Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1933, Page 15

BEER FOR DISTRICT AWAITING PASSAGE House Ways and Means Group Rejects Rider or Amendment. OBSTACLE TO APPROVAL AVOIDED BY LEADERS Legalization of Beer for D. C. Is to Be Taken Care of in Later Legislation. ate action on a District beer | bill was delayed temporarily today when | the House Ways and Means Committee | Tefused to accept an amendment or rider to the national beer bill which ‘would legalize the malt beverage in the Capital. Because the leaders want nothing to complicate passage of the general beer bill, the situation in the District will be cared for as promptly as possible by separate legislation now being drafted. D. C. Rider is Drafted. Proposal that a rider to the national bill be adopted to apply to the Dis- trict was made by Chairman Norton of the House District Committee and Rep- resentative Black of New York, who sponsored the District beer bill at the last session. The office of the corpora- ticn counsel of the District had drafted such a rider at the request of Mrs. Norton for presentation in the House today. ‘The move was blocked, however, by Representative Cullen of New York, assistant whip, author of one of the pending general beer bills, and Repre- sentative McCormack of Massachusetts, chairman of the subcommittee which would whip the beer bill into final form. Both members asserted a rider could not be considered at this time, but advised that a separate measure should be drafted to take care of the local situation. Confers With Bride. For the purpose of considering separ- ate legislation, Chairman Norton said she intended to call her cammittee to- gether as soon as possible, She con- ferred this afterncon with Corporation | Counsel Willilam W. Bride concerning the drafting of a bill for the District, which probably will conform to that | introduced in the last session by Senator | Tydings of Maryland., Consideration of this bill might be delayed somewhat by the fact the Re- publican members of the District Com- mittee have not yet been selected. ‘The Republican Committee on Com- mittees thus far has completed its slate only on the eight major committees. However, Minority Leader Snell, who is in charge of the Committee on Com- mittees, said today his body would co- crerate by naming the Republican membership as soon as possible, so that after the local beer bill has been drafted. there will be no further delay in action. FOUR HELD AFTER MAN IS SHOT BY POLICEMAN Officer Charges Quartet Attempted to Steal Auto Near Ontario Road. Four colored men were under arrest today at the tenth precinct station after one of them had been wounded by a policeman, who said they had been at- tempting to steal an automobile. ‘The wounded man, Joseph Moultrie, 20, of the 2400 block Ontario road, was taken in custody at Freedmen's Hos- pital after the quartet had escaped. The other three were arrested later as = result of Moultrie’s apprehension. The four men allegedly were tamper- ing with a parked automobile near On- tario road and Lanier place about 3 a.m. when surprised by Policeman J. L. Magnus. Noticing him, the officer said, one of the men started the car in which | the four had been riding and attempted to run Magnus down. The policeman ! fired six shots into the car, wounding Moultrle. LIQUOR-RUNNING SUSPECT FLEES IN SMOKE CLOUD Driver Makes Escape After En- gaging in Gun Battle With ‘Two Policemen. After engaging police in a running! gun battle, a suspected rum car escaped | early today behind a dense smoke | screen. | ‘The car was “picked up” by Motor Cycle Policemen J. R. LeFoe and G. W. Cook in the Northeast section about 3| am. When the two officers gave chase the driver laid down a smoke screen and temporarily eluded his pursuers. ‘The rum runner was “trapped” again | on Neal place northeast, however, after | the driver had stopped in an apparent | effort to unload his liquor. Starting his car suddenly, the liquor runner drove straight at LeFoe and Cook, who dove behind an electric light pole. The car struck the pole, tearing off & bumper, and the two policemen pulled their revolvers and shot at the driver. He exchanged the fire and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. FEDERAL AID ASKED Bill Would Provide Relief for Those Past 65 Years. A Dbill to provide Federal aid for per- sons in the District who have reached 65 years of age was introduced in the House today by Representative Focht, Republican, of Pennsylvania. ‘The amount of aid under the bill would be determined by conditions, but in no case would the amount, when added to the net income of the appli- cant, from all other sources, exceed a total of $1 a day. The relief would be administered by the Board of Public Welfare. PURCHASE APPROVED C Street Property to Be Used for Municipal Center. Purchase of property at 483 C street as a part of the site of the propcsed new Municipal Center was approved to- day by the District Commissioners. The y now is owned by Antoinette . who offered to sell rgr“slze,m. property contains 3441 square feet, assessed at $6,487, and is im- OF NATIONAL BILL | president and director of the Park Sav- | Stunz was found dead in the basement. [ Both bullets had penetrated his right Suicide ROBERT S. STUNZ. DIRECTOR OF BANK “TAKES OWN LIFE Robert S. Stunz, Executive Head of Park Savings, Shoots Self. Robert S. Stunz, 45, executive vice ings Bank, ended his life by firing two bullets through his head this morning in the basement of his home, 1150 Kalmia Road. Stunz, whose bank was one of those that was not licensed to reopen this morning, was found lying on a bed shortly after 9 o'clock. A revolver was beside his body. and there were two bullet holes in his right temple.. Suicide Certificate Issued. Although no notes were found, Act- ing Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald, after an investigation by Detective Sergts. Jerry Flaherty and Willlam Liverman of the homicide squad, issued a certificate of suicide. Friends and relatives of the dead man declared he had been worried over financial matters, the acting coroner reported. The banker's wife, Mrs. Dorothy Stunz, became hysterical when informed of the suicide and had to be placed under the care of Dr. Wade H. Atkinson, 1402 M street, also a vice president of the bank. Her 6-year-old som, Bobby, was placed in charge of a close friend of the Stunz family. Stunz, according to Capt. Joseph Morgan, commander of sixth precinct police, who also participated in the investigation, shot himself while his wife was taking their son to the Friends School, where their boy is a kindergarten student. Phones to Bank Employe. Stunz telepnoned an employe of the bank this morning and asked her to communicate with Warren Spencer, 1300 block of Jenifer street, a director of the institution, and requested him to call at the vice president’s home im- mediately. The message, according to Spencer, was that Stunz wished to con- fer with him before going to the bank. Mrs. Stunz returned home from the | school & few minutes before Spencer | reached the hous:. The maid, Mary| Lee, colored, reported for work at about the same time. Body Discovered. Mrs. Stunz at first thought her hus- band had gone to his office, she said. A few minutes later, however, the maid found his coat and hat, and a search of the house was begun at once. Mr. temple within an inch of each other. TRANSIT MERGER PACT PREDICTED WITHIN YEAR Hanna Voices Hope for Agreement | After Conference With Gen. Patrick. Hope for consummation of an agree- ment for the merger of the Capital | Traction Co. and the Washington Rail- | way & Electric Co. “within the year,” | was voiced yesterday by John H. Hanna, president of the traction company. dur- ing a conference with Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utlities Commission. Merger of the two street car com- panies was provided in a measure en- acted at the past session of Congress. Financial plans for the merger must be approved by the stockholders of the two companies and then must have the approval of the Utilitles Ccmmission. COALITION TO HEAR PAGE Patriotic Legislation in Congress Will Be Discussed. William Tyler Page will discuss pa- triotic legislation in Congress before the Contact Committee of the American Coalition at a meeting in the Sons of the American Revolution Building to- morrow at 11 a.m. The committee is ccmposed of two reoresentatives from each of numerous veterans, patriotic and civic groups. Dance at Oxon Hill. OXON HILL, Md., March 14 (Spe- cial).—The Oxon Hill Volunteer Fire Company will give, a dance on St. Patrick’s day in the Oxon Hill School. She #n ening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 'WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1933. PARK CONMISSEN ANNDUNCES NEW PLAYERND LAN Northeast Development to Await Securing of Nec- essary Funds. LAND PURCHASE OFFICER REASSURES PROPRIETORS Tearing Down Structures to Start ‘When Money Is Available, Officials Assert. The program for the new Northeast Playground, to replace that erased when the Union Station Plaza development went forward, took another step toward reality today when the Natlonal Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission an- nounced detailed plans for the expan- sion. H. Tudor Morsell, land purchdsing officer for the commission, made it clear that development of the Northeast Play- ground will await the securing of neces- sary funds for its creation. Taking lines for'the new playground were announced, to allay fears of property owners in that region who are apprehensive lest the Government dispassess them. There will be a new alley at the north end at 638 Tenth street, while at the south- ern end of the playground another new alley will be where 613 Ninth street is located. Morsell Issues Statement. In a statement released today to the ‘press, Mr. Morsell said: “There is apparently some misappre- hension on the part of a few of the ten- ants and property owners in Square 935, the site selected for the new Northeast playground, as to the immediate plans of the Playground Department of the District and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. It is to clarify this uncertainty that the ac- companying plan is published, showing the definite taking lines for the present as well as the proposed development of the land for playground purposes at this time. “This square, which was selected by the Northeast Citizens' Association in conjunction with the Playground De- partment of the Distrilct and the Park and Planning Commission, is bounded by Ninth and Tenth, F and G streets northeast. On the Ninth street front- age, the project includes street numbers 615 to 641, inclusive, while on the Tenth street side the numbers run from 610 to 636, inclusive. This will give the Playground Department one and three- fifths acres of ground for immediate de- velopment. Co-operation Is Asked. “It is the earnest desire of the Play- ground Department of the District and the Park and Planning Commission to give the children of the northeast sec- tion additional playground facilities at the earliest ble time, and we ask the co-operation of the citizens toward that end.” ‘The Government did not wish to oust tenants of the houses, embraced within the playground area, during the Winter, as many of them had already laid in their store of coal. Tearing down of the structures will take place as soon as the necessary funds become available and the ground will then be leveled off and the new playground created. officials asserted. The authorities said they expect this will be done after July 1, so that the new playground will be in commission this Summer. STOLEN CAR AND LIQUOR FOUND NEAR CEMETERY D. C. Police Discover Wreckage by Entrance Gates of Mount Olivet. A wrecked automobile and its cargo of liquor, mostly smashed, was found early today near the main entrance to Mount Olivet Cemetery. From the wreckage, police constructed the story of an {ll-fated rum-running | expedition fram Baltimore to Washing- ton. The car, reported stolen March 5 from Joseph B. Shea, 1300 block, Euclid street, apparently had turned suddenly and crashed into a high bank on the east side of the road. Very little was left of the car, and most of the liquor had been spilled from smashed containers, Ten 5-gallon tins of alcohol were salvaged intact, how- ever. The driver, apparently unhurt, was believed to have escaped into near- | by woods. BUS TERMINAL CHANGED ON BALTIMORE ROUTE Washington Rapid Transit Co. to Use Capital Station at 633 F Street. Busses of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., operating between Wash- ington and Baltimore, will have as their new terminal the Capital Bus Terminal, at 633 F street, under an order of the Public Utilities Commission published today. The busses formerly used the Annapolis Hotel as their terminal. These busses, inbound, will reach the terminal via Georgia avenue, Alaska avenue, Sixteenth street, usetts avenue, Mount Vernon place, New York ayenue, Sixth street and G street. Out- bound busses will go from the terminal west on F street, north on Seventh street, east on G street, north on Sixth street, west on L street and - chusetts avenue, north on Sixteenth street, Alaska avenue and Georgia avenue. YOUTHS ERR IN ASKING OFFICERS FOR PUSH IN STOLEN AUTOMOBILE Detectives Become Suspicious of Pair in Expensive- Looking Roadster—One Held for Jury. Detective Sergts. Jake Wolf and H. D. Robey of the automobile squad were driving near Massachusetts avenue and East Capitol street Sunday morning when they espied an expensive looking roadster stalled in the middle of the street. As they drew alongside, one of two boys in the machine leaned out and called: “Hey, mister, give us & push. As they backed their car wved by a two-story brick warehouse assessed at $11,600, making a 7 total current assessed value of $17,487. ‘The purchase price, therefore, is 150 per oot of the assessed value, started to push, Wolf and Robey took another look at the flashy car and de- cided to keep right on pushing until they knew who owned it. When the stalled machine started the de- “up and |night. tectives ordered its driver to pull over to_the curb. Its Instead both youths jumped from the car and ran, Caught by the officers, the | 55 pair gave their names as Adolph De o Mame, Modia, reported it stolen near Twen- and Q streets last Saturday In Police Court this morning, Judge Isaac R. Hitt ordered Juenemann held for the grand jury under $1,500 bond, while Carey was placed probation when:nnlmdh.lmflom Named to District Committee ANOTHER WOMAN ADDED TO BODY BY DEMOCRATS IN HOUSE. HE Democrats have appointed five first-term members, includ- ing a second woman member, to the House District Commit- tee. Mrs. Mary T. Norton re- mains chairman of the body, and with her will serve Representative Virginia E. Jenckes of Indiana (upper left), and four men, Representative Jennings Ran- dolph of West Virginia (upper right), Representative E. M. Owen of Georgia (middle left), Representative Thomas J. O'Brien of Illinois (middle right) and Representative Carl M. Weidman of Michigan (lower). Two Democratic members of the committee are leaving for more important assignments, Repre- sentatives Wood of Virginia and Gasque of South Carolina. ‘The Republican Committee on Committees has not yet made up its slate for the District Com- ittee, but there are indications Rep- resentatives Holmes of Massachusetts and McLeod of Michigan will leave for more important assignments. Representative Benjamin K. Focht of Pennsylvania, a former chairman of the committee, is being considered for ap- pointment to it. —Star Staff Photo. EXPLORERS BRING | DEEP-SEA MARVELS Light - Producing Fish and! Rare Mollusks Found by Expedition. ‘The Smithsonian-Johnson deep-sea exploring expedition, under the com- mand of Dr. Paul Bartsch, curator of mollusks of the National Museum, re- turned to Washington today after a| cruise of nearly two months over the ‘lilelepe“ area of the Atlantic, off Puerto ico. The expedition, sailing in the yatch Caroline, owned by Eldridge R. John- | son of Philadelphia, brought back to | Washington a great collection of deep- sea animals, including weird fishes and mollusks, many of which, it is believed, will prove new to science. Many of these weird undersea creatures live below the level at which light penetrates the ocean depths, and produce light them- selves, The Caroline was equipped with the latest type of sounding apparatus in which the echo of a sound made from a ship is reflected from the ocean bot- tom. From the interval of time elapsing between the sound and its echo, the ocean depth is known. With this appa- ratus, the expedition made many meas- urements of the buttom. A maximum depth of 4,400 fathoms was found. This is nearly equivalent to five miles. At the same time m-casurements of tem- peratures and chemical constitution of the water were obtained. The Navy Department, the Depart- ment of Agriculture,* the Carnegie Institution, Dr. William Beebe, director of tropical research of the New York Zoological Garden, and Dr. Henry Bigelow of the Oceanographic Institu- tion of Woods Hole, Mass., co-operated by lending apparatus and sclentists. e first: cruise was intended largely as an exploratory one for the testing of methods and apparatus for more pro- longed researches in the future. EFFORT IS RENEWED _ TO END TRIAL BOARD Blanton Reintroduces Bill Calling for New Police Disciplinary Organization. tative Blanton, Democrat of ‘Texas, reintroduced in the House today his bill which died in the last Congress abolition of the Police cip] board, consisting of three mem- bers a] ted by the President. Meml of the board would serve a term.of three years. l‘x?z;g\ondm me annual compensgtion ,000, e exception of the chairman, who would be paid an additional $250. The bill would empower the board to issue subpoenas, to compel the ap- | for mmwmm of the Metropolitan De- plrtu:unt‘ and the substitution of a dis- e COMPROMISE FIXED INNEW SPEED CODE Police Cars Pursuing Sus- pects to Be Exempt From 30-Mile Limit. Police cars pursuing suspected law! violators are to be exempt from speed limits placed on other emergency ve- hicles of the District in the proposed new traffic code to be laid before the Commissioners Friday. Decision on this change in the final draft of the proposed new ctde was reached yesterday in a conference be- tween spokesmen for the District Traffic Advisory Ccuncil and Cocrporation Counsel W. W. Bride, who is preparing the draft of the new code for recom- mendation to the Commissioners. No immediate action on the cose is looked for by the Commissioners. Agreement been reached on practically all other points in the voluminous document which is designed to bring the District code into line with the model municipal ordinance suggested by the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, as per- fected in 1930. Emergency Cars Restricted. The Commissioners last week amend- ed the code to set up restrictions on the cperation of emergency cars, with a view to preventing serious coi- lisions betwesn such vehicles and. pri- vate cers. They were moved to that act by the recent collision at Fourtesnth and E streets between an Emergency Hospital ambulance and a private car in which a small child was killed. Should the proposed compromise on emergency car regulation be adoptsd by the Commissioners, it would mean that emergency cars of the District will be limited to a maximum speed of 30 miles an hour and that they will have to come to a complete halt at all red “stop” traffic signals. Fire engines and fire trucks are not subject to this rule since they alréady are limited to a maximum speed of 35 miles an hour under a rule by Fire Chief George S. Watson, which has the approval of the Commissioners. Compromise Fixed. ‘The conference group yesterday in- cluded in the proposed draft of the new code the general 30-mile speed limit for emergency cars and added this para- graph: “That notwithstanding the above provision a police officer may pursue a rson who he has reason to believe attempting to escape after having committed a felony, or violating any provision of the traffic act, or passed through an intersection in disregard of & red light, or in pursuit of violators of such other traffic regulations “1““ rom agreed to by Mr. .“'ls'hum-:, o = pector A. Lamb of the Traffic Bureau and Charles C. Collins and Edwin S. Hege, representing the Traffic Advisory Council. Flee Py SICK LEAVE IS URGED Civilian employes of navy yards and arsenals, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Office and the the Post STATE CONFERENCE OF THE DA OPENS TWO-DAY SESSION Miss Helen Harman Expected to Be Indorsed as Vice President General. DELEGATES ATTENDING FROM MANY CHAPTERS Resolutions to Be Reported—Sup- port of President Roosevelt Is Urged by Gen. Fries. With delegates in attendance from a | majority of the 59 chapters, the thirty- second annual meeting of the State conference, District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution, met today for a two-day session in Continental ‘Memorial Hall. At this afternoon's session, the con- ference is expected to indorse Miss Helen Herman, former District vice regent, as candidate from the District of Columbia for the office of vice presi- dent general of the national society. Mrs. David D. Caldwell of the District, who is the present vice president gen- eral, ends her term of office next month when the Continental Congress con- venes here. Resolutions to Be Reported. Resolutions before the District confer- ence will be reported to the Committee on Resolutions, of which Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins is chairman. They will not be acted upon until tomorrow. Tocay's opening session, marked by the entrance of the State regent, Mrs. Harry Colfax Grove, State officers and national officers, was confined to the usual preliminary matters. The na- tional officers in attendance who | were introduced and greeted the local | D. A. R, included Mrs. Caldwell, vice president general; Mrs. John M. Beav- ers, corresponding secretary general: Mrs. William Lewis Dunne, historian ! general, and Mrs. Prank Howland Par- | cels, organizing secretary general. Greetings were extended by the fol- lowing officers of affiliated groups: | Frank B. Steele, secretary general of | the National Society Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution; Dr. Thomas E. Green of the District of Columbia Sons of the Revolution, Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel, national president, Children of the American _Revolution, and Maj. Gen. ' Amos A. Fries, retired, for the Distriot | | of Columbia Sons of the American Rev- | | olution. Reports Made. Mrs. George Madden Grimes reported | for the Committee on Programs for the | jconference and Mrs. Catherine E.| Nagle reported for the Committee on Credentials. The session was opened by Arthur S. Witcomb, cornetist of the UnTed States Marine Band. who sounded the assembly, and Mrs. Fred Strieby played the march. ‘Tomorrow morning the District con- ference will hear an address on_the “New Passport System of Soviet Rus- sia,” by Miss Clara W. McQuown. Recognition of Soviet Russia will be one of the important questions before the conference, as well as before the ' Centinental Congress next month. The District conference also is expected to | jtake a strong vosition in support of adequate national defense and rigid | restriction of immigration. | Support of President Urged. In his brief welcome this morning. Gen. Fries called on the body to pledge ' its support to “The President of the United States,” but it was pointed out | | by delegates that this was an annual | customary action and had no_special significance in connection with the present economic crisis. | The annual session will close to- | morrow afternoon when resolutions are | to be adopted and final matters acted jupon in connection with the forthcom- | g session of the national society. In addition to Mrs. Grove, the regent, the other State cfficers in attendance today were: Mrs. George Madden | Grimes, vice regent; Mrs. F. B. Linton, chaplain; Mrs. Pedro Capo-Rodriguez, recording secretary; Mrs. Jean Labat, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Ada C. Mills Payne, treasurer; Mrs. Rose De Cell Martin, acting treasurer, and Mrs. Arturo Y. Casnova, historian. YOUNG DEMOCRAT CLUB TO HEAR FISCAL EXPERT Daniel Waters to Discuss Gold Standard in Lecture on “Revaluation.” | The Political Affairs Committee of | the Young Democrats’ Club of Wash- ington will hear a discussicn of the gold standard tomorrow evening when Daniel Waters, fiscal expert, lectures on “Revaluation” at the Women's Na- tional Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire avenue. ‘Waters, who held diplomatic appoint- ments under the Wilson administra- tion, began his financial career at 19, when he went to Persia as financial aide to that government. In the last, five years he has lived in 21 foreign countries in the capacity of legal ad- viser to the International Telephone & Telegraph Co. Miss Ruth Molyneaux, chairman of the Political Affairs Committee, will preside at the meeting, which will be open to the public. ARRAIGNED IN ROBBERY Laundry Hold-up Suspect Held Under $10,000 Bond. ‘Thomas H. Jackson, alias John Henry, colored, who was captured after a hold- up at the Elite Laundry Branch in * the 700 block of H street northeast last | Thursday, was held for the grand jury under $10,000 bond when arraigned on & robbery charge before Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court yesterday. Police said Jackson was identified by Miss Betty Watson, clerk in the laun- dry, as the man who took $5 from her in" the hold-up. He was captured by Anthony Norcio, 1100 block of F street screams and ran to her aid. SIDEWALKS JOB LET Contract Covers 16,000 Yards in Various Sections. G of the city was awarded o ‘Readir, Tho. af Washing | sentative Gasque, Democrat, of South northeast, who heard Miss Watson's B * Pages for D. A. R. Must Be Under 30 Years of Age An edict has gone forth in con- nection with the forthcoming congress of the D. A. R. next month that the young women pages must not be over 30 years of age. It was learned today that this rule was made with a view of eliminating & large number who have been in attendance at pre- vious sessions of the congress. National officers of the D. A. R., however, are doomed to disap- pointment, for it was reported an unusual number of young women under 30 years of age are offering their services. INCOME TAX OFFICE JAMMED BY CROWD Thousands of Payers Make Last-Minute Rush to Beat Deadline. Thousands of Washingtonians visited the office of the deputy collector of in- ternal revenue today, filing their Fed- eral income tax returns, with prospects that the office will be jammed every minute it is open until the deadline tomorrow at midnight. The office, which is located in the Internal Revenue Bureau Building, ‘Twelfth street and Constitution avenue, will be open tonight until 9 o'clock and tomorrow night until midnight. After midnight tomorrow the penalty at- taches to all persons who have failed to file. Up to noon today, the deputy col- lectors and revenue agents were accept- ing checks on all solvent Washington banks in payment for the tax. The collector of internal revenue, it is understood, will attempt to make col- lections on these checks, byt if he fails to collect the check from the taxpayer'’s bank, the collector will come back on the taxpayer for payment in another form. Income tax returns may also be filed by mail to the Collector of Internal Revenue at Baitimore. ADDITIONAL \.IACAHON ASKED FOR POLICEMEN Firemen Also Would Receive Ten Extra Days Under Bill In- troduced in House. A Dbill to extend the annual leave of i members of the Metropolitan and Park police forces and the District Fire De- | partment from 20 to 30 days was intro- duced in the House today by Repre- ( Carolina. The measure is similar to one which died in the last Congress. The addi- tional 10 days’ leave would become ef- fective January 1 of the first calendar year following the date of enactment of the bill. Representative McLeod (Republican) of Michigan introduced another bill authorizing the District Commissioners to pay $5,000 each to the widows of 32 District firemen and policemen who were killed, or died from injuries re- ceived in the line of duty. The McLeod bill also provides $5,000 compensation in the future for the widows or depend- ants of members of the police or fire departments who die as a result of in- juries received in line of duty. POTOMAC SPEEDBOAT CONCESSION AWARDED| Bids Requiring Certified Check, ! Corporaticn Puts Up $500 in Postal Money Orders. Speedboats will churn the Potomac River, off Hains Point, in East Potomac Park, around Easter and cherry blosscm time. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, di- rector of Public Buildings and Public Parks, yesterday signed a contract with the Capitol Speedboat Corporation, ewarding the concession to that firm. Under the agreement the concessionaire wiil pay $1,000 for one year, $2,000 for two years and $3,000 for three years to the Government. The corporation’s spokesman is Mrs. Ruth B. Gilliam, 4901 Glenbrook road, Chevy Chase. The banking situation was reflected in the award, for while the call for bids required a certified check, the cor- poration put up $500 in postal money orders. PURDUE UNIVERSITY DEAN TO BE GUEST OF HONOR A. A. Potter to Attend Luncheon of Méchanical Engineers Thursday. Dean A. A. Potter of the School of | Engineers, Purdue University, ahd pres- | ident of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, will be guest of honor Thursday at a luncheon meeting of the Washington secticn of the so- ciety in the University Club. Dean Pot- PAGE .B—1 BOWLES CHARGES CASEWAS ‘FRAMED’, DEFENSE OPENED Disbarred Lawyer, on Stand, Denies Part in Alleged Blackmail Scheme. ATTACK ON TESTIMONY OF LAPIN IS PLANNED Defendant Says He Merely Took Case to Attorney, Believing Claim Was Legitimate. Norman 8. Bowles, disbarred attor- ney, who is being tried in District Su- preme Court on embezzlement charges, began his defense today with the an- nouncement he expected to prove he is the victim of a “frame-up.” Bowles is alleged to have embezzled $17,500 from Christine Rock. Accord- ing to testimony yesterday, the money was paid by Edward B. Dean, sr., wealthy real estate man, to keep Miss Rock from suing him for an alleged assault. A. W. Lapin, a Government witness, testified, however, that he and Bowles sent the young woman to Dean's home as part of a scheme to blackmail him into paying them money. In his opening statement today, Bowles said he would prove that Lapin had testified falsely concerning his part in the alleged blackmail plot and that Lapin had frequently attempted to extort money from him. If there was any blackmailing, Bowles said, the plot was conceived and carried out by Lapin. Bowles said he merely took the case to an attorney, believing it to be a legitimate claim. Bowles Takes Stand. ‘Taking the stand in his own defense, Bowles denied any part in the alleged scheme to blackmail Dean. He said he first met Miss Rock after the alleged attack and that she asked him to handle the case for her. After re- fusing at first, he said, he placed the \matter in the hands of an attorney with an understanding he was to re- ceive a share in any settlement that might be made. He testified he told Lapin the settle- ment was for $6.000 instead of $20,000 at the request of, Miss Rock. who was afraid Lapin would take the meney from her, according to Bowles. He also denied that Dean paid out $35.000 in settlement of the case, as claimed by Lapin. Government Rests Case. ‘The Government rested its case after placing on the stand two empioyes of the Stanley Horner Co., who said that in October, 1930, shortly after the al- leged embezzlement, Bowles bought two automobiles from that concern, paying $3,100 cash for them. Attorney Joseph Turco, representing Bowles, moved for a directed verdict of not guilty for the defendant, but Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue denied the motion. James E. Cassidy. called as the first defense witness, said Lapin had asked him “not to get nasty” while testify- ing in the trial. Thomas P. Jones, Bowles’ brother-in- law, said Lapin on several occasions had attempted to extort money from Bowles through him, but that Bowles had refused to pay anything. Quotes Lapin in Testimony. On one occasion, he testified Lapin told him that for $50 he could get a letter from Miss Rock in which she would admit receiving the money Bowles is said to have embezzled. The latter refused fo consider the proposal, Jones said. Attorney Albert D. Esher was said to have received $20,000 in $1,000 bills from Dean, of which $19,000 was turned over to Bowles, according to the testi- mony. Miss Rock and Lapin said they received $1,500 each. The Government contends Bowles illegally kept the rest. e e el CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Meeting, Society for Philosophical Inquiry, New National Museum, 4:45 pm. Mee , Women's Union, Bureau of En‘rlvlnx“n‘ and Printing, Local No. 105, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Washington Charter Greet- ers of America, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Southern Cross Chapter, U. D. C., Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Beta Chi Sorority, Shore- ham Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Board of Trade, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm. 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