Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1937, Page 3

DAVIDSONPROBERS CALL SERVICE MEN Police Plan to Question Sol- diers and Marines in Death of Attorney. Police today planned to question several soldiers and marines men- tioned in the notes of Elmer J. David- gon, 52, United States Chamber of Commerce attorney, who was shot and stabbed to death Sunday night unknown assailant, service men named are sta- at Fort Belvoir and Quantico, general vicinity of the lonely where Davidson's body was found early Monday, sprawled under 8 tree beside the Widewater road in Stafford County, a mile or so from the Washmgton-}?‘redericksburg high- way, Davidson, who had been recognized driving on the highway by several persons shortly prior to his death, had jotted down the names of the men in shorthand, along with infor- mation as to places they might be found in Washington, Took Long Rides at Night. The middle-aged bachelor had been in the habit of taking long rides at night in his high-powered roadster. He was almost invariably alone when he left his home at 555 Randolph street. During recent weeks Davidson, in- vestigators said, had drawn numerous &mall checks, cashing them himself and filling out the stubs in his check- %90k in shorthand. The checks ranged stom $5 to $30. ‘T'ne legal research expert was known &s a man of modest tastes who spent little money on himself. Yet during Scptember he cashed checks totaling $115, presumably for personal ex- penses. - Detectives here believe Davidson might have been the victim of a cheap “shake down” racket in the final weeks ©of his life. Sergt. J. E. McDermott of the Virginia State police and Sergt. Clyde N. Strange of the Washington homicide squad spent yesterday ques- tioning men who might have known Davidson after business hours. Sergt. McDermott said today, how- ever, “I'm afraid we learned very little 1n addition to what we already knew.” Investigators are convinced David- #on was seen shortly prior to his death by the proprietor of a lunch stand on the highway near Dumfries Wwhere he stopped to buy cigarettes for an unknown person in his car. Cigarettes Found in Car. A package of cigarettes was found In Davidson's automobile, although investigators were told the attorney smoked only cigars. The lunch stand proprietor could not say if the person Wwho remained in the car was a man or woman, although he heard a reply when the man called to ask what brand of cigarettes to buy. The key to the whole mystery, police believe, lies with the driver of & Penn- sylvania car who stopped and picked | up the supposed murderer at Triangle, Va., Sunday night after the suspect had crashed Davidson's roadster off the highway while fleeing the scene of the killing. Police have broadcast an appeal for the Pennsylvania motorist to come forward with description of the sus- pect, and details of his movements after he was picked up. Investigators 50 far have been unable to uncover any information as to the identity of the motorist other than the fact— fairly well substantiated—that his car bore Pennsylvania tags. ROSE SOCIETY T0 SET UP 8 EXPERIMENT GARDENS One Will Be at Blacksburg, Va. Roanoke Physician Named President of U. S. Body. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va., October 8.—Dr. T. Allen Kirk, Roanoke physician and rose breeder, was named to the presi- dency of the American Rose Society Yesterday as the members from every part of the Nation opened their two- day annual convention. Other officers elected were John H. Porter, Macon, Ga. vice president; B. S. Pennock, to succeed himself as treasurer; R. Marion Hatton, Harris- burg, Pa., to succeed himself as sec- retary, and Robert Pyle, West Grove, Pa.: F. L. Hieatt, San Diego, Calif.; C. R. McGinnes, Reading, Pa., and E. A. Piester, as trustees. The action of the trustees in vot- ing to establish eight test gardens, on & more elaborate scale than those now maintained in private gardens, scat- tered through every section of the Nation received the indorsement of the society in its business meeting. The gardens are to be located at Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Conn.; In- ternational Test Garden, Portland, Oreg.; Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.; Virginia Agricultural Experi- ment Station, Blacksburg; Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa; estate of Mrs. Hallie Bradley Hampton, Fort Worth, Tex.; Porterfield, the estate of John H. Porter, Macon, Ga., and a public park in San Diego, Calif. C. 1. 0. PICKET SOUGHT IN BEATING OF DOORMAN Hearing for Another Striker Post- poned Following Trouble at Overall Plant. By the Associated Press. BRISTOL, Va., October 8.—Police today sought a man charged in a warrant with assaulting Grover H. Evans, 51-year-old doorman at the Lee street plant of the strike-troubled Big Jack Overall Plant. Evans was treated at a hospital for head wounds he said were inflicted yesterday by a man he described as “one of the C. I. O. pickets.” The , attack occurred eight blocks from the plant. Postponed until next Thursday was the scheduled hearing for Vernon ‘Tate, & C. I O. striker charged with felonious assault with intent to com- mit murder upon Paul Handy, Big Jack company employe. Handy, whose nose and jaw were fractured by a blow in the face as he left the plant Monday, was unable to appear at the scheduled hearing despite a reported improvement in his condition. ‘The plant management said 889 persons worked in the two plants yes- terday. Approximately 1,500 persons are employed at peak operations. The strike, sponsored by the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers of Ameri- ca, began September 25. s Automobile club patrols covere: 240,000,000 miles in Britain in last year. J THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 1937. Principals in Virginia’s “Witcheraft” Trial (Story on Page A-1.) E3 EXLIQUOR DEALER |FURNITURE THEFT The question of witchcraft is being discussed for the first time in the courts of Clintwood, Va., today. The case is that of a| charge of abu- sivelanguage! brought byl “Aunt Jane” Dutton against | “Rocky Joe” Stanley. “Aunt Jane” (left) says “Rocky Joe”| (right) accused | her of being a witch and said she would soon die. Above: “Aunt Jane’s” mountain home. —A. P. Photos. Wallis Warfield’s Girlhood Home Offered to Duchess During Visit By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 8.— Two- twelve East Biddle street, where little Bessie Wallis Warfield gazed at the red wallpaper and wax flowers of the | 90s. today was offered to the Duchess | of Windsor as “home.” The Duchess’ childhood rosxdnnrc.l operated as a museum and a “shrine to royal romance,” was thrown open | to her and her royal husband when she returns here this Fall for a visit. “Dear Duchess,” wrote Catherlien | Carter, curator of the house, “the announcement of your planned visit to our shores is an occasion we hope will permit the opportunity for his royal highness and your grace to re- | visit some of the scenes which may | recall pleasant association * * *” Meanwhile, enthusiastic little Mrs. W. W. Matthews, “hostess” of the museum, showed visitors the “‘chaper- one’s perch” and the facsimilies of the English crowns displayed in the narrow brownstone house. The chaperone’s perch, she ex- plained, was accidental but useful in the formal 90s. An airshaft led up from the sitting room. Perched on a shelf on the second-floor level, the chaperone sat and knitted, watching the young people below. Mrs. Carter peeled eight layers . of wall paper off the wall until she found the red one little Bessie Simpson saw. Then, in an old office, she found dusty rolls of paper which bore the same pattern. v The duchess’ own childhood bed and some of her possessions are in the house. Mrs. Matthews said they will have more if people stop asking $100 each for school books marked “Bessie Wallis Warfield.” Several thousand persons have vis- ited the house since it was opened in April, Mrs. Matthews said. Usually they come at the rate of 10 or 15 a ised to visit this country, the number jumped to 25 and stayed there. “We hope to make this a permanent shrine to royal romance,” Mrs. Mat- thews said reverently, “to remind people that, a all, love is the greatest thing * 4 TWO MEN ARE INDICTED IN ALEXANDRIA ASSAULT Pair Accused of Attack on Watch- man—Youth Charged With Stealing Jewelry. o B & Btafl Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 8— Ten indictments were returned today by the grand jury sitting in Corpora- tion Court. Among those indicted are Wallace Brown and John Gamble, both colored, charged with assault in an attack Monday night upon Charles E. Mar- kel, watchman at the W. A. Smoot & Co. lumber yard. on a charge of burglary. Doolittle is accused of having stolen $1,200 worth of jewelry from the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs, Alexandria. The jewelry was recovered by police. . News Executives to Meet. ‘The National Editorial Association plans to hold its 1939 convention in San Francisco during the Golden Gate International Exposition. Cabinet (Continued Prom First Page.) tion by the League of Nations—as a vioiator of the nine-power pact which binds signers to respect the territorial and administrative sovereignty of China. Saito and Hull Confer. Ambassador Hirosi Saito of Japan conferred late yesterday with Hull, but said he did not protest against the State Department’s condemnation. He explained he called on his own initia- tive to clear “up certain points. The denunciation, he declared, was not likely to strain American-Japanese relations. Instead, he added, recent developments have “clarified the at- mosphere,” and thus have been cal- culated to bring about a better under- standing between the two nations. Suggestions abroad that the United States act as host to the nine-power conference in Washington met a mixed reception, although there was no of- ficial comment. Some observers said the administra- tion would not favor holding the par- ley here because of the undesired em- phasis it might give to American par- ticipation in a general peace effort. Others, however, said the suggestion might be well received because Wash- ington is both the birthplace and the depository of the treaty, adopted 15 years ago. L It was signed by the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Japan and China. Conversations Kept Secret. This and” other preliminary details of the conference, including a decision as to whether five additional adherents will be invited, are being worked out| in strict secrecy through diplomatic conversations between Washington, London, Paris and capitals of the other powers involved. Bulking large in these conferences is the question of a specific program. ‘The nine-power treaty provides no machinery for inflicting penalties on its violators. Thus, the group even- tually must decide whether it shall embark on a definite course of action designed to call Japan to account or merely enunciate a statement of policy with possible recommendations to the League of Nations. Speculation en Boycott. Speculation in some quarters that the conference might be asked to de- clare an economic boycott against Ja- pan brought no official indication that the United States would be prepared to consent to any such extreme action. ment wants any definite action that might finally be agreed on to be taken by the world group of nations as a whole rather than by the nine powers alone. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho was quoted by friends as hav- ing said last night at a dinner party in Boise that he “did not believe, under the circumstances now obtain- ing, a conference under the nine- power treaty will be conducive to peace.” “When we condemn one of the signatories of a treaty as having vio- lated the treaty,” the friends quoted him, “it is useless to talk of a con- ference between the signatories. A conference * * * should precede the prejudicing and the condemnation.” Questioned on Speech. At his press conference held shortly after his arrival from Hyde Park, the President was asked to implement a reference in his Chicago speech to a “quarantine” of warring nations, what effect if any the speech would have on the neutrality act, and whether Washington would be selected as the site for the nine-power confer- ence. He said the latter was an “if” ques- tion, and he had nothing to, add to what he said at his press conference in Hyde Park Wednesday morning. He added in response to another question that he had no information other than what he saw in the newspapers concerning & contem- plated visit to the White House by former Premier Blum of France. ATTENTION! Before You Install Automatic Heat Inspect Our 'BETTENDORF OIL BURNER “Performance That Satisfies” Combustioneer Corp. (Affilioted with W. H. Hessick & Son, Inc.) On the other hand, there was no spe- cific sign it would not. There appeared good reason . lieve, nevertheless, that this Phone NAtional day, but Sunday, when the duke prom- | William E. Doolittle, 19, was indicled’ ekl 5 DENED WA Emanuel Rosensweig Loses Appeal in Case Involv- ing Tax Stamps. Tried three times and convicted twice, Emanuel Rosensweig, one-time proprietor of the Sun Liquor Co., was denied a writ of error by the Court of Appeals today on a charge of fail- ing to affix District Alcohol Beverage Control Board tax stamps to approxi- mately 2,000 gallons of taxable liquor. Attorney Alvin Newmyer, following the latest conviction by a jury before Judge Edward M. Curran in Police Court. The point raised was that the liquor, which was stored in the base- ment of the liquor company's building, was not actually on the “licensed premises.” Assistant Corporation Counsel George D. Neilson, who prosecuted | all the cases, filed objections to the | granting of the writ, claiming the entire premises of a licensed liquor dealer come under the provisions of the control board. In rendering its decision, the higher court sustained Neilson's objections. The case has been before the Po- lice Court for the last two years and is the only one of its kind ever brought to trial here. It was tried the first time before Judge John P. McMahon, the jury being unable to reach a verdict. In the second trial, before Judge Walter | J. Casey, Rosensweig was convicted, but filed a motion for a new trial and the verdict was set aside and a new trial granted. The same objection which was the basis of the filing of the writ of error was the one under which the new trial was granted— | that the basement was not part of the licensed premises. The A. B. C. Board hailed today's action by the appellate court since it more definitely fixes the jurisdic- tion of that body in the requirements for the affixing of tax stamps. Ros- i ensweig had contended the liquor did not become taxable until it reached the sales floor. He lost his license as a result of the case. We Can’t ence, we know there is hard coal and another. you try Marlow’s Famous 811 E St. N.W. we carry the ment. Phone w- stokes AVOP' SsEadeé—-the stur ill th; t‘f\e hardest some J ashed as :Ietain its smart The motion for a writ was made by | —on this question of coal. fade or not et et rugged shade often as NEW SLAD 0 FANC N. E. Langmaid, 21, Charged in Loss of $300 Furnish- ings From Model Home. Norman E. Langmaid, 21, of the 7800 block of Nevada avenue today was charged with housebreaking in con- nection with the theft of rugs, lamps and house fixtures valued at $300, which he is said to have told police he stole to equip a home for his bride- to-be. | " Detective sergts. W. J. Lambert and |R. J. Felber, who said Langmaid, a designer, would be arraigned in Police | Court tomorrow, still were investigating today to determine whether he was in any way connected with the theft of approximately $3,000 worth of house furnishings recovered from Govern- | ment warehouses in Baltimore. Lang- | maid denied having stolen the property. Chief of Detectives Bernard W. | Thompson said Langmaid, who was ar- | rested Wednesday night, had confessed | to taking the $300 worth of furnishings | from a model home in the 5400 block |of Nevada avenue. About $80 worth of housing fixtures were located at his residence, detectives said. Police were holding a brother of Langmaid's for investigation, but de- clared he had no connection with the robbery. Checking with Langmaid's fiancee, it was learned she knew noth- ing of the thefts either, police said. ‘The investigation, which resulted in Langmaid's arrest, was begun several weeks ago after thefts of furniture, lighting fixtures, rugs and other ma- |terials were reported from several Chevy Chase, D. C,, and nearby Mary- land model homes. Japan's Imperial Aeronautic Society | numbers 87,000 members. " MILLINERY and HAT BLOCKERS BACHRACH 733 11th St. N. W. Be Neutral After 79 years experi- a difference between one You'll say so too—when Reading Anthracite It gives you more heat with less ash. It's a real premium coal at no extra cost. Marlow Coal Co. NAtional 0311 79 Years’ of Good Coal Service VENETIAN BrLmnps Add a touch of smartness to the room. 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The number of flying hours required of all except private pilots was in- creased. Special Ratings Created. In addition, two special ratings were created—instrument and instructor. The instrument rating (blind flying) is available to private, limited commercial and commercial pilots; the latter to commercial and private pilots. Other important changes in the regulations: A student flyer must have eight hours of dual instruction, given by a cer''ded instructor who must swear to his qualifications as stated on the student’s certificate, before the latter can make a solo flight. Jnly a commercial pilot with an in- structor rating may give flying lessons for hire. Qualifications to Instruct. A private pilot may give flying les- sons (not for hire) after he has suc- cessfully passed the same instructor rating tests and examinations as a commercial pilot—to be taken only after he has 200 hours’ solo to his credit. 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