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CONFISCATED GUN
NOT DEATH WEAPON
Police Tests Show Pistol Not
Used on Alexandria
Officer.
The investigation into the sla.v.ng of
Police Sergt. Alton B. Hummer two
years ago, quietly revived by Alexandria
authorities recently with the finding of
a ,45-callber Army automatic in the
home of two colored suspects, has again
led into a blind trail, and the police
are as far removed from a solution of
the crime as ever..
Lieut John Fowler, firearms expert
©f the Metropolitan Police Department,
yesterdav completed an examination of
the confiscated weapon and reported
that the pistol is not the one which was
used in the murder of the Alexandria
policeman by an unidentified man on
August 18. 1928.
Fowler Makes Tests.
Several tests of the gun were made
bv Lieut. Fowler at the Bureau of
Standards laboratories before he an
nounced that the markings on the bullets \
in no wav resemble those on the two
•lugs which killed Sergt. Hummer.
The pistol was seized by Detective
Sergt Kdgar Sims, Sergts. George
Everly, Lawrence E. Padgett and Pvt.
George W. Embrey while searching a
colored residence in which it was be
lieved that stolen goods w’as being
hidden.
Police said that the house where the
gun was found is occupied by two col- j
ored men who moved to Alexandria a
short time before the murder and are
known to be "tough characters."
With the finding of the revolver. J
Alexandria police believed that they j
had uncovered a strong Lad toward the j
solution of the murder, which took
Slace In the early morning as Sergt.
ummer was making his rounds of the
city to check up on the members of
his squad.
Man Seen Running.
Several persons who were awakened |
by the sounds of the shooting hastened
to their window's in time to see a man j
run from the scene and disappear. A |
dragnet was thrown out immediately,
and several scores of persons were ar
rested for questioning, but all of those
taken into custody were later cleared. -
The shooting occurred at the mouth
Os an alley in the 200 bTock of South j
Alfred street. Miss Lena Shapiro, who j
was reading in her bedroom overlooking !
the alley, told police she heard two j
men talking at the entrance to the I
alleyway - and after several minutes of t
angry discussion she heard one voice j
•ay:
"I won’t stand for that any longer.
I won t bother with you again.”
Officer Wounded Twice.
Three quick shots rang out. Sergt.
Hummer was wounded twice, while a i
bullet from the policemans revolver
imbedded itself in a fence about 6 feet
high a short distance down the alley.
It is believed that Sergt. Hummer drew
his gun and fired as he sank to the
ground, fatally wounded.
Police made no arrests at the time
the Army revolver, the same type used
by the killer, was found, but a close j
w’atch was made of the movements of I
the two colored men living in the house
where it was found to f owes tall any
attempt they might make to leave the
city.
Neither knew that police seized the
gun to have it examined by Lieut. J
Fowler in connection with' the Hum
mer slaying.
YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT WHILE HUNTING
Harold Hayden of Lanham, Hit in
Calf of leg When Gun
Hooks in Bushes.
B T i Staff Correspondent of The St*r.
LANHAM, Md., August 9—Harold
Hayden. 13 years old, of Lanham. w - as
accidently shot in the calf of his leg
while hunting frogs with several other
boys near here yesterday.
The boy is said to have been shot
when a .22-caliber rifle, carried by
Brenton Blythe, 11-year-old son of
H. M. A. Blythe, caught in the bushes
•nd was accidently discharged.
Hayden w'as treated by Dr. J. T.
Maloney. His injuries are not con
sidered serious.
LIQUOR CHARGES BRING
FINES IN PRINCE GEORGES
Three Men Convicted in Upper J
Marlboro Court by Judge
J. Chew Sheriff.
Br » Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md . August 9.
—Three men arrested for liquor
offenses in various parts of Prince
Georges County during the week were
convicted and fined by Judge J. Chew
Sheriff in Police Court yesterday.
Vincent Russo of 'Baltimore, who Was
•rrested by Deputy Sheriff Harry Rob- ;
lnson for illegal transportation cf 14 j
case? of liquor, was given the severest !
penalty, being fined S2OO.
Jerome Savoy of Oxon Hill, whose j
home was raided by Constable G. W. t
Perrygo on August 6. was fined SSO for J
illegal possession of liquor. The offi
cer reported finding about 5 gallons. j
William Edmond, 1100 block of
Fourth street northeast. Washington,
was given a similar fine for possession i
of one ease of alleged liquor Deputy j
Sheriff L F, Dutrow made the arrest ;
on the Marlboro pike August 2. j
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holders of the new Moses Hall Building Com
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tiansaction of -uch other business as law
fully may come before the meeting will be i
held at 1421 T at. 0.w.. on Thursday, Aug.
28, 1930. al 8 pm.
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Killed by Lover
f
MISS MARGARET LIMERICK.
Twenty-year-old Fredericksburg. Va..
girl, who was slain yesterday by Earl
Turner, 42-year-old married man. who
then tried in rain to commit suicide.
The girl was shot four times in the
head while seated in Turner’s coupe,
being instantly killed. With the re
maining two shots In his .25-caliber
: automatic pistol. Turner tried to end
his own life, but failed. One bullet
pierced his temple and the other lodged
in his brain, causing injuries which will
likely prove fatal.
The couple had been on friendly
terms for several months while Turner
was staying at a rooming house in
Fredericksburg at which the girl was
employed as a waitress. Turner is
understood to have a wife and child
, living in Philadelphia.
GIRL MURDERER 1
SEMI-CONSCIOUS
Slayer Who Shot Self Near
Fredericksburg in Critical
Condition.
i Special Divpgtch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va.. August 9
j —Earl Turner, 42-year-old-married man
; of Philadelphia, who yesterday shot to
! death pretty Margaret Limerick, 20- J
| year-old waitress, with whom he was
Infatuated and than tried to end his
own life, was In a semi-conscious con
dition at Marv Washington Hospital
today. Though his condition Is critical,
physicians say there is a slight chance
that he may survive In Spite of the
bullet lodged in his brain and a wound
in his temple caused by another shot
fired when he tried to commit suicide
after slaying his sweetheart by firing
four bullet? Into her head as she sat
beside him in his parked automobile, i
The shooting occurred yesterday morn
ing on a side road in Stafford County.
I just off the Washington Highway, five
miles from this city.
The couple had left a rooming house
here at 9 o'clock the previous night
and did not return. Turner had stated
that he was leaving for Colorado and
I wanted the girl to drive him to the :
bus. She was to return in the car,
which he was to give her as a present. ■
After killing the girl and failing in
his attempt at suicide. Turner ran to
the main highway and collapsed In the j
road, though he did not lose conscious
ness. When picked up he said that he
had slain the girl because she would
not marrv him and he could not live {
! without her. Turner is said to have a
wife and child in Philadelphia, from
vihere he came here to work seteral
I months ago.
ROCKVILLE.
ROCKVILLE. Md.. August 9 fSpe
cial i —Judge Robert B. Peter has passed
an order in Circuit Court here changing
the name of Mrs. Katherine Wills of
Brookeville. this county, to Katherine
Alvord, and making a similar change in j
the name of her 15-year-old daughter,
Katherine Wills. !
The petition stated that July 7. 1917.
Mrs Wills was granted an absolute di
vorce in the Circuit Court of Alexandria
County. Va.. from Arthur Id ward Wills
and was awarded the custody of the j
couple's only child. Katherine. The
changes in the names were asked on the
ground that because of the conduct of
Wills, his divorced wife wa.- not willing
for either herself or her daughter to
bear his name. , ..
Alvord was the maiden name of the
i petitioner. She was represented by At-
S tornev Robert Peter, jr„ of Rockville.
[ The union vesper services tomorrow
evening. which w-ill be one of a series
arranged by the Protestant churches of,
Rockville, will be held on the lawn ad
joining the Methodist Church and will
begin at 6:30 o’clock, according to an
nouncement by Rev. Frank A. Tyler, i
pastor of the Methodist Church, w-ho
will be in charge and who will deliver
the sermon. Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. j
Harmon of Washington will sing.
Licenses have been issued here for
I the marriage of James B. True and
; Miss Marguerite B. Neale, both of Wash-
I ington; Roscoe F. Waters. 50. and Mrs.
Grace A. Carroll. 43. both of Washmg-
I ton. and George E. Webster, 41. and
; Miss Mary E. Patterson, 24. both of
Montgomery County.
Rev. Frank A Tyler of the Methodist
Church officiated at the marriage here
I of James H. Shirnp and Miss Muriel
I Frances Calkins, both of Washington,
and Vernon Roland Norris of Gaitheri
| burg and Miss Elizabeth May Young of
! Frederick. Md.. both ceremonies taking
• place at the home of the minister.
I John Jones, clerk to the supervisors ;
I of elections for the county, has given
! notice that all persons desiring to be
candidates for the Democratic and Re- |
publican nominations for county offices
i to be filled at the November elections j
must file certificates of candidacy with
! the supervisors of elections by not later j
than midnight Monday. August 18. The
j names of candidates filing after that
time will not appear on the official bal-
I lots, as the law requires that such cer
| tificates be in the hands of the super -
| visors within 20 days of the primary
, election day. which this year falls on
1 Monday. September 8.
Will Rogers
Says:
BEVERLY HILLS . Calif.— Been
reading a lot lately and seeing
movie? of the French evacuating
the Rhine. That's all fine away
over in Europe.
tbut what about
the Republicans
evacuating the
South? They
are moving
Democrats.
been holding
down foreign
This being an
off presidential year, the Democrats
look great. The Republicans alwavs
look bad on three years out of four.
But the year they look good Is elec
tion year. A voter don't expect
much If you give him. one good
year, he is satisfied. 0
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C„ SATURDAY. AUGUST 9, 1930.
HAILSTORM PLAYS
HAVOC WITH CROPS
Second in Week, Near Dan
ville, Shreds Corn and
Tobacco.
Special Dispstch to The Star.
DANVILLE. Va., August 9 —T'“
second destructive hailstorm within a
\ week has wrought devastation in a ■
section of Pittsylvania County, north of !
j Danville. A course parallel to that of j
the severe storm of last w-eek between .
Peytonsburg and Sycamore suffered the ;
complete destruction of crops during!
Thursday afternoon's hail visitation.
Tobacco and corn were tom to shreds. I
the section presenting a picture of 1
desolation to growers,
j No acurate estimate of th» loss is J
available but will run into many«thou- ,
sands of dollars. Other sections, in- |
1 eluding a spot in Caswell County. N. C.,,
was struck by hailstorms and heavy i
damage reported. Still other sections
in surrounding qounties reported the j
most severe electrical storms in many ,
years.
A barn on the farm of H. E. Cousins
near Calhnds was struck by lightning, |
killing five cows and one horse. A bolt j
also struck a barn near Axton, killing |
two mules and firing the barn, which ,
was destroyed, together with 15.000 j
pounds of hav and many farming im- |
plements. Torrential rains fell in ;
Henry County, numerous basements be- I
Ing inundated and extensive damage |
being done. Telephone communication |
I with most places was down |
yesterday, but incoming growers brought
word of the heavy losses.
F. BARNARD WELSH
FILES CANDIDACy
j Rockville Attorney Seeks Repub
lican Nomination for Mont
gomery State's Attorney,
j Sperinl OtsPßlch to The Star,
j ROCKVILLE. Md.. August 9—The
! first Montgomery County Republican to
‘ formally become a candidate for nomi-
I nation in the county is F. Barnard
Welsh, member of the Rockville bar.
Yesterday he filed with the supervisors
of elections here a certificate of candi
dacy for the Republican nomination for
State's attorney and put up the fee of
$25. He was unanimously indorsed for
the nomination at the Informal Repub
lican County Convention at Kensington
last w'eek. and should he have no op
position. as is thought probable, he will
be certified by the supervisors of elec
tions as the nominee of this party.
Mr. Welsh Is president of the Rock
ville Volunteer Fire Department and is
also head of the Rockville Athletic As
sociation. Because of his part in con
verting an unsightly lot near the center
of the town into a playground for the
i public school children and others, the
county Board of Education named the
grounds Welsh Field in his honor.
Now that the ice is broken, the others
indorsed by the Kensington convention
1 for places on the Republican ticket are
expected to file without delay.
STOCKHOLDERS SEEK
RECEIVER FOR COMPANY
Vasil Steam System Is Involved in
Plea Requesting Account
ing of Assets.
Application for the appointment of a
receiver was filed yrsterday in the
District Supreme Court by nine stock- j
holders of the Vasil Steam System Co.,
| to conserve the assets of the corpo-
I ration. An accounting and distribu
! tion of the assets are also requested.
The plaintiffs, who are represented
by Attorney Caiman Mayer, arc John
Brouman. 3208 O street; Michael
Borduklis, 1406 I street: Thomas
Chakeris. George Chakeris and Andrew*
Zagcs. all of 1336 H street: Leon Bades
and Sporos Patrulis. both of 1101 I
; street; James M. Tiches and Charles
E. Tiches, 1521 Fourteenth street.
• The company is a Massachusetts
trust and the suit is directed against
the following trustees: Vasil Mackey,
j Bond Building. John D. Nacos, 1018
Fourteenth street; John Dassoulas. 2629
j Fourteenth street, and Peter Parts,
Eias Mavromichalls, Anthony Con
stantinopolus and Nikitas Constan- j
tinopolus, all of Baltimore, Md.
COLORED MAN FINED
SIOO IN LIQUOR CASE
Accused of Running Through Sig
nal and Driving Without
Permit Also.
Arrested Thursday night when he
passed a red traffic signal at Rhode
Island avenue and Ninth street and ;
found to have two half gallons of corn
liquor In his machine, Thomas Wash- j
i Ington, colored, of Reeves court, was !
sentenced yesterday to serve 90 days in
jail or pay a firte of SIOO in Police i
| Court.
Washington also was charged with i
driving without a permit, no registra
tion card and passing the signal. Court
i arraignment was postponed on these.
The car in which the man was ap- j
j prehended was registered to Catherine !
! Guy. wife of Milton Guy. who recently j
I received the death sentence In con- ;
j nection with the murder of Lamar j
York, prohibition agent.
SURETY COMPANY
SUES N. B. CLARKE
Former Portland, Oreg., Real Es
tate Operator Is Involved
in Aetna Action.
Noel B Clarke, 1416 I street, who is
said to have formerly operated in sub
urban property near Portland, Oreg.,
has been sued in the District Supreme
Court for $25,855.75 by the Aetna
Casualty &i Surety Co., which had,
been surety for him on bonds given in
Oregon.
The company says it has been obliged
to pay nut in judgments obtained by
purchasers of lot.s v who charge fraud- |
! ulent representations in connection with j
i the sales, and for attorneys fees, the
total sued for
In April, 1928. the court is told, !
Clarke was exclusive sales agent for :
! the Burlingame Co. to sell lots in an
i addition to Portland and th« pompany !
‘ executed as surety a bond to the com-
I pany, under which it had to defend a j
| number of suits. In the same month j
! it also signed a bond for Clarke to the
Edgemont Investment Co. for sale of
lots in Terwilliger Heights, near Port
lana, from which sales a number of
suits also were filed and judgment
entered.
Forest Fire in Herndon.
HERNDON. Va.. August 9 (Special!.
—Forest fires started last night on the
north side of the Washington & Old
Dominion Railroad on the land known
as the Wiehle tract on Sunset Hill,
belonging to A Smith Bowman. The 1
fire covered a large territory, but the
damage was not so great*, as most of
timber had been recently cut and
removed.
HERE IS NICE 4-TON WHALE ANY ONE CAN HAVE FREE
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Officials nf Ocean City. Md.. arp scratching thpir bp-ids ever tbp disposition of this 52-foot whale, washed ashore i
near the North Beach Coast Guard station. The monster has attracted many visitors, one of whom attempted to drive his
! car to it at high tide and wrecked the machine when he an into the mammal. ,
Disposal of four ions of flesh is a problem that has not yet been worked out. Once before when a whale was
washed ashore there the authorities resorted to dynamite and almost buried residences with the torn flesh. It will prob
! ably be cut up and towed to sea. —Mount Pleasant Studio. Ocean City. Photo, j
FIGHT OVER WIFE,-!
j MAN IS WOUNDED
Harpers Ferry Resident Dying
After Being Shot
by Husband.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG. Va., August 9.—Edward
Cogle, 32 years old, of Harpers Ferry.
W. Va.. was in a dying condition in j
Loudoun County Hospital and Henry
C. Wood, 30, also of Harper’s Ferry.!
is in the Leesburg jail today as a re- j
suit of a shooting said to have been
provoked by Cogle’s assaulting Wood's
wife.
The assault is alleged to have been
committed as the woman was walking
toward her home Thursday. Wood ob
tained a warrant for Cogle yesterday !
morning, pclice say. but the authorities
failed to locate Cogle during the day.
About 7 o’clock last night Wood, who
was armed with a shotgun, is said to
have accosted Coglp in Roy Titus' store
and shot him. The bulleUvtook effect in
the man's lungs.
TIRE TRACKS CLUE
LEADS TO ARREST
Bethesda Youth Held in Robbery
of Potomac School—Confession
Obtained, Police Say.
Bv n BtafT- Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md.. August 9.—lden
tification of the tire tracks of an auto
mobile used in the burglary of the Po
tomac School August 5 led to the ar
rest j’esterday of the alleged robber and
what Montgomery, County police be
lieve to be the solution of a series of
thefts occurring during the past two
months.
The prisoner, Mervin Riley. 24 years
old, of Bethesda, is bring held at the
county jail here while police investigate
his activities. He was arrested in com
pany with a 15-year-old boy by Con
stable Edward Caywood, at Bethesda.
The bov is said to have been implicated
i in the burglary and is being held under
SSOO bond for a hearing in Juvenile
Court Monday.
When the Potomac School was robbed
Policemen Roy Bodmer and Harry
Merson were assigned to the case. Their
only clue was the mark left by an au
tomobile in the soft ground. After
almost a month of search, a car making
similar tracks was located in Bethesda
and Riley was arrested while driving it.
Po’ice say that Riley has confessed to
six burglaries involving more than
SI,OOO in loot. The details of his con
fessions are now Iv’ing ch’cked. One
of the places said to have been robbed
is in Washington.
MAN ADMITS STEALING
STOCK FOR HIS LARDER!
All Groceries Needed for Two
Weeks Alleged to Have Been
Taken by Kensington Resident.
By a Staff Correspondent of *he Star. j
KENSINGTON. Md.. August 9
Seventeen different kinds of groceries
of quantity sufficient to last a man two
j weeks comprised the loot he took from
the Piggly Wiggly store here a month
ago. John Lancaster, 62-.vear-old col
ored man, is said to have told Mont
gomery County police in admitting the
I burglary.
The man was arrested last Saturday
by Policeman E. R. Jones while the
1 officer was investigating the report
! that a still was being operated on a
farm about a mile from here. An
empty tin which had contained ranned
chicken* of the brand stolen from the
store convinced Jones of Lancaster's
| connection with tht burglary.
The policeman said he found the col
ored man living in the woods, appar
i ently relying on what he could forage
i for sustenance.
ALEXANDRIA.
1 ALEXANDRIA. Va., August 9 < Spe
cial). —Mount Vernon avenue, the upper
road to Washington, which is being
widened to a width of 28 feet, has been
completed as far as Russell road and Is
open for traffic. Work is going forward
on the last section ot it, from Russell
road to Hume Station, and will include
the removal of the cupola In the middle
of the old road at Hume Spring.
Six airplanes bringing the city direc
tors of Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of
Commerce, who are on a State-wide
tour by plane, will arrive here Tuesday,
August 12. These directors will be en
tertained bv the directors of Alexan
dria's Chajiiber of Commerce at supper
at the George Mason Hotel that night.
I The purpose of the tour is to establish
j friendly relations between Virginia
| el, £- w Stunk’. 54. of 200 W Wind
-1 SOW avenue, pleaded guilty in Police
Court th's morninß to the possession |
of 105 bottles of home'brew. He was
fined SSO and costs: a 30-day jail sen
tence being suspended.
! Fire at 8 o'clock last night did .a
negillble amount of damage to a stable
in the rear of the Odd Fellows' Temple
on 400 block S. St, Asaph street. No.
4 engine company responded to the
alarm. , , _ .
Boy Scout Troop 146 of Potomac,
will leave Monday on its annual Scout
outing. A trip to Baltimore by boat
and train, which will cover three days,
comprises this year's outing. The
troop will return Wednesday evening.
Virgil L. Highland Dies.
CLARKSBURG. W. Va.. August 9
,4>i Virgil L. Highland, 59, former Re
-1 publican National Committeeman, died
todav at Rochester. Minn. During his
career he was a. banker, newspaper
publisher and coaJ operator here.
| CENSUS DIRECTOR STEUART. 69,
CUTS TIME FOR TASK IN HALF
I
Population Totals Obtained
in 4 IVionths —8 Required
' for 1920 Job.
i ’
; Youthful Workers Spurred
by Promotion and Pay
Raise Promises.
By (he Associated Press.
The impetus of a man of ripened
I years, putting over his last big job
before retirement, has spurred thp
enthusiasm of youth In a dally drama
of speed at the United States Census
Bureau. 4
Director William M. Steuart, W'ho will
; he 69 years old in October, yesterday
scored a triumph by announcing the
i preliminary United States papulation
total In just half the time it took 10
j years ago.
Total Compiled in Four Months.
By his short-cut plan of handling the
census the total was compiled In four
months. In 1920, the entire machinery
of the bureau was busy for eight
months grinding out this first grist.
Now the white-haired director with
the keen eyes and humorous mouth is
putting the punch into the punching
machine compilations—all done by
young women of less than 35. He has
just issued a circular promising quick
promotiens and higher pay for speed
and accuracy at the punching ma
chines.
"My chief difficulty now is to get
! enough of these speedy young women to i
j operate the machines,” said Director
| Steuart. "It takes the nimble fingers 1
! of youth to make headway in tabulat
ing census figures."
Announcement of the population
! caused no lessening of the tremendous
pressure at the Census Bureau. The
biggest job is still in the doing—the
publication of a booklet of each State,
to Include Its every minor civil, divi
sion. by the time Congress convenes in
December.
LAUREL COUNCIL !
UPHELD BY COURT
Prince Georges Judge Rules
Against Resident in Side
walk Suit.
By a Staff Correspondent ot The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. August
j 9.—Holding the mayor and council of
i Laurel had full legal authority to assess
' Miss Alice Hopkins for a new sidewalk
I which was constructed at the town offl
j cial’s orders ih front of her residence,
j Circuit Court Judge Joseph C. Mat
! tingly has filed an opinion declaring
her suit sos an injunction will be dis- 1
missed.
Miss Hopkins lives on West Mont
gomery avenue and brought suit against j
the mayor and council and the mayor,
town clerk, and president of the coun- ;
cil personally, asking that they and
their successors be enjoined from en- j
forcing the sidewalk assessment. Her
bill also asked that the assessment be
declared void, and that the act of the
assembly of 1927 under which the as- |
sessment was made, also be declared i
void.
The municipal authorities removed a |
brick sidewalk in front of the com
plainant's property and laid a cement
sidewalk in its stead. The court's
opinion points out that "the complain
ant is rather clear in her statement
i that she preferred the old brick side- i
| walk, which had seen many years of j
service and which she considered good j
enough for her purposes.
"But it has been several times de-;
cided,” the court continues, "that the '
question whether a sidewalk needs re- I
pair or repaving is not a matter for '
the individual owner, but for the au- j
thorities of the town, who. by virtue
of their position, are charged with the j
duty not only of subserving the in- ;
terests of the entire municipal cor-1
poration. as far as they may affect the 1
comfort of the citizens, but also to pre
serve the coffers <ff the municipality i
from inroads that may be made by j
collection cf damages resulting from!
defective streets and sidewalks.”
FIRE IN SEAT PLEASANT
Small Blaze Is Believed to Have j
Been Incendiary.
Sperinl Dispatch to The Star. j
SEAT PLEASANT. Md.. August 9. I
Fire companies from Seat Pleasant and |
Capitol Heights were, called to ex- J
rtnguish a small blaze in a vacant heuse I
near Chapel and Sheriff roads last j
night.
Firemen said the blaze was started by !
j a colored man who had a grudge j
against th® owner. He was seen fleeing I
the building as the engines approached I
and an unsuccessful effort was made toj
catch him Damage was negligible,
firemen said. '
Virginia Lawyers
To Have Dry Law
Referendum Vote
By tht Associated Press.
OLD POINT COMFORT. Va , Au
gust 9.—Bv a vote of 92 to 54, the
Virginia State Bar Association yes
terday afternoon adopted resolutions
providing for a referendum among
all Virginia lawyers on the question
qf repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment.
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'Sk JtidKr
WILLIAM M. STEUART.
These booklets arc to be used as a
basis lor reapportionment legislation.!
and will be bound together in Book 1 of *
the census by the end of the year, the !
director said. Three already are out. I
Others are being speedily published.;
This work is moie than twice as far I
advanced as it has ever been in previous
censuses.
Speed Due to Change in
‘•Our present advanced progress and
the early publication of the population
figure is due entirely to the change in
; method,” said Steuart. "All previous
; censuses have • been based on the idea !
that no figure could be g.ven out unless
actually compiled in this bur-au, right!
here in Washington.
“I have proceeded on the theory that
the census supervisors were responsible 1
! and capable of making the announce*
! ments.”
In 1920 Steuart was assistant director
of the census. Before the big 1930 job
j rolled around he could have retired, but
; wanted to see put into practice some
of the theories he had evolved during
an association with the bureau that
1 dates back to boyhood.
HERRICK LAMENTS
| REJECTING MONEY
Ex-Legislator, Jailed on Dry:
Charge, Observes Honesty !
Might Have Been Mistake.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, August 9. —Manuel |
Herrick, former Oklahoma Representa- I
j tive in Congress, in jail here after his
arrest while working at. a still as handy
man at sls a week, observes that maybe
he had made a mistake in not taking
some of the money he said was offered
him during his one term as a legislator, j
i “When I was in Congress,” he .said,
j“I had as much as $50,000 in bills
j stacked on my desk—dishonest money.
But I said to them, 'Take it away.'
! Maybe I was a fool."
Barefoot, unshaven and clad in over
i alls, Herrick, 54 years old, would not
t elaborate on the ‘‘dishonest money.”
| He stuck to his story that he took the
| job at the still, at which he was cap
j tured Wednesday along with two other
man. to get evidence to be turned over'
to prohibition officials.
Preparing to Prosecute.
Federal officials, however, went ahead i
| with plans to prosecute him on a charge j
of manufacturing liquor. In jail, in |
j default of $1,500 bond, Herrick faces
' the prospect of remaining there for ssv
• eral weeks until the grand jury acts.
I The Oklahoman, a spectacular figure
I in Congress during his one term, ending
> m 1923. little resembled the legislator
who while in office was sued for $50,000
J for breach of promise by a beauty con
! test entrant and was in the public eye
! also for his interest in aviation.
| Herrick declares he thought he had
a definite understanding that he was to
; get evidence for the Prohibition Bu
! reau at Washington, though word from
i the Capital was he was refused a com-
I mission and warned not tb incriminate
i himself.
"When I was in Washington last
j month,” he said, “I went to see Col.
■ Woodcock, the prohibition director. He
1 wasn’t in and his secretary told me P.
| J. Moore was his right-hand man.
Expected to Be Paid.
“I told Moore I knew where there
| were some big stills in Southern Mary
land and wanted a job getting evidence.
| He couldn't give me employment, but
■ said if I got real evidence he would try
I to see that I was paid.
"That’s how I happened to get the
I job at the still about three w f eeks ago.
, I was trying to find out who the own
; ers were and would have if those smart
, aleck agents had not come along.”
Herrick's fortunes have gone from
bad to worse since his defeat for re
electirn. He traded in airplanes for
a time, he said, and then, broke, went
to work on Maryland farms doing
manual labor.
The idea of trying to be an under
cover agent, he said, he got from a
"moonshine family,” who, he said,
"cheated me out of $l5O rent money
I got from my farm back in Oklahoma.”
Police Act Too Swiftly.
HARRISON, N. J„ August 9
this case it wasn’t the heat, it was the
humility. Two police officers, suspicious
of a car parked in front of a manu
facturing plant and fearing a hold-up
was to be attempted, deflated the tires.
The car proved to be the property of a
visiting deputy sheriff. So the police
officers doffed their coats and restored
the tires to qprmalcy.
MIS ADVOCATED
FOR SPECIAL SOUS'
I
|
Speaker at Institute of Pub
lic Affairs Favors Rights
to Sue Government.
Special Di; patch to The Star.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. August
9-—Special tribuna’s shou’d be esiab
-1 lished in which citizens can sue the
i Government for torts. Dr. Thomas H.
| Reed of the University of Michigan told
i the Institute of Public Affairs here
j today.
Political scientists, he said, now are '
| almost unanimously in favor of re
i versing the American system in favor 1
| of that which holds in c:ntinental Eu- ,
j rope and it is only a matter of time ,
i until legislation catches up with them. 1
j Under the American system, h* ex
plained. a citizen cannot sue the Fed
eral, State or municipal government ex-
I cept in matters of contract without its
consent, which is almost never given,
i The cnly recourse of a person clubbed
; without reason by a policeman or hit I
j by a fire truck is to su» the policeman
ior truck driver. This, he said, generally
! is a useless procedure since the man
! has no property and cannot pay a .
| judgment.
It is derived directly, he said, from
j the British theory that "the king can j
do no wrong.” A generation ago. he
said, political scientists strongly defend
ed this theory on the ground that it
was a safeguard of liberty. By throw
ing the responsibility on an individual
servant of the government he was made
more careful. Thus a policeman might
not be so careless about clubbing citi
zens if he knew he personally might
have to pay for it.
Actually Makes No Difference.
Actually it makes no difference. Dr.
Reed said, because if the policeman
happens to own property, he puts it in
the name of his wife and he seldom
is wealthy enough anyway to pay a
judgment.
On the continent, he said, the in
dividual officer is not responsible, but
there are administrative tribunals in
which any citizen may enter a case
against the government itself. The
very liability of the state to heavy
damages, he pointed out, makes it care
ful what sort of officers it selects and
the officer himself is afraid of losing
his job if he gets the state into trouble.
Thus there is really a much stronger
curb upon h m than if he were theo
retically responsible in person.
Injuries to individuals, he said, are
inevitable in the administration of gov
ernment and until the present system
is changed great injustices are bound
I to occur.
| The helplessness of American citi
i zrns to override judicial decisions
! which run counter to well defined pub
! lie sentiment is probably unique in the
i world, said Julius T. Muench, city coun
i selor of St. Louis.
Campaigns Necessary.
Almost invariably, he said, the courts j
find difficulty in adjusting themselves |
to the new order of things and it usu- I
ally requires a campaign of education I
to gain their co-operat on. This has
been practically obvious, he pointed out,
in court decisions on zoning laws which
have almost consistently denied the
municipality the right to regulate the
i appearance of property.
He blamed court decisions for much
of the difficulties of the municipalities
with public utility corporations, due
largely to valuation systems. The cor
porations. he said, have been put in
the enviable position of becoming pub
lic or private enterprizes according to
circumstances.
"While the operators emphasize," he
said, "the public character of the busi
ness when they are in a difficult posi
i tion and need help, the business be-
I comes a private one as soon as they
j become prosperous. When represent
atives of the public seek information
to determine the propriety of a re- \
duction in rates they are met with
various technical objections.
"If the utilities ere allowed to per- 1
sist in these practices then cur utility i
situation will soon have all the faults I
of both private and public ownership, ■
without the benefits cf either. The:e
is no incentive to efficient operation 1
becau e the commissions and the courts !
i can always be called on for help when
I things go wrong. On the ether hand, |
when things look up all profits are the *
; private property of the utility, as lh°y i
I were in the days before regulation, or j
I of a 'holding company.
Ultra-Conservatism Hampers.
I "A strange characteristic of the pub- j
i lie corporations eng’gcd in transporta- ;
I ti:n which distinguishes them from cor- [
i porations engaged in private enterprises
is their ultra-conservatism, which for
years has kept them from adjusting
themselves to new conditions and from
meeting the competition of other means
of transportation. If they had im
mediately adopted the new facilities
: and embodied them in a co-crdinated
: service, which they are now being
1 forced to do to save their lives, the t
balance would not have been so often j
on the wrong side of the ledger and j
there would not have been so many I
receiverships."
Women still arc a long way frem I
pqual rights in the United States, Mrs. j
Burnita Shelton Mathews, Washington j
attorney, told the institute.
“Our laws.” she said, "have for their !
framework the common law of Eng
. land under which the husband had
1 almost absolute control over the per
| son of his wife. Despite the steady
| advance to free women from the
■ shackles of the common law. the
i statutes and decisions of the United
j States reflect her inferior position.
I For example, in the. city of Washing
ton a 17-year-old boy was killed and
his destitute mother sought to recover
damages she sustamed by his death.
The court pointed out that any
damages recovered would be only for
the next of kin and that, as between
father and mother, the father is the
only next-of-kin and the only one en
titled to damages for the child's death.
As the father died three months after
the boy, the court held that the re
covery. if any. would be limited to the
father’s loss during that interval.
Marriage Is Disability.
"The courts in some States seem to
regard marriage on the part of a
woman as indicating lack of judg
ment. They place her under a dis
ability as soon as she marries. An
example is the case of Mrs. Fergu«o<.
former Governor of She peti
An Invitation
Come Out to
WOODLEY PARK
this evening and see
how much coder it is
in our new sample
house at
2928 CORTLAND PL.
Often Daily and Sunday
Until 9 P.M.
TO REACH—
Drive west on Cathedral Ate.
from Conn. Ave. to 29th St . turn
right to Cortland PI.
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iPOLICE AND TROOPS
'RUSHED TO MARION
j
Fear of Retaliatory Measures
Follows Lynching of Two
Colored Youths.
i *
3? the Associated Tre.s.
MARION. Ind.. August 9 —State
police aided local oai.ers today in
guarding against fresh cutb.eaks cf the
i ineb violence which Thursday night was
j climaxed by the hanging of two col
; ored youth-, who were dragged from
| their cells in the county jail. Fear of
! possible retaliatory action by sympa
> thizers for the dea hs of Thomas Shipp
' and Ab? Smith contributed to an at
; mosphere of tense watchfulness,
j Col. C-eorge H. Healey of Indianapolis.
1 in command of two companies of the
Indiana National Guard dispatched
yesterday from their training quar ers
at Camp Kncx, Ky.. arriv-d last night
by plane in advance of the troops. He
announced the guardsmen would patrol
in pairs to guard against property
damage.
Yesterday and last night passed
quieily except for the curious throngs
which crowded the courthouse square,
j where the mob lynched Shipp, accused
of fatally shooting Claude Defetcr, 23,
of Fairmount and Smith, who admitted
! attacking Miss Mary Ball, 19, of
j Marion, Deoter's girl companion. The
crowds w’ere kept moving by patrolling
officers.
Miss Ball was to have selected her
engagement ring today. Instead she
will attend the funeral of her fiance
at his father's home at Fairmount. Spe
cial deputies were sworn in lait night
to guard the residence where the youth's
body lies.
Prosecutor Harley Hardin, who has
announced he will summon the county
! grand jury September Ito investigate •
the lynchings. expressed the opinion
that the record of Grant County juries
in failing to convict or in fixing lenient
penalties was a dominant factor in
rousing the mob to fury. He said. "I
heard several person in the crowd re-
I mark. ‘lf we don't do something they'll
just let them go free.' ”
tioned the court to remove her dis
abilities as a married woman so that
her contracts and acts as Governor
might not be Questioned. The consent
of her husband was required and ob
tained before these disabilities were re
moved.
“In 40 States the services of the wife
in a greeter or lesser extent belong to
her husband. Georgia, Vermont and
Virginia uphold the right of a husband
to collect his wife's wages. Her labor
in the household is legally the prop
erty of her husband. She is not enti’led
to any part of the family income be
sides her necessary support. In many
States the right of a husband to re
ceive the services of his wdfe is con
sidered a valuable property right and
he is entitled to pecuniary compensa
tion for its loss in consequence of the
j negligent act of a third person. The
I wife has no such property right in
I the labor of her husband and when
he is injured, the injury not resulting
in death, the general rule is that she
can claim nothing.”
The development of small industri-s
in agricultural centers, which will af
ford jobs to the population to sup
plement their farm incomes, was *
pointed to as one way to overcome agri
cultural distress Already about 10
per cent of people living on farms are
engaged in non-agricultural work, it
was pointed out.
Policy Is Necessary,
Prevalent doctrines of the right of
peoples to self-determination are eco
ncmocallv and biologically unsound. Dr.
Charles C. Batchelder. former chief oi
the Far Eastern division of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
told the institute in discussing th<
American policy in Nicaragua.
“The United States." he said, "h?.i
! been accused of crushing bv force tha
| sovereignty and independence cf Nica
i regua. so that it may be cxoloited by
! our merchants and bankers. Really our
nolicy has been the result of the mili
tary and economic necessities which are
required for our national welfare. The
(ess advanced nations should be given
| the advantage of the assistance which
! mere developed peoples cen afford and
I should not be abandons to make over
j and over again in their ignorance all
i Lh"* social and economic mistakes of the
| lcct. 23.090 years. The successes and
i mistakes of the United States in Nica
ragua. Haiti, San Dorn nga, Cuba and
l the Philippines will be useful in the
: evolution of international policies, which
j win aid in the solution of the problems
i as Egypt, India, China and Africa.”
WHERE TO MOTOR AND DINE
Jlortfi ©ill
A colonial resort on Shenandoah River.
Historic: scenically beautiful. Rest facili
ties. boatine. fishing, swimming
Southern Meals
W'eeklv. *ls. *lB. Booklet.
I _ M. F CASTLEMAN. Berryviiie. Va. _
PETER PAN INN
: At Vrhana. Md.. S 3 mi. from Washington.
Road open. Disregard detour sign at
Henderson Corner.
Country Ham, Steak and Chicken
Dinners. Sl.Sfi—Da'ly and Sunday
Week Days—l.nneh. tic
■ Snerl.il Hate Dlnnrr. Week Da vs onl> fl .M
COLLEGE INN
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Westminster. Maryland. Phone 311-W.
SPECIAL CHICKEN AND STEAK
DINNERS. I.IUI. I.S 3
Also Sandwiches. Salad
"Beautiful Groundr.. ' Drstful and Coot
PLOUGH RIGHT ALONG TO
OLNEY. MARYLAND
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l- - 12 MILES NORTH
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Out l«th Street or Georgia
\ \, Avenue Extended
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xT/ - ’ | ! 600 Feet Elevtti.i
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' j- Telephone Ashton 133.
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TAVERN
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Teat
Dinner Parties
Sunday Morning Breakfast
Serves
!2 Neen to 5:39 P.M.
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