Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1931, Page 17

he WASHINGTO. pening St ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION JURY INDICTS FIVE INTHEFT OF BONLS FROM D.C. VETERAN Three Bills Returned After 0. F. Cox Is Robbed of $425 of Loan. BLUCHER IS CHARGED IN “HIT-RUN” SLAYING H. L. Frissell Accused in Death of 74-Year-0ld Man in Accident, The grand jury today reported three indictments’ against five persons in connection with the robbery of Owen F.' Cox, 512 Fifth street northeast, who was relieved of 3425 of his bonus loan money while visiting the home of Edna M. Lee, colored, 37 Fenton street northeast, March 4. Charles Bolden, colored, is charged with taking the money from Cox. Sterling A. Reed and Preston Henry, also indicted for robbery, are accused of taking the money from Laura Monroe, while George Buck and his mothey Jennie Buck, are charged with receiving stolen money. Police Tell Details. Details of the robbery as worked out by the police -and told to the grand jury are that Cox, after cashing his bonus loan check, went to the Fenton , street house and displayed a $100 bill, telling Edna Lee* that he bet it had been some time since she had seen & $100 bill. Bolden, it is claimed, was in the room with Reed and Henry, and | followed the veteran to 2n_outhouse, where he got possession of $425. The Lee woman. hearing the struggle, went | into the yard and took the money away from Bolden and gave it to her sister, Laura Monroe, telling her to put it upstairs. As the latter was going up the steps, it is alleged, Reed and Henry took the money from her and left the house. The money was then taken to_the home of Jennie Buck, colored, 54 Fen- ton street northwest, who, in turn, sent 4(t to the home of her son George, 1014 Seventh street northeast, who put it in a jar and buried it under the flooring. | Police recovered the money and placed the five accused under arrest. ! Manslaughter Charged. Mapslaughter is charged in two in- dictments reported today. Harcld A. Blucher is accused of causing the death of Edward T. Ryon by striking him with an automobile February 24 at Anacostia road and N street southeast. The car bad been stolen from Mrs, Katie I. Scott, 1331 K street, who had parked it in front of the Racquet Club on Sixi street. A separate indictment. chal Blucher with' joy-riding in the stolen car. He was first arrested for the latter charge, but when the condition of the car indicated that there had been a collision police claim that Blucher con- fessed to striking the man. Harry Leonard Frissell is also charged with manslaughter in causing the death of Thomas Carey, 74 years old, who was struck with an automcbile March 4, while walking on the sidewalk»under the railroad viaduct on H street -be- tween First and Second sireets north- east. He died the next day. FPrissell is said to have struck a colored youth riding a bicycle and to have swerved onto the sidewalk hitting the pedestrian. Coleman Duckeit, colored, was in- dicted for housebreaking and larceny., He is said to have broken into the fur store of Isidore Rosendorf, 923 G street, and taken furs valued at $421, all of which wers recovered. | Helds as Purse Snatcher, 1 Horace I Lancaster, colored, is| charged with robbery, it being alleged { that he snaiched the pocketbook of Katherine Kirby, Cairo apartments, at Seventeenth and O streets, February 23, Others indicted, and the charges @gainst them, include: William T. Ford, Wade Hampton Lynn, Irwin L. Wagner, Charles Waters | Rhin?, Robert Paul Weske, John Norris Clingan, Walter H. Wilson, Thomas G. | Olsen and Richard Byron Franklin, non-support of minor children; Virginia Katherine Sounders, alias Katherine Langley, Harrison narcotic act; Bernard E. Germa embezzlement; Herb:rt Montgomery King and Clarence Ware, violation national prohibition act; Ed- ward A. Jackson and Joshua Collander (two cases), housebreaking and lar- ceny; Henry Jackson, housebreaking; Charles K. Lohr, Julius Strange, alias Doc Strange, and Edward A. Jackson (two cases), grand larceny. The grand jurors declined to indict in the following cases: Frank Carson and Elmer Dyer, forgery; Vernon | Brownell and Alvin Barnes, violating the national prohibition law. AR T LETTS AND VERNER APPOINTMENTS SEEN Up| Justice Department Speeds Building Program by Acting on Special Counsel. | building. program for uncmployment re- | llef. By the Associated Press. The Justice Department moved today to speed the administration’s public The names of former Representative ¥. Dickinson Letts of Davenport, Iowa, and Charles Verner of Tuscalogsa, Ala, | were under ccnsideration as special at- | torneys in the Justice Department’s | Public Lands. Division, with prospect of their almost immediate appointment. They would concentrate upon the in- stitution of condemnation proceedings upon lands desired for public projects, working under new legislation signed by President, Hoover two weeks ago. It was said officially at the depart- ment today that the appointment of Letts, who failed of re-election last No- vember, and of Verner, a law partner of Representative Oliver, Democrat, Alabamz, would not have to await the return of Attorney General Mitchell, who is vacationing in the South. For the sake of speed, it was sald, the | appointments will be approved by So- licitor Gencral Thacher, the Acting At- . Compensation for the two special attorneys was provided in the second deficiency bill. The new law, initiated at the Attor- ney General's suggestion, provides that the Government may take immediate possession of land upon the filing of condemnaticn proceedings, the owner being guaranteed the compensation of { children would result in the loss antic- communications from the traction com- panies calling its attention to the hear- ing on January 27 and urging/ action by the commission on its own accord to provide additional revenue for the com- panies. of the 3-cent fare the two companies and the transit company wrote to the commission asking that adjustments be made in order to offset expected losses. ‘These letters were ignored. Later John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Drunk, Convicted, Borrows 3 Cents He Lacks for Fine “I'll repay this loan with in- terest,” said Arthur Fischer as he borrowed three cents from three cellmates in Police Court today. A few minutes later he walked cut through an open door . & free man, ; It developed that Fischer was \fined $10 on a charge of intoxi- cation. In default he was to serve 10 days in jail. A tabula- tlon of his entire finances in Judge Ralph Given's court re- vealed he possessed but $9.97. He was escorted back to the cells. oOnce back behind the bars he hit upon the borrowing idea and soon collected the necessary dif- ference. Communicating with & court bailiff, he paid his fine and went free. ADULT FARE RAISE DENIED COMPANIES Commission Preparing Let- ters Today Giving Reasons for Refusal to Act. The Public Utilities Commission to- day was preparing letters to the trans- portation companies setting forth rea- sons for its refusal to take the initiative in adjusting adult fares so as to com- pensate them for anticipated losses under the newly inaugurated three cent school fares. In denying this request of the street car companies, the commissicn further- more served notice upon them that none of their demands would be con- sidered until the school fare has been given a fair trial and the companies are able to furnish concrete informa- | tion as to the actual amount of revenie derived from the three-cent fare. | Whether the new rate for school | | ipated- by the companies seemed prob- lematical today in the face of sales of tickets reported by the two street car companies and the Washington Rapid Transit Co. Sales of both classes of books yesterday reached a grand total of '$17,024.40. $200,000 Losses Claimed. A rough estimate of the losses which would result from the school fare for the three companies previously was pre- dicted to approximate $200,000: In the absence of any figures contained in a communication from the street car companies, the commission declared to- day it would' not be satisfied with any- thing except actual statistics of rev- enue which to base future action. When,” and if, appreciable losses are found to result from the 3-cent fare the transportation companies will be obliged to present formal demands or | whatever adjustments they desire. The commission reached’ its decision late yesterday after having received Just prior to the issuance of the order Traction Co., and William F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., again wrote the eommis- sion, insisting that it adjust adult fares on its own accord. The transportation companies in all their letters refrained from making any definite recommendation as to how much adult fares should be increased and’ likewise contained no figures on which the commissicn could, base rea- sonable computation. Awaits Definite Facts. So far as the 3-cent fare is con- cerned, the commission has before it only rough estimates as to the prob- able losses i, revenues. The commis- sion made clear today that it certainly, would not act further in the matter | until it hed concrete information to work on. For this reason it was desired that the new rate be given a thorough trial so the companies would know exactly how they stood. The commission has before it figures made by an actual survey in the ele- mentary and vocational schools in which there are 52,577 pupils. Of this num- ber it was said only 13,052, or 2.57 per cent, actually used transportation te and from school, ‘The number of school riders in the high schools was said to be far greater, a rough estimate plac- ing it about 70 per cent. In other words, the commission seems much impressed by the light use of tickets by pupils, and it was believed the loss in revenues to the street car and bus companies resulting from the 3-cent fare would be less than originally anticipated. 6,624 Books Sold. The sales of these tickets yesterday, totaling $17,024.40, accounted for 5,042 of the 30-cent books containing 10 tick- ets and 1,582 of the books containing 40 tickets sold at $1.20. These tickets are on sale at 33 agen- cles throughout the city, and it was said today that other stations would be added as needs warrant. The Washington Railway & Electric Co. yesterday established two new ticket agencies; one is at its shops at 2411 P street, while the other is in the Tenley- town car barn. The Capital Traction Co. changed one of its agencies from the Seventh Street Savings Bank to the Simpson Drug Store at Seventh street and Rhode Island avenue. With the 3-cent car fare effective to- day the Public Utilities Commission, as well as th: transportation companies, will keep close check on the number of } tickets sold and enforce strictly the rules ‘governing their use. . ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF MATE FREES WIFE Mrs. Alice V. Stinchcomb Says Hus- band Showered Attentions on Another Woman. Justice Adkins, in Equity Court, to- | day awarded Mrs. Alice V. Stinchcomb, 2515 Thirteenth street. an interlocu- tory degree of absolute divorce from John Marshall Stinchcomb, to whom she was married October 2, 1918. The wife had filed suit, alleging misconduct on the part of her husband with a co- respondent, declaring that she was hu- militated by Stinchcomb's conduct in declaring that he preferred the so- whatever sum the court may set. Veteran Dead at 95. LYNCHBURG, Va.. March 10 (Spe- eial). — Dr. Willlam H. Dulaney, who .served as a Confederate surgeon during the War Between the States and who woum"&nve Bbe 1it u * morning at his home here, At been 95 years of age had | her to various ntil tcday, died yesterday ' The decree taxed counsel fees and costs clety of the co-respondent to that of his wife. Through Attorney Raymond Neu- decker the wife complained that her! husband ordered her from their apart- ment October 1, 1927. Thereafter, it was charged, Stinchcomb openly went about with the other woman, taking places of amusement. against Stinchcomb, IDefense‘s Receipts, Claiming | case was several weeks ago, but it was decided | Senate, the Department of Justice and U. 5. OFFERS JURY PERIURY CHARGES INF. H. SMITH GASE Pitts’ Funds Legal, Held Spurious by Prosecution. COUNTRY CLUB PROJECT DEALS TO BE PRESENTED Undeveloped Suburban Lots Were Sold Under “Free-Lunch” and Lecture Plan. __As the Government_today was pre- senting the F. H. Smith Co. perjury charges to the grand jury, it was learned that United States Attorney Leo A. Rover had ordered the presen- tation to the jury on next Tuesday of evidence concerning the operations of Country Club Properties, Inc., promo- tion concern which sold undeveloped suburban lots under the “free lunch— free lecture” system, brought to Wash- ington by N. B. Clarke, ‘The perjury charges involved certain individuals involved in the recent F. H. Smith Co. conspiracy trial. One new witness appeared before the grand jury. The substance of the Government's given to the grand jury to re-present all the evidence to familiarize the jurors with the details. The new witness who appeared bee fore the jury today is Miss Helen Schneider, private secretary to G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the Smith Co.’s board of directors. Pitts-and two other officials of the company were found guilty in December of conspiring to embezzle funds and destroy records of the concern. Anadale and Edwards Heard. Included among the other witnésses who went before the jury today were C. Elbert Anadale, John H. Edwards, jr, and Emory L. Coblentz. Anadale and Edwards, former Smith Co. vice presidents, were convicted with Pitts on the conspiracy charge. Coblentz, a banker of Frederick, Md., was a wit- ness for the defense. At the trial of the criminal charges the Government introduced evidence designed to prove that Pitts on numer- ous occasions had embezzled large sums of money which belonged to the Smith Co_.ror its subsidiaries. 'o meet these allegations the defense introduced in evidence a number of requisitions and receipts which, it was | contended, showed that Pitts was legal- ly entitled to the money claimed by .the prosecution to have been embezzled. Some of these papers were signed by Pitts as controlling officer of one of the subsidiary corporations involved. Others were signed by Coblentz, who identified :l’"l:nd.nocument! while on the witness ©laim Receipts Spurious. i The Department of Justice and United States attorney’s office now contend that these requisitions and receipts were spurious, and that their introduction as evldenrf amounted to perjury and con- tempt bf court on the part of those re- sponsible. Presentation of the case to the grand jury was in the hands of Assistant At- torney General Nugent Dodds and Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United States at- torney. Another witness to testify was | Charles W. Malone, an expert account- ant and agent of the department’s bu- reau of investigation. Malone was a trl‘:ohvlerflment witness at the conspiracy The grand jury is not expected to take action on the case for several days, it was stated. Operations Were Abandoned. .Country Club Properties, Inc., aban- déned its opérations here after the Blaine investigating committee of the the United States attorney launched extensive investigations cf iis activities. The matter will be presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney Willlam H. Collins. It is in- dicated an indictment will be sought cn the basis of complaints of alleging mis- Tepresentations in adyertising matter sent through the mails. Decision to lay testimony in this case before the grand jury was reached by the prosecutor after 'he had read the report of the Department of Justice on its investigation of the operations of the business, during which it made a de- tailed study of the books and records of the concern, which had been taken under subpoena of the district attorney. Testimony charging misrepresentation was taken by the Senate committee headed by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin and incorporated in its official report to the Senate. ” Among other evidence included in this report was an advertisement published by the promotion concern announcing that a group of houses was to be erected on the property being sold, and along with this was testimony to the effect that after some time had passed the construction of but one house had been started. Women Were Clients. The plan of operation of the Coun- try Club Properties was to pay women solicitors to invite groups of gues:s, mostly women, to accept free rides to | the suburban property, to enjoy a free lunch and to hear a free lecture, The lectures, given for the most part by Mr. Clarke, were a discussion of how to make money quick by buying lots and resell- ing them while prices were rising. ‘The property, named Country Club Park, in Montgomery County, north and east of Silver Spring, was owned by Maj E. Brooke Lee and Frank L. Hewitt. The promotion concern con- tracted to buy this tract on the install- ment plan, making payments after indi- vidual lot buyers paid for lots purchased from the promoters. Maj. Lee and Mr. Hewitt told the Senate committee they had no connec- tion with the promotion concern except for the purchase .contract. McMAHON SWORN IN BY CLERK OF COURT Judge Begins New Six-Year Term by Taking Oath of Office for Police Bench. Judge John P. McMahon of the Dis- trict Police Court, who was confirmed by the Senate last week for anoiher six- year term, was sworn in this morning Just before the court convenec. The oath of office was administered by F. A. Bubll'lnz. clerk of the court and notary ublic, o In the room, also, when the Police Court rate was inducted were Judge Rglph Given, Deputy Cierk W. T. Gawler, 'Mrs. E. 8. Spates, secretary Police Court judges, - and Richard me!. bailiff in Judge McMahon's c D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 1Q, 1931. PAGE B-—1 Rehearsing for Society Circus at Fort Myer SOLDIERS TRY DARING STUNTS FOR EXHIBITION ON MARCH 27. RT MYER'S famous soldier stunt riders will take a large D;rt in the Society Circus at the post March 27 and 28. Rehearsals took place yesterday. Upper left, “The Human Hurdle.” Sergt. Clarence McGuire on Don. Upper rigik, Sergt. Frank Smith with his wonder horse Tony and two performing dogs, Scotty and Booky. young society women who will ride in the circus. Left to right: Betty West, Mary Henry, Ruth Tuckerman; Elsie Tuckerman and Ellen Bryden. Below, some. of the —Star Staff Photo. MONUMENT LIGATS BEING TRED U Beams Placed in Windows, Visible 8 Miles, May Pro- tect Flyers From Danger. Experiments with a new type ‘of warning light, designed to keep air- planes from crashing into the Wash- ington Monument on misty nights, were conducted last night, under direction of the Office of Public Buildings and Publc Parks. Flight tests will be made later in the week to determine the ef- fectiveness of two types of lights set up with different mountings. ‘The lights were installed in two win- dows of the Monument last night and were found to be clearly visible from the ground for a distance of 8 miles. Both commercial and military pilots have pronounced the Monument one of the greatest menaces to night fiying in this part of the country. Inspection of the two types of lights will be made by Harry H. Blee, director of aeronautical development, Depart- ment of Commerce, and officials of the Airways Division of the department and representatives of the Army and Navy. The experiments are being mads ..ith lights mounted inside and outside the glass windows in the top of the Monu- ment. If it is found the glass can be prevented from frosting and so obscur- ing the light, the interior location will be adopted and the lignts swung out of the way during the day time, it was stated. Officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks are opposed to the placing of lights outsid> the Monument for fear of marring beauty. PLEADS GUILT IN HOLD-UP Man Held for Grand Jury and Second Is Sought. Pleading guilty to a ‘charge of rob- bery growing out of a store hold-up February 28, James E. Thomas. colored, was bound over to the grand jury on bond of $2,500 when arrrigned in United States Branch of Police Court today before Judge Isaac R. Hitt. Thomas is alleged to have held up James H. Purdy, u storekeeper of 626 Twenty-second street, and to have escaped with $75. Taswell Jackson, also colored, alleged to have been an accomplice, also was charged, but the man has not been apprehended. PHYSICIAN CONVICTED Colored Doctor Found Guilty of Performing Illegal Operation. Dr. James T. Blue, colored, 1825 Thir- teenth street, was convicted today by a jury in Criminal Division 1 of a charge of performing a criminal operation re- sulting in the death of a young white woman in September, 1929, The de- fendant was committed to jail to await sentence. Assistant United States At- to| torney Walter M. Bhea conducted the mlccuuon The penalty is not les n three years nor more than 2 years. its | |WALKING INTO CAR’S SIDE | PROVES PAINFUL TO MAN | Witnesses Say Virginian, in Hos- pital, “Crashed” Through Auto Glass Door. William W. Weeks, Walkers Chapel, Va., 47 years old, was injured today when. he is said to have walked into the ide of an automobie driven by Mrs. | Mary S. Gibson, near the intersection of Thirteenth and E streets. Mr. Weeks, who suffered lacerations of the head when the glass in the side of the car brokle, was taken to Emergency Hos- ital. M According to witnesses, the man, who said he was in the city on a visit, walked from betwégn standing busses on the west side of Thirteenth street, directly into the side of Mrs. Gibson's car. The glass in the front door shattered, and a slight laceration of the left leg was suf- fered by Helen Hutchinson, 624 D street northeast, who was riding in the car. Mrs. Gibson lives at 2911 Seventeenth street northeast. DEAL IS COMPLETED *FOR FORT KEMBLE Park Commission Acquires Civil War Stronghold as Link in Drive. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission has just com- pleted acquisition of Fort Kemble, lo- cated between American University and Conduit road, one of the chain of Civil War forts encircling Washington that project. This announcement was made today by H. Tudor Morsell, land pur- chasing expert of the commission, who said the purchase negotiations ~were conducted with the late Victor J. Evans, prominent patent attorney. Fort Kemble is located near Fort Vermont in the Reservoir grounds. It is situated on one of the highest points in the District and is about 5% miles from the Capitol, with an extensive view of the surrounding Potomac coun- try, and is placed at 388 feet above the tide level. ‘There are more than 20 old Civil ‘War forts about. the National Capital and so far the commission has ac- quired in whole or in part these areas: Fort Reno, where the school and recre- ation center are being developed; Fort de Russy, in Rock Creek Park; a good section of Fort Stevens; Fort Slocum, Fort Mahan, Fort Chaplin, Fort Du- pont, Fort Davis and Fort Stanton. Mr. Morsell pointed out that it will be impossible to acquire all the old Civil War forts, as some of them have been obliterated in the city's progress. Fort Gains, for instance, he sald, has been largely blotted out by the inter- section of Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues, near American University. « Atr has funds only for the purchase of land on which these old forts stand, but it hopes soon 20 [ to secure money for the restoration of leworks, these veteran batf will be incorporated in the Fort drive | POLICEMEN FACE TRIAL TOMORROW Two Arrested in Maryland Charged With Conduct Unbecoming Officers. force for,15 years, will face the Police Trial Board tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock on charges of being under the influence of intoxicants and conduct unbecoming an officer. A third patrol- man will be tried by the board March 18 on_a charge of conduct unbecoming an_officer. Charges against the first two police- men, Cecil E. Showalter, pay clerk of the department for 15 years, and Olin D. Rogers, assistant property clerk, grew out of their arrest Sunday by Maryland authorities. Arrested at Laurel. Both men were taken into custody by police at Laurel, Md.,, after a® alleged dispute between the two men on the Baltimore Boulevard, They were imme- diately suspended by Chief of Police Henry G. Pratt. The formal charges against the two officers were served last night by Sergt. |John E. Fondahl, acting under orders from Maj. Pratt. The board, consisting of Capt. Wil- liam G. Stott, Capt. O. T. Davis and another member yet to be selected, will meet in the squad room at police head- quarters. The third policeman, Thomas D. At- kinson of the first precinct, has not yet | received the charge against him. Atkinson was suspended from duty Sunday night by his precinct com- mander, Capt. Frank Burke, after he was taken into custody at Ninth and G streets by Inspector O. J. Letterman. Charges Not Drawn. Formal charges against, the officer will be drawn up some time today, Maj. Pratt said, and sent to the District Commissioners for action. At present the charge against him is “conduct unbecoming an-officer.” At- kinson, Capt. Burke says, has an excep- tionally, good record. He has served at the first precinct for two years. AUTOIST HURT IN CRASH; TWO YOUTHS ARRESTED Suffering from injuries received when his car was in collision with another machine at Eleventh.and K streets last night, Benn Kalodin, 30 years old, of 1132 Florida avenue northeast, was re- ported in a serious condition at Emer- gency Hospital today. James Alexander, 20, of 1475 Colum- bia road, driver of the auto, which struck Kalodin's machine, and Ralph O. ‘Wiltshire, 21, of Rosslyn, Va., said to be the owner of the car Alexander was operating, were arrested by first pre- cinet police on charges of reckless driv- ing. They were released on bond of $100 each. A passerby, who witnessed the accl- dent raced to the quarters of Fire Res- cue Squad No. 1, on Twelfth street near Kl o Hmergens Homlia whe alodin to where he was found to :g:-rmdnuu and centusions of ‘Two policemen, one a member of the | 14 ARRESTED HERE N SERES OF RAIDS Three Automobiles Also Are Seized Along With 1,500 Quarts of Intoxicants. Fourteen persons were arrested, three automobiles seized and a large quantity of assorted liquors was confiscated by members of Inspector T. R. Bran's vice squad late yesterday and last night in one of the most active forays made by the vice detail since its organization six months ago. ‘The intoxicants seized included 957 quarts of whisky, 620 quarts of alcohol, 9 quarts of gin and 3 quarts of rum. Nine of the prisoners were charged with illegal possession, while charges of sale were placed against three. A raid at 2056 Thirty-severth street netted the largest haul of the day. An automobile containing 78 gallons of whisky was picked up by the raiding party while 156 gallons of liquor and 150 gallons of alcohol were discovered in the house, police reported. Two Men Arrested. ‘Two men found on the premises, | Samuel Joseph Bond, 22, of 2209 H | street, and Donato Faniterl 30. of 2212 F street, were arrested and booked on charges of illegal possession of intoxi- cating liquors. An unidentified man made his geta- way ;rom pnl‘we lt.: 12":710 N street, as the £quad preparing to raid yooms suspected of housing the ac:lvltlg of a bpo'ocflfl ring last night. Squad members en- tered and found the rcoms vacant, but discovered nearly five gallons of gin, four quarts of rum and six pints of liquor stored in a closet, along with an assortment of corks, labels and a cap- ping machine. Other$ arrested by Inspector Bean's | squad on possession charges, together | with the quantities of whisky seized in their cases were: « Enoch Taylor, colored, 20, 331% Clark Court southwest, three gallons; Andrew Bowles, colored, 53, 3219 K street, three quarts; Mamie Horne, col- ored, 28, 14 I street northeast, one pint; William Manus, colored, 37, 2213, K | street southeast, five gallons, and John Thompson Morton, 23, 608 G street southwest, one and a half gailons. Two Cars Seized. An automobile in which Manus was seated in the rear of the 1800 block of Kalorama road was seized when he was taken into custody, while a taxicab was confiscated In_ the arrest of Morton, Sale charges were preferred against Maude Peters, 30; Pauline Bennett, 19, and Henry Gilstrap, 31, They were charged with selling less than one gallon of whisky. Twa other arrests were made by the squad_during its tour of the city. Wil- liam Riley, colored, 20, of 1115 Second street southeast, was taken into cus- tody for disorderly conduct, while Paul V. Lester, 23, of 4520 Illinois avenue, was apprehended on a speeding charge. ALDRIDGE EXECUTION POSTPONED TO MAY 8 Man, Sentenced for Murder of Po- liceman McDonald, Gets De- lay for Appeal. The electrodution of Alfred Scott Aldridge, colored, for the killing of Policeman Harry J. McDonald in July, 1929, was postponed today by Justice Peyton Gordon to May 8. Aldridge | \was scheduled to die March 20, but the United States Supreme Court re- cently granted a writ of review from the decision of the District Court of Appeals sustaining his conviction and hearing has been set for March 16. this morning and obtained the stay of execution to a date by which the highest court in the land is expected to_have rendered its decision. The review was allowed on the one point whether the trial justice com- mitted error in refusing to. ask the prospective jurors if they would be affected by racial prejudice, where a colored person was accused of slaying & white man. HEADS CATHOLIC COUNCIL Chapter of Benevolent Legion Elects Miss Louise Warfield. Miss Louise Warfleld was elected president of the Rev. M. P. Sullivan Councll, No. 185, Catholic Benevolent Legion, at a meeting in St. Peter's rec- tory hall, Second and C streets south- east, last night. Other officers elected and who will be installed Miss Irma ent; Katherine Sh NAVY WILL SEEK RULING OF MGARL ON HALF-HOLIDAY Conflict Over Charging Work= ers” Time From Leave Is Cause for Query. MELLON DOCKS ABSENT EMPLOYES FULL DAY, Commerce Department Takes Only Four Hours Off of Credits, The Navy Department is prepariag to ask Controller General J. R. McCarl for an opinion as to whether a Gove ernment employe, failing to report work on Saturday, is to gz char::d‘wf&: 2 full day’s legve or just with four hours. The question arises in view of the new Saturday half-holiday law, and, it was learned today, Navy Department officials hope to transmit the official query before the end of the week. In a circular letter to all naval and Marine Corps activities concerned, Act- ing Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke today informed the service that no employe can work more than four hours on Saturday without the written authority of the chief of a bureau, the head of an office or board, or commandant or commanding officer, as the case may be, issued in advance. Time to Be Repaid. “Further, the time accruing to employe because of having bee‘n‘nutho‘rl: ized to work more than four hours on a Saturday shall be taken off, and riot later than the Friday immediately fol- lowing the Saturday upon which he is be'taken snall be fred b admnc aal al ed in adv: % Jahneke said. o “Under no circumstances shall the time accruing ‘to an employe required to work more than four hours on Satur- dA::)t'fn:espermllhd to accumulate,” the ecretary asse: - laeretaer. Tted in the circu. avy Department officials explain that under the old elecl.ll-lvexpol'd:ls which controlled the granting of Sat- urday half holidays during the Summer the controller ruled with reference to the fleld service, under the cognizance of the Navy Department, in which most of the emrloyes are per diem worl i a man failed to report for work on Saturday, he would be charged with a full day. The half holidays under that order were from the first Saturday in June to the last Saturday in September, Applies to Navy Yards. Under the law of A t 20, 191 the naval authorities wmn that m& statute applied only to navy yards and arsenals and permitted 30 days’ leave in addition to any legal holidays which might be granted. The new Saturday half holiday has now been made legal the action of Congress in directing thx'.k‘lour hours shall constitute a day's Wori In the executive departments, where the workers are mostly on an annual pay basis, the ruling was, under the previous arrangement, that only four hours were charged up as leave when a Government employe absented him- self on Saturday. This ruling, they sakli, Wwas made by the controller gen- eral. If an employe now works more than four hours on Saturday he is given time off at some other period of the week to equal the time he has worked, angd this is to be done without any Icss of pay. The Department of Commerce, dt was learned, is only hour for hour. Hour-for-Hour Charge. That is, if they take off Saturday morning, four hours or less, they are ed only with four hours or less leave. Treasury Department, on the other hand, has decided to charge employes taking off Saturday morning with an entire day's work. That is, under the Treasury regulation, if an employe takes off Saturday morning and fails to work the four hours from 9 to 1 o'clock, he is charged with a whole day's leave whether it be annual, sick or extended leave, The Treasury is understood to have based its regulation on the law of Con- gress which says that four hours con- stitute a day’s work on Saturdays. If four hours do constitute a full day's work, the ry has decided that absence of four hours on a Saturday should corstitute a full day’s leave. The proposition may get to McCarl through a query from one .of the Gov=- ernment departments, or the controller general himself might decide to take up the matter on his own initiative, to bring about uniformity of regulations. PENSIONER FOUND GUILTY OF THREATS Judge, Ordering Peace Bond, Re- sgrets $17 a Month Limit for Eye Loss. Although a Police - Court judge was sympathetic to the cause which prompt= ed a $17-a-month pensioner to threaten to “pelt the Pension Office with rotten €ggs” and “cause the roof to collapse: over the pension commissioner’s head,” he found it necessary under the law to find the man guilty of threats in United States branch of Police Court today, and sentenced him to post 1t serve 30 days in jail. Paul Isaac, a World War veteran, was arrested at the Gospel Mission Feb~ ruary 26 on complaint of W. Lawrence Hazzard, assistant chief clerk of the Bureau of Pensions, who cl the man had sent a series of threatenin, letters to the Pension Office, claimin; he was entitled to more compensation under the law. Hazzard testified this morning that congressional legislation allows only $12 a month peace-time compensation to a man who has lost the sight of an eye in line of duty. Isaac, he said, was receiving thig amount and $5 a month for & disability to his hip. The letters, many of which were exe hibited at. the trial, date back several years, Hazzard said. During the Sumse mer of last year they were received af the office of the r of penw sions every day for two months. N 500 letters havg been received from the man, Hazzard said. In addition, Isaas red personally at the Pension O on several occasions.