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TRADING IN SMITH
BONDS RESULTS IN
BROKER’S ARREST;
Gustav C. Hertz Is Accused
of Falsely Representing
Securities Prices.
WELLWOOD HASTINGS
IS NAMED IN WARRANT
Defendant Surrenders Books, Let
ters. Records and Documents to
Custody of Government.
Charged with a conspiracy to sell,
buy and trade in bonds and stocks at;
misrepresented prices, Gustav C. Herts. j
president of the North American In
vestment Bankers, Inc., was arrested:
this morning at his offices, 1108 Invest- j
ment Building, and his records seized by i
the Government in a raid conducted by
Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the |
Attorney General. j *
Mr. Dodds said that the company was
trading in P. H. Smith Co. securities
and was dealing with the customers of
that company.
Another official of the company, Wel)-
wood P. Hastings, was named also in .
the warrant, which had been issued by!
United States Commissioner Needham
Turnage. Hastings, however, was not
in the office today and was said to be
In Virginia. Mrs. Hastings, who was
an employe of the company, according
to Mr. Dodds, was in the office at the
time of the raid.
The raid was conducted by Mr. Dodds,
and the arrest was made by United
States Deputy Marshal J. W. Clarkson. 1
Hertz, when advised of his arrest, i
voluntarily surrendered all of his books, ,
documents, letters and records, which ,
were taken into custody of the Govern- '
ment. 1
Hertz was arraigned before Commis- r
aioner Turnage and planned to make .
bond. ‘
Held in SIO,OOO Bond.
When arraigned before Commissioner ,
Turnage, Hertz was held in SIO,OOO !
bond at the request of Assistant Dis- |
trict Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, who \
-Insisted on that figure, despite a plea ,
by Hertz for a smaller amount.
The defendant already is under bond
of $7,500, growing out of an indictment ;
for perjury returned against him in
May. 1929, by the District grand jury !
Hertz, formerly an accountant for the ;
Hamilton Hotel Corporation, was in- ;
dieted for perjury after he had testified ;
in the Hamilton Hotel bankruptcy case.
His home is in Falls Church, Va. j
Hertz asked Commissioner Turnage j
to drop the charges against Hastings,
explaining that the latter was merely ]
an employe in his office and knew i
nothing of the alleged criminal trans- |
actions. “I am willing to assume full i
responsibility for whatever criminal <
acts, if any, were committed,” Hertz
told Mr. Turnage.
Agents Probe for 6 Months.
Agents of the Department of Jus
tice have been investigating Hertz .
activities here for about six months.
They charge in the formal complairt
against him that he would buy up
good Smith company securities at
prices far below their real value, and
. that he would buy securities of less
actual value for low prices and sell
them by means of fraudulent advertis
ing, at figures far In excess of their
true value. The complaint cites three :
specific instances in which it is al
leged persons in Richmond.- Va- and
Newport, R. 1., were solicited by Hertz.
PAY INCREASE BILL
AGREEMENT REACHED
Senate and House Ready to Ap
prove Identical
t . Measures.
The way has been cleared for final
Approval of the police and firemen’s pay ■
Increase bill, with the Senate and House j
ready to approve an identical bill which
has been compromised so as to meet'
with a complete agreement. Chairman j
Simmons of the House subcommittee on
District appropriations had hoped to of
fer a unanimous consent request to send
this bill to conference with the Sen
ate, but, owing to the Speaker having
a crowded program, he was unable to
make the arrangements today. Chair
man Simmons expects to be recognized
by the Speaker tomorrow for this pur
pose.
All parties of interest have agreed
on the wording of the bill that is to be
finally enacted. This will contain only
one change from the bill as It passed
the House. That change allows the
District Commissioners to compute the
retirement pay so as to give police and
firemen on the retired roll the benefit
of the new pay schedules adjusted to
correspond with the seriousness of their
disability.
MORE VIRGINIA BANKS
USE SERVICE CHARGE
Claims Made That Considerable
Work Has Been Performed
at an Actual Loss.
National and State banks In Winche<-
, ter and Frederick Counties. Va., are
among the last in the State to levy
service charges. They will become ef
fective July 1. The banks claim that,
while the expense of conducting busi
ness has increased greatly, the income
from money loaned has remained the
same, and that considerable of the
work has been performed at an actual
loss.
A fee of 25 cents will be charged
for collecting notes left for collection,
or any renewal thereof. A charge of
50 cents a month will be made on
balances less than SSO. A similar
charge will apply to savings accounts,
but no charge will be made unless the
depositor draws more than five checks
monthly.
There will be a minimum fee of 50
cents for discounting any note. No
* savings checks will be paid unless the
deposit book is presented. A charge
will be imposed for issuing cashier’s or
certified checks. A fee of 25 cents will
be charged on each check drawn
against insufficient funds, and a JSO
- fee will be charged for each 10
ad ays or fraction thereof that any note
,s carried past due, in addition to the
Interest,
BRIGHT RAY AT ELECTRIC LEAGUE OUTING
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+ + +
Miss Dorothy Cook, one of the 200
$H:v contestants in a bathing beauty contest
y- * League at Chapel Point, Md., next Wed-
MISS RIGGS ESTATE
SET AT SI ,1,000
Will of Daughter of Banking
House Founder Filed
for Probate.
Miss Jane A. Riggs, daughter of
George W. Rigg=, founder of the bank
ing house of Riggs & Co., who re
cently died, left an estate in excess of
$1,200,000, according to the petition of
her executors, the Nat onal Savings &
Trust Co., and her cousin, Alfred Ran
dolph Riggs, for the probate of her will.
She owned premi'es 1617 I street,
assessed at $466,736; premises 1842
Sixteenth street, assessed at $51,000;
premises 1709 H street, assessed at
$42,202. and premises 1806 First street,
assessed at $5,897. Her personal es
tate, Including securities, is estimated
at $636,000.
Her nearest relatives are nephews,
nieces and a grandnephew and include
Elisha Franc s Riggs of Prince Georges
County, Md.: ThomSs Lawrason Riggs,
New Haven, Conn.; Antoine and George
D? Geofroy of Lausanne, Switzerland;
Henry M., Janet. M. C. and Alice L.
Howard of England; Marie E. Van
Recum of Gotzenhaln, Germany, and
Henry Howard of Houston, Tex.
Bequests of SIO,OOO each are made to
her nephews, Henry M. Howard. Antoine
and George DeGeofroy. and $5,000 to a
grand nephew, Henry Howard. George
town University Hospital, Little Sisters
of the Poor, St. Joseph’s Male Orphan
Asylum, St. Vincent's Female Orphan
Asylum. St. Ann’s Infant Asylum and
St.‘ Matthew’s Catholic Church are each
to have SI,OOO.
Elisha Francis Riggs, a nephew. Is
given a life interest in the Riggs Farm
in Prince Georges County, Md., and
Benjamin Dunmore, a family servant,
is to have the life use of premises 1806
First street and at his death his daugh
ter Blanche Is to have the property for
life, the taxes on the latter property to
be borne by the Riggs estate.
The remaining estate is given to the
National Savings & Trust Co. and Al
fred Randolph Riggs, as trustees, to set
aside a sufficient sum to pay the fol
lowing life annuities: One thousand five
hundred dollars each to Marie E. Van
Recum, Janet M. C. Howard, Alice L.
Howard and Mary F. McMullen; S6OO
each to Alice M Walsh and Benjamin
Dunmore and S3OO to Kate Weber. The
rest of the estate is to be equally di
vided and the income for life from one
half of It Is to be paid to her nephew.
Thomas Lawrason Riggs, for life, and
at his demise one-half of his share of
the trust estate Is to be paid over to
Antoine and George De Geoffroy and
the other distributed among Henry M..
Janet. M. C. and Alice R. Howard and
Marie E. Van Recum.
The income from the other half of
the estate, after the annuities have been
provided, Is to be paid to another
! Nephew, Elisha Francis Riggs, during
; his life, and at his death the trust fund.
I from which he had been paid the in
come. shall be distributed among his
I descendants.
EVIDENCE THROWN AWAY
AS ARREST ENDS CHASE
Handbag Believed Full of Stolen
Property Lands in Passing
Automobile.
Raymond Wood, 25 years old, who,
police declare, has spent most of his
life in prison, was willing to be ar
rested, but he was determined that he
should not be caught with “the goods”
on him.
When hotly pursued on F street yes
terday afternoon by two policewomen,
Mrs. Cecelia Clarke and Miss Jane
Knight, both shoplifting specialists,
gave a handbag, which police said was
filled with stolen property of many de
partment stores, a fling. It struck on
1 the rear seat of a passing automobile
and police so far have been unable to
recover it.
However, stolen property, valued at
$4, Mrs. Clarke reported finding on
Wood’s person. He was brought Into
Police Court today and the case con
tinued until tomorrow at the request
of the Government. An effort will be
made to find the missing bag.
HEN IN DETECTIVE’S BACK YARD
IS BY-PRODUCT OF CRIME MERGER
Abandoned by Thief Who Steals Automobiles to Aid in
Chicken-Pilfering Business.
The old hen which clucks and claws
about In Detective Prank Alligood’s
back yard la a sort of feathered link
i between two diversified branches of
crime.
i Alligood says she is the by-product of
i a new merger in the automobile theft
. and chicken stealing business and
therefore a more valuable clue tnan
• tidbit.
I The hen was abandoned along with
i a stolen automobile belonging to Harry
■ Blankenship of 139 Bates street by a
l man with a novel idea.
> The idea consists of picking up some
! body’s car parked in Washington. of
driving the car into nearby Virginia
Uht &£unm
Cray OBSERVES
POLICE COURT WORK
Explains Object of Visit Is to
Familiarize Himself
With Situation.
Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby
spent the morning yesterday in Police
Court observing the workings of the
court. He was accompanied by Corpo
ration Counsel William W. Bride and
spent most of his time in the District
branch with Judge Isaac R. Hitt.-
The object of the visit, Commissioner
Crosby explained today, is to familiar
ize himself with the situation in the
court. He has executive charge of the
Police Department and the corporation
counsel’s office, the law-enforcing
agencies of the District, and has spent
much time visiting police stations to
see how things work cut there. He said
he would visit other courts later.
Many complaints have come to his
desk, he pointed sut, dealing with sub
jects over which he has charge, but
with which he Is a complete stranger.
He intends to spend much time seeing
how his law-enforcing agencies work in
the field, as well as keeping remote
control from his office. '
FALLING SCREEN STRIKES
BYRD ARRIVAL WITNESS
Man Is Injured About Head and
Shoulder, but Is Not Hurt
Seriously.
Standing in the 1400 block of F
street, awaiting the arrival cf Rear
Admiral Byrd’s party at the Willard
Hotel this morning, George Kennedy, 56
years old, of 3605 Livingston street, was
struck on the head by a steel-framed
screen, which accidentally fell from the
window of a room on the eighth floor
of the hotel.
Kennedy was removed to the Emer
gency Hospital for treatment for cuts
on the right side of his head and right
shoulder, but he refused medical atten
tion and left the institution, stating he
would go to his private physician in
stead.
H. M. Wylie, cccupant of the room
from which the screen fell, reported to
the hotel management that it had
; fallen accidentally. «
BUILDERS ARE FLEECED
* BY FAKE AD SELLERS
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Police Hunt Men Who Sold Space
in “Program” for Benefit of
District Office Employes.
1 Police today are searching for a man
who has been fleecing builders and con
t tractors by the sale of advertisements
• in the “program" for a mythical benefit
■ execursion for employes of the District
i building inspector's office.
Col. John W. Oehmann, District
building inspector, asked the Police De
! partment yesterday tp find the "adver
> Using solicitors” who have approached
a number of builders and contractors
’ and solicited advertisements for the
’ j bogus program, assuring the advertisers
I that the inspector’s office would “not
, forget” their generosity.
Col. Oehmann told police the pro-'
cedure employed by the man in fleecing I
his victims was to call them by tele- 1
phone, explain the excursion and ask If!
an advertising solicitor could be sent
• over for an advertisement.
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■ CENTRAL MISSION RECORD
. Manager Reports Free Meals and
” Lodgings Supplied in May.
John S. Bennett, superintendent of
s the Central Union Mission, reported
- yesterday to the board of directors that
t during the month of May 3,843 free
e meals and 2,626 nights of free shelter
3 were furnished to men In the mission.
The Children’s Emergency Home served
t 3,640 meals and 1,240 nights lodging,
i This exceptional early Summer strain
o on the resources of the mission, Mr.
- Bennett declared, indicates a grave un
t employment sltuaUon. Persons inter
e ested In the mission can reach its offi
cers at 613 C street.
and of loading the automobile with
plundered poultry, much to the chagrin
oi the rightful proprietors.
The man was glimpsed in Northeast
Washington several nights ago, but
exercised his ingenuity and escaped the
police. He has been operating for a
couple of weeks now, abandoning the
automobiles.
Cars pressed into the traffic are
readily Identified. Blankenship's was
; taken from in front of his home Wed
nesday night, and was located by Alli
good of the automobile squad, some
hours later at Sixth and P streets
southwest.
The hen mentioned above was sitting
, on a back aeaW *U by beraelf.
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1930. ***
TRUSTEES SEEKING
PERMANENT CHIEF
OF TRAINING SCHOOL
I
Board Member Declares Only
Few Minor Changes
Are Contemplated.
HUNGER STRIKE AT BOYS’
INSTITUTION DENIED
Food Is Called Wholesome and
Practice of Whipping Unruly
Youths Upheld.
Upholding the practice at the Na
tional Training School for Boys, on the
Bladensburg road, of whipping recalci
trant youths “as an alternative to send
ing the boys to another institution
where they would be placed In confine
ment behind bars.” Samuel Ross, a
member of the board of trustees, today
said the board is locking for a compe
tent superintendent to take over the
duties of E. J. Hickey, now serving as
superintendent of the school under a
temporary appointment.
Mr. Ross said today that except for
a few minor changes contemplated at
the school, the conduct of the school s
affairs is now satisfactory. He emphat
ically denied published reports that
there has recently been a hunger strike
at the school following some disaffec
tion among the youths quartered there.
Visitors Can See Them.
“Any one interested.” Mr. Ross said,
“may go out tc the school at any time
and sit down to a meal with the boys
and observe conditions. The boys are
eating heartily of good, wholesome
food.” • • '
The trustee explained thgt ever since
the dismissal, some time ago. of the
school's superintendent, and the tem
porary elevation of Hickey, the assistant
superintendent, the board has been go
ing over a list of candidates for the su
perintendency. One of the list is ex
pected to be chosen shortly.
Boys at the school whp prove un
ruly. Mr. Ross said, are given whippings
because there is no ether efficacious
punishment possible. He pointed out
that there are no cells there for con
finement and that the only alternative
to whipping is to send the boys away
from the school to some jail or peniten
tiary, where they would be locked be
hind bars.
Choice of Discipline.
“To those who find objection to whip
ping boys,” he said, “I ask. Had you
rather your boy was spanked or locked
up for a long period of time?’ ”
Use of iron shackles on the. legs of
boys who repeatedly tried to escape
recently was forbidden by the board of
trustees of the school following wide
publicity of one instance w’here two
youths were kept in shackles for 38
days.
I When the shackling was forbidden.
I whipping with a length of rubber hose
was resorted to with the approval of
the members of the board of trustees.
Mr. Ross today complained: “There
are a lot of people trying to get into
the management of the school. That
is the cause of all this stirring up of
sentiment about conditions there. The
school is well run and is doing good
work.”
The National Training School for
Boys is a Federal institution.
$247,600 MATHEWSON
ESTATE WITHOUT WILL
Brother Files Petition for Letters
of Administration, a Sister
Giving: Consent.
Thomas B. Mathewson, who died at
Putnam, Conn., April 26. left no will,
according to a petition of his brother,
William N Mathewson, 927 Fifteenth
street, for letters of administration on
his estate. Tne only other heir is a
sister, Mrs. Faith T. Huizinga of New
York City, who consents that her
brother administer the estate. The
value of the estate is placed at $247,-
600.45, of which (25,808.50 is repre
sented by real estate Attorney George
Francis Williams appears for the appli
cant for letters of administration.
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CAPT. PARSONS VISITOR
Former Head of Park Police Fin
ishes Coast Artillery School, t
Capt. Marvin H. Parsons, U. S. A.,
former superintendent of the United
States Park Police, is in Washington for
a few days, following his graduation
from the Coast Artillery School at Fort
Monroe, Va. Capt. Parsons was renew
ing old friendships yesterday and
called upon Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d,
director of public buildings and public
parks, and Capt. Ray C. Montgomery,
j U. S. A., who is in the Field Artillery,
! and who is the present superintendent
■ who relieved him; Capt. P. J. Carroll
j and other old friends on the park police.
| Capt. Parsons is visiting his wife's
! relatives, who reside in Alexandria, Va
! He is scheduled to be on leave until
July 10. when he is to proceed to the
Coast Artillery detachment at the Mil
itary Academy, West Point, N. Y., for
duty.
Vice Revenue Aideti
Schools in Idaho
Town, Trial Shows
Half of Fines From Boot
leggers and Dens Went
to Education.
By the Associated Press.
COUER D’ALENE, Idaho, June 20.
I Testimony in the trial of 43 Wallace,
Idaho, alleged "rum rebels” in progress
here has indicated that education in
that mining town thrived chiefly by
virtue of fines assessed against bootleg
gers, gambling den operators and pro
t prletors of questionable resorts.
l L. L. Leighty, 70-year-old city clerk
of Wallace, testifying Tuesday, said
t half the money the Government seeks
t to prove was collected as a “tax” from
; law violators went to the school district,
i Among the 43 persons included in
* Federal indictments which charged that
fines were imposed upon several types
s of law violators to bolster Wallace’s
s municipal revenues are Mayor Herman
- J. Rossi, former Mayor W. H. Herrick,
- former Sheriff R. E. Wenlger and Chief
e of Police J W. Bailey.
k Lelghtv testified that between April.
1927 and May, 1928. nearly $7,000 was
l collected by the city under the ruse of
fining bootleggers and others.
TANGLED WRECKAGE IN FATAL MARYLAND BRIDGE COLLAPSE
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I
3 PROBES STARTED !
IN BRIDGE CRASH
Trio Die in Collapse of Bridge
|
Over Monocacy on
Frederick Road.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Md., June 20.—Three
investigations were under way today into
the collapse of a 100-foot span of the
State road bridge over the Monocacy
River at Frederick Junction yesterday
afternoon, when a stone-laden truck
drove on to it, causing the death of
three workmen and the injury of seven
Seventeen men were at work on the
structure when the crash occurred.
A dozen of the workers, who were
repairing the wooden flooring, were
precipitated with the wreckage into the
river, more than 20 feet below. The
river was swollen by recent rains and
rescue was difficult. A second truck and
tractor used in repair work also went
dow'n with the crumpled span.
The inquiries are . being made by the
State Roads Commission of Maryland,
which had Jurisdiction of the bridge;
the T. A. Ward Construction Co.,
Baltimore, contractors making repairs
to the steel work, and Frederick County.
An inquest will be held in People’s" Court
Monday afternoon when an effort will
be made to fix responsibility.
Truck Driver Escapes.
Those killed in the bridge collapse
were James Gue, 25, Frederick; Edward
Laing, 35, Savage, Md., and D. C.
Bortner, 35, Baltimore.
The injured, all of whom are at the
Frederick City Hospital, are; Ellas B.
Ramsburg, jr„ 26, Frederick, State road
inspector, fractured leg; Edgar Cook,
21, Falling Waters, W. Va.. fracture#
thigh; Richard Coffman, 21, Savage.'
Md., broken ankle; Robert Laing, 35.
Savage, Md., fractured arm; Edward
Williams, 38, Baltimore, badly cut;
Birger Ludwigen, 30, Baltimore, frac
tured jaw. and A. C. Smith, Chesapeake
Beach, Md., minor lacerations.
Others at work on the second span
of the bridge, which did not give way
were; Harvey Cook, Elliott Knipple.
Andrew Bowman, P. D. Stull, Howard
Stull, Amon Wachter and Edward
Meisley.
Richard Morgan, 20. Boonsboro. em
ployed by the M. J. Grove Co., Fred
erick, who operated the truck loaded
with stone, the weight of which is
thought to have precipitated the col
lapse. remained on the scat of the
machine which landed on the creek
bed right side up. He was uninjured.
It was the second time Morgan had
operated a truck which had gone
through a Frederick County bridge.
Auto Stops on Edge.
D. E. Williams, Punxsutawney, Pa.,
about to enter the bridge In an auto
mobile with his family, missed possible
death by inches. Williams saw the span
begin to sag and called to his son Hor
ace, who was driving, to stop. When
the machine stopped, four feet of the
front of the automobile extended over
the abutment. Williams and his fam
ily. on tour, went to Washington last
night after minor damage caused to his
machine had been repaired.
It was stated at the Frederick City
Hospital today that none of the in
jured is in a serious condition, and all
but two or three will be released within
a few days.
The road, the Georgetown Pike, and
the shorest route between Frederick
and Washington, has been closed
Traffic is being routed byway. of Ridge
villi and byway of Buckeystown, dis
tances by either road being about 10
miles greater than the Georgetown
route.
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Lindberghs in Flight.
ENGLEWOOD, N. J„ June 20 UP).—
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs.
Lindbergh flew to Hartford, Conn., yes
terday and back to Teterboro Airport,
in Hasbrouck Heights, where the colonel
keeps his plane.
/
Above Is shown the bridge over the Monocacy River, near Frederick,' as it
appeared from its southern end after giving way under the weight of trucks and
crushing out the lives of three men.
Below is a view from the Frederick end of the span, showing the heavy
truck, loaded with stone, the vibration of which is thought to have caused the
bridge to go down, and another truck and a tractor stationed on the bridge
when it fell.
Left is Richard Morgan, Boonsboro, driver of the moving truck, who was
; unhurt by the crash. j —Star Staff Photos.
I ...
SmoCk Is Introduced
On House Floor as
New Feminine Style
By the Associated Press. *
Washington's well known warm
weather yesterday caused inaug
uration of a new feminine fash
ion on the floor of the House.
Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers wore a smock for a frock.
It was black with white collars,
cuffs and pocket-facing, very trim
and neat, although Informal.
Mrs. Rogers, proud of her
smock, explained it was made by
four sixth grade girls of Lowell,
Mays., her district.
NAME AGAINST SPEEDER
■BEFORE JUDGE MATTINGLY
Paul John Sharkey Draws $5 Fine
Despite Recommendation of
Corporation Counsel.
“Mr. Sharkey! Mr. Sharkey!” cried
an attache of Traffic Court today im
mediately before the tribunal adjourned
for lunch.
“Eh, what was that name?” asked
Judge Robert E. Mattingly, his thoughts
returning from the problem of selecting j
lunch as the paged young man strode
to the defendants chair.
‘"Sharkey, your honor; Paul John
Sharkey,” answered the clerk. :
“Not Jack Sharkey, huh?”
“No, sir; he's charged with no per
mit and speeding, and there is a recom
mendation of personal bond from the
corporation counsel in each case.”
“I hate to take the personal bond of
any one named Sharkey,” said the
so I'll fine him $5 on the speed
charge.”
"I certainly would love to get Jack
Sharkey before pie,” Judge Mattingly
added!
When asked if he lost on the outcome I
at the recent milk-fund fight, the Judge
only smiled.
Sharkey was arrested yesterday on
Reservoir road by Policeman J. E. Fon
dahl of the Traffic Bureau.
MEETS NEXT IN CAPITAL
Washington Chosen for 1932 Con
vention of Cosmopolitans.
News was received here today of se
lection of Washington as the 1932 meet
ing place of the International Cosmo
politan Clubs. The Information was
contained in a telegram from Judge
Michael M. Doyle, Washington delegate
to the international convention in Lin
coln, Nebr.
A campaign had been made to bring
, the convention here in 1932 because of
1 ihe Washington bi-centennial celebra
tion that’year.
I Society and General
COMMUNITY HELP
FOR JULY TASKED
, * I
Citizens’ Groups Co-operat
ing With Committee on
.City Observance. .
Plans to aid In “100 per cent com
munity participation” in the events of
! July 4 in Washington were announced
today by Dr. George C. Havenner, chair
man of a subcommittee of the Inde
pendence day executive committee.
The subcommittee has offered its as
sistance to every community interested
in participating in the city-wide fes
tivities. Numerous civic organizations
have been urged to sponsor ceremonies.
| Arrangements were made for the Bur
' roughs Recreation Center to conduct an
all-day celebration; Wesley Heights will
have a flag-raising program, athletic
. games and a community dance, while
I "bigger and better” celebrations have
been arranged for Petworth and Ta
koma Park.
The Mid-City Citizens’ Association
! will co-operate with the general com
mittee in illumination and decoration of
the city, acting in conjunction with a
subcommittee headed by Charles W.
Darr, president of the Chamber of
Commerce. Assistance also will be
given by the Women’s City Club, the
Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights,
the Kalorama Citizens’ Association,
which has offered the aid of its com
mittee on public celebrations, of which
Theodore P. Noyes is chairman, and
other organizations.
, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director of
| municipal playgrounds, has offered to
co-operate with any community desiring
a playground for a celebration. Miss
Sibyl Baker, director of the Community
Center Department, has offered to aid
any community desiring the use of a
school building for the day.
The Barnard Playground will be used
for a horseshoe contest, the Takcma
Park Playground for a community cele
bration and the Plaza, Rosedale and
lowa Avenue Playgrounds for base ball
games. Among the schools to be the
scene of exercises are those of Takoma
and Barnard.
WMAL Engineer Marries.
Herbert A. Wadsworth, one of the
founders of radio station WMAL and
now its chief engineer, was married to
Miss Fflizabeth Shores of Deal Island,
Md.. at the Waugh M. E. Church this
afternoon at 1 o'clock. The couple left
shortly afterward for a honeymoon trip
to Boston and will retun*-July 1.
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rwo MEN KILLED
IN SEPARATE AUTO
ACCIDENTS TODAY '
Military Tailor and Capital
Baker Are Victims
of Crashes.
SEVERAL ESCAPE HURTS;
DRIVERS ARE ARRESTED
Edward Bellmore and John Hellwig
Are Dead—Two Are Held
Pending Inquest.
Two men were killed and several
other persons escaped uninjured early
today In separate automobile accidents
on Washington and nearby Maryland
highways.
Those fatally Injured were Edward
Bellmore, 60 years old, post tailor at
Fort Humphreys, Va., and John N. Hell
wig. 32 years old, a baker of the 1300
block of F street northeast.
Bellmore lost his life almost Instantly
at 5:45 a.m., when an automobile in >
which he was en route from his home
at 633 Gresham street to Fort Hum
phreys collided with another car at
Twelfth street and Rhode Island ave
nue.
Both Machines Demolished.
The impact virtually demolished both
machines. The automobile in which
Bellmore Was riding south on Twelfth
street proceeded across the Rhode Island
intersection and overturned.
Harry Walker Summers of 2301 N
street was driving the second car east
on Rhode Island avenue. The machine
in which Bellmore was a passenger was
operated by Luther C. Proffitt, 26, of
the Medical Corps at Fort Humphreys
Neither Summers nor Proffitt were in
jured. Both were arrested by police of
the second precinct and held pending
the outcome of an Inquest expected to
be held tomorrow.
Proffitt spent last night at Bellmore's
home in order that they might make
an early start for the post today. Bell
more had planned to fit a large num
ber of service men for uniforms.
Bellmore was pronunoced dead on the
scene. His body was taken to the Dis
trict Morgue.
Woman Companion Uninjured.
Hellwig was killed when he was hur
tled from his car as it overturned on
the road from Camp Springs to Mead
ows, Md. His companion. Miss Myrtle
Edwards, a Washington department
store employe, was not hurt.
Frank Prince, a county policeman,
declared after an investigation that
Hellwig apparently lost control of the
machine by too sudden application of
the brakes. He added the car rolled
over several times before stopping, pass
ing over Hellwig's body in the process
The man was pronounced dead by Dr.
James I. Boyd of Forestville.
Thomas D. Griffith, a Justice of the
peace, decided an Inquest would be un
necessary.
churcheTapprove
PLANS FOR MERGER
Presbytery Now Must Act on First
Presbyterian and Cove
nant Union.
Plans for the merger of the Church
i of the Covenant and the First Presby
terian Church which has been discussed
for some time were announced today,
j subject to the approval of the Presby
tery of Washington City some time dur
ing the current fiscal year of the
churches. The new church will be
known as the Covenant and the First
Presbyterian Church.
The congregation of the First Church
i held a special meeting last Monday
, night, when it unanimously approved
the articles of agreement, and the con
gregation of the Church of the Cov
enant, at a special meeting last night,
also approved the agreement.
By the terms of the agreement Dr.
Albert Joseph McCartney, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, will be pastor
of the new church, while Dr. Newton
P. Patterson, pastor of the First Church,
will be the associate pastor.
The union of the two churches was
brought about by the Governments
purchase of the property of the First
Church on John Marshall Place for
SIOO,OOO. The First Church owns also
a valuable piece of property on Massa
chusetts avenue, corner of Garfield and
Thirty-sixth streets, on which a chapel
has been erected.
Meanwhile, until the merger becomes
effective, the two churches will worship
together at the invitation of the Church
of the Covenant.
It is the consensus of opinion in the
membership of the two churches and \
among churchmen throughout the city
that the merger of these churches con
stitutes a splendid gesture toward ec
clesiastical co-operation, efficiency and
strength.
SEVEN D. C. STUDENTS
IN GRADUATING CLASS
Receive From University
of Pennsylvania at Commence
ment Exrcises Held Today.
In the graduating class of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania were seven
Washington students who received de
grees when the commencement exer
cises marking the close of the 190th
academic year were held Wednesday.
Albert D. Dawson. Harris B. Hull,
Morton H. Wllmer of this city and
James E. Douglass of Chevy Chase re
ceived the degree of bachelor of science
in economics from the Wharton School
of Finance and Commerce.
Alfred R. Golze and Arthur C. Toner
received degree of bachelor of science
in civil engineering, while J. Canfield
March, Jr., received the degree of
bachelor of science in mechanical en
gineering.
Wilner was captain of the base ball
team and a member of the foot ball
team for three years and belonged to
a number of honorary societies.
FLEET COMES HOME
Pacific Coast Ports Greet Return
ing Men-O-War.
j SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 20 UP).—
i After an absence of four months on
I the East Coast, the United States
j Pacific fleet was moving homeward to-
I day. Ten vessels slipped into port yes
-11 terday and a dosen more were ex
pected to reach California ports today.