Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1935, Page 4

A4 wwd TWO OF MAIS GANG EXECUTED IN CHAIR Praying, Mobsters Go to Deaths for Murder of William Weiss. BACKGROUND— Over a period of hardly more than months, the Mais-Legenza gang set a record of violence and crime that would have shamed more notorious desperadoes. Called the Tri-State gang, they extended their territory through Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. On March 9, 1934, they held up Federal Re- serve Bank truck in Richmond, killed driver. Robert Mais and Walter Legenza were convicted, sentenced to electric chair. On September 30, 1934, they shot way out of Richmond jail, were cap- tured weeks later in Philadelphia, were electrocuted on February 2, 1935. Two reputed members, John Dunn and Sam Berlin, are now at Alcatraz for hold-up of Heurich Brewery here. “Big George” Phil- lips was shot down by Washington policeman watching him and mates #n a car believed stolen. Other members dead or imprisoned. By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTE, Pa., December 2.— Martin Farrell and Francis Wiley, pasty-faced remnants of the Mais mob, went praying to their deaths in the electric chair at Rockview Peni- tentiary early today for slaying & Philadelphia gambler in a kidnap plot. Neither made any statement, however. The double execution paid the com- monwealth for the killing of William Weiss after his family had spent $8,000 for his release from his abductors & year ago. It removed two vestiges of the gang that followed the since-executed Bobby Mais and Walter Legenza along a trail of robberies and slayings in Vir- ginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mary- land and the District of Columbia. ‘Farrell and Wiley joined Mais and Yegenza to reorganize the so-called “tri-State” mob after each escaped from prison early in 1934, Farrell and Wiley from Eastern Penitentiary and the other two from the Richmond, Va., prison, where Mais and Legenza were awaiting execution for slaying a bank truck guard. ‘The kidaap slaying of Weiss, climax- ing a long series of crimes along the Eastern seaboard, led to the break- up of the gang. The mobsters were captured in New York and Mais and | DM Legenza were returned to Virginia for execution, Farrell and Wiley to Penn- sylvania for trial. Another member of the gang, Robert Zeid, was sentenced to death in New Jersey for killing a detective. China (Continued From First Page.) 8 possibility of further troop rein- forcements, but denounced Chinese dissemination of reports of Japanese military operations in North China as “malicious propagands designed to provoke western intervention.” Both Gen. Sung and Mayor Cheng Keh of Tientsin notified Nanking offi- clals they would be unable to check the North China autonomy movement unless the government took prompt, effective measures, Their telegrams were regarded gen- erally as tantamount to demands for sutonomy and Chinese sources pre- {dicted the eleventh-hour effort of War Minister Ho would fail unless Nanking granted northern provinces rights of | self-government far more radical than it has thus far been willing to con- cede. ‘The visit of Gen. Ho, recently named North China representative on the Nanking Executive Committee, how- ever, apparently delayed declarations of autonomy which had previously been expected today to join more ter- ritory to the administrative zone al- ready cut loose from the central gov- ernment. Additional buildings were taken over by the Japanese military here for the use of the expected troop reinforce- ments which authorities said were likely to total three divisions. Municipal authorities protested in vain against alleged seizure of Chinese property for Japanese airport con- struction, the situation growing more and more tense, with a renewed out- break by autonomy demonstrators an- ticipated momentarily. TWO JAPANESE REPORTED SLAIN, Said to Have Been Killed While Advocating Autonomy. PEIPING, December 2 (#).—Chinese semi-official sources said today two Japanese advocating North China autonomy had been slain by Chinese village residents east of Tientsin. The report heightened the tension in the present crisis, the outcome of which was shrouded in deep uncer- tainty today because of a lack of co- ordination among the Chinese groups demanding autonomy, The two Japanese reported killed were said to have been beaten by -aroused villagers at Tawangchwang ‘who had listened to them espouse the cause of the autonomists. 11x14 Size fine 8x10 34 Drctures of you THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Dixie Dunbar Explains the “Louisville Lope” The Atlanta girl, who has acquired considerable fame as a dancer, shows how you do the “Louisville Lope.” bottom: No. 1—Kick right foot sideways. No. 2—Right foot off floor, jump on left, turn hips right and swing arms. No. 3—8wing body front, kick right, walst high. No. 4—Jump on left foot, keep right aloft, swing body— not legs—to right. No. 5—Cross right leg over left knee. No. 6—Twist Reading, left to right, top to W. A. W'GARRY, 27, DIES IN HOSPITAL Funeral Services Will Be Held at Church of Nativity on Wednesday. Wallace A. McGarry, 27, agent for the Mutual Insurance Co. of Balti- more and for a number of years a resident of this city, died today in Georgetown Hospital after a long ill- ess. Mr. McGarry attended Central High School here and was a member of ihe Lambda Sigma Fraternity. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mildred Slye McGarry; two sons, Frank and Wallace A. McGarry, jr.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen A. McGarry; & brother, Owen F. Mc- Garry, and three sisters, Miss Eliza- beth McGarry, Miss Rita McGarry and Miss Helen McGarry. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Nativity Wednesday at 9 a.m., after brief services at the home | of his parents, 500 Nicholson street. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. SCHERMERHORN RITES HELD IN CHURCH HERE Retired Presbyterian Minister Buried in Cedar Hill Ceme- tery—Was Vienna Pastor. Puneral services for Rev. Lucien V. Schermerhorn, 70, retired Presbyterian | minister, were held today at 10 o’clock | at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cem- etery. Rev. Mr. Scher- merhorn, who for 7} 10 years was & member of the | Washington Pres- | bytery, died Fri- day, at the Home for the Incur- ables after a long iliness. He lust was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Vien- na, Va, which is 7 Sehermerhorn. included in the Washington Presby- tery. He retired eight years ago after serving the Virginia church for three years, e WRENN RITES HELD Policeman Died in Alexandria _Hospital From Auto Injuries. Funeral services for Policeman Wil- liam C. Wrenn, 34, of the twelfth pre- cinct, were held todsy in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, follow- ing brief services at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary R. Greene, 1336 Michigan avenue. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Officer Wrenn died in Alexandria Hospital Priday of injuries received ‘Wednesday when his automobile over- turned on the Mount Vernon Boule- vard. He had been a member of the metropolitan police force since 1929. small package— but gets a mighty big welcome from those who love you. Have it taken in our popular studio. No Appointment Needed. 3rd Floor. T Zlyis Pyl $250,000 FOR WELFARE Navy Spent Sum for Recreation of Men in 1835. The Navy spent $250,000 in the fiscal year 1935 for the welfare and recreation of its men ashore and afloat. A report by Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, said $165,000 of this sum was distributed on a per capita basis for the “recreation, amusement, com- fort, contentment and heaith of the personnel.” The remaining $85,000 was part of a total of $323,280 ex- pended for leasing motion picture pro- grams, the difference of which was made up from ships’ stores profits and contributions. Breasted (Continued Prom First Page.) Albert R. Lamb and Fordyce B. St. John. Dr. Breasted was 70 years old, a na- tive of Rockford, Il A graduate of Northwestern Uni- versity, class of 1888, he began his professional career as an assistant in Egyptology at the University of Chi- cago in 1894. In that year, he began his explorative work in the Valley of the Nile, the Valley of the Kings of Egypt. Dr. Breasted 11 years ago persuaded the Egyptian government to allow en- trance to the tombs of the pharoahs. In recent years the archeologist has remained in Chicago most of the time directing the work of the expeditions in the fleld. The Oriental Institute was actively engaged in excavations in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Anstolia, As- syria, Babylonia, Persia and other 1 spots in the Far and Near East. He went abroad recently as a dele- gate to the International Congress of Orientalists in Rome last September. body forward, take a hop, bring left knee across right leg. No. 7—Hop back to first position, start all over again. No. 8—Jump on right foot, turn body left, kick left foot forward and slap it. No. 9—Both feet to fioor, face front, right hand flat at side, left extended. No. 10—Strutting to a finish, MRS. MARY A. TIPTON T0 BE BURIED HERE Widow of Patent Office Head Ex- aminer Died at Age of 91 in Michigan. Mrs. Mary A. Tipton, 91, widow of Charles C. Tipton, former head examiner at the United States Patent | Office, died Friday at Muskegon, Mich. | She had been a resident of Washing- | ton for more than 50 years. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Rock Creek Ceme- tery, with burial beside the grave of | her husband, who died 22 years ago. | Mrs. Tipton was born in England snd came to the United States with her husband about 70 years ago. At the time of their marriage, Mr. Tipton was an American vice counsel at| Bradford, England. ' After the death of her husband, Mrs. | Tipton made her home with daughter, Mrs. H. L. Wheeler, in| Muskegon. She was the mother of | P. B. Tipton, Washington druggist. Mrs. Tipton is survived also by three grandchildren, BOOTLEGGING HELD PREVALENTIN D. C.| Head of Second Precinct Vice Squad Assails “Gill Joints” in Area. Sergt. C. H. Lutz, head of a sec- ond precinct vice squad which has | averaged two liquor cases a day for the past six months and lost only two of them, today said bootlegging in | “gill joints” here is just as bad as it | was during prohibition. “The only thing repeal has done in our precinct,” he said, “is to elim- inate the big rum runners and the large sums of money made out of the liquor racket. Nevertheless, there is a certain class of people who would . | rather drink illegal liquor than legal because it gives them access to the type of place where vice is permitted and encouraged. This does not hold i|in the licensed places.” The squad, consisting of Sergts. Lutz and P. L. Barnes and Pvt. E. Johnson, colored, brought seven col- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EXAMINER SUCCUMBS Miss Nancye Virginia Lake Was Member of Zonta Club and Social Worker. Miss Nancye Virginia Lake, an ex- aminer of the United States Employ- | ment Service, died yesterday at her home, 1800 Lamont street, after an ill- ness of six months. Miss Lake was a member of the | Zonta Club and had been active here | in social work. She was a native of Front Royal, Va. She had been with | the Employment Service for the past | MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 15 years, previously while it came un- | der the District government. Puneral services will be held tomor- row at 11 am. at her residence. Burial will be in Front Royal. Miss Lake is survived by four sis- | ters, Mrs. Walter Lempke, Miss Nellie | Lake, Mrs. F. A. Johanknecht and Mrs. William Cann, and three broth- ers, Charles, Giles and Markwood Lake. Noted Artist Dies. 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They evidence that he or she would make fine leg of lamb or loin chops. The judges tell & champion by feel, since all the en- tries are barbered into the admired boxlike shape. As for the swine, the biggest asset was a deep side, denoting fine prospects for bacon. A well-formed hind quar- ter also helped & hog who hoped to make good. Steers and spayed or martin heifers needed full, irm flesh and a box-like builld. The exposition’s object being to influence the breeding of better meat cattle, the chief justice of the Steer Court, Walter Biggar of Dal- beattie, Scotland, looked at the entries in terms of sirloins, porterhouse and round steak, and as future rib roast. Seven Breeds of Swine. Judging began in seven breeds of swine, 10 breeds of sheep, 2 breeds of draft horses and fat cattle. Grain experts went about selecting the 1935 “wheat king,” champion grower of the hundreds entered. Lack of daylight halted judging in midafternoon Sunday. It was ex- plained that since color is important, the judges would not trust artificial light. —_— - Memorial Service Tomorrow. The annual memorial service of the Diocesan Women's Auxiliary of Wash- | ington will be held in Washington Cathedral tomorrow. The Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash- ington, will celebrate holy communion at 10:30 am. and a business meeting, | presided over by the Rev. Clyde Brown, will be held in Satterlee Hall of St. Alban’s Church after the eommunlonl service. BALL FUNERAL TODAY Funeral services for Edward M. an assistant to the chief Mr., town Hospital, after an nventior for appendicitis. He had been with the Bureau of Fisheries for the past 38 years. He was a widely known authority on Alaskan fisheries fur seal skins. MILLARD F. ULRICH, WAR VETERAN, DIES | Funeral to Be Tomorrow for Dis- trict Native Who Fought at St. Mihiel and in Argonne. Millard P. Ulrich, 40, World War veteran recently engaged in the re- tall liquor business at 3910 Pourteenth street, died yesterday at his home, 119 New York avenue, after a long illness. He had been ailing as a re- sult of being gassed while overseas | during the war. Mr. Ulrich was a native of this city. He was a member of the Dis- trict of Columbia National Guard from 1911 until the World War, when he was commissioned a first lieuten- ant in the 318th Infantry. After training at Camp Lee, Va. he went overseas with the outfit and took part n several major engagements, in- cluding the St. Mihiel and Meuse- Argonne offensives. He was & member of Defense Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Potomac Lodge of Masons. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Pearl Mary Ulrich; a son, Millard F. jr.; his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Ulrich; two sisters, Mrs. John Chrisman and Mrs. Lillian E. Hargett, and a brother John B. Ulrich. 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