Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1931, Page 17

[ 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen ny Star PAGE B—1 WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931. CRAND JURY HOLDS 3 ON FIRST-DECREE MURDER CHARGES Two Owens Men and Former Government Clerk Indicted in Homicide Cases. TWO ACCUSED OF PLOT TO ROB DISTRICT OFFICE 1 Ten Others Named in True Bills| Reported to Justice Gordon. Autoist Is Exonerated. Three persons were rged with first degree murder and two otbers ac- cused of conspiracy to rob the District | disbursing office of $120,000 in a special | report returned today by the District | d jury. A total of 15 indictments | included in the report to Justice | Gordon, which the weekly report of the grand jurors filed Tuesday G Owens, 26, and his nephew, | . ‘were charged with Tesp ath March 18 of James H. Lane, motorman cn the Ana- costia branch of the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. The indictment was in four counts, two charging pre- meditated murder and two alleging murder while attempting to commit a | felony. One of each _series | charged that was_in the| hands of Garry Owens and other | put the weapon in the hands of the nephew. | Skinner Is Indicted. The other man indicted on a murder charge was Sydney Allen Skinner, for- mer Government clerk, charged with the murder of his wife, Dorothy M. Skinner. The husband, who had been 111, is reported to have become suddenly demented March 12, whereupon he stabbed his wife a number of times at | their home, 4007 Twenty-first street northeast. She died March 16. Arthur A. Fischer, 24, former clerk in the office of the District auditor, and Philip K. Stumm, 20, of Syracuse N. Y., are the men indicted in connec- tion with the plot to rifle the office of the District disbursing officer. The rob- bery allegedly was set for May 30, when, it was supposed, the District pay roll ©f $120.000 would be available The indictment was in a single count with six overt acts alleged to have been performed in connection with the al- Jeged conspiracy. The alleged agree- ment is dated back to March 1 and continues wntil the recent arrest of Pischer and Stumm in a downtown hotel, where officers in an adjoining Yoom heard discussion of the proposed scheme, it is stated. The men are ac- cused of conspiring with one Jack C. Arnold, “yoluntary investigator,” to commit robbery and to take by force $120,000 from the disbursing office. Autoist Is Exonerated. The overt acts specified in the in- dictment are that April 1, Fisher met Stumm and talked with him; April 4, Stumm met and talked with Jack C. Arnold, later on the same day Stumm and Fisher talked with Arnold, and two days later the trio had a meeting. | April 15 Fisher gave Armold a map| showing arrangements of the disburs- | ing office, and on the same day Fisher and Stumm are said to have conferred with Jack C. Arnold and with L. A.} DeWard, an inspector of the Post Office | Department. The grand jurors exonerated George Washington Trevena of responsibility for the death of Everett Robey in an| automobile collision April 8 at Seven- | teenth and M streets. Others indicted and the _char against them are: William R. Campbell assault to kill; Andrew Barnes, Catl rine Coleman ‘and Charles Burke, rob. b Chester Crenshaw, _joy-ridix James L. Plowden, A Johnson, m_Sha; | | | | | ert T e t Chase, may ward Whisaker, Frar eph Baltrush and Charl non-support. BIG TREES PLANTED NEAR NEW BUILDING Landscape Architects Place Dozen Ho Ji at Department of Agricul- ture Structure. t work- | for the | es were in new struc- recom- 1 the MRS. W. R. JONES SUES | FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE | Has of | Under Won Wite Custody Daughter Limited Order in 1926. Claiming that her husband des her July 10, 1825, and that guilty of indiseretions and at Silver Spring, Md P. Jones. 317 Tenth northeast today filed suit in District Supreme Court for absolute divorce from William R. Jones. The couple was married in this city March 8, 1915, and has one daughter, Who is in the custody of the wife under an order of a local court in a limited divorce action entered April 28,192 Through Attorney e Di Mrs, Be an income of about $500 a month from his work as a tarifl reporter. She claims that both her husband and the corespondent, named now reside at Sil- ver Spring, Md. Raymond Neu- | decker, the wife claims that Jones has | District Unemployment Commitice, who | prairie d has taken it upon himself to rid the | will use neighborhood of rats by employing un- |in his warfare against the District rats, employed rat exterminators, has hired | Mr. A Gentry of Wyoming to do the ex-|campaign in a radio speeca over WRC When Health Officer Wil- | this evening, Girl Scouts Giv LUNCHEON F( [ e Hoover 24-Cent Meal R EIGHT GUESTS COSTS $1.89 AT LI TTLE HOUSE. President_and Mrs. Hoover were among the eight guests served at a 24-cent luncheon today at the Girl Scouts' Little House, Eighteent] casion, street and New York avenue. The three Girl Scouts pictured above were the cooks for the oc- Leit to right: Miss Betty Leake, Miss Betty Jane Oswald and Miss Helen Shects. IRL SCOUTS cooked and served | Louise Erk, daughter of Representative |and Mrs. Hoover the type luncheon or luncieon today for President and Mrs. Hoover. It is safe to say neither the President nor Mrs. er ever was enter- tained officiall as inexpensively as on this occasion. The entire meal of four courses for the eight guests invited cost I but $1.89—less than 24 cents per person. The luncheon, served in the pictur- esque ivy-covered Girl Scouts’ little house at Eighteenth street and New bration of Better Homes Week in ! York avenue, officially opened the cele- | white organdy aprons. Erk of Pennsylvania, and Miss Faith | Shesong of Washington. One took par- ticular care of the needs of the Presi- | dent, another “looked after” Mrs. Hoo- ver and the third saw that the water glasses were filled and the muffins passed. The girls wore their Scout uniforms, on the slecves of which could be seen the homemakers' badge, and while serving the luncheon wore dainty The, for the occasion “‘cooks” were America, a campaign in which the Girl | Miss Betty Leake, Miss Helen Sheets Scouts, and Mrs. Hoover, as honorary (and Miss Betty Jane Oswald, all Cen- pr been interested. As the car bearing the President and Mrs. Hoover -drew up to the curb two Scouts ran down the path to greet their | Giin distinguished guests, and to escort them dent of the organization, have long | tral High School students. Four Courses Are Served. luncheon consisted of four starting with split pea soup, which was served melba toast The second course was a meat loaf ours up the boxwood-lined path to the house, | with brown sauce, potatoes on the half where the other guests awaited them. shell and graham muffins. This was Mrs. George Akerson, as chalrman of | foliowed with a salad of cabbage and the Better Homes Week in Washington, | carrots with French dressing e t | ssing received the President and Mrs. HOOVET. | bread pudding was served as a dessert. Rose-Colored Tulips on Table. the luncheon. with rose-colored tulips matching the sware used for the occasion. The table dollies and napkins were of ecru linen. Three Scouts served the luncheon— Miss Shirley Schafer. daughter of Rep- resentative Schafer of Wisconsin; Miss Iy Lemon Tea was served with the luncheon. Mrs. Edmund Erk, wife of Repre- A long refrectory table was attractive- | sentative Erk, served as Scout leader a for the occasion, while Miss Mabel C. | Steinbarger of the Bureau of Home Economics watched to see that the bu- reau's cooking practices were followed The Bureau of Home Economics had provided the menu for the meal, carry- | ing out one of its “low-cost” programs to demonstrate to the Chief Executive MERCHANTS URGE to Gain Business Through Clean-up Drive. Aroused by reports that out-of-town interests are sceking to “cash in” on the 1931 Washington Clean-up Cam- vaign, representatives of three local rade and civic groups today came for- ard with assurances that the busine: houses of the National Capltal stand prepared to accommodate virtually every need of the local home-owner in ert ‘Nothing outside of garden mercha; W dent of the Buy-in-Washing- ton Council, declared to -Washington ecently Urging mer and public alike to avall themsel opportun: offered by such an nt as the clean-up movement, em- hasizing that local business and trades pt P and modernization work efficiently and economically. A recent survey council, Mr. Murphy said, revealed that the cost of doing the work here is low- er than elsewhere. Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., secretary of the wa Chamber of Commerce, owners to investi; e thor- oughl; town concerns advertising decc and _improvement work “Employm and bu stimulated if work of to local people, the cit: phasized on ess can be character rather if BUYATAONE IDEA {Firms Outside Capital Seek| Autogiro Escapes - Gale After Making White House Call Flies to Philadelphia and Lands Safely—Trophy Presented. Following a history-making landing | {on the south lawn of the White House | | beautifying or redecorating his prop- cople can take care of beautification |taking off. He had made two yesterday, James G. Ray, autogiro test pilot, was caught in a gale while mak- ing a demonstration flight in his “wind- | mill plane” at Washington-Hoover Air- port and was forced to run before the | storm to Philadelphia, where he landed | safely. Traveling on the wings of the storm, | the autogito displayed unusual speed | and was sighted near Philadelphia only an hour after being lost to sight by scores of alarmed observers at the local airport, according to Assoclated Press | Following the landing at the White House, made in connection with the sentation by President Hoover of the Collier Trophy to Harold F. Pitc and his associates, including Ray the development and demonstration of the autogiro, Ray took off and returned to Washington-Hoover Airport Rain started falling, however, and it | was nearly 4 o'clock before Ray was able to bring the autogiro out. He took aboard 45 gallcns of gasoline before “para- { chute” Jandings and was climbing out of the field the second time when the | storm struck furiously. The anamo- meter in the airport terminal recorded | | a wind force cf 55 miles per hour when | t home. ! Adams, secreta aign Committe today that the tion always has been to -up material be pu se busine of attitude ter ho s to Ship Propellers at Cosmos Club, TRAPS TO BE USiSb ON RATS IN WAR AT OLD CENTER MART| The campaign made omeless by the demolition of ths |old Center Market shifted its suddenly today and in |ical warfare originally planned |the form of a warfare conduc Hahd | George J. Adams, Jr., secretary of th i terminating. 4 'Gas Plan Abandoned When Wyoming Expert in Ex- terminating Prairie 1o exterminate rats course Stead of the chen.. | Poisoned gas, however, he demurred and | will take |after a conference with Mr. Adams, it »d by K"T» agreed that traps would be used 5! the first blast struck. Blinding rain ac- | companied the wind. | Ray turned the nose of his machine the northeast, flying low and fast. 4 disappeared in the storm. Nothing more was heard of him until reports cf his safe landing in Philadelphia were received. PRIZES FOR CLEAN-UP Three Awards to Be Made for Best| Anacostia Lawns. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of | tia_Citizens' Association, in s before that body last night | lined plans for Anacostia’s partici- | on_in the Washington clean-up announced three com- muni for the best kept lawns | and gardens in Anacostia. Dr. Havenner said the association | would award a $10 gold plece as first prize. The necessity for the drive was urged as a health measure by Vincent | Saccardi of the Community Chest Speakers’ au, who addressed the association on plans for the clean-up | campaign Dr. Havenner afterward | discussed the relation of the campaign | to preparations for the George Wash- ington Bicentennial celebration in 1932. A proposal that a stop sign be placed the intersection of Thirteenth and ree Teferred to the Streets mittee. at v ts and Alleys Com: Dogs Brings Skill. I liam C. Fowler heard Mr. Adams in- | tended to procced against the rats with | Mr. Gentry is the most celebrated catchar of Wyoming and he ill acquired in the Far West | Homes E | and “President Adams will outline the plan of dinner it is possible to serve for the fer t pennies Guests invited to enjoy the luncheon with President and Mrs. Hoover in- cluded Secret: of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde, Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the Bureau (f Home Economics; Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, chairman, Wom- en’s Division of President’s Emergency Committee for Employment; Dr. James Ford, executive director of Better in America: Mrs. Nicholas Brady, executive chairman, Girl Scou! Inc., and Mrs. William Brown Melone; editor Sunday Magazine, New York Herald Tribune, and founder of Better | Homes in America. Meal C Mrs. G. L. Girl Scouts’ Alida_Henriques, for the day, a: Tecelving the gue The itemized cost of the meal was as follows Split pea soup, 18 cents; melba toast, 5 cents; meat and rice in loaf, 40 cent: | brown sauce, baked potatoe 9 cents: cabbage, lettuce and carr salad, 20 cents; butter (table and cook: ing), 18 cents; bread pudding, 30 cents lemon, sugar, milx for tea, 8 cents; | whole 'wheat muffins, 21 cents. n the dash of salt and pepper and the few slivers of cnion in the meat loaf were computed. HROATD SENDS CREETINES TO .S 'Hoover Replies to Message of Thanks for Welcome Given Imperial Couple. st Ts Ttemized. Bowman. hostess of the Little House, and Miss Better Homes hcstess isted Mrs. Akerson in By the Associated Press. Friendly messages were today peror Hirohito Hoover cn the visit to the United States of the Emperors brother, Prince Takamatsu and Princess Takamatsu The Emperor, in a me: President, thanked him fo tality extended the prince. “T wish to express to you my cordial thanks and deep appreciaticn of the generous and courteous hospitality ex- tended to my brother, Prince Taka- matsu, and his princess cohsort by yourself and your Government and peo- ple,” the Emperor messaged. Programs to Be Exchanged. age to the the hospi- as your distinguished princess consort. The cordial friend- ship evinced by our imperial guests has completely won our hearts and thel visit will remain a most pleasant mem- or; Simultaneously announcement was made of arrangements for an exchange of programs between the United States | and Japan over the National Broad- casting System April 29, at 8:15 a.m. in celebration of the thirtieth birthday anniversary of the Emperor. Stimson to Make Address. Speaking from Washington, Secre- tary Stimson will broadcast, his ad- dress to be transmitted throughout the United States and to Japan for re- broadcasting in that country. Baron Shidehara, Japanese foreign Minister, will reply to the Secretary in an ad- dress broadcast from Jaapn The program will include the playing in Washington of the Japanese na- tional anthem and the conclusion of the program by a band of native Japa- nese instruments playing the “Star Spangled Banner.” STREET CAR COLLIDES WITH AERIAL FIRE TRUCK Two men narrowly escaps rious in- jury today, when a Washington Railway & Electric Co. street car crashed into | the aerial truck of No. 4 Truck Com-) pany at Fifth and East Capitol streets. M. H. Nally, a machanic, was taking the truck on a test run from the Fire Department’s repair shop, at Seventh treet and North Carolina avenue south- cast, when the accident occurred. Neither Nally nor Motorman M. M. Javel, who was operating the street cal were injured. The fire truck was bad| damaged, while the front of the street car was caved in by the impact. There Were no passengers on the car. The street car proceeded to the East Capital street barns, following the acci- dent, while the damaged truck was re- moved to the repair shop. CHAUFFEUR IS CLEARED Inquest Holds Victim of Legisla- tor's Car Died in Accident. Joshua Eggleston, Bolored, chauffeur f:r Representative Hamilton Fish, jr., of New York, was cleared of blame in connection with the death of Isaac Morton, colored, 51, 2207 M street, by a coroner’s jury today.- A verdict cf ac- cldental death was returned by the jury at the conclusion of an inquest con- ducted into the death of Morton, who died at Emergency Hospital Tuesday night from internal injuries suffered when Representative Fish's automobile struck_him on February 19. The New | ble substance {as corn sugar. | chemists. It was found to have a molecule j were found to consist of three distinct {in melting point and especially in the | the actual sugar crystals. 'M’CARL TO ANSWER THREE NEW SUGARS FOUND IN WEEDS BY STANDARDS BUREAU Roots of Dandelions, Golden Rod, Dahlias and Chicory Yield Substance. VALUE FOR TABLE USE UNKNOWN TO CHEMISTS Molecule, Split-up, Shows 92 Per Cent of Levulose, Much Sweeter Than Cane Variety. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Discovery of three new kinds of sugar was announced today at the Bureau 0[1 Standards. They were found as constituents of inulin, a white, starch-like, easily solu- which is found In the roots of dandelions, goldenrod, Jerusa- lem artichoke, dahlias and chicory. Inulin is obtained easily by soaking the roots of these composite-flowering plants in hot water, in which it dis- solv It is recovered when the water ols. Chemical analysis shows it to be highly complex substance with the extraordinarily high molecular weight of approximately 18.000. It was found to contain about 100 molecules of sugar to one of inulin. Contains Levulose. When Bureau of Standards chemists tried to split up this molecule into its constituuent sugars, they found it con- sisted of 92 per cent of the well-known sugar, levulose or fructose, many times sweeter than the common sucrose, or cane sugar, which is used on the table Three per cent was glucose, the same The remaining 5 per cent was a group of substances hitherto unknown to made up of two molecules of levulose, tightly combined, one of which melted at about 162 degrees centigrade and an- other at 194 degrees. But when the substances were further analyzed they substances. Each had a molecule made up of two levulose mclecules, but each differed from the others in appearance, phenomenon of rotation cf polarized light. Identity Can Be Changed. All three can be changed into fructose with strong acid, but each is a distinct kind of sugar in itself—as is sucrose the best known of all sugars, which can be resolved into fructose and dextrose. This is what happens in the stomach when it is eaten, and is accomplished by bees in making honey. A peculiar property of the new sugars is their low solubility in water— only about half that of cane sugar. The reason for this is unknown. All three have a sweetish taste, but it has not been practical to compare their sweet- ness with that of other sugars because only such tiny amounts have been available, Because of the small arount contained in inulin, it is difficult to ob- tain a sufficient supply of the crystals of the new sugars for experimentation. There are approximately 75 kinds of sugars known to chemists, of which only a few are commonly available for human food. Whether the new types will have any practical significance, aside from their interest to chemists, can be known only by exhaustive study of their properties. Proportions Not Known. Inulin, it was explained by Dr. R. F. Jackson, the Bureau of Standards chemist who isolated the new sugars, makes up about 10 per cent of the Toots | of dandelions, goldenrod, artichokes, etc.. but it is hard to determine the exact proportions because it is asso- ciated with very similar but chemical- ly different substances. Other than as a source of levulose, the only use of this | substance in the past has been a dis- | puted one in medicine. Some physicians | have used it in the treatment of dia- betes, but there has been little agree- ment as to the resuits. Dr. Jackson was assisted in his work by Miss Emma McDonald of the bu-! reau’s staff of chemists, who obtained The chem- s now are working intensively to de- termine the actual structure of the molecules, the difference in which is responsibie for the different varieties The chemical names of the new sugars are difruedose anhydride, one, two and three. R PRSI ROR MRS. IMBRIE’S SUIT Widow Seeks $30,000 Held for Alleged Debts by Con- troller General. Controller General McCarl was cited| today by Justice Jennings Bailey of the Distriet’ Supreme Court to show_cause May 11 why he should not pay $30.000 to Mrs. Katherine Imbrie, 1016 Six- teenth street, widow of former Vice Counsul Robert W. Imbrie, whowas killed by Persion police at Teheran, Persia. July 18, 1924, Damages of $30,000 were awarded Mrs, Imbrie by act of Congress for injuries which she sus- tained four days after her husband's death, when attacked by two native ruffians in the Persian capital. Through Attorneys Sherley, Faust & Wilson, the petitioner told the court that McCarl s withholding pay- ment on the claim that her husband owed the United States $1,325.86 on a final check-up of his accounts with the Government. She claims there is no authority of law for such attempted deduction even if the claim was a valid one. The court was informed that while acting as consul general at Teheran in July, 1924, Imbrie was attacked and serlously injured by an officer of the Persian Cossack Regiment and on July 18. while helpless in the hospital, was killed by police. Four days later, while seated In a parked car on the streets of Teheran, Mrs, Imbrie says she was attacked by two men who GIRLS WILL COMPETE Finals FRIDAY. HESE oratory finalists will compete at 8 o'clock Friday night in the audi- torium of the New National Mu: Camp as first prize. Left to right: Margaret Snow Barbara Fenton, Frances Marshall and Jane Hix. ACCIDENTS CLAIM TWO DAR. VISITORS Charleston, W. Va., gates Among 11 Injured in Traffic Here. Eleven persons, including two dele-| gates to the D. A. R. convention, were hurt in a series of traffic accidents Teported late yesterday and last night, | while another was saved from possible | serfous injury when pulled from the path of an auto by a policeman. | The delegates, Mrs. Edna Young John- s0n, 50 years old, and Mrs. Julia Wentz, 60, both of Charleston, W. Va., suffered cuts and bruises when two taxicabs in which they were riding collided at Jack- | son place and Pennsylvania avenue. | First-aid treatment was administered at | Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was Teturning to the | Hamilton Hotel from the convention in | a cab driven by Carter D. Thompson, 32, | of 816 Eighteenth street. when the | crash occurred. Mrs. Wentz was the | occupant of a taxi operated by Alex- ander Dacy, 37, of 1417 Wisconsin avenue. | Colored Patrolman Hurt. Patrolman Roland Valentine, colored, 35, was knocked down by an automobile driven by Harry W. Whitehead, 24, of | Arlington County, Va., while directing | traffic in front of Constitution Hall as | Seventeenth and D streets. Valentine, an eighth precinct officer assigned to the special traffic detail organized for the convention, was taken to Emergency Hospital, where physi- clans found to be suffering from a skull fracture. His condition was im- proved today. A War Department automobile skid- ding into a machine at Edmunds street and Massachusetts avenue sent three Chevy Chase, Md., women to Emergency Hospital. ‘The most seriously injured of the trio was M: Virginia S. Hugton, 26, an occupant of the private car, who re- ceived fractures of the arm and collar bone. The driver, Miss Alice Broas, 44, also suffered a broken arm, while Mrs. Mary V. Spear, 60, escaped with slight cuts. Skidding Causes Crash. The women, all of whom live at 6800 Brookeville road, Chevy Chase, were en route home after spending the dav in the city when the War Department car, operated by Cyrus L. Scribner, 26, of the Army Post Exchange Headquarters at 1800 C street, skidded and struck | their automobile. The quick work of Patrolman H. D. Thomas of the Traffic Bureau, Mrs. Norma Potts of 1239 New Hamp- shire avenue, from serious injury when he snatched her from the path of ap- proaching _automobiles at _Fifteenth street and New York avenue. Mrs. Potts became confused and dashed toward the line of machines. Thomas raced from his post in the middle of the street and pulled her to safety. Sixth precinct police arrested Thomas E. Goldsmith, 25 years old, of 1413 Girard street, on a charge of driving while drunk after he allegedly drove through a safety zone and struck a man at Pennsylvania avenue and John Mar- shall place. The victim of the accident, Jack Tosono, 30, a Japanese, was treated at Emergency Hospital for abrasions and bruises. He gave his address as 1220 Sixteenth street. . PATROL SKIDS INTO CURB Rear Wheel of 14th Precinct Car| Broken in Accident. A rear wheel was torn off the four teenth precinct patrol wagon late i terday when it skidded into the curb on Thirty-fourth street and Massachu- setts avenue. Patrolmen F. W. Savage, driving the patrol, and J. were uninjured. They were returning from the scene of an automobile accident when the mishap occurred. POLICE FI who was W. Peters, Five Members of Washington Department Study Crime Scientifically at seized her by the throat. She was saved from serious harm only by the quick- starting of the machine, which hurled her assailants from the running board. The Persian government, she in- formed the court, paid the United States $60,000 indemnity for her hus- band’s death and also the additional expense of transporting his body to the United States on a battleship, but no demand was made on the Persian gov- ernment for indemnity because of her pain and suffering and the loss to her by her husband's death. To offset this Congress appropriated $30,000 for her own relief, she says, but McCarl per- sistently withholds the payment of the York Representative was not in the car ) amount because of the alieged debt of at the time, her husband to the United States, Five members of the Washington Po- | amination of questioned documents and lice Department, taking a course in scientific crime investigation at North- western University, should be able to outwit Sherlock Holmes in his palmiest days, judging from a report received from Chicago today by Inspector Wil- liam S. Shelby, chief of detectives. ‘The report came from Capt. Frank S. W. Burke of the first precinet, who is in charge of the Washington delegation at the university. It covered the first week of instruction, which included the scient of ballistics, physiology, psychol- | ogy, use of “truth” serum and its effect on the brain, use of the lie detector, ex- Dele-' |ton Star reporter jumped in the for- saved | ND COLLEGE COURSE PROVIDES VALUABLE TRAINING seum, with two weeks at the Girl Scout Sylvia Waldman, —Star Staff Photo. LAST OF ESCAPED STORE OWNER HELD ON ARSON CHARGE AFTER §20,000 FIRE Arraigned When Investiga- tors Report 5-Alarm Blaze Started in Two Places. GRANTED CONTINUANCE PENDING LOAN TRIAL Watchman Says He Saw Accused Man in Store Less Than Two Hours Eefore Conflagration. Edward Frank, 39, wa | fore Judge Ralph G | today on a charge of arson in connec- tion with the five-alarm fire which | damaged four buildings in the 400 block of Ninth street early yesterday At the request of Assistant United States Attorney Michael Keogh the case was continued until next Tues- | day. Frank's lawyer concurred in the Tequest, pointing out that the accused man is scheduled to appear before Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court to- morrow on a charge of violating the small loan law. Frank’s bond of $1,000 in the arson case was renewed and he was released. | He already had posted $500 bond in the small loan case, in which he is ac- icused of having lent a detective $2 on a watch. arraigned be- ven in Police Court * CONVITS CAUGHT Capital “Literary Burglar” Found Walking Dejected Along Country Road. Walking dejectedly along the road | not_caring whether or not he was ap- prehended, Willlam Sullivan, 46, tce last man at liberty of the quartet who | executed a daring escape from the Lorton. Va. Reformatory Tuesday morning, was taken into custody late last night by police from Alexandria, Va. Sullivan’s capture ends the manhunt which has been going on in the woods south of Alexandria since the four men stole an automobile, cut telephone wires at the reformatory and escaped Tuesday morning. Two of the men were captured shortly following the escape, after they took to the woods near Accotink, Va., when tires on the automobile blew out, and a third man was apprehended near Fort Hunt, Va., yesterday afternoon. X Acting on a tip furnished by Scott Grimm of 210 Duke street, Alexandria, who saw Sullivan walking along the road near Gum Springs, about 6 miles south of Alexandria last night, Detec- tive Sergt. Edgar Sims and a Washing- mer's automobile and hurried to the spot where the convict was last seen. No resistance Is Offered. Sullivan was spotted walking slowly along the highway on the old road through Gum Springs, headed in the direction of Alexandria. When the officer drew alongside and called to {him to come to the car, he replied, i“l".s me, all right.” | ‘The convict almost collapsed into the car as he was trying to get in. He explained that he had had nothing {to eat since he left the Reformatory | and that the only water he had obtained was rain water caught in his cap. His | clothing was wet and considerably torn. | The convict was taken to Alexandria | where he consumed a large meal after | being placed in a cell. He was turned over to reformatory authorities this | morning. Was Shot at by Farmer. Sullivan said he had spent Tuesday | night and yesterday in the woods near | Accotink and during the rain yester- day afternoon had ducked under a shed | at Fort Humphreys to escape the show- ers and remained there as an Army sentry patrolled within a few feet of him. Tuesday night, he said, he was fired at by a farmer. Sullivan was sent to the reformatory about five months ago to serve a five- year term for burglary. He is known here as the “literary | burglar.” He was convicted of stealing | books from the libraries of several prominent persons. | . Paul Calvin Embrey, 20-year-old local bandit, reputed to have engineered the get-away, was captured on the Fort | Hunt road, south of Alexandria yester- 1 day afternoon by Capt. Haywood Durrer and Officer Carl McIntosh of Fairfax | County police. He also had left the woods and taken to the roads in a bold | attempt to get through when he was caught. William Wright and Robert Wells, serving terms for grand larceny and | robbery, who were ths other members of the quartet which escaped, were captured near Accotink Tuesday morn- | ing shortly after the escape. MRS. CASTLE FUNERAL Services to Be Tomorrow for Civil War Veteran's Widow. Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Jane Castle, widow of Sergt. Phillip P. Castle, | Civil War veteran, who died Monday at | her home, at the Argonne Apartments, | will be held tomorrow morning at 11 |o'clock at the S. H. Hines funeral parlors, 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. |~ Survivors include two daughters, Leota B. Castle, Washington. and Mrs. Myrtle V. Curley, Laurel, Md., and a so1 Northwestern. the principles of chemistry. The course is being given under the direction of Col. Calvin Goddard, fa- mous ballistics _expert, who figured prominently in the investigation of the mysterious and unsolved murder of Mary Baker. Capt. Burke said the sub- jects covered were ‘“interesting and valuable.” In additign to Capt. B ing the calise are Lieut. JolmH. Fow- ler of the headquarters detectMe staff, Detecti gt. Floyd A. Truscégt, Ira those tak- Arrested After Injury. Frank was arrested yesterday fol- lowing an investigation by . Roberts a fire department inspector, and Detectives A. D. Mansfleld and J. A. Mostyn of the first precinct. The inquiry was said to have re- vealed that the blaze apparently had started simultaneously in two parts of the building at 430 Ninth street, in which Frank conducted a dry goods and novelty ‘store. One fire, it was { explained, was in Frank's shop, and ! the other was in a hall on the second floor. According to the investigators, Archie Phillip F. Castle, jr., also of this | | Finnigan, employed as a watchman by | several Ninth street business establish- { ments, said he saw Frank in the store | at No. 430 at 12.20 o'clock yesterday { morning. Frank denied this, however, saying he jretired at midnight in the rear of a | jewelry store at 434, which he also owns. H;dwdas awakened by the fire engines, he added. Bought Stock Saturday. Last Saturday the investigators said, Frank purchased $400 worth of stock in the shop at 430 Ninth street from I. Rosenberg, with the understanding the merchandise would be turned over to him yesterday. Frank insured the stock for $500 im- mediately after the purchase, the in- | vestigators declared. A short time later, they added, he purchased $6,000 worth of insurance on the contents of the Jewelry store at 434 and a similar es- tablishment in the same block. Detective Mansfield arrested Prank when he appeared at police headquar- ters in connection with the small-loan case. Three Firemen Injured. The fire broke out shorily after 2 o'clock and the first alarm was turned in by a taxicab driver. From 430 the blaze spread to a Dixie Shoe Store, at 432, and thence to Frank's Jewelry Shop, at 434. The structure in which it orig- inated was wrecked and a clothing store at 428, conducted by Friedlander Bros., also was damaged. The damage to the four buildings was estimated at about $25,000 by Fire De- partment officials. Three firemen were injured fighting the blaze, which at- tracted a crowd of about 5,000 persons. The firemen injured were Sergt. Mi- chael Lamp, Engine Company No. 14; iCapt. O. A. Becker, Engine Company | No. 3, and Sergt. N. S. Bradford, Engine | Company No. 2. | ICONSTITUTION AVENUE | PAVING IS PROMISED | N R | !Strip Between Fourteenth Street and Virginia Avenue to Be Ready This Fall. Constitution avenue, between Fours | teenth street and Virginia avenue, will {be paved by the end of the Summer, marking the first major step in the ~ program of making this thoroughfare the great ceremonial highway of the | Capital. This announcement was made today by Maj. D. H. Gillette, assistant execu- tive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, who explained that this work is being done by the District government in collaboration with the commission The old gateposts opposite the new Commerce Department Building will be moved back, out of the path of the highway construction, as_Constitution avenue is to have a width of 80 fect. teposts will be maintained af sent level iminary work on avenue, which is to be lined with trees, | has been in progress during the past few weeks, with_alterations in public jutility mains being made by the in- | terested companies and _the central | parking being removed. Under the im- provement program, the lights will be placed on the sides of the avenue. CAMERON TO CONTINUE Constitution Assistant Corporation Counsel Urges Victims to File Com- plaints for Prosecutions. Prosecution of violators of the loan shark law will be continued vigorously, Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas F. Cameron said in a statement today. Mr. Cameron said that since the de- cision of Police Judge John P. Mc- Mahon last Saturday, finding Barnet and Isadore Rosenbloom guilty of vio- lating the act relating to loaning money, he had studied Judge McMa- hon's opinion carefully with a view to formulating plans for further prose- cution of alleged violators. “Prosecutions will continue to be in= stituted,” the statement said, “wher= ever facts indicating the existence of a prima facie case are presented. All persons who have been aggrieved by the activities of so-called loan sharks and who are willing to appear as prosecuting witnesses are urged to file their complaints with the Police De- partment, where investigation will be N. Guillkson, .official police pholpg pher, and Edwin R. Donaldson, analyst, of the Detective Bureau. mld:dam‘:xrrporls lorw:;d!d'qw me for consideration with a view RrosgCy tion” ) k-