Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1931, Page 17

he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C, INQUEST REVEALS DETECTIVE KILLED THIEF N DEFENSE Shimon Fired When Aimed at by Pursued Youth, Find- ing of Coroner. TILLMAN'S COMPANION IDENTIFIED BY FIVE Lipscombe Home Suspect, Escaped, Arrested Hiding Among Rafters. Detective J. W. Shimon, third pre- cinet, shot and killed Fred Tillman, 16, colored, “in defense of his ¢ life and in the line of duty,” a coroner's jury decided today The verdict was returned after thr witne including another third pre- i cinct detective, Rupert Mci testified_that Shimon opened fire on Iman’s companion, Alphonzo zier, 18, colored. hatl Volver and pointed it at the polic The shooting occurred Saturda ternoon. following the discov a pocketbook containing about §7 had been stolen from the home of William H. Lipscombe. 2324 Massachuset nue. Leonore Lucas, a maid Lipscombe home. testified she saw Till- man and Frazier loit near the se shortly before she discovered her se had been robbed. Testimony Corroborated. Her testimony was corroborated by her husband, Nassau Lucas, butler in the home, and Arthur Trussell, a ga- rage foreman, employed by the firm of : Barber & Ross. Mr. Lipscombe, who, with his wife, was out of town at the time of the alleged robbery, is admin- istrator of the estate of the late Samuel Ross, & Ross. Both Lu ing of ha n av n_the h pur s and Trussell, after tell- ng seen the two colored : youths near the house, testified they accompanied Shimon and McNeill ! when the detectives set out in quest ! of them. Tillman and Frazier, the - jury was told, were found sitting in Rock Creek Valley, beneath the M Street Bridge, playing_car } ., When Shimon and Mc ¥ the fugitives, the witnesses Exhpy jumped and darted into Rock Creek. With McNeill, Trussell and Lucas standing on the bank of the stream, Shimon followed Tillman and Prazier, “who were running about neck and neck,” it was testified. Aimed at Detective. As Frazier mounted the opposite bank eill called to agreed, of the creek, the witnesses related, he | drew a gun from his hip pockst and leveled it at Shimon. The latter also drew his revolver and. without halting, , emptied it in the direction of the fle- | ing youth. Tillman dropped to Llhe ground with the first shot, it was testi- fled. but Frazier continued running and - disappeared over the top of an embank- ment. When Shimon opened fire, it was added, McNeill did likewise, firing three shots. Frazier was seen when he reached the ; top of the embankment by Capt. ; George W. Johns, who testified he saw ! the youth “put something in his pocket.” “I was sitting in my automobile, waiting for my wife, when I heard sev- eral shots,” Capt. Johns testified. “It : was a moment after this that I saw Frazier come over the embankment. I chased him several blocks, but lost him when he darted into an alley. Twice during the pursuit he drew something from his pocket and pointed it at me.” Capt. Johns added he was positive Frazier was the youth in question. Trussell, Lucas, Mrs. Lucas and the two detectives also positively identified tboth Frazier and Tillman as the burglars. Found Hiding in Home. zier was_arrested early yesterday ive Sergt. Dennis J. Murphy, ¢ he found him hiding in the rafters beneath the roof of his home, } o 2825 Sherman avenue. Frazier, who was released irom the District Reform- atory at Lorton about a month ago, fter serving a vear and a day for ! housebreaking, took the stand and ad- mitted that he and Tillman stole the =7 from the Lipscomb residence, but ! denied having had a gun in his posses- Fion. “Neither Fred nor I was armed,” Frazier declared. & * He also denied having been chased | by Capt. Johns, insisting he had haled _a taxicab and gone home immediately after escaping from the valley. According to Capt. Edward J. Kelly, { assistant chief of detective: * has a police record dating back ta tember 3, 1924. He has been arl 15 times since then, once for ca a concealed weapon, Capt. Keily man also has a police recor ing been m trouhle at frequent iniervals since he was 12 years old, Capt. Kelly added. BURGLARS AR.E ACTIVE IN HOMES AND BOATS Jewelry and Cash Reported Gone From Two Private Launches and Many Houses. Burglars obtained jewelry, cash and | other articles in robberles reported ove: the week end, looting many houses widely scattered sections of the city and two motor boats. The home of Fred Winters, at 412 Hamilton street, lelded the largest haul. A diamond ring, valued at $600, and $60 in cash were stolen. The two launches, one at the Eastern Boat Club and the other at Dean's boat Touse, at the foot of Thirteenth street southeast, were robbed of two radios, fishing tackle and other articles valued at $150. One of the boats was owned by Robert Kaiser, 600 block Twenty- second street, and the other by Walter Glascoe, 700 block Ninth street south- east. Among other housebreaking cases was one in which two Chinese prayer rugs, valued at $150, were taken from the apartment of Miss Lois Jeffries, 1825 New Hampshire avenue. RECOVERING FROM GAS Young Wor;:_\n Accld:n!fllly Over- come in Bath Room of Home. Mrs. Lennie Davis, 25 years old, of 1212 Virginia avenue southwest, was re- covering from gas poisoning today at Emergency Hospital after being acci- dentally asphyxiated in the bath room of her home late yesterday. An uncle, Daniel Davis, found the woman lying in a semi-conscious con- dition on the bathroom floor and called police. Members of the Fire Rescue Bquad administered first aid treatment. : A leaking gas jet was blamed for the accident., Who| a member of the firm of Barber | Frazier | [Burl Gwaltney Cleaning| Floors in Home When Fluid Ignites. Chances for Recovery From Injuries Are Even—Aide Is Also Hurt. Transformed into a human_torch when he attempted to throw a blazing bucket of highly inflamable paint re- Imcver out of a window to prevent a | serious fire, Burl Gwaltney, 26, of 111 | Fourth street southeast, was severely burned today from head to foot. Gwaltney was cleaning the floors in ! the home of John A. Liggett and David ! C. Eiker, restaurant owners, at 1750 @ strect, when the paint remover caught fire from an electric spark. Vernon Burke, 26, of 3017 Otis street north- east, Gwaltney's helper, was less seri- ousiy burned. When the fluid ignited, the flames shooting up to the ceiling, Gwaltney's first_thought was to prevent the house | catching fire, according to Liggett. i Picking up the blazing bucket, he first jtried to throw it through a window. But the window was closed, so he { rushed to the front door. As he did so, the flaming liquid | splashed out on his clothing, setting him on fire. Apparently hunting for | something to wrap himself in to smother | the flames, he ran into some draperies | { hanging between the entrance hall and | 'MAN BECOMES HUMAN TORCH TRYING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE BURL GWALTNEY. the fire, the draperies ignited, burning to ashes and firing the doorway. Gwaltney, maddened by the flames searing his flesh, ran aimlessly between the dining room and living room, with Liggett and Eiker and their 55-year-old cook, Lulu Nolan, following him. Finally exhausted. he fell, only halt consclous, in the dining room, where the two men beat out the flames with pillows and the cook cut his clothes and shoes off with a kitchen knife. At Emergency Hospital, where he and y af-|the living _room, where he had been | Burke were taken, it was said Gwaltney that | working. But instead of extingnishing has an even chance_for recovery. MYSTERY SHOOTING PROBED BY POLCE i Five Women and Four Men‘ | Arrested in Apartment. i Cartridge 'Found. | R | | | An alleged shooting in a second-floor | apartment at 1419 Chapin street was | being investigated today by seeond pre- | cinct police. The probe began last night, following | receipt of a telephoned report that some | one had been shot during a quarrel in ! the apartment Hole and Cartridge Found. Five women and four men were in | the apartment, police said, but all de- | nied there had been a shooting. Never- theless, a bullet hole was found in the wall of 2 small entrance hallway and {an empty cartridge was picked up in an adjoining room, officers declared. | Further investigation, they said, re- | vealed a quantity of broken furniture in another room, and other occupants of the apartment house reported having | heard a series of crashes, followed by | two shots. | | “Althcugh the nine persons found in | the apartment were taken to the second | precinct police station and questioned | for more than an hour, they insisted | they knew nothing of the alleged | shooting. | All Are Released. | While they were being interrogated & {man entered the station and inquired | about the affair. He was placed under arrest and booked for invstigation, but {later was released, as were the others. Reports of the alleged shooting at- | tracted a large crowd to the apartment | house and_ traffic along Chapin street | was virtually at a standstill for about | { half an heu ILYNCH FUNERAL RITES ' SET FOR TOMORROW {Dean of Senate Wing Employes Will Be Buried From His Residence. Funeral services for Columbus French Lynch, dean of employes in the Senate wing of the Capitol, who died Friday night at his home, will be held at ’i o'clock tomorrow afternoon at his late | ence, 224 Maryland avenue north- | ! cast. Burial will be in Glenwood Ceme- | tery. Mr. Lynch, who was 81 years old, had | been a enate employe since 1893. ! About 25 years ago, while hoisting the | flag over the Senate chamber as the | body convened, he slipped, falling bout | 40 fect to the floor below. The injuries | received in this fall resulted in the am- | | putation of his leg eight years after- | ward, after he had spent the entire| time since the accident on crutches. | He was born in Gilmer County, W.| Va. in 1850 and served in the State Capitol at Charleston as sergeant-at- | arms prior to coming to ‘Washington. | He worked here in the Census Bureau | the following year and in 1893 went | into the Scnate chambér. He was well known at the Capitol. He had been | doorkeeper of the Senate chamber tox‘ some years. ~He is survived by his widow, Mrs. C.| H. Lynch, and a son, Foster F. Lynch, | both of Washington. TRADE SHOW WILL OPEN WITH DOAK’S ADDRESS| Industrial of Chamber of Commerce Will Start October 26. An address by Secretary of Labor Doak will formally open the Seventh 1 Annual Washington Chamber of Com- merce Industrial Exposition in the Washington Auditorium October 26. Manufacturers and distributors are co- operating with the Chamber of Com- merce and will display their wares at the exposition. A number of District of Columbia of- ficials and civic leaders are expected to be present. A program of musical en- tertainment will also be presented each night. The exposition will continue to October 31. Officials of the Washington Chamber of Commerce who called on Secretary Doak today were Isaac Gans, former president of the chamber: Thomas P. Littlepage, second vice president, and Charles T. Clagett, member of the Ex- ecutive Committee. Held Up and Robbed. Gualberto Roman, 600 block G street, was help up and robbed of $23 by two men while walking at Third street and Indiana avenue yesterday afternoon, Local according to a report made t® police, the subject now upon its shels | dispute Dr. HAVENNER SLATED FOR FOURTH TERM. Re-Election a. Civic Federa- tion President Would Set Duration Record. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, is expected to set & new record by being elected president for a fourth consecutive term at the annual federa- tion election, November 7, it was indi- cated today. Election to the presidency for 1932 is looked forward to as quite a plum, but no candidates have come forward to Havenner. He has not definitely held himself out as a candi- date, having reserved decision until a later time, He is known, however, to be receptive. In the federation's history no previous president has served four terms and very few have served three. Besides the business of electing a new president the November meeting will also elect a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer and 12 members of the new combination Executive Committee and Advisory Council. Twenty-four nomi- nations for the committee and council were reccived at the meeting Saturday night. No candidates have come for- ward to dispute the incumbents fox the offices of vice president, secrstary or treasurer and it is expected that they will be re-elected. They are B. A. Bowles, vice president; David Babp, secretary, and A. H. Gregory, treasurer. Nominees Named. The nominees for places on the com- mittee_and council, 12 to be elected, are: James G. Yaden, Edwin S. Hege, Harry N. Stull, C. E. Lavigne, George E. Sullivan, Thomas Lodge, Dr. Haven- ner, Mrs. Frank H. Snell, E. J. Bren- nan, Mrs. R. C. Rittue, W. I. Swan- ton, H. M. Phillips, W. C. Gath, L. A. Carruthers, George Bishop, Joseph L. Gammell, William McK. Clayton, A. H. Gregory, M. M. McLean, W. J. Neale, B. A. Bowles, H. E. Young, George Ricker and Lewis J. Gelbman. At its meeting Saturday night the federation authorized its Zoning Com- mittee to object to changes in zoning which would authorize establishment of an airport and golf course in the Conduit road neighborhood and apart- ment house construction in the terri- tory of the North Cleveland Park Citi- zens' Association. Charles 1. Stengle, for five years a delegate to the federation from Pet- worth, bid the delegates farewell on the occasion of his moving from the terri- [ tory of that association. Dr. Havenner spoke appreciatively of Mr. Stengle's services. George Wales moved to have Mr. Stengle made a life member, but this was blocked by Mr. Clayton. Will Ask Gas Adjustments. Mr. Clayton and George E. Sullivan, representing the Public Utilities Com- mittee, said that they would file a brief with the Public Utilities Commission asking that that body insist on read- justment of all gas appliances if it grants the Washington Gas Light Co. its petition for an increase in allow- able maximum and minimum pressures in gas mains. Assistant Corporation Counsel William A, Roberts and Peo- ple’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech were complimented on the way they had handled the gas hearings. A recommendation of the Committce on Public Welfare that guards at the jail be given & half day on Saturdays was approved. HARTLEY RITES SET £ix Policemen to ; Pallbearers for Retired Captain. Six policemen, ranking from private to captain, will be pallbearers at the funeral of Capt. James N. Hartley, for- mer commander of the tenth precinct, tomorrow afternoon. The services will be held at the funeral home of Frank Geler's Sons, 1113 Seventh street. Bur- ial will be in Arlington National Cem- etery. Capt. Hartley, who served in the Regular Army before coming to the Metropolitan ~ Police Department in 1891, died from infection resulting from the bite or scratch of a pet cat. He had lived in Eustis, Fla., since his retirement from the force in 1922, and died at an Orlando, Fla., hospital. GENEALOGIS:I'S CONVENE ‘The National Genealogical Society opened its first meeting of the 1931-32 season Saturday night at the Young ‘Women's Christian Association Build- ing, Seventeenth and K streets, with an address by Dr. Frederick K. Ashley, assistant librarian of Congress. Dr. Ashley spoke on “Genealogy From a Librarian's Standpoint” and dis- cussed ‘the moun interest in genealogical research, calling attention to comparatively recent establishment of courses of training for clalists in medcine, law, library work, etc. He said the Library of Congress intended to meet future demands of genealogical workers in research works by increas- ing the number of valuable books upon ves. 'WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DEAL FOR POTOMAC ISLAND EXPECTED 10 BE ENDED SOON U. S. Purchase of Property for $364,000 Virtually Closed. U. S. INDICATES SUIT WILL BE WITHDRAWN Analostan Tract Will Not Be Used | for Stadium—Grant Says River Road Will Be Built, Negotiations are expected to be com- pleted shortly for the purchase of | Analostan Island, downstream of Key Bridge, in the Potomac River, by the Roosevelt Memorial Association from the Washington Gas Light Co. for $364,000. The contract has not been signed, and Hermann Hagedorn, the association’s executive secretary, who | lives at 4767 Indian lane, Spring Val- ley, said today that title to the prop- MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, erty is being searched by the Columbia Title Co. If this proves satisfactory, and the Federal Government lifts its | pending condemnation suit, as has been forecast, the deal will be closed. Mr. Hagedorn made it clear that at | no time has the Roosevelt Memorial | Association considered erecting a sta- | dium on_ Analostan Island. The ideg | of a stadlum was advanced by local | trade groups, but the association never | oificially sponsored this. The Department of Justice is in- | stituting _condemnation proceedings | against Analostan Island, so that it might be procured for inclusion in \‘.hs‘ George Washington Memorial Parkway | program. Officials of the National | Capital Park and Planning Commission, which initiated the condemnation suit, said today that they would be glad to release the property from litigation when the deal between the Roosevelt Memorial Association and the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. has been closed. Riverside Drive Planned. Lieut. Col. U.'S. Grant, 3d, executive | officer of the Planning Commission, said today that a drive would be con- structed along the island shore on the river side as a companion development to the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- | way, now being expanded on the ‘Washington shore. Col. Grant said that the central portion of the island would be left wooded and that an appropriate memorial to Theodore Roosevelt would be erected. Numerous walks would be constructed through the island. the colonel ex- plained, for the convenience of picnic parties. The development of Analos- tan Island will harmonize with the Arlington Memorial Bridge development and the George Washington Memorial Parkway program. as officials of the Planning Commission have already se- cured the concurrence of the Roosevelt Memorial Association in_this. Officials of the National Capital Park and Planning CommisSion view with favor the acquisition of the island by the Roosevelt Memorial Association. Some time ago real estate interests en- deavored to purchase the island as an apartment house development. At one | time George Washington University was Interested in securing the island | and had tentative plans for erecting a stadium on fit. Eliot Favors Stadium. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, said today | that his organization still favors the erection of a stadium at the east end of East Capitol street, near the banks of the Anacostia River. He confirmed | Mr. Hagedorn's statement that the Roosevelt Memorial _Association has never considered having the tribute 10 | Theodore Roosevelt take the form of | & stadium. Under {entative plans of the Plan- ning Commission, bridges would link | up Analostan Island with the Virginia | shore and the Lee Highway, as well as | the George Washington Memorial Parkway development, to the north- | ward, and with the Arlington Memorial | Bridge and the Mount Vernon Memo- rial Highway to the south. CUMBERLAND RESIDENT DIES AT MILAN, ITALY Emmett Reynolds Was Binging in Grand Opera at the Time of His Death. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 5.— | The body of Emmett Reynolds, a former | resident, who died at Milan, Italy, as the result of a fall, was brought here today and interred in Rose Hill Ceme- tery, with services by the Rev. Henry F. Kloman, rector of Emmanuel Epis- copal Church, in the choir of which Mr. Reynolds was soloist some years ago. At the time of his death he was sing- ing in grand opera in Italy. He is sur- vived by two wothers, Dewarren H. Reynolds, jr., Gaithersburg, Md., con- nected with the State Roads Commis- sfon, and Hewitt Reynolds, headmaster of Deane School, Santa Barbara. Calif. His father, the late Dewarren H. Rey- nolds, was a mrominent Cumberland at- torney. ing. | e[‘he report will urge universities to | nae Auxiliary Association of the Cath- | Ganster, supreme president, Supreme DIVORCE MENACES | FAMILY, CATHOLIC WOMEN ARE TOLD National Council Opens An- nual Convention in May- flower Hotel. EGOISM AMONG CHILDREN ALSO WARNED AGAINST Self-Control and Charity in Family Affairs Urged by Church Report. Divorces should be fought as a di- rect danger to the foundation of the family, it was declared today in a report, prepared for presentation to the convention af the National Council of Catholic Women, in the Mayflower \otel, The Committee on Family muc:- tion, headed by Dr. Anne M. Nichol- son of New Yori. will report that heads of families “should let all see plainly that any attacks upon the indissolubil- ity of marriage is_disastrous because it strikes at the children, the family and by percussion at the whole fabric society.” O‘Plrflcfilar attention will be paid by the committee to child welfare work. It will urge the teaching of sel discipline to children. Pointers in car- Tying out such a program will be given. Development _of & religious conscience, by making children capable of render- ing an exact account of their doings, will be stressed. Find Danger in Egoism. Parents will be told of the dangers of egoism. They will be warned strug- gle against the growth of such self- expression in their children. ‘Toward this end they will be told to “speak pleasantly among themselves in t family and respect each other's opin- fons; consider questions quietly with | self-control and charity; use reasoned | arguments to convince one another; try | to meet others half way and find points in common by avoiding points of dif- ference; in short, to approach vexed questions with tolerance and good humor and by setting an example of courtesy and good nature in all the af- fairs of family life, practice parallels precept.” The committee will caution parents to be polite to their children so they, too. may learn politeness, to always respect the child as a person. to aid the child in developing and attaining a real per- sonality and to correct without crush-| I provide courses in family education, child psychology, and kindred subjects. Accomplishments Cited. Activities of the past year were out- lined at the opening session today by Miss Minnie Byrne, president of the Alumnae Association, National Catholic School of Social Service; Miss Helen Ormond, president of the Alumnae As- sociation of Trinity College; Miss Anna L. Prendergast, president of the Alum- olic Summer School of America; Miss Mary C. Duffy, supereme regent of the Catholic Daughters of America; Mrs. Constance Girardot, supreme president of the Catholic Ladies of Columbia; Miss Mary V. Merrick, president of the Christ Child Society; Mrs. Minerva C. Boyd, national regent, Daughters of Isabella; Mrs. Prances C. Jakabein, | president, First Catholic Slovak, Ladies’ Union of the United States of America: Mrs. J. J. Crowley, president of the} Holy Cross Alumnae Association of St. Mary's College; Mrs. Phillip A. Bren- nan, prelident, International Federa- tion of Catholic Alumnae; Miss Kate Mahoney, supreme president, Ladies’ Catholic 'Benevolent Association; Mrs. Sophia C. Wavering, president, National Catholic Women's Union; Mrs. Teresa Ladies' Auxiliary, Knights of St. John, and Mrs. Anna R. Downes, high chief ranger, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters. ATTORNEY IS ARRESTED | FOR FALSE PRETENSES Peter P. Richardson, a colored attor- ney, was arrested today by Deputy United States Marshal Sackey on a commissioner’s warrant charging false pretenses. Richardson is counsel for John Bo- rum, one of the three men under sen- tence of death for the killing of Lamar Watson Yorke, a prohibition agent, and | appeared before the Court of Appeals; in the presentation of the appeal of the three men which was heard this morning. Sackey was waiting for the attorney until the case had been concluded and took him before United States Com- missioner Turnage. Assistant United States Attorney Charles B. Murray, who obtained the warrant, said hel would ask for $2500 bail for the lawyer. According to the warrant Richardson falsely represented to Alberta Terrell, colored, 1260 Columbia road, that a paper offered for her signatue Decem- ber 23 last was a dead of trust to ob- tain money when, it is alleged, it was a fee deed to Richardson for the prop- erty, which is known as lot 38 in square 24, in the 2400 block of M street. BOY IS ARRESTED FOR SWIMMING RESERVOIR, BUT WINS 50-CENT BET Sidney Pavis, 15, Thinking Things Over in Receiving Home—Mother Not Anxious for Immediate Release. Sidney Pavis, 15, of 533 Newton place, won 50 cents by swimming across the McMillan Park reservoir yesterday, but he won't be able to collect it until hl;l mother, Mrs. Ethel A. Pavis, ob- tains his release from the Receiving Home. And Mrs. Pavis isn't in any hurry, she declared this morning, be- cause she wants to “teach him a les- 200" Sidney, student at Central High School,,hku to bet, according to police, who reported that he recently won a wager by walking up Pq_umenm street. n‘tgred only in “shorte. He was stopped by an officer, but he explained the door of his home bad But Sidney still was wearing “shorts” when he stepped into the reservoir and started swimming yesterday. A resi- dent of the neighborhood saw him and notified Special Officer Branson. BY, the time the policeman reached the reservolr, the swimmer had passed the half-way mark, so there was nothing 1o do but wait for him to come ashore. So, instead of collecting his bet when from the water, Sidney was he stej Ped arrested on & charge of “swimming in reservoir, blown shut when he slipped out to|decided it et the morning paper. Although he 5.. unable to exgl.dn what this had to do with his being so far from home, the policeman got him some clothes and let him go with a warning to be more careful about his attire the next time he went out fo get the rorning or evening.” go some D! against the law? If I got quickly he might do it again. Il get him time some y, he’s had plenty ®f chance to think it SIGN GROLP WEETS t00 | Wood, Mrs. William Megginscn, Mrs. L. ening S5t 1931. Plaza Subway TUNNEL TO BE OPEN THIS WEEK. north of C street, between \WY next Saturday night. Nearly Ready ORKMEN are putting the finishing touches to the new subway just Union Station and the Capitol, and Capital Traction Co. street cars will be rerouted through the tunnel On the north side of the subway, at the foot of North Capitol street, there wiil be a reflecting pool, and a foun- tain, to be constructed atop the senatorial garage, will be on the south side. C street will be closed and torn up, Plaza Park. becoming a part of the new Capitol —Star Staff Photo. TOACTON SURVEY Brennan Will Report Findings in Check-up on Permits and Present Plan. The District Sign Committee was in session today to receive the recom- mendations of a subcommittee headed by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the Engineer Department, which has completed a survey of all signs, bill- boards and wall signs in the city. Recently Mr. Brennan announced | that a survey in the first precinct re- vealed the presence of many billboards for which District officials can find no records of authorization. The survey was made and all locations of signs were checked and rechecked against the records in the files of the District and those furnished by the three large out- | door advertising companies doing busi- | ness in Washington. From the report of the subcommit- tee, it is expected, an officially author- ized list of billboard sites will be estab- lished under the sign regulations soon to be promulgated. After this author- ized list is established no new location | will be added to it and any site tempo- | rarily abandoned, it was said, will not be renewed. Congress passed legislation at the | close of the last session widening the | powers of the Commissioners to regu- | late and control all forms of outdoor | advertising within the District. The Commissioners had requested the leg- | islation so as to be able to improve con- | ditions in the city before the opening | of the George Washington Bicentegnial Celebration next Pebruary. 'MISSIONARY WOMEN | TO CONVENE TONIGHT Commissioning of Miss Roberds, Who Goes to Algiers Soon, | Program Feature. The sixteenth annual convention of | the Baltimore branch of the Women's | Forelgn Missionary Soclety of the Methodist Episcopal Church will con- | vene here tonight with a young people’s | session at Hamline M. E. Church. | All of the regular sessions of the | main body are to be held in Foundry M. E. Church, beginning tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. A feature of tonight’s program will be the commissioning of Miss Frances Roberds into the ranks of missionaries. She is to leave soon for Algiers to en- | gage in educational missionary work. Features of the regular sessions will be quiet hours, conducted at noon each day by Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Har- ris, pastor of Foundry M. E. Church. Election of officers is to be held Wed- nesday morning and the officers in- stalled that afternoon. Bishop William F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church is to ad- dress a meeting of the society in Foundry M. E. Church tomorrow night, and Mrs. Frederick Brown Harris, wife | of Rev. Dr. Harris, will give the scrip- | tifre lesson. MEXICO GIVEN DATA ON FAKE U. . BILLS Sources of Counterfeits Circulated Below Border Discussed—Juris- diction Limited. ‘The United States Government has officially notified Mexico of what is suspected to be a source of counterfeit American paper money in Mexico City. ‘There is nothing more that can be done by the United States, as jurisdic- tion of this Gcvernment does not ex- tend below the international border. But the finding of considerable quanti- ties of $5 and $10 counterfeit bills in the Southern United States, and re- ports from Mexico City of a large sup- ply there, has further aggravated the situation. Chief Moran of the United States Secret Service today said that suspects had been arrested in Texas bearing in their possession $10 and $5 bills, which they said they had obtained in Mexico. Reports from Mexico City indicate that the supply of counterfeit American per money has caused increasing trou- gl.e for business men there, who have been warned to b on the lookout for it. Police have sent out warning in Mexico City, it was said, but the supply still appeared to be plentiful. D. A. R. Elects Delegates. LYNCHBURG, Va., October 5 (Spe- cial).—Lynchburg Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has elected the following delegates to the State con- to be held at Yorktown this month: Delegates, Mrs. C. L. DeMott, regent, Mrs. J. H. Hoskins, Miss Mollie regent; Mrs. C. E. Dillard, Miss Eliza- beth Gooch, and alternates, Mrs. Bass H. McCue, Mrs. T. E. Rucker, Mrs, R. P. Miss Je ine Yeatman, Miss H, F. Lambert Canadian Orator GERARD COURNOYER. CANADIAN IS LAST ORATORY FINALIST 19-Year-0Id Quebec Student to Speak in French in Contest. Tickets for Finals Of Oratory Contest Ready Wednesday Tickets for the Fifth Interna- tional Oratorical Contest finals, in Constitution Hall Saturday, Octo- ber 24, at 8 pm. will be avail- able for distribution Wednesday at contest headquarters, Room 404, The Evening Star Building. As on previous years, no charge will be made for the tickets, which must be called for in per- son or requested by mail. If re- quests are mailed to the contest office they should be accompanied by a self-addressed - envelope. ‘Telephone calls for the tickets will not be honored. The field of participants in the Sixth International Oratorical Contest finals was completed here today, when Gerard Cournoyer, 19-year-old French-Cana- dian, was announced as spokesman for the Dominion. A student of St. Hyacinthe College at Quebec, young Cournoyer will speak in French on “Why the French Race Has Survived in Canada.” According to Dr. Cyrille F. de Lage, superintendent of education in the Provipce of Quebec, Cournoyer is “one of the best orators Canada has sent to Washington" for the contest. Although 19 years of age, the Canadian champion is within the age limit, since his last birthday was in April, placing him two months inside | the maximum age. Will Study Law. Cournoyer plans to enter the Mon- treal University, where he will study Jaw. At St. Hyacinthe's he was a mem- ber of the school's hockey and tennis teams and was colonel of the Cadet Corps. He also was president of the school's moot criminal and civil courts. In speaking French, Cournoyer fol- lows the precedent established by his immediate predecessors from Canada, all of whom used that language to up- hold the oratorical reputation of the Dominion. Students of languages always have exercised great interest in comparing the French spoken by the Canadian and the French contestants. Most students of the language here find the Canadian easier to follow than the boy from France. Event October 24. The contest finals wil] be staged in Constitution Hall Saturday night, Octo- ber 24. A board of multi-linguist judges will choose the best speaker from the field of seven boys, as he will be an- nounced as champion orator of the world for 1931. ‘The international finals hardly will close before the ninth National Oratori- cal Contest will be launched in the high schools of the United States in readiness for another bid for the world championship. This year the United States will be represented by Robert Rayburn of Newton, Kans. DYNAMITE BLAST HURTS SHOW BUILDING WORKER Struck on the head by falling rock after a dynamite explosion at the new theater at 3416 Connecticut avenue, similar to the one last week that shat- tered windshields and show windows, Frank Litzenburg, 35-year-old stone worker, was painfully injured today. Litzenburg was hit by granite dis- lodm'gy the blast from a steep em- it overhan the foundation. 8he stone fell on his head when he re- turned to the job ater setting off the charge. After treatment at Emergency Hospital he was sent home, PAGE B—1 CGRAND JURY VOTES [TINDICTMENTS AS INQUIRY ADJOURNS Group Which Jeopardized Po- lice Department Charges Ignores Six Cases. PENNY-MATCHIN(-.'\ LEADS TO HOLDING O™ MAN Joy-Rider Charged With Taking Woman's Purse Contain- ing Bond. 1\ The July grand jury, which jeop- ardized 179 inaictments and a special report eriticizing “higher-ups” in the { Police Department for complicity in the “framing” of Orville Staples, a former policeman, when it was discovered that one of its members was receiving a pen- sion front the United States, passed into history today. The jury made its final report to District Supreme Court Justice Jesse C Adkins. The report contained 17 in- dictments and ignored six cases, all of which had been presented after the grand jury had been “rehabilitated” the addition of two members to take t. place of Henry L. Johnson, Spanish W veteran, and another juror excused ! business reasons. Held in Penny Matching. Lem Harris is charged with grand larceny of $100 growing out of a penr | matching game. The complaining wit- ness was La Vaughn M. Cobb, a ¥ i attached to the U. S. S. Asheville. Coi., | said he met Harris at a bus station New York avenue and a walk was sug- gested. They were met by a strange: who suggested matching pennies with Harris and lost $200 to Harris. The accused then asked Cobb, he stated, t- jlend him $100 to show the stranger that he had enough money to cover his $200. When Cobb had turned over the money, the stranger threatened to call the police, claiming the game had bec: crooked and the two men left Cobt The sailor visited the bus station the next day and found Harris. He grabbed and held him until a policeman arrived Harris denied ever seeing the sailor. Robbery is charged against Harry V. Hazel, who is on probation on 8 jov- riding charge. It is alleged he grabbed a purse from under the arm of Nett Skinner. 1348 Euclid street, while was walking on Concord avenue betw Fourth and Fifth streets northwest Au gust 27. The purse is said to have c: tained a $100 bond, a $35 pin and &7 in cash, eyeglasses and a fountain pen Describes Assailant. There was a street lamp near, and | the woman obtained a good descriptic | of her assailant, and police arres | Hazel on her description. She identificd him. police reported. The grand jurors declined to indict Jack Snouffer on two charges of hous-. breaking and larceny; Charles Thomas grand larceny; Edmond A. Jackson, as. sault to rob. William H. Pierce, libel, and J. H. Hanby, embezzlement. Others indicted and the charges against them are: Leroy Savoy and Robert E. Downey. joy-riding: Richard G. Williams, housebreaking: William L. Taylor, Arthur E. French, Alonzo Saun- ders (two cases), housebreaking and {larceny; John J. Madden (two cases), and Joseph A. Bell, forgery; Ernest Hill and Albert E. Applewhite, Alice Jack- son and John Lawson, grand larceny: Howard Lewis, blackmail, and James Fisbre, embezzlement. EXCAVATORS FIND TIBER CREEK BED Remains of 0ld Wharf Believed Found Construction. | in Archives Steam shovels today were digging up old Tiber Creek in excavating the Center Market site for the new Archives Building foundation. ‘The bed of either the old creek or the canal into which Tiber Creek poured has been struck near Ninth street and Constitution avenue, and some old wooden structures suspiciously n the shape of an old wharf were pulled out of the earth far below the present street level. Signs of the age of the old scenes were disclosed by the discovery of a large size l-oent piece, bearing the date 1806. This was one of the early pieces of coinage in the United States, the first pieces having been struck by the United States mint only 13 years earlier, in 1793. The first coins wcre “half dismes,” later changed to the name “half dimes,” omitting the first letter “s.” The 1-cent piece is about the size of a quarter dollar. Gicinti Mario, who is working on the site, found the l-cent piece. He re- fused an offer of $2 for the coin. A silver dollar dated 1888 was found in another section of the site It was incrusted with earth and rusty material from rubbish so that it was scarcely recognizable. When the accumulated debris had been scraped away and it was polished, the brightness of the dollar was brought back, and even the milled edge still remained. Following the discovery of real piles and a dcck remains under the new In- ternal Revenue Building, on Constitu- tion avenue, between Tenth and Twelfth streets, and now the old water course beneath the surface of old Center Market, it was predicted today that there might be further discoveries in another Govemm%m building site or two, where excavaticns are now going on or will start soon. Shovels now are operating at Constitution avenue and Twelfth street, for the Interstate Commerce Commission, and work is expected to start about Octcber 11 on the site for the Department of Justice, between Constitution avenue and Pennsylvania avenue, Ninth and Tenth streets. DAMAGE SUI'I: SETTLED BY “DADDY” BROWNING By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 5.—The $500,- 000 damage suit brought against Edward “Daddy” Browning by his former “Cin- derella girl." Mary Spas, three years ago, was scratched off the calendar in Ja- maica Supreme Court today when it ‘was scheduled to come up for trial. ‘The suit had been settled out of court, but the nature of the settlement was not stated. Mary, now the wife of a Long Island dentist, charged Browhing with beating her during the time she was his ‘vm- 1 tege.