Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1936, Page 19

D. . POLICE HOLD PAIR N SLAYING " TCOALCONPANY Detective Assigned to Case by Arlington Sheriff to Quiz Suspects. i ! BODY OF WATCHMAN FOUND ON SATURDAY Marion Riley, Father of Eight, Clubbed to Death by Robbers. ‘Two suspects in the slaying of Marion J. Riley, 55-year-old watch- man at the James E. Colliflower coal yard, in nearby Virginia, were taken into custody by Washington detec- tives early today. The men, said to be former em- | ployes of the coal firm, have been| sought since Arlington County author- ities furnished police here with their descriptions and said they wanted them for questioning. The pair was arrested by Detective Bergts. Joseph W. Shimon, Earl Hart- man and J. J. Tolson, who took them to police headquarters. | Detective Hugh Jones, assigned to | the case by Arlington County Sheriff | Howard B. Fields, arrived at head- | quarters shortly before noon to ques- tion the men. Silent on Suspicions. One hundred girl students The structure is the Hattie The Foening Htar Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1936. & at George Washington Univer- sity will live in this up-to-date new building with the opening of the school year September 23. M. Strong Hall for Women, gift of Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong. It is located at Twenty-first and G streets, has a “southern exposure,” giving a view of the Po- tomac River, and on the roof a solarium and open-air play | TRAFFIC SHUT-OFF | as Ickes Approves Land- * INPARKWAY NEAR ' Route to Be Closed as Soon | CAPITOL LOOTINGS BELIEVED SOLVED INMAN'S ARREST Suspect Seized Reaching for Mail in Office of Sergeant at Arms. HELD FOR QUESTIONING BY POSTAL OFFICIALS Admits Ransacking Several Of- | fices, Including 0'Connor's, and Press Gallery, Police Say. Believing they had the solution to e series of ransackings of Capitol offices during the past eight months, authorities held for questioning to- terday through the grilled doors of the sergeant at arms’ office. The man gave his name as Louis D. Barbazon, 27, of New Orleans. In his possession, according to Sergeant | at Arms Kenneth Romney, was found members of Congress and Capitol officials. He was held at the frst precinct station while postal inspect- him. Barbazon was found lying on the | first floor corridor of the House side of the Capitol about 7:30 am. yes- | terday. Capitol Policeman Daniel Devitt, 68, saw his feet sticking out | of & door recess. According to Devitt, | | he had been reaching through the | grilled doors to Romney's office, | which also houses a cashier's cage | and & safe. He had succeeded, the | officer said, in pulling out a heap of mail that a postal carrier had tossed through the bars. The mail | included a collection item from a Federal Reserve Bank. Admits Ransacking Offices. Barbazon, clad only in a coat, | trousers and shoes, admitted, accord- | ing to Romney, that he had ran- sacked several offices, including that of Representative O'Connor of New day a shabbily dressed young man | caught_reaching for mail early yes- | an assortment of mail addressed to | | ors awaited & request to gquestion | 3 Mountains of trays and thousands of pounds of food are being assembled for an in- ternational banquet Thursday night in Union Station in | honor of 3,000 delegates from | 52 nations now attending the ! Third World Power Confer- | ence here. The station is be- ing transformed into a “Hall of Transportation” for the oc- casion. Above: Some of the piles of trays which will be used by the small army of waiters. Below: Three of the chief | chefs are seen making a final | check of the food list. Left to right: ~ Albert Michel, Joe Theophile and C, Mottaz. | —Star Staff Photos. | — | POLICE ARREST 81 Ninth Street Place Visited | for Fourth Time—Gang PAGE B—1 CONTRACT IS LET i FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK AT AIRPORT James Gibbons Co., Inc,, Starts Tomorrow on Improvements. 100,000 SQUARE YARDS OF PAVEMENT PLANNED Expenditure of About $100,000 Is Involved—Weather Bureau to Get Bigger Building. ‘The most extensive airport improve- ment program in local air transport history got under way today with the | awarding of a contract to James Gib- | bons Co., Inc., of Relay, Md.,, for con= | struction of approximately 100,000 | square yards of paved runways, taxi strips and aprons at Washington Air- port. | Construction work is to begin tomor- row with the grading of two high areas of the airport in preparation for the laying of slag foundations for the run- | ways. This latter work probably will | begin next week. Samuel J. Solomon, manager of the airport, in announcing awarding of the contract, also disclosed that Daniel H. Reed, consulting engineer, has been retained to direct the actual construce tion work. Reed was consulting ene gineer on the construction of Floyd Bennett Airport, New York City's mu- | nicipal air terminal, and other airports | in the New York area, | Warning Given Planes. Although the construction of the runways will be carried on so as nok | to interfere with air transport opera- | tions, Solomon issued orders todav lmu private airplanes not equipped with radio will use the airport only at | their own risk. Efforts will be made to keep runway | strips open alongside the paved areas | throughout the construction program and to pave only portions of the main | runways at one time. Although the amount of the contract York and the House press gallery. He | had a key to the gallery, and mail | slide Contract. Hunt Pressed. | awarded today was not announced, the entire construction program is exe The Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way, between Massachusetts avenue and P street, will be closed to traffic as soon as Secretary Ickes approves the contract with the J. A. Laporte Co. of New York City for remedying the landslide that occurred some time ago in the valley upstream of the Q | Street Bridge. Prank T. Gartside, assistant super- intendent of the National Capital Parks, said this section of the park- way probably would be closed about four months, on the basis of informa- tion supplied by the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, which will supervise the without the knowledge of hospital at- tendants. When he was brought to | the hospital, about 1 p.m. August 31, he was given first aid treatment im- mediately. Then he was placed in a rest room for observation, while at- | tendants treated several other cases. “While awaiting further treatment, He would not reveal just how the A third man now is being sought, it the killing of Riley, whose body was safe. o after the murder was discovered, are | a1 Noy e | Authorities Say. operating with Virginia authorties, ‘Mtendan!s ere jnesigentiiun ihelr) informed just what they are sus- injured in a fall from a parked truck of eight children, was clubbed to | the institution | for him to appear on his rounds. | man, that Mr. Dolan was suffering | contained about $40, was emptied. .. | declareq: the day before the murder and rob- The theory that the robbery was Riley's airdale watchdog, which kept several days before the slaying. | to the attendants. He was not official- space. men figure in the slaying or on what | police base their suspicions. | | It had been thought at first that found early Saturday in a boiler room on the grounds of the coal bers who afterward used a crowbar and sledge hammer to open the firm's Six colored men, who, wita four | Parks Foreman Left Institu- others, were arrested a few liours F fiel v tion Without Permission, being held at the Arlington County | Jail. No charges have been placed Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, | Charges that Emergency Hospital | chief of detectives. who has been co- | 7 | announced the arrest of the two | reatment .n( William Dolan, 57, Na- white men, but said he had not been | !ional Capital parks foreman, fatally | pected of knowing about the case. | August 31, were denied today by B. Riley, an Alexandrian and father | Brent Sandidge, superintendent of death by the robbers, who apparently | Answering a statement by Mrs. | hid in the boiler room and waited | Rose Haislup, daughter of the dead | Th_’ watchman's gun was taken and | from a fractured skull when released | his wallet, which, according to police, | by Emergency authorities, Sandidge Officials of the coal firm said they | .. | believed little money was in the safe, | M. Dolan left of his own accord, bery was committed having been pay day. planned in advance was expounded by investigators when they learned him company during his lonely vigil at the coal yard, had disappeared | Mr. Dolan left the hospital unknown |1y discharged. Mr. Dolan was placed | in the observation room because of the EDUCATION BOARD MEETS TOMORRO Executive Officers in School Sys- he was helping to load stone near 2 Twelfth street and North Vista drive. tem Will Be Named | After reaching his home, following at Session. | treatment at Emergency, his condi- Preparing for the opening of the | Lo became worse, and & private phy- ‘Washington public schools on Sep- | sician was called. He was taken to Provid Ve tember 21, the first Fall meeting of Syidence Eouplisl heiween 5 el 9 the Board of Education will be held o'clock, where he died of a fractured tomorrow afternoon at the Franklin | skull shortly afterward. Administration Building. | i | cause preliminary treatment had re- vealed no symptoms of a fractured skull.” | Mr. Dolan was fatally injured when Mrs. Haislip declared investigation Most, important business to be trans- | bY National Capital Parks officials dis- acted will be selection of executive |closed a hospital attache called the officers for the system. Chief of these 'Parks office for an automobile in will be a new principal for Central which to transfer Mr. Dolan to his High School, to succeed Dr. Harvey {home. Later that afternoon, she said. A. Smith, who has been made an as- | N€r sister, Mrs. Mary Erwin, tele- gistant superintendent of schools. | phoned Emergency to send an ambu- Other important vacancies are as- {1ance to Mr. Dolan’s home at 1532 V sistant principalships at Theodore | Street southeast, to return him to the Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson High Bchools. A large number of teaching and custodial vacancies also will be filled. | The meeting has been delayed beyond the usual time because schools | will not open until a week later than | has been the custom. ORDNANCE ASSOCIATION ELECTS CROWELL AGAIN | War Director of Munitions Is Re- named President—Other Officers Chosen. By the Associated Press. Benedict Crowell of Cleveland, as- sistant secretary of war and director of munitions during the World War, was re-elected yesterday as president of the Army Ordnance Association. Vice presidents elected were Col. William W. Coleman, South Milwau- kee, Wis., and Col. Frederick H. Payne, Greenfield, Mass. Directors elected were Frank A. Bcott, Cleveland; Robert P. Lamont, New York City, and Charles L. Har- rison, Cincinnati. The Army Ordnance Association is & Nation-wide organization of civilian executives and engineers pledged to Industrial preparedness as one of the Nation's strongest guarantees of peace. CONDITION UNCHANGED Worker Burned by Gasoline Still in Hospital. ‘The condition of William A. Barber, 25, filling station attendant, who was critically burned Sunday when a spark ignited his gasoline-stained jumper, is unchanged, officials at Emergency Hospital reported today. Barber was working on a truck with a small can of gasoline when the accident occurred. Despite the quick action of two fellow workers at the station, he was severely burned on the left side before the flames wefé r’nkuhhed. He lives at 1311 -ceet. | Norman is the son of Mr. and street northeast. Tomorrow. | urgency of several other cases and be- | : Thomas R‘ Mrs. Pete Viahos, at the Hapgy Hollow Playground. | job for the National Park Service. Made it clear, however, that with good working weather this time could be reduced. With the Massachusetts avenue-P street section blocked off, motorists will have to find other routes, detour- ing around that part of Rock Creek | Valley. This will throw an added | traffic burden on streets in that lo- | cality. The grade of the present park road- way above the Q Street Bridge will be raised about 6 feet. of the new highway. institution. later Mrs. Erwin failed to leave her name and address, Mrs. Halslip said. | After the private physician was | called in, Mrs. Erwin informed Emer- | gency it would not be necessary to send and ambulance, Mrs. Halislup | said. The physician diagnosed Mr. | Dolan’s injuries as a “possible brain concussion or possible fractured | skull,” and ordered him taken to | Providence. 1 |~ Mrs. Haislup and Mrs. Erwin de- clared they will ask the District Com- | missioners for “a complete investiga- | tion” of the case. ~Mrs. Haislup is { manager of & lunch room at the East ! Potomac Golf Course. Young Washington Back to the soil, Norman Ward, a Wheatley School pupil, rakes soil around the beets he is growing in the school gurden. Mrs. Norman E. Ward, 1236 Neal Vlahos, son of Mr. and —Star Staff Shoto. - The toe of the : slide will form part of the bottom Hospital authorities said | addressed to William Donaldson, superintendent, Romney said. Also found in the man's pockets, Romney said, were a notebook in which had been stamped the frank of Representative O'Connor and a sharp instrument, eight inches long, which could have been used to pick locks. Stolen Material Worthless. | Romney recalled that since last December, several members of Con- {gress and Capitol officials, including | himself, have had their offices rifled. The stolen material, while valuable to the owners, would be worthless to the thief, he said. Among the victims were the late Speaker Byrns and Lewis Deschler, House parliamenta- rian, | Romney's desk was ransacked so | often that, for a time, he delegated a policeman to keep special watch, with instructions to wait until the | intruder entered the office and “not to be afraid to shoot” if resistance was offered. 'SPY GASE DEMURRER Farnsworth Defense Is Granted Until September 22 to Plead Before Arraignment. ‘The deadline for filing demurrers to the two espionage indictments | against John S. Farnsworth, former | Navy lieutenant commander, today | was set back to September 22 at the 1 request of Defense Attorney William E. Leahy and William J. Hughes, jr. ‘Today had been set as the date on which all pleadings before arraign- | ment should be filed. | Since Farnsworth cannot be tried iun(il the Fall term of court, which | begins October 1, Chief Assistant | United States Attorney David A. Pine consented to the continuance. If no demurrers to the indictments have been filed by September 22, the two cases will be set down for ar- raignment. Farnsworth, who is being held in the District Jail, already has pleaded not guilty to the first indictment, which charged that he communicated confidential information concerning national defense to Japan. His attor- neys, however, obtain court permission to withdraw the plea and file de- murrers. The second indictment charged Farnsworth with conspiring with two tioned here for him to turn over con- fidential information to them. FUNERAL TOMORROW Services for Miss Birnie to Be Held in Gawler’s Chapel. Funeral services for Miss Mary Worthington Birnie, 89, who died Au- gust 21, will be held at 3 p.m. tomor- row in Gawler’s chapel, 1750 Pennsyl- vania avenue. Burial will be in the family lot in Oak Hill Cemetery. The date of the funeral was delayed, pend- ing the arrival of relatives. Miss Birnie, a member. of an old Maryland family, was born at West- minster, and had been a resident of this city for the last 50 years. She was a member of Western Presbyterian Church, She is survived by two nieces, Miss Alice W. Barlow and Mrs. Helen Max- well, both of San Diego, Calif., and a nephew, Harold T. Birnie of New Rochelle. N. Y. Her parents were the late Harriet A. and Clotworthy Birnie. e ENSIGN’S BODY LEAVES MANILA, Philippine Islands, Sep- tember 8 (#).—The body of Ensign L. H. Albiston was en route to the United States today aboard the Army transport Henderson bound for San Francisco. The 25-year-old Navy officer, who died here Friday of infantile paralysis, was a native of Pawtu R 1, where burial will take p) | Pressing its search for a man| wanted in connection with a recent | | gang shooting, a special police raiding | squad smashed its way into two al- | leged gambling establishments in the | downtown section yesterday and ar- | rested 81 persons—none of them the | individual sought. | The raid on one of the places, lo- cated in the 1000 block of Ninth street, ! was the fourth at that address within a few weeks. Although 73 men were taken into custody, the proprietor and | | his staff slipped away before the offi- | cers forced their way past a bar- | | ricaded rear door. The others were released after questioning. Station I sw Béing VT;;m;formed For 3,000 Conference Diners Preparation of ‘Hall of Transportation’ for Banquet of Power Parley Dele- | pected to involve expenditures of ap- proximately $100,000. Enlargement of the field's drainage system was begun ! today by airport employes in prepara- | tion for the paving program. Connec= tion also is being made with the Are lington County water mains to provide water for the terminal building. Weather Bureau to Benefit. Enlargement of the United States Weather Bureau building at the aire port also will be undertaken as a part 'of the program, which is to be com- pleted by mid-November. Material for the 2-foot fill across Military road already has been re= Lieut. Clement P. Cox, commander | of the squad, reported that while his men were breaking in the door, stacks m Workmen are engaged saving enough from the debris for | Waiters is being assembled to prepare DEADLINE EXTENDED Japanese naval officers formely sta- | evidence, however, Just before the Ninth street raid, the squad visited an establishment | in the 600 block of E street, near the office of United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, whose duty it often is to issue warrants for gam- bling raids. The police smashed a side window to gain entrance and arrested eight | men. One of them, Leo Wallace, 37, of Cabin John, Md., was charged with setting up a gaming table. A quantity of horse race betting | slips were seized, and a steel-plated | rear door was ripped from its hinges for evidence. | For several weeks Lieut. Cox and | his men have harried the city's | gamblers in their search for three | persons wanted in the shooting of | Joseph E. O'Brien, allegedly in an | outbreak of bootleg hostilities. Two of the men recently | rendered to police and were released | on bond, pending hearings. Continued police harrassment of gambling dens | was credited with causing their sur- render. The third man still is at large. sur- | for the international banquet Thurs- | day night, which will climax the so- | cial program for 3,000 delegates to | the World Power Conference. | Arrangements for the dinner in- voive a complete rearrangement of the inside of the station and a reorganiza- | tion of the system of handling traffic outside, it was explained today by | Morris L. Cooke, chairman of the ! Conference Executive Committee, i, | charge of the plans. In addition to the international | delegates, nearly 100 members of the diplomatic corps, ranking Federal offi- | cials and leaders of local and na- | tional civie, social, scientific and | engineering groups are to attend the | banquet. The station was selected as | the only available place in' Washing- | ton large enough to accommodate the gathering. Heads Entertainment Unit. Preparations for the dinner are be- | ing made largely under the direction of Washingtonians. The Enlertain- ment Committee is headed by Dr. | William McClellan, president of the | Potomac Electric Power Co., assisted |~ A. A. A. Honor for Perfect Record. | or traffic conviction, be polite. Salt Lake City, Utah, has followed since he bought his first car in 1906 and his perfect traffic record during | that period recently won him the a contest sponsored by the American Automobile Association. ference in New York City from among 49 safe drivers from every State and the District. The judges decided his record of 1,500,000 miles in one automobile or another over crown. Returning From New York. Here today on a leisurely return trip from New York, Burt explained how he achieved his record. “The main thing is to be polite,” he declared. “On the road, it will pay dividends by keeping the mo- torist out of accidents. “You may legally have the right- it in the courts if you have to smash up your car and the other driver’s, too, to do it. “If the other fellow is in a hurry, be polite and let him go first. You may catch up te him later and get a chance to take him to the hos- pital.” ~Of course, other things have heiped Burt keep his record clear. He finds he can cover all the grbund he needs to by maintaining verage of from 40 to 50 miles an hour on the If you want to drive an automobile | | for 30 years without a single accident | That is the rule Join A. Burt of | title of the Nation's safest driver in | Burt was picked at a safety con- | a period of 30 years deserved the | of-way, but it doesn’t pay to prove | 'Politeness Offered as F ormuld . For 30 Years of Safe Driving | Salt Lake City Man Gets JOHN A. BURT. —Star Staff Photo. much over 60 miles an hour was when he was taking an injured man to a hospital, he says. Then, too, Burt does not drink, and that is a large factor, he believes. Father Crossed Plains. In 1864, Burt's father crossed the | plains with a group of Mormon regugees, going from what is Florence, Nebr., now a part of Omaha, to Salt Lake City in 124 days, walking most of the way beside his ox-drawn covered wagon. On his way to New York for the safety conference, Burt went over the same route in 23 hours, a dis- tance of about 1,015 miles. cylinder Oldsmobfle with entrance in the rear, in Salt fiake City, 30 years ago. * open road. The only time he went | Burt bought his first car, a twe- | gates Occupies Army of Workers. today of alleged numbers and racing slips | {ransforming the great Union Station were placed on the floor and set afire. | W8iling room into & “hall of trans- The officers said they succeeded in | POrtation.” and an army of cooks and by C. Melvin Sharpe of the company staff. | Large illuminated signs in English, French. German and Spanish, the of- ficial languages of the conference, will direct the 3,000 guests through | the passageways of the rearranged station. More than 50 young | Washingtonians will act as ushers The international character of the dinner will be emphasized by special music and flags and decorations 1ep- resenting every nation attending the conference. The guests will assemble in the President’s reception room, at the east end of the Hall of Transporta- | tion, and then will be escorted to ., | their places at the 300 tables with a salvo of music. The special guests and members | of the diplomatic corps will be seated | with Secretary of the Interior Ickes, who will preside and represent the United States Government. The speakers will have a separate rostrum, | to which each will be escorted by an honor guard of Marine sergeants, who will carry the Stars and Stripes and the flag of the country of each speaker in turn. There also will be a military musical ceremony in connection with the appearance and presentation of each speaker. | Mallet Will Attend. | Officials of the conference have an- | nounced that Victor A. L. Mallet | ~ouncilor of the British Embassy and | Charge d'Affairs in the absence of Sir Ronald Lindsay, will attend as the special guest of the United States F'Government | sir Harold Hartley, heading the | British delegation, will be host to the | officials of the embassy, his guests including Commercial Counsel H. O.| Chalkley, C. M. G, C. B. E,, and Mrs. | Chalkley; Pirst Secretary Philip Main- | waring Broadmead, M. C.7 Capt. P. C. | Bradley, R. N., naval attache, and | Mrs. Bradley, also Sir Archibald Page, | M. I C. E. At Sir Harold’s table also will be some of the women delegates from England, including Miss Caroline Haslett, director of the Electrical As- sociation for Women; Mrs. Gertrude Ruth Ziani de Ferranti, Viscountess Falmouth and Dr. Margaret Miller. | Other similar tables are being re- | served for special groups representing | nations and special engineering as- | sociations. | TWO HOUSES LOOTED, | KOSHER TRUCK STOLEN, Four Parked Automobiles Also ! Burglarized—Truck Recovered, but Contents Are Gone. Burglary of two houses and four | | parked automobiles and the theft of a truck loaded with kosher provisions | | were reported to police yesterday. | Housebreakers got jewelry valued at | $586 from the home of Leonora C. Ma- tera, 202 Fourth street southwest, and other jewelry valued at $226 from the apartment of Geoffrey Creyke, jr., 3624 Connecticut avenue. | | a total of $191 were stolen from the Webb, Roanoke, Va.; Levi H. Dodson, Altoona, Pa.; Richerd Anderson, Ta- koma Park, Md, and Max Faster, Richmond. Va. ‘The truck was recovered after being | and N streets, bigt Its contents, valued at $500, were gone. i slightly Yesterday— 4 pm stolen on Seventh street between M | ceived. It includes a large quantity of old granite paving block, removed from F street, between Seventh and Ninth streets. in connection with the remodeling of the Patent Office. THE WEATHER District Columbia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, except local thundershowers tomorrow after- noon: slightly warmer tonight, cooler by tomorrow night; general southwest winds, shifting to northwest tomor- row afternoon Maryland—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, except scattered thun- dershowers tomorrow afternoon warmer tonight, cooler late tomorrow afternoon and night Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, except scattered thunder- showers tomorrow afternoon in the interior; slightly warmer in the inte- rior tonight, cooler tomorrow night West Virginia—Generally fair to- night and tomorrow. except scattered thundershowers tomorrow afternoon cooler tomorrow night and in north portion tomorrow afternoon. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah little cloudy today Revort for Last 2t Honrs. Temperature. Barometer Desrees. Inche i1 of Rivers 8 pm Midnight Today 4 am. 8 am Noon Record for Last (From noon_yesterday Highest, 87, 4 p.m a 21 Hours. to_noon todas.) yesterday. Year 68, Year 5:30 am. today. 280 & Record Temperatures This Year. ghest. 105. on July 10, west. 0. on Januarv 23. Humidity for Last 21 Hours. (From noon_vesterday to noon today) Highest. X8 per cent at 6 a.m. today Lowest. 46 per cent at 5 P.m. Jyes- terday. Hi Lo Tide Tables. (Furnished by United_State: ¢ s Coast and Geodetic_Survey.) To Low High Low Sun. today _______ Sun. tomorrow__ 543 Moon. today .____ 11:32p.m 5 E Automobile lizhts must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1936, Ayerage. | January 587 '3 7.00 Pebruary March April May June July Temp. Rain- Stations. JHEhLow.fall. Weath'e Abilene, Tex. Albany. N. Y. Atlanta. Baltimore. Birmingham _ Bismark, N. Articles, mostly clothing, valued at | parked automobiles of Ambler W. & Huron, 8. Indianapol; is T Lousville. Miami. Fia.__ Minneapolis —