Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1937, Page 10

A—10 x» MORE POLIGE DATA!JUDGE SENTENCES ON GAMING PROBE| FORBUSH 70 JAIL RUSHED TO BROWN' FOR 370 30 YEARS Added Evidence of Links THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1937. CAPTAL PREPARES 10 NAKE HSTOR WITH LY 4 SHOW Spectacufar Celebration Is “There’s Something in the Air” in Maryland 'Member of ‘Blackface Gang’ With Crime May Bring Disciplinary Action. SPECIAL REPORT DRAWN BY MAIN INVESTIGATOR | Facts May Not Be Sufficient to Warrant Criminal Charges, but Will Guide Chief. Still Must Serve Part of Old Term. 'BANDIT, 24, MAY GO BACK INTO LORTON | Places More Blame for Trouble on Accomplice Than He Should, Adkins Says. Additional evidence of underworld | alliances within the Police Depart- ment, gathered in the investigation which resulted in indictment of five policemen, accused of conspiracy with gambling ring leaders, is being pre- pared for presentation to Maj. Ernest W. Brown. superintendent of police, it was learned today. The evidence, while not strong enough to warrant criminal charges, is believed to be adequate to merit severe disciplinary action against several policemen whose names have | been linked with gamblers, it was asserted. Lieut. Floyd Truscott. who directed the series of raids which resulted in the indictment of the five policemen and 119 other persons in the city's greatest offensive against illicit gamb- | ling, is preparing a special report for | & Maj. Brown. The police chief said he does not intend to undertake any personnel changes, necessitated by the suspen- sion of the indicted officers. until he has thoroughly studied Truscott's spe- cial report Police Liaisons Probed. Under Maj. Truscott i Brown's order, Lieut. | made an exhaustive inves- tigation of the liaisons established within the Police Department by gamblers who sought to protect their | establishments from unforeseen raids. Every policeman whose name has been linked with the gambling ring was investigated by Truscott's squad. The youthful investigator refused to reveal how many of his fellow officers will be recommended for disciplinary action. Meanwhile, the five indicted officers are at libertv under $1.000 bond each | pending their trials. probably in Oc- tober. The suspended policemen will be taken before the Trial Board after court action is completed, Maj. Brown said The officers involved are Precinct Detectives Fred Antionelli and Frank W. White, both of the second precinct, and Charles A. Berry, eleventh pre- cinct, and Pvts, Albert L. Embrey. jr., | fourth precinct, and William B. Sat- | terthwaite, third precinct. Accused of Tip-offs. Although the indictment did not specify what part the policemen played m the alleged city-wide gambling con- spiracy, officials said they were ac- cused of tipping off gamblers when raids were planned and otherwise fur- nishing “protection The 27 alleeed gamblers named in the conspiracy indictment include Abe Plisco, alias “Jewbov" Dictz: Charles Schweitzer, described as Dietz's lieu- tenant; William W. Cahill of Balti- more, said to be Dietz's partner, and | other alleged employes and clien o(‘ Dietz’s racing information service. | Other indictments named virtually every known bockmaker in Washing- ton. The charges were based on evi- dence collected in a series of raids since March 10, through co-operation of the Police Department, the district attorney’s office and agents of the Internal Revenue Bureau Brown Is Shocked. | Charges against the policemen came | eas a shock to Maj. Brown and their fellow officers. They all had good records. | Antionelli, a native of Italy, has been on the force for 27 years. He served as a patrolman in various pre- cincts from 1910 until October 1, 1936, when he was made a precinct detective. He had been commended once and had faced the Trial Board 12 times on minor char | Berry, promoted to precinct detec- tive in 1922, three years after he was appointed to the force, had been be- ! fore the Trial Board only once, when | he was fined $10. and had been com- mended nine times for apprehension | of criminals { ‘White joined the force in 1923 and | was made a precinct detective on February 1, 1935. He had been com- mended twice and was acquitted the only time he was taken before the Trial Board. Embrey had been a patrolman since 1931, but last March was assigned | to special plainclothes duty in as- sisting on vice squad raids. He had been commended 10 times and ac- quitted at his only appearance be- fore the Trial Board. i Satterthwaite became a precinct de- | tective in 1930, after five years’ service | as a patrolman, but was demoted back to patrolman at No. 3 precinct this | year for reasons not divulged. He had been commended nine times and never had faced the Trial Board. | Accused of Extortion. Another indictment returned yes- | terday charged Precinct Detective Luther C. Wise, tenth precinct, with | extortion from a cafe owner. He has| been under suspension since his ar- rest last May 2, a month after he had been promoted to precinct de-| tective. Most of the alleged gamblers in- | dicted already had been arrested. Bench warrants were issued for 10| men: Schweitzer, Perry Bonner, George Nason, Louis J. Waldron, Ray | Lawson and Wilbur Dorsey, all named | in the conspiracy indictment; Hugh | Moore, Bill Dietz, Joe Miller and Joe ‘Wolf, charged with setting up a gam- ing table. Maurice S. Sweeney, 3200 block of ‘Thirteenth street, was charged with wilfully destroying private property in another indictment, growing out of the “revenge” destruction of the taxi- cab of Clair A. Kensinger by alleged “numbers” racketeers. MOTORISTS WARNED MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 3 (#.— Police Chief Will D. Lee said yesterday all drunken drivers here will be treated as “potential murderers.” ‘“Hereafter, when a person is ar- rested on a drunken driving charge,” Lee said, “he will be forced to go through the Police Identification Bu- reau, be ‘mugged’ with a number across his chest and be fingerprinted.” 13 | return 146,000 Walter H. Forbush, 24, must spend at least 13'; years more in prison | to liquidate his debt to society, Jus- tice Jesse C. Adkins of District Court i decreed today in imposing sentence on the “Blackface Gang” member. Although Forbush has more the appearance of an ordinary country | boy than a desperado, he was heavily guarded by husky deputy marshals | when brought into the court room. . He and Martin J. Walsh, 35, whose influence he blames for his career of robbery, escaped from Lorton Reforma- tory April 22 in a daring dash in a stolen car. He was arrest- | ed in Baltimore June 20 after an | affray with po- | lice in which| Walsh was shot to death. Yester- day he pleaded y to robbing the Sterling Liquor Store, 429 Fifteenth street northeast, the night after his escape: a liquor store at 609 Eleventh street June 21, and a Little Tavern shop at 2628 Connecticut avenue June 20. “This voung man has come before you to take his medicine and pay his | debt to society,” J. Frank O'Brien, Forbush's attorney, told Justice Ad- | kins. “'He has made up his mind to serve his time and make the best of | it, and then try to rehabilitate him- | self and make a piace for himself in soclety.” Turning to Forbush. who had writ- | ten a letter saying Walsh led him mto‘ crime, Justice Adkins said: 1 “Your troubles have been more | largely your own fault than you real- | ize. I think you place more blame on the dead man, Walsh, than you should. I am going to impose a severe penalty, but you should re- member that each sentence will have a minimum and a maximum. and if you behave yourself, you will be re- leased earlier.” He then imposed three sentence of Walter H. Forbush. tively, years Since Forbush has about four and a half years to serve under his prior sentence, which also was for robbery, he will not be eligible for parole until 13'; years have passed He is cxpected to be sent back to Lorton Reformatory. | CO-WORKERS PAY FOLSOM TRIBUTE Regret Departure of Special Assistant Corporation Counsel . | of D. C. Hinman D. Folsom, who left his Post as special assistant corporation | counsel of the District yesterday to to private practice, was bid | farewell by associates, who voiced | regret over his voluntary resignation. | Folsom, who has had the important post of being in charge of the cor- | poration counsel's work on public utilities, was praised by Elwood Seal, | corporation counsel, at a gathering | in nis office. Members of the Pub- | lic Utilities Commission previously had | lauded his service | In a letter signed by his associates Folsom was told: “You have been a member of this official family long enough for each of us to become well | acquainted with your sterling quali- ties and high character, and it is with genuine regret that we bid you farewell. “Your unassuming and friendly manner, enriched by your keen intel- | lect and judicial temperament, fitted | you so well for the position you oc- | cupied that the government of the District of Columbia will likewise sus- | tain a severe loss by your departure. | “That God's richest blessings may | abide with you and yours throughout the remaining days of your life is| the sincere wish of those who sub- scribe their names hereto.” Folsom’s official connection with the District runs to July 19, but accumu- lated leave began vesterday, when he actually left his office. He will vaca- tion for a while in Seattle, Wash. and then reiurn to Washington. : making a total of 9 to 30 . RAIL PENSION CHECKS TO BE MAILED Treasury Officials Will Have Re- tirement Benefit Payments Ready Today. Bs the Associated Press, Treasury officials hoped to mail 46,000 railroad pension checks today. The Federal Government took over disbursement of the pensions under the railroad retirement act which the President signed recently. Carriers and employes pay a tax into the Fed- eral Treasury. The Railroad Retirement Board said it had certified 46,000 pensioners to the Treasury for payment. About 4,000 more will be certified later. SPECIAL SERMONS SET BETHESDA, Md., July 3 (Special). —Rev. Henry J. Whiting, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, will begin a series of special Summer sermons at the church service in the State The- ater here tomorrow morning. His topic will be “What Kind of Preach- ing Is Most Needed Today?” Rev. Whiting has been appointed dean of the Lutheran Training School for church workers to be held next Fall. It is announced the church will make no change in its regular sched- ule during the Summer months, ! | ers’ | Association will gather around a con- Miss Olive Kinsman uses an eye-dropper to feed one of five baby skunks which she and home in Burnt Mills, Md her sisters are raising at their One of the infants peers at the camera, probably in search of his mother. The mother was killed for stealing baby chickens and agfew days later Miss Kinsman and her three sisters noticed an odor under the house. Investiga- tion disclosed the family which, since its adoption, has been fed like a litter of kit- tens. There were sir little skunks at first, but one of them disappeared under a woodpile and refused to come out. PARLEY PLARNE INCLEANERSTRIE Owners, Union Representa- | tives and Tailors Will Confer Tuesday. In an effort to settle the dry clean- | | ing strike, now entering its tenth d committee representing wholesale dry cleaning plant owners, Local 187, Laundry Workers, Dryers and Clean- Union, and the Retail Tailors' ference table Tuesday. Decision to hold the conference was reached last night at a meeting be- {3 to 10 years each, to run consecu- | tWeen the committee representing the wholesale plant owners and officials of the Retail Tailors’ Association. The conference lasted until early this morning. Morris Kuppersmith, chairman of the Tailors Committee, said his group urged the plant owners to make every effort to settie the strike before drastic action became necessary. The tailors, Kuppersmith said, offered their serv- ices as mediators, Samuel Rubenstein, chairman of the Plant Owners’ Committee. said his group is willing to do everything eco- nomically possible to reach an amica- ble solution of the strike, which is affecting 13 plants. The strike was called when the union demanded a 40-hour week, and $18 weekly minimum wage, time-and- a-half for overtime and union recog- | nition. | The plant owners contended that | present operating costs made it impos sible for them to grant all the union’s demands and countered with an offer | to establish a $15 minimum wage and | a 48-hour week immediately and to| continue negotiations on the other | issues. The union refused this offer. | The approximately 450 striking | union members have been assured of ! the support of the Retail Tailors' As- | sociation. The association has threat- ened to establish four co-operative | wholesale dry cleaning plants and to | boycott the plants affected by the strike unless it is soon settled. | The Washington League of Woman | Shoppers, headed by Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler Colman, daughter of Senator ‘Wheeler of Montana, also is supporting the strikers. Last night the league voted to contribute $100 to support the strike. | Calvin Cousens, president of the union, planned to lead a delegation before the House District Committee today to protest action of Elwood Street, director of public welfare, in refusing relief to strikers and their families. Street pointed out that the District is prohibited from extending aid to employable persons and their families. THREE DIE IN CRASH JACKSON, Miss., July 3 (#).—Three members of a farm family were killed and a fourth critically injured at a railroad crossing at Martinville in Copiah County yesterday. Their car was struck by a freight train. The dead are Mrs. Ellis West, 42; Maggie Lee West, her daughter, 21, and Eims West, her son, 12. | vear-old newsboy fon Mr. { room on July | terviewed him " Elizabeth West, fourth occupant of the car, is not expected to survive. | discovered that the money was miss- Alexandrian 14-Year- Old Newsboy at Time of Assassination. Fifty-six years ago yesterday a 14- at the old Balti- | more & Potomac Railroad depot | watched terror stricken as the Presi- | the United States sank m‘ wounded by an | dent of the assassin’s bullet. floor mortally “I shall never forget the expression | Garfield's face as he went down,” said Sylvester A. Breen, who | believes he is the only person alive who witnessed the assassination. The ex-newsboy's narrou\d. slightly as he told of seeing Charles J. Guiteau step from behind a “storm door” in the women’s waiting 2, 1881, and fire two shots from a revolver into the Presi- dent’s back “One of the shots must have gone | wild,” Breen said. “for when the| President’s shirt was raised I saw only one wound.” Concerning the assassin, he com- mented: “I saw Guiteau the day be- fore the shooting. Little did I dream the part he was to play the next day. I saw him several times after he was | jailed. and on one occasion I went| to the District Jail with James Crog- gan, reporter for The Star, who in- | eves Breen, who lives in Alexandria, was retired several years ago from | the Government Printing Office and now spends most of his time seeing base ball games as the “Number One” | fan of the Nationals. For more than 15 years Breen has | received the No. 1 pass to the Nats' | games from Clark Griffith and has been a favorite of the players since the days when the Washington club was in the old National League. “Yes, my boys out at the park give me the first pass every year,” he modestly admits, “but I always pay for the games anyway." With the co-operation of the Dis- trict Engineer's Office he has located | at Constitution avenue near Sixth | street what he believes to be the location of Garfield’s fall. (The old depot was at Sixth and D streets.) ‘Witness to Garfield’s Sla ying Seeks to Mark Historic Spot SYLVESTER A. BREEN. The upper photograph shows Breen as a 14-year-old newspaper boy, an eyewitness to the shooting of President Garfield. Lower, as he is today. —Star Staff Photo. He would like to see a marker placed at the spot he has picked out Garfield died on September 19— Breen's birthday anniversary. Battered Bandit, Blood Upon Face, Robs Pair of $65 Something new in the robbery line was reported to police today by Morris Pittle, 3327 Fourteenth street, who said he had been robbed of $65 by a young white man whose face was battered and covered with blood. Pittle said he awoke this morning and found the stranger in his room. He had been having his home re- modeled and thought the man was an injured workman. Pittle got up to help the injured in- truder, but the latter left without say- ing anything. Mrs. Pittle saw him get into a waiting taxicab and it was then ing from Pittle’s trousers pocket. Mystery “Diseases” of Bridges Remedied by U. S. Scientists Like physicians patiently seeking the cause of some puzzling human ailment, two Bureau of Standards scientists have spent more than eight years investigating the cause of a mysterious “disease” that attacks great suspension bridges. Successful in their quest, William H. Swanger and George F. Wohlge- muth achieved recognition Wednes- day, when they were awarded medals by the American Society for Testing Materials, meeting in annual con- vention in New York. In February, 1929, the Mount Hope Bridge on the main highway between Bristol and Newport, R. 1., was near- ing completion. The cables were spun, the floor was being laid, traffic was soon to flow. Then it was found that the small metal threads forming the cables were disintegrating. The whole structure had to be dismantled and begun anew. Samples of faulty cable were sent to the Bureau of Standards, and Swanger, head of the mechanical metallurgy section, and Wohlgemuth, also in that division, began their re- search. The cable met every test heretofore known. It withstood the the greatest strains. The two scientists thereupon in- vented a new instrument of “diag- | nosis” which gave the wire not merely the burden of great weight but a pulsating stress such as it endures from wind while under construction and later from traffic. With this new instrument it was determined that “heat-treated” metal will not bear pulsation, while ‘“‘cold-drawn” wire will. This knowledge has been of im- mense value to “bridge doctors.” Work on the Ambassador Bridge, between Canada and the United States at De- troit, was halted and reformed. Bu- reau of Standard officials said that undoubtedly construction of the Gold- en Gate Bridge in California was radically affected by facts determined by Swanger and Wohlgemuth, COL. ERNEST PEEK GIVEN PROMOTION| Becomes Brigadier General in Command of 4th Brigade in Wyoming Post. Col. Ernest D. Peek, U. S. A, who has been stationed in Washington several times, has been promoted to brigadier general in command of the 4th Brigade, Fort Francis E. War- ren, Wyo,, the War Departmrent an- nounced yesterday. Until recently he was on duty as division engineer of the North Atlantic Division with headquarters in New York City. Gen. Peek served here last in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War from 1924 to 1927. Previously he was with the office of the chief of engineers here in 1919, a student at the Army War College in 1920 and an instructor there in 1921. Lieut. Martin J. Morin of this city has been promoted to the rank of captain, the War Department an- nounced. He is attached to the In- fantry. Lieut. Wallace Batch, Arlington, Va., now serving as a Reserve officer with the Civilian Conservation Corps, has been assigned to the Medical Corps of the Regular Army and sta- tioned at Edgewood Arsenal, Md, it was announced. LIBRARY TO BE CLOSED The central building of the Public Library at Eighth and K streets will close at 4 pm. today and remain closed through Monday, Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, announced to- day. Branch libraries also will be closed Monday. The Eastern High Sub- branch will remain closed until Sep- tember 6. The Library of Congress also will be closed Monday, Librarian Herbert Putnam announced today. It will be open Imm‘ 3 to 10 p.m, tomorrow, The family trails Miss Kinsman across the yard. entranced by the bow! of milk she carries in her hand—Star Staff Photos. NEW GRAND JURY EETS NEXT WEEK |Veniremen to Be Sworn In. Retiring Group Returns 105 True Bills. next week to succeed the panel, which made its last yesterday, reporting 105 true bills, including the 35 gambling indict- ments, which named 124 persons. Yesterday's report cleaned up all pending cases. Justice Jesse C. Ad- kins thanked the retiring grand jurors for their services. The jury which will be impaneled next week will serve through Sep- tember, retiring at the opening of the Fall term of court 1.988 Indictments. A total of 1988 indictments were returned by the grand jury during the | fiscal year ending June 30. This was 343 more than during the preceding 12 months. These figures do not in- | clude the true bills reported yesterday. retiring return | torney Leslie C. Garnett showed 94 cases awaiting trial. Of these only three defendants are in jail. the others being at liberty under bond. Charges against two of those in jail, Arthur W. Benning, accused of mur- der, and Albert C. Johnson, accused | of manslaughter, will be disposed of during the next two weeks. Although the Summer recess of the court for- mally begins today, a judge will be on hand until after July 15 to clear up pending cases. The other man in jail is James Bennett, alias Jewell Ashby Gould, charged with violation of the national stolen property act in connection with bringing some $8.000 of jems into the District. He was arraigned two weeks ago and his counsel stated it would be impossible to prepare his de- fense before adjournment of court, | since a number of his witnesses live | at distant points. At the close of business for the preceding year there were 72 cases awaiting trial. In nine of them the defendants were in jail Those Indicted. Among those indicted yesterday were William T. Bowden, jr., non-sup- port of minor child; Jack B. Bran- son, Frank 8. Scherer, Robin H. Bell, Garland McNeal, Clarence Turner, Samuel H. Elder, Arthur Elder, jr., and Harry C. King, jr, joy riding; William J. McFarland, Lee A. Newell and Herbert Martin, grand larceny; Eugene S. Hawkins, Albert Johnson, Norman Braxton, Thomas Jordan, Swanson L. Gunter, Norman E Web- ster and Walter Newkirk, house- breaking and larceny; Bob Bursenos, James G. Bursenos, Venet Theodore, William Butler, Edward Warren and James 1. Henderson, receiving stolen property; Norman E. Webster and Walter Newkirk, assault with intent to commit robbery; William H. Day, Rose Jackson, Linwood L. McNeil, Moses Faison, William O. Major, Earl Williams, Joseph D. Knott, Henry E. Miller and Daniel J. McKenna, rob- bery; George W. Dodson, Samuel Bit- ters, Lemine Knotts and George Mc- Ray, assault with a dangerous weapon; Hamilton S. Wimbush and James C. Turner, jr., rape; James H. Handy, larceny from the United States; Ar- thur Mitchell, Willie Lee, Robert E. Bickford and Nathan Gross, violation of the liquor taxing act; Nathaniel Hinton, forging a Government check; Mildred G. Baker, pandering, and Clarence W. Wheeler, Loy W. Ekard, Harold R. Wright, George J. Mar- mion, Roy C. Rupard, Earl E. Hughes, Edward F. Clatterbuck and Charles B. Hobbs, violation of a Federal stat- ute prohibiting stealing from and re- ceiving stolen property from an agency of interstate commerce. The following charges were ignored: Amos Collins, housebreaking and larceny: Paul Moore, robbery; Lew Kekenes, false pretenses, and Walter E. Heflner and Robert Williamson, rape. May Buy Postal Service. Prince Louis is reported to be nego- tiating with France to buy the postal service operating in the eight square miles of Monaco with the hope of sav- ing money to build new rosds. € A new grand jury will be sworn in | A report made to United States At- | TRY T0 ONFY * MUROER PRBE County Asks District Police to Help Decide Where Hacker Was Slain. Planned—Thousands Off for Resort Holiday. 80,000 MAY WITNESS DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS Huge Influx of Visitors Results in 2,000 More Seats Being Placed at Ellipse. Cheered by the prospect of fair weather during most of the holiday period, thousands of Washingtonians were leaving for nearby beaches and mountain resorts today as the Capital prepared for the largest and most spectacular July 4 celebration in its history. “Probable” thundershowers were pre- dicted by Weather Bureau officials for late tomorrow and “possibly” Monday, with slowly rising temperature. If the showers materialize they will be brief, it was said, making the weather “gen- erally fair.” The highest temperature today will be about 84 degrees, rising to about 90 tomorrow and Monday, it was forecast Meanwhile, other thousands of tour- ists arrived here by train, bus and automobile. So great appeared the influx that officials added 2,000 more seats to the original 10.000 to be placed at the Ellipse for the fireworks display Monday night Warning Is Issued. ‘With several persons already injured from fireworks explosions, District Health Officer George C. Ruhland and other city officials issued a warn- ing against careless driving and use of explosives, “Injuries already are reported.” Dr, Ruhland said in an official statement. “Though sparklers and so-called ‘harm- less fireworks' are often dangerous to the point of death when thrown about thoughtlessly, the firecracker and Ro- man candle types are the most im- portant causes of most serious acci= dents during the celebrating period.” “Since the purchase of explosives is ruled out by law in Washington,” he said, “the problem of bootleg and imported fireworks is the serious fac- tor with which we must contend. Each person should assume his share | of the responsibility in the preven- tion of blindness, burns and other accidents from exploding powder, Co-operation Asked. “A practical, sane program of educa- tion earnestly undertaken to protect Efforts to co-ordinate the investiga- tion of the slaying of Charles L. Miller, 44, taxicab driver, of 3008 Twentieth street northeast, whose | skeleton was found Monday in the woods near Greenbelt, Md.. will be made by Prince Georges County Police | Sergt. Ralph Brown at police head- | quarters here today. | | Brown will ask District investigators | for aid in determining whether Miller | was killed in the District and his body | taken to Greenbelt following his dis- appearance last July 28. | Positive identification of the skeleton as that of Miller was made yesterday | by Dr. William E. Lewis. 2062 Rhode | Island avenue northeast. who had | filled the cab driver's teeth. A gold inlay in one of the teeth in the skele- ton matched work he had done for Miller, the dentist's chart revealed. Earlier, detectives had traced laun- | { dry marks found on a pair of trousers that clothed the skeleton and estab- | lished that they had been listed in Miller's name by two local laundries. Although it was impossible to estab- | lish the cause of Miller’s death, be- | cause of the condition of his remains, detectives are working on the theory that he was murdered by robbers. Miller was last seen alive when he | drove a passenger to Catholic Uni- versity. Early the next morning a| group of colored men were seen as | they abandoned his taxicab at Tenth | street and Rhode Island avenue north- | east. Washington detectives have asserted their belief that Miller was held up | by the colored men and forced to| drive to Greenbelt, where he was| robbed and killed. Sergt. Brown points out, however, that there is a | possibility that the cab driver was killed in Washington when he re- sisted the robbers. His body was hidden in a thicket near the Re- settlement Administration’s low-cost housing development. HOTEL TO RULE SOON ON DISCHARGED PAIR Miss Norman and Webb, Aided by | Labor Board, Formally Ap- ply for Restoration. Miss Mabel Norman and Garland P. Webb, discharged Willard Hotel em- ployes. who were ordered reinstated by the National Labor Relations Board, have made formal application for res- toration to duty and have been ad- vised, through counsel, that the hotel management will decide within a few days whether to comply with the board | order or fizght the case. Josiah Lyman, representing the two, said today he had discussed the issue with Joseph Wpyatt, counsel for the hotel, and had been promised prompt action. If an appeal is taken, it will be direct to the Court of Appeals. When the board order was issued Thursday, requiring the hotel to offer reinstatement to Miss Norman and Webb, and compensate them for the time lost, Harry P. Somerville, the manager, said the Willard would fight the ruling. WILL LAY CORNER STONE Roosevelt to Officiate at Apex Building Dedication. President Roosevelt will lay the cor- ner stone of the Apex Building to house the Federal Trade Commission at Pennsylvania and Constitution ave- nues at 5 p.m. Monday, July 12, it was announced today. The Marine Band is to furnish mu- sic, and after being introduced to the | rockets and other |and Maj. and teach children safe mecans of celebrating in each household and co-qperation in the observance of the local law will go a long way toward wiping out disfiguring marks due to ‘firecracker frivolity.' " Preceding the fireworks display Sen- ator Duffey of Wisconsin will deliver an address and Representative Mc- Granery of Pennsylvania will read the Declaration of Independence. Rev. H. W. Burgan, pastor of Hamline M. E. Church, will deliver the invocation. Fireworks Cost $1,000. One thonsand dollars’ worth of skv- brilliant fireworks are in readiness to be set off in cele- bration of Independence dav. Tickets for chairs on the Ellipse Grounds are now on sale at the Wil- lard Hotel and the American Automo- bile Association and Keystone Automo- bile Club offices, George E. Keneipp Edwin S. Bettelheim, r., arrangements officials, announced One ticket booth will be opened at the Ellipse at 10 a.m. Monday. Three others will open at 4 p.m. the same day. There is space for approximately 80.000 persons. Most of the proceeds of $2.500 will be used to defray the expenses of the fireworks, the seats and insurance. Keneipp said. If there is any money left after the bills are paid the Com- munity Center Department will get it. If there is a deficit a citizens' com- mittee which underwrote the cele- bration will reach into its pockets. Music Starts at 7. Martial music from the Marine Band and the«Fort Stevens Fife and Drum Corps will be struck up soon after 7 p.m. and at 7:15 Commissioner Hazen. chairman of the Arrangements Committee, will arise on the speakers’ platform to make a brief address of welcome. U. S. COST IS $2,032,794 FOR P. W. A. WORK HERE $5.057,880 Spent for Non-Federal Projects, Administration's Re- port Reveals. The Federal Government's share of the costs for $5,057,880 worth of non- Federal Public Works Arministration projects for the District of Columbia has amounted to $2.032,794, the P. W. A. reported yesterday. The report showed local communi- ties have furnished an average of 68.44 per cent of the funds which have been expended thus far toward completing @ total of 9286 non-Federal projects, estimated to cost $2428,322604. To date P. W. A. has granted $735,275.572 for non-Federal projects on which total costs incurred up to May 1 amounted to $1,482,812,817. Survives 20-Foot Fall. BY 3 Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va. July 3.—Falling 20 feet from a girder on the new Clarendon Post Office, now under come struction, Grady McCorkle, 28, steel worker, of 220 Indiana avenue, Washe ington, escaped with a cut on his head, He was taken to Providence Hospital, but his condition was reported not serfous. Brake-Liners Pay Fines for Failure To Use Own Service Not practicing quite what they preach—or rather not using what they sell—cost Martin Costello and Willlam Davis $5 each in fines yesterday. Judge Edward M. Curran, Police Court judge, decided that was the price for poor brakes on a truck owned by Costello, who is in the brake-fixing business. Davis was charged with operating ience by William A. Ayres, chaire man of the commission, the truck,