Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1931, Page 12

.THE Flag Raised at Garfield STAFF DEDICATED AT HOSPITAL. EV D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 193Y. VICE SQUAD RAIDS | ENING _STAR. WASHINGTON, IWOMAN'S VICTIM FIGHT PARTICIPANT ISEVEN ARE INJURED - One Way to Forget the Heat GIRLS FIND RELIEF IN CHEVY CHASE POOL. FOUND DEAD WITH SHULL CRUSHED Police Hold Three After Body Is Discovered Near Battle Scene. ONE OF TRIO ARRESTED TREATED FOR WOUND Victim Seen Leaving Stable Fol- lowing Removal of Man to Hos- pital—Former Was Unemployed. Edward Penn, 50, of 1504 South Cap- itol street, was found dead, his head ! crushed, this morning in a stable in| rear of 91 N striet southcast. colored men, with whom he is said to have been fighting earlisr in the morn- ing, are being held for investigation Three | ! Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister ficiated at flag dedication exercises in the garden at Garfield Hospital. picture are: Mrs. Gann, Brig. Gen. Edward R. King, Miss Mary Macatee, Miss o¥ % #‘;*‘ of Vice President Curtis, yesterday of-, In the MAY DIE; SHOOTING PROBE CONTINUES Doctors Fear Leonard Hoff- man Cannot Survive Bullet Despite Transfusion. KIMBELL REMAINS ON PRECINCT DUTY Stories of Drinking Party, When Mrs. Wilson Used Police Re- volver, at Variance. Leonard Hoffman, 25, of 1321 Bel- mont strest, wounded early yesterday by a bullet fired from a policeman’s re- volver in the hands of Mrs. Tillle Wil- son, 23, still was in a critical condition at Emergency Hospital today. THREE PLACES IN | DOWNTOWN AREA Seize 180 Gallons of Alleged Whisky and 75-Gallon Still on K Street. CAPT. BURKE MARKS TIME IN FIRST PRECINCT WAR | Cites Reprimand Given Lieut. Var- ney as Reason for Delay in Drive Against Violators. Police continued their warfare on | speakeasies and gaming resorts today following three forays by the vice squad in the downtown section of the city | yesterday afternoon. | Early this morning members of In- | IN-TWO VIRGINIA AUTO COLLISIONS Representative Free’s Son Driver of Car in Which Four Are Hurt. FLORIDA WOMAN CUT, HUSBAND ESCAPES Accident Occurs at Culvert Where Three Were Killed in Bus Wreck. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 30.—Seven persons were injured in two automo- bile accidents involving six cars and a motor cycle, on the Richmond-Wash- ington Highway, tws miles south of this ecity, this morning. All were brought to the Alexandria Hospital for Virginia Glazebro'k, Miss Alice Mary Cable and Miss Ethel Salomon. ture didn’t bother these girls as th;y en- | t; = s - | treatment. Although the condition of Hoffman, | spector Bean's squad ralded a house in ESTERDAY'S high _temperat by_fifth precinct police. Polic> saidl Penn had fought with Prank Sewell, colored, 50, whil> Waltr Epps. colored. 50. and Andrew Freeman, colored, 31, looked on, rt rhout 1:39 o'cleck this mornin; fol'owing which encounter police teok Sewe'l to Casualty Hospital, whre sca'lp wourds were dressed. Body Is Recovered. At about 6:30 this morn'ng policg again received a call from the N street address, and this time found Penr body in the same stable where the ear- lier fight had occurred. Sewell and Epps were employed by Eugene Liverpool, ice dealer at 91 N street, and lived at that address. Freeman, while not a regular employe, was sald to have helped the others occasionally on one of the trash ‘wagons. Vietim Unemployed. Penn was seen to leave the stable following the deperturs of Sewell for the hospit>l, according to police, wh> said they had no idea what time he Teturncd. Police said Penn appeared to haie | no steady employment Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt said this morning that an inquest will be held early next week, although the time has not becen set Police were still questioning the three STAFF and fag, of the .e-' Aid and dedicated in the | ! A Garfield Hospital yesterday aft- | oon. | The banner was unfurled by Mrs. , sister o Vieca vhile various groups connected with the hospital joined in the ceremony. gift Afterward inere was a reception and | tea-dance. The flag was presented to Brig. Gen. | Edward R. King, U. S. A., by Miss Mary | | Macatee, representing the medical staff of Garfield; Miss Virginia Glazebrook, representing_the Social Service Volun- | teers and Junior League; Miss Alice | Mary Cable, daughter of Representa- | tive” Cable of Ohio, President Gar- { field’s home, and Miss Ethel Salomon, | representing’ the nursing stafl, { _Gen. King in turn presented it to | Dr. H. C. Macatee sident of the { modical staff, representing Henry B. Spencer, chairman of the board of di- rectors. Mrs , while Mrs. Flora The Star Spanzled Banr companicd by the Marins Band. The Girl wio acted as honor men held late today in an effort to rd for Mrz. Gann gave the saluto learn the slayer’s identity. POLICE WOUND MAN CARRYING FLOWERS Refusal to Halt in Alley in North- eist Section Sends Ernest Griffith to Hospital. A cclored man cerrying a bunch of flowers, was shot early tday in an alley in th 1256 Ho'brooks street northeast 1 he refused to halt at the commend of Petrcimen W. D. Young and William Melvin of No. 9 precinct. The man, Ernest Griflith, Capital avenue northeas:, was of houszbreak.ng, according to pclice. He received a fl2sh woung in his right side, under the ribs. an examination at | Casualty Hospit1 disc! His condi- tion was not thought serious and later was taken to No. 9, booked f investigation and removed to Galling Hospital As Policeman C. L. Langley of No. 9. also participated in the shooting. it is not known which of the taree wounded the man, it was sald. Numerous reports of housebreaking | had resulted in order for a c'cs> lo k- out for suspicious characters Northeast neighborhood, polics said to- day. FIVE MEN ARRESTED IN STORE ROBBERY Face Arraignment Tcday—Forty Pints of Medicinal Whisky Included in Loot. Five men arrested by Detective Sergts. Hubert A. Brodie and Thomas C. Bragg in connection with the burglary of a drug store operated by Otis H. Wocd at 3303 Forty-fifth street. were to b2 ar- Taigned in Pelice Court today on charges of housebreaking. They are Louis Terra, 26, of 421 Eleventh street southwest; Charles Wesley Taylor, 23. of 3241 N street; Svlvester Coyle, 30, of 3241 M streef George William McGill, 18, of 3524 Que- bec street, and Richard Stockton, 17, of 1824 California street. Vood's store was entered Tuesday night by burglars, who shattered the front coor. Forty pints of medicinal whisky, a small quantity of drugs, an eight-tube radio set and merchandise were stolen, according to the made to police. Detectives said they recovered eight pints of the whisky and the radio set with the arrest of the men last night. report FIREMAN EXONERATED IN DEATH OF CHILD Burial of Helen G. Nicholson Killed by Truck to Be at Cedar Hill This Afternoon. Thomas L. Phillips, firemen attached to No. 7 Engine Company, was exoner- ated by the coroner’s jury investigating the death cf Helen G. Nicholson, 10, who_was fatally injured when struck by Phillips’ automobile Thursday aft- ernoon. The child is said to have run in front of the car while seeking to re- trieve a ball near her home, 1112 Spring road. Funeral services for the girl were to be held this afiernoon at St. Sophia's Church, Eighth and L street. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemctery. GROCER SUCCUMBS Rites for Abraham Kaminsky Set' for Tomorrow Afternoon. | Abraham Kaminsky, 67, a grocer here for 36 years, died yosterday at his home, 4819 Georgia avenue. Funcral services will be held there at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with burial in Adas ' pmergancy Hospital, where it was found | Israel Cemetery. Besides his widow, Katie Kaminsk: e is survived by a son, Myer Kaminsky, and a daughter, Mrs. Leah Wolfe, POLICEMAN RETIRES 1 large | 42, of 1907 | suspected | in the | \’.‘n the flag as it went up. In this group | BOARD TURNS ROWN INCINERATOR 8108 INone of 11 Companies Enter- ing Met Specifications in Proposals. The District Commissioners day rejected ©I' bids for two erators provide:! or In the past two ap- | propriation bills, as none of the 11 bids submitted met the specifications set out by the Disiric’. Action on the bids has been pending <ince March 17 Only two of the bids came within the amount available. The Superior Incinerator Co. of Dallas, Tex.. was low. with $574.000, and 'the Mors Boulger Destructor Co. of New York | was next, with $594,317. Bids Sent to Boston. The specifications for the two in- cinerators had been specially prepared |for the District by Metcalf & Eddy. Boston consulting engineers, and the bids. when received, were transmitted to Bocton for a report as to whether any of the bids met the specifications. The Commissioners were understood to have been considering an award to the New York concern when the Dallas company_protested to Controller Gen- eral McCarl. Apparently neither bid met specifications, but the Commi sioners had hop:d to change these as to allow the New York firm th= con. tract. Mr. McCarl ruled this could not be done. The text of h's ruling has been withheld. Reappropriation Necessary. One r:sult of the action is that an appropriation of $341,000 will lapse on | July 1, and before avother contract can | be “advertised ths Comriissioners will | have to get Congress to reappropriate | the mon-y. There would not be enough | time betwecen now and July 1 to adver- tise for and receive new bids. | t ready hav been bought. Both are wa- ter front cites, one in Georgetown, at Thirty-first and K streets, and the sec- iond at First and O streets southeast. 'FORMER CAPITAL BOY DIES OF AUTO INJURIES Ernest Brigham, Son of mandant of Arsenal, in Accident on Way Home From School. Ernest Dorr Brigham, 18-year-old son { of Col. C. E. Brigham, ccmmandant of | Edgewood Arsenal, Md,, and a former | resident_of Washington, died Wednes- day in Rock Springs, Wyo., of injuries sustained in an_automobile accident { while en route home frem school in | Arizona. The body is belng brought here for funeral services at 2 o'clock | Monday afternoon in Fort Myer Chapel ! and interment in Arlington Cemetery. | Young Brigham graduated from West- ern High School in 1928, His family left Washington about 18 months ago, when Col. Brigham was transferred after serving several years as executive officer under Maj. Gen. A. A. Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare Servic In addition to his mother and fathe; the youth is survived by a sister, Mary Elizabeth Brigham. Com- i Flees From Scene After Striking Woman on Street. A hit-and-run bicyclist who last night knocked down Miss Elzabeth | | | Blumerkranz, 64, of 1713 Eighteenth | street and then fled from the scene being sought by police today. Miss Blumerkranz was walking ne Seventeenth and O streets when tI mishap cccurred. She was taken to her injuries were not serious. e DR. LEARNED RENAMED The sites for the two incinerators al- | iMrsA Doyle and Dr. Johnscn Also Reappointed to Education Board. day placed Charles M. Birkigi, 63, a| Dr. H. Barrett Learned, president of | private in the harbor precinct, on the k the Board of Education, was reappointed | Tetired list after 40 years' service in the | yesterday by the justices of the District Police Department. Supreme Court to continue as a mem- For the last 10 years Birkigt has been | ber of the board for an additional term @ssigned to patrol the Po‘omac River | Of three years, beginning June 30. Mrs. above Key Bridge. and his quick re- Maricn Wade Doyle and Dr. J. Hayden ‘The District Commissioners yester- —Star Staff Photo. were Miss Thornton Magruder, Miss Mary Loulse Gauzert, Miss Helen Sheets, Miss B. J. Oswald, Miss Betty Leake and Miss Alice Leake. Four children born at the hospital participated in the program. They were Henry K. Willard, 2d: Abby Hocker willard, Helen Grosvenor and Melville R. Grosvenor. Other participants were members of the Ladies’ Aid, with Mrs. Cabot Stevens, president; members of the board, the student nurses and Dr. Francis Eisen- man, superintendent. Lieut. Col. Stephen R. Wood, chap- |l2in, U. S. A.. gave the prayer. Contributors to the fund for the flag- | | pole were: | " Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, | Senator Simon Fess, John Hays Ham- | mond, William Phelps Eno, R. W. Dun- lop. H. G. Rust, Newbold Noyes, Henry A. Willard, Mrs. John Cable of Ohio, Mrs. Henry B. Spencer, Mrs. William | Gerry Morgen. Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs. Larz Ancerson, Dr. Francis R. Hagner and Mrs. Wade Ellis. Contributors to the memorial garden were: A. Gude, Rock Creck Nurseries, Fred Drevw. B:tanic Gardens, Mrs. E. G. Har- rimen, Mrs. Francis T. A. Junckin, Mrs. Charle; G. Matthevs, M: Brown (Mollie Garfleld), S. Witcover and Miss Grace Bur‘en. ENVIRONMENT LS * TREATED AT NG Mount Pleasant Church Cen- | | ter Ministzrs to 229 Appli- | cants in Nine Months. Solutions for_environment difficulties | have be2n sought by most of the appli- | rants of thes Washington Life Adjust- | ment Center at the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, according to a report covering its operation since Sep- ! tember 20, made public today by Miss | { Beulah E. Smith, the director. Two hundred and twenty-nine per- sons have sought aid in their diffic tles. y included 125 women, men and 28 children. They came from all walks of life, the report says, and | | represented many faiths. | Opened in 1928. The center opened in December, 1928, | and has had 768 clients. Advice is | given without charge. The difficulties in_environment have grown out of unemployment, unsuita- ble surroundings, marital trouble, fam- ily friction and recreational needs. More than 60 mental and physical | cases have been cared for, and legal ad- | vice has been furnished in 16 instances. Work to Be Expanded. “Educational _ difficulties involving | the need of vocational guidance, read- | justment of mental habits, sex instrue- |ton and instruction in home making | are fr:quently discovered,” the report cays., A further development of the work of the clinic is hoped for by promoting | conferences between the child psychi- atrist and teach:rs in the several church schools. This year the clinic will remain open through the Summer, with sessions each | Monday night from 7 to 10 o'clock. . ARRESTED AFTER CRASH MAN SENT TO HOSPITAL Lawrence W. Lawson's Auto Hits Mount Alto Stone Wall as | Brother Flees Scene. Lawrence W. Lawson, 27, of 3044 | Cambridge plac, was taken to Gallinger Hospital yesterday after an automobile, in which he was riding, crashed into a concrete wall at Mount Alto Hospital. Lawson first was taksn to Georgetown Hospital and given first aid for minor { body bruises. Later he was arrested on 'a drunkenness charge and taken to seventh precinct station. He was sent to_Gallinger for further zttention. Polfce ordered a lookout for his brother, William H. Lawson, who is said to have jumped out of the machine and fled following the accident. The automobile was listed in the latter's name, police said. 'YOUTH WOUNDED IN ARM IN SCUFFLE FOR REVOLVER Robert Lee Lavender Was Wrest- ling With Chum When .22- Caliber Weapon Exploded. Robert Lee Lavender, 15, of 3721 T | street was wounded slightly in the left |arm when a .22 caliber revolver ex- "ploded accidentally late yesterday while he was scufing with a neigh- borhocd chum. Lavender and Jack Madert, 14, of 1806 Thirty-seventh street, were wrest- ling in the backyard of the former's home when the revolver, held by Madert, went off. ‘The bullet entered the arm just above the elbow and inflicted a slight flesh wound. First aid treatment was ad- ministered by Dr. Howard H. Strine, jr., of 1835 I street. ROBBED NEAR PARK Colored Man Held Up at Northeast Intersection by Armed Pair. Held up by two colored men while cn his way home early today, Rufus Ragland, colored, of 1652 B street scutheast, was robbed of $15. Ragland told police he was passing the intersection of Twelfth street and Lincoln Park southeast when the two men, one of them armed with a pistol, sponses have resulted in the saving of any lives on the river. Johnson also were reappointes three- d for the -y ear-| . stepped out of the shadows and de- manded his moneg. He father of a 3-year-old son, showed a | slight improvement following & blood | transfusion, physiclans still fear his wound may prove fatal. Meanwhile, Sesgt. Thomas Sweeney of the homicide squad is continuing his investigation of the conflicting ac- counts of the shooting given by Hofl- man, Mrs. Wilson and the policeman, Charles B. Kimbell, twelfth precinct. Mrs. Wilson, mother of a year-old son, is being held at the House of De- tention. No charge has been placed against her. | Her account was that she and Hoff- | man_were stopped near the twelfth precinct_station by Kimbell, who ac- cused them of exceeding the speed limit. After some conversation, how- | ever, the policeman decided to join them on a “drinking par she said. Officer's Gun Used. The three then drove to & field near | Rhode Island avenue and Fourteenth | street, where they had a few drinks, according to Mrs. Wilson. She said that snortly afterward she left the au- tomobile and walked to a nearby woods, Heflman and Kimbell following her. When she asked them to return to the car, she said, Kimbell did so. but | Hoffman retused. ' The woman said she then ran back to the machine, in which Kimbell was sitting, grasped his re- volver and shot Hoffman. Kimbell's version was that he found | Hoffman and Mis, Wilson, who lives at 500 Third street, parked in the field and quesiioned thom. As he got into the machine to drive them to the police station his gun feil from his holster. Mrs. Wilson picked it up and handed it to him. As she did so, it was dis- charged, the bullet wounding Hofiman. #Hoffman's story. in which he shoul- dered the responsibility for the shoot- ing, wes that he, Mrs. Wilson and Kim- bell went to the fleld after the police- man hed stopped them for speeding. Says He Deserved It. ‘The revolver dropped from Kimbell's hclster, end Mrs. Wilson retrieved it. Instead of returning it, however, she brendiched it, and Hoffman dared her to rhoot. In assuming the blame for the shoot- ing. Hoffman said he “got what any married man who goes out with another | woman deserves.” 7 No action has been taken egainst Kimbell by his commander, Capt. C. L. Plemmcns. Mrs. Wilson told police her husband, Joseph, is confined in an institution in North Carclina. Officials of the place | denied he is there, however, according | to police. MURDER MYSTERY SEEN. Police Seek Identity and Cause of Death of Man Found on Street. What is believed to be another mur- dar mystery confronted police today with the ceath last night of the un-| identified man who was found uncon- scious on Four-and-a-Half street near street couthwest early Thursday'| morning. The man, who was about 50.‘1 died at Gallinger Hospital from multiple fractures and bruise Two theories havi en advanced oy detectives investigating the case. One is that the man was assaulted by rob- bers, the cther that he was the vic- tim of a hit-and-run car. Inasmuch as the man was beaten badly, investigators incline to th2 former theory. More than 50 persons have called at the hospital and viewed the body, but its identity remains a mystery. Two letters, “P, D." tattooed on his right arm, furnish the only clue by which po- lice hope to establish his identity. The man is described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. He was wearing a light felt hat, blu | shirt, blue trousers and tan shoes when found. His right foot was partly ampu- tated, the result of some previous ac- cident, hospital attendants said. FOUR DISTRICT STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM PEABODY H. E. Meyers, W. T. Bartholomew, Miss Louise Prescott and Miss Eatherine Lippert Get Certificates. Four students from the District of Columbia last night were presented with certificates of graduation from the Pea- body Conservatory of Music, Baltimore. in exercises held in the conservatory auditorium. Cne cf the only two plano concert diplomas awarded this year was pre- sented to H. Emerson Meyers, 5511 Nevada avenue. Meyers is well known in local music circles and has frequently been heard in recital. Wilmer Tillett Bartholomew, 1209 Crit'enden street northwest, was awarded a teachers’ cer- tificate in harmony. In addition he was presented with a check for $100, annual award by the institution to the student who has shown the most conscien:ious effort during the past school year. Miss Louis» Prescott, 435 Park road, and Miss Katherine Lippert, 4412 Four- teenth street northeast, were awarded teachers’ certificates in piano. Doris G. ‘Wright, Florida, was presented wiih the bachelor cf music degree. A program of piano, vocal, harp and organ selections was given during the evening. | ney the first block of K street northeast, made two arrests and seized 180 gallons of alleged whisky and a 75-gallon-ca-| pacity still. Nevertheless, Capt. Frank S. W. Burke, commander of the first pre cinct, where most of the recent war- rantless raids have been staged, still was marking time in so far as his threat- ened “war to a finish” on bootleggers and gamblers in his territory was con- cerned. “I'm not going to make any ralds un- til I'm sure those made recently by headguarters detectives will ‘take,’” he explained. Admitting that the bootlegging and ambling situation in his precinct is ‘pretty bad.” the commander said he and his assistant, Lieut. Frank Varney, are unable to do “very much about it.” Cites Reprimand for Delay. ‘The officlal reprimand given Varney for leading a warrantless raid on a New York avenue gambling resort some time £go 1s responsible for this, Capt. Burks cen inued. Despite the fact that Varmey ob- tained six witnes-es, all renutable men, who were willing t testify that the Jaw was being violated in the place, the case was not prosecuted. If it had besn, the captain added, the propris tor would have pleaded guilty to A charge of permitting gaming, cause, through his attorney, he agreed | to_do so. varney nct only was reprimanded, but was warned that if be made any more such raids, he would be taken before the Police Trial Board As & result of the reprimand. it was caid, the lieut=nant's official rating for the last quarter dropped from “excel- lent” to “satisfactory,” which mcans, it was pointed out, that he is “just get- ting by." Makes Precinct Look Bad. Yesterday's ralds, coupled with five “thers made earlier in the weck. have made it appear that the first precinct is not capable of “looking after its own | affairs,” Capt. Burke said. The head- | querters d-tectives—Sergts. Howard Ogle, Larry O'Dea and Arthur Fihelly :as reprimanded, the captain as- serted. Th> places raided yesterday are locat- ed at 811 Ninth street, 819 Tenth stre and 1219 New York avenue. A% t Ninth street 2dd the raiders found about the seme equipment as had been discovered in a similar establishment two doors above, which was raided Tuesday. They Ford, colored, 40 years cld, of 121 Four- Half strcet southwest, who also had carifer raid and was at liberty on bond on a possession charge. More then 2,500 bottles of home rew, a quantity of liquor and other cvidence of drinking were confiscated. Door Man Refuses Admittance. As has become their custom, the raiders were merelv “looking fcr a couple of fellows.” At the Tenth street to gain admittance, the other detectives being recognized by the door man, who refu-ed to let them in. Hebitues of the resort, apparently reccgnizing Ogle and Fihelly, escaped by leaping from windows to the roof of a shed and fleeing over adjoininz housetops. A first precinct patrol wagon had to make two trips to carry 2way confiscated liquer. The raids were made soon after Ma. Henry G. Pratt. sunerintendent of po: lice, announced that the campaign againet bootleggers and gamblers. be- gun Tueiday, would continue without et-up. aecording to Capt. Burke, the serles of raids has caused a slowing up of gambling and bootlegging activities in the downtown section. Most of the recorts, he said, are “laying low,” wait- ing for the storm to blow over. Meanwhile, tenth pracinct police have been informed of a series of mysterious telephone calls received by the Lithua- nian legation. Becaus> the recent liquor robbery at the legation of El Salvador was p! ceded by several such calls, expressed that another “diplomatic™ hi-jacking was being planned. SEABURY ASKS SIXTEEN LAWYERS BE DISBARRED Preliminary Report on Magistrate's Inquiry Names 15 Involved in Bribe Charges. By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, May 30.—Referee Sam- uel Seabury yesterday recommended the disbarment of 16 lawyers in a prelim- inary report filed with the Appellate Division of the Suprzme Court as a re- sult_of his inquiry into Magistrates’ Courts. Among the 16 are John C. W=ston, former prosecutor in Women's Court, and 14 lawyers who are accused of hav- ing bribed him. The sixteenth lawyer was former Assistant District Attorney Albort B. Kurtz, who, according to tes- t'‘mony at a public hearing, split a fee of $1,500 with a bogus lawyer who prac- ticed in West Side Court. SPEEDING TICKET DATED 1929 GIVEN MOTORIST BY MISTAKE Benjamin' Posey Reprimanded for Tardiness in Court, But Judge Relents. A policeman had a brainstorm yes- terdey morning, when, after arresting a man for speeding, he dated the “ticket” exactly two years ago. Consequently when Benjamin M. Posey, 1110 Oates street northeast, saw by his ticket that he was to appear in court May 29, 1929, he was a very much confused man and was very late for court. Judge Isaac R. Hitt reprimanded Posey rather severely when the latter appeared two hours late for trial. “Look here, judge,” retorted Posey, pushing his pink slip toward the judge, “this thing tells me to be here two years 8go.” e Policeman H. O. Tutt, the guudy one, explained his mistake by the fact that he arrested Posey for violating regula. tion No. 20—speeding. He wrote down this 29 and as the date was the 29th and the man was to be tried on the 20th he kept on writing on 29s when he noted the year. “Your honor,” said Posey in his own behalf, “if this man can make a mis- take of two years in date, he could easily have erred when he checked my speed, so I'm going to ask you to let me go.” “All right,” replied the judge, “I1l take your personal b&l;i. I don't hold e anything officer. offered a reasonable explanation,” Jjoyed a splash at Chevy Chase pool. They-are, left to right: Eleanor Kitner, 2544 Seventeenth strect; Eleanor Reese, 1643 Columbla road, and Mary Ann King, 1828 Columbia road. —Star Stafl Photo. CALHOUN CASE END TRADE GROUP VIST DAPECTED MONDAY - WARSH ARZONA Final Arguments to Be Given.vPresident's Cruise Vessel3 Defense Renews Motion Receives Capital Party | for Acquittal of Four. on Trip to Norfolk. | | | probably will bz B a Staff Correspond-nt cf The Star. { hee in the District Suprems| NORFOLK, Va., May 3).—Sercnaded | Gt four persons charged with by & band aboard the U. S. S. Arizona, & blackmail conspiresy azainst Capt.|th? reconditioned batileship which re- and Mrs. Clar | cently carried Presid=nt Esover to Porto Fico, the 168 members 2nd guests of the Washington Beard of Trade, o Final argum-nts | Charles W. Arth, R. Maddux, Ce- sterday r:newed mo- K. K. Spriggs cnd fenze aitorne; 22 Chesa j rick, 26, Grantsviile, are doing the very thing for which Var- | tions for a dirczied verdict of acquittal after clesing their case. They con- tended the evid-nce was insufficient to warcant permitting the case t» go to the fjury. Justice Jesse C. Adkins will announce his ruling Monday. Irvin Goldstein, the presecutor, re- | v ce a rebuttal ify W. Clatk Nob one of the defeadants, had threatened to “send the Calhouns to jail.” unless they rpaid the all-ged blackmail in ex- change for promises that th:ore would be no publication of charges reflecting on their character. | | Contineatal Trust Co., was called as & surprize defense witness late yester:ay. by Capt. Calhoun for use at a confe: ence which resultzd in the arrests. Cal- houn previousiy had told the jury h: V/ace H. Cooper, presid:nt of the old | He testifid ther: had been no plans| for payment of the $30.000 check drawn | their thres-day cruise down prake and the Potomac, taday returned | here after an inspection cf the man-of- | wer and set out in busses for a day of fun at the nearby Tidewater resorts. | This afternoon was to be spent en- ving the sea breezes at Oc-an View. | | Fort Story, the Cavalier Hotel and Vir ginia Beach, with the visitors returning | |t Norfolk in time to board the cruiss | steamer South'and for dinner and a mconlight cruise about the bay. Press Plague Presented. ‘Through courtesy extended by As- sistant Secrctary of Navy Erncs: Les Jahncks and his staff, the Southland | was granted the privilege of docking 2t the Norfclk Navy Yard at Portsmouth. cloce by the Arizona, and as the steamer wes warred into dock the party was ected by s irring musie from the Navy B2nd. Tha party was conducted quickly | and w. arrestsed Edward C.| en taken into custody in the | arranged with Cooper to “take care of the chea:.” The defendants, in addition to Noble, are Mrs. Anna Hillenbrand, James F. Bird and St:phen A. Armstiong, jr. ard the battleship and made an in- n of the instruments of warfare on the dreadnaught, as well as uarters for jts men. GOVERNMENT WORKER | DIES AT HOME HERE Ernest Wiggins Was lzque, a tribute from Washington cor- iesgonden s and photographers who ac- compenied Fres'dent Hoover on his trip to Porty Fico on the Arizona, was pre- sinted to Capt. Charles S. Freeman s | a mementy of the frisndship, regard ard eppreciction of ths newsnaner men .| for the commander and his staff for the | Traveling trcetment accorded them during the | siden 's cruise. The plaque was | -ousht here for this npurnnse by Rich- 4 John Herrick, for the Chi- Investigator for Department of Agriculture. 0 c Will Arrive Here Monday. | Ernest Wiggins, 51, for more than 30| vears a Government employe, di=d ! noon yesterday end the bright full Under smiling skies during the after- |, place, however, only O'Dea was able | tarday gt his home, in th» Shermen| Avpartm: Fiiteenth and L streets. after a long illness. Mr. Wiggins had besn for about 20 yz2ars prior to his death a traveling investigator for the Department of Agriculture, in which capacity he and Mrs. Wiggins covered the greater part of the Uniled States. A native of Holly Hill, S. C.,, Mr. Wig- gins was educatcd at Waflord College, Spartanburg, S. C.. and latar recetved an M. A. degrec from Swanee Univer- sity. He held a law degree fron George ‘Washington University. H> js survived by his widow, Mrs. Nelle Miller Wiggins; by two sisters. Mrs. Ellie Shuler and Mrs. Dennis Gil- more of Holly Hill, and three brothers, John B. Wiggins and Judg: Gordon Wiggins of Hollv Hill, and M. S. Wig- | gins, manager of the Chase & Co. citrus | packing factory at Sanford, Fla. A number of nieces and nephews also survive, Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock temorrow morning at the Cham- pers funeral home. Burial will be in Brookville, Md. WASHINGTON AND LEE GRADUATES JAMES CRANE ' Capital Boy Prominent in Editorial Activities at Univer- sity. James B. Crane, son of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Crane of Chevy Chase, is a candidate for th2 Bachelor of Aris de gree at Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va., this year. mencement exercises will be held in t) historic Lee Chapsl on the campus on ‘Tuesday, June 9, with former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinols commence- ment speaker. Crane has been active in publication work at the university during his course, having been editor of the Southern Collegian and a member of the edi- torfal staff of Ring-tum Phi, student publications. He was the author of the book and lyrics for a musical comedy produced by the University Dramatic Club this Spring. A member of Alpha Chi Rho, social fraternity; Sigma Delta Chi, profes- sional _journalistic fraterinty, and Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary journalistic fra- ternity, the young man plans to enter the newspaper field upon his gradua- tion. He is a graduate of Western High School here. moon of last night, given a good send-off, enjoring cool breezes and having en _altogether |Fleasant cruise from Washington to | Norfolk. Wives of the Board of Trade the pariy was | | members 2!l were rectpients of gifts at a | musicale and reception last night, held | in th> main saloon of the Southland. Afterwards there were card games and | dencing. | . After the trip over to Porismouth |this morning for inspection of the Arizona, the party cteamed back to | Norfolk and Jeft here at ncon by bus {for the coast resorts. Tomorrow the party will visit Williamsburg and York- { town and then will head across the bay and upstream for home. arriving at | Washington Monday morning. 'KLEIN TARIFF VIEW ASSAILED BY HULL | | Contention That U. S. Exports Are Not Affected Insults Intelli- gence, Says Senator. ‘The contention that the high tariff policy had not affected American ex- ports of surplus products was chal- lenged yesterday by Senator Cordell Hull in reply to Dr. Julius Klein, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce. “That is an insult to the intelligence of even the head-hunters in Africa,” the Senator declared, replying to' the speech made Thursday night by Dr. Klein before the National Foreign Trade Convention. The Hull state- ment was issued through the Demo- cratic National Committee. “This official utterance, far more po- litical than economic,” continued Hull, “clearly indicates that the Hoover ad- ministration, having yielded to the domination of the chief industrial tarift beneficiaries while the Hawley-Smoot bill was pending, is disposed to pur- sue its policy of virtual non-inter- ference with the present sky-high tariff structure, at least until after the campaign of 1932. “A substantial part of the Repub- lican camj fund in 1928 was con- tributed by the beneficiaries of the em- bargo rates of the tariff bill. Dr. Klein's speech was obviously a bid for !iggzx;enewll of these contributions in P INDIANA AS CENTER Hoosier State Believed Still at Mid- Thousands of Washingtonians are ex- Helor T palation pected to attend the third annual iris| Although the location of the geo- and perennial show, which opened |graphical center of population will not Thursday and will last all next week |be determined definitely for several at the nursery of A. Gude Sons Co., | weeks, Census Bureau officials have on the Gaithersburg pike, two miles expressed the opinion the center would above Rockville, Md. remain somewhere near the middle of A spectacular sight has bsen afforded | Indiana. the early visitors by the 100 different| The center cn the basis of the 1920 varieties of selected irises and peren- | census was near Spencer, Ind. Director IRIS SHOW DRAWS CROWD Nursery Exhibit to Last All Next Week, With Perennials on Display. Four of thos> hurt were young men in an eutomobile driven by Gerald M. Free, 21, 3024 Tilden street northwest, ntative Free of Cali- With Fres were Dr. Charles M. Bast- able, 28, of 1242 Nincteenth street: his brother. 22, and John G. Conkey, 21, 5327 N street. Dr. Bastable, who gots his degree in_medi- cine from George Washington Univer- sity next neek. suffered a compound fracture of the jaw, a fractured leg and minor cuts and bruses. Woman Is Hurt. The other three men were less seri- ously hurt. Free suffered cuts to the jaw and a sprained leg. Frank Bastable sustained a bruised chest and | face lacerations, while Conkey received 2 broken arm. Also injured was Mrs. Alanson Aird, 61, of Coral Gables, Fla., who received a decp gash ebout the throat. Her husband, who was driving their car, was not injured. The accident occurred at the culvert over Dogue Creek, which s being widened. It was at this point that a large bus crashed some weeks ago, kill- ing three people Drivers of the other two cars. who were not injured, were Robert H. Wei- Md., and Casias Yanakas of 529 King street, this city. | The accident was investigated by Traf- fic Officer County. A. W. Mills of Fairfax Two Cars Collide. In the other accident Melvin Rhoades, 8. of Cregrass, Pa. who was riding the motor cycle, was seriously injured, J. Jarrett, 28, of Portsmouth, Va., received cuts and bruises. This_accident happened when two cars collided at Hybla Valley and threw one of the cars into the motor_cycle. Deputy Sheriff McCann of Fairfax County investigated. WOMAN’S DEATH HELD SUICIDE BY CORONER Mrs. Goldsmith Dies in Emergency Hespital After Plur From Roof. * A certificate of suicide was issued this | morning by Coroner J. Ram: in the death of Mrs. Dorothy Gold- emith, 24, wife of Ralph L. Goldsmith, mansger of Lansburgh & Bro. depart- ment store, who died at Emergency Hospital yesterday shortly after she had plunged from the roof of the Woodley Park Towers apartment build- ing, at 2737 Devonshire plice. Mrs. Goldsmith, according to Coroner Nevitt, had been il for several months. Her home was at 1617 Varnum street. Funeral services will be held at Gaw- funerzl chzpel, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. Burial will be in Washington He- brew Congregation Cemetery. Mrs. Goldsmith was driven to the apartments by Alfred Perry. 1333 Twelfth street, a colored chauffeur, whn told police the woman intended to visit friends in the building. Perry had been waiting but a few minutes when he heard the thud of a falling body and ran around the building to find Mrs. Goldsmith lying in a flower bed. ROSENTHAL FUNERAL T0 BE IN BALTIMORE for Deceased Furniture ealer Set at 11:30 A.M. Tomorrow. Rites Funeral services for Simon Rosen- thal, 87, retired Baltimore furniture dealer who died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Behrend, 3614 Connecticut avenue, will be held in Baltimore tororrow, with burial in the Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery at 11:30 am. The body is now at the chapel of Bernard Danzansky, 3501 Fourteenth street northwest. Mr. Rosenthal was a native of Balti- more, and had spent the greater part of his life in business in that city. He came to Washington three years ago, After retiring. He was 11l three weeks before his death. Besides Mrs. Behrend, he is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Flora Wolft, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Morton H. Goldenberg, Baltimore. WIFE, 19, ASKS DIVORCE Five-Month Bride Sues, Alleging Mate, 19, Dominated Her. Florence W. Kelly Gorman, 4512 Illi- nois av-nue, 19 years old, yesterday asked the District Supreme Court to an-, nul her marriage to James A. Gorman, 19 years old, of 2722 Ontario road. She says the ceremony was performed at Rockville, Md., Novemb:r 22, 1930, when the defendant was only 18 years old and never had any intention of assuming marital responsibilities. Her consent to the ceremony, she says, never would have besn given except that she was dominated by the d:fendant. After the wedding both returned to their parents’ homes, but never have lived togeth:r, she informs the court. A:‘mmcy R. B. Dickey appears for the wife. FOUNTAINS PLAY Displays Ordered as Part of Memo- rial Day Exercises. The rainbow fountain at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pocl is in opera- tion from 10 to 5 o'clock today in honor_of Memorial day. Officials of the Office of Public Bulldings and Pub- lic Parks arranged this as another fea- ture in the mark system, and many of nials on display. The garden exhibit | Steuart pointed out yesterday that it has been described as more beautiful | would be affected somewhat by the this year than ever before. Good jincrease in California’s population. weather has contributed to the size of e the crowds. Two canarles and a Dalmatian in AT England have become pals, the birds phants in earliest times were enjoying trips when perched on & tained fo wan, atick carried in the dog's mouth, ) the city's other fountains will be op- erating. Included among these are the foun- tains at the Columbus Monument in Union Station Plaza, at Dupont Circle, at John Paul Jones Memorial at the 1ootl nlt;“ ?;venm;er;ltlh street, at &he Tidal an the rose garden Potomas Park.