Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1931, Page 17

MINISTER IN RAID BY RUSE REVEALED Rev. Haskell R. Deal Escapes Reported Frame-up Plot in Faked Mercy Call. LOCKED BEHIND DOORS, PASTOR SCENTS PERIL Assistant to Rev. W. A. Shelton in Mount Vernon M. E. Pulpit Was Intended Victim. “Nhile friends by the hundreds are rallying to the defense of Rev. Willlam A. ‘Shelton, pastor of Mount Vernon | Piace M. E. Church South, who soon | will face trial before an eccleslastical | court on charges preferred by his for- mer secretary, Miss Carrie A. Willlams, 5322 Forty-first street, it was disclosed today that Rev. Haskell R. Deal, assist- and pastor of the church, about 18 months ago was the intended victim of an incident that bore all the earmarks of a frame-up. While disinclined to discuss the af- fair, which transpired before Rev. Dr. Shelton_had assumed the local pas- torate, Rev. Mr. Deal, who now is round- out his third year here, confirmed tnformation received by The Star. One afternoon, the assistant pastor was advised at the church office he was wanted at the bedside of a dying per- son residing nearby. It was then about 3 o'clock, and Rev. Mr, Deal was asked to call at 6 o'clock. His suspicion aroused that & specified time should be set in a case of the mort, he decided to make the call at 5:30 and, as a matter of precaution, ssked his wife to accompany him. Called {o Place Before Raid. Going to the address, which was in the 800 or 900 block of either H or I street, the minister left Mrs. Deal in their ear on the outside and entered, first telling her if he was not back in aix minutes to come in. The character of the establishment Jeft no doubt in -his mind that it was being operated as a disorderly house and speakeasy. He explained the na- ture of his call and was received as though expected. Two doors had been locked behind him as he entered, and when the key was turned in the second door, the minister turned around, un- locked it, retraced his steps and left in his car. At 6 o'clock the police vice squad raided the place. ‘Rev. Mr. Deal voices no suspicion as to what was the object of attempting to place him in what admittedly would nave been an embarrassing predicament. Trial Group Being Chosen. i This incident was recalled by friends of Dr. Shelton, who have been sharply eritical of the aspersions against him. The make-up of the official group which will hear the charges against Rev. Dr. Shelton, which has not been dis- closed, is understood to be in a stage ®f completion. A former presiding elder of this dis- trict will appear as prosecutor for the church, it is said, while Rev. Dr. Shelton will be represented by two members of the clergy and & layman. In addition, a man and woman's defense committee 4s said to have been named. A board of 13 clergvmen chosen by ‘Bishop E. D. Mouzon of Charlotte, N. C..| bishop of the Baltimore district. will eonsider the case, which is expected to eome up in about two weeks. Friends Rally to Pastor. Rev. Dr. Shelton, an archeologist of note, has been a prominent figure in the church and sclentific world for years, and his associates in both flelds, 2s friends in other walks of life, flocked %o _his side in legicns. From everywhere have come mes- sages voicing belief in him,. particu- lerly from Atlanta, where for nearly two score years he was an instructor at Emory University. He is relieved of his duties at Mount Vernon Church, where he first came 1ast October, while the case is pending. MOVIE MUSICIANS STAY AS PACT ENDS| Contract Negotiations Begun as Pormer Agreement With Owners Expir ‘With the expiration of contracts be- bween Washington theaters and the ‘Musicians' Protective Union last Batur- . negotiations were under way this fi:’ek between representatives of the he Zy ening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, REV. HASKELL R. DEAL. —Harris-Ewing Photo. JEWS TO WELCOME NEW YEAR TONEHT Prayer and Chants to Mark Opening of 5692 With Solemn Ceremony. Washington Jews join this evening with Hebrews the world over in cele- brating the Rosh Hashane, the Jewish new year, 5692. ‘With the setting of the sun, temples and synagogues throughout the Capital will welcome the new year with prayer, chanting solemn, ancient liturgies, hal- lowed by time. ‘The customary blowing of the shofar, or ram’s horn, will be forsaken tomor- row out of reverence for the Jewish Sabbath. The resounding blasts, how- ever, will sound their call of repentance and reassurance on Sunday. Applied to Modern Day. A memorial of the first day in the order of creation, in which God reigns supreme, the Rosh Hashana, will be marked by the sermons of rabbis on the ancient heritage of Jewry, their votion to the Hebrew faith and the ap- plication of Judaism to the problems of today. At the Ohev Sholom Synagogue, Fifth and I streets, services will be held this evening, twice tomorrow and on Sun-| day morning. With Cantor Tobias | Schnitman of Brooklyn presiding, Rabbi | Julius T. Loeb will deliver the sermons, | preaching tomorrow on “Eternal Veri- ties” and Sunday ““What Constitutes Jewish Education.” Ancient melodies of the Hebrews will | be chanted at the Adas Israe] Syna- gogue, Sixth and I streets. by Cantor Louis Novick. Dr. Solomon H. Metz, the | rabbi, will give liturgical selections in| English. Sundown Rites Planned. ‘The Har-Zion Congregation will hold services at sundown today at its new house of worship, 3924 Eighth street, and at the Masonic Temple Building, 4209 Ninth street. Services also will held at both places tomorrow and Sun- day, Dr. Maurice H. Cohen and Rabbi H. Scheer conducting. Sunday at the 11 o'clock service Rabbi George Silver- stone will be the guest preacher, deliv- | ering a sermon on “The Child's Problem | in the Jewish Home.” i “Looking at Life” will be the topic of Dr. Abram Simon tomorrow morning | llt the Washington Hebrew Congrega- tion. DRIVER IS CLEARED IN TRAFFIC DEATH E. B. McConnell Held Blameless by Coroner’s Jury—Fatality Called Accident. Specis] Dispateh to The Btar. BLADENSBURG. Md.. Scptember 11, —Edward B. McConnell. 600 block | Franklin street, Washingion. D. C., was freed of blame in connection with the death of Ned W. Foster, 1609 Lincoln | pjg road northeast, in an automobile acci- dent August 25 on the Queens Chapel road by a coroner’s jury meeting last night in the Bladensburg Fire House. The jury returned a verdict holding that Foster, who was riding in the back seat of a car driven by McConnell came to his death through an un- avoldable accident and recommended that McConnell not be held for action two groups concerning renewal of the contracts. Meanwhile, with the excep- ton of a few organists, musicians were eontinuing their work with the down- town show houses on a status quo basis. The contract o‘enured into ;:tur 2 y period of controversy between Efi’m«n and b?‘eamex‘cu" ‘l:::d y-;u expired September 6. pro for the mnnu?unce of orchestras in three downtown theaters and for the em- ployment of a certain number of or- ganists in other theaters. Representatives of groups involved in the negotiations said today that rela- tions were “very friendly.” and that no smajor controversial problems stood in the way of amicable agreement. The main points being discussed, it was ntated, involve for the most part work- ing_conditions, such as overtime hours and the like, and it is understood that mo wage cut or reduction in number of employes is sought by the theaters. The negotiations are being conducted between representatives of the Motion Picture Theaters Owners’ Association, of which Sidney Lust is president, and the Musicians’ Protective Union, local of the American Federation of Musicians. *The Fox Theater, however, it was stated, s represented independently. PRESIDENT MAY TAKE BOAT TO YORKTOWN FETE Address Will Be Made October 19 at Celebration of Battle Sesquicentennial. President Hoover is expected to make ¢he trip to Yorktown, Va., for the cele- bration October 19 of the nial of the battle of Yorktown, by boat. He bly will arrive at the historic h town about 10:30 o'clock on the smorning of the 19th, speak at 11 o’clock after an introduction by Senator Swan- @on of Virginia, and have luncheon with ther distinguished guests at the famous elson House. He will view the p?elnh sepl Lord Cornwallis’ surrender to eoTge The ashington 150 years ago. * g expected to be made by water. return trip to the Capital also of the Prince Georges County grand jury. Foster was killed when the car was in collision with one driven by Dr. Maynard Simmons, physician in charge of Pinehurst Sanitarium, on the center of a sharp curve, & short distance south of the sanitarium. Dr. Sim- mons was proceeding toward the sani- tarium and McConnell was traveling toward Washington. Foster, was in- stantly killed after he apparently had tried to jump out of the rear door. Dr. Simmons testified that McCon- nell, against whom a warrant charging him with driving while drunk sworn, appeared in no way intoxicated after the accident, but was in a highly nervous condition. State's Attorney Alan Bowie appeared for the State and J. Enos Ray and Arthur Keefer for McConnell. Justice of the Peace Robert Altemus presided over the inquest as cor- oner and Constable Carl M. Blanchard was foreman of the jury. Labor Day Crowds Larger Than Last Year by 9 Per Cent ‘The number of visitors in ‘Washington during the Labor day ‘week end this year was 9 per cent larger than the number for the ding period last year, it was announced today by the Greater National Capital Com- mittee of the Washington Board of Trade. The number who regis- tered at the Smithsonian Institu- tion Buildings last year for the three days—Saturday, Sunday and Monday—was 35,841. The number for the three days this year was 39,119, Several conditions entered into ttee. The firemen's parade, which is the main Labor day at- traction in Washington, was larger this year and had a wider representation. Nine States had displays in the proc 3 FEDERAL WORKERS HONOR 2 FROM D. C. AT SEATTLE SESSION Luther Steward and Miss McNally Again Federation Head and Secretary. KANSAS CITY CHOSEN FOR CONCLAVE OF 1933 Ulrey J. Biller of D. C. Made Sev- enth Vice President and Praised for Long Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, September 11.—Luther C. Steward and Miss Gertrude M. Mc- Nally, both of Washington, D. C., were re-elected yesterday as president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes. Following the election of offi- cers at the eleventh biennial conven- tion of the organization here, it was decided to hold the 1933 conclave in Kansas City. The election came as a result of sus- pension of rules and was a deviation from regular procedure on account of the impending departure of several delegates. Others Given Office. John Fitzgerald, New York, was elected first vice president; Lee ‘Whitney, Milwaukee, second vice pres- ident; Charles L. Wiegand, Baltimore, third vice president; John P. Thomp- son, San Francisco, fourth vice presi- dent; Dr. Walter P. Taylor, Tucson, Ariz, fifth vice president; John W. Ross, Hampton Roads. Va. sixta vice president; Ulrey J. Biller, Washington, D. C.. seventh vice president: Willlam Rapsher. Philadelphia, eighth vice | president. and George L. Evans, Den- ver. ninth vice president | Mr. Biller, who i3 a member of Washington Union. No 2. of the fed- eration, was the recipient of a resolu- tion of praise for his long service in behalf of the organization prior to his election as & seventh vice president. | ““Additional resolutions affecting the jwell being of Government workers were adopted yesterday as action on | matters before the convention was speeded up to make way for the elec- tions. When the convention finally ad- journs tomorrow there will be & long program of proposed legislation which will be presented to the next session of Congress in December. These proposals will pertain to regu- latory and executive orders on eivil service as well as amendatory legisla- tton desired relative to reclassifications, pensions. retirement ages, handling of overtime and night pay, and increasing the maximum wages in the service. delegates and visitors last night in a banquet at the Olympic Hotel. DEATH OF ICE MAN IS BLAMED ON FALL Coroner's Jury Decides John Jo- seph McCoy Vietim of Unusual Accident. A coroner’s jury this afternoon held that John Joseph McCoy, 48, an fce deliveryman, of 1335 Eleventh street, came to his death Wednesday night as the result of a fall from a porch at 1210 Blagden Court. Three colored women, occupants of the latter address, testified McCoy stopped there late Wed- nesday afternoon to ask if they needed ice. They said he requested a drink of water, strangled as he drank it and went out on the porch, toppling over McC hours la died at Sibley Hospital several from s fractured skull. The with whom McCoy made his home, had him transferred to the hospital. Me- Coy did not regain consciousness long enough to describe the circumstances of injury. The three colored women were arrested for investigation and re- leased by the coroner’s verdict this afternoon. ‘McCoy has no relatives in the District and came here from Detroit, according ‘o police. SWIMMING POOLS CLOSE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR General Manager Hoover of Wel- fare Body Reports on McKin- ley and Francis. ‘The most successful season of their existence has been experienced this year by the McKinley swimming pools, at First street and Lincoln road north- east, and the Francis swimming pools for colored, at Twenty-fifth and N streets, which will be closed after Sun- day, F. W. Hoover, general manager of Inc., announced today. Mr. Hoover sald that attendance at the pools was exceptional. Additional improvements are planned for both pools. he said. “There will be installed during the coming Fall at the McKinley pools an auxiliary pump which will turn the water over even more quickly than the one orignally installed, and will insure against necessity of shutting down the pools through the breaking down of any part of the pumping system,” Mr. Hoo- ver asserted. CIVIL SERVICE REPORTS SCIENCE JOB OPENINGS Examinations for scientific positions in the Government service, with sal- ary scales ranging from $2,600 to $5,600 a year, were announced today by the Civil Service Commission. The positions are: " Principal examiner, $5,600 a year; senior examiner, $4,600, agricultural, biological of science, Personal Cfil%uflon Board. Closing date, Associate chemist (industrial hygiene tions), associate chemist (any special branch), $3,200 to $3,800 & year; assistant chemist-pet assistant _chemist (any branch), $2,600 to $3,200 a of , Commerce ing date, December 30. in pher specialized year, Bureau ent. Clos- Full information may be obtained at | Chapte: the office of the Civil Service Commis- sion, 1724 F atreet. the bannister onto the pavement below. | the Welfare and Recreational Assoch-l Was | tion of Public Buildings and Grounds, Girls Win Doll Show Sadin, first prize; Anna Petrello, second BIG CROWDS SEE PLAYGROUND EVENT. Throngs were attracted yesterday to the doll show in the playground at Ninth street and Virginia avenue southeast. The winners, left to right: Lorraine prize; Mary Jane LePreux, third prize, and Helen May Phillips, owner of doll that won second and third prizes. GRANT WANTS ROAD! FILLS 70 SETTLE Would Wait Through Winterl Before Surfacing Rock Creek Park Project. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3rd. director of public bulldings and public parks. inclines to the program of allowing the fills in the new highway in the north end of Rock Creek Park to settle during the coming Winter, before surfacing the roadway, he said today following a con- ference yesterday with officials of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The Maryland authorities are now constructing their part of the highway in Rock Creek Valley, and Col. Grant is anxious to have the part of the road within the District finished as soon as is practicable. The contractor now has finiched the rough grading for the high- | way in the District, but smooth grading | on the slope has yet to be completed. | Surfacing of the new road, which is through Rock Creek Park at the { morth end near Kzlmia road. and Beach Drive, will be started early in the | Spring, Col. Grant sald. A temporarv | surface of cinders may be placed on the pension funds, optional retirement. | the roadbed shortly to aid the process | soloist. accompanied at the piano by | of settling the fills of the roadbed. With the completion of this new| Federal employes from all over West- | road. and_the completion of the gaps| Miss Helen Campbell: ern Washington State joined with the |in the valley farther south, Washing- banjoist: George Cook, guitarist, and tonians will be able to drive from Rocki Creek Valley in Montgomery County, | down to the banks of the Potomac River. Officials of the Park Division of the| Office of Public Buildings and Public| Parks, now are putting the finishing touches on the roadway between Con- | stitution avenue and K street, skirting | the Potomac River In the section between P atreet and | Massachusetts avenue, in Rock Creek | Valley, the fills there have been per- | mitted to settle during the past Winter and Spring. and the earth has been beaten down until firm. by the use of trucks and tractors. After the job is completed south of K street, paving of the section between P street and Massa- chusetts avenue will be started. Bids | for paving the roadways leading to the Lincoln Memorial will be opened next Thursday, giving egress from the lower end of the valley. Due to land pur- chase negotiations with the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co., the section between K street and Pennsylvania avenue is temporarily tied up. Land deals are likewise going forward in the area be-| tween Pennsylvania avenue and P atreet. i |ATLANTIC CITY SESSION HONORS ATTORNEY HERE [Charles V. Imlay Elected Viee President by Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. V. Imlay, prominent Wash- | ington attorney, has been elected vice president of the Conference of Commis- sioners on Uniform State Laws. now meeting for its forty-first annual con- vention at Atlantic City, according to advices received here today. Judge Willlam M. Hargest of Harris- burg, Pa. has been re-elected as presi- dent, while John H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls, 8. Dak., was renamed secretary and Bruce W. Sanborn of St. Paui, Minn., treasurer, ‘The conference is & national body composed of commissioners from the | States, territories and insular posses- | sions. It meets annually prior to ses- sions of the American Bar Association, and in the city in which the bar asso- ciation convenes. The conference's pur- pose is the drafting and recommending to the States of uniform laws. Imlay, since 1919, has been one af the commissioners from the District of Columbia. ANNULMENT SOUGHT Young Husband Files Suit Charg- ing He Was Coerced Into Marriage. George O. Dittrich, jr., 19, through Lewis E. Payne, 1312 Twenty-ninth street, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court for the annulment of his marriage to Dorothy O. Dittrich, which took place August 15, 1930, when he was only 18 years old, did not have the consent of his parents. He charges that he was coerced into mar- riage by certain representations, which were not carried out. He has never lived with the defendant, he states. Attorney Henry M. Fowler appears for the husband. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. i Am’lgDAY.w Meeting, erican ar Mothers, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Dance, Sandy Springs Volunteer Pire Department, Mayfiower Hotel, 9 p.m. Card party, benefit St. Francis de Sales urch, Twentleth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, 8 p.m. Card party, Good Will Chapter, No. 36, O. E. S, 2107 Rhode Island avenue northeast, tomorrow, 8:30 p.m. Card party, benefit La Fayette Lodge No. 37, O. E. 8, on Saturday, Fourteenth September 12, at 8 Ly 2nd Kenyon streets northwest. i ., ONTELEVION RADID FIRST TIE Initial Program Given From Jenkins Studio Last Night. Washington's first broadcast of tele- vision synchronized with sound tool piace last night from the television studios of Dr. €. Prancis Jenkins on the Brookville pike. A two-hour program of vocal and in- strumental music by local artists was sent out by apparatus which enabled television fans to hear as well as see the performers. Simple experiments have Leen conducted at the Jenkins trans- mitting station in New York. Last night's program marked the be- ginning of regular nightly “sight and sound” broadcast from the local sta- tion, according to Theodore Belote, who arranged the test for Dr. Jenkins. The television part of the program was broadcast on a wave length of 2,065 kilocycles, aliotted to the Jenkins ex- perimental station. W3XK, while the | music went out on a band of 1,604 kilo- cycles Those who took part in the initial | program included George Clark. vocal Wendell Thorpe; Miss Mildred Battle. whistler and singer, accompanied by Ellory Stefford, 8-year-old Joe Chroney. singer. Miss Vera Hunter assisted in the an- nouncing and also sang in the final number. The studio was filled with in- vited guests. RED CROSS READY FOR STORM AID Porto Rican Organization Prepared for Emergency Before Hurricane. Red Cross officials here said today that "‘l’o Pom Rico o tion was ready meet any emergen DL sewe y cy which Belore the storm struck, the Porto Rican Red Cross reported to headquar- ters that all chapters on the island had to be prepared to co-operate in relief work.. “All the officers . n the lnst Porto Ri are well equi with Rahdle the' sination ficials aaid. men who served hurricane, and experience to Red Cross of- Tt was on September 13. 1928, when | San Juan and large portions of Porto Rico were swept by one of the worst hurricanes of the last decade. Thou- sands of natives were killed and many thousands were made ill because of the Jack of food. Sanitary conditions were tressful and resulted in many deaths. During the 1938 hurricane, that later swept into Florida to take many lives and do much damage, the loss in Porto Rico was estimated at $85,000,000. More than 90,000 buildings were demolished. The s cane crop was reduced to E{::ueu ly Eotmnz. gTess appropri- approximately $8,000,000 for relief '.os']he lman island. ince disaster, Theodore Roose- velt, jr,, replaced Gov. Towner in that insular poesession, and has spent the | last three years in attempting to re- habllitate the West Indian island. Porto Rico has been visited by merous hurricanes, ope of the mal{ seri- ous of which was in 1915, when the SR up on the of harbor at Santo l;)omlnxtr. ? ? DELEGATES ARE NAMED ‘The Washington Chamber of Com- merce today announced the names of its delegates to the fourth Pan-Ameri- can Commercial Conference, to be held here October 5 to 12. The chamber representatives at the %mtznvé 'vgvlo: mxk;'" president; Martin A. Leese and Charies W. Darr. odbismraiiil COUNTY CLOSES ROAD B7 & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. o ROCKVILLE, Md., September 11.— he road from the Germantown-Daw- fonville State road toward the Ungles- bee property, a distance of a little more than 1 mile, was ordered closed by the county commissioners in session here e T osed road was cl until the State Roads Commission can -surface it. The project is among those approved by the county commissioners two months 280, it was stated. — Diamond Ring Theft Reported. ihaeThlte gola axai-mérduu, arge and two sapphires o o ¥ i , &l 8 3 last night, Mrs. Dorothy Glassman re- nu- theft. | room when he received no yesponse to nounced Gets Army Commission. Richard A. Burr, 1434 Parkwood place, has been the ‘War Department as a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, Army Re- serve Corps. 1931. AGTUAL WORK NEAR ON 3 PROJECTS IN SOUTHWEST AREA Drawings Completed Second Unit in Agricul- ture Building. for NEW HEATING PLANT IS EXPECTED BY JAN. 1 Federal Warehouse Between 7th and 9th, C and D Streets Also Being Planned. Three new Federal projects in South- west Washington are nearing the stage of actual construction, and by the late Fall or first of the year will p hL be well Drawings have been completed for the second unit of the great extensible building for the Department of Agri- culture, which is to_be located on the site bounded B and C streets, Twelfth and T enth streets south- west. This new structure will be cag- nected with and will be an integral part of the first unit. which is now nearing completion between B and C Streets, Thirteenth and Thirteen-and- a-half streets. Eventually another third of the big extensible building will be constructed along Fourteenth street, ;2 that g:e e:lméc ';:veme will run ween and C, elfth - teenth streets. e Bridge Over Street. A feature of the new east part of the extensible building will bopal bridge }:g]m'” lmc:o B street above the street , as communicate with the administration building of the Depart- ment of Agriculture on the north side lof B street. Another bridge is to con- ect the western third of the extensi- administration building later on. | The Government is rapidlz getting possession of all the property needed for the east third, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, and will probably be in a position to begin tearing down the old buildings on the site in No- vember. Plans for this building have been completed by the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. A second large Federal project in the southwest will be the Govern- iment's big heating plant, plans for | which are rapidly going forwsrd, as the site is being acquired between | Twelfth and Thirteenth, C and D | streets southwest, immediately south of part of the Agriculture Building. Tt 1s expected that all of this site will | be obtained by the first of December | and dlfmomlrm will begin around Jan- uary 1. ! Warehouse Planned. ‘The heating plant is to serve not only | all the buildings in the agricultural | group and Smithsonian buildings on the Mall, but also the buildings in the Fed- eral triangle and many cther Govern- ment structures north of the Mall. The third big Federal project in the southwest nearing the building stage is the Federal warehouse to be bullt be- tween Seventh and Ninth streets, C and D streets, under direction of Col. U. 8. action 1 anticipated soon. 'TIDAL BASIN SEARCH | FOR BODY ABANDONED Discovery of Glasses and Book, Containing Name, ‘“Robert Mar- tin” Had Alarmed Police. Convinced that they have made rea- sonable effort to locate the body of a | been informed of the danger and told | man, believed drowned vesterday in the Tidal Basin, police have given up the quest evening United Sta officers from the harbor precinct drag- | ged the basin with grappling hooks. | _ The quest started after Frank Garcia, 807 Tenth atreet. found a pair of horn- rimmed glasses south of the Tidal Basin old, no home.” turned over to the police. No one, as far as the officers could learn, had seen & man jump into the water. Fearful that the man had decided to drown himself in the basin, police searched the waters for his body. Three boats were engaged in the task. Garcia said he found the articles under a small bush along the walk south of the Tidal Basin, just down the way from the one-way traffic aign. RECEIVERSHIP SOUGHT FOR INSURANCE CO. Vice President of National Benefit Contends Firm Is In- solvent. John R. Pinkett, vice president and manager of agencies of the National Benefit Life Insurance Company, 609 P street, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court against the company asking for a receiver and for the dis- solution of the corporation. He tells than $1,000,000 to make up the com- pany’s impairment and legal reserve so that # might continue to write insur- ance in several States where it has been denied this right. Through Attorneys Alexander H. Bell and O'Brien & O'Brien, the court is told that the company is insolvent and has been mismanaged so that there are outstanding claims in excess of $100,- 000 and approximately $150,000 due policyholders on loan and surrender values of policies. It is claimed that 9,000 shares of stock are tied up in litigation. FOUND DEAD IN BED Harry K. Mannakee, 64, Was Em- ploye of Northeast Market. Harry K. Mannakee, 6¢, an employe of the Northeast Market, Twelfth and K streets northeast, was found dead in bed last night at his home, 1300 H street northeast. The body was found by Edward O. treet address, who forced open th Mannakee's calls. Mannakee was prol dead by Dr. Arthur Delgrego of Casualty Hospital after the Fire Rescue Squad had been summoned. The man had been feeling ill for some time, police were told. was to vie | ble building to the western wing of the | Grant, 3d.. director of the office of | 1333 Euclid street, | Public Buildings and Public Parks. Some | forced against a coupe driven by Mar- in regard to this structure is guerite Chinn, colored. 0 For about three hours last | injured in an accident at Florida ave- tes Park Police and | DUe and Third street northeast yester- about € o'clock and A black notebook | And Mrs. Elizabeth Elute, both of 4723 with the name “Robert Martin. 78 vears | Eighth street, and Mrs. Ida Silverman, These articles Garcia | 4731 Eighth street. | treated as Casualty Hospital. the court that it would require mors: SY the Associated Press. the body | and Mrs, Bryce Stewart mon4. | truck operated by .John Cavanaugh. PAGE B—1 Shooting Bulldog Held Destroying Movable Property Convicted Colored Man Says He Tried to Move Animal in Fight. You have to shoot a bulldog to make it unfasten its jaws, Alfred G. Canada. colored, thought, but a Police Court jury believed otherwise, so the man was convicted of “destroying certain mov: ble personal property, to wit, one dos Judge Ralpl 33:::. before whom the case was heard, an assistant United States attorney for years, declared the| case: to be the first of its kind in 15 years in Police Court. Upon arriving home from work Au- fin 19, Canada said he found a Boston lldog. “Beans” by name, belonging 1o & neighbor, chewing up his setter, | “Mike.” The latter, he sald. was on the ground and had just about given up hope of helping himself. Unsuc- cessful 1n his efforts to part the doge. Canada got his shoigun and “let Beans have it right between the eyes.” { As “Beans” died immediately and | without pain, Canada could not be charged with cruelty to animals. This put Assistant United States Attorney M. F. Keogh in a quandary, and the destroying Tesulted. The defense attacked the charge on the ground that by containing the word | “movable” the information was meant | to pertain to only inanimate personal property, but Judge Given said “‘Beans” was ‘“movable.” Canada tried to heip his case at this point by saying: “Gawd knows that dog wasn't movable, judge.” | Canada will be sentenced by Judge | Given September 19. The dog was the | property of Eva Hawkins, colored. 1525 street, northeast. He was valued at “Mike” is valued highly by its ' 1 B $10. owner as a hunter of birds. EGHT ARE NURED INTRAFFC HSHAPS Two Triple Collisions Figure' in Accidents—Two Young i Women Victims. 1 Eight persons were injured in trafic accidents here yesterday, two of the| mishaps being triple collisions. None! of the victims was seriously hurt. i Within a period of six hours an auto- mobile owned by Steven Sadowski, who lives at the Soldiers’ Home, was involved | in two accidents. Police reported that Miss Gene Harvey, 227 Indiana avenue, | suffered contusions to the face and ! |shock when Sadowski's machine col- | lided with an automobile owned by Dr Hospital, and parked in front of his office at 1400 M street. A few hours | later the Sadowski car climbed the cm[ and ran up on the Jawn at 3036 Park place in an attempt 1o avoid a collision with another machine. The driver in the second accident was Bernard D. Reed, 4402 Georgia avenue. police said. Miss Marie Walters, 1301 Fifteenth street, suffered minor cuts from flying Trucks and Coupe Mix Up. A triple collision between two trucks and a coupe yesterday resulted in minor injuries to Robert B. Collier, | whose truck wu‘ 1258 Columbia | road. when it collided with a second 3271 M street, at the corner of Ninth nn’?' I m-;cu southeast ore than a score of ngers on a Washington Railway &m:‘ Co street car narrowly escaped injury in the second triple collision. The mishap occurred, police say, when an_automo- bile operated by Charles I. Pope, 23, 900 block Fourteenth street southeast, stopped suddenly on the car track at Seventh and F streets to avoid strik- ing a truck operated by Waverly Pear- son, colored, 500 block M street. The tram struck Pope's car, driving it against the truok. Three woman taxicab passengers were day_when the cab. driven by Leonard R. Reed. 216 Vallev strest southeast. | collided with an automobile operated by | Roger Von Horn, 3517 Tenth street. . The victims were Mrs. Minnie Jacobs The injured were Two Pedestrians Hurt. Two pedestrians were injured yester- day. June Garner, 9, 2222 Pennsyl- vania avenue, was treated at Emergency Hospital for lacerations of the left leg and bruises after she had walked into the side of a passing automobile driven by Milton E. DeGraw, 401 Twenty- third street, at Washington Circle. Mrs. Rose Strong, 62, 3809 Jocelyn street, suffered a possible fracture of the knee, lacerations of the scalp and numerous bruises when struck by an automobile at Madison place and East Executive avenue. She was taken to Emergency Hospital by Maurice B. White, 807 G street southwest, driver of the machine which hit her. . e BUFFALO CIVIC FIGURE AND SHIPPING MAN DIES Francis Almy, 72, Parch Agent for Pan-American Exposition There, Expires. hBU!":'AAlg.’ l:’ Y., September 11.— anc , 72, prominent for many years in the business, art. political and civic life of Buffalo, died today. Born in New Bedford, Mass., Mr. Almy was graduated from Harvard in 1880 and esme to Buffalo four years later as representative of the Lake An- chor Steamship Line. From 1889 to 1902 he was purchas- ing agent for the Pan-American Ex- position held here. In 1885 he helped organize and became the first secretary of the Lake Carriers’ Association. He was treasurer of the Harvard Club of Chicago for two years. He was unmarried. JOHN BEACH DIES Descendant of Virginia Governor Passes in Richmond. John Danforth Beach, brother of Miss Sallle Spotswood Beach of Cher- rydale, Va., and & descendant of Alex- ander Spotswood, Colonial Governor of Virginia and of Carter Braxton, one of the Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence, died Wednesday at his home in Richmond after an illness of several months. Survivors include his ‘widow, Mrs. Georgie L. Beach; a son, John D. Beach, jr., and three sisters, Miss Beach of Cherrydal . thur Wise De Bell of Mt , W. Va., of Rich- MOTORIST SLUGGED AND ROBBED AFTER DRIVE 10 SUBURB Three Menr Forcé John 0. Jones to Take Them to Mt. Rainier, Md. DESCRIPTION}JWF VBANDITS IS SUPPLIED BY VICTIM Trio Takes Two Purses, $15 Cash and Papers After Attacking Owner of Anto. Three shabbily dressed young me jumped on the running board of & ca: operated by John O. Jones, 43, 160 Columbla road, late last night, threa’- ened him with a gun and knife and made him drive them to Mount Rainier, Md., where he was knocked unconscious with & blow from the gun and robbed of $15 and valuable papers Jones staggered into the twelfth pre- cinct station shortly: before 1 o'clocs this morning. drenched in blood, anc reported the assault and robbery to th police. A lookout immediately w2 broadcast. Jones was able to give & d-- scription of all three men Allowed to Go Home. He was taken to Sibley Hospital in police car and treated for a severe laceration of the scalp caused by the blow with the gun. Later he was ai- lowed to go home. Jones told police that he was driving west on Michigan avenue at Ninth street northeast about 11:45 o'clock last night when a man with a revolver in his hand jumped on the running board of his car and ordered him to stop Before he could comply two other men leaped onto the machine. ‘When he brought, his rar to & halt he was ordered to turn about and driv 0 Mount, Rainier. Two of the men gct inside, while the man holding the gu rode on the running board for 8 or ! blocks before also getting into the ca: Offered Trie Money. Jones said that one man held th- point of a large knife against his bod and another held the gun to his heaa throughout the entire journey. He said he offered them his money. but received no answer, the only worc the bandits uttered being to warn him to keep still and to give brief orders. Upon _reaching the outskirts of Mount_Rainier, Jones related. he was ordered to stop and get out of his ear |Joseph D. Rogers. head of Casualty | JUst AS he got one fool out, he saic was_struck on the head from be- hind. He said he had a vague mem- ory of Tunning s few steps after the blow and then collapsing Two Pocketbooks Taken. Jones thinks he lay unconscious fo: about & half hour. en he came to he found himself lying on the ground about 20 yards from his car. Although weak from shock and Joss of blood from the scalp wound, he was able to drive to the twelfth precinct. Jones reported that two pocketbooks were taken, although his gold watch and a valuable Ting were not touched One of the pocketbooks contained re- ceipts for pavments on his automobile he declared. HOTELS TO MAINTAIN RATES DURING FETE No Advance in Prices Planned for Bicentennial, Committee Is Assured. Assurance of co-operation by the Washington hotels and restaurants in the accommodation of the thousands of visitors expected during 1932 inciden' to the George Washington Bicentennia! celebration has been given to the Dis- trict of Columbia Bicentennial Com- mission, it was announced today by A K. Shipe. chairman of the local group < Hospitality Committee. ‘The local hostelries. through the Hotrl Association of Washington, have given assurance that hotel rates will not be raised because of the expected influx of tourist trade, and similar promises have come from hotels not affiliated with the association, Mr. Shipe said. Hotels, apartments, boarding houses and tourists camps will be in a position to accommodate thousands of transient visitors to the Capital in 1932, Mr Shipe declared. “We anticipate nn difficulty in caring for every one who comes here next year,” he said. ROOSEVELT OPPOSES RELIEF COMMISSION New York Legislative Committes Reports Bill Urging Group to Administer Fund. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y. September 11.— Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt is opposed to the proposal of the Republican legislative majority that New York's $20.000.000 unemployment fund be ad- ministered through a commission named by the Governor but operating under the jurisdiction of the State depart- ment of social welfare. The Demo- cratic executive today made known his disapproval of the compromise measure. ‘The Governor refused to comment on the bill, as reported out of the Legislative Committee yesterday, but he let it be known that he is opposed to the idea of appointing a group of “big men” of the State to a commis- sion which would actually be directed by the State soclal welfare department The Governor feels that this would be placing & handicap on him in his search for the ablest men to serve on the body. WILL 7A|VD JOBLESS STUDY Stuart Godwin, Newspaper Man, Ts Given Committee Position. Stuart Godwin, Washington mnews- paper man, has been appointed special assistant and editor for the committee which is making a study of technologi- cal unemployment for the Government. The committee, headed by Dr. Charles A. Prosser, was formed to make a sur- vey of such permanent phases of un- employment as the displacement of workers through the advancement of technological knowledge and the re- placement of men by machines. It is expected that the committee will place a report in the hands " the Secretary of Labor prior to the con- vening of Congress in December.