Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1931, Page 17

know only - that he was ‘going to be fixed up.'” | BjuadFiaya Sl waa most. excelient ) \ WIMBLEY ASSAILS MURDER CHARGES INTWO DROWNINGS Jailed in Deaths of Stepchild , and Wife, He Maintains Plea of Innocence. CROWDER’S CONFESSION IS DECLARED FALSE Police Threat to Make Him “Burn” | Is Believed »by Man Reason for Version He Denies. Harry C. Wimbley, 32, from his cell in the District Jail, today maintained his Innocence of any conspiracy to murder his wife and stepdaughter, who ‘were drowned last Thursday while on a birthday outing on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal above Chain Bridge. He and John Crowder, 24, were charged last night with first-degree murder and jalled after s coroner's Jury ordered them held for the grand jury in connection with the deaths of Mrs. Elizabeth Traylor Wimbley, 26 and her 3-year-old daughter, Wilma ‘Traylor. Calls Other’s Confession Lies. “The police told me they would make me burn for the killing of my wife and stepdaughter,” Wimbley said, “and it Jooks like I'm going to burn. But if I do it will be for an accident. “Even Crowder, whose confession is & pack of lies, says the drownings were sccidental.” Wimbley attributed Crowder’s confes- slon to fear that he would be sent to the electric chair. Scores Tale of Capsizing. “The police, no doubt, told ‘Reds’ the same thing they told me. I guess he got scared and made up that statement to cave his hide. : “The ridiculous part of Crowder’s con- fession,” Wimbley continued, “is his statement that the canoe capsized when he struck it with his knee near the south bank of the canal as he was get- ting into it. Yet the baby's body was Tecovered by police between 30 and 35 feet from the north bank. This would make it almost impossible for the canoe to have “m;:d ':';"er near the el:x“r:h bank, By the ice’s own m - ment, theyuml at this point is 78 feet scross. “Another thing, his statement that I would ‘fix him up’ for aiding in cre- mation of my wife and baby and her family at Dendron is ridiculous. It stands to reason that anybody who is going to help commit a murder is m to know beforehand just what wouldn't be satisfied nmwmm':’t it. He Explains Three Wives. Wimbley explained his many mar- ’lce ve found he has had three saying he “always was involved with some woman.” “To tell the truth,” he said, “I don't know myself why I couldn't leave the I always was mixed up with some woman. “But as far as my third wife, Ida Mase Graves, the one in Missourl, is | concerned, she is absolutely innocent. She doesn't know a thing about my wife who drowned—doesn't even know | I've been married before.” Jury Hearing to Wait. Police announced the case would be the grand jury “as soon as a few loose ends are run down. ‘Whether it would be presented to the present grand jury or to the new one convening in October is problematical, 1t was said. Capt. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives, today praised the work of the homicide squad in handling the case. “The work of Detective Sergt. James F. §) nn and the men of his Truscott, Dennis J. Barrett and George police “work. Tham:lvarkedwnh u::a:z unceasingly and left no stone unturni fn their investigation. They are to be highly commended.” Causes Inquest Uproar. ‘Wimbley threw the inquest into an | uproar, causing Deputy Coroner A. Ma- | son, and one John Milton Crowder, | by an automobile and thrown from the | gruder MacDonald to rap sharply for order, when he interrupted testimony | of Policeman Cleir Culvert of the sev- enth precinct to shout: “Why don't you tell the whole story? ‘Why don't you tell what I said about| murde ‘. y come here and tell a irtial sf ¢4 P‘mlvmwg.d testified that Wimbley, on the way down to the morgue in the precinct patrol wagon, had sald, refer- ring to Crowder make him burn yet.” Culvert was asked by MacDonald to tell all of what happened on the ride to the morgue, but the policeman said he recalled no conversation about murder. Wimbley previously had demanded an opportunity to take the stand in his/ own defense. After being called to order by Dr. MacDonald, however, he! c interposed. “Do you wish to take the stand yourself? Answer yes or.no." “No,” retorted Wimbley. “Just leave me out of the picture.” “I thought I had ht to ask ques- hat I was doing. { tions and that's didn't know 1 was doing Wrong. ihnuxh it was my privilege to do what i Says He Didn't Understand. Dr. MacDonald reminded Wimbley he was not on trial, that the inquest was enly a hearing. “Oh,” sald Wimbley, “I didn’t under- stand it that way. I thought I was on_trial” The outburst came shortly after Crowder's 14-page confession of Wim- bley's alleged plot to sandbag and burn to death his wife and her baby and the family of Patrick H. Tench while they slept in the Tench. home at Dendron, Va., had been read to the Jury at Wimbley’s request. ‘Wimbley demanded the statement be yead in its entirety after Detective Bergt. James F. Springmann, who had charge of the case, had given excerpls from it. “Make him read the whole state- ment,” demanded Wimbley. ¢Then let me take the stand and tell my story.” ‘The Crowder confession and ended with the statement that Crowder | 1t The % | e, g K street, A J side. struction work’ was done beneath it a serious traffic tie-up occurred. still only a part of its eventual width, and further the abutment wili be finished and the able for use within a week. he WASHINGTON., D. C, WITR SUNDAY MOR! WEDNESDAY, ING EDITION New Traffic Lights On VICE PRESIDENT CURTIS TURNS SWITCH. o 'lccouurmenu glistening, pass before ICE PRESIDENT CURTIS this morning turned the switch which of- ficially set in motion the new traffic lights at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue. A distinguished group attended the ceremony at 10:30 o'clock. In the above picture are shown M. O. Eldridge, assistant director of traffic; Lieut. Col. U, S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Build- ings and Public Parks; W. A. Van Dusen, director of traffic; Vice President Cur- passing over plates on the pavement. | tis; Commissioner Crosby and John C. Ardern, representative of the firm which | installed the lights. The new lights are operated by the wheels of automobiles —Star Staff Photo. TIEAP OF TRAFFI ATSPANLESSENED New Road at Highway Bridge | Is Rushed to Completion and Part Is Opened. ‘Traffic congestion at the south end | of Highway Bridge, caused by construc- | tion of an abutment for the overpass| above the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, was relieved considerably this morning when a portion of the new permanent roadway was opened. For many months traffic had been | using & curved temporary wooden bridge while the new overpass wes being buflt. When one part of the wooden bridge was closed yesterday while con- The traffic Jane being used today is construction is being rushed to completion. It is expected full width of the roadway made avail- ‘The temporary wooden structure is to disappear, having served its purpose. The lower road to Alexandria, however, will continue to be clesed and traffic will be routed over Military road to Alexandria. der buying an automatic pistol with money he sald was given by Wimbley, | of their trip in a rented car, of & stop | at Richmond to buy a can of gasoline, which Crowder said Wimbley told him was to be used in burning the Tench home to collect the insurance; of an- other stop along a dirt road to fashion sandbags, which Wimbley is said to have told Crowder were to be used to | beat the femily into unconsciousness. ‘The confession told also of how Crow- d"hm “cold feet” when Wimbley came to in the middle of Tuesday night and demanded if he was “going through :}fll it,” and dol"lhe return trip to ashington an e canoeing party on the canal, which ended in the double drowning. Springmann Gives Details, Springmann began his testimony with the statement: “I will try and show you gentlemen of the jury that these two deaths were plotted” by one Harry C. Wimbley, otherwise known as Howard C. Dicker- otherwise known as H. Clark.” He then gave a synopsis of the con- fession, Concerning what happened on the canal in connection with the drownings, however, he went into greater detail, Springmann said the pair got a taxi- | cab, and with Mrs. Wimbley and the baby, went to & boat house just above | Chain Bridge, where they hired a canoe. “Crowder said they all went up to | an old dredge, or barge, where Wimbley and his wife and the baby got out to fish. He said he then paddied up the canal alone to the locks, where there was a sign: ‘Danger, Keep Away, No Canoeing Here.' “1 said to Crowder, ‘As you paddled up to that lock didn't you have a feel- ing that something was going to hap- pen ‘He answered, ‘T knew i, and I didn't want it to happen—and would have prevented it if I could.” “The reason he couldn't prevent it, he told me,” Springmann continued, “was because Wimbley had a gun and he was ‘afraid’ of him.” ‘The detective then told how Crowder had said the canoe turned over, throw- ing Mrs. Wimbley and the baby to their deaths, when his knee struck it as he was about to get into it. “With all the strength God gave me | I tried to get thos» two peeple out o the water,” Springmann ouctsd Cro der as saying. "I didn’t see Wimbley 1 dove and dove for Mrs, Wimbley and the baby.” Just before the inquest Wimbley brok: down and cried for nearly two lours in the office of Capt. Edward J. Kelly, | assistant chief of detectives, ‘The weeping preceded the first geet- ing between Wimbley and Crowde; since the afterncon of the drownings. Neither man spoke to the other, but Crowder pointed his finger accusingly at Wimbley as he repeated the state- ment in his confession which he quoted Wimbley s saying to him: “Why the | hell djdn’t you turn that canoe over.” “The tears streamed down Wimbley's face, but he refused to speak. Laler | he told CIKL Kelly it was “blind anger” | that kept his lips sealed. He was “mad at Crowder for telling those lies,” he | explained, He cried again after the Inquest, when he was told his wife's body had been taken back to her girlhcod home. He hadn’t seen it since he pulled it from the muddy waters of the ca. Rl Philatelists to Meet. Soclety at 1518 will pre- TRAIL OF BLOOD PROBED BY POLICE Eastern Branch Is Dragged. * Stains to Be Analyzed for Clues. A trail of blood leading to the sea- wall at the east ond of Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, discovered early today, precipitated a police investigation intc the possibility that someone may have been murdered and the body thrown into the Eastein Branch. Early this afternoon Harbor Police. who had been dragging the branch for a body for more than an hour, gave up, to wait until a chemical anal- ysis of the blood was completed to de- termine whether it came from the body of a human or anim: Police dragged a wide area near the blood-stained = seawall before ceasing their search, and the belief was ex- pressed that a body thrown from the point on the seawall could not poul:y have gone outside of the area covered. ‘The chemical analysis was being made by Dr. C. R. Donaldson, District chem- ist, and was expected to be completed this afternoon. ‘The bloodtrail was first discovered at about 5:30 o'clock this morning by Harry Willis, colored ground employe at the Anacostia Golf Course. He found s large pool of blood lying in the middle of the brush-grown path, underneath the north side of the bridge, about 200 feet back from the east bank of the river, A further investiagtion, made by P. H, Lightfoot, manager of the golf course, member of the park police and the police homicide squad, reveaied a blood- stained paper sack in the vicinity of the large stain on the earth. led toward the river from the stai if something had been dragged toward the river from the &pot. ‘The tracks halted ut 50 feet from the river, but bloodstains on the rocks of the sea wall indicated the body might have been lald to rest on it before it was thrown into the river. A bloody twig, with pieces of hair caught on it, was also picked up along the path over which the object had been dragged. No signs of violence, or further blood stains, were found on the bridge, eli- minating, police believed, the possibility of & man or animal having been struck bridge. No dwellings are within more than 100 yards of the place, and persons in the vicinity said they had heard nothing. Mr. Lightfoot, & former physician, said he believed the bloodstains were fresh at about 2 o'clock this morning. 'STEWARD ATTACKS WILL W00D’S PLAN Denies U. S. Pay Ever Was on Living Cost Basis—Brook- hart Against Cut. Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, has joined Senator Brookhart of Towa in opposition to the proposal of Chairman Wood of the louse Ap- propriations Committee for & 5 to 10 per cent reduction in the- salaries of Government employes, including mem- bers of Congress, Representative Wood's Federal wage- cutting proposal is essentially dishon- est.” Mr. Stewart declaved in a tele- & om_Seattle yesterday. “Com- pensation of Federal employes never was raised commensurately with cither the cost of living or a prograssive con- cept of a proper employment standard. Representative Wood op) gvery move to bring Federal salaries up to an adequate figure during the helght of national prosperity and led the move to repudiate the Government contractural obligation for increases as lwmvifle" in lhrlfllssmmnon act of 1‘:2 A “His present proposal is characteris- tic Will Wood pucua. The National Federation of Federal shall oppose to the utmost a ition that involves the repudiation at :;3_‘7‘!;"‘; ment's obligat a repeatedly an) administration policy and 1s economically unsound. Senator Brookhart,., author, of the salary step-up Conpiyce Took the stand that the ac- cumulators of great wealth must be taxed severely and that source of reve- nue depleted before he would counte- nance any I in salaries of the i Tracks | tor launches and advancing on the post 5 | | stressing his services as director of pub- | the most unusual in American military | MARINES PARADE { IN FINAL REVIEW FOR GEN. BUTLER “Devil Dog” Visibly Affecied as Men March by to “Semper Fidelis.” RETIRING OFFICER SILENT ON POLITICAL INTENTIONS Famous Soldier Is ILauded by Pinchot—Lecture Tour Planned. Maj. Gen, Smedléy D, Butler yester- day witnessed his last official review of the Marines, As the strains of “Semper Fidelis” were played, the retiring “Devil Dog,” visibly dffected, watched his men, him in impressive array. ‘The veteran soldier, second ranking officer in the Marine Corps, was as nervous as a raw recruit as his brigade paid him tribute, His anxiety that his men deport themselves well was apparent. Three times he shouted corrections to the marching columns and when an air plane distracted attention by circling the fleld in the midst of the ceremonies he glared his annoyance. Butler's Farewell. “You are the aristocracy of the fight- ing services,” he told his.men in fare- well. “My door is always open to you. I have served with you for 33 years and my heart always will be with you.” As guests pf Gen. Butler, who offi- clally retires at his own request Octo- ber 1, were figures who lent credence to reports that he will run for Con- gress. The list of civilians specially invited to Quantico was headed by Gov. Gif- ford Pinchot of Pennsylvania and Mayor Harry A. Mackey of Philadel- phia. Also there were numerous, Penn- sylvania newspaper men, State officials and politicians. Among these latter was Kenneth Kressler, Republican | chairman for Eastern Pennsylvania. Gen. Butler refused either to confirm or deny rumors-that he will enter poli- tics. “This is not the time to say any- thing,” he replied to questions. “Might just as well keep 'em guessing.” Praised by Pinchot. Last night at a smoker Gov. Pinchot | described him as “the greatest leader and bullder of morale in the United States today” and predicted that “we are all going to hear more from Gen. Butler soon. On his retirement October 1 Gen. Butler plans to go to his new home, in a Philadelphia suburb, where he will spend one day and then depart Oc- tober 2 on & speaking tour, which will | ke him as far as the Pacific Coast and will continue until December 19. “Then 1'll go on another speaking tour,” he declared. Gen. Butler's guests also included Brig. Gen. Rufus C. Lane, inspector general of the Marine Corps; Brig. Gen. George Richards, paymaster general of the corps; Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews, chief quartermaster of the Marine Corps; Brig. Gen. Randolph C. Berkley, | who succeeds Gen. Buller as com- | mandant at Quantico: Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs, surgeon general of the Navy, and Lemuel A. Schofield, di- rector of public safety of Philadelphia, the position formerly held by Gen. But- ler for two years, ‘This morning Gen. Butler and his guests witnesced a spectacular landing ! and attack demonstration, reminiscent of many he has led in foreign lands. A battalion of Leathernecks simulated | an attack on Quantico, landing in mo- to the accompaniment of artillery fire | and airplane strafing. Makes Last Inspection. Before the parade yesterday the brigade was mobilized and Gen. Butler made his last ins) ilon—character- istically as informal as possible. Hé passed through the ranks, stopping here and there to chat with an officer or enlisted man and to itroduce the sol- dier to his guests. In the midst of the inspection a squadron of 21 airplanes staged & col- orful aerial circus overhead. At the smoker last night, Mayor Mackey and Mr. Schofield, as well as Gov. Pinchot, lauded Gen. Butler, lic safety in Philadelphia. Gen. Butler's career has been one of | history. He was born 49 years ago in the Pennsylvania ccunty where he intends | to live following his retirement. At the age of 16, he was commissioned & pro- bationary second lieutenant to serve in the Spanish-American War. Returning to the United States from Cuba, he was ordered to the Philippines and tock part in the expedition to Orani in 1899, Boxer Rebeflion Next. Next came the Boxer Rebellion in China, where he wes twice wounded in action, promoted two numbers for gal- lantry, and later brevetted to the rank of gaptain for another gallant action. ‘Then came the expeditions to Culebra in 1902 and Panama in 1903 and 1904. A breathing spell preceded an expe- dition to Nicaragua in 1909. From 1910. to 1914, he commanded Camp Elliott in Panama, including s Nicaraguan expe- ditlon 1910, and in 1912, at #e time of the unrest in Nicaragua, he engaged in the battle of Coyotepe as a battalion commander. In April, 1914, came the occupaticn of Vera Cruz, and here he was awarded his first Me of Honor. The second medal was awarded the next year dur ing the expedition to Haiti. ~Here organized thy native Haitlan gendar- marie, which he commanded from 1916 to_1918. In 1918, in command of the 13th Regiment of Marines, he arrived in France and was placed in command of Camp Pontenezen Barracks at Brest. For distinguished services at this place, he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal, and later the Navy Dis- tinguished Service Medal, SIGMA KAPPA VICTOR ‘Wins Scholarship Trophy at George ‘Washington University. ‘The scholarship cup offered by the Interfraternity Council at George Wash- ington University was won by Phi Sigma Kappa last year for the sixth time, it was announced today. ‘The cup has past 10 years. by the Interfraternity Council are for excellence in sports. The winners for the pest year were Delta Tau Delta, 3 Ni ball; Phi |the District 50,000 or 341465 CITIZENS OF VOTING AGE IN VOTELESS CAPITAL Census Shows 331,443 Eli- gible, Deducting Unnatural- ized Alien Total. 180,656 ARE WOMEN, AGAINST 160,809 MEN Not More Than 40,000 Here Who Are Voters in States, Accord- ing to Party Workers. Voteless District of Columbia has 341,465 persons of voting age, the Cen- sus Bureau annofnced today in its tabulation of the population here, of 21 years of age and over. Only 10,022 of this total are unnaturalized. Should national representation be authorized here, the records, which are based on the census of April 1, 1930, show that there would be 331,443 per- sons entitled to vote after deducting ‘the alien count. From - the general total of 341,465, the strength of the woman's vote would be more powerful than the male by 119,847, there being 180,656 women and 160,809 men residing in the District. This represents a general increase of 36,210 during the last decade. Of the total of 331,443 persons actu- ally entitled to vote but disfranchised by law, observers have estimated liber- ally that 40,000 maintain legal resi- | dence in States where they resided be- fore moving into the District. It has also been estimated that 25,000 of this number cast their ballots at the presi- dential election in 1920, which was sald to have surpassed that cast in any election. Advocates of national rej for the unfranchised Columbia pointed out today that these estimates are of practical value, now that there are avall- able the official figures of the 1930 special- census for the number of Dis- trict residents who possess and exercise the privilege of voting in ional elec- tious in the outside States, and who are willing to proclaim the fact. 326,360 Without Suffrage. ‘The number reported by the Census Bureau was 15,105, including Alaska and Hawall, or exactly 4.4 per cent of the entire population of the District 21 years of age and over. In other words, according to the observers’ view- point, of the District’s population of voting age, 341,465, there are 326,360 who are without the voting privilege, or who, possessing the privilege, refrained for one reason or another from declar- ing the fact to the census enumerator. According to those who have made a close’ study of the situation, pleas made by District residents, who wish to exercise the privilege of suffrage, have been answered in the past with state- ments that a very large proportion of the adult population of =the District votes or has the right to vote in the States. They pointed out that the special report of the Census Bureau makes this answer appear little more esentation istrict of | than an evasion by those who are op- posing the demand of the disfranchised residents, ‘The census director, in reporting the results of the special enumeration on September 18, 1930, admitted that some errors in the computation may have crept in, due to the fallure of enumera tois to ask the question of voting resi- dence. He was also quoted, however, in his statement on that day, that “the number 1sported is fairly complete.” Regarding this phase, it is pointed t that it has been common talk the total population even 60,000 vote in the States, having legal resi- dence there, and even after the Census out that _of Bureau made public its figures similar | assertions have been made. But they asserted that it is inconceivable that an error of such magnitude could have been made by the bureau. They added that it is one thing to estimate the number of voters residing here and ai other thing to count them. Departures for Balloting. Leaders of one of the major parties estimated that in the Presidential elec- tions of 1908, 1912 and 1916 voters of thelr party went from the District to vote in their home States as follows 1908, 8,000; 1912, 12,000, and 1916, 1 000. Observers said that it was safe to assume that there were similar num- bers of the other.major party who also went home to vote and this would double the above figures. It is said that the result tallied favorably with the estimates given for the 1920 election. Based upon these estimates from local party workers observers added that it seemed reasonable to assume that there are not over 40,000 residents here who could vote or could qualify as luo! in the States. They further asserte that there appears to be nothing tangible upon which to base a higher estimate. A suggestion has been made that the civil service employes residing here have hesitated to tell the census enumerators that they took part in the elections on the theory that civil service rules prohibic political activity of such employes. Observers pointed out there is nothing in the rules of the civil serv- ice which in any way interferes with the right of these employes to vote. They added that this line of ari ent, set up in an effort to explain fall- ure of the census to show a greater number of voters, is not in the least convincing. ‘The Census Bureau in its national compilation of the population of voting | hi age in the United States placed the number at 72,943,624 in 1930, compayed with 60,886,520 in 1920, the increase amounting to 12,057,104, or 19.8 per cent. All of the general total are not eligible to vote, several million being unnaturalized. Men of voting age ex- ceeded women in 1930 by only 1,169,890, numbering 37,056,757, compared with 35,886,867 women., District Exceeds 10 States. In its summary by States of the num- ber of persons enumerated by census takers the District’s 241,465 exceeded that of each of 10 States: Montana lg 22,854; 1410, Utal by 76,967, Idaho by 94,695, Arizona by 97,350, Vermont by 121,039, New Mex- ico by 124,509, Delaware by 192,673, ml_l"lllnl by 208,511 and Nevada by In three States the voting-age popu Iation. was only llllhflymig e'x'u- of that of the District—North Dakota ex- ceeds the District by 16,717, South Dakota by 44,343 and Rhode Island by 179,732, SEPTEMBER 23, of | Foening Star 311 AR PLASTER BUST WORK HE plaster bust uncovered re- cently in the dirt-littered attic of 318 Twelfth street. being razed to make way for the Gov- ernment building_program, has been identifled as the work of one of the country’s foremost sculptors, Wil- liam Randolph Barbee. The bust, dust covered but unharmed, sylvania avenue along with plumbing fixtures, radiators and junk taken from buil being torn down nearby. The find was made by H. Herfurth, jr., head of the firm razing the buildings. The bust was identified through s picture of it sent to Herbert Barbee, 83-year-old son of its sculptor, himself a sculptor of note, who lives in Luray, Va. Mr. Barbee said the bust is a iike- | ness of a Mrs. Pendleton, wealthy resi- | dent of Washington before the Civil War, who donated the funds to equip the old Columbia Volunteer Fire Com- pany. % Work Belleved Original. The bust was ordered by grateful | members of the fire company afier Mrs. Pendleton’s death. The bust, which surveys Pennsylvania avenue today is thought to be the original plaster cast from which the final work later was to be executed in e. Before the marble counterpart of the newly found bust could be modeled. Mr. Barbee, a Southerner and a stanch supporter of the Confederacy, fled with family to the homestead in Luray. ‘When the bust was found, there was considerable conjecture as to the identity of the m of whom the statue was a likeness. A picture printed in The Star, under the caption, “A Lady of Mystery,” was seen by Mrs. Kate Barbee Jones, 1631 Euclid street. a daughter of the famous sculptor. She immediately concluded the bust was the work of her father and sent the picture sits today in & window of 1220 Penn- Virginia seceded from the Union, and | to her brother in Luray, who said he | Society and General Mystery Lady Identified OF FAMOUS SCULPTOR. | was sure the statue was the lost like- | book: | mess of Mrs. Pendleton. Finding Place Is Mystery. How the bust reached ths ramshackle house on Twelfth street, next door to the old first police precinct, remains a mystery. Mrs. Jones today offered a possible explanation of the riddle. | For a number of years, she said, her | father occupied a studio in the base. ment of the Capitol, which he was in- vited to use by President Buchanan as an inducement to bring him to Wash- ington. He was commissioned by the Government to complete the frieze on the west wing of the Capitcl, but the outbreak of the Civil War interrupted the work and he never was able to re- sume it. When he fled from Washington Mr. Barbee left 10 statues in his studio and gave the key to an Itallan stone- cutter whom he employed. Mrs. Jones thinks the Italian sold the statues for whatever he could get and returned to Italy with the money he raised She supposes the bust of Mrs. Pen- | dleton was purchased by the family {living in the old house on Twelfth street, then a residence. Other Work Missing. Among the other works of the sculp- tor taken from the Capitol studio and never found " were. the marble “Young sidered one of the finest American art works, and busts tht modeled by Mr. Barbee, in the base- ment of the Capitol. It is a plaster likeness of Columbus and is thought to have been intended as a pattern for a figure of the frieze Mr: Barbee was commissioned to complete, OFFIGER'S PLEDGE * AIRED AT HIS TRIAL Torn Between Duty and { Honor in Morrow Case, Policeman Says. A $50 fine and a severe repri: mand was recommended by the Po- lice Trial Board today in the case | of Officer A. B. Cidwell, Traffic | Bureau, who had been charged with withholding information per- tinent to the death several weeks ago of Policeman Raymond M. Morrow. ’ Traffic Policeman A. B. Cidwell, on trial before the Police Trial Board on charges of withholding information per- tinent to the police investigation of the death two weeks ago of Policeman Ray- mond M. Morrow, today told a story of conflict between devotion and duty in explaining his silence. Cidwell admitted he knew Morrow on the pight of his death, was in the company of Miss Matha Habey, but said his lips were sealed by a promise to her not to disclose the fact. He sald he tried to persuade Miss Habey, whom he called his closest friend in the world, to tell police about the affair and that she tfimlly relented and told her story to police. When he gave his promise to Miss Habey never to tell any one who was with Morrow the night before his body was found under the Piney Branch Bridge on Sixteenth street, Cldwell said, listed by the Census Bureau a total of 36,789,669 balloted for Hoover and Smith and three other candidates in 1928, This election brought out the largest popular vote in the Natlon’s istory, and for that year the percent- age probably was a little more than 50 per cent, since the eligibles were fewer than the Census figures indicated today. Olyt.hg total vote-age population, 72.3 per cent were native white; 17.3 per cent foreign-born white, and 9 per cent colored. In the District there were 223,936 whites of age, while the total of foreign-born whites was 28,495. Of this number, 18,469 were naturalized, 2,271 have their first cltizenship papers, aliens, and 2230 had the t “citizenship not re- eaecolored vote in the District num- bers 88,388, and those of other races of voling age numbet | 648, Of the total vote-age population here, 65.6 per ceni were native whites; 8. t 1 he did not know it was police business. He sald he saw the woman a day or two after Morrow's death and that she was extremely nervous. He sald he asked her what the trouble was and it | was then she extracted the promise of | silence. Miss Habey, “Sugar,” corroborated Cidwell's story. It was her fear of publicity that kept | her from coming to police before she | “Detonive Sergt. James’ ¥. Spring H lve Sergt. lames % d mann, a witness for the prosecution, ended his testimony concerning Cid- well's failure to report valuable in- formation concerning Morrow's death by saying he had known the traffic of- ficer for six years and “always found him to be a good officer.” {DINNER TO BE TRIBUTE TO W. H. VANDERBILT | Banker and Head of Coastal Tran- | st Co., Guest of Washington Business Leaders Tonight. William H. Vanderbilt, banker and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who is president of the Coastal Transit Co., & merger of a dozen large bus lines of the country, will be guest of honor at & dinner meeting of Washington busi- ness leaders this evening at the Wash- ington Hotel. ore than 75 local business leaders, bankers, public utility interests, heads of business organizations and the Dj trict Commissioners have been invited to attend. Mr. Vanderbilt comes to Washington during a national tour of inspection of the facilities of the merged bus con- cerns, TREE FALLS IN PARK Beach Drive Near Park Road Blocked, but No One Injured. A large tree fell across the roadway in Rock Creek Park on Beach drive about 7 o'clock last evening, #bout 30 feet from k road and across the creek from Plerce Mill Tea House. No one was injured and little damage -was dcne. statu " “Fisher Gizl,” con- | oo whom Morrow called | fel PAGE B—1 14580 ENROLLED INGITY'S SCHOOLS; INCREASE IS 1810 Two Carloads of Furniture Still Sought for New Buildings. | NO OTHER PROBLEMS OF CONGESTION FOUND Junior High Enrollment Shows Largest Gain in District System. Th'e enroliment of the public schools reached 74,980 yesterday, representing an increase of 1.810 over the second day of the school year in 1930, Meanwhile, no specific problems of congestion other than those evident Monday were reported to Franklin School Administration Bullding. School authorities, however, still are seeking two carloads of furniture destined for installation in the new school buildings opened for the first time this year. No child is without a seat in the interim, however, as the temporary chairs pro- vided by the business manager of the l“tzzgol system yesterday still are being ‘The junior high school enrollmen for the second day represented the ln-lS est increase in the number of pupils in any phase of the school system, There was 12,783 carried o, the Tintor Bigh schenss o junior schools were accommo- dating 10,391, or 2,393 less than those enrolled yesterday. 3 Other Figures Given. ‘The senlor high schools, with 13,315, were 900 puplls ahead of last year, with the vocational schools, with a total roll of 815, exceeded the comparable figure of last year by 35. A giin of 86 in e teachers' colleges enroliment was reeo“ sradzed yesterday with the enrollment ‘The elementary schools, ho A were 1,603 below last year's fl‘umm 'l"l’l: total elementary enrollment to date is 47,405, as compared with 40,008 of a Western Total Drops. Eastern High School with 2,199 was 72 ahead of last year, while Western, which last year was forced on a double- shift program of classes by excessive enrollment, was 55 below a year with a total roll of 1,590, received its chief addif Langley Junior A ils lled i 3 5 pupils enrol there rday 1 b= yesterday forced the authorities Elementary School. The second 3 est junior high school roll was at Hine, where 1,053 students enlisted. lmhrhnh rollments were: Ra: 1,119; Garnet- Patterson, 961; Francis, 672, and Car- dozo, 258. |PRESIDENT PRESENTS BOAT RACE TROPHIES George Reis, Driver of Winner, and Richard Loynes Given Cup Regatta Prizes. The silver trophies for the first and second place winners in the President’s Cup races here last week were presented today by President Hoover in the rear grounds of the White House. George Reiss, Lake George, N. Y., owner and driver of El Largarto, win- ner of first place, received the trophy for that victory. Richard Loynes, Long Beach, Calif., owner and driver of Miss California, received the trophy for sec- ond honors. ‘The presentations were made in the presence of a number of officials of the President's Cup Regatta, among them being Edmund F. Jewell, chairman of the Race Committe and the Regatta Committee; J. H. Galliher, commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club; W. C. Shelton, general chairman and vice commodote, Chesapeake and Potomac Power Boat Association; Stanley Hor- ner, chairman of the judges and timers of the regatta, and L. C. Leech, execu- tive secretary of the Regatta Committee. A Persevering Porter. speak Diertiy in French. Bpasian, Gers uen 5 - man, Russian and Italian, Mr. Harry Robinson, until recently a rallway por- ter at Leeds, has been appointed contl- nental reception clerk at St. Pancras Station, London. He & smat- tering of other languages, including Hindustani and Arabic. BELGIAN PRINCE BUT KEEPS Capital Watches Charles Dawson, & “traveling sales- man,” who last week gave Des Moines, DROPS MASK, IN HIDING HERE Discards Salessnas; Role That Theilled Des Moinda for Appearance.