Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1931, Page 17

4DOR MORE POLICE WILL BE SHIFTED UNDER NEW SET-UP Capt. Burke Is Slated to Succeed Shelby as Detec- tive Bureau Chief. FOWLER LIKELY TO GET POST KELLEY VACATED Military Plan of Organization Will Go Into Effect July 1. Nearly 20 to Retire. Two score or more ehanges are cx- pected to be made in the personnel of the Metropolitan Police Department | July 1, when the new plan of organ- jzation, based on a military set-up, becomes effective and nearly 20 officers who have passed the age of 64 are automatically retired. | Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent, | declared today that the men to be a- volved in the shifts have not been selected and probably would not be until June 15, when he plans to send his recommendations for promotions to the District Commissioners for ap- proval. Reports circulated about the | advancement of certain officers, he said, are based entirely on speculation. It is a foregone conclusion, however, | that Capt. Frank S. W. Burké of the! first precinct will succeed Inspector Wwilliam S. Shilby as chief of the De- toctive Bureau. Capt. Burke is now | being trained for this post at North- western University, where he is taking & special course in scientific crime in- vestigation. Fowler’s Promotion Indicated. “There are indications, too, that Lieut. John H Fowler will be put in command of the Detective Bureau's important homicide squad. This post has been vacant since thé elevation of Capt. Ed- ward J. Kelly to assistant chief of de- tectives. Since Clgt. Kelly's promotion Detective Sergt. John Flaherty has been mcting commander of the homicide ad. q‘lx..le'\lt. Fowler is considered the “bal- tics expert” of the Police Depart- ent, and he also is taking the spe- ial course in scientific crime investi- tion at Northwestern. Homicide vork has been his specialty for many years, and police officials are said to regard him as the logical man to suc- ceed Capt. Kelly. Flaherty cannot be given the post, it was pointed out, be- cause of his rank, the regulations pre- scribing that the chief of the homicide squad be a lieutenant. Aside from a new commander, the homicide squad probably will have sev- | eral new members. Detectives J. A. Mostyn and Richard Mansfield of the first precinct are said to be slated for positions on the squad. These two officers constitute the backbone of the first precinct’s vice squad. Shelby to Be Liaison Man. Inspector Sheclby, under the new set- | up, is to confine his dutles to the ad ministrative functions of the depart- ment, serving as a liaison between the superintendent and the inspectors— those assigned to administrative duties as well as those who are to command the three groups of precincts to be cre- ated under the military plan of or- nization. In this capacity he will re- eve the superintendent of many of the routine administrative details. REARREST FOLLOWS | RELEASE BY LORTON Electrician Seized as Parole Vio-| lator After Serving Term for Counterfeiting. Chester Franklin Foote, 29-year-old electrician who was released from Lor- ton Reformatory yesterday, after serv-! ing a year and a day for counterfeit- ing, was taken to Baltimore today to| serve six months in the Maryland Pen- itentiary as a parole violator. Foote was rearrested by detectives waiting to serve a warrant sworn to by Gov. Ritchie. The Governor had r voked Foote's parole frcm the Mary land institution on lezrning of his arrest here for counterfeiting The electrician, who formerly lived on Wisconsin avenue, was arrested by fifth precinct police on the counterfeit- ing charge March 31, 1950. A short time before that he had been relcased from the Maryland Penitentiary, having been given six months off a term for larceny in Anne Arundel County as a reward for geod behavior. During the first few months at Lorton Foote was a model prisoner and was to have been awarded time off his sen- tence as a result. Later, however, he attempted to escape, and was forced to serve the full term. Detective Sergis. 17 Richard J. Cox served warsant on Foote yesterday. He was held overnight at the fifth precinct station and turned over to Baltimore police after a removal hearing in Police Court. MRS. HARRIET E. HERON DIES IN PARIS, FRANCE i K. Wilson and the Governor's Native Washingtonian Had Gone Abroad to Meet Her Daughter. Body to Be Return Mrs. Harriet Eskew Heron, 56 years id, wi ] . Willl H. Heron of | . . . & o T Ol O dlea is in' Extermination Campaign Continues After Retirement of Employe Who Saw No Future in Job. Chevy Chase, D. C., died suddenly in Paris, France, Monday, of pneumonia, according to word received here. Mrs. Heron, who lived at 3903 Jocelyn street left the United States on April 3 for a European pleasure trip, and to meet her daughter, Mrs. A, D. Burhans, of Lieut. Comdr. Burhans, U. S. N, who was returning via Europe from the Orient. Mrs_Heron, before her marriage, was Miss_Harriet Eskew, a member of an old District family. ' She was educated at Central High School, She was a member of All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase. Be- sides Mrs. Burhans, she is survived by two sons, Loren and Holland Heron and another daughter, Mrs. A. P. Reeves, all of this city, Pending further advice from Mrs. Burhans, who is returning with the body, funeral plans have not been com- Bleted. Plans Camp in Volcano | G. U. JUNIOR TO JOIN OBERT (Dick) Douglas, adven- turous Georgetown College junior, who spent his sixteenth birthday as a Boy Scout hunt- ing lions in the heart of Africa, 1s looking forward to spending his nineteenth birthday this Summer camp- ing out in the sulphurous crater of an Alaskan volcano. As one of three voung student ex- plorers who are to join Father Bernard Hubbard, the “Glacier Priest,” in his latest Alaskan exploit, Douglas is leav- ing here Monday tor Seattle, Wash., to embark on a 2,000-mile voyage to Chignic, near the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula. Thence they will treck some 50 miles into the interior to Mount Aniakchack, in the famous “Valley of 10,000 Smokes.” Father Hubbard will precede the youths by’ hydroplane, landing on the great lake in the crater which provides an ideal airport. He has engaged a pilot and the boys cxpect to make many flights over the smoky volcanic region. They will remain there all Summer, studying the geology of the crater and its neighboring Mount _Veniaminof, exploring and hunting Kodiak bears with a camera. Met Priest at Georgetown. “Dick” Douglas, who got his first taste of adventure nearly three years ago, when he hunted African big game with the Martin Johnsons, spent last Summer also in Alaska. It was at Georgetown College last Fall that he imet the Jesuit priest who is widely known for his glacier exploration in Alaska. Father Hubbard promised Dick then to take him along with him this Summer when he visited some of Alas- ka's largest volcanoes. During the past Winter Father Hub- bard, who is head of the department of geology at Santa Clara University, in California, visited Alaska to take motion pictures of the Jesuit missions in its interior. Young Douglas said today he hopes to arrive at Mount Aniakchack in time to photograph a big Kodiak bear taking a “Turkish bath” in the crater. “It is usually in May before the bears begin to shed their heavy fur, so it gets pretty warm for them,” he said. Bears Expedite Shedding. “The Kodiak bears in that region have discovered a way to expedite the shedding process. They go into the crater, steaming themselves out in a reg- ular Turkish bath by lying for several deys over vaporish crevices. That en- ables them to shed their fur coats be- fore nature would do, the trick under normal eircumstances.” At Seattle Douglas will meet his two side-partners, Kenneth Chisholm of St. ALASKAN EXPEDITION, ROBERT DOUGLAS. Ignatius College and William Regan of Santa Clara, Chisholm also has been to Alaska before. The crater of Mount Aniakchack, Douglas said, is several miles in di- ameter and is_approached by a single narrow pass. While it is not an actve volcano, it is filled with smoky vent holes and sulphur pools, offering on= of the most interesting studies in geology. They will pitch their camp in the crater on the shore of the lake, whence they can take off in their hydroplane without difficulty. Will Return Next Fall. Douglas is going armed with a rifie and camera, though he expects only to shoot game when a change of diet urges He will also go armed with a voluminous | note book, for he hopes to write later | about his ‘adventures. He has no par- | | ticular bent for geology, he said, pre- | ferring botany and big game { The adventurous young student will| |relurn to Georgetown in time for the! Iupemn( of his senior year next Fall | | | { He hails from Greensboro, N. C., and | bis father and grandfather graduated | from Georgetown. After a post-| graduate course in North Carolina | Douglas said he wants to take up writ- ing for a career. He has already made a good start, for his first book about | | the adventures of “Three Boy Scouts in, | Africo” " has sold more than 65,00 copies. he WASHINGTON, { hour for each man—the same wage the | Mr. Adams said. “and inform the prop- CHILD HEALTH DAY WILL BE OBSERVED Property Owners May Secure;School Children to Receive Workers at Wage of 40 |Physical Tests and Agencies Cents an Hour. | Will Hold “Open House.” SPEGAL CLEAWLP SERVE OFFERED | l.\ .;pegm ;;rewggl c,l)can-up g}lan em-| Physical examinations of school ployed by the 1931 District Clean-Up “ ikt Combiites willis Dlsoad e | - LLch @ha. the “hoidlng ot “open the disposal of property owners in_the |DOUse” by various governmental und} city, commencing Monday, in an effort | private agencies interested with child g:np.mr,nu‘l!nte work of :;x:%aunbz ::?\wvlrare will constitute the National | , it was announced today by the | g i i ; committes. A eharge of 40 cents per | Capital's observance tomorrow «f May day and Child Health day. One hundred dentists, members of {the District of Columbia Dental So- The new service, which will be in ef- | Ciety, who have volunteered their serv- fect until the end of the campaign, is ices, will examine and treat school designed primarily, it was explained, 10 children, it was announced today by {,"W“fge;;“gg;e‘;g_“;fi:‘; Lot 0 i°%a | Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chairman of | supplied with tools and all necessary the May Day, Child Health Day and cquipment. and foreman, service will be Early Diagnosis Commitices. provided gratis. A trucking service also # : will be made available to remove trash Motor Corps Will Assist. and rubbish collected by the men The motor corps of the District s e ey ori e | el O TR e o mittee, that the new service will have | under the direction of Mrs; E. G.| the effect of reducing effort on the Montgomery, chairman of the corps, part of the property owner to a min- Wwill assist in transporting the children imum.. All that he will be required from their schools to the dental offices to do will be to call the clean-up cam- and back again, Dr. Murphy added. | paign headquarters in the District| This service will be augmented by the | Building and state the location of the private cars of the Junior League, property desired to be cleared under the direction of Miss Em “A foreman will then view the lot” | Ecker. Children whose parents are | willing for them to accept the offer | il men will receive from the District clean-up group—will be made for the zervice. erty owner exactly how much the cost of the free dental care tomoirow of cleaning will be. If the price is|be referred by their teachers to | Inquest Is Made After Pedestrian agreeable to the property owner the work will be started immediately. In case the cost runs less than the esti- mat= the owner will receive a refund; nearest listed dentist. Hearing tests will be given children of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades in the practice school of the Wilson if it more, the committce bears the | Teachers' College tomorrow by Miss loss.” |Ada M. Hill, director of the local or- |ganization for the hard-of-hearing. wife | SAYS WIFE ENTERTAINED | OTHER MEN IN ABSENCE Harry Beutjer, Disabled Veteran, Charges Misconduct in Suit Re- questing Absolute Divorce. ¢ F. Beutjer, 810 K street south- filed suit for an abcolute di- vorce from Mrs. Lillian Beutjer, 1302 E street _southeast, charging misconduct with Emmett Dornin, 119 Eignth strect { southeast. | At the same time Mrs. Violet E. Dor- {nin, 1307 North Carolina avenue north- | east, asked the court for an absolute |divorce from Emmett Dornin and | named Mrs. Beutjcr s co-respondent. | Beutfer, a World War veteran, told pital treatment and when he arrived home on several occasins found his { wifa entertaining other men. They {were married in 1919 and have a 10- | year-old child The Dornins were married at For- rectville, Md., in Sepiember, 1926, and have no children, the court is informed. Attorney D. Edward Clarke filed the divorce petitions for Beutjer and for Mrs. Dornin, | | | | | The great rat {paign surged forward today after a ‘emporary halt yesterday when the of- ficial rat catcher quit in disgust be- cause_he .could sce no future in his { Employment opened up for business | today. however, there was already a ! candidate anxious to step into his shees. He got the job. The new rat catcher is 3E “Thorpe, 36, of 5031 Eighh street. In running through Mr. Thorpe's qualifications, George J. Adams, Jr., secretary of the commitiee, asked if he had ever caught rats before. “I have caught them in steel traps that break their backs,” replied Mr. Thorpe. [ the court that he had to undergo hos- | 'NEW RAT CATCHER PROMISES E TO DROWN PESTS GENTLY exterminating cam- | | job. When the District Committee on | 'Slmflnr tests are being given the stu- | dent teachers today in preparation for the hearing examinations tomorrow. 'arents of the children to be tested have een invited to be present. Agencies Hold “Open House.” The agencies which will hold “open house” and their respective schedules | | include the Office of Education, De- | | partment of the Interior, which will | distribute information and publications on the health of the school child from 9 am. to 4:30 pm.; Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture, | will distribute Government literature from an office in the Earle Bulding, ! Thirteenth and E street, from 2 to 4:30 pm. Public Health Service of the Treasury Department will _distribute literature and Dr. Blanche E. Sterling and Dr. Estella Ford will reccive visitors from 9 to 4:30 p.m.; Children's Bureau | of the Department of Labor will dis- | tribute information on infant and child care from 9 am. to 4:30 pm.; Washington Dalry Council. 1700 1 street, will display health posters and distribute weight cards and guides for balanced meals, and the Washington Child Research Center, 3209 Highland place, will be “at home” to any persons interested in work with the child of the pre-school age, in two sessions, 9 a.m. {to noon, and 3 to 4 p.m. P: by Mr. Adams winced in horror. { “You must understand” he said, “that these are not ordinary rats. They must be treated gently. They are to be caught in wire inclosed traps and then gently drowngd.” That was all right with Mr. Thorpe, 50 he was told to report later in the day. The campaign will not really get under way with full vigor, however, until 20 special traps, ordered from Baltimore, arrive. As for the former rat exterminator, W. G. Gentry, he has taken up wood | carving as scmething with a brighter ifulurt than rat catching, which pays but 40 cents an hour, D. € CAPTAL HELPED BY PARKING CUR, CROSBY DECLAES Rhode Island Avenue Asso- ciation Told More Cars Can Find Places. REICHELDERFER PRESSES NECESSITY OF ECONOMY Request for Redistricting Terri- tory With Burroughs Associa- tion Rejected in Resolutions. The new parking regulations are im- proving traffic conditions in Washing- ton, Commissioner Herbert Crosby de- clared in an address before the Rhode Island "Avenue Citizens' Association last night. Spcaking before a capacity audience in Sherwood Presbyterian Church hall, Commissicner Crosby cited figures to show that eight times as many persons are now able to park their cars than could do so before the new regulations went into effect last week. In accom- plishing this, he said. the regulations have served the purpose for which they were intended—to give practically every one a chance to park in the down- town area Commissioners Luther Reichelderfer, another guest speaker, Jauded the cit- !izens’ associations as invaluable aids to | District officials in judging pubiic senti- | ment, Economy Is Explained. Dr. Reichelderfer explained the finan- cial problems confronting the leaders of the District which make it imperative for improvements. Fred Emery of the Soclety of Native the also discussed traffic probl:ms and ad- vanced the suggestion that taxi stands be limited. By way of answering a request of the Burroughs Citizens' Association that a conference be held on the question of changing the boundaries of the two groups, the Rhode Island Avenue Cit- izens adopted a resolution offered by the Executive Committee calling for the active continuance of “its established policy of serving all parts of the terri- tory it has so long represented. The resolution declares the Rhode Island Avenue Association has “func- | tioned for the good of the whole com- munfty” for more than 22 vears within the area bounded by the District line, Fifteenth street northeast, Bunker Hill road and the Eastern Branch. Contest Revival Asked. What is expected to be the first step in the revival of the Jong-popular lawns and gardens contest in the community was taken when a suggestion that these contests, discontinued a few years ago. be renewed this year, was rcieired to committee. Meredith C. Wilson, who made the suggesticn, declared the con- test should be handled by the associa- tion, the Woodridge Garden Club and the Bicentennial Committee A resolution of sympathy for the fam- ily of Ira B. Nutter was adopted. Mr.: Nutter, who died two weeks ago, was a | former president and for six years chair- man of the Schools Committee of the assoclation. G. C. Coulter, Elmer C. Spencer and James D. Burns were admitted to mem- bership. Entertainment features of the pro- gram included vocal selections by Mrs Eppa Norris and William Altherholt and music by the McKinley High School Band, under the leadership of L. E Manoley. Following the meeting an_informal reception was held by the Commission- ers and refreshments were served President E. G. Sievers presided. STREET CAR DEATH IS HELD ACCIDENTAL | 1 Is Struck on Pennsyl- vania Avenue. The death of Samuel 8. Galiher, 76, who died at Casualty Hospital last night after being struck by a street car as he stepped from a loading platform at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourth street, was accidental, a coroner's jury decided today. Galiher, who was takén to the hcs- pital by a motorist. died of a compound fracture of the skull, concussion of the brain and a crushed chest The trolley was in charge of Edward J. Marklin, motorman, 3338 Prospect avenue, and George W. Rhodes, 2709 P street, ‘conductor. Galiher, born near Circleville, Ohio, was prominently identified with Kansas and Ohlo educational institutions until about 40 years ago, when he came to the Capital. On his arrival here he enrolled as a student at Georgetown University, where he studied both law and medi- cine, being graduated in the former. He later served the Government in the naturalization service, spending most of his time in New York A son, Claude, with whom he had been planning to take a trip to Ohio soon, lives at 130 Twelfth street south- east. Galiher will be buried Saturday in Fort Lincoln Cemetery after services at his home, 436 Sixth street northeast, Members of the Myron M. Parker Lodge of Masons, with which he was con- nected, will take charge of the funeral Besides his son and daughter. Mrs. Blanche P. Beamzn of White Plains, N. Y, his widow survives. WALTER JOHNSON NAMED GUARDIAN FOR CHILDREN Five Heirs of Mother Property on Taylor Street. Walter Johnson, manager of Washington base ball club. was ap- pointed today by Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Caurt as guardian of his five children. Walter P., jr.; Ed- ward R., Robert W. Carolyn A. and Barbara J. Johnson, who are entitled, as_heirs of their mother, Hazel Lee Johnson, to property at 1432 Taylor street. Mrs. Johnson died last August 1. The children reside with their father at Alta Vista, Md. The court was informed the children have no_personal property in the Dis- trict and that the real estate is subject to & life interest of the father. The property is valued at $8,500 and is ubject to an encumbrance of $5,500. Attorney L. A. Widmayer appeared for Manager Johnson. THURSDAY, to many worthy requests | third guest speaker of the evening, | | Senator King Says School Con- {a study of local coal prices is planned ! by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, i said he plans to gather information re- Were Left the | ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening S APRIL 30, Gas Kills Baby i CHILD'S INTEREST IN JETS BRINGS DEATH. I GRIFFEN, JR. Mrs. Anna May Griffen, 20, today was mourning the death cf her 2-year- old son, John. jr., whose childish inter- est in gas jets and “what makes them work” caused his asphyxiation last night. John, whose father disappeared last December 11 and has not been heard from since, acquired an interest in gas jets soon after he learned to toddle around. | " His mother, realizing his hobby was a dangerous one, kept him out of the kitchen of her flat at 221 E street as much as possible. Last night, however, after his mother had tucked him into bed, John crept into the kitchen and | began manipulating the levers control- I ling the flow of gas in the range. | Detects Odor of Gas. Mrs. Griffen, who had gone down- stairs to_chat with her employer, Mrs. Fannle E. Hall, detected the odor of gas and hurried to her second-floor flat. John's crib was empty. Mrs. Griffen hastened into the kitchen, where she found her son lying unconsclous on the floor. Her screams attracted the atten- tion of other occupants of the house, and they summoned Dr. Louls F. Levitt and the fire rescue squad. Although the squad, working under the direction of Dr. Levitt, tried for a half hour to revive John, they were | unable to do so. According to Mrs. Griffen, her hus- band, who is 29, disappeared after giv- ing her $20 and telling her. he was go- ing to “either New York or Miami” to seek work. Gets Part-Time Work. When the money was gone and she had not heard from her husband, Mrs. Griffen obtained part-time employment in a downtown department store. It | was at this time that she moved to the E street address, where she rented a room. She soon found herself out of a_job, however, and she asked Mrs. Hall, whose housekeeper had just left, to give her the place. With the new job, Mrs. Griffen was given larger living quarters—a sma. flat in which John could play to his | heart’s content. ! John will be buried Friday, but ar- rangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. PARLEY PLANNED ON D. C. PROBLEMS struction and Coal Prices Will Be Taken Up. A conference with District officials to discuss school construction problems and he_announced toda: Referring to accidents which occurred recently at two schools that are in process of construction, Senator King sald he intends to confer with Engineer Commissioner John C. Gotwals to ac- quaint himself with the situation. With regard to coal, Senator King! said he was not so much concerned over | whether it was sold by the long ton of 2.240 tons or by 2.000-pound units, as he is with the question of prices. He| the { The charges of alleged price Senator said he wanted | first to find out what the facts are be- | fore discussing the question further, but that if the facts warrant it, he thought {the Department of Justice should look into the situation. FOUND UNDERPRIVILEGED Children in Railway Section La- borers’ Homes Lack Essentials. Concluding an investigation in 10 States, the Children’s Bureau has sub- mitted a report describing as under- privileged the children of section hands and other railroad maintenance-of-way workers. Food. clothing and shelter of 1874 children in the 550 families investigated were found to be below minimum standards. The standard of living of from 60 to %0 per cent of the families was found to fall below essentlals for physical well- being, 203 families subsisting on diets marked unsatisfactory by nutritionists and 144 on diets considered ‘seriously | deficient.” None of those who worked as section laborers, the repdt said, “earned as much as is considered necessary mini- mum for a family of four or five, $1.400 to $1.500. In fact, not one earned as much” as $1,250, 29 earned less than $500." POLICE ON FALSE CALL garding fixing Burglar Alarm at Bank Is Sounded by Accident. An accidentally tossed telephone di- rectory that set off fhe burglar alarm in the Federal-American National Bank Building, Fourteenth and G streets, late yesterdayebrought two carloads of detectives and uniformed policemen to the scene of the supposed hold-up. An apologetic official assured police the alarm button was agpidentally pushed. i SR EE S Declaring a defective traffic signal caused the accident, a coroner's jury absolved two matorisgs in the death of Mrs, Helen B. Tanner, 73 years old, of 2301 Connecticut avenue. at an inquest yesterday at the District Morgue. Mrs. Tanner died at Emergency Hos- pital Tuesday from injuries received when a car in which she was riding collided with another at Sixtenth and S streets last Friday. Freeman Wilet, 18, of 1919 Lincoln road northeast, driver of the car in which Mrs. Tanner was riding, and Omer G. Krenstaw, 21, of 1318 Fern streest, were the men cleared by the jury. | sell large quantities of liquor. Tar 1931. APPEAL PLANED BY 11 CONVCTED. N LQUIR CASE Jury of Ten Men and Two| Women Return Verdict, With Leniency Asked. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CHARGE STATE ERRED | e il | Justice Luhring Expected to Be Ready Next Week to Pass Sentence. Convicted early today of conspiring to violate the national prohibition law, 11 men will be sentenced soon by Justice | Oscar R. Luhring of District Supreme | Court, The jury returned its verdict with a recommendation of leniency shortly be- | fore 1 o'clock this morning. The 10| men and 2 women jurors had deliberated | 32 hours. No other case had received | such lengthy consideration here in more | than a decade. | Only one of the doen defendants who | went on trial two weeks ago was ex- onerated. This decision resuited in the | release of Mrs. Ida Mendelson, young | dark-haired wife of one of the members | of the liquor ring. Justice Luhring probably will pass sentences next week. The law fixes the maximum penalty at a fine of | $10,000 and two years' imprisonment. | Defense attorneys insisted today the | jury's recommendation of mercy would | have no bearing on the sentences de- | cided upon. They said they would | carry the case to the Court of Appeals, | alleging as reversible error statements | of prosecutors in addressing the jury | that the defendants might be found guilty with recommendations of leni- | Four Pleas of Guilty. | ency. Those convicted were Alfred G. Men- delson, Roy Beasley, Harry Kushner, | Corbin Shields, Milton J. Lerner, Roy | Ahern, Thomas McNichols. Andrew | Lobolo, Edward T. Croghan, Jack Baum and Frank E. Baker. In addition, pleas of guilty were en- | tered by four defendants at the open- ing of the trial, two of them taking the stand as prosecution witnesses. | The defendants remained at liberty | today under bond pending preparation | of their appeals. | Defense attorneys announced other | grounds for their appeals, would in-| clude the charge that one of the jurors | had been induced to vote for convic- | tion against his will, and that the prosecution had failed to make out a prima facle case. It also was indicated | defense lawyers would contend more | than one conspiracy had been proved. | while the law, they said. provides only | a single conspiracy shall be made out. | Position of Attorneys. Early last night the eight defense at- torneys agreed the jury should continue its deliberaticns. A few hours later, | however, they insisted. without success, that the jury should be dismissed. James R. Kirkland, assistant United States Attorney in charge of prosccu- tion, predicted the Court of Appeals wouid upheld the convictions. He said the number of conspiracies was a ques- tion of fact, and the jury had decided one conspiracy was committed. He was upheld in this conterition by John J. Wilson, another assistant United States attorney, who aided in presenting the Government's case. 1 The Government's case was built around a ccntention that the defend- ants had conspired to manufacture and | Govern- ment witnesses testified the ring had operated stills in nearby Maryland, dic- tributing depots in the District and a store on Fourteenth street, the stock of | Which_ included spurious ‘Federal rev- | enue stamps, gin essence, rye essence, bottles, kegs and similar paraphernalia. | The defense produced no witnesses. Purchasing Mutual Association Head Lived Here Most of Life. | 4, Ellsworth E. Moore, 44, of 1621 Mon- tague street, died at Georgetown Hos- pital last night of complications result- ing from appendicitis and pneumonia. He was a native of Washington and had [ Sings Aida Role f DISTRICT WOMAN WINS OVER 30 IN CONTEST. MRS. EDITH WALLACK. A 26-year-old Washington mother, who told her husband she had gone to New York to visit friends, today was proncunced victor over 30 other con- tenders for the role of Aida in that opera May 9 with such singers as Mar- garet Matzenauer, Santlago Front and Armando Jannuzzi. She is Mrs. Edith Wallack, wife of Nathan N. Wallack, president of The Star Radio Co., and lives at 3933 Mili- tary road. Mr. wife's ceived a telegram from her this morn- ing reading: “Entered operatic contest to fill va- cancy in cast of ‘Aida’ with Matzenauer in contralto lead. Congratulate me be. cause I won over some 30 other conte: ants. Performance at Mecca Temple May 9th. I am so happy. Love to you and the children.{ Then came an Associa‘ed Press dis- patch with its report of Mrs. Wallac! victory. She had read of the inability of Gladys Axman to sing the title role as had been announced, the report from New York explained, and going to New York to be heard in the competition for the role, Mrs. Wallack was chosen by Paul Sydow. director. “I don't know what to think of this whole thing,” a baffled and highly pleased Mr. Wallack told The Star to- day. “Mrs. Wallack has a lovely voice —everybody says that—but I didn’t know she was going to try for a thing like this. She told me she was going | to New York to visit some of our friends |and the first thing I knew was when I got this telegram this morning.” Continuing, Mr. Wallack explained that until two years ago when his wife | won a local singing contest here, she had never studied singing. With that initial victory won solely by untrained patural talent, the young woman took singing lessons from local feachers. Subsequently, her husband explained, | she sang in several Washington con- certs and ence or twice over the radio in_local programs. The Wallacks have two children, Helen, a 12-year-old pupil of Friends’ School, and_Charles, 6. who is a pupil at Brown's School in Chevy Chase. Mrs. Wallack is a native of Philadelphia and | the couple has lived in Washington | | eight years. DOUTHITT PROBE IS MARKING TIME Discharge of Police Editor From Hospital Awaited—Con- dition Good. With Harry N. Douthitt in “good condition” at Casualty Hospital today, police apparently were awaiting his dis- charge from the institution before con- tinuing their investigation of the attack by two men, who beat him into uncon- sclousness with an iron pipe in his apartment at the Portner, Fifteenth and U streets, last Saturday night. Physicians &t the hospital said Dou- thitt. who is editor of th> Bluecoat, un- official journal of the Police Depart- ment, is well on the road to recovery and probably will be discharged soon. Meanwhile the police are marking time in their probe, apparently having ecided to walt until Douthitt. a former prohibtion investigator, is subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury where | he will be asked to tell what he knows | of the activities of gamblers in the first | precinct. Wallack knew nothing of his| operatic ambitions until he re-| Douthitt, who is 45 vears old, de- _ | clared vesterday he “will find out who d | attacked me as soon as I am able to e several ways spent most of his life here. After_attending parochial and Dis trict schools, Mr, Moore was graduate from National University in 1914. He |leave the hospital. I h { Moore, he is survived by was treasurer and manager of the| Mutual Purchasing Association, 1317 F | street, and was a member of the local | lodse of Elks. Besides his widow, Mrs. Margaret E. his mother, Mrs. Teresa B. Moore, 3638 Windom place; three brothers. Ralph J. Ray- mond F. and Paul F. Moore, and & sis- ter, Miss Louise Moore. of finding out.” Southern Cross Reaches Straits. SINGAPORE. _ Straits Settlement, April 30 () —Wing Comdr. Charles Kingsford-Smith arrived here today in his plane, the Southern Cross, with Aus- tralia-to-England airmail, which he is carrying as far as Akyab, Burma. SPRINGTIME SETS SMALL BOYS TO ROAMING AS MOTHERS FRET| Young Runaways, Drawn to Carnival and Taxi Stands, Are Escorted Ho:nc by Po In the Spring a young man's fancy | turns to—well, if he's very yow®%. it's pretty likely to turn to thoughts of the circus and things like that. Anyway, the circus is what 7-year-old Francis Helvestine’s fancy turns to| about this time every year, according | to his mother, Mrs. Holmes Helvestine, | 421 Fourth street northeast. ! Altogether, Mrs. Helvestine said, Fran- cis has strayed from home “about three dozen times,” and most of those stray- ings have been inspired by the proximity of a circus—although, of course, the de- sire to be a movie actor, a cowboy, a soldier and a few other things also have played more or less important parts in Francis’ wanderings. And yesterday Francis learned a car- nival had set up its tents on a vacant lot near Fifteenth and H streets north- t. Prancis “hung around” the carnival lot all day, trying to induce those in charge of the various shows to put him to_work. Francls still was trying to land a job when a policeman decided it was about time for him to be put to bed. “Where do you live?” the policeman asked. Francis told him. “All right,” was the rejoinder. “Home you go.” Prancis was taken in hand by the crew of a police radio cruiser, who escorted him to his home. ‘The Juvenile Protective Assoclation already has taken charge f him, a cording to his mother, and he is to lice Long After Nightfall. placed in an institution within the next | few days. ! Mrs. Helvestine has three other chil- dren—Albert, 10, Betty, 5, and John, 5'months. 'Nons of the others is “circus-minded,” according to their other, BROTHERS FOLLOW TAXIS. Sons of Cab Driver Spend Day at Union Station Stands. ‘The McCullough brothers, Charles, Bobby and Jimmy, are fond of taxicabs, especially since their father drives one. Yesterday Charles, who is 7, and Bobby, 3 years younger, set out on a tour of the cab stands. They had to leave Jimmy home at 500 Fourth street southeast, since he was only 2. They walked all the way to Union Station, and were so engrossed by the arrivals and departures in the cab line they forgot to go home. ‘Then, Bobby said, they headed for Thomas Circle, another taxicab center. Meanwhile their mother paced the ( General News PAGE B—1 000 ATIEND CALA FIELD MASS ATC L. STADUM Catholic Students of Capital Meet at University May 14 GUESTS WILL INCLUDE GROUP OF DIPLOMATS Archbishop of Baltimore Pontificate at Service for Mission Crusade. Pifty thousand students and their guests, including high United States Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps and prominent clergy~ men of several denominations, will at- tend the annual gala military field mass in the Catholic University Stadium Thursday, May 14, under auspices of the local chapter of the Catholic Stu- qe_xln_lg' Mission Crusade. e military mass. to be punctuated with the booming of cannon and the rattle of side arms and field pieces in the ranks of uniformed guards of honor, will be pontificated by Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore. Right Rev. Msgr. James Hugh Ryan, rector of the Catholic Uni- e nll grea]ch the sermon, while v. J. Leo Barley will direct or;:mo children. i A ar Admiral Willlam S. Benson, U. S. N, retired, will be personal aide to the archbishop during the cere- monies. Rev. W. Milholland will be master of ceremonies. Thomas Pang- born of Hagerstown, Md., also will be an aide to Archbishop Curley. Regulars to-Man Artillery. ‘The military guard of henor will in- clude the St. John's College Cadet Corps and the Georgetown University R. O. T. C. The Artillery piece wiil { be manned by a detachment of United | States Regulars yet to be announced. As aide to the archbishop, Admiral Benson will receive the American and foreign dignitaries in the reception be- fore the mass. The mass itself will be preceded by a colorful procession into the stadium beginning at 9:30 o'clock in the morning. The demonstration centering about the military mass, one of the most spectacular religious ceremonies in the Catholic Church, will be participated in by parochial schools, high schools and colleges of the entire Baltimore arch- diocese. Elabcrate plans now are be- ing made for the reception and hous- ing of the thousands of students who will be in Washington for the confer- ence. Sixty-eight thousand persons at- tended the first fleld mass last year when it was held in Baltimore. Ac- commodations for 50,000 will be made available at the mass here on May 14, by installation of 15,000 additional seats in the infield of the Catholic University Stadium and the erection of a belt of temporary stands around the bo!vl itself. Organization Is Four Years Old. The Catholic Students Mission Crusade is an organization of boys and girls and young men and young women engaged in prcmotion of home and foreign missions. Only four years ago, the crusade had its beginning in & meeting of four high school students. Washington alone, the crusade mem- bership includes students of 19 instie tuticns of learning and three additional units named for clergymen prominent in_the life of the crusade. ‘The schools maintaining crusade units are Catholic University, Georgetown University, Georgetown Preparatory School, Georgetown Convent of the Visitation, Gonzaga High School, Holy Cross Academy, Holy Trinity High School, Immaculata Seminary, Academy of the Immaculate Conception, Nativity High School, Notre Dame A v, Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Anthony's School, St. Cecilia’s Academy, St. John's College, St. Paul's Academy, St. Theresa's Academy, St. Patrick’s School and St. Rose’s Academy. The three other units are the Vaeth, named for Rev. Louis Vaeth, a founder of the crusade; the cNamara, named for Right Rev. John M. McNamara, auxil- jary bishop of Bailtimore archdiocese, and the Shahan, named for Right Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector emeritus of Catholic University. PLANS APPROVED FOR SANITARIUM Preliminary Draft of Three-Story Children's Structure Passes Committee. will Preliminary plans for a three-story main hospital building for the Chil- dren's Tuberculosis Sanitarium, to be built on District-owned land on the Defense Highway in Maryland, were ap- proved yesterday by the committee, headed by Commissioner Luther H. Reichelderfer. The plans, in_rough draft. were submitted by T. B. Kidner, architectural consultant to the com- mittee. The present plans call for this build- ing and a second building to serve as a nurses’ and employes' home and for a heating plant. A dwelling now stand- ing on the property will probably be used for housing the superintendent of the new institution. All buidings will be extensible, so that in the future when the demands on the institution grow, it will be pos- sible to build architecturally har- monious additions. The present plans will be drawn, however, in such a way as to furnish an institution, complete in all respects, including equipment, for the money available, amounting to about $555,000. The unt originally authorized was $625.000, of which $70,- 000 was used in buying the site. W. E. NETTLES BURIED AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Son-in-Law of Mr. and Mrs. James L. West, Died After Six Months’ Illness. W. Earle Nettles, 27. son-in-law of streets looking for them from 1 o'clock in the afternoon until well after nightfall. Four-year-old Bobby showed up at midnight, alone. A few minutes later his big brother was escorted home by a policeman. Charles, his mother said, had started Bobby homeward tered himself, hoping to tpone the ‘When Jimmy awoke this first thigg he wanted to kn how many cabs the adv had seen. Mr. and Mrs. James L. West, was at Newport News, Va..this week. He died after an iliness of six months. Mr, Nettles married the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. West at St. Stephen’ (,:dhurgl. IW“l.shl l.:l‘l, on June 14, 1930. r. Wes publicity manager of the National Republican Committee of ‘Washington. ly Miss Marian