in meat prices than other commodities. Senator Wagner presented to the sub- committee a list of the average prices for a pound of bread in ge number of cities throughout the country on October 15, 1930, as d with the same date in 192t shington the list gave the aver 89 cents on both dates. Sixteen other cities or the list had higher average price Washington last October, and appr mately 30 other places were lower. Four other cities were the same as Washin ton. Of those that were below the D trict, the difference in a number of cases was a fraction of a cent. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN |Taken to Gallinger Hospital, Where Physicians Report Her Condition as Unchanged. ! Efforts were being made by police to- | day to_establish the identity of a | Woman who was found unconscious and apparently suffering from what doctors {said was alcoholism early last night in {the 400 block of Fourth street. Sixth precinct police removed t j woman to Gallinger Hospital. Her cor {dition remained unchanged tod: cording to hospital officials. There we: no marks of identification on her clothing. The woman is described as being about 55 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall and was dressed in black clothing, po- {lice say. APARTMENT RANSACKED; NOTHING OF VALUE TAKEN | | | Boy, 18, Is Brushed Aside Roughly by Four Men When He Answers EKnock at Door. A search for four men, who last night entered the apartment of Mrs. Edna_Pugh, 3311 N street, ransacked the place and then left without taking anything of value, was being made by police of the seventh precinct station today. Mrs. Pugh's 13-y was the only_ene at and the when he their kno; -old son, James, t the time cast him %1, roughly ned the door in al and strode into the | agair MILKMAN REVEALS BLUE ROADSTER AT LINER HOLSE Dairy Employe Declares Car Sped Away After Shots About 4:30 A.M. WITH QUARREL REPORT Passing Woman Heard Youth and Girl, Sitting in Similar Auto, Having Argument. A milkn statement that he heard two shots fired between 4 and 4:30 o'clock on the morning Beulah Limerick was slain has furnished police with their first information fixing the ap= proximate time, of the slaying. Donald Boyer, employed by Chestnut Farms Dairy, told investi- gators that five minutes or so follow- ing the hearing of the shots he watched a blue roadster proceed from the lane in the rear of the murder house and drive rapidly away. Boyer's statements brought a deci- sion by police to check more carefully the movements of the four suspects now under arrest in connection with the death of the Sky High Whoopee lub’s secretary. the Recalls Woman's Story. Boyer’s story of seeing the blue road- ster near the scene on the early morn- ing of the murder dovetails with earlier information given by a colored woman who says she saw a girl answering the description of the slain Limerick girl arguing with a youth while the two sat in a bluc roadster. As the colored woman passed the mystericus blue machine she told police she heard the young man say: “The H—you will!"” And his companion answered: “Yes—the H—— I will!” Police said that Boyor, explaining why he failed to tell his story of hear- ing the shots and seeing the car earlier {in the investigation, said he did not wish to be drawn into the case. Shelby Not Excited by Clue. When questioned this morning as to whether Boyer's information would tend to cast suspicion on any of the four suspects or any one else, Inspector William S. Shelby, chief of detectives, replied: “I cannot say just how pertinent this information may prove to be—in- formation coming to this office three weeks after the slaying would not tend to excite us to the degree it would had it been given earlier.” Boyer entered the case late yester- day, when police learned he had been relating t> friends and relatives his story of hearing the shots and watch- ing the car disappear down the lonely lane which skirts the mystery dwelling. He told police he was positive of { hearing the shots on the morning of the slaying, because he commented on the incident when he read of the killing the next day. Capt. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives, said today that if the milkman's story is substantiated it may prove very important later on in the investigation. Police recalled that Robert Langdon, fifth precinct policeman, held for the and jury in connection with the case, told a ‘cofoner’s jury that at 4 o'clock on the morning of the slaying he glanced in the window of the murder house. He heard no shots. Reed Statcment Recalled. Police further recalled that Richard Reed, one of the four suspects held, told them that he awoke at 4:30 o'clock the morning before the girl was found lead and noticed nothing unusual in the home. Boyer also told police that he noticed 2 light burning in the basement room of the dwelling and said that there was a light burninz on the third floor. He says he was serving milk at 1845 A southeast when he heard the E and watched the blue machine drive from the little lane behind the murder house. Inspector Shelby said that Boyer tated that there was no machine arged in front of the dwelling and led to the attention of reporters that investigators found no automobile tracks leading down the lane where Boyer said he_saw the blue machine. Investigators said they would spend the greater part of the day in an effort to verify the milkman's story. This morning several men reported to have heard Boyer tell his story in a lunch room at Fourteenth and East Capitol streets will questioned. It was learned that Boyer's mother had not been told the story. Assistant United States Attorney Julien 1. Richards, who will present the case t the four suspects to the grand will confer with police about the today. More than 50 witnesses will be sub- poenaed some time this week to appear before the grand jury. D. C. COMMISSIONERS STUDY BUS PARKING Consider Plan to Prevent Inter- state Machines Standing in Downtown Area. Jur, e The District Commissioners had be« fore them at their board meeting today the draft of a regulation to prevent the parking of intersiate busses inside the downtown congested are: ‘This is one of the matters considerably agitated recently when the Public Utilities Com- mission tried and failed to enforce its orders affecyng interstate busses. It had been the original plan to wait until the new traffic bill passed, when action on the matter would have been taken by the joint board proposed to be set up in the bill, consisting of all of the members of "the Public Utilities Commission and ths Board of Commis- sioners. Since it is becoming daily more doubtful whether the traffic bill will pass, the Commissioners have decided 1o take a hand and seek to deal with tho problem as one coming within their police powers. A proposed draft of the regulation was written by Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts, DANCE FOR JOBLESS School Group Plans Party for Ben- efit of Unemployed. A dance for the benefit of the un- employed in Washington will be held this evening from 9 until 12 o'clock at ment. They d 3u er to part- rted after searching thrd ers and cutting the U the Elks’ Club, it has been announced, The dance is to be under auspiccs of the Amecricanization School Association of the District.