Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1931, Page 17

POLICE SEEK TRIO FOR SLAYING AND ATTACK ON ENVOY New York Believed Hiding Place for Men Wanted in Washington. CLOSE WATCH IS KEPT ON GAMBLING RESORTS One Fugitive Nurses Finger Bitten in Fight With Diplomat, Searchers Recall. arch for “a couple of fellows” wanted for questioning in connectioa with both the slaying of Jack Cunning- ham, police informer, and the liquor yobbery ot the legation of El Salvadore, today turned to N York, where the men are believed to be in hiding. With the pair, who arc said to own gambling establishments here, is an- other man whom police wish to int: rogate. He, too, is said to be a gam- bler. Police claim they hawe definite in- formation connecting the trio with both the killing_and the roboery, in which Dr. Don Carlos Leiva, counsclor and charge d'affaires of the logation, was at- tacked. Nurses Bitten Finger. One of the men, according to police, is known to be nursing an injured finger. In the scuffie at the legation, they pointed out, Dr. Leiva bit one of the’ digits of his ascailant. Despite the rumor that the men are in New York, however, police still are watching gambling places here in the hope they may put in an appearance. Whether or not this will result in more warrantless raids is not definitely known, but it is belicved that the Folice Department will continue its ac- tivities along this line. Police definitely linked the Cunning- ham slaying with the attack on Dr. Leiva when a ballistics test proved the bullet_ which killed the police informer and the slug found at the legation after the attack on the diplomat were of the same make and were fired from the same revolver. The pistol used in both cases was found on Lincoln road, College, May 21, two days after the Cunn.ngham murder, by Edvard Grant, colored, an employe of the District Highway Department. \ Number Filed Off. Police said they have little chance to trace the owncrship of the gun to any of the three men wanted. Yy ex- plained that numbers on the outside of the weapon had been filed off. And, although a number has been found on tie incide of the revolver, police hold little hope of tracing the ownership by this means. Police refused to reveal the names of the three men sought, but insisted “we know who they are and we will get them in time. Investigators were working on theory Cuni am was killed because he knew too much about the attack on Dr. Leiva. Detective Sergts. Howard Ogle, Ar- thur Fihelly, Oscar Mansfield and La O'Dea succceded in obtaining a tem- porary padlock injunction against the sccond and third floors at 1219 New York avenuc. The injunction was granted yesterday by Justice Jennings Bailey of District Supreme Court. The place was known as the “Pirate’s Den” and later as the “Colonial Club. The raid on this place was conducted “four horsemen.” as the de- tives are known. During the raid he caught a sackful of | leged gin which was lowered ndow of the establishment while he was seeking entrance at the rear. CREDITORS’ l::XAMINATION IN RHEEM CASE PUT OFF Action Will Await Determination of Right to Peruse Officer’s Personal Finances. The creditors' examination of Swart- well, Rheem & Hensey Co. officers has been postponed until June 10, pending determination of the right of attorneys to probe the personal finances of Ed- mund D. Rhecm, vice president. The legal question, raised by Attor- neys George E. Sullivan and Marcus Borchardt, will be argued at 10:30 o'clock _tomorrow before Justice Jen- nings Bailey. At recent hearings Referee Fred J. Eden has refused to let counsel for noteholders mine Rheem on his per- sonal finances. Ed took the position # hearing of this sort is not a proper place for the conduct of such an ex- amination. attorneys, however, de- cided to take the point before the Dis- trict Supreme Court for adjudication. SULLIVAN INSTALLED AS HEAD OF FIREMEN veteran r 37 years, president of the City Association along with y elected officers last night ians' Hail, The rotiring president of the esso- iaiion, Battalion Chief Edward O'Con- picsided at the insiallation ex- . He had served 10 years as nt A. Barton of No. 9 Truck Com- peny is the newly installed vice presi- dent and Licut. 1. W. Luskey i5 ser- geant at arms. Other officers of the sociation are hold-overs president s one of the que men in the depart- tion_of the or Eullivan us'y. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Mecting, United Lodge of Theoso- phists, Hill Building, Seventeenth and I streets, 8 p.m. Dinner meeting, Thirteen Club, Wil- lard Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Meeting. Chi Sigma Sorority, May- flower Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, advisory board of Masonic clubs, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Amity Club, Hamilion Hotel, 10:30 p.m. FUTURE. eting. Kit Coreom YWoma Relief Me rine Club near Trinity | the | | it il Scott Award Ordered by Hoover—Troops to Parade. Tarheel Lieutenant Covered Exposed Battalion Wing Under Fire. There will be a full dress review in which troops of the 16th Brigade sta- tioned at Fort Mver next week to honor John E. Scott of 529 Roxboro place, a member of the District Police Department and a friend | of Washington schoolboy patrols. By direction of President Hoover, Mr. Scott, now a captain in the Infantry Reserves, will be awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Cross for saving a regiment of men in France 13 years ago. The commanding general, Corps Area, stationed at Baltimore, ordered the review today. A definite date will probably be set within the next day or so. As many members of the Washington Police Department as can be spared from duty will be present to witness the presentation and review for their honored member. z Refuses to Tell Story. Just what happened on October 11, 1918, will never be told by Mr. Scott. who exclaimed today when informed that he was to be presented with the coveted cross: “Aw’ g'wan,’ they arc not going to give me a medal for that!” And despite the pleadings from his fellow officers at the second pre- cinct station house, where Mr. Scott is assigned, he remained silent. He did say, however, that the morn- ing of October 11, 1918, was a perfect Fall day, but “how can you expect a fellow to remember anything way back 13_years ago.” Well, on that date, 13 years ago, Mr. Scott was a first lieutenant, Company K, 119th Infantry, of the 30th Divi- sion. Twelve days before,he had been lined up in front of his Tegiment and presented with a silver star for “gal- lantry in action.” A few days before the 30th Division had accomplished the almost impossible thing—cracked the great Hindenburg line. Official Citation. The War Department's official cita. tion reads, in part: “For extraordinary heroism in action 1918. Discovering that the right flank of his battalion was cxposed and un- | regard of his own danger, made a | personal reconnoissance of the exposed flank under heavy enemy fire. Returning | to his company, he reported the situation to his company commancer and was !given two small platoons to form a* flank guard. Under withering machine gun fire of the enemy, Lieut. Scott by his fearlessness and indomitable courage so inspired his men that they | held their ground, thus preventing a | break-through that might have been fatal to his regiment.” The above is part of the story. The other parts date back to when war was declared and Mr. Scott was a peaceful citizen of Lucana, N. C., and the home boys had elected him a first lieutenant of Company K. North Carolina National Guard. In the same company was will_participate | 3d| at St. Souplet, France on October 11, | | protected, Lieut. Scott, with utter dis- | successfully organized his position and ! SAVED REGIMENT BY HEROISM, D. C. POLICEMAN TO GET D. S. C. 1 | JOHN E. SCOTT. Pvt. Robert L. Blackwell and Pvt. De- catur F. Rose. The three boys were ! friends. and as friends and soldiers they | advanced toward the Hindenburg line on or about September 15, 1918, | Gun Fire Bitter. They met with the bitterest of gun fire, but_the three stuck to i4 like the rest of Company K. On September 29 Rose and Blackwell and other K Com- pany members saw Scott get into real action. He yelled for them to come on. | They came—a mass of fighting North Carolinians. When the day was over and counter-attack after counter-attack had been checked, Company K was somewhat short of men, but each survi- vor was proud of Scoit. Therefore, when on October 11, when he crawled out in front of St. Souplet | | and yelled for his men to hold their ground, they knew he would never re- treat. The firing was terrific, but his two platoons held on. A voluntecr was needed. A message had to be taken back to the company commander. Blackwell stepped up. “I'll go,” he told Scott, “well knowing,” according to his medal of honor citation pre- sented posthumously to his father, “the extrome danger connected with it, and in attempting to get through the heavy shell and machine gun fire this gallant soldier was killed.” “Next man,” yelled Scott, “or I'll go myself.” Scott Volunteers. “I'll get through,” said Rose. Scott scribbled off another message, handed it to Rose and off he went. '“On his way,according 10 ks Distinguisheg Serv- ice Cross citation, “he met an ecnemy patrol, and, although alone, immediately opened fire upon them, continuing to fire after belng wounded in bota legs, until the enemy had been completely routed.” Meantime, Scott held on until rein- forcements were sent. Had he retreat- ed his entire regiment would have been trapped. “But, you see where the med- als belong,” Scott said today. “If it had not been for Blackwell or Rose— well, they did the works, all right.” Mr. Scott came to .Washington sev- eral years ago. His ability to organize was soon displayed and for the last two years he has been encouraging schoolooys to keep up their patrol work. While not with the patrol work, he walks a beat or rides in a radio-equip: ped car. “He is an e T. Da xcellent, officer,” said Capt. in command of the second and we are proud of him.” 0. T, | precinct, VARRANTLESS A TEST I PISTRONED Trial of Kramer on Gambling Charge Set for Wed- nesday. less raids on alleged gambling establish- ments was postponed until next Wed- nsday when nine men arrested since the beginning of the clean-up cam- paign were arraigned in Police Court today. Prior to the arraignments, States Attorney Leo A. Rover and his assistant, Frank Adams, who is prose- cuting the ‘cases, held a conference at which it was decided that the charges against the men would be changed from setting up and maintaming a gambling place to permitiing gaming. 3 One of the men, George E. Krame pleaded not guiliy and requested a u rial. Wednesday as the date of the trial, and Kramer vas released on $500 bond. Trial of the others—Marvin G. Wil- mond, George Williams, William Ba- roni, Louis Polumbo, Thomas Simon and Steve Nichol—was set for the me day, and they also were released jon $500 bond each. Two cf the 84 witnesses arrested in the raids failed to appear, thus for- feiting $100 bond each. They arc Cbarles Hackney and Edward Wines. Assistant United States Attorney Adams anrounced that only about 35 of the witnesses will be called upon to testify, however. The men were arrested when four headquarters detectives, “looking for a couple of fcllws,” were admitted to the various resorts. Discovering al- leged evidence of gambling, they noti- ficd the vice squad, which raided the establishments in rapid succession. Myers Renamed on Ship Board. President Hoover yesterday reap- | pointed Jefferson Myers of Orogon to ibe a member of the United States Shinpirg Board for a term of six years beginning June 9. Test of the recent series of warrant- | United | Judge John P. McMahon set next | son, George Dcoley. Charles E. Chris- | 1000 BXPECTED O SEEK 500 1088 12,000 Already Registered to Take Examination for Pro- hibition Agents. The Civil Service Commission expects | more than 10.000 men and women to hibition agents in examination to be held this month. The applicants, however, will have to be younger than those formerly in- ducted into the prohibition service, and their “reasoning powers and common sense” will be more thoroughly tested. Instead of ranging in age from 23 to 57, the mew agents, at the Tequest of the Prohibition Bureau, must be between 21 and 35. Former requires ments of previous experience in in vestigative work have been virtuall; | dropped, the bureau holding if it gets the right men it can train them itself. | This greater selectivity is to be sought by the Civil Service Commis- sion through new demands for display | of common sense. History, geography and other academic subjects are to be dropped from the examinations. Questions will be substi:uted in an ef- fort to disclose whether the applicant can reach quickly the proper conclu sions under a given set of circum \| stances. The commission expects 8.000 appli- | cations to be rdded before June 16 to | the 2,000 aireagy reccived. More than | 100 ‘agents_alréady have been put to work since Congress authorized 500 addi- tional ones, bu: many are on a tem- porary basis and must take the ex- amination too. t The new agents must be residents of | the 21 States in which the Prohibition | | Bureau plans to increase its personnel. | The States are New York, Maryland, | California, Connecticut. Delaware, Ida- | ho, Tllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, | Ma Massachusatis, Montana, Ne- braska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode' Island, South Carolina, South | Dakota, " Vermont _and Wisconsin. | “After' the mental examinations are completed, several months will be re- auired for 50 field agents to investiga.e | the character of cligibles before they are definitely 2ccepted and assigned to the school for prohibition. agents. i Will Be Availabl Plans for a city-wide war for rat ex- terminat’on were announced loday by George J. Adams, executive secretary of the 1931 Clean-Up Campeign. So successful was the devastation wrought by the use of red squill in_the Center Market section, that the Em- ployment Commitice has arranged with Frank N. Jarvis of th: Rodent Control Division of the Department of Agricul- ture to train six unemployed men in the use and handling of the rat extermi- nator. For $1 per hour, they will prepare and set out the death bait in any busi- ness establishment or dwelling. Mz, Adam ihak Center Market area appareitly was rid while the ! CITY RAT EXTERMINATION WAR DECLARED BY CLEAN-UP CHIEF Six Jobless Men to Be Trained in Use of Death Bait and‘wm"w ot Cepial 1B ent Atlon le for Campaign. of the thousands of rats, so many com- plaints had been receivd from all over the city that his commattee de- termined. to conduct a. relentless cam- paign against rodents, wherever they may be hiding out. After Mr. Jarvis has trained tHe six rat_exterminators in the use of red squill, they will be sent out to any one who desires to rid premises of rodents. Materials and bait may be purchased by the property owner him- self, on direction of the exterminator. The campaign will commence within a weekd or, n}néhd-ys, Mnr an- nounced. e mea will be received by the Committee on Employment. in_its office, Room 507 | District Building. seek the 400 to 500 jobs open as pro- . time, inquiries | accordi SIGN LAW DELAY SEEN IF LOGATION Public Interest Groups Op- pose Taking Action Until Sites Are Studied. SURVEY IS BEING MADE IN ALL POLICE PRECINCTS Question of Repairs May Bring Change in Regulations—Pres- ent Draft Unsatisfactory. Unless the District Sign Committee is furnished with a completed list of so- called authorized billboard locations by the time of its meeting on or about June 11, Acting Chairman Roland M. Bren- nan, chief clerk of the Engineer De- partment, said today the question of postponing action on the billboard sec- tion of the regulations would be' con- sidered. Failure of the committee to have this list of authorized sites available for the recent public hearing was the cause of protests from Frederic A. Delano, presi- dent of the American Civic Association { and others of the public interest groups. Through o fault of the Sign Com- mittee itself, the list involved so many in time. Eliot Wants Check-up. | Charles W. Eliot, 2d, of the National | Capital Park and Planning Comm!ssion is ! another who wishes to check the locations |on this list, which has an important ! bearing on the billboard regulations. 50 the public interest groups believe. Since {the list, when finally approved by the | Commissioners, is to become the estab- |lished list of authorized billboards, to which no additions can be made, Mr. Delano and Mr. Eliot and others said |they can not tell what effect the bill- {board scction of the regulations would |have untilthe authorized locations are known. The list s being compiled from a sur- vey of all boards, fence signs and wall which permits had been issued prior to the enactment of the new sign Jaw by Congress. The regulations state that on and after July 1 all outstanding permits for the erection and maintenance of billboards, fence and wall signs are to | be rescinded. and the authorized list, as | finally_completed, is to be established After this is done, no additions can be made to the list, and once a sign is ro- moved from a location it cannot be replaced. Would Limit Repairs. At the hearing the suggestion was made that the regulations state specifi- caliy that no new billboard permits shall be issued by the Commissioners and that a clause be inserted which would provide a more effective safe- guard against the repairmg of existing signs. Mr. Brennan said he. for one, could see no objection to these two points, although the committee had felt it had properly taken care of these matters in the present draft of the regulations. So far as the repairing of billboards is concerned. Mr. Brennan suggested the section might be changed so as to prevent any repairs except those whic the Commissioners shall authorize. Under the drafted regulations, repairs are permitted generally upon payment of a $5 permit fee, the permit being issued by the inspector of buildings who has general supervision over all permits. Present Draft Opposed. When the Sign Committe> meets to dreft amendments to the regulations, its attention will be called to the re- | quest made by Mr. Delano and others jof the public intercst groups that de- {cision be withheld from the billboard section until the authorized list is at hand. In its present draft, the billboard section not only is unacceptable to the public interest groups which sponsored the campaign to improve conditions in this respect but it is considered a “backward step” in that direction. The fact that the organized billboard in- terests themselves are entirely satisfied with the section is regarded as an in- dication that the section provides no more regulation than is accorded at resent. Unless suitable revision of the bill- { board section is made, sponsors of the campaign declared, further efforts will have to be made to amend it. | i | | i = KING OF SIAM HONORS EXECUTIVES OF G. W. SIS S Dr. Marvin and Dr. Bolwell Deco- rated by Ruler, Now at Ophir Hall, N. Y. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington Urtversity, and Dr. Robert W. Bolwell, director of Summer szssions at the school, have been award- ed deggrations by order of King Pra- jadhipok of Siam, it was learned hers today. . President Marvin was nfhde a mem- ber of the honorary Siamese order “Commanders of the Crown,” whilz Dr. Bolwell was made an officer of the “Order of White Elenhan: King Prajadhipok was given the hon- {orary degree of Doctor of Laws by | George Washington University during i his recent visit to ‘Washington. The { King now is at Ophir Hall, New York estate of the late Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. HENRY ORTH, JR., ESTATE ESTIMATED AT $842,000 ney Files for Probate. Henry Orth, jr. prominent patent attorney, who died April 7, left an estate in excess of $842,000, according to the petiton of his widow, Mrs. Eliza- beth Orth, 1510 Hamilton street, for the probate of his will. She is named as_the sole beneficiary. (" 'Mr. Orth owned unincumbered real estate assessed at $74,194, had stocks and bonds valued at $700,000, real estate notes of $54,000 and cash in bank $14,000. Attorneys Burkart & Quinn represent the widow. Mrs. Kate B. Smith, who dhle.: May , | with Metcalf and Eddy, or pro 3 vill. e is n as the sole beneficiaryol the estate, ST IS HELDUP complications it could not be completed | igns in the various police precincts for | Classes at Public Schools Here Will Close on June 17 Schcols will close Wednesday, June 17, for Washington's public school pupils. This date was officially ap- proved by the Board of Educa- tion at its meeting yesterday. For the teachers, however, schools will not close until June 19. ‘The board also decided that the pupils’ vacation is to end on Sep- tember 21, while the teachers are o report back Friday, Septem- r 18, SCHOOL CHANGES RULED BY BOARD Two White Schools Shifted to Colored Division—Per- sonnel Moved. Two elementary schools now occupied by white pupils will be transferred to the colored division and a supervisory position at $4,000 to $4,500 will be re- placed by a directorship carrying a sal- ary $1,000 lower, under a reorganiza- ,tion of the public school system or- dered by the Board of Education yes- terday on_the recommendation of Dr. | Prank W. Ballou, superintendent, ‘The Monroe School, at Columbia road {and Georgia avenue; the School, at Four-and-a-half and M streets southwest, both in neighborhoods {in need of additional school facilities for colered children, are the two schools which are housing white ‘pu- pils for the last time this month. Patterson to Retire. The supervisorship that is being elim- | inated is the position now held by | years of service in the public school {system. Mr. Patterson has charge of the atypical and ungraded schools, the Summer schools and the night schools. With the climination of his position. the various atypical and ungraded schools will be assigned to the divisions {in which they are located and the re- sponsibility for their operation placed upon the respective supervisors of ex- | isting divisions. The Summer and night schools will be grouped, however, under a director | to be appointed later. i The reorganization. together with the opening in Scptember of sevsral new school buildings, necessitates a marked shift in the personnel of the school stem. Mrs. Kinnear Shifted. Mrs. Agnes I Kinnear, now prin- | cipal of the Columbia Junior High ! Scheol, will be principal of the new { Eliot Junior High School. It was un- derstood in school eircles that Mrs. Kin- | near was to head the new Alice Deal { Junior High School in the Reno sec-| tion, but Dr. Ballou explained to the; | board she asked that she be assigned | |to the Eliot building, which adjoins | Eastern_High School. \Miss Bertie Backus, now principal of the Powell Junior High School. will be | principal of the Deal Junior High | School. Lester T. Walter, a teacher of general sclence at the Columbia Junior High School, will be promoted to the prin- Cipalship of the Powell Junior High ! i School. Mr. Waltcr, a native of Penn- vlvania, came to the District school stem with valuable administrative chool experience. A graduate of the | East Stroudsburg, Pa.. State Teachers' | College and the holder of a bachelor jof science degree from the Pennsy {vania_State College, Mr. Walter has | been both a senior high school and an | elementary school principal. In addi- | tion to his teaching position at Colum- |bia. he also is principal of the Hine | Night School. He holds a master of arts degree from George Washington | University. He is 32 years old and married. Other Changes Ordered. Other personn:l changes ordered by {the board yesterday included the a signment of Miss L. E. Ballenger, A | ministrative principal of ths Hubbar | Raymond School group, to the Ra; {mond Schcol alone. The Hubbard | School now is to become an annex for the Powell Junior High School. Miss R. G. Garraher, administrative | principal cf the Fairbrother-Rossell | School, will be administrative principal ! of the Bradley-Fairbrother School. The | | Rossell School will be consolidated with the Amidon Schcol to become the Amidon-Rossell School. Miss M. R. Merritt, administrative principal ' of ‘the Bowen-Greenleaf School, will become the administrative principal of the Bowen-Smallwood School. - Miss ‘M. K. Steinle, administrative principal of the Amidon-Smallwcod School, becomes the administrative principal of the Amidcn-Rossell School. The board also formally ordered the discontinuance of the Columbia Junior High School at Seventh and O streets as a regular junior hign schcol. This move was long anticipated in view of the gradual moving of tne Abbott Voca- tional School classes and equipment into the Cclumbia Building. Building transfers to specific di- visions from the old ninth division, which now is eliminated, include: Americanization (Webster ~ Building, Tenth and H streets) ty sixth division: | Health School to third division, and Polk School fifth division; Indus- trial Home School to first divisicn. “Janitors” Made “Custodians.” The board also officially changed the deSignation of the “janitors” in public Schocl bulldings to “custodians.” At | the same time it appointed H. R. Thompson, now at McKinley - High School, as chief engineer of the white schools, and Henry Adams, now at ‘Armstrong High Schocl, as chief en- gineer of the colored schools. Dr. Ballou reported to the board at its meeting yesterday that the funds raised to provide free milk and cracker lunches for needy children totaled $618.10, while the requests for financial aid from the various schools amounted to only $346. Thz ance, he ex- plained, will remain available for the same purpose with the reopening of schools next year. The board reccived a report on the number of colored high school gradu- ates who continue their education. Dun- bar, which last June graduated 258 students, certified 193 for college and sent four others on to special schools; Armstrong graduated 144 and sent 56 to college, while Cardozo, which gradu- ated only 23, certified 7 to college. Dunbar’s graduates entered a total of 27 different colleges, while five institu- tions were required to receive Arm- strong’s output and three to take care of those from Cardozo. . DAVISON IN BOSTON i i Maj. Donald A, Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, left last night for Boston for an absence of about two weeks. While in Boston he will conf-. consultant en- to hasten drawing of new spec - icat for two incinerators whick Congress authorized for the District ol Columbia, Greenleaf | Walter B. Patterson, who is retiring at ! | the cnd of the current term. after 58| Rocketed I nto the Sky NAVY PLANE ON CATAPULT TAKE-OFF. are exemplified in the catapult, times. Station, makin | | Yard yesterday afterno’n, testing one of fired burning brands and heav: NCIENT warfare methods as adopted to modern peace time preparedness | 2 refinement of the ancient weap-n which 'y missiles into ancient cit'es in Roman Chief Aviation Pilot Lecnard McAllister, of Anacostia Naval Air one of a serie; of take-offs at the Washington Navy f the Navy's explosive powered catapults. —Star Staff Photo. TWO BANDITS ROB - DRUGKIST OF §600 iBenjamin Bialek Hopes to Identify Robbers From Police Photographs. Petvorth Pharmacy, Georgla avenue ard Upshur street, was asked to visit police headquarters today and examine photographs on file there in an effort to identify two of the three hcld-up men who robbed him of approximately $600 last night. The druggic; was held up as he was about to put his automobile in the garage in the rear of his home, at 3721 Kansas avenue, after having closed the store for the night. Driving into the alley and pulling up in front of the garage, he stepped cut of the car, preparatory to opening the doors. Was Taking Cash Home. “All of a sudden,” he related, “some- thing was jammed into the small of my back, and I was ordered to ‘stick 'em up. While one of the bandits held the pistol against Bialek's back the other stepped in frcnt of the druggist and demanded his money. The money, the druggist explained, had been taken in during the day by the pharmacy, which is operated by him and Louis Rosenberg. He decided to take it home with him, he added, because the store is being remodeled and is “easy to break into.” After Bialek had handed them the money, the robbers ran to a machine parked about 50 feet from the garage. Another man was sitting at the steer- ing wheel, and he drove away as soon running_beard. trace of the bandits was found. Description of Men. According to Bialek, one of the rob- bers was about 30 years old. 6 feet tall and weighed about 165 pounds, while the second appeared several years younger, was about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed about 135. Both men were hatless. ‘The paif who held Bfalek up visited the store about two weeks ago, he said. “I called police and said a couple of suspicious looking fellows were hanging around. When I came out of the ‘phone booth, they had gone.” According to police, the druggist's de- scriptions of the bandits tallies with those of two men who obtained $130 from another pharmacy and $3 from a taxicab driver in two recent hold-ups. Sl FATHER'S APPEAL FOR CHILD STUDIED ster to U. S. From Venezuela by Acknowledging Parentage. Secretary of State Stimson is making a personal study in order to disposc finally of the case of James E. Welch of Louisiana, who for two years has sought State Department action to se- cure for him custody of his child in Venezuela. The child, now four vears old, was born out of wedlock, but Welch, through Louisiana courts, acknowledgad his parentage, claiming the child's mother, a Venezuelan, was dead. At the-request of the State Depart- ment, Gov. Huey Long of Louisiana submitted a lengthy opinion on the basis of Louisiana laws as they applied to _the case. Secretary Stimson will determine Whether Welch's acknowledgment was legal, and_whether on the basis of it the State Department can make repre- sentations to Venezuela on the ground t?l:z"e the child is now an American citizen. Benjamin, Bialek, part owner of the | as his companions jumped upon the | The druggist notified police, but no' HEHER LN PUT ON | 5. SETION Action on Proposed Hotel Site Is One of Seven Zon- ing Changes Granted. Paving the way for erection of a Zoning Commissicn at the conclusion of a hearing yesterday changed the height limit on the north side of I street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth | streets.from 90 to 110 feet, which will permit a building | height of 130 feet with setbacks above the 110-ioot limit. | "No opposition was raised at the hear- |ing._The change was sought by Charles | Henry Butler and Willlam R. Elli located in the block. Mr. Butler sa he has had several proposals calling for | ‘najor improvement of the property. which is opposite the Veterans’ Bureau Building. | This was one of seven changes in | zoning approved by the commission, 13 | other petitions being denied. Among those denied were petitions | for rezoning of a tract of land hounded by Georgia avenue, Blair road, Gera- nium street and the District line to make possible the development of a golf course there; and for a change I;'omflrt-s’idennal to first commercial classification of prcperty on the east side of Twentieth | street and Florida avenue. Property Owners Protest. Groups of property owners in the two sections protested that they feared ap- proval of these two changes would en- courage a spread of ccmmercial ac- tivities further into residential areas in the sections. ‘The commission also denied a peti- tion by trustees of the Northminster Presbyterian Church to change from ential to first commercial the site | of the church on the southwest corner | | of Eleventh street and Rhode Island avenue. Reports that the congrega- tion wished to abandon the church there and sell the property as a site for a gasoline filling station brought protests from nearby home owners. | Petition for changing restrictions on | portion_of the property of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, on Patter- son strect between Chevy Chase Circle and Chevy Ghase Parkway, to permit construction of a Sunday school build- ing was denied, but the zoning body | recommended that _the District Com- missioners permit erection of the struc- ture under present zoning restrictions. | The commission postponed decision | on petitions to change from residential | to first ccmmercial classification of 5.770 square feet of area within the Westchester Apartment development along Cathedral avenue to permit | establishment of stores in the building: and to change the zoning of the rock quarry property on the west side of Connecticut avenue between Newark and Ordway streets, to permit construc- Zoning Changes Approved. In addition to the downtown I street property, the commission approved the ticns: From residential 60-footf B re- stricted area to residential, 60-foot A area, the south side of Harvard street | between Eightcenth street and Adams ! Mill road. | From residential, 40-foot B restricted area, to residential, 50-foot B area, southeast corner of Thirteenth and ‘Taylor streets. From first commercial, 40-foot C area, to residential, 40-foot B area, both sides of Fourth street, between Kennedy and Longfellow streets. From first commercial, 40-foot C area, to residential, 40-foot B area, property at_5508-5512 Second street. From residential, 40-foot A restricted, to first commercial, 60-foot C area, rear Iots on east side of Connecticut avenue between Ordway and Maeomb strects. From first commercial, 60-foot C area, to residential, 40-foot A area, property beunded by Alabama avenue, Congress road and Nichols avenue southeast. PROFESSIONAL DANCER AWARDED $50,000 VERDICT FOR LOSS OF TOE Accident i A valuation of $50.000 was placed on the second toe of Alberto K. Ferreyros by a jury in District Supreme Court yesterday. ‘The jury, in its verdict, awarded | Ferreyros that sum in es from the Fox Theaters Corporation, by whom L\e has been employed as a professional ancer. The dancer told the jury that ‘o the accident he had been .bm “pirouette” seven consecutive times on one foot. Since that time, he testifed, e had not besn able to do it Jury Fixes Damages Despite Picture Film Made After n Theater. ‘The defendant Fox Theater intro- duced in evidence a motion picture film of Ferreyros, taken since the accident g: which he was shown doing a tango nce. ‘The suit was filed when the moving crchestra-platform in front of the stage ! of the theater cut off the toe and orushed two other toes on his foot in 1928. He was represented by Attorneys Joseph V. Morgan of the firm of Doug- las, Obear & Douglas, and W. P. Hough- g:q of Ellis, Ferguson, Houghton & | proposed hotel on the site, the District | to be carried to a | strecet betwcen R/ £ ) | tion of a mction picture theater there. | Louisianian Seeks to Bring Young- | following changes in zoning lestric—l OFFICER FIGURING IN SHOOTING MUST " FAGE TRIAL BOARD Kimbell, Accused by Mrs. Wilson and Hoffman, Sus- pended by Insnector. | CHARGES OF DRINKING WHILE ON DUTY FACED Woman and Victim of Bullet She Fired From Patrolman's Gun Expected to Testify. Policeman Charles B. Kimbell .38-caliber revolver was used Mrs. Tillie Wilson, 23, in the shooting of Leonard Hoffman, 25, in a ficld near {Rhode Island avenue and Fourteenth Lstreet northeast early last Friday, was | suspended today Inspector Albert Headley. In suspending Kimbell, who was at- tached to the twelfth precinct. the in- spector announced that the policeman will appear before the Trial Board next Wednesday on charges of drinking | While on duty and conduct unbecoming an officer. The charges, Inspector Headley cx- plained, are the result of statements made by both Mrs. Wilson and Hofiman, Shortly after her arrest, Mrs. Wilson, the mother of a year-old son, told Sergt. Thomas Sweeney of the homicide squad that the shooting occurred during a drinking party in which the policeman participated. Hoffman Changes Story. Hoffman, the father of a 3-year-old son, at first denied that Kimbell had done any drinking. Questioned by the inspector, however, he said that Mrs, Wilson's accusations were true. | Both Mrs. Wilson and Hoffman, who {still is st Emergency Hospital with a wound in his_chest, told Inspector Headley that Policeman Herman W. Kegedein, also of the twelfth precinct, stopped them on Rhode Island avenue, near the police station, about 3 o'clock Friday morning and accused them of speeding. They were riding in Hoff- man’s automobile. After questioning the couple, how- | ever, Kegedein decided not to arress { Mrs’ Wilson, who was driving. As ne left Kimbell arrived and began con- versing with the pair. A few minutes later, according to both Mrs. Wilson and Hoffman. the policeman accompanied them to the ficld, where the trio sat in Hoffman's car and had a few drinks. Mrs. Wilson Out on Bond. Hoffman was shot, Mrs when he followed her away parked machine. Kimbell also followed her a short distance, she added. but re- turned to the automobil: when { told him to do so. When Hoffman r { fused to return. Mrs. Wilson ran back to the car, picked up the policeman's which apparently had fallen lster, and fired. The day before the shooting, Mrs. Wilson told Detective Sergt. H. Jones, she and Hoffman swallowed | poison in his apartment at 1321 Bel- {mont strect. where they had while Mrs. Hamilton, who is said to ibe a telephone operator, was at work. Hoffman, according to Jones. admitt~d that Mrs. Wilson drank fome of the | boison, but denled having done so himself. Mrs. Wilson, who was released on $2.000 bond yesterday on a charge of assault with' a dangerous weapon, is expected to tell her story the trial board. Hoffman also is expected to appear as a witness if he has recovered from his wound. Physicians at the { hospital say he is improving. 'NEW GAS SCHEDULE STUDIED BY KEECH | Proposed Change in Rates for Big Users Considered by Peo- ple’s Counsel. The Public Utilities Commission turned over to Richmond B. Keech, | people’s counsel, for his study today, the | new schedule “D” filed with it b; Washington Gas Light Co. which would {be made available to any consumer | Who guarantees not to use less than 100,000 cubic feet of gas per month. | The commission was asked to put the | new rate schedule into effect July 3. Under the terms of schedule gas would be sold at 90 cents net and $1 | gross for the first 300.000 cubic feet; | 80 cents net and 90 cents gross for the | next 300,000 cubic feet, and 75 cents { net and gross for all gas consumed in excess of 600,000 cubic feet per month. The differenc> between net and gross would constitute a discount for gas used {in excess of the monthly load, if bills | are paid within 15 days. The new rchedule differs from the | existing ~ commercial and industrial schedule in that it would climinate. it was said, the charga of $1.20 net for the first 500 cubic feet per month, per 100 cubic feet of the maximum hourly rate of use. 'HAROLD H. SIMMS " DIES IN ROCHESTER |Patent Attorney Educated in | ‘Washington to Be Buried Here. Harold H. Simms, Rochester, N. Y, patent attorney, born and educated in Washington, died yesterday at his home. Funeral services will be held at_the Hines funeral parlors here at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. After attending the public schools here, Mr. Simms was graduated from George Washington and National Uni- versities. He had resided in Rochester for the past 24 years. Mr. Simms was a member of the Masonic order, the Odd_Fellows, the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and was prominent in Rochester civic affairs. He was former chairman of the Mon- roe County Democratic Committee and had served as a director of the board of the State School for Girls at Albion, N. Y. following his appointment by the Governor of New York. Besides his widow, Mrs. Anna Shoe- maker Simms, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Earl Remington. - Memorial Service Planned. A joint memorial service for all mem- | bers ‘of the Allied Patriotic Societies, in- cluding all organizations connented with the G. A. R., will be held J‘Il xzwa;taoumm,