Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1931, Page 17

’ S ' The WASHINGTON. D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, OFFICER SUSFENDED ON DRUNK CHARGE: CAR HURTS WOMN Patroiman H. M. Smith Held on Reckess Driving—Posts Bond of $300. MAN’S SKULL FRACTURED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO Six Persons Injured in Collision With Bus—Four Are Treated .at Emergency Hospital. Patrolman Herbert M. Smith, 27 years old, attached to the Traffic Bureau, W under suspension today for alleged in- toxication following an accident last night in which an automobile he was| driving struck and seriously injured a colbred woman near the intersection of Fourteenth and R streets. Smith, who lives at 2514 Fourteenth street, was suspended by his command- ing officer, Capt. B. A. Lamb, shortly after he had been arrested on a reck-; Jess driving charge and taken to the second precinct station by police. Smith was off duty at the time. The woman, Mary Marshall, 56, of | 1713 Fiftcenth street was crossing he-i i tween a loading platform and the side- walk while on,her way to work at the Munitions Building when she was struck by Smith’s machine. took her to aergengflflo;&mh :;h%i he was treated by stafl pl Sovere cuts -bnuttthe head and admitted for further attention. Bond of $300 was furnished for| Smith's appearance in Police Court| today to answer to the charge-of reck- less driving. Three Seriously Hurt. The accident was one of a series Te- orted to Capital police yesterday and Rm. night in which 13 were injured. Three cltl)\ored mmértenc{:ldr". ing the Marshall woman, W seriously, while Mrs. Elizabeth Gisariel; | 53, of 1224 Massachusetts avenue north- east. suffered fractures of ankles. The remainder escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Mrs. Gisariel was a!templg’ to cross at the intersection of “Twelfth street and Massachusetts avenue mortheast, when an automobile driven by Alex- ander Hunt, colored, 39 years old, of 1618 Swann street, knocked her down. Hunt took the woman to Providence Hospital for treatment. The driver was not held. Richard Towell, colored, 25 years old, of 2426 N street received serious head injuries when an automobile operated by Charles B. Cannon, 24, of 1614 Massachusetts avenue southeast hit him at Twenty-sixth street and Penn- #7ivania avenue last night. He was re- moved to Emergency Hospital, where physicians found him suffering from a skull fracture. Towell was later re- moved to Gallinger Hospital for further attention. The other person seriously hurt was ‘Wesley Hayes, colored, 35, of 1225 Ninth street, who fell from the rear of a truck | operated by James Lawrence Baker, colored, 26, of 1233 Seventh street, and received fractures of the right leg and Jeft hip and cuts of the hands and head. He was treated at Homeopathic Hospital. - Car Hits Bus. . Slight injuries were sustained by occupants of an automobile which col- lided at Twelfth street and Rhode | Island avenue northeast with a W.Sh-i ington Railway & Electric bus operated | by George T. Keyser, 23 of the 200 lock Rhode Island avenue northeast. | Those hurt were Richard Mahoney, | 19, driver of the car; Arlene Poole, 17: James Lee Bradford, 16, and Nellie Poole, 18, all of Herndon, Va.; Etta Bradford, 17 of Vienna, Va., and George Bradford, 21, of the 600 block Prince- ton place. Four were taken to, Emer- gency Hospital and the other two were treated at the office of a nearby physi- cian. Justine S. McGraw, 34 years old, of 646 Park road, was arrested for reck- Jess driving last night after he was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for injuries received when his car struck a parked machine on Wash- ington Circle. McGraw was proceeding west around the circle when his automobile struck & car in which George E. West, 21, of 2606 L street was sitting. McGraw was cut about the chin in the crash. Police took the driver to the hospital and then placed him under arrest. Leg Fractured. A fractured leg was suffered by Wil- liam Harris, colored, 44 yea's old, of 26 L street, when an automobile driven by William 1. Miller, 26, of 637 E street southeast struck him at First and G streets. Harris was taken to Sibley Hos- pital by Miller and treated by surgeons at that institution. Fifteen-year-old Willlam E. Hopkin, 3901 Windom place, received abrasions of the upper lip and bruises about the face when he rode his bicycle inte a parked automobile in the 5000 block of Belt road yesterday efternoon, He re- fused hospital treatment. AIRLINE PILOT BREAKS RECORD TO GOTHAM Ployd Cox, With Six Passengers, Betters Capt. Hawks' Time by 57-Minute Flight. | Travel t'm: between the National Capithl and New York was Cl"pped to Jess than an hour yesterday afternoon when Floyd Cox, Ludington Line pilot, assignad to the new 68-minute schedule, smashed two records of Capt. Frank M. Hewks. Taking off from Washington-Hoover Alrport with six passengers and baggage, 2 full loxd for his low-wing Lockneed C n piane, Cox landed al Newark Air- New Y.rk terminal, 57 minutles d 33-5 seconds later. His record was t.med by W. C. Bauer, Bureau of Standards, and is official. Not only did Cox clip a full minute from Capt. Hawks' time for the run to New York, but he also bettered Capt. Hawks' mark {r'm Philadelphia to New York by two minutes, covering the dis- tance in 19 minutes. Capi. Hawks ear- ried no one with him, while Cox's plane was heavily lorded. Cox made his record on a regular scheduled run. He encountered clouds and heavy rain betwzen Philadelphia and New York, and but f:r this believes he could have cut another minute or wo from his tinte. Last April Cox, carrying 10 passen- gers in & tri-motored transport, came within one minute of equaling the speed mark then held by Capt. Hawks and succeeded In tying the women's_speed record between New York and Wash- ington, held by Miss Ruth Nichols, A passing taxicab | Dog Only Witness in Death UNIDENTIFIED MA BOSTON BULL PUP, which re- fused the pint of milk they bought him at No. 1 precinct this morning, although he seemed eager enough to assist the investigation, probably was the only eye-wi‘ness when his master leaped, fell or was pushed to his death in a paved alley three floors under a hotel room in the rear of 482 Pennsylvania avenue | 1ast night. The small dog glumly nosed a bottle proffered him in the squad room by solicitous bluecoats. He wagged his stump of a tail by way of thanks, but he made it clear in a polite way that he had no appetite, either for the milk or for g ham and egg sandwich some one produced from & lunch basket. ‘There was no name on the dog’s col- lar, ner had police at a late hour today been able to determine the master’s identity. ‘The man, about 27 years old, well dressed and quiet-mannered, came in yesterday morning at 9:45 o'clock and registered as E. L. Janes of Macon, Ga.. o'clock yesterday afternoon. The door | to his room, they said, was left open ar? the lights were on. William F. Rector, the night clerk, who was mak- ing his rounds, investigated and fourd | the dog lying alone on the bed. A said, had been removed and bills and coins—$33.70—lay scattered on the sill and floor. Rector climbed out the window to the fire escape and saw the man’s body lying in the alley below. An ambulance was summoned from Casualty Hospifal, and the doctor pro- nounced the man dead of a fractured skull: He apparently fell squarely on his head, as there were no other broken bones. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt and police learned that the man had left a light tside bearing Georgia 7. His belt . ickle was inscribed with the initial “G, ind two cards left in his effects said “Willlam M. Todd, Dobbs Tire Co., Atlanta, G ATLANTA FRIENDS BACK DR, SHELTON Many Come Here as Pastor Prepares for Trial on Wom- an’s Charges. Supported by a number of friends who have come here from Atlanta, Dr. willlam A. Shelton, pastor of the Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South, today ‘was making final prepa- rations to defend himself tomorrow | against charges brought by his former secretary. The visitors from Atlanta, numbering about 12, are said to have come here voluntarily to offer their services to Dr. Shelton. They will not be per- mitted, however, to take any active part in the church trial of the charges. The accusations were made by Miss Carrie A. Williams of 5322 Forty-first street, who served as secretary to Dr. Ehelton and his predecessor. The trial was decided upon by Bishop E. D. Mouzon of Charlotte, N. C., after a committee of preachers, acting for him had investigated the charges. It was announced the trial was being held “in fairness to all concerned.” An attempt by Bishop - Mouzon to have the trial held in Fredericksburg, Va., was abandoned because of the dif- ficulty that would be enceuntered in geiting the witnesses there. Alexandria was tentatively- selected as a trial site. It is expected that a large number of witnesses will testify for Dr. Shel- ton, most of them as to his character. orous defense, endeavoring to prove the charges entirely unfounded, instead of merely taking a defensive position. Rev. E. V. Regester, former presid- ing eider of this disrict, will act as ! prosecutor. The defense will be con- ducted by the Rev. J. J. Rives of the Francis Asbury Church; Rev. H. H Sherman of the Board ' of Christian Education and Raymond B. Dickie, a local attorney. EXCAVATION JOB LET Justice Department Work by Pitts- burgh Firm to Cost $949,000. The ccntract for excavation and foundation for the new Justice Depart- ment Building, between Ninth and Tenth streets, Pennsylvania and Consti- tution avenues, has been let by the Treasury Department to §. M. Siese] Co. of Pittsburgh in the sum of $049,000, The contractor is %\fin 200 calendar days to complete the P last about 6 screen in the bath room, Rector | The pastor is expected to make a vig- | N DIES IN PLUNGE. This bull terrier pup has refused food at the first precinct since his master either fell or was thrown from a third-story hotel window to his death last night —=Star, Staff Photo. New clothing in his suit case was pur- | chased in Atlanta. | Just before he fell the man had put |on a fresh shirt and newly pressed trousers,, There was evidence that the dog also'had been scrubbed. The automcbile contained a .32-cali- | ber rifle, a pair of overalls and a num- | ber of tools. Police today had not heard from inquiries telegraphed Georgia au- thorities. The body was removed to the morgue |for an autopsy later today. Coroner | Nevitt said he was uncertain if an in- | quest would be necessary, pending the L result of the autopsy. As for the dog, whose meals were or- | dered by the precinct ccmmander, and whose welfare has become the personal concern of several policemen, no one knew today whether he would be re- turned to Georgia or be given to the | Animal Rescue League. The dog himself didn’t seem to care. LICENSE TAGS TRACED. Search of Georgia Directories Fails to Identify Dead Man. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., September 21 | The Georgia automobile license tag department today said the license plates |on an automobile found standing in | front of a hotel in Washington after | the death of a man registered as E. L. | Janes of Macon, Ga., had been issued | to Miss Mildred E. Felix of Atlanta. | . The Atianta telephone | directories listed no such name. Officials |in charge of the Atlanta Office Building, which she gave as her address in apply- ing for the licenses, said she was not known there. The Dobbs Tire Co. of Atlanta, whose cards bearing the name “Willlam M. Todd” were found in the man's pockets, was unable to cast eny light on. his identity. Advices from Macon said the city directory there listed no such person as E. L. Janes. RUM RAIDERS FIND [50-GALLON STILL Police and Dry Agents Seize Alleged Liquor in Truck and Arrest Driver. The arrest of a truck driver said to | have been carrying 66 gallons of liquor | was followed two hours later this morn- |ing by a raid on his alleged source of supply, where a 150-gallon still, 5 gal- lons of liquor and 2450 gallons of peach mash were found. The raid, conducted by a combined squad of probibition agents and police, | was made on the third floor of a house |in the 1300 block of Twelfth street. | The man under arres. is Joseph Cit- | tidino, 32, 700 block of Massachusetts | avenue northeast. He was booked at the first inspection district headquar- ters on a charge of illegal ssion. The arrest was made in rekr of the 1700 block of Fifth street by Prohibition Agent K. O. Speiss and Policeman G. E. Thornton, who say they followed Cittidino from the location of the still to an alley in rear of Fifth street. Shortly “after 10 o'clock a raiding | squad, headed by Sergt. R. A. Johnson |of the first inspection district squad, | and Capt. Robert Dingess of the Prohi- bition Bureau, visited the Twelfth street |address with a search warrant. They | 88y they found the still warm from re- cent operation. The large quantity of mash was found in barrels on the third | floor in a room adjoining the room where the still was located. | . Thes> who took part in the raid were | Capt. Dingess and Speiss of the Pro- | hibition Bureau and the police raiding squad, consisting of Sergt. Johnson and Pvts. G. E. Thornton, C. D. Schamp, H. G. Bauer and W. A. Shotter. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, TODAY. Meeting, Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps, Soldiers, Sailors’ and Marine Club, 8 pm. | Meeting, West End Citizens’ Asso- | clation, Western Presbyterian Church, lr]!)ll H street, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Wednesday: Round Table, | University Club, tomorrew, 12:30 p.m. | Luncheon, Association of Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. ‘ g | Holds Happiness Digestive. LONDON (N.AN.A).—Mrs. Hilton Philipson, an M. P., recently declared in a debate before Parliament that happiness is largely a8 matter of di- ti on. the N i wooymlat.'lma t_!m,m Nopth American CONTROL OF TAXIS BY UTILITY BOARD URGED IN CAPITAL Business Leaders Declare Cut Rates Unfair to Cars and Busses. CONGRESS TO GET PLEA FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION Lack of Meters and Insurance Seen | as Menace to Passengers Using Cabs Here. Contending the virtually unregulated | taxicab situation in Washington is| “deplorable” and calls for intervention | of the Government, the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association has asked the Public Utilities Commission to util- ize all the power vested in it to control the spread of meterless taxicabs and fix | a uniform rate. | If the commission has not the power | to intervene, the assoclation will co- operate with it in seeking appropriate legislation at the next session of Con- gress looking to placing the cabs within the same correlated scope as the other transportation utilities. Dissatistaction Voiced. In a letter to the commission, made | public today by Edward D. Shaw, sec- retary of the merchants’ group, the as- sociation outlined the stand taken at a | recent meeting of its board of governors, at which time vigorous dissatisfaction with the taxicab situation was voiced. It was the sense of the board, it| was explained today, that the taxicabs, eperating as they do on a “free-for-all” basis, constitute a source of unfair com- | petition to the street car and bus com- | panies, whose rates are fixed by the | District Government. | Mention also was made of the in- ability in most cases of taxicab opera- tors, ~ especially independent ones, to | offer any guarantee of responsibility | in case of accident. D. C. Inspection Favored. The Merchants and Manufacturers Association already is on record in favor | of the principle of a compulsory auto- mobile lability insurance law, but has | expressed itself as not being entirely satisflied with the methods which are| in force in some States. The association also recently favored Government inspection of all vehicles | operating on the public streets, to in-| sure their safety mechanically. | CORN PRICE BOLSTER SOUGHT OF BOARD | Towa Farmers and Bankers Ask| Aid to Attain 60-Cent Bushel. By the Assoclated Press. Government financing of a plan to| hold corn on farms until the price| reaches 60 cents a bushel was sought | in Washington today by Gov. Turner and a committee of Iowa farmers, bank- ers and representatives of farm organi- zations. ‘The plan, contemplating organization of farmers in every county of the corn belt States into a closely knit unit, was discussed with Secretary of Agriculture Hyde this morning. Later the delega- tion conferred with Paul Bestor, com- missioner of the Farm Loan Board. Support of the Farm Board was to be sought this afternoon in a confer- | ence with Chairman Stone, which Sec- retary Hyde also planned to attend. SPEED BACK BY AIR Ground travel proved too slow for the two ranking War Department officials today and two fleet Army transports were ordered out from Bolling Field to speed the return to Washington of Act- ing Secretary Payne and F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary for Aero- nautics. Lieut. Frederick V. H. Kimble, Army Air Corps, took off from Bolling Field in an Army all-metal Fleetster for De- troit to get Secretary Payne. Capt. Ira C. Eaker went to Mitchel Field, N. Y., for Mr. Davison, returning to Bolling Field with his passenger 3 hours and 20 minutes later. DISTRICT ADVISED 10 CLOSE STREETS INARBORETUM SITE Commissioners Study Plan to Tear Up All Except Oklahoma Avenue. CONNECTION IS ASKED _WITH MARYLAND AVENUE Through Street Would Relieve Traffic on Bladensburg Road, Declare Highway Experts. ‘With the exception of Oklahoma av nue, all streets within the property a quired for the National Arboretum tween Bladensburg road and the Ana costia River, south of the National Training School for Boys, weuld be closed and torn up under proposed changes in the District highway plan submitted at a hearing today before the District Commissioners. Five changes in all were proposed by William C. Hazen, District surveyor, and Capt. Hugh H. Oram, Assistant En- gineer Commissioner. The Commis- sioners are expected to act on them within the next few days and forward the plans to the National Capital Park and Plarning Commission, which meets Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Traffic Outlet Sought. With respect to the lands acquired for the National Arboretum, it is proposed to connect Oklahoma avenue with Maryland avenue along tge westerly edge of the Anacostia Park ‘Into Mary- land and to the Defense Highway, This connection of Oklahoma avenue with the Defense Highway, District officials believe, would relieve the overcrowded condition on the Bhdenshurlz road and byroads. Owing to the low level of the Bladensburg road near the Defense Highway, this section is flooded by heavy rains, which seriously interfere with trafic. The proposed connection would enable many motorists to avold these conditions en route to points on the Defense Highway. The removal of -all other streets with- in the arboretum tract, it was believed, not only was necessary, but would great- ly enhance the attractiveness of the acreage. The first of the changes in the high- way plans would affect the area be- tween Rhode Island avenue northeast and the Queens Chapel road, involving about 200 acres of land which Shannon & Luchs preposes to subdivide. It is the purpose to create large community blocks, split up by minor streets within this area. Hear No Objections. ‘The plan also involves a major east and west street, with underpasses at Rhode Island avenue and at New York avenue under the railroad tracks west of Bladensburg road. The area of the mpcaed deyelopment is roughly nded by Brentwood road, ens Chapel road and just south of Rhode Island avenue. No objections were voiced to the proposed changes. Consideration was given to develop- ment of the area squth of Michigan avenue and east of Lincoln road, the property being owned by various Cath- olic institutions. These institutions have asked the Commissioners that all pro- posed streets intersecting this area be taken off the highway plan. It was brought out at the hearing by Mr. Hazen and other officials that if streets are barred from this area there would be no east or west access from Franklin street to Michigan avenue, which District officials regard as neces- sai Ty. A slight modification in the plans in- volves the tract along Broad Branch | road, Davenport street and Linnean avenue. This modification was proposed | 50 as not to disturb the residence of | Dr. Charles W. Richardson, 2901 Grant road, which is within the line of the proposed extension of Ellicott street. If the original plans were carried out the street would run through his house, it was said. Garges Meets With Board. The fifth change was submitted by Miller Bros., which firm is planning a development south of Massachusetts avenue, along the Dalecarlia Reser- voir. They development follow more nearly .the topography of the land than the exist- ing plans. Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Commissioners, met ‘with the board, and Charles W. Eliot, 3d, of the Park and Planning Commission, represented that body at the hearing. Secretary of State Passes Birthday With Health Unimpaired. Army Retirement Age Finds Chief of U. S. Diplomats Busy at Tasks. Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stim- son today observed his 64th birthday anniversary, busy at his desk on the world problems of disarmament and peace. Passing years and the strain of con- ducting the foreign relations of the Nation have made the Secretary some- what gray around the temples, but | otherwise he shows little signs of hav- ing reached 64—the age at which Army and Navy officers are required by law to_retire. Tennis and horseback riding play an important part in keeping him in good physical condition. His favorite pastime is a gallop ove a winding bridle path in Rock Creek Park or on his $800,000 estate on Cathedral avenue. Smiles Nervously at Press, Tennis runs a close second. He pre- fers its comparatively strenuous action | to golf and ranks with Secretary Adams of the Navy among the best players in the cabinet, In his office the Secretary works fast and demands that his asSistants do likewise. His usual working hours are from about 9 to 4. By combining recreation with work on this Summer's trip to Europe, Sec- retary Stimson preserved his health so | successfully that he announced on his recent return -that he felt better than when he left. He is tall and erect, with a clear, ruddy complexion, a small dark mus- tache and a patriclan Roman nose. A somewhat nervous smile plays STIMSON. 64 YEARS OLD TODAY. SPENDS ANNIVERSARY AT D ESK SECRETARY STIMSON. corners of his mouth as he conducts | his almost daily conferences with nsws- paper men. Still Favors Disarming. The Secretary came back from Lu- rope more thoroughly sold than ever on the idea of world disarmament. He fully realizes, however, that many dif- ficult European political problems re- :-u: in the path of complete disarma- ent. ‘While he does not belisve that all guns and battleships will be beaten into plowshares after the coming disarma- ment conference at Geneva, he hopes important progress will be made. The Secretary also feels that the proposed that the street | De “Sure enough, | bed, too btdul | Helen Schools to Get Picture 4 | | EFORE the Fall term in the pub- lic, private and parochial schools of every community in the coun- try is many weeks old there will hang in each classroom, whether it be in tiny hamlet or mighty city, ? full-sized colored poster reproduction of the popular Gilbert Stuart unfinished portrait of George Washington. . More than a million of these posters, ‘measu! 22 by 28 inches, will be ber, it was announced today by Re resentative Sol Bloom of New York, as- sociate director of the commission. With the co-operation of representa- tives in Congress, the commission has succeeded in assembling information showin rooms in each school in every congres- sional district, including high schools. The proper number of posters will be sent to each of these institutions, ade- ring mailed out from the headquarters of | gton the exact number of class | tods MILLION COPIES OF WASHINGTON PORTRAIT TO GO OUT. quately packed in mailing tubes. The National Commission is urging encouragement in the manual training classes of the schools of the construc- tion of picture frames to preserve the posters. ‘The unfinished Stuart portrait of Washington, the original of which hangs -in the Atheneeum Museum, in Boston, is that which appears on the American dollar bill. It is considered one of the best likenesses of the first President. , ‘The Houdon bust of George Washing- ton, adopted as the National Commis- sion’s official likeness of him, I:mblbly will be reproduced in poster form for distribution through the schools at a later date, it was said at the commission ay. ‘The District of Columbia circulation of the m:er ‘l;nmu city ”’&1‘.?2 representative Tess, handled by the Board of Education. INJURED FUGITIVE SEIZED BY POLICE Woman Friend in Whose Home Burglar Suspect Was Found Held. Emmett Hicks, 36, who jim- mied his way out of the witness room at the twelftn precinct early last Thurs- day, was under arrest again today— and all because Sergt. Frank Alligood, the Police Department’s champion re-| coverer of stolen automobiles, decided | to abandon his specialty long enough to | do a little checking-up on the elusive | fugitive. ‘While Hicks, under suspecion in 30 to 40 recent burglaries, was being treated at Gallinger Hospital for injuries re- ceivéd when he leaped from a second- floor window of the police station, Mrs. Helen mas, 28, with whom he is said to have been staying since his es- cape, was being held at the House of tention. “I was given a confidential tip that Hicks could be found at Mrs, mas’ apartment, at 125 North Carolina avenue southeast,” Alligood explained. he was there—lying in hurt to make a move.” Injuries Examined. Alligood took Hicks to the hospital, where he was found to be sufferin from a severe back injury, a spraine ankle and a badly twisted leg. Physi- cians at the institution declared X-ray photographs would be.necessary to de- termine whether or not Hicks’ back and According to Alligood, Hicks said he jimmied the door of the witness room, on the second floor of the police sta- tion, and jumped to the ground. Hail- ing a cab in the neighborhood, he said, he went directly to Mrs. Thomas’ apartment, where he remained until ar- rested by Alligood. . Mrs Thomas, also known as Miss eierson, was booked for investi- gation ‘after being questioned at head- quarters She said she came here re- cently from New York and has known Hicks about three months. Hicks alo was booked for investigation and will be questioned extensively after he is released from the hospital. Trapped by Photo. Hicks first landed in the custody of the police back in March, 1930, when he was trapped in the apartment of Miss Nina Owings, 1632 Kenyon street, whmeed}:homgruph he had stolen while allegedly burglarizing the place. After telephoning Miss Owings several times, he induced her to make an engagement with him. Two tenth precinct de- tectives hid in the apartment and placed him under arrest shortly after he arrived to keep the “date.” Hicks, police ‘reported at the time, subsequently confessed 61 housebreak- 'ings. While awalting trial, he was ad- judged mentally unsound and was committed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, while the charges against him were nolle prossed. After a few months in the institution he was pronounced cured and was released. He was arrested again last Wednes- day night by Sergt. Michael Dowd, whom he is sald to have promised to “tell' everything” if given an opportu- nity to take = “little nap” first. Dowd had him locked in the witness room at the police station, but he remained there only a few hours, escaping about 2 o'clock the following morning. proposals for an immediate naval hol- iday, believing more will be accom- plished at the conference if the din of hammering in the shipyards and mu- lled. nitions plants is stil ‘The Seccref also feels that the relief afforded the treasuriss of the na- tions through a naval holiday would bave a definite effect upen the world- wide depression, improving ‘conditions in this ‘country as well as elsewhers, Boy, 6, Is Rescued. LEONARDTOWN, Md., September 21 (Special). —While ltum?unz to crab from the old ferry wharf off Leonard- town, Joseph Connelly, 6 years old, fell in deep water, and Alton Raley of Washington, D. C., jumped in the water and rescued the boy, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Connelly of Leonardtown, 4 “ 3 TANEY CEREMONIES PLANS COMPLETED £ Bust of Former U. S. Chief Justice to Be Unveiled at Frederick. ‘ PAGE B—1 ADULTS AR FREED AS CHILDREN ADMIT ' SHOOTING MAN, 78 Prince Georges Police Find Killing of Alem K. Marr . Accidental. SHERIFF REPORTS BOYS HAD BEEN DRINKING RUM Youth, 8 Tells Graphic Story of How Weapon Exploded With Fatal Results. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. Septem- ber 21.—Satisfied by the story of an 8-year-old boy that the shooting of Alem K. Marr in the caretaker's house on the Glebe Gun Club Saturday was caused by children playing with a shot- gun, Prince es County authorities yesterday released three adults held in connection with the shooting and took steps today to place the children in- volved in a home, . George McKinzie, jr, 8 years old, who police ui ‘witnessed the’ “shooting and hid in the woods near the club house while Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins, Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison and State’s Attorney Alan Bowie qui: all witnesses that could be found Saturday afternoon, gave those officials a graphic description of the shooting yesterday. According to Sheriff Hopkins, the f,hh';lfp'.'" dxl:‘nk ;ofi:e lox‘ the whisky was in a bal table before the i nn el Gun Suddenly Explodes. George was first located earl es- terday morning and told how tlge yfim with which he and his two younger brothers, Joseph, 6 years old, IIIIP ip, 5 years old, were playing, unaxpemafy exploded, a charge through Marr’s abdomen, according to police. The 78-year-old victim, was .in 8 chair in the kitchen of the care- taker’s house 4t the time. The children also told how they dis- covered the shells for the gun under the mattress of a bed where their father hid them. Children's finger ?flnu were on the gun, which was found in another room after the shoot- Although police’ are not sure which of the three children actually = :,"&:z-n“’"m‘&"mmm deased E it Rudolph Brady, Brady, his wge, and isfle;&;flflmi her mother, who were Marlboro for questioning. o ‘The accidental theory of the shoot- ing is plausible, the sheriff explained, as the investigation never uncovered a reasonable motive for possible murder. at_first reluctant to admit it, the adults finally conceded that the children were alone in the house with :lun' when the gun went off, police Two other children, John He Kinzie, s sister are the [cKinzie, caretaker of the gun Father Also Absent. A"l‘ tmme ';o:xue o “:dae:fd lehe s . e a grea aving Erite = ot . ese fa Garrison_to o sent hofle. of club. The Chief Justice and several asso- | g ciate justices of the United States Su- preme Court, the Governor of Mary- land end many other distinguished jurists and lawyers will attend the un- veiling September 26 of a memorial to former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney in the court house yard at Fred- erick, Md. Chief Justice Hughes will deliver an address at the unveiling ceremony, and the memorial will be accepted for Fred- erick County by Judge Arthur D. Wil- lard. Besides the Chief Justice, #t~Is ex- pected that Associate Justices Harlan F. Stone, Pierce Butler and Owen J. Rob- erts of the United States Supreme Court will attend the event. Ritchie to Accept. ‘The memorial will be accepted on be- half of the State of Maryland by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie. Other State officials, including Attorney General W. Preston Lane, jr., and Secretary of State David C. Winebrenner, 3d, will attend. Judges of the Maryland Court of Ap- peals, all jurists of the city of Balti- more, all members of the Frederick County Bar Association, representatives of every bar association in the State, President James ‘H. Morgan of Dickin- son College, Carlisle, -Pa., of which Justice Taney was a graduate, and many others will be among the distin- guished guests. Bishop McNamara of Washington, assistant to Archbishop Curley of the Diocese of Maryland, will represent the Catholic Church, of which Justice Taney was a member. Reception for Chief Justice. The schedule of events for the day will open with an informal reception to Ohief Justice Hughes at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Frederick at 11 am., to be followed by a luncheon in honor of the dhflniuished guests at the hotel at 1 o’clock. ‘The Frederick High School Band will present a concert in the Court House Park at 1:30 o'clock, and at 2:30 o'clock. the services will open in the park, with Joseph D, Baker, prominent Frederick citizen, presiding. ‘The invocation will be asked at the opening of the ceremonies by Bishop McNamara, and an address by Mr. Baker will follow. S ‘The Chief Justice will be presented by Chief Judge Hammond Urner of the sixth judicial district, and the, statue will be unveiled immediately fol- lowing his address. Following the twc addresses of acceptance, the sculptor, Joseph Urner, son Chief Judge | Urner, will be presented. Bust Will Complete Series. Rev. Douglas Hooff, rector of All Souls’ Episcopal Church, will pronounce the benediction. The unveiling of the bust of Chief Justice Taney will complete a series of tablets and statues erected in and about the court house to commemo- rate dis ished sons of Frederick and historic events. The idea of honoring the memory of Chief Justice Taney by erecting a statue in Court House Park was ad- vanced by H. Dorsey Efchison in 1929. ‘The Roger Brooke Taney 1 As- sociation was formed shortly after, with Mr. Etchison as president, Mrs. Prancis H. Markell and Maj. E. H. McBride, its; Hammond Clary, treaBurer, and Paul I Payne, He lived in a house that was | once the court house of Prince County.” He is survived by his son- law, D. E. Brown, and a grandson, D. E.sgrn‘::ls, Jr. TV were held this morni at Ritchie’s funeral parlors, at Rl.:ghle. Md. Interment was at Trinity_Epis- copal Church Cemetery here. for tomor-. An scheduled Tow night, but the authorities were not’ m this morning whether it would PSR COMMANDER BLACKBURN FUNERAL IS TOMORROW Retired Officer Killed in Fall to Be Buried at Arling- ton. Comdr. John Hail Blackburn, 51, U. 8. N., retired, who died Thursday as the result of a plunge from a third-story window of Walter Reed Hcspital, will be buried tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in Arlington National Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Capts. J. P. Lannon, R. R. Adams, R. P. Craft, A. A. Staton, R. C. Davis, W. D« Pulestcn and E. 8. Land, all of the Navy. Capt. Sidney K. Evans, Cl in Corps, U. S:N., will officiate. A military escort will form at the Fort Myer gate at 2 o'clock. Comdr. Blackburn was executive of- ficer of the U. 8. S. Leviathan, when the vessel was doing transport duty during the Werld War. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma B. Blackburn of this city, and a son, John H., jr.,, of Bur- lingame, Calif. HALLOWEEN -COMMITTEE TO PLAN FESTIVITIES A meeting of the Halloween celebra- tion general committee, which is plan- ning to organize festivities incident to the observance October 31, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the board room of the District Building, it was an- nounced today by Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts, chairman of the group. mg?’m“&' is eompoudun‘ul ‘fiwre’ members, represen o the trade and civic bodies of the Na- tional Capital. It is tentatively plan- ned to hold a parade and carnival on Haloween night, the parade to be on nnsylvania avenue and the carnival later on Constitution avenue, thus shift- ing the center of ceremonies for the first time from F street. RAIL VETERAN IS BURIED * Funeral services and burial were held yesterday at Ri Gied Pridy’at his Wesningion a 2611 Thirteenth street. Mr. 3 was born Richme = d its pred nies d way an predecessor compa: jur- his entire life. g - He was auditor of the Richmond & Danville Railroad for a number of years and at the time of his retirement in 1924, after 50 years of continuous serv- ice, he was ral bookkeeper of the Soutlrern Ra z 7 He is l\lnrv.lxv.ed';’y his widow, Mrs. Sally <