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he Fp WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening St Society and General ~ WASHINGTON, D. ., MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1937. 3% kK PAGE B—1 JURY INDICTS 3 JIN LIQUOR CASE; BIG RING' CHARGED Smuggling of 1,000 Gallons Weekly Into Capital Claimed by Officials. BOOTLEG PRODUCT HELD | MADE IN VIRGINIA Disclosure of Alleged Conspiracy Is Result of Long Effort by Officers. An indictment charging existence of 8 huge illicit liquor ring which is alleged to have smuggled 1,000 gallons of corn whisky into Washington weekly At a loss to the Government of ap- proximately $200,000 in revenue during the two years of its operation, was re- turned today by the District grand Jury From the foothills of nearby Vir- | ginia. where great stills were operated dav and night, the contraband liquor was run into Washington by cars and trucks. usually equipped with smoke- screens and accompanied by convoys to block possible pursuit, it was charged Here, investigators stated, it was [distributed wholesale to bootleggers. who plied & thriving trade in the rela- tively cheap beverage, mostly among fthe colored population Operations of the ring were said by | lice and Treasury Department in- estigators to be second in magnitude | nly to that of a similar bootleg band ndicted in 1934, which supplied Wash- | ngton with illicit spirits during the hrst vear of repeal. Thirty-four men nd women were named in that in- ictment. ‘A number pleaded guilty | | | l Pimmett Run, on the Virgini Everybody “Pitches in” at Georgetown Children’s Camp Development of hearty appetites, an easy task, is one of the principal objectives 0 at the Georgetown Day Camp, sponsored by the Georgetown Children's House, along eph Natoli sounds the din- a side of the Potomac. From a ner horn. tree crotch, Jos- 2 from steaming kettles. | | Officer Accused of Assault- ing U. S. Marshal Serv- ing Court Paper. DURING WEEK END Woman Tentatively Identi- fied as Mrs. Mary Drury Killed. Capper Says at Senate Hearing | | Action on Measure Is Cor idered Un- likely at This Session—Reynolds Promises Full Discussion. The bill to legalize horse racing in | Kilbourne argued RAND JURY HOLDS 3 D IN TRAFFI, - District Opposed to Racinge Bill, REQRGANZNG BL OLICEMAN DOWNS ACCORDISREACHED Senate Group to Put It on Calendar, but Won't Press Action. All “hands” cease work and head for camp, where mess plates are filled —Star Staff Photos. ically Handicapped Charge Discrimination. PROTESTING GROLP TOSEEW.P.A DE Members of League of Phys- | HEAVILY ARMED SAFE-ROBBERGANG SEIZED BY POLICE Band Believed Preying on Business Houses for Months Broken Up. FOUR CONFESS “JOBS™; STRONG BOXES HUNTED Two Reported “‘Ready to Shoot to Kill,"” Surrender Without Struggle. A band of colored safe robbers who | have been preying on business houses for the last eight weeks were capturad early today by a squad of 12 headquar- ters armed with sawed- | off shotguns and high-powered riot | weapons, Four of the six prisoners, | them a woman, freely confessed four safe robberies, which they said nettad them more than $1.100, according to Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, who led the detective squad Although two of the robbers were armed and underworld sources had warned police they were prepared to shoot to kill, they surrendered without a struggle. A quantity of safe-break- ing equipment and evidence from lno’ - ed stores were found in the hiding place of the robbers, Thompson said detectives, one of Harbor police began dragging Potomac River off Hains Point th afternoon in quest of a safe stole from the Garden T Shoppe, 18 lumbia road. The robbers said the: threw the safe into the river after obtaining $500. The robbers, according to Thomp- son, said they obtained $300 from a the “operaiorss gel safe in the Nunnally Confectionart nd 16 were convieted, but the jury's| RubY Downs, veteran policeman.! Week end accidents raised the Dis- | the District under the pari-mutuel [only a percentage for handling the | The Senate Reorganization Com-| More than 30 members of the il ' the BRARCIY CoRfattionars cerdict recently was reversed on a | Was indicted today on A charge of | trict’s traffic death toll for the year system. subject of controversy in Con- monev and operating the frack mittee today reached a tentative| League of Physically Handicapped, | C0: store at 1208 P street, and 301 achnicality by the United States | ASSaulting a depuiy United States to 68 and killed 8 persons in Vir- gress for several years, was taken up| Serator Capper adhered to his op- agreement and expects to get its bill | here to protest alleged discrimination | ¢ " | offices at 437 New York avenue aurt of Appeals | marshal when the latter attempted to ginia and Maryland again today with the opening of new | position, however, declaring the pari- K on the calendar, but will not press for against cripples on New York W. P. A t N | A fourth safe, stolen from the 1200 serve A court paper on a woman The District fatality was a woman, hearings before a Senate subcommit- mutuel system is “only a subterfuge. consideration before adjournment. rolls, were to present their grievances | block of U street. was abandoned in 33 Named in Indictment. whom Downs knew. tentatively identified as Mrs. Mary | tee. | Supporters of the bill said the dis-| This was diselosed by Chairmen [itoda¥S toliAubIey SVl sms "“;:‘”“f | an alley in the 1300 block of R street Thirty-three men, both white and | Downs was arrested last March when ' Drury, of no fixed address, who was| Expressing confidence that senti- | rict government would get 1 per cen‘| Byrmes. The commitiee will mm‘n; :\. BAVE SdmintEtratoriitrarry [ AR 8 eX R R S R s olored, were named in the indictment | he reported for duty at the seventh | Struck by a street car at Fourth and D | ment here is against the measure, | of the money wagered, and the track | again tomorrow when Senator Byrnes | FOPKINS. | attempting to pry it open, the robbers odav. Al were charged with con- | precinct. Two deputy marshals seized Streets. Her death in Gallinger Hos- | Senator Capper. Republican. of Kan-|6'. per cent, out of which it Would | expects that definite action will be| At 1o'clock this morning. the 2roup | foiq police piring 1o violate the revenue laws. | him in the police station and he was Pital & fex hours after the mishap sas ook the lead in opposition. Spokes- | pay to ihe city $6.000 a dav license | taken favorably reporting the measure. left the lawns of the W. P. A nead- | Arrest of the gang followed weeks of nviction would carry & maximum | booked and immediately suspended. raised the toll to 16 more than the men for labor organizations and a | fee every day "fnn r‘r"v“hfl"ddl»'s PT\ The bill, as tentatively agreed, is| QUETIeTs at 1734 New York avenue | painsiaking investigation bv Lient benalty of 4 months ta two years' im- | On posting $2.000 bail he was re | 52 fatalities recorded at this time representative of Walter E. O'Hara, | cent of met profits ht the end of a| 0 2 T8 (CRECREY BRI 1| where they had been “camping out” | jonn Fowler and Detective Sergta W [t | 1eased. | last year who operates the Narragansett track |meet. The city's revenue was esti- | (BB TC TRAY PR TTOM PHOS” since Saturday, and _moved their | v " Christian, Joseph W. Shimon and Alion B, Cissell, 34, & one-armed | Emmett Broderick, a deputy marshal, | POlCe said the street car was op- | in Rhode Isiand, were the chief sup- | mated at from $400,000 to $700,000 a | (E0F TRASUel ® GBI BIOPOSSS: | plankets, loaned by the Volunteers | porre' Britton familiarly known as “Onie” was an hief of the gang, according to As- istant United States Attorney Roger Robb, who presented the case to the rand jury. He allegedly supervised th the distribution of the liquor | ere and its manufacture in Vir- 1. Tn direct charge of the “sales force,” Robb declared, was James Allen Mc- Paddy, 36, eolored gasoline station roprietor, while Tom C. Young alleg- 1lv managed the stills. One of those indicted was George Burns, manager of a large and re- utable wholesale house. who is al- pgedly to have sold Cissell 46.000 unds of sugar during six months in 935. which was used at the Virginia tills. Burns lives in Chevy Chase, Md Warrants for all of those indicted ave been issued by United States Com- | any have been arrested and released n bail. ; Disclosure of existence of the alleged | nspiracy was the result of long and | ainstaking effort by police and | Icohol Tax Unit operatives. The Fed- ral men who worked on the case were | arl O. Spiess, special investigator, nd Francis J. Sweeney, James W. ogers and William G. Harding, in estigators. 13 Cars Are Seized. During the course of a year or more liquor laden cars were seized as ey sped into or toward Washington. any long and dangerous chases | arked the seizures By painstaking investigation and terviewing of witnesses, enforce- ent. officials finally pieced together e picture. The still—a huge affair—was lo- pted in a hilly glade and its product bansported to & country store about o miles away. There it was stored ntil picked up by the fast cars which k it to Washington. | Officials believe the organization aintained no storehouse in the city, | 1t operated entirely on order, deliv @ the contraband directly to boot- | RRers. When Federal agents finally dis- vered the still and destroyed it, | nother was established. then another d another. Most were near Middle- | irg and Delaplane. The sixth and st was near Brandywine, Md. | Trucks Believed Kept. \ 3 The organization kept two trucks d four or five cars on hand at all mes. officials believe. Supplies for | e stills were purchased both in| ashington and in Front Royal, Va., | was said | Investigators say the leaders of the | ng had a falling out in the Summer 1936, and split up. The conspiracy | arged in the indictment is dated ptember 1, 1934, to September 1, P36, Those indicted. in addition to those hid to be the leaders were Channing trother, 59-year-old farmer; Melvin jparrough, Aldridge H. Sutphin, 35; 50 a Virginia farmer; Hampton | riley, Manuel Bailey, storekeeper, | ar Paris, Va.; William O. Turner, alter Bailey, Raphael F. Bush, Sam- 1 Lucas, Norman Sparrough, George ichie, Clinton Eugene Colvin, Rich- 'd Adams, Frank Posey, Henry John- n, Carl Dixon, John James Haw- ns, Walter A. Hopkins, William B. lhase, Hasker Jones, Carroll Thomas, ndrew J. Standfield, William F. ith, Louis W. Wright, James Miles, John Hiter, James Hutchinson, mes Jackson, Wallace Ligon and urns. Confederate Sons to Picnic. WARRENTON, Va., August 16 (Spe- al).—The Black Horse Camp Sons It Confederate Veterans, will hold its nual business meeting and picnic at laquier Springs Wednesday, beginning | . noon. The guest speaker will be | urnett Miller, jr., of Culpeper. J. | and George P. Clokey, 29. | Thomas Williams, Carter Brown, Ada small in stature but of stocky build. went to the apartment of Mrs. Emily B. McCoy at 1219 Orren street north- | east last March 20 to serve a court | paper on her. He reported he was | admitted by another woman and. fail- | ing to find Mrs. McCov, was about to leave when suddenly Downs appeared dressed in civilian clothes and gave him a violent shove. Broderick re- | ported he barely saved himself from | falling down the stairs. He sald| Downs rushed at him again and pushed him a second time. Remon- strating, he left, Broderick said. A week later he obtained service on Mrs. | McCoy. Robbery Indictments. ! Three robbery indictments were re- | turned against Orvall J. Dailey, 36, | The two | men were charged with holding up a | December 2, when they allegedly ob- | tained $37; with robbing another gas station July 29 at 5340 Wisconsin | avenue, where they are said to have ' taken $6.70. and with holding up a liquor store at 2100 New York July 28. taking $27.50. Others indicted included William Bowman, Ural H. Murray, William H. Lacey, Andrew W. Ashton, | Samuel F. Jackson, Stanley C. Stepa- nick, James L. Parker, Horace A. Ellis, Melvin V. Dorsey, Leroy Smith, Lester | Thomas, Roy K. Barkley, William E. Gaskins and William Mitchell. house- breaking and larceny; James Winfield, housebreaking; Kenneth Stuart, Wil- liam E. Yancey, Ray Rogers, Hyland Savoy, James E. Goggins and William Bailey, joy riding; Edward Truitt, Clarence Truitt, Howard Truitt, An- tonio Torres, Harry Horner, jr.; Ber- nice I. Strickland, Arthur Whisaker, Albert, Albert Stubblefield, Raymond | E. Zell, Frank F. Harley, Leslie Mozon, Charles F. Clark, Charles E. Wells, Louis Dicarrera and Frederick Kenni- cutt, grand larceny; John Page, Jo- seph M. Graham and Stanley Kelsey, embezzlement; Robert L. Jackson and Lemuel Gillikin, forgery and uttering. Horace S. Naylor, false pretenses; Anna McCaw, James A. Washington, Willie Mae Walker, Lloyd D. Baxter, Dennis A. Johnson, Jep Searles, | Christine Bates, Ruby Hill, Melvin | Gaines and Edward L. Bringley, rob- bery: Charles Fortune, jr., assault with intent to commit robbery; Arnitha Green, assault with intent to Kkill; John R. Jackson, Carlin Linbery, Ike | Williams, Annie Jones, John W. John- son, John Wesley Earles, John Henry Allen, George Wicker, Algernon Fer- guson, Julian Saunders, Edgar A. Jor- dan, Tom McKissic and Samuel J. McDaniels, assault with a dangerous weapon; McDaniels and Richard Pow- ell, larceny from the United States; George B. Carter, rape; William Gibbs, | Chester R. Weavers, Alex George Petropal and Kenneth A. Murray, as- sault with intent to commit ra William De Loach, attempting to in- cite a riot; William J. Eva, Paul F. Caporratti, Henry Tyler, Florence Grayson and Charlie Randolph Har- gett, violation of the gambling law; Walter J. Moorman and Roger Trem- blay, violation of the motor vehicle theft act; Charles L. Gullette, jr., ab- duction; Arthur Russell Mason, theft from the mails; Charles Samuels, man- slaughter, and Sylvester Gaither, sec- ond degree murder. Cases Ignored. The following cases-were ignored: Philip Boatley, James E. Brown, Theodore Newman, joy-riding: Robert E. Cowhig and James J. Orange, grand larceny; James F. Redmond, John L. Sullivan and Harry Redmond, rob- bery; Thomas Pollard, Raymond E. Harris, Lawrence R. Triplett and Stephen Black, assault with r «dan- gerous weapon: Robert E. Ray, abor- tion; George Dodson, resisting an In- ternal Revenue officer; Nicholas Di Gennaro, Mike Falcone, Leo Ignatius Wallace, violation of the gambling law, ward Beale is commandant of the amp. and Reno De Franceschi and Norman Corbin, receiving stolen property. 4 {in Alexandria Hospital. | the truck was driven by Charles Har: erated by William H. Spaulding, 26, of 2711 P street Three Killed in Vi . Six of the eight other fatal acci- vents occurred in Virginia and two in Maryland. Chester Hackney, 28. a private in the Army Quartermaster Corps at Fort Washington, Md.. was injured fatally when he fell from an automo- bile en route to the military post early today. taken to Casualty Hospital from the scene of the accident. on Silesia road, in Maryland. Police were told the car was postmaster at Fort Washington. Eugene M. Lowry, 17, of 3925 Mc- Kinley street, died in Georgetown Hos- pital yesterday of internal injuries re- ceived Saturday night, when his auto- mobile overturned after striking a center strip curbing at Wisconsin ave- isioner Needham C. Turnage and | . ctation at 4812 Conduit road last | Pue and Langrum lane, Bethesda, Md. Thomas Archer, 16, of Burke, Va. was injured fatally when the truck in which he was riding skidded and overturned on Walker Chapel road, near Burke. He died two hours later Police said mon, 18, also of Burke. not injured G. W. U. Student Killed. M. E. Ellington, 59. Fredericksburg, Va. in which he was riding crashed into the rear of a parked truck on a Fred- ericksburg street. Five others, faur of them Ellington’s sons, were injured. Ted Edwards, 22, also of Fredericks burg, was arrested as the driver of the car and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants. The other Virginia fatality was Marlene Cooper, 21, a George Wash- ington University student, whose home was at Colonial Beach, Va. She died in a Fredericksburg hospital Satur- day night, a few hours after the au- tomobile in which she was riding crashed into a culvert near King George Court House. Sylvan Schwartz, 26, of 1317 Randolph place, driver of the car, was injured seriousl: Bernard McDonald, 45-year-old Shenandoah County farmer, died at Harrisonburg Hospital last night of injuries received earlier in the day when struck by a car on the Valley Pike near Mount Jackson. Humbert Perry, 51, of New Kent County was killed as he slept in a produce truck on the West Point high- way. Officers said the truck was side- swiped by another truck, tearing one side away and killing Perry instantly. Neal Patrick, Jewel Ridge miner, took a newly purchased car on the Grundy highway and was killed when Harmon was it failed to round a curve near Raven. | $190,005 ESTATE IS LEFT BY MRS. BERTHA BROWN Will Is Filed for Probate Here. Property Bequeathed to Three Children. Disposing of an estate’ valued at $190,005, the will of Mrs. Bertha Bliss Brown, ,2202 Kalorama road, who died July 29 at Springlage, N. J.,, was flled for probate in District Court today. Mrs. Brown left all her property to her three children, Katherine Agnes Brown, Clarence G. Brown and D. E. Brown, jr., all of Washington. Her real estate, which was valued at $40,005, was to be divided equally among the three children, as was Mrs. Brown's stock in the Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co. Her bonds in the Bliss company are to be held in trust for her children. Mrs. Brown directed that cash she had received from her mother’s estate be given to her daugh- ter. The amount was not specified. ‘The will was dated June 19. It named Mrs. Brown's brother and sis- | ter, Arthur L. Bliss and Marcia Bliss Lay, executors and trustees. They were represented before the court by Attorney Bruee Baird. T He was pronounced dead when | driven by Joseph Richardson, | was killed when the automobile | | porters of the bill. After Capper suggested that few persons knew of today's meeting, | which was announced Saturday, Sena- tor Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, chairman, said the hearings would be continued and an oppor- tunity given all who want to be heard for or against | Those who testified today included W. C. Murphy and Frank J. Coleman of the Central Labor Union: Walter H. Kilbourne, representing O'Hara, and J. W. Williams of the Building Trades Department of the American Federa- | tion of Labor. | Murphy placed in the Record a |list of other organizations he said have indorsed the bill, including the | District Federation of Business Men and several citizens associations. | Cites Opponents of Bill. Senator Capper also placed in the Record the names of & list of civic | bodies that have opposed the bill on | previous occasions, including citizens’ | associations, home and school associa- | tions and the District Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations. | within a week of 10 days, there ap- peared to be no prospect for action | on the measure at this session. Capper said he would not consent to a re- port on the bill until after a full hearing. At the outset Capper pointed out that supporters of the bill have not been able to obtain House action at this session. The House District Com- mittee recalled the bill after having favorably reported it early in session. | this was caused by “a wrangle of New England interests over the bill.” Murphy, after pointing out the House passed the bill in previous Congress, contended the feeling now is that it is time for the Senate to act. | | | “That is just an excuse,” Senator | | Capper replied. *They 4«now that if {'hp_v are for the bill the best thing they could do would be to pass it | again.” O'Hara “Still Interested.” Coleman, after placing the Central Labor Union on record for the bill, read a telegram he received yesterday from O'Hara in response to a query as to whether the Narragansett oper- ator is still interested in opsning a track here. O'Hara replied. in part: “Am still interested in D. C. race bill provided citizens of Washington want it and Congress sees’ fit to pass same.” ‘When other witnesses estimated be- tween $2,000,000 and $2.500,000 would be invested in construction of a track here if the bill passed, Chairman Rey- nolds asked what assurance there is that any one would venture that amournt if there are four major tracks in Maryland. Coleman referred to the telegram, in which O'Hara indicated he was still interested in building a track here. ‘When Senator Capper and spokes- men for the labor organizations dis- agreed as to whether the weight of public sentiment is for or against the measure, Reynolds suggested that pas- sage of his bill to allow the holding of referenda on public questions here would be useful in determining an {psue of this kind. The referendum bill was introduced about 10 days ago. Capper Expresses View. “I find sentiment’ overwhelmingly against the bill if it is going to permit gambling on races,” Capper declared. Senator Reynolds raised a question as to whether it is gambling to bet on | & race horse. He answered his own question by suggesting it is a matter of skill in selection. Capper wanted to know why races could not be staged without the gambling feature, pointing out that at State fairs in Kansas, races are part of the program, without wagering. Murphy contended that under the pari-mutuel system the public joins mutually in a pool, thereby setting the odds themselves. He argued it is With Congress striving to adjourn the | Murphy said he understood | year. Average Loss Per Day. Kilbourne said a survey O'Hara had | made indicated the average loss per day to be $2, explaining he did not contend it is not more in individual | cases. ! “Summing it up. some people will | lose their money and never get it back,” Capper replied Capper said he did not believe the District Commissi®ners would ap- prove the bill, and cited the conten- tion of opponents that there are ample ‘rar' track facilities near the District. Supporters argued a track would be | a drawing card for the large number | of tourists who visit Washington an- nually. 'FOUND IN KITGHEN, HUSBAND EXPIRES! | George Smithson, 64, Is Believed Overcome by Gas—Had Been in I11 Health. Believed to have been overcome by illuminating gas, George Smithson, 64, who was found by his wife in the kitchen of his home, 620 Park road, | died shortly before noon today after | | the fire rescue squad made a futile | effort at resuscitation. | Mrs. Minnie Smithson told police | | she returned home after being away | several hours to find her husband, semi-conscious, in the kitchen floor. Although police said the odor of | gas was strong in the kitchen, Mrs.' Smithson said none of the stove jets was turned on when she arrived. She said she also found the kitchen door open. Police expressed the theory Smith- son, who had been in ill health, ac- cording to his wife, might have fallen against the stove, been partially over- come by the gas before he was aware of it, and then turned the jets off. Police said he had bruises on his face and arm. The coroner is investigating. Smithson, a native of Bristol, Eng- land, had been a landscape gardener for Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick until he was taken ill about two years ago. His wife is cook for Eugene Meyer, newspaper publisher. | [W. P. A. WRITER’S DEATH | NATURAL, TESTS SHOW | Coroner Informs Police Robber | Victim Did Not Die From Beating. Pathological tests have confirmed the original belief that the beating re- ceived by Anthanasius Econom, 48- year-old W. P. A. writer, behind the State War and Navy Building several weeks ago did not cause Ms death, Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald told police yesterday. After three youths confessed at- tacking and robbing Econom the night he died, Coroner MacDonald ordered laboratory tests made of the writer's brain. The tests, just completed, showed Econom died of natural causes, MacDonald reported. Econom’s alleged assailants, James ‘W. Frady, 16; Chester A. Geesling, 16, and Cecil R. Kennedy, 17, have been indicted and are awaiting trial in con- nection with two other park hold-ups. No charges have been placed against them in the Econom case. Hotel Guests Routed. PROVIDENCE, R. I, August 16 (#).—More than 100 guests and em- ployes at the Narragansett Hotel, packed for the racing season here, were driven from the building today when ammonia fumes blew through s gasket in refrigerating apparatus different from the handbook days. P and filled the seven-story structure. omnibus measure introduced by the late Senate Leader Robinson. Late today, Senator Byrnes expects to in- troduce the bill carrying the commit- tee changes. The new measure carries essentially the same provisions as approved last week by the House in a separate mea- sure authorizing the President to re- group, coordinate or abolish adminis- trative agencies, but specifically ex- empting semi-judicial legislative es- tablishments, such as the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Tariff Commission and so forth. The broad powers granted the Presi- dent to regroup and consolidate Gov- ernment agencies would be limited to three years, instead of two, as pro- vided in the measure passed by the House last week. HOUSE CONFEREES ON AIRPORT NAMED Five Selected to Talk With Sena- tors on Copeland-May Bill. BULLETIN, A motion to have the Senate reconsider its action of Saturday in passing the bill to enlarge Washington Airport and make it safer was entered this afternoon by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah. In response to the Senate's request for a conference with the House on the details of the Copeland-May bill to enlarge and promote safety at Washington Alrport, Speaker Bank- head today appointed the following conferees: Representatives May, Democrat, of Kentucky: Thomasson, Democrat, of Texas; Wilcox, Democrat, of Florida; Andrews, Republican, of New York, and Short, Republican of Missouri. Senators Copeland, Democrat, of New York; Donahey of Ohio, Johnson of California and White of Maine already have been named to represent | the Senate in the conference. In considering the May bill as it came from the Hn.use. the Senate struck out all after the enacting clause and substituted the provisions of the measure introduced by Cope- land. This would make possible a more complete development of the landing facilities at the Virginia end of Highway Bridge than would be possible under the House terms. TWO HARLAN SLAYINGS BEFORE GRAND JURY Investigation of Murder of For- mer Deputy and Miner Is Opened. By the Associated Press. HARLAN, Ky., August 16.—Investi- gation of the death of former Deputy Sheriff Wash Irvin, in connection with which five other former deputies are held in bond, was included in the list of large and small crimes before the Harlan County grand jury here today. Another slaying to be inquired into is that of Joe Tankersley, & miner, found dead on a highway. Already on the docket before Cir- cuit Judge James M. Gilbert are 201 cases, including 11 involving murder charges. The deputies held in bond for the grand jury following the death of Irvin, who was found slain in his automobile, are Perry Poe, Alan Bow- lin, George Lee, Henry Metcalfe and Lee Fleenor. Turkey exports have increased 60 per cent in the last year. 4 of America, to the Monument Grounds | for the remainder of the night. companions. After returning After dawn, representatives of the group hailed friendly taxicab drivers, | who took them to & Pennsylvania ave- nue cafeteria. where they bought coffee | and doughnuts to take back to their | the On several occasions. the robbers almost walked into traps laid by the detectives. Last night Christian tele- phoned police headquarters that he had located the hiding place of the gang in the 200 block of N street Inspector Thompson unlocked the | arsenal at police headquarters and blankets to the Volunteers, the group | armed Capt. Ira B. Keck. assistant dispersed until time for their inter- view with Williams. Harry Hopkins.” officials. Lawn Party at Marlboro. will be a chicken and ham supper, BAND CONCERTS. { 7:30 o'clock tonight. Lieut sistant. | | Program. “Bacchanale,” from “Tannhauser,” | Cornet sole | Grand scenes from the opera | . Pagliacei” “Evolution of Dixie” Scherzo, third movement from “Afro-American Symphony” Suite, “Scenes Alsaciennes’ a. Sunday morning. b. The wine shop. c. Under the lime trees. d. Sunday evening. Rhapsodic dance, “Bamboula,” “Second Hungarian Rhapsody, “The Star Spangled Banner.” “Prelude and Dance of the Appren- tices,” from “Die Meistersingers,” | Cornet solo. { Robert De Hart. Band arrangement by the soloist. Grand scenes, “Andrea Chenier" Saxophone solo, “Cynthia”_ Kenneth Douse. Oliver Zinsmeister. Waltz, “Wine, Woman and Song.” “The Star Spangled Banner." at.7:30 o'clock tonight. sistant. Program. March, “Old Comrades”. Fantasia, “Hungarian Melodies. Euphonium solo, tasia.” (Harold Dawkins, soloist) March, “The Globe Trotter,” “American Fan- Ballet, “Dance of the Hours,” “Polka” from “Schwanda, the Bag- March, “The Boys of the Ol¢ Bri- gade” “The Star Sppngled Benner.” The picketers arrived in Washington Saturday and said they planned to re- main in front of W. P. A. headquarters | | “until they saw President Roosevelt or | They plan to present | a four-point program to W. P, A.| UPPER MARLBORO, Md. August | 16 (Special).—The annual lawn party | lived there. for the benefit of St. Mary's Church | here will be held on the church grounds | Saturday, starting at 5 o'clock. There By the Navy Band at the Capitol at Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, as- | Wagner | Suite, “English Polk Songs,” Williams “Southern Cross.” Clarke Leoncavallo { Lake | Still Massenet Coleridge-Taylor Liszt Wagner . “Princess Alice,” Bellstedt Giordano --Douse By the Army Band at the District War Memorial in West Potomac Park Capt. Thomas P. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, as- Teike Tobani Fox trot, “Old Mother Hubbard,” Polla -Goldman Hernandez Ponchiella Chambers chief of detectives: Lieut. Fowler and Detective Sergts. Shimon. Britton, Hugh Robey, Jacob Wolfe, Michael J Mahaney, T. M. McVerry, Howard Ogle and Paul Ambrose and rushed to the scene, Two Seized Near House. Two of the robbers were found out- side the house, spotted by Christian One of the men was armed with twn guns. After arresting the pair. the detectives rushed into the house and arrested the man and woman who A short time later the detectives learned that two other members of the gang were in an gutomobile in the 200 block of Morgan street. After the detectives surrounded the automobile its occupants surrendered The robbers also told police t at about two weeks ago they held up |'a colored numbers game runmer in | the 1800 block of Florida avenue Police had no report of this robbery Lieut. Fowler said the methods em- ploved by the robbers were crude They attacked a safe with pinch bars and sledge hammers, and if thev | could not break it open immediately | they carried it away, Fowler said All the men wore gloves when they were operating, however, Fowler said A series of week end housebreakingzs in residential neighborhoods continue to harass detectives. Reports of 21 robberies awaited Thompeon after he rounded up the safe robbers, The home of Dr. Daniel Borden police surgeon. at 2910 Woodland drive, was among those entered by robbers, The robbery was discovered by Dr. Benjamin 8. Bean, who was looking after Dr. Bordens home while the latter was on vacation. No idea By the Marine Band in the audi- | Of the value of the articles stolen torium at 8 oclock tonight. Capt.|can be obtained until Dr. Borden Taylor Branson, leader; William F. | returns, police were told. Before they Santelmann, assistant left the house the robbers dined on Program. canned goods and imported wine. “Marche Militaire”___ Tschaikowsky | Frank Van Horn, 56, of the 800 block of New York avenue was cut with a razor by a colored bandit, who robbed him of $18 on Connecti- cut avenue near the Zoo early yes- terday. TWO CHILDREN HURT Boy, 14, Suffers Severe Injury in “Southern Rhapsody” Hosmer P Excerpts from “Rose Marie” __Priml “Scooter” Mishap. Xylophone solo, “Tambourine William Intellini, 14, possibly &uf- Chinois” % - Kreisler | fered a skull fracture yesterday when his “scooter” crashed into a trash box as he was coasting down Upshur Strauss | street near his home, at 4116 Illinots Overture. “Tannhauser” Wagner | avenue. He was treated at Garfleld “The Marines' Hymn.” Hospital In another “play" accident, 8-year- old Ruth Van Allen slipped from her seat as she was swinging in the park near her home, at 3000 Foxhall road, fracturing her left wrist. She was taken to Georgetown Hospital. Opium Purge Feted. As a part of China's drive against the use of opium an “Opium-suppres- sion day” has been authoized by the Nanking authorities. It was observed in Nanking and many other places this year, and it is expected that it will become a day of national cele- bration. It will be held each year in commemoration of the death in 1840 of Lin Tze-Hsu, viceroy of Kwantung Province, under whose orders confis- pipet; cated o v : " pium was first burned. Nine ""v:“’f, Showing Off Before Com- | cone urging the public to fight the Seenon. e Wsieal el oert | narcotic peril have been officially Pame” ... Safranek |3dopted. Britain has s eampaign to stimulate the sale of old iron.