Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1931, Page 5

POTOMAC MAN DIES| OF BURNS IN CRASH Seat Pleasant Child Killed While Playing on Roadway, Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Md.,, June 25.—With his marriage but a few days distant, Law- rence Creamer, 22 years old, of Po- tomac was killed last night when his speeding automobile hit a culvert near here and burst into flames. Witnesses told police that Creamer appeared to be racing with another machine as the accident occurred. “The wedding was to have taken place next week. His fiancee, Miss Dorothy Windsor of Potomac, was overcome at the news of his death. Car Catches Fire. The car caught fire immediately after striking the culvert and t.he‘flames spread so rapidly tht Creamer’s body was burned beyond recognition before rescuers could drag it from the wreck- age. It is thought, howevey, that he died from the crash. The impact with | the culvert was so great that the engine was driven back through the gasoline tank into the driver’s com- ent. »a;"{r:‘d Doering, & District of Columbia postman, who lives near the scene of the accident, heard the crash and ran to the spot with a hoe to attempt to drag Creamer from the burniry auto- mobile. He managed to pull Creamer’s head and shoulders from the car, but the man's feet were caught in the steering gear. Russell Gray of Po- tomac came to Doering's assistance and the two were able to extricate Creamer from the wreck. Blaze Is Extinguished. - Rockville firemen arrived a few min- utes later and extinguished the blaze. Montgomery County Policeman Paul wWatkins, who investigated the accident, said that Creamer was attempting to pass another car as the accident oc- curred. The young man lost control ot his machine, which ran along a ditch beside the road for 100 feet, sideswiping a tree, and struck the culvert. Watkins sald this morning that he had not learned the identity of the man in the car Creamer tried to pass. The body was removed to the Rock- ville undertaking establishment of War- ner Pumphrey. No funcral arrange- ments had been made today. Creamer was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Creamer of Potomac. The elder ‘Creamer had been in ill hzalth for some time and both he and Mrs. Creamer were prostrated when told of the acci- dent. H: is survived by a brother, Louis Creemer of Washington, and_two sis- ters, Mrs. Roy Morson of Baltimore and Miss Evelyn Creamer of Potomac. CHILD KILLED BY CAR. feat Pleasant Boy, 6, Struck While Playing in Road. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. SEAT PLEASANT, Md., June 25— Struck by an automobile while playing on Chapel road in front of the Com- munity House here, James Harrison, 6, was fatally injured about 9 o'clock last night. According to Constable Earle Black- ‘well, the child was hit by an automobile driven by Henry Wilson, also of Seat Pleasant. Wilson surrendered to the constable, but was not held. Blackwell was uncertain this morning whether an inquest would be necessary. James was rushed to Casualty Hos- pital by Wilton Stotler, a volunteer fire- man. The child died at 1:30 am. to- day. ARLINGTON G. 0. P. CALLS CONVENTION State and County Candidates Will Be Selected at Parley July 10. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, June 25.—J. E. Spaulding, chairman of the County Re- publican Committee, today issued a call for a county convention for the selec- tion of party candidates for State and county offices, to be held July 10 in the Community House at Lyon Park. Spaulding announces that the pre- cincts will be allowed one delegate for each 25 votes cast for President Hoover in 1928. This will entitle the precincts | ||\| to the following number of delegates: Arlington, 19; Ballston, 18; Cherrydale, 17; Clarendon No. 1, Clarendon No, 2,19; East Falls Church, 5; Glencarlyn, || 4: Lyon Park, 13; Rooslyn, 11; Virginia Highlands, 13, and Carne, 10. Precinct chairman have been direct- ed to hold mass meetings for the pur- |||||l pose of selecting delegates the evening of July 7. Meetings will be held in the following places: Arlington, Arlington Fire House; Ballston, Cogswell Electric Store; Carne, Minor’s office; Clarendon No. 1, Clever real estate office; Clar- endon No. 2, Spaulding Building; East Falls Church, Nourse's store; Lyon Park, Havener's store; Rosslyn, Rose Bros'. office; Virginia Highlands, Fire- men's Hall, and Glencarlyn, Public Li- brary Building. CHARGED WITH MURDER Colored Inmate of Soldiers’ Home to Face Grand Jury. Oscar Johnson. 60-year-old colored ||| inmate of Soldiers’ Home, formerly of || . Jonesboro, Tenn, today was committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury on a charge of murder, a cor- oner’s jury at the District Morgue hav- ing named nim slayer of Isaac Sim- mons, colored, 27, also an inmate of the home. Simmons, Johnson and another in- mate of the home were reported by the police to have engaged in an argument at 2437 M street Tuesday afternoon, and Johnson is alleged to have stabbed Simmo: killing him almost_instantl, A Limited Number of Genuine Cowhide a general view. IRE did $500,000 worth of damage to buildings along the boardwalk, Atlantic City, N. J,, June 23. Starting‘from an undetermiped cause in a bath house, it spread rapidly until fire apparatus was brought from all parts of the eity. Twelve buildings, most of them one-story shops, were desttoyed and four, firemen were injured. Here is ~—A. P. Photo. ORPHANS T0 FROLIC AS LABOR'S GUESTS Nine Institutionsijccept In- vitations to Attend Union Fair. | A gala day will offer children of the | orphan asylums of this eity next S urday, on the closing day of the Cen- | tral Labor Union Exposition and Fair at Fifth and Florida avenue north- east. | The children will be guests of the | Central Labor Union, which has ap-| rointed a committee to receive the children as they arrive at the pagk and accord them every privilege. The cdm- | mittee, headed by Frank W. Lee, gen- eral chairman, includes R. A. Dickson, president of the Central Labor Union; Frank J. Coleman, secretary; John P. Colpoys, Fred S. Walker, E. J. Roche, | James Windsor, Charles Frazer, B. F. Whalen and Miss Helen Marie de Torres. ‘Through the courtesy of the Central Labor Union and the various conces- sionaires of the Ben Krause Greater Shows, the great majority of shows and rides will be put at the disposal of the kiddies without charge. In addition some of the local purveyors of food products and beverages have prom- ised to see to it that they are given plenty of ice cream and drinks. Some of the institutions that have already accepted invitations which insures a juvenile attendance of several hundred are St. Joseph’s Orphan Assylum, Swartzell Methodist Home, St. Rose's ‘Technical School, St. Vincent's Or- phanage, Central Union Mission, Ger- man Orphan Assylum, Gospel Mission Children’s Home and Hillcrest Indus- trial Home School. ‘The committee in charge has ex- tended a general invitation to Wash- ington orphan assylums and other in- stitutions looking after the welfare of children and hopes to make this a day long to be remembered. et Slot machines are so popular in Ger- | many that a great variety of articles | may be secured by dropping & coin. | They include oiled paper umbrellas, | postage stamps, candy, cigarettes, beer | and hot Prankfurters with potato sal: Police Say Mother Drove Boy Away; Law Forces Duty 5-year-old Found Wan. dering in Street, Taken Back to His Stepfather. HAMMOND, Ind, June 25 (®).—A mother, who, police said, disowned her 5-year-old son because of his unruli- ness, was forced to reclaim the child yesterday under threat of prosecution. Not_until he told Mrs. J. G. Tim- mons he would jail her for child aban- donment did the mother agree to take the boy home to_his stepfather, Chief of Police James Martinson said. “He's made my life & torment,” the chief quoted the woman as saying. “I don’t want him—my husband and my happiness come first. The boy, Howard, was found by po- lice late Tuesday night wandering about the streets. He told police his moth¢r i “chased me away.” Mrs. Timmons denied ordering the Jad from home and said he left of his own volition. SSE e Ll RIVER CRUISE TONIGHT Accounting Office Employes to Take | Annual Trip. Members of the General Accounting Offics Welfare Association, accompanied by their families, will take their an- nual cruise_down th Potomac tonight | aboard the Wilson Line steamer City of Washington. 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