Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1933, Page 15

RAID NETS $3.000 N ALLESED Lo 17 Colored Persons Are Jailed and Solution of Scores of Robberies Seen. Raiding a house in the 200 block of K street, headquarters detectives yes-| terday arrested 17 colored persons and recovered allegedly stolen property valued at from $3,000 to $5.000. The officers said they believed scores of burglaries committed during the past | four months might be solved as a result. The raid followed the arrest Thurs- day of Carl Jackson, 24, colored, 700 block of First street, said by police to have been responsible for the theft of a large portion of the recovered loot. Jackson, on parole from Lorton Re- format afier serving three years of a 10-; , Was captured as he attempted into a vacant house in the 3600 block of Garfield street. The colored prisoners, all of whom were in the K street house, include two alleged “fences.” who. police said, would b2 charged with receiving stolen prop- hile the others are being )’1:‘1{1v for investigation. The alleged *“fences, police said, are William Francis Diggs, 23, ored, of the 700 block of First street. and Mrs. Winnie Carrington, 42, colored, of the K street address. The Carrington woman is being held at Gal- | linger Hospital, having been removed from a sick-bzd in the raid. . Nerthwest Homes Looted. The loct, ranging from jewelry and silverware to expensive fur coats, in- cludes property removed from homes in varicus parts of the Northwest section. Police believe they have recovered hun- dreds of dollars' worth of property stolen from W. C. Wilmott, 3000 block Cathedral avenue; Dr. Daniel M. Wass- man, 100 block of Thomas street: Leon- ard R. Towson, 3000 block Morrison street: Hugh B. Sampscn. 500 block Concord avenue: Mrs. Frances Hurley, | 4000 biock of Tenth street northeast, | and sever others. 1 Besides Diggs and Mrs. Carrington, those errested in the raid were: Robert | Washington, 21, 100 block Reeves court; Robrt T. Stewart. 26, 1600 block | Reeves court; Isaac Smith, 27, of the 200 block Morgan street: John Ed-| wards, 29, of the 200 block Reeves Court; James Thomas, 26. 100 block P street; Morris Dates, 26, 900 _block Twenty-seventh street; Staunton Smith, 21. 1100 block First street: William Smith, 28, 1100 block Fourth street; James Bryant, 35, 200 block of K street; | Katherine Williams. 20. Evelyn Brown, 21, Emily Byers, 22, Alice Washington, 24, Florence Carrington, 15, and Eliza- beth Carri of K street. Hold-ups and Thefts Reported. i | present. | we find a | opportunities. ngten, 14, all of the 200 biock! Prof. Arnold of Yal Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW HAVEN, Conn. January 28.— The popular belief that Jeanne D'Arc was not given a fair trial, but was con- demned to death in 1431 by a partisan court, is not upheld when the search- light of legal knowledge is thrown upon the court proceedings. Prof. Thurman W. Arnold of the Yale Law School faculty has just made a study of the complete records of the trial of the “Maid of Orleans,” based on the translations of these records from the original Latin and French documents, and finds that the proceedings of the trial show “all the restraint and all the judicial attitude of the best conducted trials of our own day.” The court, he says, writing in the Yale Law Journal, cannot be blamed for the governmental philosophy of medieval France, which considered heresy a capital offense. A modern prosecutor “might well be proud” had he conducted the trial, Prof. | Arnold says, in his legal review of the case. “The conventional requirements of due process familiar to us are all Though under different names, reliminary hearing, an in- dictment which discloses to the accused the nature of her offense in elaborate detail; a trial in which the evidence is fully ' disclosed and opportunity is given to the accused to meet all rele- vant issues; an appelate review of both manent written transcript of the entire proceedings. Lacked Only a Counsel. “We find missing only one of the the representation of the accused by counsel. Nevertheless, if we let the record speak for itself, we find a cer- tain fairness in the questions asked and full oppertunity for the defendant to deliberate on her answers. In fact, the absence of counsel seems to impel the court to be less brutal in its question- ing than is now permitted under cross- examination. “Jeanne avails herself very well of her Her answers show as- tuteness and legal skill. Her great fault lies in the fact that she has the cour- age of her convictions, and those con- victions are that she is in closer con- tact with the Diety through her voices Although Conducted Without Defense Counsel, Met Modern Requirements.' the law and the evidence, and a per- | modern requirements of a fair trial— | ¥ L THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., BELIEF JOAN OF ARC RECEIVED UNFAIR TRIAL IS DISPUTED e Says 1431 Hearing, than even the lords of the church themselves. She is setting her con- sclence as represented by her voices against the fundamental theories of ecclesiastical government, and such presumption will seldom be permitted in any organized society properly mind~ ful of the prestige of its institutions.” The deliberations of the University of Paris, whose entire faculties were requested to review the proceedings, were maked by inevitable logic, Prof. Arnold finds. Skeptical About “Voices.” “The faculty of theology skeptical about Jeanne's ‘voice: ing that they are either lies or else that they proceed from the diabolical spirits of Belaial, Satan and Behomoth, which terms the ancients described o+What we now call bolshevism. The faculty of degrees points out truthfully enough that if this woman was sanc (and there is no reason to believe that she was insane according to our mod- ern right and wrong test), she has sep- arated herself from obedience to the church militant. | When the chapter of the Cathedral | ot Rouen ceded territory for the pur-| | poce of trial to the bishop who con- | | vened the court, the technical diffi- | culties in cetermining the place ofd trial were eliminated. Prof. Arnold | describes the method of appeal as “ad- | | mirable in its simplicity.” ! | As the trial proceeds, Prof. Arnold | | detects an _interesting change of atti- tude on the part of the judges because of the orderly and rational procedure | which they have adopted. | t first we suspect that for reasons | | which might well be described by the | invidious word ‘political,’ these judges { would have been delighted to convict Jeanne. Natural human emotions of isympalhy are submerged in the desire | to get rid of her. But as the trial| | progresses the court becomes more and | | more sympathetic with the heroine, and | | as it becomes more and more evident | | that respect for the law compels them | to convict, no matter how they feel, it ! | becomes no longer necessary for the | | court to suppress its feelings of regret. | The court becomes more paternal in | | its attitude.” (Copyricht. 1933 FOUR HURT IN CRASH | Auto on Way to Hospital With Injued Man, and Another Collide. A number of hold-ups and petty | theits were repcrted to police last night. | Dr. Edmund T. Lane, dentist, with | offices at 1029 Vermont avenue, re- | ed his suite was entered and $50 2sh and dental gold stolen. reported stolen from Miss Mary Ryder, 1300 block Fifteenth street. The val- es were in a pocketbook which Miss | yder left in a desk drawer in a down- | artment siore, she said. man and woman assaulted and rcbbed Robert B. Colm, 400 block Pcnnsylvania avenue, as he was walk- ing on Virginia avenue southwest. He was Tobbed of $1.40 Alertness of bystanders resulted in the capture of a colored man snatched a pocketbook Blanche Halbert, 1800 block of K street, as she was Lafayette Pa in company with an- other youne womgn. The thief was | beoked et No. 3 precinct as George W. Lucas, 22, of the 300 block N place | southwest. Miss Halbert’s screams attracted the | attention of persons nearby, one of whom gave chase, while another, hear- ing cries tripped the runner and held him until police arrived. Grocer Robbed of $15 Max Rosen, proprietor of a grocery | at 720 Barry place, reported he was robbed of $15 by an armed colored bandit Three colorsd boys were arrested last nigit in_connection with the theft of a $40 c-mbination stop watch from Wil- liam W. Printz, 400 block of Shepherd stroct. The trio, Walter Wilbur Smith, 16. of the 700 block Park road: Regi- nald Reynolds, 15, 700 block Morton strect, end Lorenzo Bryant, 10, 1000 blcck Park road, are b:ing held. Two cclored men held up Wesley Broughton, a taxi driver, 2100 block of F strect, as he was narking his car on Neal place and rcbbed him of $4 in cash. Louis Giazer, a storekeeper of the 200 block of V street, told police he wa- held up at the pomt of a gun by a colored man, who tock $5 from his cash Tegister. PROTESTANTS PLAN DAY OF INTERCESSION Bishop Freeman to Open Services of Meditation at Epiphany Tuesday. A day of intercession and meditation under auspices of the Protestant churches of the city will be held Tues- day ot the Church of the Epiphany. The services will be opened at 9:30 o'clock by Bishop James E. Freeman. who will conduct holy communion and deliver an address. They will be con- tinued thrcughout the day until 5:30 O'Clo(“]'n;. i Other speakers are. 10‘30-11p o'clock, Dr. Harvey Baker Smith, Columbia Heights Disciples Church; 11-11:30 o'clock, Dr. S:muel Judson Perter, First Baptist Church; 11:30-12 o'clock, Dr. Russell J. Clinchy, Mount Pleasant Congregational Church; 12-12:30 o'clock, Bishop Rhinelander, College of Prexchers; 12:30-1 o'clock, Dr. Augustus Murr: Wasmngtun Friends' meeting: 1-1:30 o'clock, Dr. Frederick _Brown Harris, Foundry Methodist Episcopal: 1:30-2 o'clock, Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, First Congregation21 Church; 2-2:30 o'clock, Dr. James H. Taylor, Central Presbyterian; 2:30-3 o'clock, Dr. James Shera Montgomery, Metropolitan Memorial Church: 3-3:30 o'clock, Dr. Henry W. Snyder, St. Paul's Lutheran Church; 3:30-4 o'clock, Dr. R. Y. Nicholson, Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protestnt Church; 4-4:30 o'clock, Dr. W. S. Abernathy, Calvary Baptist Churcl 4:30-5 o’clock, - Dr. Forney Hutchinson, Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal South, and 5-5:30 o'clock, Dr. F. S. Niles, Gearge- town Presbyterian Church. DR. COBEY IS HONORED Memorial Services Held by District Dental Society. Memorial services for Dr. Alexander T D. Cobey, who up to the time of his death layst, November was the oldest practicing member of the District Dental Society, were held at a meeting of the society last week et George Washingtcn University Medical Build- ing. Dr. Charles D. Cole, president of the society, presided. Dr. A. D, Weakley called attention to Dr. Cobey’s long record of service, dur- ing which he practiced dentistry for 55_years. D‘r. Alexander H. Patterson of Ba{g- more, authority on dentures, was the csayict, his cubject being “Full Dent- ures.” who | from Miss | walking _through | Four persons were hurt and two others narrowly escaped injury last night when two automobiles, one of which was ruch- ing an injured man to Emergency Hos- pital, crashed at Fourteenth street and Rhode Island avenue. Those hurt in the smash-up were Jack Simmons, 23, Brooklyn. N. Y.; William Lawrence, 29, of 4120 Four- | | teenth street; Miss Verna Bricker, 22, | of 1843 Irving street, and Thomas Mc- | Kenna, 24. of Stratford, Pa. All were treated for cuts and bruises at Emer- | gency Hospital. Simmons, according to Traffic Po- liceman James E. Bennett and J. R. Le- | Foe, had cut his arm when shoved through a glass window during a fight in the 3600 block of Thirteenth street. | He was being taken to the hospital by | Thomas League, McKenna and the lat- ter's sister, Margaret, 22, when the car collided with Lawrence's automobile. ON FOURTEENTH ST. 'CALLS FOR REMOVAL v ! OF ‘CURSE OF MIDAS’| William J. Cooper Urges Schools to} Aid Solution of Dilemma of Want Amid Plenty. By the Associated Press | Educational institutions of the | United States were calied upon yester- day by William John Cooper, commis- | soner of education, to “help remove the curse of Midas from America” and | aid in solving the “dilemma of want in | the presence of plen This statement accompanicd a report | based on a questionnaire sent to 1,500 | colleges and _universities, which said | that many schools “are performing an | unparalleled community ~relief _service | in_this period of economic difficulty.” | “American institutions of higher | learning,” the commissicner said, “are | Jjustly proud of the contributions which their laboratories have made to ma- | | terial progress. Now our colleges and | universities have an opportunity to | make an equally important contribution | to social progress. | | “The engineering, agricultural, chemi- cal, geological and other technical de- U. 5. COMMUNICATIONS BOARD IS PROPOSED Bill Puts Power, Radio, Telegraph and Phone Regulation Under Single Agency. By the Associated Press. Creation of a Federal communications and power commission to control all radio, telegraph, telephone and other methods of communication was pro- WS ) o posed in s bill introduced yesterday by Chairman Ray] of the House Inter- state Commerce Committee. The measure is in line with Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt’s program to reor- ganize and make more efficient branches of the Government, the Texas Demo- crat sald. It is to be taken up at the special session of the new Congress. It would abolish the present Radio and Power Commissions of five com- missioners each and provide but five to supervise both functions. In addi- tion, supervision of the telegraph and telephone systems would be transferred from the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to the new group. By putting all communication and JANUARY 29, 1933—PART ONE. power agencles under one group, Ray- burn said, the next administration hopes to reduce cost of regulating them, in mflon to making the supervision more jorm. HUGE CONTRACTS LET ‘Thirty-cne contracts calling for an expenditure of $5,442,000 in connection with rivers and harbors work in various parts of the country wete announced yesterday by the War Department. Most of the awards provide that the levee and other river jobs are to start in the near future. : "Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co. #% B--3 ° ‘ usuzlly heavy vote,is being ca‘t and the Y. W.C. A. TO ELECT NEW | membership” of the beard will be in BOARD AT DINNER TONIGHT | dcubt until the anncuncement is made tonight. - mlng;ea‘t;v o{:th;‘ us;m‘ }rngthy repcrts, vy e Y. W. C. A cfficizls have evoltid Targe Vote Is Being Cast—Novel | ,;me sovel ideas for placing the seess Ideas Involved for Reporting | Work before the public. One of will be & serics of questions aked on Work. | Henry C. Merris, president of the - | vicory bcard of irustees, which w The Young Women's Christian Asso- | answered by A"rs. Willi-m Adars Sic clation will hold its annual meeting to- | president of the board of directors, night dn Barker Hall. Election of a| new beard will feature the meeting and | 5 d.lnner will be served promptly at 6:45! A large flour mill is to be built c¢n o'clock, it was announced. | two acres of lan Miss Lois Gates Gorman is chairman cloimed in a do. of the Tellers' Committee. An un- | Ccuthampton, En Entrance, 909 F St. ehruary S'RE. WIDE $109 Attractive 4-Piece Genuine Walnut Bedroom Suite Simplicity is a feature of this most attractive suite. Just as photographed . . . includes a large dresser, full vanity, chest of drawers, and poster bed. High-grade genuine walnut, beautifully high-1 ted. February Sale price. . - League, brother of a sixth precinct po- | liceman, and Miss McKenna were un- | hurt. Miss Bricker was riding with Lawrence. League lives at the Thir- | teenth street adcdress. James R. Allen, 7, of 1453 Monroe street, was injured when struck by a | taxieab in an alley near his home yes- | terday. The driver, Robert W. Grubb, 1500 block of Monroe street, tcok him | | to Garfield Hospital, where he was held | | for observation. | William_Ellis, 60, colored. 2700 block of Ontario road, was slightly hurt when hit by an automobile at Columbia road and Champlain street. He was | treated at Frcedmen’s Hospital. The car was operated by Sarah G. Maver, 40, of the 2800 block of Ontario road. 'BUDGET HELD GREATEST " PROBLEM OF DEMOCRATS | By the Associcted Press. | | Senator James A. Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, said last night that | balancing the budget is one of the big- | gest problems facing the new Demo- oratic acministration and urged a united public opinion in support of ef- forts to reduce governmental spending. “The nearest approach to immortality is a burcau of the Federal Govern- | ment,” Byrnes said. “Any effort to | curtail its activities or abolish it will | arouse Nation-wide propaganda in op- | position to the curtailment of its | activities and the reduction of expendi- tures. “The only hope of remedying this situation rests in a President who has the courage and patriotism to act, and in an aroused public sentiment that will | cause Congress to refrain.from disap- proving his action.” SCORES SHORT WEIGHTS Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, told the Senate yesterday the recent report of the Federal Trade Commission on short-weight sales in grocery stores was “proof of the meth- ods by which these great chain organi- zations rob the unsuspecting public to | recoup their price-lure losses on popu- | lar, well known articles.” | Capper said his “fair trade” bill, to | protect trade mark owners in the sale | of their goods, was designed to end this. | ‘Will Serve /Turkey Supper. PURCELLVILLE, Va., January 28 | (Special).—A turkey and oyster supper | | for the benefit of Bethany M. E. Church | | Bouth at Purcellville will be served in | the social hall’at the church on Feb- | ryary 14, beginning at 5 p.m: partments have given us the trained | men and the scientific discoveries which have shot up production. “It is now up to the sociologists, the psychologists, the schools of business, political science and other social science departments to help remove the curse of Midas from America.” DOCTOR'S WIFE SUFFERS FROM POISON TABLETS Mrs. Helen M. John, 31, Given| Oxygen to Save Life When Taken | to Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Helen M. John, 31, was re-| ported in a serious condition in Emer- gency Hospital last night, suffering | from the effects of four poison tablets, said to have been swallowed in a pri- vate sanitorium concucted by her hus- band, Dr. Baxter S. John, at 1654 Co- lumbia road. i Detective R. J. McCarty, tenth pre- cinct, who investigated the case, re- ported he was told Mrs. John ap- proached her husband and announced she had swallowed the poison. Dr. John, according to the police re- port, gave his wife first aid, then sum- moned the fire rescue squad, who took her to Emergency. There physicians | administered oxygen in an effort to| keep her alive. The Johns live at 3818 Yuma street. BOYS TO GIVE CONCERT Wheeler Club Band of Holy Com- forter Church Will Appear Today. ‘The Wheeler Club Boys’ Band of the Holy Comfcrter Church will give a con- cert this afternoon at the Industrial| Home School on Wisconsin avenue. The band, consisting of 48 boys rang- ing in age from 9 to 17 years, is be- ginning its second year cf activity. Under the direction of Rev. Joseph F, Denges, assictant pactor of Holy Com! | forter Church, the band has played in numerous concerts at lccal and nearby institutions, including the District Training Scheol at_Leurel, M?., the | Little Sisters cf the Poor Home for the Aged, Home for the Aged and Infirm at Blue Pla’yxs and the District Jail. Boys’ Band to Give Concert: The Washingten Boys' Independent Band will prescnt a concert of sacred | selections ~ at Centennial Baptist | Church, Seventh and I streets north- east, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. The con- cert will be under direction of tge boy conductor, Clinton J. Brown, jr. Six Return Empty-Handed \ By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, January 28.—A crestfallen posse reported late today it had been captured and disarmed by three men it pursued along various highways after the trio had wounded the -North Kansas City marshal and escaped with appreximately $14,800 car- ried by a bank messenger he was guarding. ‘The six men said they suddenly came upon the three robbers mending a tire upon Holt, Mo. A pitched battls fol- lowed. Members of the posse reported they were fired upon by two machin2 guns. THREE BANDITS CAPTURE POSSE, DISARM THEM AND SPEED AWAY Men Who Took $14,000. | revolves, From Pursuit of Hold-Up The trio of robbers, one wounded, overcame their. pursuers, gathered up an armload of revolvers and shotguns and escaped in one of the three cars in which the citizens had overhauled them. One of the possemen was used as a shield as the robbers took up their flight. He soon was released. 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