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HUNGER MARCHERS WELL FINANCED, OFFICIALS REVEAL All but Small Group of Vet- erans Leave City Under Police Guard. “ARMY’S” TRUCK DRIVERS ARE PAID $15 PER DAY Leaders of Invasion Stayed at First-Class Hotel and Trav- eled by Airplane. As the evgcuation of the so-called hunger marchers was nearing comple- tion today under police surveillance, it was disclosed that the Communist- sponsored movement, heralded as & spontaneous demonstration by destitude unemployed, in reality was a well- financed businesslike enterprise. At the same time it developed that & bonus-seeking remnant of the in- vaders will remain here, with police sanction, to participate in another bonus demand at the Capitol, under radical suspices, With the exception of the bonus contingent, numbering .g::: fioum::. Sectad L'?)ebe en ;oumt:mfo their homes this lé:frnoon ‘The Nol:,hel'l;’m& AR ¥'akd the Richmond pike tpis Key Bridge and Had Plenty of Backing. affliation which backed . herded into trucks and it mmmfluprmheoluhu and plenty to eat. Source of Funds Unknown. Where all the money came from is not def to ool eader nubm'nem"wn > al , 4 ids and others, it was raised in | quest Temaining : the city, Levin city, Others, he said, are coming here from wvarious parts of the country. Health Inspection Ordered. ormed of Levin's plans, Maj. o W. Bx;;'n“l;x;:er:aundt r:' , consent et the men re- in the city provided the housing met with the approval of Dis- trict health authorities. He said Dis- trict health inspectors would examine both buildings immediately. In addition to the 120 bonus seekers who came with the hunger marchers, it was said approximately 300 others were elsewhere in Washington, mostly 4n the homes of friends. First to leave the camping grounds this morning was the small Southern contingent, Which pulled out with an of two motor cycle policemen at about 10 oclock. The line of two trucks and three automobiles, contain- ing mostly colored Communists from Georgia, V! vl ‘was directed to Highway Sridge ant turped over to a squad of 7irginia State police s soon as the District was crossed. ‘The Virginia officers hustled the 60-odd marchers on toward their destination. Want to Avoid Cumberland. Following the departure of the Southern delegation, leaders of the Western group conferred with Mary- Jand and Virginia State police rela- tive to the routes through those States.| Claiming the vehicles in which the| Junger army is traveling are not prop- erly equipped for night travel, T. Mc-|by uulo Frazier, dh'e’cu‘),r h-:i::h".m ;lévxm'n tvehicles of sa. morning the hunger marchers would not be permitted to use the State's roads after dark. If they are in the State a Nz.!igm they will forced to 50 transportation! 75 hiked out of the Distriey morning, accompanied by a police after they were denled permis. to board freight cars in the rafl. yards beside New York avenue. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ‘These Brooklyn, N. Y., truck drivers, who brought the Northern division of the hunger marchers to Washington, were paid $15 a day and all expenses while on the road. They were given signed contracts and allowed to stop in good hotels. —Star Staff Photo. BLACK T0 PRESS FOR DISTRICT BEER, Says Congress Can Give D. C. Light Wine and Brew Immediately. Protesting that Congress can give the National Capital light wines and beer independent of the rest of the country, Representative Loring Black of New He explained that this will provide 34 JAPANESE “POACHERS” ARE RELEASED BY U. S. Fishermen to Be Returned to Japan—Say They Misunder- stood Cutter’s Signal. By the Assoclated Press. December 7.—Thirty-four Japanese fishermen, seized as “poach- ers” off the coast of Northern Luzon, ‘were released today into the custody of Japanese Consul Kimura, who said he would return them to Japan. ‘The n ‘they stood the signals of the Arrayat, Coast Guard cutter, which fired at them, December 4, after they sllegedly had a command to halt. Otherwise they did not present a de- fense and the treatment received at the hands of auth 3 misunder- CONVENTION BEGUN = BY 30 ENGINEERS prohibition enforcement = officers run over the country. ‘The promise that the bill to prohibit professional prize-fighting 1o legal- ize amateur boxing in the et will be presented at the next meeting was e by Chairman Palmisano of the judiciary subcommittee. This measure was urged by Representatives Holmes, Republican, of Massachusetts; and other members, but action was de- ferred until the next meeting at the re- of Representative Smith, from Arlington County. Blue Sky Bill Debated. Another discussion in the committee centered around the request of Repre- sentative Bowman, Republican, of West Virginia, for action upon the bill to regulate the sale of securities, knownas '!-!he “blue sky” legislatiol Mr. Harland said the trict would be better off with no bill than the Blaine bill that passed the Senate. Chairman Norton announced the committee will not have time at this session to put through any controversial measures and urged that time be con- served for action on necessary legisla- tion. She urged the subcommittee to report as promptly as possible on the insurance code. Corporation Counsel | Bride offered to supply Mr. Harland and | other members of the committee with a | digest of changes and a summary of objections that were made at previous hearings. Mr. Smith asked for early action on | his bill amending the method of se- lecting jurors and cited two nationally important cases in which the cost of conducting the trial was thrown away because it was later found out that the member of the jury should have been disqualified. Corporation Counsel Bride explained that this situation had been corrected through a series of questions in writing which the district attorney put to each prospective juror. Chair- ! man Palmisano promised he would have a conference with the district attorney regarding the need for this legislation. A number of bills were referred to subcommittes for consideration, includ- ing one providing that fees be charged the recorder of deeds, another to register electricians and that automo- biles owned by the Government should special carry & urned their t there were no clashes. While these preparaticns were being made, Representative Fiorella H. Guardia, lame-duck member of Con- gress from New York, appeared at the the | nual meeting at the today Chemical Institute Opens 25th Annual Meeting. Dinner Tonight. ‘The American Institute of Chemical opened its twenty-fifth an- ‘Washifigton Hotel with spproximately 300 in at- tendance. . ‘The morning session was devoted to 2 highly technical discussion of chemi- cal problems. President John V. N. Dorr and there K. Sher- wood and E. W. Comings of the Massa- e | chusetts Institute of Technology, W. L. McCabe of the University of Michigan and P. W. Adams. i This afternoon there will'be a sym- posium on patents in the suditorium of the United States Patent Office. Karl Fenning, chairman of the National Committee on Patent Legislation, will be the chief speaker, There will be an ‘l:{:omt“ d:l!‘xcl;ler‘# the Washington tonight at w] e principal speaker will be Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington correspondent of the London Times, who will speak on “What Britain Thinks of United States’ Cur- rent Trends.” SCIENTISTS WILL GET | FULL DECEMBER PAY Bureau of Standards Workers to Have Respite From Fur- loughs. .Santa Claus will pay two visits to 1,000 employes of the Bureau of Stand- ards this month. in the role of the pay- master. The Commerce Department an- nounced today that workers at this bu- reau will be paid their full basic sal- aries on December 15 and December 30. Facing 10 days’ administrative fur- lough, these employes have been having pay deductions of five days a month, instead of the two-and-a-half-day legis- lative furlough schedule as in most other bureaus of the department. ‘This so-called double penalty, it was explained, was necessary to clear up the 30-day legislative furloughs during the first half of the fiscal year in prepara- tion for the 10-day administrative fur- loughs to follow. th ents made by Dr. . J. Bflfi" ting director, the em- ployes will receive their full basic pay for the two December pay days.w, Employes in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and the office ry, also on a monthly five-day legislative furlough schedule, were not included in this bit of Christ- mas cheer. $5,000 RING MISSING Dr. H. P. Scott Uncertain Whether Robber or Joker Took It. ANNUAL VESPER SERVICE Holy Name Soclety Schedules Meeting, Sunday, January 8. ‘The annual service of the vesper . | Holy Name BSociety will be held Sunday, juary 8, according to an announce- :.I.;t : by William J. Neale of the organization, today Name Wmdmmm mnlgu.’-hmh- macuiste Conception N streets, Bighth and | the ECONOMY CHANGES SET FOR HOWARD Colored University to Undergo Administrative Consolida- ' tion January 1. - CAREY ASKS STUDY | 10 READJUST ALL FEDERAL SALARIES Holds Low-Paid Employes Have Been Cut as Much as They Can Stand. INEQUALITIES SEEN IN VARIOUS POSITIONS v Economy Committee Hears Repre- sentatives of Organizations’on Modification of Act. Robinson of Indiana Against Any Pay Cut ForU. S. Employes Senator Robinson, Republican, of Indiana, declared today he is opposed to cutting Government salaries anywhere along the line, in commenting on the proposal to apply a percentage cut along with the furlough. He also went on record against the budget reccmmendation for revision of veterans' allowances. “What we need to do is increase purchasing power, and how are you going to do that by reduc- ing salaries?” he asked. He said the only way to bal- ance the budget is by taxation or a bond issue. Salaries in the Government service should be studied thoroughly and read- justed from the standpoint of services rendered rather than a flat percentage reduction on all, Senator Carey, Re- publican, of Wyoming, declared today. Senator Carey said he thought the low salaried employes already have taken as much of a cut as they can stand. At the same time, he. said, there are inequities in salaries, par- ticularly as between, bureau chiefs and | different departments. Administrative changes to effect greater economy and efficiency will be put into operation at Howard University January 1, it was announced yesterday by the institution’s board of trustees. Dr. Emmett J. Scott, who has been secretary-treasurer at Howard for 25 years, will become secretary of the uni- versity and the duties of treasurer will be given to Virginus D. Johnson, pres- ent budget officer, Same Duties. Emory B. Smith, director of public information, will have the same duties after the beginning of the new year, but he will function under Dr. Scott. The position of university architect, now held by Albert I. Cassell, will be discontinued. In announcing this ac- tlon the trustees explained that in the future architectural services will be used only when specific building “projects are appropriated for and actually under- taken. ‘The university printing office will be discontinued January 1, but the book- store will be closed out immediately. The new set-up, Dr. Abram Flexner, chairman of the board of trustees, pointed out in announcing the prejected changes, will release the office of presi- dent of the university from a mass of detalled duties it now carries. The changes, however, are looked to par- ticularly to result in economies not now possible, Action of Trustees. The changes announced yesterday are the results of the action of the trustees in October in adopting new by-laws making the readjustments in adminis- tration possible. A survey of the finan- cial operation of Howard is being made by Thaddeus Hungate, financial direc- tor of Columbia University, who was “lJoaned” to Howard by the New York institution, and internal changes in the treasurer’s office will await completion of that study. BANQUET TO HONOR DENTAL PRESIDENT Dr. G. Walter Dittmar to Be Prin- cipal Speaker at Local Society Dinner. Dr. G. Walter Dittmar of Chicago, president of the American Dental Asso- ciation, will be the guest of honor and make. the principal address at a ban- quet to be given tonight at the Co- lumbia Country Club by the District ; Dental Society. g Also attending will be a group of dis- | tinguished dentists, who are in Wash- ington today for a conference with the officials of the United States Public Health Service. Dr. Thomas D. Webb is chairman of the committee in charge of arrange- ments for the banquet and Dr. Charles D. Cole, president of the local group, will act as toastmaster. Other honor guests at the banquet will include Surg. Gen. H. S. Cumming, Dr. C. E. Waller, assistant surgeon gen- eral; Dr. L. R. Thompson, assistant surgeon general, and Dr. Clinton C. Messner, chief dental surgeon, all of the Public Health Service; Rear Ad- miral Charles E. Riggs, surgeon general of the U. S. Navy; Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, director of the Bureau of Standards; Dr. Homer C. Brown, chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Ameri- can Dental Association; Dr. J. Ben Robinson, president of the National Assoc’ation of Dental Schools; Dr. C. Willard Camalier, president of the National Agsociation of Dental Ex- aminers, and Dr. Albert L. Midgely, secretary of the Dental Educational Council of America. +| DISTRICT BOARD NAMED FOR REVOKING LICENSES i| Three Men to Be Appointed by Commissioners Have Limited Powers. The District .Commissioners yester- day established a board to deal with revoking licenses granted under the new license act. The board will con- sist of the superentendent of licenses, an assistant corporaticn counsel and a police officer to be designated by the superintendent of police. Under the license act, the Commis- sioners may revoke or suspend any license granted under its terms for good cause. ‘The board will have no extraordinary oaths, 8§ it is held that these powers which ers may not delegate to others, Meanwhilé, the special Senate Econ- omy Committee was endeavoring to con- clude the hearing of witnesses urging repeal of or changes in the existing | economy law, which established the furlough plan amounting to an 8%; per cent pay cut this year. The Presi- dent’s message yesterday recommended continuation of the_ furlough plan to- gether with an 11 per cent cut on that part of a salary in excess of $1,000. Group Heads Heard. Witnesses heard by the Economy Committee today included W. G. Arm- strong, president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association; Raymond J. Roche of the Washington Printing Pressmen's Union, and John P. Frey of the metal trades department of the A. F. of L. ,Two other witnesses ap- pearing as individuals were Edwin | Evans and Alfred D. Calyert. Senator Dickinson, Republican, of Iowa, who conducted the hearing, asked Mr. Roche if he would favor doing away with the furlough plan and establish- ing a straight pay cut. Mr. Roche in- dicated he thought there would be op- position to continuing Government salary reductions, but he thought the straight pay cut would be preferable if it covered a five-day week and restored some of the annual leave. He spoke on behalf of Government Printing Office employes. Urges Graduated Scale. Mr. Frey argued the action of the Government cn pay reductions is re- flected in private industry and that the present economic situation will not be remedied until statesmen and econ- omists look upon the workers as con- sumers as well as producers. Mr. Evans suggested to the commit- tee a graduated scale of salary reduc- tions as follows: A 50 per cent cut for all officials receiving $10,000 or more, 35 per cent cut between $5,000 and $9,999, 25 per cent from $3,000 to $4,999 and 10 per cent from $1,000 to $2,999, except that where an employe is mar- ried and has dependent children there would be no reduction if ts:e salary does not exceed $2,000. 4 ‘Would Repeal Act. Late yesterday Senator McKellar of Tennessee, one of the Democratic mem- bers of the Economy Committee, intro- duced a bill in the Senate to repeal the classification act, under which sal- arles and promotions of Government employes have been standardized since 1212:. This l;w cstl:listyl;eed ; dei'::;l& salary range for eac! of position in the classified service. These rates of pay have been temporarily upset this year by the operation of the 8Y; per calznt reduction through the furlough plan. The McKellar bill, however, would repeal the entire classification act and provide that the compensation for posi- tions regulated by the classification law would be whatever rates are in force at the time his bill becomes effective, if it passes. At the same time Senator King, Dem- ocrat, of Utah, presented a bill to pre- vent the covering into the classified Civil Service of any position or employe not included in that status, or the ap- pointment to the classified service of any employe without examination, un- less Congress specifically authorizes it. The bill also states that the Civil Serv- ice laws shall not apply to itions covered into the classified since March, 1929. Other bills introduced yesterday by Senator McKellar had the following ob- jectives: To abolish the Bureau of Efficiency, the Council of National De- fense, the War Finance Corporation and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. OFFICERS CAR TAKEN Policeman Thinks He May Be Vic- tim of Practical Joke. After reporting his automobile stolen last night near No. 1 police station, | where he had parked it when going on duty, Policeman Jeremiah J. Cullinane was not sure today, but had a suspicion he may *have been the victim of a prank by a fellow policeman. The automobile was found by another officer today on New Jersey avenue, only a short distance from where Cul- linane had parked it. Cullinane can hardly believe a thief would have been so obliging as to return it to within a stone’s throw from where it was taken. BANQUET TONIGHT Association of Oldest Inhabitants Plans Reception Also. ‘The annual banquet of the Associa- s L RS 8 . 3 it of the B T er. speaks The will be R e & 1 $ 1932. 30 “H partment into the c: approximately 30 march confined to a squalid unheated, unfur- nished house at 123 Bates street, a makeshift “infirmary” for demonstra- tors. Dr. Willlam C. Fowler, District health officer, said he had des! ted Dr. James G. Cumming, chief of his Bu- reau of Preventable Diseases, to visit the scene and make an investigation of the cases. Five Taken to Gallinger. Meanwhile five of the patients re- moved to Gallinger Hospital last night fter being found seriously ill by a pri- vate physician, were reported in favor- able condition at the institution today.’ The remainder of the ailing I marchers werexto be taken into the pri- vate homes of sympathizers for proper attention. The cases of these latter were not deemed sufficiently serious to warrant hospital treatment. The occupants of the Bates street house, a.small, three-room affair, were found by Dr. Benjamin Newhouse of 4213 Sixteenth street, who was called by one of his patients in the neighbor- hood. Entering the dwelling, Dr. New- house said he was horrified at the sight which greeted his eyes. Lie on Bare Floor. “Men and women were strewn about the floor in gramped positions,” he said, “while one or two women of the hunger army scught to administer aid by use of quinine and aspirin and similar remedies. Some of them were running temperatures as high as 105 and 106 degrees. They were lying on the bare floor, many of them withcut even make- shift mattresses, and catching a draft unger Marchers” Il HEALTH DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATES GRIPPE CASES. N investigation was under wa; 'Agedlywmmmnmg ANNE MUSELIN. —>Star Staft Photo. from the door every time a ‘patient’ arrived for treatment.” Dr. Newhouse put in calls for am- bulances of Emergency Hospital and the Fire Rescue Squad and tfansported the more seriously affticted to Gallinger Hospital These included Clarence W. Austin, 37, and his wife, Gertrude, 31, of Canton, Ohio; John Magy, 38, of Chicago; Miss Anne Muselin, 19, of Ambridge, Pa,, and Powell Seidler, 48, of Chicago. GOVERNMENT UNIT GIVES $5.223 MORE Community Chest Totals $1,- 868,304, With President Still Confident. “The Government unit of the Com- munity Chest, which is continuing its cempaign for welfare and relief funds until Saturday, yesterday turned over to the Chest $5,223.74, which brought the total raited in the campaign to date to $1,868,304.24. Officials of the Chest at the same time announced a number of additional Ea1 gits, the’ metropaitas and-wroup c , the met an solicitation units, but the exact lm'wu:g will not be made known until the Audit Committee resumes work on Saturday. Chest President E. C. Graham still is confident Washington will continue to respond to the Chest appeal and swell the total for the 1933 campaign. Contributors Out of City. “We are still hopeful of materially increasing the imxnl raised by the Chest so far,” he declared. “Some of our contributors are still out of the city and I am sure again will give when they return. However, there are many people who were away during the cam- paign who were missed by, our workers and whom we_ have no' method of reaching now. If they were missed, it was unintentional and we hope they will realize the extremely serious situ- ation that confronts Washington this Winter and will make their pledge either at the Chest office or at their bank.” Tme final audit of the campaign will be made when the Government unit’s drive ends. and the figures will be turned over to Chest officials for budget ‘making. Gifts of $100 and More. Among gifts of $100 or more reported yesterday were: Fifteen hundred dollars, Mrs. Guy Norman; $500, Continental Baking Co. and Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Adams; $400, Mrs. David F. Sellers; $375.86, Thomas D. Thatcher; $300, Miss Emma T. Hahn; $250, Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Mann_and A. C. Case; $204, Morris Plan Bank; $200.75, Frank W. Ballou; $150, G. C. Murphy Co., Fred S. Gich- ner Iron Works, Inc., Hotel Harrington, PURITAN TRADITION SUBJECT OF DINNER Congregational, Unitarian and Universalist Churches Represented. Leaders in the Congregational, Uni- tarian and Universalist Churches gath- ered in the Raleigh Hotel last night ac & “national dinner” to commemorate the Puritan tradition of which the three denominations are representative. The religious leaders attending the dinner heard Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, honorary minister of the Broadway Tabernacle Church, New York, praise the “power of the Puritans,” which, he sald, is strongly manifest among the people of the world today. Praises Puritan Spirit. “The main contribution of the Puri- tan,” said Dr. Jefferson, “was the power of his life—a powerful spirit in the world today. The high sense of God end of man, value of liberty and sense of duty are the great essentials of the Puritan spirit.” ‘The New York minister’s speech, the principal one of the evening, was broad- cast by station WMAL. of the Universalist who spoke on F. Etz, General Convention, “The Universalist and the Puritan”; Rev. Walter Spooner, superintendent of the Middle Atlantic Conference of nal Churches, who discussed “The tionalist and the Puri- dent of the American Unitarian clation, whose topic was “The Unitarian and the Puritan.” Urges Church Council. The latter advocated a free church council of all liberal churches, combin- ing Protestant _denominations under a single head. This plan, Dr. Cornish said, will be acted on at a meeting of Unitarian Church leaders in Boston later this month. S. W. Zink and Esra Brainerd; $120, Y Mr. and Mrs. Prederick G. Cottrell; $109.50, Dr. Winifred M. Ashby; $102.20, Hugh M. Tate; $100, Thomas H. Kear- ney (additional), John D. Foley, Brig. Gen. R, H. Lane, Rear Admiral George C. Day, Capt. Donald C. Bingham, Rear Admiral_Frank T. Chambers, Dr. Ly- man J. Briggs, Dr. William Gerry Mor- gan, Stone Straw Corporation, Dr. K. H. Langenstrass, Jane Esther Platt, Landra B. Platt, Miss Mildred E. Gibbs, T | Elizabeth E. Brown and Gem'xewwn University Hospital Alumnae - ation, SECOND WIFE GRAN—TED ANNULMENT DECREE Mrs. Ethel E. Bear Says Husband Failed to Terminate First Marriage. Mrs. Ethel E. Bear, 1357 Perry place, who said her husband, Thomas S. Bear, had not terminated a previous marriage when he married her at Vandergrift, Pa, in January, 1930, was awarded a decree of annulment by Chief Justice Alfred Court today. It was established that Mrs. Bear was deceived by the representations of her husband that he had been divorced from the first wife, a Washington wom- an. Attorney Raymond Neudecker mg; resented Mrs, Bear, who, under terms of the decree, may resume her maiden name, Ethel Johns. A. Wheat in District Supreme | and A. Stockdale conductéd benediction. A feature of the program was the appearance of the National Capital Choir of the Universalist National Memorial Church, under on of Dr. Albert W. Harned. —— OLD IRONSIDES DELAYED Bad Weather, Off Cape Hatteras Holds Frigate Here. Reports of unfavorable weather off Cape Hatteras today kept the frigate Constitution tied up to the dock at the Washington Navy Yard and delayed her prospective departure for Cuba in 24 hours, Naval officials announced there would be no visitors allowed aboard tocay, however. 1If weather reports are favorable, Old lrcnsl_, des will get under way tomorrow at 7 am. FIRE AT SEN.ATOR’S HOME Fire in the basement of his home early today failed to disturb Senator Mrs, Otis F. Glenn of Illinois, ‘whose W home is at 2435 California gtreet. The blaze started from a leaking oil burner. eflA fiamlfir of the }g;uehnld summony 0. Engine Company which extinguished the blaze before any damage was done. Senator and Mrs. Glenn were on an upper floor at the time. BOY, 4, SAVES LIFE OF AUTOIST; CUTS OFF FLOW OF MONOXIDE GAS Restlessly Works Ignition Switch to Hasten *“Best Pal.” Deadly Fumes Stop. Four-year-old Donald Coe's best pal 5}& him work the ignition switch when ey Rt This got no and Donald made good g ] 252 I § i } kFE £ i i £ £ § DUPING OF WOMAN OF 0000 CHARGED BY D.C,GRAND JRY Dr. Frank L. Purdy and Wife Are Accused by Probers on 11 Counts. EXECUTOR OF ESTATE * HELD IN $1,076 LOSS Total of 31 Indictments Are Given to Chief Justice A. A. Wheat. Nine Cases Are Ignored, Dr. Frank Leroy Purdy and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Fleld Purdy, were ine dicted today by the District grand jury, which has been investigating charges they swindled Mrs. Florence Means Kay, 1840 Mintwood place, out of nearly $10,000. They are charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. It is al- leged Mrs. Purdy told Mrs. Kay the $10,000 was to be used to bring a chest of silver, unset diamonds and old lace valued at $60,000,000 from London to New York. Dr. Purdy was indicted on the theory that he shared in the money. Servica was secured on him by Deputy Mar- shall John Clarkson, who crawled through a servidor in the Shorcham Hotel to reach Dr. Purdy’s apartment. Mrs. Furdy is said to be in Detroit. Indicted on 11 Counts. ‘The indictment is in 11 counts and charges the receipt of $650, January 20, 1931; $5,000, January 23; $500, Febe- ruary 5; $250, February 6; $750, Feb- ruary 16; $1,500 March 6; $175, May 15; $175, May 27; $230, June 17; $540, July 1, and $175, July 16, 1931. Peculations from the estate of Emma 8. Spates, of which he had been ex- ecutor, are charged in an indictment against H. Latane Lewis, said to be a resident of Maryland and formerly a real estate man here. The indictment charges embezzlement of $1,076.50 and is in seven counts, alleging appropria~ tion to his own use of $400, May 22, 1930; $150, June 30; $210, July 18; $150, July 7; $100, July 17; $50, Sep- tember 20, 1930, and $16.50, September Congregal tan,” and Rev. Louis C. Cornish, presi- Asso- | H, 24, 1931, Robbery of the Schulte Cigar Store as theater patrons N¢ - 27 is charged to Robert Paull. He is said to have struck the clerk, Arthur B, Snyder, over the head wi of a weapon when he did not quickly enough to. the demand company’s money.. TWwo twenty-five dollars belonging company and $20 belonging to the clerk was taken. ustice Alfred A, Wheat, |and the grand jurors declined to indict in nine other cases presgnted to them. They exonerated _James Nesbitt, colored, it tor at an apartment house _near ode avenue and North Capitol street, of re= sponsibility for the death of the janitor, William McKinley ‘Scott. The apart= Other speakers included Rev. Roger | discovered secretary the charges against them include: Thomas William Bowles, non-support of miner children. Gecrge E. Haynes and William assault with dangerous weapon, Theodore A. Woodward, Thomas Dixon (two cases), William Powell, Leon Payion (two cases) and Franklin Var- ner, joyriding. Held for Grand Larceny. John Lee Carter, alias Willlam Watts, alias William Watson (two cases), - | grand larceny. Leroy Wiley, alias Johnny Jackson; William Smith (two cases), James E. Jackson (two cases), Edward Willis, alias Edward J. Willis, and Louis Crutchfield, housebreaking and larceny, Robert Williams, Ambrose C. M: thews, alias Thomas Gray (two cases John V. Guy, James Vessilla, Freeland Bragg and Choice Henry, robbery. Assault Charges. Percy Ellis, assault with dangerous weapon and assault with intent to com~ mit robbery; John V. Guy, James Ves= silla, Freeland Bragg and Charles W. Blalock, assault with intent to commit To $ Thomas F. Bell, rape and assault with intent to commit rape. Erskine Spencer, carnal knowledge and assault with intent to commit car- nal knowledge. Fred, Stepney and Lawrence Webster, violation national prohibition act. Jamss G. Landers, alias J. G. Landers, false pretenses. Arthur G. E. Hughes, embezzlement. Mortimer M. Harris (two cases), em= bezzlement. DISTRICT MAY BE GIVEN TIME IN HOUSE MONDAY Rainey May Allow Mrs. Nortom to Bring Bills Up if They Are Ready for Conmsideration. Monday will probably be District day in the House. House Leader Rainey said today that if Chairman Norton of the District Committee has bills ready for consideration by the House, he may be able to let her call them up. Mrs. Norton announced at the AWARDED CONTRACT Peter and A. J. Ellis, Inc., to Con- struct Water Main. Peter and A. J. Ellis, Inc., of Phila- delphia, were awarded a contract by District Commissioners yesterday construction of a 48-inch water main at Fifth and north on Fifth Svenue_to. Georgia