Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1931, Page 17

@he Fpen 04 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, ARREST FOLLOWS PROBE OF 97H ST. FIRE EARLY TODAY Cuwreak in Two Places, Re- suiting in Five Alarms, Pe- ported by Marshal. 11TH AND F STREET BI.AZE TO BE PROBED Three Firemen Cut or Bruised as Four Buildings Are Swept. Hotel Guests Watch. An inquiry by Police and Fire De- partment officials into the origin of the | blaze which swept four buildings in the | 400 block of Ninth street carly today resulted in the arrest of one man for investigation. The inquiry taken up after preliminary reports from the | fire marshal's office indicated that the fire had started simultaneously at two places. were informed tnat one Authorities merchant whoe: stock was damaged 5 insurance had placed some $6,500 in fire i on merchandise contal in three buildings in the block, mcluding two of those which were damaged by the blaze. ook u‘i:o b2 The investigators also will the source of a fire in the omfice of t Mocde, Eleventh and F streets, which broke out seon after the fire apparatus responded to the alarms on Ninth D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL: 22 ny Star 1931. street. o R. C. Robert, a Fire Department in-| spector, was assigned to invest'gate the | blaze, which attracted a crowd of 5. persons and resulted in the injury of three firemen. Starts in Dry Goods Store. Breaking out about 2 o'clock in a dry goods and novelty store at No. 430, owned by Edward Frank, the blaze spread to a Dixie Shoe Store at 432 and thence to a jewelry shop at 434 A clothing establishment at 428, con- | ducted by Friedlander Bros., also was | damaged by the fire, which wrecked the building in which it originated and, for a time, threatened to spread to other | nearby structures, ton Hotel. Nearly 200 guests of the hostelry, awakened by the crackling of flames and the odor of smoke, left their beds | and watched the fire from windows. | i | | i | | | Discovered by Taximan. i The blaze was discovered by W. H.| Myerly, taxicab driver, who turned in! HOTO shows some cf the fire apparatus which responded to the five | alarms soundea early today when a spectacular blaze damaged four buildings in the 400 block Ninth street and threatened to spread to other nearby structures. Three firemen were injured fighting the flames. —sStar Staff Photo. K. VIADUCT PLAN FOR MIGHIGAN AVE. including the Hous- | Bridge to Eliminate Hazard to | Baitimore Woman Traffic Given Approval by Cc-ordinating-Group. Plans for the new viaduct to be built the first alasm at 2:13 o'clock. The o:her | soon by the District government in the four alarms were sounded at five-minute ; vicinity of Michigan avenue and Tenth intervals. As the crowd grew, firemen roped the area surrounding the burning build- ings because of the danger of watchers being hurt by falling timbers. The injured firemen are Serg! Lamp, No. 14 Engine Company; Capt. O. A. Becker, No. 3 Engine Company, and Sergt. N.'S. Bradford, No. 2 Engine | Company. | Lamp was the most seriously hurt, | suffering a gash on the head when hit by a falling object, presumably a piece of timber. After being given first aid by | members of the fire rescue squad he was taken to Emergency Hospital, where | physicians said his condition was not serious. Becker, who ran a nail through his| foot, also was treated at the hospital, | but Bradford, who suffered a cut hand. resumed work after receiving treatment from the rescue squad. Only Occupant Escapes. Frank, who lived in ths building in | which his store was located, was the only person in any of the buildings when the blaze broke cut. Awakened by the smell of smoke, he mad: his way to the street without difficulty When the first firemen arrived every floor in Frank’s building was ablaze The smoke was so heavy firamen were forced to don masks in order t to the b p windows_and street. The cause of the been determined. F Street Store Damaged. While the apparatus of all downtown companies concentrated on battling the | blaze in the two stores another fire brought six companies from remote sections of the city to the Mode. at Eleventh and F streets Twp pedestrians, Charles T. O'Brien 1520 K street and & Trictor of | gla blaze has not aged to confine | y Reizenstein of the rived, them to the ¢ ed $300. shal’s office were mal cursory been_ext: manner GAMBLING EVIDENCE LACKING, SAYS JURY = Prince Georges Group Certain , Report to Court the Prince today reported obtain sufficient th on the i e jury T from d it im- dence to hot examinations of witnes possible to obtain en er, that the jury realized g: ng and road ho actually are op d illegally and con- stitute a_“distinct menace to the wel- fare of the county.” The jury recommended that the new police force to be appointed in June be selected carefully and that the offi- cers be required to visit weekly all places where gambling or other viola- tions are known to exist and make a written report to the county com- missioners. The jury said it could not find proof that the alleged bonding racket is a reality in the county. ! B. Gordon, | National |p | | 4 off | Street northeast, to eliminate a traffic hazard of long standing in th: railroad grade crossing at that point, were ex- {amined and indorsed y +. Michae] | Co-Ordinating Committee, which com- | pri | governmental agencies. ! provision has becn made in the plans, terday by the ses inter:sted District and Federal The viaduct is to be constructed to eave 52 feet from curb to curb, but | o that the width can be extenced to 60 feet, with a minimum of cost, when required. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., engineer of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, who is chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee, said today the committee feels that the width of 52 fect for the viaduct will suffice, in view of present traflic demands. A number of highway changes which the District government is soon to ad- vertise hearings for ~were studied by cs were suggested by the committee and plans presented by the District government for the improve- ment of Military road from Piney Branch road to Rock Creek Brid The committee suggested the {ing of some of the steeper curves, le other minor proposals, in | improvement program The committee agreed to furnish District sanitary engine ith a map showing the holdings of t Capital Park and Plann Commission 1n_the Piney Branch ar 50 that the Districe go = | have additional informat improvement policy in that section of the city. 'VERDICT SET ASIDE IN DALY WILL FIGHT Third Trial of $100,000 Case Made Necessary by Justice Staf- ford's Ruling. ial of the conte: state of Annie Ds died July 4, 1929, by a decision today of aside a verdict and its two codi e was tried first in Marc ulted in a vel but a new notice of the resulted e will and 5 asked a new If the estate ities and th J. Fran unsel for the trial was left to ainder Hilton, 0 v in r d a caveat prote th ased was incompetent ar she had been unduly influenced BAKER MURDERTIP PROBED BY POLIE Names Man Who Broke Down When Accused of Crime. What they described as “promising” information relative to the murder of Mary Baker was in the hands of po- lice today, although they did not ex- pect it to lead to any immediate arrests. The investigation the year-old crime was revived when newspaper | sources put detectives in tcush with a| young woman in Baltimore said to sus- pect an acquaintance of the killing. Capt. Edward J. Kelly and Sergt.! John Flaherty of the homicide squad are running down the new lead. They interviewed the woman in Baltimore recently without obtaining any tangible information bearing on tne crime. Says Man Broke Down. The girl said, however, that on an automobile ride with a man for a New England firm s tually accused him of the mur whereupon her companion broke dow and sobbed. Kelly 2nd Flaherty plan to question the man in regard to his whereabouts on the night of the murder. They said there was not sufficient information on which to base an arrest. Photograph Studied. A photograph of the salesman w furnished by the woman. It has beer n to persons associated with the lain Navy Department clerk in an fort to identify him as a friend of th dead girl. Inspector Willilam S. Shell said the ew information “appeared promising,” but declined further comment. GIRL, 7, BRINGS POPPY FOR HOOVER TO WEA Daughter of Dead Veteran to Give “Buddy” Flower to Him To- morrow Noon. of e n Hazel Viola Markinson, 7-year-old daughter of a dead World War vet will present a “Buddy” poppy to Pr dent Hoover tomor: noon at the White House. The is making th p_to Washington from the Veterans Foreign Wars' National Home for dows and Orphans of Former Serv- Men at Eaton Rapids, Mich. the daughter of Henry h the 33d Divi- n for the annual conducted natio > Veterans of Foreizn Wars he week of Memorial day. during MACARTHUR TO GET |in | all ‘of the provisions of the bill, which | became { intention in the law.” ROBERTS DEFENDS PAGE B—1 Cherry Trees Illuminated at Night LONG TONFORD. G RETAIL COAL SALE Personnel of Congress Com- mittees Cited to Show Ca- pable Men Wrote Law. RIDICULES ATTEMPT TO GET AROUND TERMS Superintendent of Weights and Measures Gives Views Against Dealers. George M. Roberts, superintendent of weights, measures and markets, issued | a statement today in defense of the law requiring sale of coal by the long ton and insisting that the law meant ex-| TESTS INDICATE COST WILL BE PROHIBITIVE. actly what it said in spite of the claim NLESS of coal dealers that “they have found | a way around it” by offering coal for | sale in 2,000-pound units. Mr. Roberts examined the list of the membership of the House and Senate District Committees in 1921 when the weights and measures law was enacted | and comes to the conclusion that “jt is | director of publ next year. Potomac Park, and made a pretty pictw vantage. ability to set forth their intention | nighttime illumination of the cherry re against the night. re special funds are made available, First Lieut. F. B. Butler, assistant director of public buildings and pub- lic parks, said today, it is indicated that from an engincering viewpoint it would be too costly to illuminate the | Japanese cherry trees in Potomac Park at night as a feature of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebra- Last night, about 10 o'clock, lights were functioning beneath some of the cherry trees near Hains Point, in East Floodlights were installed, showing up the trees to ad- A proposal to install lighting equipment around the Tidal Basin has been laid before Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, | c buildings and public parks, so that the single-blossom trees in that arca might be illuminated at | inconceivable that they, knowing pre- | DIght. At present there are no power lines around the basin and it is considered costly to furnish electric light lines | cisely what they wanted to do, lacked | to the trees for the comparatively short time that they are in bloom. There are no funds appropriated by Congress for { the i The clear intentio Mr. Roberts | id, “is set forth in the respective re- ts of the bill of the District Com- mittees of the House and of the Senate. On the Senate committee I find the | ames of Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illi Tli- | noss, Wesley L. Jones of Washington, | | present chairman of the Senate Appro- | | priations Committee; William P. Bil-| lingham of Vermont, Atlee Pomerene of | Ohio, Morris Sheppard of Texas and others. On the House committee was | Carl E. Mapes of Michigan, chairman; . T.'s. Williams of Tllinois, Ben Johnson | Vermont Stone to Be Quarried | of Kentucky, Clark Burdick of Rhode ‘ Jass’ B Woods of Virini, Friz G| Within Two Months, Officials Say. law.” i Lanaham of Texas, Robert Crosser of Ohio and other men of similar ability. “I well remember how carefully and thoroughly the above named great iawyers and their associates considered { Details of the contract with the Ver- | ! mont Marble Co. for furnishing the white marble for the District of Co- | lumbia World War Memorial have been | completed, it was said tod: From both the marble company and | James Baird Co., general contractor for { the memorial, it was learned quarrying of the stone will start soon in the | weights _and the present articular atten- measures law, giving tion to the coal provision, and it is in- conceivable to my mind, that they. knowing precisely what they wanted to do. lacked the ability to set forth their Mr. Roberts has in hand an investi- gation of the system of selling coal by 2,000 pound units begun by Washing- CADE ton coal dealers, April 1, and the com- issioners have directed the corpora- tion counsel to furmfsh Mr. Roberts with a legal opinion as to whether this is or_is not legal under the act referred to. It is expected that the opinion will be ready within a few d \RAT EXTERMINATOR |noted Danby quarry at Danby, Vt.,! { which is said to produce exceedingly | | fine white stone. | About two months will be required for the quarying and finishing of the | marble for the temple, it was esti- | mated. In the meantime, however, the | fovndation will be prepared. The contractor’s office and work shed have been erected on the ite in West Potomac Park between the Lincoln SOLDIERS RETURNED HERE | Three Arrested in Jo ‘ Car Reported Stolen in Capital. | Three soldiers arrested at Johnstown, Pa., on April 18, while driving a car| allegedly stolen in Washington, were | returned last night by Detective Sergt. | Joseph Sincavitz and were to be ar- | raigned for hearing today. ‘The trio, Andrew Charles Le Porte, | 21: Wilbur Leonard Hawker, 23, and Dallas Wilson, 27, all of Fort Washing- | ton, Md., were apprehended on the | same day that Earl F. Heath of 1210° Massachusetts avenue, reported his car stolen her in Johnstown in| in Police Court TSWILLHOLD COMPETITIVE DRILL HEALTH INSTITUTE HERE TO A WORLD Ex-Senator Ransdell Predicts Vast Scope in Address .at P.-T. Congress. Predicting that the National Institute of Health, created in Washington by act of Congress last year, will become a “clearing house of health for all the world,” former Senator Joseph E. Rans- dell of Louisiana last night made a plea for the support of the country. His address, before the annual fellow- GRAND JURY CALLS WITNESSES !N LANE ANDPAY ROLL CASES Seven to Testify in Probe of Owens, Charged With Slay- ing Motorman. SIX WILL GIVE STORY OF “HOLD-UP PLOT” Shelby and Other Police Officers to Tell of Raid and Alleged Confession, Witnesses in the cases of Garry and Charles Owens, charged with the mur- der of Motorman James H. Lane, and Arthur A. Fischer and Philip K. Stumm, | accused of planning a machine gun | hold-up involving the District govern- | ment’s $120,000 pay roll, were called be- fore the grand jury today. witnesses were summoned for the {wo cases—seven in the slaying and six in the alleged. robbery piot. They were presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins. It was expected that their testimony would require the greater part of the day. Lane, father of four children, was shot March 18 when he grappled with one of two bandits who attempted to hold up his Congress Heights line car. The two men fled as Lane staggered from the car and collapsed. He died several days later at Casualty Hospital. Released on Alibi. Garry Owens, who is 26 and lives at Glesboro Peint, D. C., was arrested a few days after the shooting, but was released when he convinced police he was at the home of a relative when the crime was committed. However, he was rearrested after more than 20 other suspects had been questioned. The second arrest, police said at the time, was the result of statements made by the man’s nephew, Charles Owens, 20, of Oakley, Md. The younger Owens, it was said, previously had told a col= ored man of his part in the attempted hold-up. Questioned at eleventh precinct, the nephew admitted having participated in the attempted robbery and named his uncle as the “trigger man.” He sub- sequently signed a written confession to this effect. Garry Owens has steadfastly denied his nephew's statements, asserting he knows nothing of the attempted rob- bery. His wife, Maude, 25, was arrested in connection with the case, but was released after being held at the House .of Detention for several days. hip dinner of the District cf Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, closed the all-day meeting of the group. Identified by Two. George Keough and Theodore Van Five Battalions and Four Bands to Take Field Tc- morrow Afternoon. | The banquet, held at the National Press Club, was attended by about 300 representatives of parent-teacher or- ganizations and guests Mr. Ransdell, who is to be executive * | directer of the conference board of the National Institute of Health, announced members of the board last night. It | will be composed of F. A. Delano and |Dr. J. C. Merriam, Washington; F. P. | Five battalions and four bands will while | a | Memorial Reflecting Pool and the Tidal Basin. The site has been cleared of its ANSWERS S0 S CALL {Max Booker Offers to Aid Drive| 4 On¢ f the next steps will be the driving Against Center Market | Underlying this spot and most of the Rodents. | { downtown section of Washington, where great public buildings are now’ rising. lies a comparatively soft subsoil, with {solid_rock far below. Virtually all of A ! the Government's construction is being | A volunteer rat exterminator has!placed on piles. J | answered the call sounded by George J. Officials of the Baird Co. predicted | | Adams, jr. sceretary of the District today that unless some unforeseen de- Committee on Employment. Mr. Adams | lay should occur in the matter of ma- | stepped into the breach when it ap- | terials, the memorial can be completed t | Power Commission Head. | Actual initiation of litigation is ex-| pected within a short time in the legal | controversy growing out of the Sen- ate attempt to oust George Otis Smith | as chairman of the Federal Power Com- mission. The Justice Department yesterda: expressed its agreement to the facts on which the court action will be based, thus advancing the controversy another step. _Attorney General Mitchell said | | John W. Davis, counsel for the Senate, had filed with him a petition framing | ues in the case and that this h?d the I approved and returned to Senate's attorney All that remains to start the actual legal proceedings, he said, is for Mr. tion of rodents left homeless and huny e " g | by the demolition of old Center Market. | MAN leURED BY AUTD him to wipe out the rodents NTHS AGO DIES cation for the job from Max Booker of {660 Kenyon strest. Mr. Booker ap-! a reference, and says he Mr., Adams said he would spend a ous Conditio $ it A man who was struck by an auto- ccming to a decision on exactly how | n h suto | fo proceed in his exterminating cam- | mobile February 19 died in Emergency | night in_traffic accidents in the city. istreet, who was injured_when struck IN SMlTH OUSTE | by the automobile of Representative | pital. The Fish automobile was driven | Attorney General Approves Issues, Wallach place, chauffeur. i il PP S { Howard James Gaylor, 61, was se- | Used by Senate Counsel Against Harvard street, early this morning Arthur J. Delaney, colored, 10 old. 116 V street; Floyd John years old, 1413 H street northea street, and Earle Aloysius O'Neil, 14 ars old, 403 Twelfth street southeast, Health Conterence Discusses Subject { Pan-American Directo take the field at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow | afternoon at Wilson Stadium, Central | High School, competing for high school f piles into the soft subsoil. |Cadet trophies, which will be presented | April 30. The battalions will represent Central, Eastern, Western, Business and McKin- ley High Schools, while bands, to be judged as they play for the battalion mancuvers, will be entered by all but Business. The judges of the battalion competi- tion will be Capt. Alexander R. Bolling, Headquarters Company, U. S. A. | Lieut. James C. White and Thomas H. Allen. They will | the winner of the Col. Craigie Silver Cuj | for the battalion, and the Cadet Ful Cup for the commanding major. These trophies will be presented by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, following the annual regimental drill April 30. Judges of the band competition will | be Band Leader L. C. Yessel, 3rd| | United States Cavalry: Band Leader | Carl Schaefer, Georgetown University | R. O. T. C.: Master Sergt. Otto Sie- | beneicbren, University of Maryland R.| O."T. C. and Warrant Officer J. Du- | fresne, 6th Pield Artillery. The win- ning organization will receive from Dr. Ballou the Military Instructors’ Cup. Ludwig Manoly has trained the bands of McKinley and Eastern High Schools, | while Paul Garrett has instructed those of Western and Central High Schools. Tomorrow's drill will be under the direction of Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A., professor of military and tactics in the puplic | HOSPITAL SITES POLICY CONTINUES President Will Allow Selection by Federal Board on Merit, as in Past. | i President Hoover has no intention, it was stated at the White House to-| | day, of departing from his established | policy of approving the selection |sites” for veterans' hospitals and sol- | diers’ homes. | “In making this statement in the President’s behalf, Secretary Theodore | Joslin_explained that selection of such | sites is made by the Federal Hospitali- zation Board, which always has been guided strictly by merit in making its | | selection. | { will be carried on new | ner, was another speaker. of | Garvan and Dr. C. H. Herty, New York City: Dr. Prank Billings, Chicago, and Dr. W. H. Welch and Dr. H. H. Young cf Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. The bill creating the institute was in- troduced by Mr. Ransdell. For Informing Public. “This board,” the speaker said, “is created.to inform the general public of the establishment of the institute, and of its nature.” He explained that the institute is authorized to accept dona- tions for specific or general purposes hrough the Treasury Department. “This institute marks the beginning f a new chapter in the history of medi- al knowledge, of a most far-reaching | influence in the relief of human suffer- ing. It centers in the Nation's Capital all the country's medical and scientific Tesources for combating disease. Here researches in cancer on a greater scale than ever before attempted. New investigations inte the cause and 'cure of infantile paralysis, heart disease, common cold, influenza and pneumonia will be made. Here will be made new discoveries. “No institution has ever been founded | on earth for combating disease on so large a scale. I appeal to the Parent- Teacher Association to get behind the institute ‘and_help bring it before the American public. If you do that we won't have to wait 50 vears for Con- gress. We need an endowment of at least $50,000,000.” Mrs. Willebrandt Speaks. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt was surprise” speaker on the banquet pro- gram. She told how she organized the first parent-teacher association in South- ern California 21 years ago in a 3-room country school. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, President Hoover, discussed the im- portance of discipiine in schools. Miss Eileen Haltigan, District oratory win- Music was aide to | furnished by the Langley Junior High School Orchestra, the McKinley High School quartet, the Central High School Girls' Glee Club, vocal numbers by Eugene Kressin, and community sing- ng. led by William Schmuckr. Paul Wooton, Washington correspond- | ent for the New Orleans Times-Pica: une. to P acted as toastmaster. Greetings he P.-T. A. were brought by Dr. ak W. Ballou, superintendent of schodls, and the response was given by Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders, president of the congress. Mrs. Oliver Bowles, con- vention chairman, was introduced The convention, held at Wilson Teacher's College, was marked by ad- dresses by Miss Katherine Lenroot, as- sistant_chief of the Children’s Bureau; Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Bowle Higbie, new president of Wilson Teach- MEDALS FOR C. M. T. C. ysiclan was not c e nd at t trial be- | . rantieg | Comman Wars to Present Decorations ler of Veterans of Foreign undue sidered h in- faflure of a person influence to testify might be co y the jury as evidence of su Tomorrow. Paul C. Wol of the Veter present to chief of staff an, commander-in-chief ns of Foreign Wars, will en. Douglas MacArthur, of the y, tomorrow morning 53 medals to be {awarded this year to outstanding b | students of the Citizens' Military Tra ing Camps throughout the country. The Veterans of Foreign Wars an- nually donate these medals for pres- entation to civilian military students who have shown the most efficiency at each of the C. M. T. Camps. Each medal is accompanied by an engraved citation, signed and executed by the commanding officer of the camp. contestant: Quinn defen | URGE MEMORIAL WORK | Wa Rington Organization Would Finish Froject at Early Date Members of the George Washington Memorial Associat'on unanimously | _Among those who will rticipate in adopted resolutions for the early com-|tne. ceremony tomorrow are Admiral pletion of the memorial at a meeting | Robert Zoontz, junior vice commander; Monday afternoon at the Mayflower. Representative Royal C. Johnson, past Mrs. J. B. Foraker, widow of Senawr‘lnallolml judge advocate general: Capt. Foraker of Ohio, one of the vice presi- | Robert B. Handy, jr., national adjutant dents, presided at the meeting in the|general; Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, absence of Mrs, Henry F. Dimock, |committeeman, and Capt. William L. president. Mrs. Charles S. Rockhill of | Thomas, commander Department of Cincinnati was elected secretary, | District of Ceolumbla. Davis to file the petition in District Supreme Court | The controversy arose when the Sen- iate, after once confirming Chairman Smith, attempted to reconsider ncmination. President Hoover refused to return the nomination, so the Senate ‘reconsidered” it any way, voted rejec- | tion, then instituted the court action. The petition, in quo warranto, the Attorney General said, merely asks of Smith “by what warrant” he holds his office. Notice will then be filed on Smith to answer this question in court. GUILD RENAMES OFFICERS Electrical Annual Session in Capital. All officers of the Electrical Guild of North America were re-elected yester- day at the final session of the first annual meeting of the guild at the Wardman Park Hotel ‘The officers are Lcuis K. Comstock, New York, president; John W. Hooley, New York, first vice president; Chester H. Chapline, St. Louis, second vice president; Allan Coggeshall, New York, secretary, and Adolph C. Brueckmann, Baltimore, treasurer. Organization Finishes | peared the governmental system was |in ample time for dedication on Armi- t. He said if there was an unemployed ! His offer was published yesterday. In s his rodents, as he men- |Seven Others Hurt Last Night in | cars’ experience in trying night examining the terrain and the | paigm. | Hospital last night from the injuries, | Hamilton Fish of New York, at Twen- verely injured when struck by an au- Moore, 67. 200 Wesley avenue, Glen were also accident victims. Their in Here Today. | unable to cope with the large aggrega- | stice day. !rat exterminator at large. h: would morning mail today ¢z the Rat Man,” of Rich- ; i g “ Traffic Accidents, One in Seri- ha: 5y {10 rid the world of rats. ! ‘ ! | fauna with which it is infested before | . |and several others were injured last LEGAL BATTLE DUE { Isaac Morton, colored, 51, of 2207 M| ty-third and Q streets, died at the hos- ! | by Joshua B. Eggleston, colored, 1325 tomobile in front of his home, at 1300 | arles Calvert, 56, 1750 oran Echo, Md; Dorothy A. Dorfman, Joseph Cicala, 8 years old, 808 Upshur juries were not serious A round-table discussion on preven- his | tion of blindness was held today at the | President was being urged by outside Pan-American Union by delegates to the Conference of Pan-American Health Directors, They also discussed the crea- tion and operation of social health agencies. The delegates were luncheon guests of Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union, and late to- day were to attend a reception at the home of Secretary of State Stimson. ARRESTED IN PAJAMAS Man Reported Missing From Walter Reed ~ospital Is Held. James B. Buckingham, 24 years old, said to be a mental patient under ob- servation at Walter Reed Hospital, was arrested at 2 o'clock this morning by second precinct police after hospital authorities had reported he had escaped from a ward early last night. When police apprehended Bucking- ham he was afoot, clad only in green pajamas. He was turned over to hos- pital authorities, It was explained that Mr. Hoover has | ¢1s’ College: Dr. Joseph I. Murphy and | consistently followed this board's deci- | Others, many of them officers of the | sions and that he would continue to|8roup. Who presented reports of prog- do so. Published reports that the ress during the year. COMMISSIONERS 0. K. |interests to designate hospital sites to |the board for selection are responsible | for this explanation of the President's | policy. | "'The last hospitalization bill made FIRE TRUCK HOME SITE | authorizations for 50 veterans' projects. VY %o cost approximately $21.000.000, of Purchase at $15,000 to Be Made of which $5,000,000 was actually appropri- | E X | Nteq. Only Bine new unite ove bieiuded| Property at Rhode Island Ave |in these 50 proposed projects. The re PR RN | mainder are additions to existing vet- | erans’ plans. i ‘The District Commissioners yester- day_authorized the purchase of a site at Rhode Island avenue and Brentwood place northeast to be used for construe- tion of a truck house for the Fire De- partment. The agreed price was $15000 to be paid to the trustees of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. A public hearing was called to receive any objections to the location of the truck house,g this lot, which is zoned residential. objections were madeg . The Commissioners apgroved draw- v the municipal arciigect for the icis Scott Key School be bull: ing Fi urst Terrace and Dan# piace a! timated cost of $85,000. | BURGLAR CALL FALSE | Clark Griffith’'s Home Was Report- ed Entered in Early Hours. A false alarm that a burglar had been seen entering the Sixteenth street home of Clark Griffith, president of the Washington Base Ball Club, brought three police squads to the scene early today. Detective and police searched the house and vicinity, but found no signs of any attempt to enter the residence. at. an Sise, both of whom live near the scene of the shooting, were among today's witnesses. Previously they had identi- filed the two Owenses as the men they saw standing on the corner a few | minutes before Lane’s car arrived. The other witnesses were Mrs. Lena | Butler, colored, 2341 Pomeroy road southeast. the only passenger on the | car; Deputy Coroner A. Magruder Mac~ {Donald and Sergts. John Flaherty, j Thomas Sweeney and Carlton Tally | of the homicide squad. i The alleged scheme to rob the Dis- | trict disbursing office was revealed last Wednesday following the arrest of Fischer and Stumm at a Fourteenth street hotel. Fischer, Stumm, Leo A. D2 Ward, a post office inspector, and Jack C. Amold, described by police as 1 a “volunteer investigator,” were “plan- | ning” the robbery, police say, when the room was raided. Say Stumm Confessed. According to police, a signed confes- sion was obtained from Stumm, whose home is in Syracuse, N. Y. In the con- fession, Stumm, who is only 20, said he {met Fischer, 24-year-old clerk in the | District auditor's_office, about a week {after coming to Washington. Fischer, | according to Stumm, suggested the hold-up, setting D:coration day as the time to “pull it off,” because he thought about $120,000 would be in the disburs= ing office on that day. | De Ward and Arnold obtained de- tailed information concerning_the plot by posing as confederates. They ar- ranged the meeting in the hotel room | while police waited in an adjoining |room for their signal to enter. | Fischer, son-in-law of the late Repre= sentative Florian Lampert of Wisconsin, is separated from his wife and three children. Besides De Ward and Arnold, the witnesses against Fischer and Stumm were Inspector William S. Shelby, chief | of detectives; Lieut. Charles J. P. Weber and Sergts. Harry Ogle and Chester C. Stepp. 'BRIDGE LIEN FILED AGAINST W. R. & E. fiemand Payment of $53,611 for Repair of Anacostia Span. | Commissioners | The District Commissioners today re- corded certificates of indebtedness against the Washington Railway & Electric Co. for $53.611.19, representing a bill for half of the cost of repairing the Anacostia Bridge last year, to= gether with the cost of some subse- quent repairs and painting. The certificates were recorded in pur- suance of the District appropriation act for 1904, which provided that one-half of the cost of maintenance of the bridge be paid by the railway company. At that time the railway operating over the bridge was the Anacostia & Po- tomac Railroad Co., since merged with the Washington Railway & Electric Co. The work was done under a contract let in 1929, and the railway company was given until April 1, 1931, to make | payment. Bills were rendered by the asSessor, but they have not been paid. * The company and the Commissioners are now in litigation about another similar bill, and the company suggested that the city heads wait the outcome of the action in court before insisting on payment, but the Cammissioners de= clined. ‘The certificates, when recorded, be- come a lien against the personal and real property of the corporation, bear interest at 10 per cent per annum until paid. The case in litigation involves a bill for $5,875.70. ’ Firemen Rush Drive. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 22 (Spe- clal).—In an effort to raise approxi- mately $800 needed to complete the drive for $3,000 sought by the fire de- partment to purchase and equip an am- bulance, a door-to-door campaign has been inaugurated. The drive is sched- uled to close April