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The Foening Htare WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1931. PAGE B—1 1,871,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY SAVED B SURVEY Leaks Large Enough to Sup- ply Good-Sized Stream Re- paired by Lanham. 23 PER CENT WASTAGE REPORTED IN DISTRICT Yoss Reached Enormous Total of 6,855, 601,000 Gallons Last Year. Water enough to keep a good sized stream well supplied has been found ! wasting away through leaks in the Dis-, trict water system, detected In the first six months of the 'survey being con- | ducted by the Water Department in an | effort to reduce its large percentage of | water “unaccounted for.” Two survey parties, working at night only in the| Southeast and Southwest sections, have | uncovered and repaired 86 major leaks, out of which 1,871,000 gallons of filtered water were pouring every 24 hours. The survey will last 4 years, and it 1s the hope of Paul Lanham, its chief, that in that time leaks which cause | the water distributing system a loss of 10,000,000 gallons a day will have been | discovered and repaired. The first 6- | month period has more than met his expectations. 23 Per Cent Is Lost. How serious the problem of wasted water is may be seen from the fact the department reported 23 per cent of its | supply last fiscal year “unaccounted for.” This unaccounted for water reached the enormous total of 6,855,- 601,000 gallons during the year. Of the leaks discovered, 33, ar most of them, were found in the old iron service pipes, of & type no longer used. These | accounted for a loss of 539,080 gallons ! @ day. Other scurces of loss were lead | 7,740 gallons; brass pipe, 45,000 gal joints on mains, 453,200 gal- lons; wiped joints, 46,000 gallons; broken mzins, 57,000 galions; couplings, 65,000 galions; taps, 18,000 gallons; iron con- necticns, 20,000 galions, and water meters, 80,000 gallons. The field parties detect the blocks in which large amounts | of water are being used at night by | meter readings, made at the water mains. In suspected cases they check their readings against the readings in the house meters and then run down the leaks by listening to fire hydrlnl-” and other connections of the water sys- tem with aquaphones. When they lo- cate the leak they dig down to the pipe and repair it. The repair cost comes out of the maintenance funds of the department. Part of Funds Returned. The survey was given an appropria- | tion of $40,000 for its first year, but! to a slow start in getting or-] genized and the extreme lateness in the 1931 appropriation act, only nv.mjo of this sum was spent when the appropriation lapsed July 1. The survey is now operating on its 1932 ap- propriation, but it is planned later to ask for a reappropriation of the unex- pended balance from 1831. The survey makes all of its own in- struments and calibrates them at its laboratory at the Bryant Street Pump- ing Station. g Although it 1s not believed any large water system can ever be operated so! effciently that there is no waste, the| cost when the wastage is large is high. | The water must be electrically pumped, filtered, chemically and bacteriologically | treated, and its weight is an extra bur-| den on the distributing system. Exceeds Federal Use The amount of water going to waste | exceeds the amount used annually b the Federal and District government: combined. Last year the total pai consumption of water amounted 1 16,421,568,000 gallons, or 54 per cent| of the pumpage; the unaccounted-for | water amounted to 6,855,601,000, or 23 per cent; water used free oy tre Fed eral Government, 4293149000 r 143 per cent; District governrent, 1,802 093,000, or 6 per cent. The totall pumpage was 20,960,705.000 gallons | The work of the survey is Dot con-| centrated on the area around Stanton ! Square northeast. Later in the year | the city will be split into a number of master sections. The survey prob- | ably will take up the central downtown section last, as this is the most Gifficult section to handle, and it is planned to take it on when the surveying force through practice, has reached its high est degree of efficiency. Owing to : large commercial usage of water the night hours in the dewnto toin the detection of leaks is more difficult, although still capable of being accomplished by expert hauds. PROPERTY OWNERS | ANSWER BUS FIRM Deny Action for Removal of Ve- hicles From Lot Caused by Jealousy. | Riordan, attorney for prop erty owners who are seeking to pre- vent the use of a vacant lot in the rear of M street between First and North Capitol streets as & parking space for in- terstate busses, has denied that ihe complaint was inspired by Deighbor being deprived of the use of this lot o park thelr own cars at pight The Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines. which had been parking its busses at night nearby in New York avenue, rented the Iot last week after residents | had complained and occupied it. When | Riordan threatened an injunction suit | and appealed to the District Commis- rioners, on the ground that the com- | ny was violating a zoning regulation, | ff'.' C. Major, local bus manager, countered with the charge that the ymvenv owners were “peeved” because jhey could no longer park their own Riordan cars on the lot. wrote to the District Commissioners in | David L. “This is a_misstatement.” “There are no cars parked on this lot with the exception of a few abandoned ‘Wrecked cars and wagons, these the owner of the property, Mr. Wilbur Nash, should be wmade by the authorities to move. “In my opinion, this statement of Mr. mtzmswmmflu Assue, that his company and the owner mw re ing to make use this lot to thelr without nit._fron he W | for the general ! Virginia Capes, miles of roadways. | tio 10,000 Seek U. S. Jobs Here THREE-DAY CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS BEGIN. Photo shows scme of the 3,700 men and women who took quiz for posi- tions as file clerks today. charge of the group. workers In competition with one another, a three-day | Civil Service ex:mination for positions as under file clerks and junior file clerks got under way in Cen- tral High Schocl today. Forty examiners, working under the suervision of Mrs. Jessie W. Cowles, began the task of quizzing the 10,000 apolicants at 9 o'clock this morning. "The morning class, divided into groups cf 48 each, was in session for more than 2 sours, and another class began work David J. Williams, one of the 40 examiners, —Star Staff Photo. | | ITH an unprecedented num- | file clerks and ber of would-be Government, | held two years ago, but only women | | Bureau workers who are | be laid off soon. | competitioris are open to both men and more | is in junior file clerks was were eligible, A large percentage of those taking the examinations are temporary Census schzduled to Although this year's women, there are considerably women than men among the applicants. Only a small percentage of those who pass the examinations will obtain im- mediate employment, it was said by those in charge, and many probably 2t noon, with a total of approximately { never will land the positions for which answer the examiners' questions during the two pericds. Altogether, about 34.000 persons ap- plisd for the jobs, but less than ome- thid of them are taking their exami- nations here.. Due to widespread unemployment thece were considerabty more appl 13700 men and women scheduled to |they are working. | will be some time, however, Openings occurring from time to | time will be filled from among those | passing | cessful lo but the suc- the examinations, for examinees will be eligible nly about a year, it was said Morning and afternoon sessions be held tomorrow and the next day. before will It the canis for the position than ever before. | results of the examination will be mnde' The last competition for jobs STEPYANOF FOES” under known, it was added. GUARD PLLOT TELLS BULDING CRIT s SCORED BY HEATH Flyer Hits Bull’s-Eye With‘Treasury Official Tells Archi- Note Warning That “Ene- | my” Prepares to Attack. Special Dispatch to The Star, CAMP RITCHIE, CASCADE, Md August 19.—By dropping “a message squarely on the gen- eral's field map board, at least one fiyer ca:lsg Army khaki has done his bit to square the Army’s marksmanship record that suffered in the recent faflure to sink the old 8. S. Mount Shasta off the but he remains un- identified. The “avenger,” however, is not a Reg- ular Army fiyer, but a member of the 20th Division of National field maneuvers in the Pennsylvania and Maryland hills in the vicinity of Camp Ritchie. Headed by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of Washington, the staff of the “Blues” had proceeded toward Em- mitsburg and was stopped in the road to locats its position. Message Warns of Enemy. Gen. Stephan's map board was set up and tbe officers were poring over maps when an airplane motor was h-ard overhead. First Lieut. Philip W. Root aide to Gen Stephan, was sta the road watching the plane as he held the board. The plane swooped low—to within 50 feet of the ground—and its unidentified pilot heaved his message, contained in a small canvas bag, over the The bag landed squ between Lieut Root's hands. The message warned of a new force arriving at Emmitsburg in trucks Following & circuitous route over un- marked and unimproved roads, the staff arrived at the town of Fairpiay, on the Emmitsburg-Gettysburg highway, where orders designed to meet the new attack Red | were prepared The reconnoissance which Gen phan and his outfit executed cover Alrplar zoomed cver the hills, reporting th observa. of the enemy movem: and al the conclusion of the maneuvers Ger Stephan paid high tribute to the 29t Division aviation f commanded by Maj. Charles A. Masson of Baltimore Dr. Reichelderfer Due It was announced at Camp Ritchie today that ommissioner Luthe H. Reichelderfer, himself a former lieu tenant colonel of Ist Infantry, District of Columbia National Guard, had ac- cepted Gen. Stephan’s invitation to visit the troops there. Dr. Reichelder- fer will reach the camp tomorrow after- noon, it was said Dr. Reichelderfer will be accompanied 1o the camp by Maj. Donald A. Davicon U. 8. A, Assistant Engineer Commis- of the District. On the same the two District officials are e pected W visit Maj. n C. Gotw U. 8. A, Englueer Commissioner of the District, who 15 on sick leave in the vicinity of Cascade. Reports from Cemp Ritchie indicate that the health of the District troops remsains on & high level Only five men re confined to their quarters with i ness and none is in the camp hospital The 260th Artillery, anti-aircraft unit will_stage daylight and night demon- strations late today. This organization handles formal ceremonies, staging a regimental review and formal guard mount each evening. MADE MAJOR GENERAL Brig. Gen. Roy Hoffman Confirmed in Oklahoma Guard Rank. Brig. Gen. Roy Hoffman, a former Reserve officer, has been recognized by the War Dupartment as & major gen- ersl of the Oklahoma National Guard, replacing Maj. Gen. Baird H. Mark- ham, . Cen. Hoffman and Wil | then wil} tects Administration Foes Are Active. Defending the Treasury Department's execution of the Government building program, Assistant Secretary Ferry K Heath charged yesterday that ememies of the administration are seeking make political capital out of ecriticism of the program. Heath, who has charge of Govern ment construction, made the charge i a letter to Louis La Beaume of the American Institute of Architects, in which he denied he had ecriticized private architects as not satisfactory, as| corpared with those attached to the Treasury. He added, however, that ex- perience had shown that private archi tects were not faster or better than the regular Government workers. ers Wanted. e been 125 pri archi- to design ne Govern- ment buildings, and 30 more will be employed on Heath wrote, adding that while private designers have been giving satisfactory service, they “have not produced and are not producing faster than Government architects en- gaged on similar projects.” The Ass ctary said that slthough private architects generally were not familiar with laws surround. ing Government ruction, the ad- ministration in i forward the building projects had demonstrated a most_sympathetic and liberal attitude More Outs “There ha tects engage: the continued, have arohitectural magazines, have been made by stitute, members circulated by ization and r peared, made and all articl read have greatly at facts. fact,” Heath appeared in statements members of the in- Congress have been hapters of your organ- cently a statement ap- b regional _director, le atements I have been based on assumptions variance with the actual Articles Are Disputed. "These articles and statements have beep seized of adn in sible th as ammunition discredit any pos- are not con- agement of great orth by the depar e will of Congress.” meihod of carrying gram has been ral occasions by members and Senate, who have ob- way the work has been & behind the rate at which ected to be pushed. Re- ticism, Treasury offi- clals have pointed cut the work was go- ing ahead as fast as possible in view of the many legal steps involved in Gov- ernment construetio CONSTRUCTION TO START SOON ON NEW MARKET Farmers Be at made on seve of the Hc jected to t allowed tc it had beer plying to this c Produce Structure Will Tenth, Eleventh and E id F Streets Southwest. Construction work will be started foon on the new Parmers' Produce Mar- ket, in the ‘block bonnded by Tenth, eventh, E and F strests southwest, Mai. H. L. Romm, Assisiant Engineer Commissioner, announced today. The Commissioners authorized Robb to ask for bids on the grading and sur- facing of the plot with cinders. predicted this would eall for a financial outlay of about $5,000. After this work is accomplished farmers will be per- mitted to display thelr wares while steel sheds are being erectsd. The sheds probably will cost $15,000. A block adjoining this site on the south later will be purchased by con- demnation proceed The market be @ . The total in- vestment, including land and sheds Probably will exceed the $300.000 advocated by civic political enemies | HIT-AND-RUN CHASE ENDS AS CAR KILLS ESCAPING AUTOIST James E. Hancock Is Hurled to Street, Then Crushed in Trying to Escape. FOUR OTHERS SOUGHT IN DEATH RIDE PROBE Victim Halts After Two Collisions, Then Flees to Vehicle, Dying in Double Smash-Up. James Elmer Hancock, 24, 625 Sev- I(‘n'h street northeast, alleged hit-and- !run driver, was killed last night in the :‘four!h of a series of automobile col- ylisiom. His car was hit from behind | and turned over on him by one of two | drivers from whom he was trying to escape after striking their cars. Blaine Lowry, 22, of Mount Rainier Md., was being held at the twelfth pre- cinct station today in connection with jthe accident. Meanwhile police were | looking for three women and a man sald to have been riding with Han- cock shortly before he was killed. Ran Away, Police Charge, _ According to the account of the col- lision by police, Hancock's car first {liam H. Forrest. colored, of the 1100 block U street, near the Baltimore & Ohio tracks at Michigan avenue north- In an attempt to get away, Hancock's {car struck the automobile operated by |Lowry, who was about 100 feet away 1at the time of the first collision. jcock stopped and he got out and dis- o t:ed accidents with Lowry and For- est. Four Reported With Victim. They were copying Hancock's auto- mobile permit when the latter appar- j ently suddenly changad his mind, grab- | bed his permit from them, mace a dash |for his car and started driving away | With the other two in pursuit. After |drivng a | cording to witnesses, ran into a third |car, the impact from this collisicn | throwing him to the street, Lowry, who was in close pursuit, po- lice said, was unable to bring his car to a stop and ran into Hancock's car and turned it over on h'm. The three women and man had gotten out of | Hancock’s car and left in a taxicab | shortly after Hancock’s automobile had struck Lowry's car, police said Police report they found a bottle of liquor in Hancock’s car. Hancock was pronounced dead on arrival at Sibley Hospital 'MITCHELL TO RULE Attorney General to Pass on “Def- inite Commitments” Named in Purchase Act. Attorney General William D. Mitchell | has before him for legal interpretation |1t was learned today, the form of tenta- tive agreement drawn up between the National Capital Park and Planiing Commission and the Maryland-Na- | tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission for park development north of { Washington. One of the main ques- | tions which the Pederal Government's chief law officer is asked to decide is just what constitute the “‘definite com- mitments” named in the Capper- Cramton park purchase act, so that the Pederal Government may legally loan funds for the development of the nearby Maryland valleys. The General General is requested to determine just what will safeguard the | Federal Government in the loan it is | to make under the legislation of Con- {gress and what steps Maryland or its | political subdivisions must take to give | the proper financial assurance. The park development act’ provides | that the Federal Government may con- tribute one-third of the actual cost of the park property and can loan Mary- land or its political subdivisions two- | thirds of the actual cost of the land for a period of eight years. The terms of the agreement between the two com- missions have not been made public. | The valleys involved in the program | Include Sligo Valley, the Northwest Branch and Rock Creek Valley. The { Maryland Commission is to build roads and improve the park areas. { CAMP TRINKLE OFFICER SAVES | COMPANION FROM DROWNING| Capt. Douglas A. White Is Seized With Cramps While Swimming. | | [Lieut. | Spectal Dispateh to The Star. | CAMP TRINKLE, Virginia Beach, Va. August 19.—Capt. Douglas A White, a dental officer with the 121st | Engineers, District National Guard, was | rescued from drowning by a fellow offi- | eer yesterday. when he was seized with {erampe while swimming a short dis | tance from Camp Trinkle. { Capt. White, apparently fighting a | losing battle against the strong under- ‘culnn! and the breakers, was saved by i First Lieut. Edward A. McMahon, one {of four officers with whom he was swimming. Although the water was only neck- deep, Capt. White, with & cramp in one teg and the other rapidly becom Harly affected, seemed helpless when Lieut. Hl’lllfll reached his side. E. A. MacMahon Is Rescuer—Beach Patrol Is Organized. 'uutwln-ln‘ fle.‘i':n’i':"-m.n encamped here. Two hours after he was assisted from b oy e N struck an_automobile operated by Wil- | | After Hancock's car hit Lowry's, Han- | short distance, Hancock, ac- | | ON PARK AGREEMENT to} “F OUR HORSEMEN" REPRIMANDED FOR SERIES OF RAIDS Carelessness and Lack of Preparation Charged to Police Detectives. \PRATT DISAPPOINTED BY SHOWING IN COURT = | Acquittal of Many of Alleged Gambling and Rum Offenders Brings Action. The “Four Horsemen” of the Metro- politan Police Department, who rode to notoriety on their series of warrant- less raids on speakeasies and gambling houses in the city last month, were Tep- rimanded for their handling of the | raids at_roll call this_morning by In- spector Frank S. W. Burke, acting for | Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. | The acquittal of many of the alleged | offenders arrested in the raids, and the | refusal of prosecuting officers to file pa- pers against many others resulted in the reprimands, it was said. The quar- tet, who became known as the “Four PHorsemen,” includes Detectives How- ard E. Ogle, Arthur T. Pihelly, Law- rence A. O'Dea and Oscar W. Mansfield. Carelessness Charged. in the co-called gambling cases, was alleged In the reprimand. It was said the testimony of the men did not agree in every minute detail, although Maj. Pratt said he is crtain th mn told no untruths. “I am personally disappointed be- cause of the showing made by the four detectives in their appearances before the courts,” Maj. Pratt said in his com- munication to Inspector Burke. “You will reprimand and warn each Carelessness and lack of prepnrntlon( | New Tests Made on “Lung” SUBMARINE ESCAPES SPEEDED UP. of them that such work on their part cannot be excused, and inform them | that the only reason move drastic action is not taken in this instance is because of their faithful service t the department.” Officers Commended. At the same roll call Gapt. Edward J. Kelly and seven detectives, one of | them Ogle of the “Four Horsemen," were commended for their successful investigation of the slaying of Mannie Solomon, taxicab driver, killed in a hold-up in South Washington on July 29. Maj. Pratt pointed out in his communication that the men had very | little evidence upon which to start the | investigation and sald that the suc- cessful termination was the result of their “constant, diligent and untiring efforts.” Besides Capt. Kelly and Detective Ogle, those who received commenda- | tions were Detectives Joseph Waldron, | | Cariton Talley, George Darnall. John Flaherty, Robert J. Barrett and Pre- cinct Detective M. J. Mahaney. BODY OF SUICIDE | HELD IN MORGUE | | Officials Await Word From Rela-| tives of Man Who Shot Wife. Morgue officials were awaiting word from relatives today with regard to the disposal of the body of George M. Fusco, 26 a photo-engraver for the Govern- ment Printing Office, who committed suicide by drinking poison Monday night after shooting his estranged wife through high pressures, and so to el the “bends.” Lower: Chief Boatswain's Mate C. to leave disabled :ubmarines. BY REX COLLIER. RELIMINARY tests of & new method of using the “lung,” the Navy's submarine escape device, have indicated the feasibility of evacuating the crew of a dis- abled submarine in one-fourth the time heretofore considered practicable. The experiments, conducted for the past few weeks at the Navy Yard here, constitute the latest step of naval ex- rts toward submarine safety. The “lung” development comes in the wake of successful tests with the Navy's new auxiliary rescue apparatus, the “bell.” Under present methods of employing the “lung—an individual breathing de- engineer in the Navy Department; Lieut, C. B. Momsen, Navy submarine expert, and Chief Gunner Ciarence L. Tibbals, noted Navy diving expert—the escaping men must retard their ascent to the surface by a series of halts at depths indicated by markers on a buoy line. New Plan Tried Out. This “instaliment plan” of reaching i !the surface was believed necessary to ! avoid too rapid expansion of air in the | body, with consequent serious or.fatal i results. The chief drawback to the in- | termittent type of ascent was the delay ! occasioned in completing rescue of the | entire crew of a stricken vessel: Sub- marine crews range in strength from 33 the neck and wrist. Meanwhile, Mrs. Fusco continued to show improvement at Emergency Hos- pital, and doctors predicted her recov- ery. i While police notified Fusco's mother, Mrs. Frances Fusco, of Brooklyn, N. Y., immediately following the tragedy, no word had been received from his rela- tives today. The shooting occurred in an apart- | ment at the Cavalier Hotel, where Mrs. | Fusco had gone several weeks ago to live with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John Mothershead Fusco ran from the apartment, gulp- ing poison, and his body was found in a corridor several floors above some 30 minutes after the shooting. Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy coroner, issued & certificate of suicide. The Fuscos had been ‘married only a few months when they quarreled and Mrs. Fusco left their home at 1101 Euclid street to live with her sister Fusco had attempted a reconciliation several times and, police say, visited his wife Monday night, bearing a light- caliber revolver and a phial of poison, to “have it out” with her ! | | | | | | | LIEUT. EDWARD A. McMAHON. announced the establishment of a beach | patrol, the citizen-soldier members to | begin work at once. ‘The trol was organized as the - lnm’d!rlmtdby&ol.-’%hhl: . Oehmann, camp commander. ["best_swimmers in each mmmy. par- those who hold , were ordered to Te. Col. | Col. Julian 8. | men for the R-type boats to 87 men for the big V boats. Time is a vital factor in submarine rescue work. Subjecting the crew of a submarine to high pressures and cold temperatures of great depths while they await their turns to ascend the buoy ! line is as perilous as a too rapid ascent. While biding their time remaining mem- bers of the crew must stand in a flooded compartment. At a depth of 300 feet the sea pressure would be approximately 150 pounds, and the temperature, ex- cept in tropical waters, would be near treezing. It was with a view to speending up | the escape process that experiments were undertaken in the big pressure tank at the navy yard. In the tests s0 far conducted, the delayed ascent plan was discarded in favor of a quicker, non-stop ascent, timed carefully to pre. ‘clude serious physiological reactions. Slow, Steady Ascent Tried. Repeated tests with Navy volunteers working under the direction of Lieut. Lowe H. Bibby, officer in charge of the experimental diving unit, have proved successful for deptbs up to 100 feet, it is understood. Tests at greater depths are to be undertaken later. The | subjects of the experiments have suf- fered no ill effects. If the tests prove conclusively the feasibility of the new plan, it is expected the Navy will adopt a new type of buoy line for “lung” escapes. The pre: type consists of a rope fitted with nine wooden markers or stops, spaced 10 feet apart for a distance of 100 feet below the surface. In making his escape the “lung”-equipped victim slides up the line to the first marker, haits for a designated count, proceeds to the next marker for another halt, and so on un- til he finally emerges some minutes later. The theory was that the stops would+ permit expanding air in the body to dis- sipate gradually. Under the new plah the buoy lines would need no markers. The members of the erew would ascend the line hand over hand, making steady but slow progress toward the surface. It has been found that the expanding air leaves the body through the mouth and pores without deleterious effects, providing the ascent is gradual. Germans “Exploded” by Alr. It has been shown that the maximum safe rate of ascent is about one foot a second. If the speed is greater than that, the body is unable to throw off the excess of expanding air and death may result from a ruptured lung. Dur- ing the World War several members of German submarine crews literally “ex- ploded” on being shot to the surface from torpedoed vessels. One submarine commander saved himself from this fate by retarding his ascent with his hands and feet. He described in = report the gruesome fate of some of his men who were less resourceful. This effect differs technically from the “bends,” which is a condition in- duced by subjection to high water prest long wml In the bends vice invented by Frank Hobson, a civilian | Upper: Lieut. Lowe H. Bibby, officer in charge of the Experimental Diving | | Unit at the Navy Yard and Chief Boatswain's Mate Rogers in the decompression chamber, used slowly to decompress divers after they have been working under ate the danger of the dread divers’ disease, Rogers, at the bottom of the Navy diving | tank at the Washington Navy Yard, wearing the “lung,” which enables erews ROVER T0 BE GIVEN JAYNES CASE DATA Witnesses’ Stories in Slaying of Cashier at Tea Shop Will Be Submitted. Statements of the various witnesses in the slaying of Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes, 57-year-old Garden T Shoppe cashier, will be turned over to District Attorney Leo A. Rover with a request for an opinion as to what action should be taken In connection with the case, it was announced today. The announcement was made by In- spector Frank Burke, chief of the De- tective Bureau, who said the investi- gation of the killing has reached a point where the advice of the district attorney is essential. Two Men and Woman Held. Meanwhile, three persons, two men and a woman, still are being held in connection with the case. They are | Ralph E. Ajken, 31, a Woodridge post- {man; Thomas Jordan, 30, arrested in | Atlantic City last week, and Mrs. Edith M. Dodsworth, taken in custody about a week ago. Both Aiken, who is said to be separa ed fiom his wife, and Jordan are reput- ed to have known Mrs. Dodsworth for some time. Will Be Questioned' Again. Shortly before the hold-up, in which Mrs. Jaynes was shot, police said, Jor- dan pointed out to Mrs. Dodsworth that the tea room would be an excellent place to stage a robbery. Although Jordan, Aiken and Mrs. Dodsworth have been questioned ex- | tensively by members of the homicide squad, little information has been ob- tained from them, Inspector Burke said. | They will be questioned further, he added. rs. Jaynes was slain early in April. More than 30 suspects have been ar- rested in connection with the case. COLORED TROOPS SENT TO DUTY AT FORT MYER Machine Gunners Ordered Here When -10th Cavalry Relieves Men at Four Posts. Orders have been issued by the War | Department for the replacement of the present service detachments at Fort Myer, Va., West Point, N. . Fort Ril Ka and Fort Leavenworth, Ka with | (colored) | Huachuca, now unat | Point, | worth, nearly all of whom are colored, | will be assifned to other regiments. Under ?reavnl orders, the 10th YCli\'fllry will be distributed as follows: | Headquarters troop and the 1st uadron at Fort Leavenworth, the 2d. Squadron at tbe West Point Military Academy, and the Machine Gun Treop at Fort Myer. No arma- | ment, animals or organization equip- | ment will be taken to the new stations, but some of the officers of the 10th | Cavalry may be assigned to other or- | ranizations. HELD ON CHECK C | Police Say Man y Hid i Julius Gali | now s z. About 350 soldlers Al tached at Fort Myer, West HARGE Fairfax v Fort Riley and Fort Leaven- | TWO DETECTIVES TRIED ON WOMAN'S BEATING CHARGES Tenth Precinct Officers Ar- raigned After Making Arrest in Home. ACCUSING WITNESS SAYS POLICEMAN HIT ESCORT Refused to Arrest Man Accused of 4 Burglary, She Tells Trial Board, Two tenth precinct detectives were arraigned before the Police Trial Board today on charges that they beat and * verbally abused a woman who had called them to her apartment to arrest an alleged burglar. The officers involved are R. F. Me- Carthy and R. L. Jones. The first witness heard by the board was Miss Elsle Williams, 3567 Holmead place, Miss Williams testified that on the night of June 27, while living at 1122 Spring road, she calied the officers to her apartment to arrest a man she suspected of entering her residence and stealing a child’s bank. When the officers entered, she said, they asked: “What's going on here?” i b Didn't Like Her Looks. “I pointed to the man 1 suspected ai asked the officers to arrest pl:fm\" trI;‘: witness said. “Officer McCarthy asked what he'd done and I told him. He re- plied, ‘I don't give a damn if he did break Jn. I don't like your dirty looks, and I'm going to arrest you for disor~ de’:‘l{ Smauct. = ss lams said her companion, Pvt. Joseph PeSavage, n soldier wia: tioned at Walter Reed Hospital, then Objected to the officer’s threat to arrest her. Detective Jones, she said, took & pair of brass knuckles from his pocket and knocked PeSavage down. She said the officers swore at her and were generally abusive before taking her to the station house. She accused Mc- Carthy of jerking her arm so violently that the sleeve of her coat was torn out. i Charge Dismissed in Court. t_precinct station house, she sai sh2 was charged with disorderly cm?l duct. This charge was dismissed Jater in Police Court. She also accused Me- (:m'yt o1 oblecting to a fellow officers jon that she be give while in the station. s On cross-examination, Attorney Jam O'Shea, _representing the detectives. asked Miss Williams if she had not made a charge against a colored man in 1918 which resulted in a race riot at that time. She said she had made such & charge, but did not know whethe er it was responsible for the riot, DeSavage was then called to the stand, his testimony corroborating in substance that given by Miss Williams, He added, however, that he had peen struck by McCarthy as well as Jones, o0th, Miss Wiliams and PeSavage ed they smelled liquor on the officer. e Neighbor Accuses Police, The next witness was Walter Sa | who accupied an apartment ndjmmnm;' | that of Miss Williams. “Sawyer said he heard Miss Williams phone for the po- lice and Jones came to his apartment about 10 minutes later. He said his wife opened the door and the detective walked in and ordered her. in an ofe fensive tone, to “cut out the noise in this apartment.” Jones, he continued, told his wife that police had received complaints about them for six months. He sald his wife then explained they {had been living in Washington only | three months. |, “I then walked to the door,” Sa testified, “and told the pnl‘c:‘mln‘-y:: | were respectable people and he could |not talk to my wife in that tone of voice. The officer then grabbed me by ‘zh’e throat and choked me into uncon- | sciousness. I did not cox | selousne me to until the Dr. Joseph D. Rogers then took I stand and testified he had treated Samr | yer for bruises on the head and he also had ¢xamined bruises on the body and over the left eve of Sawyer's 4-year- daughter Phylis. Y g { Man Drowns ix;il'.lnke. HAGERSTOWN, August 19 ( - cial).—Albert Harry, 35%!y Run, ie;r | here. was drowned i Indian Lake, near | Fannettsburg, Monday. Divers = re- | covered his body some hours Iater. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Ban this evening. at the United § 2 ol, at 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Witcomb, se g “Festival March in C gL Overture, “The Vikings Characteristic, “After Sunset Solo for cornet, “Willow Echoes, Musiclan, Arthur 8. Witcomp. | Grand scenes from “Ernani” ‘chllch patrol, “Gathering of the ans” ... -Williams Suite, “Looking Upward” . .Sousa “By the Light of the Polar Star.” “Beneath the Southern Cross.” “Mars and Venus.” Grand march, “The Queen of Sheba, Gol Marines' hymn, — “The Halls of Montezuma. “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Army Band this evening at the Sylvan Theater, Monu~ Imfllts?ruunrd‘.;. ‘-tdm:m o'clock. Wil- jam Stannard, leader; Thomas A second leader. o March, ur Commander Losey Overture, “The King of Yvetot,” Adam Solo for cornet, “The Commander, Chambe Musician, Thomas F. Darey. & Selection from “Maytime” Romberg Waltz, “Old Timers’ . Lake Suite, “A Sevillan Festival”. March, “Orthophonic”. . ... “The Star Spangled By the United States Navy Band this r:l_ll!u;'lb‘, I;.oélk'le ’é:l:’l Yard Bandstand, at 7:30 o'clock. rles Benter, leader. Charles Wise, muunf March, “Boy Scouts” Overture, “The Song of Gershwin Xylophone solo, “Fantasia on Irish and Scotch Melodies,” Stobbe Musician, Louis Goucher. South American suite— “Estrellita” “Nortena™ Excerpts from