Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1933, Page 17

Washington News Che GAVBLER FATALLY WOUNDS FREND I SHIDTING RAVPACE Charles A. MacAboy Shot by Policeman in Ninth Street Pool Room. BULLET ALSO STRIKES BYSTANDER IN HIP @un Play Starts at Party in H; Street Apartment—Guests Are Held. ‘Three men were wounded, one fatall. when an intoxicated gambler went on a rampage in a pool room at 744 Ninth street last night after an argument with & friend. The latter died of wounds suf- fered in the fight. The battle ended when Policeman Uel | M. Gaile of the first precinct, attracted | by the sound of shots, ran into the place and A. Mac- Aboy . after the latter had refused to drop his pistol and had fired at the officer's head ‘The bullet missed Gaile by inches and passed through a partition behind him Gaile drew his service revolver and | fired at MacAboy's | trigger hand. The bullet struck e man in the abdo- men, and he slump- ed to the floor beside his own victim, Frank Snow, 30, of 917 H street, who had been involved in a quarrel with MacAboy a few minutes before. Snow lay mortally wounded, with four bullets 4n his body. Charles Neill, 27, of the 1200 block of Twelfth street, a bystander in the pool room, also was shot during the fight. A bullet from MacAboy's gun struck him in the hip. Neill was struck by one of the first shots, and while other spectators fled Charles MacAboy. to cover, he ran out the door just as| Gaile came in. “I'm shot, Gail me to the hospital.” “Where's the man who shot you?” Gaile asked, and ran into the estab- lishment to find MacAboy and grappling on the floor as the latter attempted to wrest the gun frcm his assailant’s hand. Questioning friends of Snow and MacAboy aft- er the fight, police learned the two had been drinking at a party in the 900 block of H street earlier in the evening. A dispute arose between Mac- Aboy, Dewey ‘Whaley, 34, and Martin Pope, 33 at that time and MacAboy fired his pistol at the floor. Every one ran from the apart- mment. MacAboy then went to the pool yoom and a few minutes later began arguing with Stow. The shooting fol- Jowed. Police said Snow was unarmed at the time of the fight. Several persons who were guests at the H street party were arrested by Neill cried. “Take Policeman Gaile. detectives and held as Government wit- | k| nesses. MacAboy, who lives in the 600 blocl ©f Eleventh street northeast, is married and has four children. He has been wrrested on previous occasions. FOLICE TRACE CLUES IN BEARD ROBBERY Fewelry and Furs Valued at $3,590 Reported Stolen From Un- occupied Home. A number of clues were being in- | attempt to bid in Hoover Field, when | vestigated by police today that might eveal the identity of the thieves who -oke into the home of Sam Beard, | ownership it is believed strenuous ef-| gambler, in the 7400 block of Alaska Bavenue, yesterday and stole $3,590 “morth of jewelry and furs. Beard is serving a penitentiary term for income tax evasion and Mrs. Lil- ian M. Beard, his wife, was summoned %mme from a vacation trip into New | {Jersey when the robbery was reported police by J. Perry, caretaker at the alatial home. She made a hurried check of the house and discovered that articles worth $3.590 are missing. The thieves entered the home by cut- ting through the wire and glass of a _back door. They went over the house from top to bottom and left its fur- nishings and contents in disorder Police suggested the possibility that they might have been seeking the metal box in which it was said at the gam- bler's trial he kept several hundred thousand dollars The property which Mrs. Beard told olice her quick investigation found to E. missing included two silver fox furs | valued at $750, a white gold bar pin et with 18 diamonds. valued at $1,000; | 2 $750 diamond ring, diamond and sapphire bracelet worth $800, diamond bar pin valued at $300. wedding ring | worth $85, diamond stickpin and cuff links estimated at $52, a $35 bottle of perfume and $12 in pennies. BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY STONE fewis XKnight, 10, Treated for Compound Fracture—Rhody Taylor Held for Blow. Lewis Knight, 10, of 1422 T street cutheast, was in a serious condition oday in Casualty Hospital after being ruck on the head yesterday with a| ne said to have been thrown by ody Taylor. 31, of the 3200 block of Massachusetts avenue southeast. The boy was said to have a compound skull fracture. Taylor was arrested by police of No. 41 precinct and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Later he was released under $1,000 bond. The Knight boy is said to have been Bccidentally struck when the stone was thrown at some older boys who had Jbeen annoying Taylor. The latter, olice said, has several times been in gn institution for treatment. | shot| Snow | | | i Ras_(King) Destu Demtu of Ethiop} { party. day by William Phillips, Acting Secretary of State. Manamano, Ethiopian counsel general at Jerusalem, a member of King Demtu's WASHINGTON, D. C, w Royalty Welcomed to Capital SON-IN-LAW OF ETHIOPIAN EMPEROR GREETED ON ARRIVAL. ia being welcomed to Washington yester- On the left is Ato Paulos —A. P. Photo. AS (KING) DESTU DEMTU of Ethiopia, member of Africa’s most important royal family, was seeing the sights about Washington today after a re ception at Union Station yesterday which turned out the Army Band and representatives of the United States Government and press. The royal visitor, who is the son-in- of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. will be tendered a iuncheon al tre White House Friday by President Roosevelt, when 20 or 25 guests will be hand to meet him. was to have luncled at the White House today, but the affair was postponed be- cause of a cold which had confined President Roosevelt to his study for the day. Garbed fh picturesque native dress, the visitor created quite a stir on his arrival at the station. There he was greeted by Willlam Phillips, Acting Secretary of State: Col. Marvin H. Mc- Intyre, one of the President’s secre- taries, and Capt. Walter Vernon, White House naval aide. As the visiters and the reception group walked toward their automobiles the Army Band struck up the Ethiopian national anthem. The party, led by & police escort directly to the ARFELD FUTURE S BELEVED SHF |National Aviation Corporation ! said to Be Purchaser of Airport. | | | ! National Aviation Corporation of | New York is the new owner of Wash- | ington Airport, sold at public auction | Monday, according to reports from what are considered reliable sources i here. No official confirmation of the reports could be obtained, however. The New York corporation is de- scribed as a holding company which {has financial interests in a number of | aviation enterprises, but which does not self engage in any phase of aviation ither as a manufacturer or It does not report to the ment of Commerce Aeronautics s all manufacturers or oper- nired to do. nal Aviation Corporation is said to be the same type of firm as Pederal Aviation Corporation, former owners of the local airport, and, like Federal is said to represent local aviation inter- ests. There no longer is thought to be any i the ful operation of the local air terminzl as an airport. It is antici- pated that National Aviation also will that property is offered at public auc- tion at 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 31. { If the two properties come under one forts will be made to have the govern- | ment close the section of Military road between the two as the preliminary to a great expansion of the local airport to meet the safety requirements of the Department of Commerce Aeronautics Branch. JUNIOR ALTITUDE RECORD IS GRANTED SCHOOLBOY Alfred K. Hall Given Official Credit for 16,371 Feet in Biplane. Official Tecognition of a new junior altitude record today was granted by the Contest Committee of the National Aeronautic_Association to Alfred K. Hall, jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. schoolboy, Who on July 2 flew a Bird biplane to an altitude of 16,371 feet from Floyd Bennett Airport. The announcement followed calibration by the Bureau of Standards of Hall's barograph. A junior pilot is defined by the N. A_ A. Contest Board as a_licensed pilot 18 years old or under. The for- mer junior altitude record was held tained an altitude of 10,525 feet at Roosevelt Field, N. Y. October 26, 1830. Clough on this same flight es- tablished a new international record for light airplanes of the second cate- ory. 2 ‘Iy‘ne junior maximum speed record for aircraft is held by Frank Kurtz of Los Angeles, who attained a speed of 124.852 miles per hour at Los Angeles two years ago. MORAN RITES HELD Commerce Department Inspector Killed in Delaware Air Crash. Jack Moran, Department of Com- merce aeronautics branch engineering inspector, who was killed Saturday in the crash of a plane which he was flight testing at Wilmington, Del., was buried today at Cambridge, Mass. His home was in New York, where he was assigned to inspection headquarters for the Northeastern States. Joseph Bou- cin, aercnautics branch inspector, rep- resented the Department of Commerce at the funeral. King Demtu | question in local aviation circles as to| by Paul Clough of New York, who at- | Mayflower Hotel, where Ras Demtu is making his headquarters while in Washington. He is repaying the visit of a special American mission which went to the coronation of his father-in-law three years ago. He was accompanied to this country by Ato Paulos Manamano, Ethiopian consul general at Jerusalem Frty years old, with his neat Van Dyke beard and swarthy complexion accentuated by tight white trousers, white tunic and white helmet, Ras Demtu is an impressive figure. Over his white tunic he wore a long black cape heavily embroidered in gold, and his sun helmet was banded with a gold strap. The visitor expects to return to New York Friday ht, and in the mean- time plans to make sight-ceeing trips to Mount Vernon, the Naval Academy at Annapolis and the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier. During the welcoming ceremonies at the station, Policeman Willian D. Cousins, 50, of No. 5 precinct, was slightly injured when run down by an automobile while stretching a rope at Union Station to clear a path for the | visitor. The automobile was driven by A J. Ryan of Brooklyn, Md. No charges were placed against him. BRIDE 1S STUDYING SCHOOL CONTRACT Corporation Counsel Takes Up Alleged Low Pay to Workers. The case of the Catalano Construc- tion Corporation, which has admitted paying its workers less than prevail- ing rates to build a District school, is before Corporation Counsel William W. Bride for study today. He will make a | recommendation to the Commissioners after reading the stenographic tran- script of yesterday's hearings, he said. The hearings were held on a rule issued by the Commissioners to the contractor to show cause why the con- tract should not be taken away from him for viclating the prevailing ‘wage scales demanded there: ‘Testimony was offered from many workmen that the scales had been violated, and Dominic Catalano. head of the concern, admitted their charges were true. Mr. Bride said. however, that work on the building of the Phelps Voca- tional School. the job in question, would not be suspended pending a final decision. Subject in Dispute, | The only real dispute that developed at yesterday's hearing was whether the task of making and placing wooden | forms or molds for concrete was car- | penter’s work. Two Washington con- tractors, George E. Wyne and James R. Skinker, said it was. So did all of the carpenters, who complained about | being underpaid. David Weiner, coun- sel for the construction corporation, | however, contended this was the work | of the carpenter’s helper. | The Labor Department does not rec- ognize such a classification as ‘“car- penter’s helper,” according to testimony offered by Howard T. Colvin, its com- missioner of conciliation. He said a man who works with carpenter’s tools is a carpenter and that any one who helps him by holding lumber in place, fetching lumber or tools, or in any other manner, is a laborer. Tell of Pay Scale. There was testimony offeréd by sev- eral men and later admitted by Cata- lano to be true, that they signed cards when hired listing them as carpenters, and carrying a pay scale of $1 written on the cards. Nevertheless, they said they had never received more than 60 cents per hour. Other testimony showed hod carriers were paid 35 cents an hour, common labor 25 cents, and bricklayers 62! cents per hour. Mr. Colvin testified that in advisory opinions the Labor Department had held that the rate for carpenters is $1 an hour, for brick- layers, $1.50 per hour and laborers, 35 | to 50 cents | _One_ of the men, John Herzing of | Baltimore, testified he had been asked | to sign an affidavit declaring he had | been paid $1 per hour for his work as | a carpenter, and said that he had re- | fused to sign it. | AMERICAN ICE COMPANY TO MANUFACTURE BEER Concern With Branch in Capital Is Already Distributing Brew in Two Cities. ‘The American Ice Co., with branches in leading cities in the United States, | including Washington, is preparing to {go into the brewery business, it de- | veloped today. A stockholders’ meeting of the or- ganization has been called for August 4 in Jersey City to vote on a change | in the charter of the company to per- | mit it to manufacture beer. The American Ice Co. already dis- tributes beer in Boston and New York and the local branch is authorized to begin distribution of it August 1. PROBE 15 BEGUN OF RATING GIVEN T0 DARY FARMS Assistant Corporation Coun- sel Takes Up Health De- partment Procedure. COMPLAINTS ARE MADE OF VARYING CREDITS Declared to Differ as to Their Re- lations With Maryland and Virginia Producers. A study of the procedure followed by the Health Department in rating dairy | farms was bcgun today by Assistant Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal, | special counsel to the Senate Milk In- | vestigating Subcommittee. Mr. Seal is| making the study in following up com- | plaints that have come to him from individual dairy farmers, who claim they have had difficulties over their ratings. Mr. Seal said the department has a farm score, a cattle score and a butter- fat rating. and that the scores enter ln‘t& the price producers receive for their milk. Further Investigation Needed. Indications today were that several more weeks of preliminary work by ac- countants who are gathering figures on milk prices from distributors and pro- ducers will be necessary before public hearings are started by the Senate subcommittee. Meanwhile, Mr. Seal, as subcommittee counsel, is looking into various complaints which reach him. One of the complaints he said he has heard from several farmers is that their Health Department ratings vary as their relations with the Maryland and Vir- ginia Milk Producers’ Association change. Joseph Fleichman, who operates what was formerly the Providence Hospital | dairy farm, yesterday made a_written statement to Mr. Seal, in which he charged that whereas he had trouble with his dairy and herd ratings by the Health Department when operating independently, these troubles disap- peared when he became a member of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Pro- ducers’ Association. They reappeared later when he got into a dispute with | the association, he said. Inference Denied. The inference of an undue influence | jover the Health Department on the | part of the association has already been | denied vigorously by the department | {and the association Mr. Fleichman offered to testify under oath before | the Senate Committee to the matters contained in his statement. The statement said in part: “In November, 1931, I bought the Providence Hospital farm, which car- ried with it a District of Columbia milk permit. As a beginner in the milk busi- ness 1 thought I would comply with the law and ask the District of Colum- bia Health Department for permission to carry milk into the District. Their answer was that I would have to have a permit of my own. I stated that the old permit had two more months to run, but they said that that made no difference and that they would have to inspect my premises. An inspection was then made by a District of Colum- bia health inspector. He inspected the barn and the dairy and stated that I would have to make improvements run- ning from $1,000 to $1,600 in order to sell milk in the District. I did not wish to spend this amount so I decided to sell milk in Maryland which I succeeded in doing for 8 cents per quart. “In December, 1931, two men came to my farm and represented themselves to be from the Virginia-Maryland Milk Association. They explained that if I would join they would give me 28 cents per gallon for my milk and I would not have to bottle the same and could ship it in cans, but that I must sign up for | three vears. | “I asked them how T could bring my milk in the District when I had no D. C. permit. They said not to worry, that they would help me to get a per- mit. They told me I would get the per- mit and that I would have to spend very little to fix up the barn and the dairy. I thereupon spent about $200. A few weeks later my farm was in- spected again by a D. C. inspector and approved and I was given a D. C. per- mit. The $200 was spent on a steamer for steaming and washing the milk cans and some minor improvements, but they did not include any of the things that the D. C. inspector asked me to do at the first inspection and the permit was issued and I received a very good rating. I started to receive orders to deliver my milk to the Wakefield Dairy. They accepted it every day and every- thing was O. K. until I received the first check, which to me did not seem to be correct. Given Rating of 69. Then. after describing a contest be- tween himself and the association, the statement continues: “However, I returned and outfitted my dairy with bottles and went to the Health Department and asked if I could sell raw milk and cream in the District. They said that I could. On or about June 1, 1932 a D. C. inspector came over and gave me & rating on my cattle of 69. I asked him what that meant and was told that I could not bring any more milk in the District. till I came to the Health Department and saw them. “As I was a beginner in the milk busi- ness, I thought that my permit was taken away. I went to the Health De- partment at the District Building and asked them what the trouble was, but I could get no answer, nor would they suggest what I might do about the matter. June 14, 1933, I received a letter from the Wakefield Dairy stat- ing that they would not accept my milk unless my rating on the cattle was 99. I then went to the Milk Association and agreed to deliver milk to the Wake- field Dairy, at the old price if they would get my approved rating back for me. When I returned to the farm about three or four hours later, a D. C inspector was there and gave me an approving rating. The next day I de- livered the milk personally to the Wake- field Dairy, who accepted the milk without question.” DEATH ACCIDENTAL | i Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION EDNESDAY, JULY 19, Night Blooming Plant a Spectacle Society and General 1933. | | “ONCE-A-YEAR” CEREUS BLOSSOMS AT HOME OF TAKOMA PARK DOCTOR. A 1., HOME LOANS ACTION S DELAYED Chairman of Federal Board Out of Town—Tentative Officers Selected. little Donald Davi: Due to the absence from the city of William F. Stevenson, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, action on establishment of the Washington office of the Home Owners’ Loan Cor- poration will be delayed another day, it was announccd by Charles A. Jones District manager, today. The board was scheduled to meet this afternoon to act on recommendatiogs of Mr. Jones for office space and stafl, but because of the absence of Mr. Stevenson and other members of the group, the meeting was postponed until tomorrow. Mr. Jones said today he is ready with his recommendations for office ~space and setting up of his organization. The local office probably will be located in some Government building in a down- | town location. Tentative Selection Made. After surveying several available quarters in Federal buildings, in co- operation with Col. James A. Wood- ruff, director of public buildings and public parks, Mr. Jones revealed this morning he had made a tentative se- lection, but declined to divulge it pend- ing approval by the Home Loan Bank Board. The delay in securing approval of office space probably will further ham- per setting up of the District office’s machinery. Not until after the board passes on Mr. Jones' recommendations can he go ahead with furnishing his newly ac- quired quarters, install telephones and round out his staff. This, it is expected, will require two or three days. Foreclosures Being Stalled. Meanwhile, the corporation’s local manager is doing everything in his power to stall off foreclosures in the more extreme cases until such time as the organization can pass on distressed home owners’ applications for aid. Un- able to accept applications until his office is established, Mr. Jones is anxious that the delay not work undue hardship on_urgent cases. The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation in the Commerce Department Building has been besieged with applications from District residents, both for loans and for employment. but has stated flatly that it has nothing to do with either. Applicants are requested to awalt establishment of the District — M'COY FUNERAL T0 BE HELD FRIDAY Services Will Be at Cambridge,! Mass., With Interment at 1 Troy, N. Y. Funeral services for former Chief | Justice Walter I. McCoy. District Su-| preme Court, who died Monday at the | home of a daughter in Cambridge. | Mass.. will be held in that city Friday | at 1:30 pm. The body will be taken| to Troy. N. Y.. Saturday for interment | in Oakwood Cemetery. The former chief justice had been 11l more than a year, but his condition suddenly became worse a few days before his death. Justice McCoy was 73 years old, and served on the bench of the Supreme Court here for 15 years. He was succeeded as chief | justice by the present chief justice, | Alfred A. Wheat. His home here was| in the Ontario Apartments. Justice McCoy was a native of Troy and was graduated from Princeton and Harvard Universities. He was a mem- ber of the Cosmos Club. the Kirkside Golf Club, the New York Bar Associa- tion and the New York and New Jersey Harvard Clubs. He was president of the Alfalfa Club for 1931, being succeeded by Senator Key Pittman, and vice presi- dent of the Sons of the Revolution in the District. He is survived by four children, Percy B. McCoy, Philbrick McCoy, Catherine | B. McCoy and Dr. Eleanor Holman McCoy. Coroner’s Jury Exonerates Driver of Cab Killing Miss Leddy. A coroner’s jury today held acci- dental the death yesterday of Miss Annie Leddy, 60, of 1906 N street, fatally injured when she is said to have walked into the side of a taxicab at Eighteenth street and Connecticut avenue. ‘The verdict exonerated Wilbur A. Funk, 38, of the 1200 block of N street, driver of the cab. Funk took Miss Leddy to Emergency Hospital, where he gave his name and some time after- ward went to No. 3 Police Station to report the incident there, while police were seeking him for qt STOVE CAUSES BURNS Mrs. Margaret Hartig Injured When Leaking Gasoline Ignites. Mrs. Margaret Hartig, 27, was burned about the arm today when leaking gaso- line from the kitchen stove ignited in her home, 4041 Twenty-fourth street northeast. She was given first aid treatment on the scene. ‘The fire, which damaged the dwelling to an estimated sum of $150, was soon brought under control by firemen, de- spite the fact they were forced to run hose for a distance of more than 250 yards from a fire hydrant. i The large —Star Staff Photo. !Child, Awondering, | Makes Inspection Of Jail Situation Three-Year-Old Finally Claimed by Frantic Mother. The cell block was the only thing flaxen-haired little Virginia Barrett didn't inspect yesterday as she roamed from top to bottom of the tenth pre- cinct police station, and the only rea- son for that was they wouldn't let her in even when she rattled the bars. The litle maid, who is almost 3, went adventuring when her mother, Mrs. S M Barrett, 1642 Argonne place, wasn't looking and wound up at the police sta- tion surrounded by a ring of interested but puzzied officers. A silent stare was her only reply to their questioning. Under no circum- stances would she divulge her name wearied of their quizzing. she started her tour of inspection, fol- lowed by Policeman Clifton C. Niblock. who is 6 feet 7 inches tall. “She was an awful nuisance,” ad- mitted the giant officer, “but I was afraid to let her out of my sight be- caise she might have gotten hurt.” She had been at the station for about 45 minutes, when a call came from her worried mother and a few minutes later she was safe at home again. CITY HEADS T0 ASK FOR RELIF FUNDS Will Request $173,353 From Emergency Fund for Work in District. ict Commissioners will send or tomorrow a request for a grant of $173.353 from the Federal Emergency Relief Fund to use for unemployment relief in the District. This sum represents one-third of the public funds expended for relief in the District during the second quarter of 1933 and is the maximum to which the | District is entitled under the Lewis- Wagner relief act. A grant of $140,000 | was previously made to the District under the act. The latter sum rep- resented one-third of the public funds spent in public relief here during Jan- uary, February and March. All the money requested is for the relief of bona fide residents of the Dis- trict. The Federal relief act makes pro- vision for grants for the relief of tran- sients, but as yet the District has not asked for any of this money. Le Roy A. Halbert, District relief di- rector, said today that plans are now being ‘formed for a request for money under this hearing. This, he said, was because private charitable relief agencies, who care for both District residents and transients, are hard put to it to find money to meet their needs. There are now 11,413 families on the rolls of the District employment relief agency—the highest number on record. Relief officials here expected that the number of families would dwindle with the advance of Summer, but the reverse has proved true. There were 854 fresh applicants for relief last week, and the local relief office is several hundred cases behind on its investigation of ap- plicants, . APPLICATIONS ARE ASKED FOR MESSENGER JOBS | Civil Service Commission Will Ac- | Favors Plan to Go Ahead Immedi- cept Credentials of Candidates Until August 8. Applications for assistant and junior messengers in the departmental service here will be accepted by the Civil Serv- ice Commission until August 8, it has been announced. The entrance salary for assistant mes- | senger is $1,080 a year, and for junior | inside. messenger $600 a year, less the economy act’s reduction. As the States of Maryland, Virginia, Towa, New Hampshire, Vermont and the District of Columbia already have re- ceived appointments in excess of their quotas, their residents will not be ad- mitted to the examination unless they submit documentary proof that they are entitled to military preference. Sunday School to Picnic. GAITHERSBURG, July 19 (Special). —The annual Sunday school picnic of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Gaithersburg, will be held at Braddock Heights Saturday. The Com- mittee on General Arrangements is com- posed of John Robertson, chairman; Katherine Wells and Carlton Mobley. INDICT POLICEMAN ON ROBBERY COUNT John F. Patton Is Held by Grand Jurors in Gas Station Theft. Policeman John F. Patton, tenth pre- cinct, was indicted on a charge of rob- | bery by the District grand jury today | in connection with an alleged plot to rob the Dome Gas Station, Sixteenth | and Tagylor streets. H James Mason and William Wood, both | colored, were indicted with Patton. The Government contends Patton planned) the robbery with the other two and| that he drove them to within a short| distance of the gas station on June 21, lleged robbery. said to have netted $185, was perpetrated. Bank Robbery Charged. Two indictments charging bank rob- bery were returned against Spencer Walden, 29. of Philadelphia. He is charged with participating in the hold- ups of two branches of the Washington Mechanics’ Savings Bank, one at Ninth and East Capitol streets, and the other at 3608 Georgia avenue. Walden was| arrested by local detectives in Phila-| delphia i Frank H. Van Buren. colored. who is| alleged to have stolen approximately ! $2.000 from George D. Horning. Inc.| where he had been a chauffeur for 15| years, was charged in two indictments | with grand larceny and embezzlement. | One indictment charges him with steal- | ing money from a box he was supposed to deliver and the other alleges he took $1.115 from a box belonging to William | E. Burke of South Washington, Va., who had delivered it to the Herning Co. Others _indicted. with the charges against them, were: William Witt Morrissett. non-support: | James Henry Harrison. Nathaniel Taylor | Moore, Walter Oscar Metz. Albert Clyde Berry, Daniel Harvey Johnson, joy- riding: William Holmes, Parren Wood- land, Warren Woodland. Richard Me-| Griff, Barron Richardson and Harland | George Lilley, joyriding and grand lar- ceny; Charles Dawson, Larsey Carney and Hattie Humphries, grand larceny Cebron McConnell. James Winter, James Carter, Robert Pinckney, James Ross Mallory, William Oden. Ira_Vincent Phelps. Julian Steiner. Bruce Randolph Gaw, William Johnson, Rudolph Wil- liams, James Robinson. Walter Samuel | Brown and Clarence Edward Watson, | housebreaking and larceny. | Richard Mosley. assault with intent |to commit larceny; Walter A. Smith, | Ully Hymes, Rcbert Butler, John Stev- | enson, James Watson, James Cannon, | John Harris Thomas and John Charles | Bradley, robbery; Edward Johnson, | robbery” and assault with intent to commit rape; Tilman Gaines, Zacha- | riah Gilbert, Joseph McAfee, Harrison | Ashton and Herman Alfred Payne. as- sault_with a dangerous weapon; Law- rence Trellinger and Harvey R. Harris, | larceny from the United States. | The following were" clearcd of the | charges _indicated: _ William Alonzo | Smith, Edward G. Reed. Howard D. | Williams, Frank L. Richardson and ‘William Theodore Mangum, joyriding; | Harold Tucker, Theodore W. Tyler and Otis W. Melvin. grand larceny; Samuel Johnson, depredation on private prop- | erty; Estella R. Tyler, receiving stolen property; Norman Brown, Frank Camp- | bell, William Henderson, Martha | Dutch, Jasper Ellery and Gracie Tyson, | assault with a dangerous weapon; Gor- | man Wright, violation of the national | prohibiticn act, and Paul Wilkins, vio- lation of section 906, District of Co- | lumbia Code. 'PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD APPROVES LORTON WALL ately With Building for Troublesome Prisoners. ‘The Board of Public Welfare yester- | day approved plans to go ahead im- | mediately with building of a brick wall PAGE B—1 INGREASE N FUN FOR NEW BRDEE PROPOEDBY KNG Senator Urges Commission- ers to Ask Congress for More Than $1,250,000. MASONRY ARCH DESIGN DEMANDED BY LEADERS Civic Groups Want Structure to Conform With Nearby Taft Span. Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee today urged the Dis- trict Commissioners to ask Congress for an increase in the authorized appro- priation for construction of a new Cal- vert Street Bridge over Rock Creek if a new span of correct style suitab® to the location, cannot be built with- in the present limit of $1,250,000 The declaration was made during an extended public hearing with the Com- missioners, when Senator King and spokesmen for civic groups voiced pref- | erence for a masonry arch bridge in- NIGHT-BLOOMING cereus blossoms one night each year, and last night was “the night” for two of the large | plants at the home of Dr. Loretta Kress, 705 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, Md., pictured above. cact! opened more than 20 blossoms for the photographer. Standing in front of the plant, besides Dr. Kress, is 6610 Fifth street. stead of a single large steel span. as planned by District Engineer officials. Senator King said he was not seeking to dictate what type of bridge should be erected. but said he believed the new structure must be made to con- form to the style of the necarby Taft Bridge, which is of multiple arch ma- sonry. Several civic leaders opposed the single arch steél plan, which has been favored by Engineer Commissioner Got- Climax Expected Soon. It was indicated the debate, which has stirred considerable interest in business and civic bodies, would reach a climax at a joint meeting of the Fine Arts Com- mission and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission on July 28. If an entirely new design is selected, starting of construction of the new bridge may be delayed for a time, since congressional authorization for the work prescribed that the plans must have the approval of the Fine Arts Commission, Senator King said it was desirable that the bridge be started at a very early | date because of the condition of the old span and because of the need for providing increased employ Dx¥r1ct, iy ey 0 start construction of the bri Congress_authorized use of 5575,000“103;:[ of the District’s surplus gasoline tax revenues of $1,500,000, subject to ap- proval by the director of the Bureau of the Budget. The Commissioners re- cently asked the right to use of this and other items in the gasoline surplus list, but as yet the budget director has taken no action on the request. In describing the long planning for the new bridge. Commissioner Gotwaly sald that in 1917 an architectual plan for a muitiple arch masonry bridge way drawn, but detailed plans and specifi- cations were not prepared. Appeals Renewed Since. In recent years Commissioners have renewed appeals for an appropriation for a new bridge. and the present Com- missioners, on obtaining authorization for plans, engaged Modjeski, Mastery & Chase. This firm, in collaboration with Paul Cret, studied 10 different types of bridges, which the Commis- sloners submitted to the Fine Arts Com- mission. Maj. Gotwals said the com- mission favored a single-arch span and voiced a preference for masonry. There- upon the Engineer Commissioner went 3’)‘1} ;‘ecordld!:;]: a single-arch bridge, vhich could have a mason: cuslis t}zem‘gtted Yo 5 mates submitted the engineer- ing firm set the cost of ab,{mg]e span steel arch at $1,221,000 and the cost of a ngle span concrete arch with stone facing at_$1,602.000. When Maj. Gotwals pointed out the latter was above the authorized cost of $1.250,000 and that a pure masonry mul- tiple arch bridge, such as planned in 1917, would cost about $380.000 more than a steel span. Senator King said the city heads could appeal to Congress for more money if necessary. He said he would favor an additional cost of $200.000 or even $300.000, if required, to build a bridge of proper style. The original plan was rendered by Maj. George Oakley Totten, prominent E’B‘;;ltmgr(on ]a’rrhitfl‘t It showed 3 ridge of multiple arch style in kee with the Taft andge. gy B Urge Further Study. Dorsey W. Hyde, jr.; Edwin S. Hege, George Sullivan, George V. Ghaham, George Shinn, Clayton Emig and Thomas S. Settle, speaking for the Washington Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade and Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations, urged the need of a restudy of the matter. Several voiced definite preference for a masonry bridge. The question was raised by some spokesmen as to whether the Commissioners had obeyed the order of Congress that they make a restudy of the matter before proceeding with the plans. The Commissioners did not en- gage engineers actually to draw new designs, but did review the subject at length. Senator King indicated he had no quarrel on that score. Maj. Totten said he had received an estimate from a locol contracting firm for the construction of a multiple-arch masonry bridge, which was well within the amount authorized. Maj quoted the contractor as saying he could complete the bridge by August 1, 1934. if work is begun by this August. Little Washington labor or materials will be used if a steel span is built, Maj. Totten said, but if a masonry bridge 1s decided upon, at least 75 per cent of the material would be local and all of the labor could be drawn from ‘Washington workmen. DROWNING OF BOY, 10, IS DECLARED ACCIDENT Mt. Rainier Justice of Peace Issues Certificate After Coroner’s Inquest Is Held. surrounding a 10-acre tract of the | 1.600-acre Lorton reservation. Prison- |ers at the reformatory who cannot abide by the honor system prevailing | outside the walls will be confined ‘The plans had already received the approval of the board’s Penal Commit- tee and there had been no doubt that | the full board would likéwise approve. HUSBANDS GO TO JAIL Men Ordered to Serve Terms for Non-Payment of Alimony. ‘Two men were ordered committed to jail for failure to pay alimony yester- day by Justice Oscar R. Luhring of the District Supreme Court. The men are Earl C. Hill, an insurance agent, and Paul Thomas, a cab driver. The order of commitment directed that they serve 90 days, or until the back alimony is paid. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., July 19.—A certificate of accidental drowning war issued by Justice of the Peace Robert E. Joyce last night after a coroner's in- quest amto the death of John M. Flynn. jr., 10-year-old son of John M. and Frances Flynn, 2523 Third street north- east. Washington. The child was drowned while swim- ming with a party of boys in the Northwest Branch, near Mount Rainier. He was pulled from the water by Jack Thompson, 16, of the 3500 block of Warder street. Judge Joyce said that he interrupted his inquest last night to summon of- ficials of the county firemen's rescue squad, when members of the Flynn family claimed they did not work long enough to revive the boy. Officials of the squad, however, said the squad made every effort to resus- citate the child and did not give up until the lad was pronounced L4 Dr. H. T. Willis, mayor of B 7~ -