Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1931, Page 13

WASHINGTON, D. C, COMMISSION ASKS Injured in Aut omobile ' Crash TWO CAPITAL GIRLS IN i \ < DATA NG4S JETS AT NEW PRESSRE Companies’ Engineer to List Appliances Readjusted to 8-Inch Maximum. PEIRCE AND BURROUGHS || SUMMONED TO HEARING | Reports on Total Resettings, Due Every 10 Days, Are Unmade Since June Order. A careful check was started by the Public Utilities Commission yesterday on the activities of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. in carrying out an order directing the readjustment of consumer appliances to operate effi- ciently on a temporary 8-inch maxi- ‘mum pressure. ’ ‘The order was issued in June, and the companies were directed to report every 10 days on the number of ad- Jjustments made in this period. The 10-day reports have not been forth- coming, however, and now the com- mission is beginning to inquire about Miss Betty W. Shibley (left) and Baltimore hospital by injuries sustained i early yesterday. HREE of four Washington girls injured early yesterday when | their antomobile hit a telephone | BALTIMORE HOSPITAL. Miss Stephene Noble, confined to a n an automobile wreck near Halethorpe pected to recover. The fourth member of the party, Miss Elizabeth Seeds, 21 years old, of 1440 Rhode Island avenue, | EXTENSION MOVE the extent of compliance with its order. Bert H. Peck, chief engineer of the @as companies, has promised to have & complete report at the commission tomorrow showing how many adjust- ments have been made since the order ‘was issued. Attitude Vexes Commission. The apparent indifference of the panies already has frritated the Sommission. In 1 I le near Halethorpe, Md., re- | ::onned in a Baltimore hospital | returned to her home here vesterday for treatment today. One of them, Miss | afternoon after treatment for cuts about Betty W. Shibley, 22 years old, of 1848 | the hands. Hospital attendants said Biltmore street, is believed to have a | none of the other girls was cut by glass. red back. ‘The young people had exp:cted to at- ‘The girls Jeft Washington before da: tend 2 camp illumination at West Point light yesterday, and were en route m\]ul night. Miss Sawtelle, according to the Military Academy at West Point | Baltimore authorities, was driving when when the ge sedan in which they the accident occurred. The glass in the were riding went out of control and|sedan was shattered, but the car did the hway. not overturn. p"r‘mh:'gtggn. 'h}:)“m:lnd at St. Ag-| Miss Shibley is the daughter of James nes’ Hospital, where all four were taken, | G. Shibley, an administrative assistant were Miss Stephene Noble, 23 years old, | of 1850 Biltmore street, who is suffer- | with concussion of the brain, and | Elizabeth Sawtelle, 21 years old, of | 6200 Connecticut avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.. believed to have a fractured pelvis All three girls at the hospital are ex- | at the Department of Agriculture. Miss Noble lives here with her mother, Mrs. Louise Noble. Miss Sawtelle's father is Dr. Henry Nemo Sawtelle, while Miss | Seeds is the daughter of Karl B. Seeds, | |a market specialist in the Agriculture Department. 2= TRANSFER GRAVELY T0 STATION CLERK ! oned | Inspector Stoll Denies Change Due to Warrantless Gam- | ing Raid. Policeman Spottswood Gravely was transferred from the first precinct to the second precinct as station clerk, In- | spector Louis J. Stoll announced last inight. He will begin his new duties tomorrow. | Inspector Stoll declared Gravely's transfer was not the outgrowth of an investigation into the offieer's alleged one-man_warrantless raid on & house in the 1200 block of H street last Tuesday. of rates will come up ton the question Tesult of an aj “Right Man for Job.” ‘The inspector said, “Policeman Gravely has been transferred on my | orders. The station clerk position at | the second precinct was vacant and I thought Gravely just the man to take over the job. I consider him an excel- lent police officer.” Inspector Stoll, instructed by Insector Willlam S. Shelby to investigate Grave- 1y's reported warrantless raid, said his has been endeavoring 10 procure & copy | contract of the gas companies | with the Columbia Gas and Electric Co., which would reveal the cost of the natural gas. The companies have in-inguiry had hot yet been completed sisted that such a contract has never | Gravely is said to have smashed his existed, and i now only in the stage way into the H street house with an ax of negotiation. |and to_have destroyed gambling para- The commission bas been promised | phernalla and furnishings. No arrests & copy of this contract as soon as it is | were made at the time. , but the companies already ' Gravely first came into prominence have disputed the authority of the com- | as a member of the police force in mission to do an; with it after | March, 1930, when he was ordered be- it is received. That is to be | fore the Police Trial Board on a charge :;flod later, bmm:u-n i a ;:ellng at of unauthorized use of firearms. . commission that it does have some to pass on the contraet, in- | ‘Wounded Showman, wvolving as it does the cost of gas to| 'l'hteharterewoutortm wounding ‘consumers. | by Gravely of imes Crotts, a young | earnival showman, as he fled from the | neighborhood of an apartment house in Peirce has been subpoenaed to produce | the 1900 block of Pirst stréet, where he At these he.flng‘lhe financial records | was alleged to have attempted to of the Central blic Service Corpora- | “shake down” Rose Marie Foster. The tion, in which the commission hopes to | trial board acquitted him and he was find & record of the maze of transac- | restored to duty tions undergone by the gas stock since, Inspector T. R. Beam principal it left Washington nearly two years witness at the trial, testified that he . Some of this data already s in | Was convinced, after a thorough in- 4 possession of Willlam A. Roberts, ' vestigation of the shooting, that Gravely assistant corporation counsel, who fired because Crotts reached into his to Give New Jersey Youths Are Treated at Hospital After Accident at Gum Springs. Bpecia) Dispatch 1o The Btar ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 22— ‘When & truck of Charles King & Sons, Alexandr'~, driven by Sam Blondheim, collided with the machine of Theodore Hockenberry of Glen Garden. N. J, at Gum Springs, south of here, yesterday. two sons of the New Jersey motorist were injured. ‘Theodore, jr.. §, suffered a broken rib and cuts about the face, and Harry, 4 years old, received bad laceratio: about the head. Both were given treat- BASQUE PAPERS CLOSED Two More Publications Suspended by Spain. MADRID, August 23 (#)—The - announced today it had fl- two Pamplons newspapers mnwv-nm.-a-x::mfl - made an investigation to ascertain the ' hip pocket in a menacing manner. Peirce to produce the mander of the third precinct in which records but prefaced his promise with ' Gravely was assigned at the time of ments if the board of trustees ' described him as one of the most of his corporation objected. | efficient detectives he ever knew. Nearly At any rate, he will attend the hear- r . and so will Fred 8. Burroughs ! lauded Gravely. of Harris, Forbes & Co. of New York. ! . ” his short visit in Washington. From | ‘FUN SWIM” FOR SCOUTS these two men the commission expects | - —~ trol of Washington's gas properties as Lite-Saving related to the provision of the La Pol- | ) i Several hundred Boy Scouts of the TWO BROTHERS HURT District, with 12 Mchawk Indians as an | Teeh pool, Tuesday morning, for a “fun IN TRUCK-AUTO CRASH swm” Tie acuviy il open at 10 |vm¢m of Worth Shoultz, scoutmaster of Troop 20. District of Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross will give an exhibition of tion of Ira Lee Law, directing instruc- tor. Contests in fancy diving and races present owners of the gas properties Capt. Willlam G. Stott, former com- ised an “if.” He said he could not remove | the shooting, praised the officer and the docu & score of character witnesses also who alse received a summons during| to draw the myriad details of the cOn- | Red Cross Exhibition Tuesday. lette anti-merger law. ! added attraction will gather the | o'clock and will be under the super- | The Specizl Life Saving Corps of the i life saving methods, under the dire will round out the program. | Talbert McCarthy Meditates While Riding | administrator for the Ball | had information, Ford said, | it IRUNAWAY BOY, 13, BACK HOME o AFTER ILL-STARRED ADVENTURE DAIRY WILL GIVE PICNIC DISTRICT COUPLE FACE RUM CHARGE Maurice Glaser and Wife, Captured After Chase, Ar- raigned in Baltimore. Captured after 12-mile chase Priday on the Baltimore pike near Laurel, Maurice Glaser and his wife Dorothy of Washington were arraigned in Balti- more yesterday before J. Prank Sup- plee. United States commissioner, charges of transportation and possession of liquor. Glaser also was charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibition act, for which he has twice been indicted in Washington, according to Federal agents. Robert D. Pord, assistant prohibition timore s~ trict, said & squad of dry sgents cruis- ing ‘near Baltimore sighted Glaser's car traveling toward Washington. They that the car contained liguor and set out after The two machines traveling at high speed dodged in and out of traffic until near Laurel, when overtook the car and arrested its oc- cupants. They found. they said, twenty 5-gal- | lon kegs of alcohol and two quarts of whisky, The car and whisky were taken to prohibition headquarters at Fort McHeryy, while Glaser and his wife were locked up at the Southern police station. They subsequently, were released on bail for arraignment yes- | terday. Commissioner Supplee released Glaser on §5,000 bail for his appearance Mor- day in Washington to answer the caa- | spiracy charges and $1.000 for his ap- pearance here next Friday on the trans- portation_charge ‘ Mrs. Glaser also was released on $1,000 bail on the transportatiog chaFge for a hearing Friday. ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION TO HEAR TALK BY DOAK Secretary of Labor Will Speak at Annual Convention in Rich- mond This Fall. RICHMOND, Va., August 22—W. N Doak, Secretary of Labor, will address the International As-ociation of Indus- trial Accident Boards and Commissions 8% its annual convention to be held in Rictmond this Fall, it has been an- nounced by Parke P. Deans, president of the assoclation. Secretary Doak will deliver his ad- dress on the second day of the five-day session, which begins October 5. AD- proximately 250 representatives of in- dustrial boards and_commissions in the United States and Canada are expected to attend the convention, which will be the eighteenth annual meeting of the association Church Plans Festival. LEELAND, Md., August 22 (Special). —A base ball game, horseshoe pitching c-ntest, other events. and a Southern Maryland dinner will mark the annual Labor day festival of St Barnabas Church, September 7, in the church grove near this place. Upon the Meals He Missed | the Freights. when and where he would | Special Dispatch to The Star. on | the agents finally | QUERIES DRAFTED INTROLLEY LINES Data Sought From Patrons in Connection With Proposal to Cross Avenue. TRAFFIC DURING PEAK HOURS TO BE SURVEYED Hearing on Mount Vernon and A: lington Railway Companies’ Project Will Follow. Questionnaires for use in the drive to extend street cars from nearby Vir- ginia across Pennsylvania avenue at Fourteenth street were drafted last night. A. K. Shipe of the Washington Board of Trade, chairman of a joint com- mittee of Washington and Virginia civic interests sponsoring the move- ment, also announced appointment of J. W. Rich, Washington traffic expert, to take a two-day count of street cars and their passengers passing Four- teenth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue in every direction during the morning and afternoon peak traffic | hours. Hearing to Follow Survey. After the survey is completed, the civic leaders will obtain another hear- ing before the Public Utilities Com- mission to seek again authority for the proposed extension, necessitated by eli- mination of the present terminal at Twelfth and D streets due to the Gov- ernment buiiding program. Mr. Shipe revealed he had been noti- fled by officials of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Washington Railway Co. and the Arlington & Fairfax Railway Co., that they would be forced to abandon their lines unless they re- ceived authority to go north of the Avenue. They said the necessity of transfers and bus competition removed all possibility of profitable operation with a terminal at Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue, as suggested by the Public Utilities Commission. Count Starts Tomorrow. Rich's count will be taken tomorrow | and Tuesday. The questionnaires will be distributed Tuesday only. Every passenger on the two lines will be re- quested to answer each of the follow- ing questions: “Are you a patron of this road? “Are you a Federal Government em- ploye? “Are you a District of Columbia em- ploye? ““Are you employed by or associated with business interests in the District of Columbia? “Give address of your office or place of business “Are you a constant patron of the | busiress houses of the District of Co-| umbsa > ‘Give address of your present Dis- trict of Columbia destination. transportation facilities to reach your | destination and if so to what lins cr | lines? “At what hour do you travel? “How many members ¢f your family besides vourself use this line? “Do you favor the abandonment of this line?” STOREKEEPER ROBBED! FOLLOWING ACQUITTAL| {Mount Rainier Man's Troubles Multiply After Court Dismisses Gaming Charges Against Him. { By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md.. August 22.— The troubles of Jack Kirk are daily | growing more numerous. Early this week the man was arrest- | ed on & charge of setting up a gaming | table after local town bailiffs had ob- tained and played a punch board from the Household Supply Co., 3303 Rhode Island avenue, which he cperates. Last night Justice of Peace Robert E. Joyce dismissed the charge against him following a trial in which he was defended by Attorney J. Wilson Ryon. That was “a break,” but then “the breaks” started going against him. Corporation Counsel Bird H. Dolby noted an appeal from Magistrate Joyce's decision. And early today, when Kirk opened his store, be found mer- chandise valued at $190 had been stolen. The missing articles, as reported to County Policeman Raipn Brown, in- clude six cameras, four clocks, 25 bed- spreads and 8 shade lamps. {TWO BANDITS ATTEMPT { TO LOOT GARAGE TILL { ‘ i | Armed Man Flees in Automobile | After Night Watchman Fails to Open Register. | Two bandits, one armed with a re- | volver, attempted to hold up the Steele Garage, 418 Eighth street, early today. One of the robbers remaincd at the steering wheel of their automobile, parked outside, while the other entered and asked Charles Reid, colored night watchman, where the manager was. Before Reld could answer, the man drew & gun and ordered the watchman into the office. There he attempted to open the cash register, but found it locked. When Reid, who is 26 and {lives at 427 M street, declared he did | not know Row to open the register, the bandit fled, jumping into the car and speeding away. Police searched the downtown sec- tion and flashed descriptions of the robbers 1o all precincts. The till con- tained only $6, Reid said. | FOR ORPHAN CHILDREN Arlington Company to Stage Third Annual Outing—Program Is Outlined. ARLINGTON, Va., August 22.—One inmates of the St. John's of Herbert L. ! after his death in 1849. “Do you have to transfer to other |dej | one-time commander of will be guests County Dalry, mmuxmnmlwmby Ice cream, cake, candy and milk will d the youngsters, of the Arlington here Wednesday at the iry company. ‘hile & Dan veoduranged uy sfcials SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUS Shoots Self CLAUDE HARRIS. IRONSIDE'S CAPTAIN 10 BE BURIED HERE Body of John Gwinn and Wife En Route From Phila- delphia. ‘While his old ship, the U. 8. 8. Con- stitution, receives the homage of admir- ing thousands in the Long Island area of New York, all that is mortal of Capt. John Gwinn, skipper of the famous old ship, and his wife will be burfed to- morrow morning in Arlington National Cemetery. Pull military honors will be accorded the eminent sea captain, the N partment announced yesterdsy, with | reinterment scheduled to take place at 10:30 o'clock. ‘The coffi is being brought to Washington frém Philadel- phia, where it was discovered in a half- forgotten cemetery, where the Constitu- tion’s commander was buried shortly He was first buried in Palermo, Sicily. Jahneke to Attend. ‘The Acting Secretary of the Navy, Ernest Lee Jahncke, will attend the services and the chief of the Navy's Corps of Chaplains, Capt. Sydney K. Evans, will gfficiate. The military es-, cort will be composed of a company of bluejackets, a company of Marines and the Navy Band, the department said. In addition to the honorary pall- bearers from the Navy Department will be representatives of the Dewey Con- gressional Medal Men's Association. Those from the department will be Capt. John Downes, Capt. F. C. Martin, Capt. O. L. Cox and Capt. Willlam G. Neill of the Supply Corps. Commanded Three Ships. ‘While it s known that Capt. Gwinn was born in Maryland, the date and place are not recorded. He was ap- pointed a midshipman in the Navy in 1809 and then followed service aboard various vessels—the Hornet, Prolic, In- ndence, Columbus. Macedonian and others. He commanded the Vandalia, Potomac and the frigate Constitution Death overtook him while he was com- manding officer of the Constitution in Mediterranean waters. At first he was buried in the Protes- tan burial ground near the Lazaretto, in Palermo, but at the request of his widow the casket was brought to the United States and reinterred at Phil- adelphia. BODIES START TRIP. Several Hundred Accompany March to Station. PHILADELPHIA, August 22 (#).— Mounted on & caisson, a casket con- taining the body of Capt. John Gwinn, the frigate Constitution and also that of his wife, was started today on the way to its final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery. Several hundred marchers accom- panied the bodies to Broad Street Sta- tion, from where they will be taken to Washington tomorrow for burial Monday. ‘The bodies were taken Thursday from Glenwood Cemetery, years ago the bur- ial ground for many Philadelphians of prominence, but now being abandoned for building operations. AUTO LEAVES ROAD; YOUTH, 16, IS KILLED Services Will Be Held Today for Preston Boy—Wet Paving Blamed. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va. August 22—Clyde Morris, 16, was instantly killed last night near Martinsville, Henry County, when the automobile he was driving left a curve on a slippery road and plunged into a ditch. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Morris of Pres- ton. Services will be held tomorrow. MAN BADLY INJURED IN HIGHWAY COLLISION Thomas H. Campbell Hurt When Thrown Against Steering Wheel at Hybla Valley. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 22— Thrown against the steering wheel of his car as it skidded and collided with another machine on the Richmond Highway at Hybla Valley this after- noon, Thomas H. Campbell of Yazoo City, Miss, was badly imjured. Mrs. T. H. Campbell, wife of the driver, and two sons escaped unhurt in the acci- dent At the Alexandria Hospital Campbell was found fo have a broken collarbone. fractured ribs and possible fractured pelvis. The driver of the other ma- chine was uninjured. He refused to disclose his identity, but accompanied the injured man to the hospital. |STAUNTON LEGION ELECTS elected commander. Other officers elected at a previous meeting were sworn in with Mr. Wein- berg, namely R. H. Stratton, vice, com- mander; 8. E. Clem, second vice com- mander; George H. Powell, adjutant and finance officer; W. J. Perry, service offi- Baumgardner. 23, 1931 VETERAN ENDS LIFE DEATH LEAP FAILS |Claude Harris’ ‘Body Found With Farewell Notes in Downtown Hotel. 1 GASSED WAR VICTIM SUFFERED ILL HEALTH Missed From Edgemoor, Md., Home Often and Tried Recently to Jump From Window Here. Prustrated several weeks ago when he threatened to jump from an upper story of the Washington Hotel, Claude Harris, 47, of Edgemoor, Md., a gassed World War veteran, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself in a room at the Raleigh Hotel, Harris, at one time Eastern sales manager for a seafood concern, had been in {ll health since the war and had been reported missing repeatedly the last few months. Tells Plans in Letters. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued = certificate of suicide after viewing the body, which lay across a bed in a third- foor guest room. There was a bullet wound in the right temple and a re- volver lay on the floor beside the bed. Half a dozen letters, addressed to his wife, relatives id others, were on & dresser near the door, alongside = weighted sheet of stationery bearing the name and address of the dead man. The letters, read by the coroner, told of the man's intention of ending his life and gave detailed instructions re- garding disposition of his insurance, personal effects and body. The veteran teferred in one of the letters to his military service in Prance and requested burial in Arlihgton Na- tional Cemetery. ‘Writes Hines and Brisbane. The letters were somewhat rambling and incoherent. In addition to the notes to his family, there was a letter addressed to Brig. Gen. Prank T. Hines, administrator of veterans' affairs, and one to Arthur Brisbane, newspaper columnist. On the pillow of the bed was a local newspaper containing the Brisbane column, of which Harris wrote that he | was a’frequent reader. The column featured a discussion of the unemploy- " The bods, ¢lad_only 1n e e body, ly underwear, was discovered at 2:45 o'clock yester- day afternoon by a representative of the hotel management, who opened the door after house employes had failed to ! obtain & response to their knocks dur- ing the morning. The position of the body indicated Harris had stood in front of a mirror to aim the revolver and had collapsed across the bed after firing the shot. The report of the gun was not heard by any of the guests or employes. Fails to Return Home. Harris registered at the hotel Pri- day evening and he Is believed to have taken his life early yesterday morning. His wife, Mrs. Ethel Harris, had asked police to search for her husband after he failed to return home last night. Harris threatened to jump from a third-floor room of the Washington Hotel on July 28 last. At that time, he was blocked in his attempt by the arrival of the Pire Rescue Squad, which spread a net in the street below to catch him if he leaped from a window sill on which he had perched himself. When he saw he could not carry out his plan, Harris finally unlocked the door of his room and admitted his wife, who took him to his home. He lived at 4812 Middlesex lane, Edgemoor, Stortly before the Washington Hotel incident, Harris had been reported { missing from the Washington Sani- | tarium in Takoma Park, where he was |a patient. Prior to that he had been the. object of a wide search, following his disappearance from Harrisburg, Pa., on a visit. Later he was located in a Harrisburg hospital, suffering from bronchitis and asthma. MAYOR OF CUMBERLAND TO GET COMMISSION POST Ritchle Announces He Will Name Official to New Water Re- sources Survey Body. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. August 22— Before leaving for Annapolis this aft- ernoon, after having spent several days here while attending the American Legion State Convention at Frostburg, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie announced that he would appoint Dr. Thomas W. Koon, mayor of Cumberland, as a member of the Water Resources Survey Commis- sion, created by act of the last General Assembly. Dr. Koon will represent Western | Maryland on the commission, which will have seven members, the others not yet having been named. The crea- | tion of the commission was actuated by the drought last year. Mayor_Koon has taken great interest in the Cumberiand water supply prob- lems. { | Slemp to Present 12 Virginia Hams To French Hosts Delegation From State Will Attend Exposi- tion in Paris. By the Associated Press. FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. August 22.— T'welve famous Virginia hams, purchased here by C. Bascomb Slemp, will be pre- sented to high French officials next month by a delegation of Virginians to the French International Colonial Ex- position at Paris. ‘They are being prepared at a local hotel, and will be wrapped in sylphrap, & Virginia product. ‘The hams were chased by Mr. representative of * l Held for Jury BY SHOOTING AFTER! Mrs. Edith M. Dodsworth and Ralph Alken. 'TIP LEADS TO ARREST OF SEVEN IN RAID | Five Women and Two Men Held on Information of “Grudge Shooting.” Acting on information that a “grudge shooting” was to occur at 1421 Twelfth street, headquarters detectives yesterday raided three apartments there and ar- rested five young women and two men. They are being held for investigation. Capt. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives, said police learned yester- day of a fight at one of the apartments Friday night in which a man was in- jured. ‘Through an anonymous telephone call to police headquarters yesterday police were informed that “further trouble and a probable shooting” was brewing at one of the apartments. ‘Those in custody are Julia Modesta, alias Julia Morano, 24. of Philadelphia; 111, alias Gene Miller, 23, of Floreno Morano, 31, of iphia;: Arthur Gilbert Hurley, alias Jack Hurley, 31, who gave an ad- dress in the 1600 block of Connecticut avenue; Pansy Harp, 28, who gave the Twelfth street apartment as her ad- dress; Evelyn Wolf, alias Evelyn Murch, 27, who gave an address in the 200 bloek of Twelfth street; Laura Modesta, alias Clara Alasandra. 22, of Philadeiphia, {and William Hartman, 35, of B: yn, N. Y., who gave the Twelth street apart- ment as his address. 610 FEET OF BOXWOOD Be Throwr Open to Public Monday. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. August 22. —The grounds of Kenmore, beautified by the planting of boxwood in front of the mansion and along the walkw leading to the home of George Wash- ington’s mother nearby, will be thrown open to visitors by the officers and trus- tees of Kenmore Association Monday afternoon. ‘The Garden Club of Virginia planted 610 feet of boxwood on each side of the walk on the old terrace between Ken- more, home of Betty Washington Lewis and the gathering place of many early patriots, while Miss Ella Duckett of Washjngton planted two towering box- wood memorials to her mother along- side Kenmore's front steps. ‘The boxwood along the walkway is sbout 3 feet high and came from Warrenton, N. C.. while the hoxword used in the memorial to Mrs. Duckett came from Tappahannock, Va. BULB SUPPLY BOUGHT FOR PARKS OF DISTRICT 500 Settees Also Are Purchased Under Authority of Lieut. Col. Grant. ‘The office of Public Buildings and Public Parks moved yesterday to lay in its store of bulbs that will beautify the city’s parks next Spring and at the same time placed its order for additional facilities for the public in the form of settees and tables. Under authority from Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Build- ings and Public Parks, the supply di- vision ordered 16,000 crocus 1bs, 12,000 narcissus and 78,000 tulips. For the park division, 100 combination rustic settees and tables are being se- cured and 400 rustic settees have been ordered. Officials said that some of these will be placed in Foundry Branch Valley, near Foxhall Village, in the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, between Massachusetts avenue and Calvert street bl'ld{!: in Rock Creek and a few in Montrose Park. FREDERICKSBURG MAN GETS VETERANS' POST ance Claims in Richmond Regional Office. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., A 22.—Col. E. e Slemp as the official the United States at the e: who came here with a party of friends and gave instructions for the prepara- tion and shipment of the meat. The former secretary to President intimated that one of to_his French probably ::.dlnh in the world. in respect hams will PLANTED AT KENMORE »: Grounds at Fredericksburg Will| John M. George to Handle Insur-! PAGE B—1 WAITRESS QUIZZED S PARTICIPANT IN AYNES HOLD-UP Police Study Theory Mrs. Dodsworth Aided Robbery of Garden T Shoppe. | i | | WOMAN AND TWO MEN HELD FOR GRAND JURY Inspector Burke Declares Trio Will Be Subjected to Extensive Grilling. ‘Testimony of a waitress at the hear- ing yesterday for Mrs. Edith M. Dods- worth and two of her man friends charged with conspiring to hold up the Garden T Shoppe started police inves- tigation last night of a suspicion that she might have participated in the robbery on the night of April 3, in which Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes, cashier at_the shop, was shot to death. Mrs. Dodsworth and the two men, Thomas Jordan and Ralph Aikin, were held to the action of the grand jury, the first two under $10,000 bond and Alkin under $5,000. Tells of Planned Hold-up. Sergt. Dennis J. Murphy of the homi- cide squad testified both Mrs. Dods- worth and Jordan admitted having planned to hold up the tea room, the woman insisting on $100 as her share of the loot. The detective sald the cou- ple declared they set Easter Sunday as the time for the robbery, however, and some one else “beat them to the h” by staging the hold-up two nights earlier. . Prior to the hearing members of the homicide squad sought to prove Jordan and another man , with & boyish figure and the other as short. One of them was completely masked, while the other's features were only partly covered. At the time of the hold-up, it was witnesses said the taller bandit wore what appeared ;fia be a stocking over his head and Worked in Tea Room. Mrs. Dodsworth, it was ht out at the hearing, was as & waitress in the tea room for about & der the same ownership. came here last February after lervtn‘ lv'-mmt:m in the Moundsville, a., penitentiary, was employed as & < xS “I'm of 5 s i e A e e phy. “I'm going to rob & bank or R e st i en, , that Mrs. Dodsworth suggested that Jordan hold up the tea room, pointing out the Teceipts from the three other estab- lishmerts, estimated at about $3,500, probably would be there. Cross-examining _the Yates woman, Aikin's attorney, Paul Sedgwick, :;gmd on the appearance of bers. Grilling Scheduled. . Before the case goes to the grand jwry, Inspector Prank Burke, chief of the Detective Bureau, said last the oughly.” . Mrs! Dodsworth and Aikin pleaded not guilty to the conspiracy charge, but Jordan's first plea was one of }‘u\ll)‘. He h:d f'\odl.a!wyel' l:h::le time, owever, and Ju Mattingly ap-~ pointed Michael J. Colbert. Aflerp; brief consultation with his client, the attqrpey announced the guilty plea had been made in error. Jordan®is 30, while Aikin, & former choir singer, is a year older. PRINCE GEORGES W. C.T.U. WILL MEET SEPTEMBER 2 Maryland Head and Anti-Saloon Leader to Be Speakers at County Convention, Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., August 22.—Mrs, Mary R. Haslup, president of the Mary- land State Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, and Edward B. Dunford of the Anti-Saloon League will be the principal speakers at the annual con- vention of the Prince Georges County W. C. T. U. to be held September 2 at [ the 3. E. Chureh, South, Brentwood, M Mrs. J. R. Allen, county president, will call the convention to order and give a review of the year's work. Annual election of officers will be held at the | afternoon session, affer which dinner | will be served by the ladies of the church. The evening session at 7:30 will pre- sent members of the Loyal Temperance Legion and the Young People's Branch in a varied program of song and reci- ! tations. ‘The program committee in charge of arrangements is headed by Mrs, Herbert !}Ro?y. honorary president of the County nion. METHODIST CONFERENCE DELAYED TO SEPT. 30 Postponement Ordered to Permit Elders to Complete Their Reports for Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER. Va.. August 22.—The Baltimore Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will meet in Roanoke, Va., September 30, instead ‘of September 23, as originally intended, Tequ eight districts of the conference. It was said they had been unable to