Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1931, Page 17

D. C. GRAND JURY SPEEDS UP ACTION| ON CRIMINAL CASES Report of Crime Two Days After Perpetration Brings Remark From Prosecutor. COLORED MAN INDICTED ON ROBBERY CHARGE Two Are Held on Purse-Snatching Count and Four for House- breaking. That the District grand jury is “step- ping on the heels” of crime perpetrators s shown in today’s report of that body to Justice Peyton Gordon. In the list of indictments is one for a robbery com- B s e b Unif - a ok ~4 6, but was not re- mwm of making ‘Weber, fore facetiously inquired on!y two days mre o time?” rown, lored, is charged wmm ' P Felics D. Caprino. Feb- C at hu mre. 1256 Ninth m'eet l&e point of & pistol, it is said, he from the storekeeper. Amnl of Purse Snatching. indictment is re- Wwwmbgym .mnm:I n nnd_nlco; jackson, both colored. e lumbys J: both col me:?w: e Katz January 31 @ m Mrs. Hau ~ A that she was grabbed from by one of the mn whlle the othzr took ha‘;uh‘podl hich con- "jo “Baker, John R. Rutley and hur ‘Berkovitz are jointly indicted for e broken into the dru store have broken into the of R:coe A. Ridgway, 5522 Connecticut avenue, January 13. Six quarts of wine, 23 pints of Tum and 54 pints of whisky were stolen and $400 in cash taken. Paul E. Pratt and John W. Tate, both colored, are indicted on a charge of housebreaking and larceny at the ‘women's apparel store of Mrs. Lilla T. Capers, 1309 Connecticut avenue, Janu- ary 24, They are accused of taking 141 valued at $20 each. are said Players in “Two Crooks and a Lady,” @hz Foening Stap WASHINGTON, D. C, entry in the fifth annual District of Columbia one-act play tournament, sponsored by the Community Drama Guild, to be presented at 8 o'clock Eriday night at Wilson Teachers’ College, Eleventh and Harvard streets, by the Women's City Club drama unit. The tournament opens tomorrow (Wednesday) night at one-act plays by the Marjorie Webster Dramatic Soclety and the Universalist Players on the initial program. Above, left to right: Gladys B. Middiemiss and Walter will be held March 4. Thorn. 8 o'clock at the Teachers’ College with Alumnae, the Jewish Community Center The finals —Star Staff Photo. BURGLAR RAIDS 14 APARTMENTS HERE Jimmy Thief Takes $1,149 in Jewelry in Series of Day- light Robberies. Police today were brqadcasting warn- ings to apartment house managements in all sections of the city to be on watch for the jimmy burglar who yes- terday afternoon crashed the doors of 14 apartments in five buildings in the Northwest secticn. A check-up today $1,149 in jewelry had been taken, the major portion of the loot being re- moved from apartments in the La Salle, at 1028 Connecticut avenue. Other partments visited were in the Wilsonta, 1830 K street; the Harwill, 1835 K street; the Somerset, Sixteenth and 8 A. | streets, and the Hampton Courts, 2013 ‘Berkovitz, , _an R. Brewer and John Boyd, U. S. WORKERS’ HEAD NOW CRITICALLY ILL Robert H. Alcorn Fights lnfluunzn at His Northeast Resi- dence. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the Joint Committee on Civil Service Retire- ment n, composed of some 20 Government, workers, legislation FILES AS BANKRUPT ‘Voigt, eler, 727 Seventh e ey tion in volun- He lists his debt at $42,196.02 and -eu at $37,165.10. Of uled as the Heller, appears for the SR CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Masquerade ball, Boveglia Club, City Club, 9 pm. Meeting, Soclety for Philosophical In- quiry, New National Museum, 4:45 p.m. Meeting, Soclety of Axser:f:hn BNu:lz; riologists, 'ashington bra: aval Medical School, Twenty-third and E streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, District Retall Druggists’| Assoctation, Rflel(h Hotel, 7:30 pm. Card o Boo-'zru Club, 1750 Mas- sach avenue, 8:30 p.m. Party and dance, Western Union Em- loyes’ Association, Swanee ball room, ?mnmm and E streets, § pm. Bt. .:;‘mu.; c:t.h:;l: Church, Thirty-seven ee Rhode Island avenue, northeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Burleith Citizens’ Associa- uon.oorm;unlormachml 8 pm. Meeting, Sixteenth Street Heights Cit- izens’ Assoclation, Northminster 1, Alaska avenue and Kalmia road, 8 p.m. 'l!nt, No. 2, MIMW. Innn Hall, 1503 Tenth street, § Lecture and buffet supper, m Beta Gamma, Ambassador Hotel, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Lions _Club, Luncheon, Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. uneh-on.ltmufl:clu Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 13 p.m. g WM. 13:: Jewish Denver, Jnnel Wloclnyo{ ewish Community Center, to- morrow, 3:30 p.m. Amw New Hampshire avenue. All Between 2 and 5 P.M. All of the robberies were reported to have been committed between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock in the after- noon. While the janitor of the Wilsonia to police of having seen an : | unidentified colored man on the stair- way of the building, .detectives said they believed the robberies were com- ulunm by & white man about 25 years old. ‘The police radio was used last night and today in broadcasting his Ppossession & number of Only jewelry was mols in yester- day's wholesale raid, although each apartment was reported to have been mo‘lml'hl! ransacked. The heaviest in- vl lual loser was reported to have been iss Elizabeth H. Hudwn whn ‘occu- s{s apartment 319 in zwe]ry valued at $825 was uken from rtme and inequalities during operation of the law.| Anderson. pton Court Elva M. Mundey reported the loss of '320 worth of Jewelry. Other Apartments Entered. Four apartments in the Harwill, those of Miss Julia Mayer, Mrs. Florence Pimentelle, Theodore Powell and Ray- mond L. Spandler, all on the third floor, were entered. Two occupants of apartments in the ‘Willsonia, F. L. Boliman and B. F. Cal- vert, were victims of the burglar. The former told goliu of the loss of a pin valued at $25, while $34 in cash disap- peared from the latter's apartment. Marshall Cronkite, at the Somerset, reported jewelry valued at $100 having been taken from his apartment. James Murphy’s apartment on the same floor ylelded nothing, and the intruder also failed to obtain valuables in the apart- ment of Millle Smith. The thief was frightened from the apartment of Dr. Ross Minor when he tried to effect an entrance, CHINESE FOUND DEAD Flaming joss sticks in Was! n's Chinese settlement told of another death in the Oriental sector last night. Moy Sue, 55 years old, was found sit- ting lifeless in a chair at his home, 318 Pennsylvania avenue, and he was pro- nounced dead by a physician summoned from Casualty Hospital. of death from natural causes was issued by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. A certificate | TWOMEN ATTACK WOMAN IN CHURCH |Mrs. Erva Eschiner Describes Pair to Detectives, Who Broadcast Lookout. Descriptions furnished by the victim were the basis of a police search today for two middle-aged white men alleged to have atiacked Mrs. Erva Eschiner of 1929 Pennsylvania avenue while the 40-year-old mother of two children was cleaning the basement of the Condordia Luthern Church, at Tw:ntieth and G streets, shortly after 7 o'clock last night. Mrs. Eschiner said the men intimidated her with revolvers. ‘The pair came in a side entrance of the church and explained to Mrs. Eschiner, the widow of a former sexton, that they wished to become members of the congregation. Mrs. Eschiner, said she replicd that she was alone on the premises and there was no one available in authority. “Where do you keep the money in here?” one of the men demanded. Mrs. Eschiner protested that no money what- ever wu kept on the premises. Then, she said, pair flourished revolvers and fmed her into the rear of the basement. -After the men fled to the street Mrs. Eschiner reg:{rtc?mthe matter to a woman meml of e congregation and police of No. 3 precinct were notified. Precinct Deucnvu 1. Rosenberg, R. McNeill and Pvt. W. 8. Rinker inter- viewed Mrs. Eschiner at her home and obtained descriptions of the pair. Look outs were later broadcast for a slender man, about six feet tall, 145 pounds, smooth face, wearing a gray overcoat and brown shoes, 5 another of stocky build, about 5 feet 4 inches in height, having a dark brown mus- tache and wearing a brown overcoat. Mrs. Eschiner assumed her duties at the church several months 8go, after her husband’s death left her in strait- ened circumstances. —_— REAPPORTIONMENT OF HOUSE OPPOSED Gibson Leads Fight of States to Keep Represent- atives. The House Census Committee yester- day heard Representatives from widely separated sections advocate an increase in House membership to prevent States from locing seats ip the House under the new reapportionment law. Representatives from 31 States, losing 27 seats, are making a last-minute ngm for action at this session on proposals to amend the law, which automatically becomes effective March 4. The proponents, headed by Repre- sentative Gibson of Vermont, main- tained the agricultural States affected would be inadequatel; repreunted un- der the new distribul Gibson urged adoption of the Thurswn bill to increase the House from 435 to 475 members. Vermont loses one of its two Delegates. Declaring it is “practically impossible for on: Representative to adequately rem sent more than 250,000 people,” n added that his State has a population of 369,000, or nearly 80,000 more than the average number of con- stituents for one member would bz un- der. the new law. Representative Brigham of Vermont, who is retiring March 4, also urged an ncrease, as did Representatives Hare of South Carolina and Thurston of Towa. ICEMAN HELD WHEN DETECTIVES RAID GARAGE AND FIND LIQUOR Officers Report They Seized 120 Half-Gallon Jars of Whisky—Two Others Also Arrested. e Edward Watson, 31 yeas old, of mc A street southeast, is an iceman G. Wanamaker, who took Wi custody, filed & charge of session of liquor against the iceman at vice headquarters. .flcr 1.n the day four detectives of . R. Be-.nl detall arrested VA[UE OF LANDS | IN CONDEMNATION $287,666.31 Set on Tract Between 10th and 11th and Avenue and C Street. ROCK CREEK PROPERTIES LISTED AT $229,382.79 Peck Memorial Chapel in George- town Is Valued at $79,876.26 by Group. ‘Two juries made reports today to the District Supreme Court of their valua- tions in Government condemuation pro- ceedings. One involved seven parcels of land which the Government was unable to buy in square 249, lying between Tenth and Eleventh strects and Penn- sylvania avenue and C strest, which the jury valued at $287,666.31. The other covered a number of scattered proper- tles adjacent to Rock Creek Park on which the jurors placed & total valua- tion of $229,382.79. Premises 1000 Pennsylvania avenue was valued at $116,408.40; parcel 2, part of lot 808, square 249, $681.03; parcel 3, 308 Tenth street, $38446.88; parcel 4, 306 Tenth street, $37,190; parcel 5, 304 Tenth street, $39,640; parcel 6, 302 Tenth street, $27,200, and parcel 7, 1006 C street, $28,100. The Government had purchased the remaining portion of the square at private sale. The jurors in that proceeding were Clyds J. Nichols, Paul Euby-sm"h. Enoch J. Vann, William C. Strauss and J.Benton Webb and the Government was represented by Assistant Attorney General Henry H. Glassie and Assist- ant United States Attorney Alexander H. Bell, jr. Peck Memorial Chapel in George: town was valued by the other jury at $79,876.26 and a filling station at 2715 Pennsylvania avenue at $47,394. The other awards “wzre parcel 1, lots 801 and 802, square 1, $14,337.60; parcel 2, Iot 10, square 1, $50; parcel 3, 2709-11 K street, $7,526.93; parcels 4 and 5, 2622 to 2626 Pennsylvania avenue, $29,920; parcel 6, 2630 Pennsylvania avenue, $26,989; parcel 10, lots 19 to 25, 28 to 30, square 13, $7,890; parcel 11, lot 26, square 13, $800; parcel 21, 2404 Old Paper Mill road, $1,020; parcel 22, 2308 Old Paper Mill road, $2,890; par- cel 24, M. E. Church burial site, $2,- 179.80. The jurors placed two valua- tions on parcel 23, lot 800, square 1289, now used as a cemetery. the property for its present use at $8,- 509.20, but said for any other p it would be worth only $3,545.50. The jurors in the Rock Creek case were Charles H. Doing, Richard B. Early, John P, Dunn, E. B. Frazier and N. D. Larner. Assistant United States Attorney Arthur G. Lambert assisted Assistant Atwm!y General Glassie in DAVIS CAMPAIGN FUND REPORT READY Nye Will Defer Move to Unseat Pennsylvanian Until Senators View Findings. Through with its investigation of the 1930 Pennsylvania Republican primary and (enerll election, the Senate Cam- Punds Committee will file its re- port this week. Chalrman Nye made this announce- ment yesterday with the additional | pu statement that he would defer a move to unseat Senator James J. Davis, suc- cessful Republican candidate from the Keystone State, until Senators had an opportunity to study the final report. The Pennsylvania hearings have pro- ceeded for many months with scores of witnesses being heard in Pennsylvania and Washington. Nye plans to offer a resolution to declare the Davis seat vacant on the ground that more than $1,000,000 was expended in behalf of the ticket headed by the former Labor Secretary, Davis and scores of witnesses brought here by him have contended the former cabinet officer was a popular candidate and most of the money expended was used in behalf of the gubernatorial can- didate, Francis Shunk Brown, who lost to Gifford Pinchot in' the primary. LOYAL LEGION PLANS LINCOLN MEMORIAL RITES Representative Fish to Speak at Bervices at Noon Thursday, With Marine Band Playing. A program of exercises in commemo- ration of the birthday anniversary of President Lincoln will be conducted under the auspices of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion at the Lin- coln Memorial Thursday at noon. in address is to be delivered at the exercises by Representative Hamilton Fish, jr., of New York and wreaths are to be placed at the Memorial by n&te sentatives of a number of tic organizations. Music will be lumuhed by the United States Marine Band. The Loyal Legion group requests the co-operation of all patriotic organi- zations, urging that each organization send at least three representatives carrying a flag or emblem and bearing a wreath to be placed at the Memorial during the exercises. — COURT WARNS JURY Tells Grand Panel It Must Enforce Local Option Law. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., Pebru-ry 10— No matter what they personally think about the prohlbltlfln l-w Judle Frank G. Wagaman in his charge to the new g:md jury today, reminded its mem- that Washington County had a local option law that must be enforced and he expected them to do so. The court said there is general appre- hension of its widespread violation, and that it was the jury’s duty to strive to enforce this law and all others, POLICE SEEK CYCLIST At e N s e a. s Po the vy counn—y Club 1ast ni:hn 2“0 K m—m. was wflktn: roadway near the uw uni- dentified cycmt f ‘him, % lacera District emplo; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1931. yes on reporting to work this morning were met by a force brooms, attempting to stave off a flood within the building. flooded the basement and was spreading over the first floor when some one thought to The firemen and employes finally cut off the control valve in the attic and located the leak Leakage from initors water pipe on the first floor had call in the Fire rescue squad. before much damage was done. —Star Staff Photo. of s RELOCATING COSTS PUT ON UTILITIES McCarl Must Bear Burden as Result of Capitol Hill Program. Rules “The cost of altering or relocating pub- | lic utility lines, forced to be changed by the Government building program, | in connection with the laying of steam pipes from the Capitol power plant to the new Federal buildings under con- struction on Capitol Hill, must be paid They valued { by the public_utility corporations con- y cerned, according to a ruling Controller General McCarl. The question was raised by David Lynn,, architect of the Capitol, who asked McCarl for a decision as to whether it would be proper to charge against appropriations made for e | construction of the new steam tunnels the cost of the necessary alterations to public utilities or whether the com- E:.mes involved should be required to r the expense of such changes. In denying the public ummu ‘reim- bursement from public money for this cost, McCarl said, in part: "Rllhu of way of franchises granted by municipalities or by State or Fed- eral lufhofluu to public utility cor- porations, in public streets, efc., to operate business are usually coupled with reservations that the pub- lic utility company will, upon demand of granting suthority, vacate the street, etc., or relocate or divert its conduits, lines, etc., to meet the needs of the granting authority as they arise. It is understcod that the franchises of public utility companies in the District of Columbia are granted on such basis and that when the needs of the Federal Government or the District of Colum- bia government so require in connec- tion with the construction of public ildings, etc., such public utility com- panies are under obligation to remove, divert, or relocate their lines, conduits, etc., without cost to the Federal Gov- ernment or the District of Columbia.” The two street car companies an- nounced several weeks ago that they would start plans for relocation of their tracks in conformity with the expan- sion program in the Capitol-Union Sta- tion area, but under protest that they should not bear the entire cost, DRIVE TO BOOST STATE Maryland Conservation (_Bommlu‘lon Advocates, Plan at Hagerstown. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., February 10.— Swepson . Earle, conservation commis- sioner of Maryland, spoke last night at & meeting held in Masonic Temple in the interest of the proposed $50,000 appropriation for a campaign to adver- tise advantages of Maryland, its his- toric points of interest, etc., aimed at bringing tourists in the State. Many Baltimore organizations, as well as Chambers of Commerce, are spon- soring the measure soon to be intro- duced in the General Assembly. . WILLIAM FO! irtment ol Minerology of fln llhlnl Mlfillll. with l. y ylllu-lu-rlu water acting unco)‘ll prehistoric lizard. Companies Fess Would Place Washington’s Face On New Quarters A bill to place the portrait of George Washington on quarters minted next year was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Sena- tor Fess, Republican, of Ohio. The likeness would be placed on the coins to commemorate ‘Washington's 200th birthday an- niversary, which occurs in 1932. MARRIAGE OF CAPITAL COUPLE IS DISCLOSED 1fiss Adelaide 0'Donnell and J. W. | Orme, 3d, Were Wed in October, 1929. ‘The secret wedding of Miss Adelaide | O'Donnell and James William Orme 3d, | members of prominent Washington fam- | ilies, which took place more than a year ago, was made known today by the parents of Mrs. Orme, Mr. and Mrs. Roger O'Donnell. ‘The ceremony was performed in St. Mary's Church, Hagerstown, October , 1929, Rev. Father Rheinhart of- ficiating. Mrs. Orme is a graduate of National Cathedral School for-Girls, of the class of 1920. Her father is an attorney and professor at National University. Mr, Orme, former Devitt Prep stu- dent and a graduate of the University of Virginia, is now associated with his father in the automobile firm of ‘Emer- son & Orme. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and of Phi Delta Theta Praternity, CLUB PLANS ‘STAG NIGHT’ Addresses and Entertainment on War Veterans’ Program. Addresses and several entertainment numbers, including music and dancing, will feature a “stag night” meeting of the American War Veterans' Club in the Hay-Adams House, Sixt:enth and H streets, tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Judge Robert E. Mattingly and Isaac E‘;ns wlllb:pelkmlnbde mv‘ululb-nd danc- numbers wi given by a group from Phil Hayden's Studio. it Officers of the club are in charze or arrangements for the affair. They Ralph Cusick, president; Maj. Roy Hughes, vice president; Dr. Albert Par- ham, treasurer, and S. H. Wolberg, secretary. C IS FAUCETT TO SPEAK ‘Tonight's meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, to be held at 8 o'clock at the Cosmos Club, will be addressed by I. T. Faucett, high- voltage engineering director of the Gen- eral Cable Corporation. He will de- scribe the trend in the development of insulated power cables, illustrating his talk with slides and motion pictures. Dr. G. W. Vinal, chairman of the Washington section of the institute, will preside. ROSICRUCIAN HEAD KILLED BY VEHICLE |Cirl Hurt in Pole Crash and Man When Auto Hits Four in Safety Zone. Knocked down by an automobile at Dupont Circle, Reinhold A. Berrenberg, 55-year-old head of the Church of the Mpystic Rose, died hefore he reached Emergency Hospital early last night. ! A fracture of the skull caused his death, physicians said. Berrenberg, who lives in New York but who came to the Capital four weeks 8go, it s said, to open the new temple of the Rosicrucians at 1734 K street, was run down by an automobile uger ated by Phillip McClelland, 32, of 3611 Jocelyn street. McClelland was released in ‘custody of his attorney for an in- quest at the morgue today. It was learned by police that he was going to the meeting place of the church on K street to lead the nightly on when the tragedy occurred. Girl Rider Hurt, A graduate of Harvard and a native of Boston, Berrenberg was once an Epis- copal minister and prepared for the Catholic priesthood, but forsook this calling and became affiliated with the Order of Rosicrucians of America, of which he was director general of the Northeastern division at the time of his death. Berrenl| ‘had been living in Wash- ington at Rose Inn, 1309 Seven- teenth street, home of several members of the Rosicrucians of America. His wife, who remained in New York, was expected here today to complete ar- rangements for the funeral. A 17-year-old girl, Catherine Houser, 4014 Davenport street, was seriously hurt when an automobile driven l‘ry her (lhhar. Lester Houser, c into a n_Wisconsin avenue near Tilden Hospital. Car Sweeps Safety Zone. Houser told police that his machine was forced toward the center of the rcad and into the mle by @ car trying to pass on the right. An automobile last night plmxglud through' & safety zone at Wisco avenue and Fessenden street, lnjurln‘ one mn and narrawly wnhnut ltopplnl in Donaldson, 49 years old, of 5007 seu road, who was struck by the hit-and-run machine, eseaped with abrasions and per- nl!udwlbwhllhnmelflfl'flfltlld treatment at the Georgetown Hospital. MORE THAN 500 QUIT TREASURY BUILDING Rapid Expansion of Comstruction Program Outgrows Office of Supervising Architect. The rapid expansion of the Govern- ment's great building program, both here and in other sections of the gervhlnl uilding. More than a half-hundred employes yesterday were moved into offices in the National Savings and Trust Co. Building, Fifteenth street and New York ayenue. Since the Government’s building gram started on its way in 1926, t.he o(- fice of the Supervising Architect has about quadrupled in size. The number employed has increased from 285 per- sons in 1926, to 757 at present, includ- ing the fleld force, while activities are under way to expand the. force to_the ized limit of 1,023. New technical people are being obtained |son, through clvll Service examinations. Of the 757 now on the rolls, 657 are emp!oyed in «Washington. The office now occupies the fourth floor of the * 'n-ea&:ry Department A g oo RESERVE DANCE SEATS Students of Two Studios to Wit- ness Performance at McKinley. Btudenh of flu Evelyn Davis School f Dancing and the King-Smith Studios luve reserved a large number of seats be given at fluzl(c- and volunteers, armed with | calling NOTE ON LANGDON IN LIMERICK CASE PROBED BY JURORS Ironworker Says Mother and Sister of Slain Girl Asked Him to Write Note. NEW EVIDENCE DELAYS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Statement Said Policeman Involv- ed in Mystery Was Seen Helping Drunken Officer From House. A note which states that Policeman Robert F. Langdon assisted a drunken fellow officer from the murder house on the night Beulah Limerick was slain will be discussed by the grand jury today. The contents of the note, admittedly written by Frederick George Taylor, iron worker, of 407 Whittier street northeast, to Willlam Limerick, the slain girl's brother, resulted in the re- of two members of the Limerick slain girl, and the siain girl's sister, Mrs. Julla Bywaters, will go herore the jury today, and are expected deny Taylor's swry that he wrote at thelr request. Kelly Presents Note to Jury. The note was presented as evidence to the grand jury yesterday, and the jurors immediately asked to requestion !heu two mmbfl:edo‘m‘h:h !lm:l;d ;l'he note was present e gr ury by Capt. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives. ‘Taylor was mlled into the grand jury room promptly at 12:30 o'clock and an hour later was still telling his story to the jurors. While Taylor was John Flaherty, chief of the squad, Was que Anadale, husband ol Mrs. Ethel Anadale, sister of the slain girl. Flaherty declined to say just what Anadale will tell thé jury. It is believed, however, that he will deny that his mother-in-law, Mrs. m"d”“é’i"mfl;‘“ T '"?Wm‘ a¢ regard to € 0 g the murder. Mrs. tha Bargfrede had formerly told a cotaneu jury that Mrs. Dora Limerick had made such & statement. ‘Taylor is expected to tell the jurors that he was invited to the Iimerick home a week or s0 ago. He is expect~ ed to state definitely that at the time , Sergt. omicide = | of his visit both the mother and sister gfl’l dead girl asked that he write e note. Assistant _District Attomey J\l!.hn Richards, who is presenting the to the grand jury, \numud today uln the note will result in the calling of new witnesses before the jury tomor- Tow or the next day. He declined to say just who the new wil Report to Be Delayed. ‘The assistant flllt.l"lct luorney de- clared that the tes y to be heard byt.hzjurylodnyuonmwmntmu to the investigation and will uld’ report of the grand jury. He that with the introduction of the new evi- dence the report may not be submitted until the latter of next week. The letter, led “Joseph Smith,” ‘was traced by police to Taylor’s author- ship after it was turned over to them immediately after it had been received by_Beulah's brother, William Limerick. Mention was made in the letter of two policemen having been in the house at 19 Eighteenth street northeast, where the slain girl lived and where her su'eet She is in Georgetown University h ywaters is zmmd h.lvtng wd she in lelfl' to ‘-he etier was' proposed. becatse. he previ T Was proj use he previ- ously had “sald he had information which might throw new light on the .u].lyl.n lor was arrested Friday as a "lmullndhuheenhfldmuflo. 12 precinct for investigation. U. S. LAUNCHES ‘WAR’ ON RUM IN COLORADO Four Pueblo Police Officers Held as Conspirators—Killings Charged. By the Associated Press. DI February 10.—The Govern- ment struck yesterday in an effort to crush liquor rings in Southern Colo- rado, an area where gang killings have been wanton and two Federal prohibi- tion agents have been slain within the past year. Bringing to trial four Pueblo police officers charged with cor Incy, Gov- ernment prosecutors in Federal Disteict asury | Court sought to show e‘dsfknu of huge lquor operations carried on with the knowledge and approval of law e: ment agencies. Clarence H. Sollee, Pueblo. Colo., po- liceman, testified his superior told him not to interfere with boot- leggers. £ Sollee was the first of two witnesses called in the trial of John Hench, Jo- seph A. Hlmrlck, -Yoleph Zeller and W. Pueblo _police _officers were shot and wounded since the in- dictment of the four officers. FOX HUNT COMMITTEE AT LEESBURG TOMORROW February 10.—A mmlfl‘eimmvmhrflmmb- ers' Association, composed of Manly Carter of Orange, R. Hlllofxu. wlek.va'.Gme Dr. Vann of Ne ma.l.u.!. u"llollanehblu‘t.iltxpechdwwm ::‘ d hblln‘lldul‘ln d to view and st les an Vi the adjacent E%E%fiiéfg