Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1933, Page 17

MANY FALL TO GET BEER LICENSES AS D. C. OFFICES CLOSE 404 Permits Issued So Far, With More Than 1,100 Applicants. ACTUAL TABLES REQUIRED FOR SALES, POLICE TOLD JUEGREE -, Minor Violations of Begulations to Bring Only Warnings for Time Until Doubts Are (!leludvi Promptly at 1 o'clock yesterday the doors leading to the offices of the Beverage Permits Board were shut in the faces of the throng of applicants Lost for Four Years, $900 Ring Found on Pawnshop Patron Mrs. Sylvia Morrison Iden- tifies Articles and Colored Man Is Held by Police. A little more than four vears ago Iurs, Sylvia Morrison reported her din- ner ring, valued at §900, was either lost or stolen. Yesterday the ring was found on a colored man arrested in a pawnshop in the 700 block of G street. Mrs. Morrison, who lives at® 1431 Varnum street, had her ring finger broken while driving an ambulanee in France during the World War. En- largement of the knuckle, after the finger had healed, made it necessary for her to wear rings of unusial size, Hence, when she reported loss of her dinner ring, police felt it would be com- paratively easy to find. And, in a way, it was. When De- tective Sergts, Steve Brodie and Leo Murray found Alan Vines, 35, of tne 500 block .of Sixth. street southeass, trying to pawn the ring, they remem- bered the Morrison report. Despite Vines' assertion he found the ring in Rock Creek Park, he was ar- rested and held for investigation. Mrs. Morrison identified ‘the X whose licenses had not through and the board adj had issued 404 licenses in % hectic days of its existence. More than 1100 persons had applied. Several hundred were in the District Building waiting for their licenses to come through. The disgruntled applicants were sent home to return at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. 3 On Thursday and Friday the would-be beer dispensers had paid $75,300 in cash in the expectation of getting licenses. The sum paid yesterday was not known, but it was unofficially esti- mated that it would bring the receipts close to the $100,000 mark. Veteran District officials cannot. remember a time when taxpayers were so anxious to pay the city money. Their anxiety was easily Whtnlhle by the throngs which continued to press watound those places Hcensed to sell Ddeer, The yesterday aj ylentiful, in spite of a tirought on Friday. There is nothing in either the act or the regulations to revent the sale of beer today, either gy “on-sale” or ‘“off-sale” establish- ments. Vielators to Be Warned. ‘Meanwhile, police captains were m-' terday afternoon that for the t, at least, minor infractions of the beverage regulations will merit only a warnjng. These ém;irugcgm ‘were ven by Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, as- C t superintendent of police, and a Board, at & Police Brown concerned all n of the regi- manders that’ actual table at ‘which one may n; whilg drinking could b2 ccnstrued as a “table nd the counters violated this regulation. This was in line with a ruling by ‘W. W. Bride, corporation It is believed, however, that legal - cations will arise on this point, for strict enforcement would undoubtedly close several businesses operating down- town, or force them to rearrange furnishi cropped up the whether places with should be allowed to sell ‘bottle to be taken away. m‘nevm:,e_ Board now holds that the “on sale’ Jicensees may not do this, but the ques- | manner. tion has been raised as to whether the language of the act on this point is strong enough to withhold a court test. Barred in Post Office. How far—if at all—the sale of beer will be permitted in cafeterias operated in Government buildings is another issue still to be decided. The beverage is “out” so far as the Post Office Department restaurant is concerned, as & ban in such establish- ments all over the country was“applied yesterday afternoon an order by Joseph C. O'Mahoney, t Assistant Postmaster General, now acting Post- master General in the absence of Post- master General Farley. {y Taking cognizance of the sale of beer B eter b At G, Lueder Office, y 5 'y the posmtm, O'Mahoney ruled this must stop. “Restaurants in post offices,” he said, “are conducted for the benefit and con- venience of employes. They are service institutions pure and simple, and are not intended to be patronized by the general public. It is my opinion, there- fore, that beer should not be pdd.ed to the menu of Federal emplgyes’ co- operative cafeterias.” . Beer had not mindeh its appesrance.at the tal cafeteria here. T}?lgs problem, insofar as it affects those building cafeterias which come under the direction of the Welfare and Recreational _Association of Public ‘Buildings and Grounds, will be laid before the tyustees and the heads of the departments concerned, F. W. Hoo- ver, general manager, said yesterday. Army Plans to Have Brew. While naval « establishments here must get along without the new bever- age, by order of Secretary Swanson, the Army proposes to have its beer. The War College yesterday applied for an *on sale” permit for the officers’ mess and an “off sale” permit for the post exchange. The Abner Drury brewery, the only one operating here, reported last night that its shortage of the new brew was, “not due to any manufacturing diffi- culties, but to the fact that but 2,000 cases a day can be bottled. While most places had about a week to get ready. it was added, here, but two days were available for the bottling operations temporary | east. o0LcE CRTIGEED I DEATH REPORT Acting, Coroner- Hits Discrep- ancies—Two Men Are Held. Two: men were held and police were rebuked yesterday at an inquest into the death of Mrs. Eva Cumberland, 60, of the 700 block of Ninth. street south- After the coroner’s had_ordered Ira Edward Taylor, 32, of 913 Potomac avenue southeast, and Wilbur Allen, 34, ‘Camp Springs, Md., held for the grand Jury, Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald criticized the police for the re- port they had filed in the death of Mrs. Cmberland. b Record Declared Erroneoys. “This is & court of record,” Dr. Mac- of the body and the death be recorded accurately. in this case as to 2 Taylos had been at Mrs. Cumberland’s house the day apd night preceding the woman’s death. Differ in Death Theory. H. K. Wilson, detective sergeant in charge of the homicide squad, said it was possible that the woman might have fallen to her death on the k in addition to the skull fracture, in ‘Taylor, common-law wife of was with her! throughout the night preceding Mrs. Cumberland’s death. Attorneys Louis Whitestone and George J. Boden represented the de- fendants, who made no statement. DISCLOSE RIVALS OF CHERRY BLOOMS Park Officials Point to Magnolia Grove and Other Floral Displays for Public to See. Taylor, ‘While the cherry blossoms are steal- ing the public spotlight today, officials of the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks directed attention to other floral displays in the park system—some of them rivaling the Japanese finery. Prank T. Gartside, chief of the park division, said that the magnolia grove in West Potomac Park, just west of the District of Columbia War Me- morial, is a thing of beauty and should be seen by all Washingtonians and visitors. Many consider this sight a fitting rival for the cherry blossom dis- play, he said. Magnolias also are in bloom around the pansy beds in West Potomac Park. Considerable attention is being at- tracted by the blossoming Parkman's crab-apple trees at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue. In Anacostia Park the groves of crab- apple trees will be in blossom soon and there are those who say these are finer than the Japanese cherry blossoms, according to the park officials. Daffodils, jonquils and pansies will soon be out in full force, the park au- thorities asserted, so that Washington is in for a colorful show. CHILD IN HOSPITAL SERIOUSLY BURNED Playing With Matches Results in before sale started. This concern will not make deliveries today, although Corporation Counsel Bride said last pight that Sunday delivery is not pro- hibited. WOMAN WALKS AWAY AFTER 3-STORY PLUNGE Clotheslines Break Fall of Miss Bessie Harris, Who Appears Little Injured. After plunging from a third-story window at 1014 Twelfth street last night, Miss Bessie Harris, 24, of the 1600 block of Nineteenth street, was able to get up and walk away—apparently only slightly injured. Her fall had been broken by several clothes lines, stretched across the batk yard. Miss Anne Carpenter, whom the Hzr- ris girl had been visiting, notified police. She said Miss Harris had run into an adjoining room and locked the door after saying she was going to leap drom a window. Although Harris was taken to Hospi- tal, where physicians said g may have apparently unhurt, Miss { this Dress of 6-Year-01d Doris Alsop Catching Fire. Playing with matches sent 6-year-old Doris Alsop to Casualty Hospital last night, severely burned about the face and pody. Physicians at the institution termed her condition serious. Doris was playing in her home, 316 Ninth street northeast, when her dress was ignited by a match which she had just struck. In a moment, her dress was a mass of flames. Her mother, Mrs. Grace Alsop, a widow, extinguished the flames, then The Suniay Star ; Japanese Cherry Blossoms Attract Notables to Tidal Basin : WASHIN GTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORN , APRIL 9, 1933. - * MRS, ROOSEVELT AND JAPANESE AMBASSADOR'S FAMILY AMONG FIRST TO SEE FLORAL DISPLAY. TRALS EXPEDITED IN GRIMINAL COURT D. C.'Among Few Cities With Dockets to Clear, Justice Department Shows. Although in many cities the adminis- tration of justice is impeded by pro- longed delays between the return of an indictment and the trial of the de- fendant, the criminal docket of the District Supreme Court is so nearly up to date that trials of minor charges are being held one week after the rer turn of the indictment. ‘There are few, if any, other large citles in the country that can boast of such a favorable record, according to figures in the annual report of the Justice Department. ‘When the District Supreme Court adjourned last Friday, United States|. Attorney Leo A. Rover reported thers were only 49 cases awalting trial. In June, 1928, when Mr, Rover first took over his duties as district attorney, there were approximately 714 untried cases on the docket... At that time, many months neces- sarily elapsed between an indictment and trial. Numerous defendants, un- able to furnish d, had to be kept in jail at public expense until they could be brought to trial. If the trial resulted in acquittal for the defendant, he had no redress for the loss of in- come during the time spent in a cell. Situation Now Different. The situation now, however, is radi- cally different. On March 25 one Emest Williams was arrested on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. An indictment was returned against him on March 30. He was brought to trial cn April 6— only 12 days after the commission of the offense—and convicted. Even in major cases, the delays which 50 often result in frustration of punish- ment have been eliminated here. Charles Harris, accused of first-degree murder in the slaying of Milton W. (Milsie) Henry, was indicted on' January 25. Eight weeks later, on March €1, he was %lwed on trial and subsequently con- icted. ‘When Mr. Rover came into office there had been from 600 to 700. cases awaiting trial for many years. Conse- quently one of his first official acts was to arrange for the establishment of a third criminal court, which sat during October, November and December, 1931. A great many of the long-standing cases were disposed of in this tribunal. Others, which had been pending in some cases as long as five years without the defendant being apprehended, were nolle prossed unless of unusual impor- tance. With the docket then in fairly good shape, two assistant prosecutors were added the staff and assigned to the criminal courts. As a result of efficient management and long hours of work, virtually all the old cases have been cleared up. Despite the increasing number of crimes, the courts are ready to proceed with current cases. Justice Moving Rapidly. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue are now sitting in the criminal division. They have been disposing of approximately eight cases a day, and at this rate most of the cases now on the docket will be out of the day by next Monday. In a report to Mr. Rover yesterday, Chief Clerk John C. Conliff, jr., stated three first-degree murder cases and one other capital punishment case were | among the 64 ceses disposed of in| Criminal Court No. 2 during the past month. There has been a great deal of specu- lation as to the identity of the next district attorney, although no word has come from the White House on this matter. One thing, however, is as- sured—whoever is selected to fill the post will find waiting for him a cleared desk, a novelty in the prosecuting field. JEWISH CENTER PLANS VARIETY IN CONCERT Former Star of Moscow Theater ‘Will Sing at Opening Event on Spring Program Tonight. The Jewish Community Center’s took her to the hospital, where she was treated by Dr. Walter J. Lyle. Injured by Truck. Council Sidberry, 25, colored, was in a serious condition in Casualty Hos- pital last night, suffering from injuries received when hit by a gasoline truck near his home. The Glendale rescue squad took him to the hespital. P Charity Group Plans Tea. . The Ladies of Charity of Holy Trinity Georgetown, will -hold a from 3 to 6 o'clock at the home of Mrs. John Brady, 2900 P gflt. Miss president of Spring program will be opened with a concert g 5 p.m. today. Russian and gypsy songs will be pre- sented by Mme. Anna Sablukova, Rus- slan mezzo-soprano, who for many years was one of the leading voices of the Moscow Art Theater. She was in- troduced in America by Morris Gest. A series of orchestral presentations, under the direction of George Sklsr, also is scheduled. Miss Nettie Sadle will render a pieno sclo, and Abe Shef- ferman, formerly of the Washington Opera Co., will be heard in a series of Jewish = Jn observance of the Passover holi- days, the center will Sedar , with the services tomorrow even! Hebre: act- Thousands of Washington visitors had their first view of the annual cherry blossom display about the Tidal Basin yesterday. The blooms are expected to be at their best today. Upper left: Mrs. Roosevelt as she appeared at the Basin yesterday. Upper right: A view across the Basin, with the Lincoln Memorial framed in the trees. Below: Japanese Am- bassador Debuchi and his family inspect the trees. Left to right: Masaru Debuchi, the Ambassador’s son; Mme. Debuchi, Mr. Debuchi and Takakb Debuchi, the OFFIGERS DETAINED IN FATAL SHOOTING Inquest Set for Tomorrow in Death of Victim of Po- lice Chase. , ‘Two ninth precinct policemen are be- ing technically detained at the station house pending an inquest tomorrow morning into the death of Daniel Court- ney, 33, colored, 800 block of Pirst strest, who died at Casualty Hospital yester- day es a result of gunshot wounds. Courtney was shot at Second and H streets mortheast Friday after the two officers—J. F. Ryan and R. W. Moyer— had told him to halt in the belief he was the man wizo held up a nearby laundry only a few minutes before. Courtney started to run when accosted by police, they sald, whereupon they cpened fire. According to the two officers, they or- dered Courtney to stop in the belief he fitted the description ot the hold-up man given them only a few moments befcre by Mrs. Ruby Bradley, laundry office clerk. Mrs. Bradley had beén held up in the branch at 421 H street northeast and robbed of about $10. At the hospital shortly after the shooting Mrs. Bradley was unable tob| identify Courtney as the man who had held her up. A numbers game bock was found in the man’s pocket and he told police this was what caused him to run when the two officers told him to stop. Their bullets struck him in the chest and leg. T At the police station no charge had been placed against Ryan and Moyer. ARMY PRISONER FLEES, POLICE AID IS ASKED Private Being Held in Guard House at War College Faced Charge Brought in Texas. Army authorities have asked police to aid in a search for Pvt.yGeorge W. Coggan, 32, who escaped last night while a prisoner in the guard house at the War College. d Police were told that Coggan was be- ing held here after a charge was brought against him while he was sta- tioned at an Army post in Texas. Coggan disappeared from the reser- vation shortly after he was given per- ion to leave the guard house to také a bath. He was bareheaded and wearing a blue chinchilla overcoat, po- lice were told. -— Overcome by Gas. Affected by carbon monxide gas while working on his car yesterday, Maurice Farrington, 47, collapsed a few minutes later in his home, 1734 C street northeast, cutting his head when he . tregted at Casualty Hos- Ambassador’s daughter. —A. P. and Star Staff Photos. | MRS. DE VAULT RITES SET World, War Yeomanette Will Be Buried in Arlington. Mrs. Louise Eckel De Vault of Balti- more, World War yeomanette, wh died at Mount Alto Hospital Friday, will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. A native of Prescott, Ariz, Mrs. De Vault was in the consular service for several years before the war, when she became a yeomanette. She is survived by her husband, John De Vault, an importer. RENO HIGH SCHOOL PLANS ARE STUDIED | Considering Design for New Build- ing, Which Must Await Appro- priation From Congress. Plans for the proposed Reno High School, to be erected near Fortieth and Chesapeake streets when Congress ap- propriates needed funds for the proj- ect, have been reviewd by a board of consulting _architects, Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer Commissioner, said yesterday. A general design for the building was nearly completed by Albert L. Harris, municipal architect, who died recently. The work now is being completed by ;ther members of the architectural of- ce. The District called on Nathan C. ‘Wyeth, Edward W. Donn, jr., and Fred- erick V. Murphy, Washington arcl tects, to consider the final form of de- tails of the building design. The trio are members of the board of consult- ing architects on the proposed Munici- pal Center project, which has been de- layed by budget conditions. Congress appropriated $50,000 in the 1933 fund act for the preparation of plans for the building, but the District budget for next year, as it stands now before Congress, does not provide funds for construction of the building. ‘The building is to be similar in line and size to.the Roosevelt High School. Estimates submitted to the past session of Congress were that it would cost $1,300,000 to duplicate the Roosevelt School. It was estimated that the new school could be built for $1,150,000 if changes were made to effect economies. TRADE BOARl; TO HOLD SHAD BAKE ON MAY 20 Program of Sports Events, Music, Luncheon and Dinner Planned at Bay Ridge, Md. ‘The Washington Board of ‘Trade will hold its annual shad bake at Bay Ridge, Md, May 20. Luncheon and dinner, including beer, will be served, and there will be golt, wrestling, boxing, base ball, tennis, fish- ing, boating, swimming, horseshoe pitch- ing, quoits and trapshooting. usic will be furnished by the 20th t, Marine Band.. W. Crosdale Witts is chairman of the Shad Bake Comumittee, D. C. PROBE GROUP - MEETS WEDNESDAY {Mrs. Norton Seeks Power for ; House Subcommittee to Force Testimony. ‘The spgcial subcommittee of the House District Committee, which is to | make an intensive study of such District problems as fiscal relations, taxes, rents, foreclosure of mortgages, sale of secur- ities, evictions, recciverships and the entire real estate situation, is to hold its first meeting in the District com- mitee room Wednesday morning. In the meantime Mrs. Norton expects to have prepared tomorrow a resolution to be presented in the House asking for authority for this subcommittee to compel witnesses to testify and all other necessary support from the House, so that the committee may make a worth- while investigation. Mrs. Norton said last night she will confer with Speaker Rainey and House Leader Byrns so as to be-prepared to lay definite plans be- fore the new subcommittee Wednesday. The subcommittee, of which Repre- | sentative Palmisano of Maryland is to be chairman, will make general studies until this session of Congress adjourns, and the five or six members whose dis~ tricts are closest to Washington will continue to gather detailed information throughout the Summer and Fall, send- ing it along to study by the other mem- bers in distant States. A week or so before the next cession of Congress opens, in January, the subcommittee will gather in Washing- ton and prepare its report to be sub- mitted to the full District Committee early in the next session. REV. BERTRAM M. 0SG0OD TO CONDUCT SERVICES Bethesda Pastor Announces Ser- « mon Theme for Tonight in State Theater. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., April 8.—Rev. Bertram M. Osgood, pastor of the Be- thesda Baptist congregation, will 5 on “Enthusiasm and the Greatest of Triumphal Processions” at the services to be held by the congregation in the State Theater here tomorrow night at 7:45 o'clock. A musical program will be presented by James Breeden and a group of fe- |male vocalists at the evening services. | The day’s program for the congregation |also includes Sunday school at 10:15 o'clock and morning servises at 11 a.m. in the Masonic Temple and an organi-. zation meeting of the Young People's Society in the theater at 7:15 o'clock. It was announced that an Easter organ recital will be given at the eve- Dickimen. o1 Washiogin, ssisied b7 n o special soloists, SPORTS N CONGRESS TOHEA PLEAORD. . PO Figures on Gravity of Situa- tion to Be Given Supply Bill Hearing. Spokesmen for the destitute and un- of | bill looking to the Sidney P. Taliaferro, chairman of the board’s Emergancy Rellef Committee, said yesterday it is urgently necessary that more funds bs obtained from some scurce. This epini-n was seconded by W. W. Millan, chairman of the Board | cf Public Welfare, although neither Mr. Taliaferro mor Mr. Millan could pre- dict what recommendation the -board would make to°the District Commis- sioners in view of the situation. ‘The $1,250,000 item for emergency re- lief in the pending bill contem- plates & t. in funds under which the public agency is operating during the present fiscal year, welfare leaders say. An appeal in behalf of the District's needy was made yesterday afternoon to members of the Senate District Com- retary of the Charities and chairman of the Monday Evening Club's Committee on Emergency Relief. Situation Here Critical. ‘The three largest family welfare groups in Washington face a critical situation, it was said. The Associated Charities and the Jewish Social Serv- ice Agency are paying out relief so rapidly they will be forced to close up entirely by August 1, unless aid is forth- coming, and the Catholic Charities is little better off, directors of the agen- Theéir Community Chest allotments were cut this year because there was approximately nsz,oo‘gd less to because a large ‘share of the family welfare burden was to be assumed from pull‘)gc funds by the District emergency relief. The inadequacy of the rélief appro- priation to care for unemployed resi- dents, however, drove hundreds of families back on the private agencies, social workers say. s According to Albert S. Rosichan, ex- ecutive A.dkecw ‘oh(.‘the Jewish Social Service Agency, organization, de- spite its curtailed income, has twice as many families under its care this year last. Mr. Rosichan expressed doubt t the present funds could be ex- tended later than July 1 at the present rate of disbursement. The Catholic Charities is in some- what better financial condition, as part of its relief burden has been accepted el o Bk S T len whicl e ers are little able to assume, particularly in the col- ored districts. Even with this help, according to Rev. Lawrence J. Shehan, assistant di- rector of the organization, the Cath- olic Charities is spending far more than its monthly allotment and must run out of funds under the present status ldo:' before the new Community Chest ve. The heads of the family welfare agencies agree that slow starvation Peak | must be the lot of thousands of resi- dents unless public relief is enlarged, as in other commuhities, to tide pri- vate charity through the present emer~ gency. BOY REPORTED MISSING b i Mother Asks Police to Hunt for William Anderson. First precinct police were asked last night to aid in fini‘ng William J. An- derson, 13, reported missing from his home at 734 Sixth street since last Sun- day. The reques; was made by the boy's mother, Mrs. Myrtle Apderson. EWS | PAGE B—1 IADEQUATE LIBRARY, SCHOOL AND RELIEF PROVISION URGED Civic Workers Meet Members of Senate D. C. Group in Hearing. SUPPLY BILL SLASHES MOST PRESSING PROBLEM Action on Only Emergency Legis- lation for District Is Possible Now, Says King. Urgent appeals to the Senate to make adequate provision in the pend- ing District appropriation bill for the schools, libraries and for emergency public welfare relief work featured s meeting of the Senate District Com- mittee yesterday afternoon, called by Senator King of Utah, the new chair« man, to enable civic workers to join in an informal discussion of District prol . The meeting was not held for the purpose of taking up any particular subjects, but to enable leaders of local organizations to become better ac- quainted with the :‘nd t;wn di.u:unllntermn ons in general. The frequent refer- ence to butiget needs, however, indi- cated the cuts that have been made in the revised 1934 District bill Whenever ome s 2"‘}1 enever items in the ropria- n those matters be tion .bill were ment King suggested that brought to the lttmfln:o( the Sub- nature. any emergency legis- !lghh‘lct. it will be the elimination of- alley in “&r the replatting of those King added. Mowe than 100 persons, including sev- eral representatives of colored organi- zations, were present when Chairman to order and an emergency “If we take lation for the dwellings the | Council of mittee by Walter S. Uffcrd, general sec- Associated Het on relief, either ivate, and added: ‘Qur plea is not to adjourn until te %eovl.non is made for relief e period until Congress re- Other speakers called the commit- tee’s attention to old-age security len:- lation, and to the movement to provide ches for school children = where of the Washingtonians. She said the latter organization “is particularly in- terested in national representation and is_indebted to Senator Capper for his fiflmn:nu:r bt;hll!.‘;‘w;l:lmwr Capper po! g the na Tepresenta- tiornnd rewA-luuon. % o Emery, a former president of the Society of Natives, told the com- mittee the citizens’ federation, the various trade bodies and a large num- ber of other local organizations are all on record in favor of national repre- sentation. Urges Representation. Evan H. Tucker, president of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Asso- ciation, who has been active in civic work for 40 years, told the committee “we are perfectly satisfied to have Con- glen make the laws for the District, it I think it would be an advantage both to us and to Congress if we had representation in the House and Sen- ate.” Mr. Tucker also declared he would like to have the same right that all other Americans enjoy of voting for President and Vice President. Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation, said that committee represents the practically unanimous organized sentiment. He said the only exceptions he could recall were those recorded earlier in the meeting, when Grove 3 24 the Mi position. Mr. Tucker described the get-together meeting of the Senate committee as a step in the right direction and praised the District Committees of House and Senate for the time they devote to District problems. He spoke of the need for an equitable Fed: share in the experses of the District. vy % reductions in the Dis- « on Page 2, Colump 1)