Washington News
ROBERTS IS NAMED
TO UTILITIES POST
BY DISTRICT HEADS
I. C. C. Attorney Examiner to
Be Assistant Corporation
Counsel.
APPOINTMENT IS GIVEN
BRIDE RECOMMENDATION
' First Major Task Expected to Be on
Revaluation of Washington’s
Street Railway System.
William Allerton Roberts, senior at
torney examiner of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, was given an ap
pointment by the District Commission
ers today as special assistant corpora
tion counsel to handle the legal work
of the Public Utilities Commission. The
post pays $6,500.
Mr. Roberts, whose appointment was
recommended by Corporation Counsel
William W. Bride, has had wide experi
ence in public utilities matters, gained
during his service with the Interstate
Commerce Commission on valuations
of common carriers. He is also familiar
with local utility problems through his
service as member and vice chairman
of the Public Utilities Committee of the
Federation of Citizens’ Associations and
his membership on the Citizens’ Ad
visory Council. He represented the or
ganized citizens, together with William
McK. Clayton, during the merger legis
lation negotiations in recent years.
The Commissioners, before acting on
* Mr. Bride's recommendation, sought an
expression of opinion from the Public
Utilities Commission, but that body de
clined to enter into the matter one
way or another.
Mr. Roberts is a graduate in engi
neering of the Tufts College of Massa
chusetts and a bachelor of laws of
Georgetown University. He is a mem
ber of the bar in the District of Co
lumbia and also in Massachusetts.
His first employment was with the
construction firm of Charles H. Nichols
of Boston, Mass., from 1919 to 1920.
He was employed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission in February, 1923, as
a civil engineer in the Bureau of Valu
ation; promoted to be associate attor
ney examiner in 1925, to be attorney
examiner in 1926. to be senior attorney I
examiner in 1927; was assigned to the
assistant board of review, of which he
later became chairman in 1929, and
was appointed a member of the Elec
tric Lines Recapture Committee Novem
ber 15, 1929. He is at present engaged
in the preparation of a plan and
organization of valuation of 362 electric
Interurban and suburban railroads.
Among the numerous valuation cases
on which Mr. Roberts has worked are
those of the Pacific Coast Railroad, the
Alabama Sc Vicksburg Railway, the
Central Vermont Railroad and the
Chicago Sc Northwestern Indiana Rail
road. He comes to the District with
high recommendations from his supe
riors at the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Mr. Roberts lives- at 5405 Potomac
avenue. He la married and has three
children.
Mr. Roberts* appointment will be
effective as soon as he can clear his
desk at the Interstate Commerce Com
mission of a few pending matters.
Probably his first /major task for the
District will be the legal work in con
nection with the revaluation of the
street railway system of the District re
cently ordered by the Public Utilities
Commission.
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r' TO GRAND LARCENY
Whelan Arraigned After Telling
of Two Men Who Robbed
Dairy Safe.
William 3. Whelan, charged with
grand larceny in connection with the
theft of $15,000 from the safe of the
Southern Dairy Inc, 60 M street north
east, Sunday night, pleaded not guilty
upon his arraignment In Police Court
today and was held for grand jury
action, under SIO,OOO bond,
Whelan. 26 years old, a driver for the
Ice cream company, living in the 400
block of Second street, was arrested
Monday after police reported his ad
mission of receiving a SIOO bill from
two other men wanted in connection
with >the case.
There was no testimony in the court
this morning, but Millard Snlffin. an
official of the Southern Dairy, and Head
quarters Detectives L. M. Wilson and
Thomas Nalley appeared for the govern
ment, along with Assistant District
Attorneys Wilbert Mclnemey and
Michael F. Keogh.
Two men for whom police are search
ing in connection with the case are
Fred Nafly and Roy Beall. The latter
was an employe of the cashier’s office
of the concern, while Nally is a former
employe. Both men are missing from
their homes.
Whfldn.zaid that the two men came
to tttt office Sunday night and gained
entrance by saying that Beall had to
work overtime. Upon leaving, Whelan
declared that they tossed him a SIOO
bill and told him to keep his mouth
shut and threatened him with bodily
harm.
NEW REVENUE POST
ASSUMED BY WILMER
Former Agent in Charge of Balti
more District Now in Charge
of Income Tax Unit.
Joseph C. Wilmer of La Plata, Md,
former internal revenue agent In
charge of the Baltimore division, today
entered upon the duties of deputy com
missioner of internal revenue in
charge of the income tax unit, to suc
ceed David Burnet, recently appointed
commissioner.
The oath of office was administered
by Ira Y. Bain, chief of the Bureau
Personnel Section of the Appointment
Division, in the office of Commissioner
Burnet, in the presence of many bureau
officials and friends. . „ ,
Mr. Wilmer entered the Customs
Service in 1906 and in 1915 was trans
ferred to the Internal Revenue Service
as Internal revenue inspector; In 1918
was promoted to internal revenue
agent; In 1921 he was transferred to
internal revenue agent in charge, and
has served In the New York and Phila
delphia, as well as the Baltimore di
vision*.
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W. A. ROBERTS.
New Higli-Brow
To Emphasize Brow
Say Beauty Experts
Indications at the convention of
beauty experts in session here are that
the Fall vogue will tend to make the
American woman “eyebrow conscious.”
The new “high-brow” hat will em
phasize feminine brows to an unusual
degree, according to Harry M. Spiro of
New York, who is attending the con
vention of the National Hairdressers
and Cosmethologists’ Association at the
Mayflower Hotel. He predicted today
the plucked eyebrow would give way to
such refinements as the “Maiden-in-
Distress” brow, or the “Hollywood.”
The “Maiden-in-Distress” eyebrow
he said, imparts an expression ‘bf per
petual appeal. The “Hollywood,” al
ready approaching fad popularity, is
smoothly shaped and continued down
fco the cheek bones by dye application.
Meanwhile the convention is occupied
largely with plans to mobilize every
agency of beauty culture into a single
organization that will command an
equal place of influence with industrial
and scientific bodies.
The cosmeticians and hairdressers,
with allied trades, represent now the
fourth largest industry in the United
States, according to C. W. Godefroy of
St. Louis, national president.
The convention yesterday decided
that legislation proposing strict regu
lation of all beauty shops be pushed
in all ol the State Legislatures.
Resolutions urging that such a law
be passed by Congress for the District
of Columbia were expected to be passed
before adjournment today. The delegates
feel that with the National Capital as
a model, their efforts will be easier in
the States that do not have these laws,
it was explained. Some 21 States have
already adopted the law favored by this
organization, which calls for registration -
and strict examination of 411 beauty
shop operators.
ROOKIE POLICEMEN
BEGIN TRAINING
42 Placed in Charge of Sergt. Cal
lahan After Taking
Oath.
Forty-two rookie members of the
Police Department were sworn in at
headquarters this morning by Harry M.
Luckett, chief clerk of the force, and
placed in charge of Sergt. Harvey Cal
lahan, head of the Police School, for
Instruction In the fundamentals of
police work.
The class will Immediately begin a
90-day course of schooling under Sergt.
Callahan, the first group of its kind to
enter the school since the District Com
missioners extended the training period
from 30 days to three months at the
suggestion of Maj. Henry G. Pratt,
superintendent of police.
The rookies were addressed by In
spectors William H. Harrison, Alfred J.
Headley, Thaddeus A. Bean and Lieut.
Josenh C. Morgan at headquarters after
they had taken the department oath.
SPAIN FEELS QUAKE
MURCIA, Spain. September 3 (JP). —
A strong earthquake was felt here at
10:05 a.m. today, and was followed by
another of less Intensity at 2:30 p.m.
The first lasted eight seconds.,
The quake in the morning sent the
populace scurrying panic-stricken into
the streets, but no deaths or injuries
have been reported. Buildings swayed,
distinctly rattling chandeliers and
paintings.
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When the Thrift Shop, operated for the benefit of four organizations,
1 opened its new home, 1811 E street, yesterday, Mrs. Dolly Gann (left), sister of
Vice President Curtis, made the first sale to Mrs. John Allan Dougherty (right).
Proceeds from the shop go to the Child Welfare Society, Children's Hospital,
Children's Country Home and Prenatal Clinic of Columbia Hospital,—P. it A. Photo.
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GRAVELY CHARGES
IGNORED BY JURY; 1
BOARD WILL ACT
Woman’s Testimony of Giving
Policeman Money for Pro
tection to Be Heard Again.
PRATT SAYS GUILT
NOT DECIDED BY U. S.
Defendant Accorded Right to Sub
mit Grand Jury Action in
Own Behalf.
The Vrand Jury today ignored the
charges of extortion preferred against
Spottswood F. Gravely, a policeman of
the second precinct, who formerly
served as a detective in the third pre
cinct, but, notwithstanding this move,
Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of
police, announced that Gravely, now
under suspension, must face the Police
Trial Board on charges arising from
the same case.
The charges were made last Thurs
day at a jury trial in Police Court by
Elizabeth G. Campbell, who testified
in an assault case brought against her
by the policeman that she had given
him money, at one time as much as
SSO, for protection, which did not keep
him from raiding her on charges of
keeping a disorderly house.
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
had the Campbell girl and her com
panion, Helen Talasz, before the grand
jury yesterday, when the charges were
repleated. Police Inspector Thaddeus
R. Bean, who investigated the story
of the girl, also testified.
Miss Campbell is at liberty under
bond of S3OO, awaiting sentence on an
assault charge preferred by a police
woman, whom she was convicted of
striking, in the House of Detention. She
was acquitted of the charge of hitting
Gravely when he arrested her.
Maj. Pratt said Gravely would be
brought before the Police Trial Board
on charges of accepting money and for
neglecting to prosecute a woman for
keeping a disorderly house.
“The finding of the grand jury,” he
said, "simply means that Gravely is ex
onerated of having violated any law of
the United States. It is still possible
that Gravely has violated a rule of the
department, and a finding of guilty by
the trial board would not be inconsist
ent with the action of the grand jury.
Gravely, of course, is at liberty to sub
mit the action of the grand jury as a
defense.”
PARKWAY PROJECT
BIDS ARE OPENED
JEight Seek Job, With Estimated
Cost of Approximately
$25,000.
The Federal Government moved today
toward completion of another section of
the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
when it opened bids for the improve
ment of the area lying between Massa
chusetts avenue and P street. Eight
bidders sought this job, which is esti
mated at $25,000 and is to be com
pleted in about four months. Lieut.
Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public
buildings and public parks, will study
the offers and a contract will likely be
awarded shortly.
The bidders were M. Cain, J. B. Lati
mer. J. B. Mullin & Co.. Warren F.
Brenlzer Sc Co.. William Meyer, Corson
Sc Gruman Co.. Alcott, Campbell St
Harris, and the Cranford Co., Inc. The
prospective contract calls for all labor
and materials and the performing of
all work for the clearing, excavating,
filling and grading of the construction
of a rip-rap stone fill and road drain
age. Offers for clearing of the wood
ran from 60 cents to $4 an* acre, earth
excavation from 34 cents to $1.45 per
cubic yard, rip-rap stone from $2.75 to
$8.60 per cubic yard, trenching for
drainage from 90 cents to $2.50 per
cubic yard.
Middleburg Barn Burns.
MIDDLEBURG, Va., September 3
,<Speclaj).—A pony was burned to death
yesterday when fire of unknown origin
destroyed a bam with contents belong
ing to Capt. C. Oliver Iselin. A shed
also burned. Insurance will pertly
cover the loss.
WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1930. **
TRACTION FIRM’S I
| LOSS 50 PER CENT,
EXPERTS DECURE
Analyses of Accounts Show
Company Included Tokens
Sold at Old Rate.
POINT OUT DEFICIENCES
PRECEDED FARE RAISE
Benefits of Higher Rate Pointed To
on Basis of May and June
Revenues.
Public utility experts, who made a
cursory analysis today of the Capital
Traction Co.’s acounts for July, sub
mitted yesterday to the Public Utilities
Commission, estimated that while the
report showed a decline of 78 per cent
in net income as compared with July,
1929, the actual loss was about 50 per
cent. The difference is represented in
an item of $6,395.09 which the company
included among its losses for tokens sold
at the former rate of 6% cents and were
outstanding when the new rate of 7'a
cents went into effect July 23.
Theoretically, this is a book loss,
which, it was said, could have been
spread over a period of several months,
but the company chose to put it in the
July accounts, with the result that it
added about 28 per cent to the decline i
in net income.
The company’s report showed that its
income for July was $22,567.57, a de
crease of $17,631.97 under the corre
sponding month of 1929. The loss in
passengers amounted to 414,840.
Losses in Previous Month.
As the new rate of fare went into
effect in July, there has been a tend
ency to blame some of the decrease on
the higher fares, but the experts point
out that the losses were steady in the
. months preceeding the increased fare.
For instance, an examination of the
monthly reports showed a loss of 337,677
passengers in May of this year, in com
parison with the same month of 1929,
and a loss of 312,729 in June of this
fear in comparison with the correspond
ing month of last year. -
It was explained, therefore, that the
revenue passengers have not been drop
ping off at an alarming rate because of
the higher fare, although it is impos
sible to determine at this time the
actual effect due to the increased fare,
which was operative only for the last
eight days of July. The August reports
of the car companies, it was said, would
furnish a more accurate gauge of the
effect of the higher fare.
Increase Benefits Companies.
The increased fare, however, has
inured to the benefit of the car com
panies, according to the utility experts,
on the basts of revenues for May and
June. In May, with a loss of 337,677
passengers, it was pointed out, the net
income was $23,309.48, under that of
the same month of 1929. and in June
it was $21,874 under that of June last
year, whereas the net lncome«in July,
with a loss of 414,840 passengers, under
the same month of 1929, was $17,631.97.
The car companies have blamed some
of the loss in revenue passengers to the
competition of the unregulated taxi cabs
which have been offering a flat-rate
cheap service since March. At the
Public Utilities Commission, it has been
impossible to determine how many car
riders have been taken away by the cabs
because some of the cab operators have
not submitted reports on the result of
their operations.
Those cabs which have made reports
failed to show the number of passen
gers carried, but listed the number of
trips. In most instances, it was ex
plained, the cabs carry more than one
passenger on a trip, making a check-up
virtually impossible.
Cabs Losing Money.
%The commission knows, from the re
ports that have been submitted, that
a majority of the cabs operating on a
cheap rate are losing money. Out? of
a total of 354 reports analyzed, it was
found that every operator showed a loss
for the month of July.
The only complete report received
by the commission on taxicab opera
tions was submitted by the Nickel Cab
Co., which ia operating on a meter
basis of 5 cents every third of a mile.
This company reported a net loss of
$1,564.94 in July. 1
The revenue from transportation was
listed by this company at $3,713.87.
The total expenses of operation was
placed at $5,278.81. The company’s
cabs made 15,819 trips.
In the case of most of the 35-cent
flat rate cabs, it was said at the com
mission that the drivers were making
individual returns, with the result it
has not been possible to determine the
earnings or losses of the companies
operating them. In some of these cases,
it was said, it is possible forHhe driver
to suffer a loss, while the operator is
making a profit because the cabs are
rented to the drivers.
TREASURY EMPLOYE
38 YEARS RETIRES
Owen Barron, Head Plumber, Na
tive of Capital—Head Charwoman
50 Years Also Retiring.
Owen Barron, head plumber of the
Treasury Department, 72 years old, has
retired from his post after 38 years of
service for the Government. He re
sides at 1208 Crittenden street. He is
a native Washingtonian.
Mrs. Mary C. Ratcllffe of 39 V street
northwest, has retired from her post
as head of the charwomen at the.
Treasury Department after 60 years of
service. She was born in Staunton,
Va., and was appointed to Government
service in 1880 before the civil service
handled applications for this work.
JACOB N. HELPER HEADS
v COSTELLO LEGION POST
Elected Commander—Other Officers
Chosen—Outing Planned for
Invalid .Veterans.
Vincent B. Costello Post No. 15,
American Legion, last night chose as
commander. Jacob N. Helper. Wash
ington attorney. Other officers elected
at a meeting in the District Building
follow:
Gregory Cipriani, senior vice comr
mander; Norman Grant, junior vice
commander; Charles Newell, third vice
commander; Howard Dull, sergant-at
arms; R.\S. Reynolds, master-at-arms;
Sam Olshelfski, quartermaster and Rev.
Franics J. Humey, chaplain.
Plans were made to take all patients
In the service hospitals of the District
for their annual outing under auspices
of Costello Post to Edgewater Beach,
, Md., on September 14 N
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AN HONORED SOI.DIER COES TO REST
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The casket of Ma j. Gen. Henry T. Allen being removed from St. John’s Church this morning on the way to Arlington.
At the extreme left may be seen Gen. Pershing, who was one of the honorary pallbearers. —Star Staff Photo.
FINAL TRIBUTES
PAID GEN. ALLEN
Burial at Arlington, Pershing
and Others Attending, Fol
lows Church Rites.
Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, one of this
Nation’s most distinguished soldiers,
was buried today on a sunny southern
hillside in Arlington, hallowed resting
place of the country's war dead.
As the body of the man who com
manded the American Army of oc
cupation in Germany was lowered into
the grave, a bugler sounded “Taps,”
the Army’s final salute.
Befpre a gathering of distinguished
military men, diplomats, friends and
relatives, funeral services were con
ducted at 10 o’clock this morning in
St. John’s # Episcopal Church, Sixteenth
and H streets. In the absence of Dr.
Robert Johnston, rector of the church,
the distant rector, Rev. Leon Schearer,
officiated.
Escorted to Grave.
After the simple services In the
fiower-banked church, the body was
taken to the cemetery, where it was
met at the Fort Myer gates by an escort
of troops under command of Maj. Gen.
Guy E. Henry, chief of Cavalry.
The escort was made up from Troop
H of the 3d United States Cavalry, the
dismounted batteries A, B and C of the
16th Field Artillery, the Army Band
and the Headquarters Company of the
Washington district, which fired the
salute over the general's grave, just
south of Arlington House.
The fiag-draped casket was borne to
the grave on a caisson, followed by a
horse carrying Gen. Allen’s saddle,
3Word and boots.
The honorary pallbearers were Gen.
John J. Pershing, Maj. Gen. Henry P.
McCain, Maj. Gen. David C. Shanks,
Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat, Col. David
S. Stanley, Lieut. Col. George P. Aheam
Paul E. Johnson and Lynch Luquer of
the English-Speaking Union, to which
Gen. Allen also was active.
Many Washington representatives of
foreign governments with which Gen.
Allen was associated during his overseas
service, including Dr. Kiep, charge
d'affaires ad interim of the German em
bassy, attended the services.
Death From Heart Attack.
Gen. Allen died suddenly Saturday
afternoon of a heart attack at Buena
Vista Springs, Pa., while visiting at the
Summer cottage of Dr. Rudolph Leitner,
first secretary of the German embassy.
Gen. Allen was 71 years old and had
been to the military service more than
44 years. From start to finish of his
Army career he took on constantly in
creasing responsibilities, culminating
with his command of the American
Army of Occupation on the Rhine.
Earlier Army assignments had taken
him to Russia, Cuba, the Philippines
and into Mexico with Pershing’s puni
tive expedition.
In Germany his consideration and
fair dealing won for him the regard of
the officials as well as the citizens of
that country. The esteem in which he
was held by Germany was indicated by
the statement of Dr. Kiep, when he
called at the State Department yester
day to express the sympathy of the
German government at Gen. Allen’s
death. He stated that there was a
double reason for his coming:
“First, because of the high regard
which his government and people have
maintained for Gen. Allen as a result
of his work in charge of the Army of
Occupation, and, second, because of the
fact that he died at the home of an
official of the German embassy."
POLICESUPERINTENDENT
RECEIVES HUNT GIFT
A. D. Mullins Presents Maj. H. G.
Pratt With Relic of Sta*
• Chase.
Albert D. Mullln. a police headquar
ters chauffer, today presented Maj.
Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po
lice, with a desk set, relic of a success
ful stag hunt last Fall. Two inkwells,
mounted on the set, have the stag’s
front hoofs as bases. A pen wiper is
constructed out of part of the stag’s
shank.
Owing to the departmental rule that
nobody may make a present to his
superior officer without the consent of
the major and superintendent, Mullln.
before the presentation, was compelled
to ask Mai Pratt’s permission to make
it. Maj. Pratt took one look at the
set and ceremoniously granted the per
mission.
TRADE COMMISSION FIRE
INQUIRY IS PUSHED
Capt. Ray Montgomery Questions
Persons Believed to Have
Information.
Investigation into the cause of the
Federal Trade Commission Building fire
Saturday went forward again today
with Capt. Ray Montgomery, super
intendent of the United States Park
Police, closeted with persons believed to
have Information as to its origin.
As soon as he completes his inquiry
he expects to submit a report, which
will be presented to Lieut. Col. U. S.
Grant. 3d, director of Public Buildings
and Public Parka. .
FINGERNAILS OF DEAD WOMAN
BREAK DOWN HUSBAND'S ALIBI
Federal Detectives Solve Baffling Texas
Murder by Scientific Investigation
After Wreck.
BY REX COLLIER.
Using the analytical methods of fic
tional detectives, special agents of the
United States Bureau of Investigation
have just so’ved a baffling crime in
Texas through evidence scraped from
the fingernails of a dead woman.
A detailed report in the case has
been received by J. Edgar Hoover, di
rector of the bureau, he disclosed today.
The matter-of-fact report, prepared by
operatives of the San Antonio office
of the Justice Bureau, reads like de
tective fiction.
Here is the story.
Fishing Party Heard Crash.
On the night of August 9 last an
automobile crashed into Salado Creek,
near a bridge, on the Fort Sam Houston
military reservation. About 60 feet
away two sergeants and their wives,
who" had been fishing, heard the crash
and reached the car a few minutes
later.
In the front of the wrecked coach
was the body of a woman. It was plain
she was dead. There were numerous
wounds on her head.
A medical officer from the fort reach
ed the scene of the supposed accident
about 20 minutes After the crash. He
expressed the opinion the woman had
been dead for at least an hour.
The woman was identified as Mrs.
Lillian Adams, wife of James R. Adams
of Co. K. 23rd Infantry. The husband
1 was questioned, but produced an iron
clad alibi in the form of testimony by
two soldiers that he had been seen at
the barracks about the time of the
crash, which occurred 2*4 miles away.
Local authorities were prepared to
record the death as an accident or sui
cide. But Federal investigators, called
, in because the crash bad occurred on
Federal territory, were not so easily
satisfied.
THREE INDICTED
ON HOLD-UP CHARGE
| Grand Jury Accuses Men of
Snatching McCrory Store
Satchel and $1,200.
John Irvin, Elmer Bennett, and Henry
Machellnskl were Indicted Jointly today
by the grand Jury on a charge of high
way robbery In connection with the
hold-up of two employes of the J. C.
McCrory Co. store August 7.
Irvin and Bennett are to Jail in de
fault of ball of. SIO,OOO each, set by
United States Commissioner Needham
C. Turnage. The third man is said to
be to custody in Baltimore and the in
dictment was returned to order to expe
dite his return in the hope of settling
the case for trial early in October.
The three men are accused of at
tempting to force into an automobile
Earl D. Flory and Harvey W. Smith,
store employes who were carrying a
satchel of money to the Second National
Bank, just one block away. The satchel
contained $1,200. The employes re
sisted and the trio are said to have
seized the satchel and to have escaped
in the automobile. The machine was
later found abandoned in Anacostia and
the empty satchel was later discovered
in the vicinity.
The arrest of Irvin and Bennett is
said to have resulted from the efforts
of Headquarters Detectives Howard Ogle
and Dennis J. Murray.
The grand Jurors exonerated Olin V.
Mitchell, 19, of a charge of homicide.
Mitchell was driving an automobile
which struck and killed Mary Dixon,
colored, several weeks ago. The jurors
considered the killing accidental, it was
reported.
BOY’S DEATH IN SHAFT
OF ELEVATOR ACCIDENT
Inquest Fails, However, to Disclose
Manner in Which 5-Year-Old
Met His Fate.
A verdict of accidental death was re
turned by a coroner’s Jury at the Dis
trict Morgue yesterday afternoon in the
case of 5-year-old Jackie Williams, j
whose body was found Monday after
noon lying at the bottom of an eleva
tor shaft at 724 Third street after poltce
had conducted an all-day search for the
boy.
No evidence was offered at the inquest
yesterday to show how the boy got into
the elevator shaft.
The boy. adopted son of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Williams, is reported to have
left his home between 8 and 11 o’clock
Monday morning. When he did not re
turn, his parents asked police to search
for him.
Sentenced for Stealing 50 Cents.
HAGERSTOWN. Md„ September 2.
Two young colored men drew one year
each in the Maryland House of Cor
rection today for stealing M cents. ;
General News
The special agents of the Government
learned that the man and his wife had
been very jealous of each other. It
was noted, moreover, that the husband
had deep scratches on his neck and
chest.
The bureau investigators carefully ex
amined the body of the wife. Under
neath her fingernails they found sus
picious matter. The nails were scraped
and the collected debris subjected to
scientific analysis. It was found the
substance was human skin and flesh.
Encouraged by this discovery, the de
tectives again quizzed the alibi wit
nesses, who finally confessed they had
lied in their first statements. They
explained they had testified falsely at
the urgent request of Adams.
Confronted with the damaging finger
nail evidence and with the complete
collapse of his alibi, Adams broke down
and gave the agents a lengthy, written
confession, Hoover was advised. In the
confession the soldier is declared to
have said he had quarreled with his
wife, striking her over the head with
an iron wrench and then, becoming
frightened at his act, had driven the
car to the banks of the creek, stepped
out and sent the machine and the
corpse hurtling into the stream. He
explained he had hoped thereby to make
it appear his wife had been killed in an
accident.
Charged With Murder.
On August 20 Adams was charged
with murder at a hearing before the
United States commissioner in San vAn
tonio, and he now is- in the county jail
without bail, pending action of the De
cember grand jury.
“This is an example of how our men
are using scientific methods in the de
tection of crime,” Director Hoover re
marked. “All of them are thoroughly
schooled In such methods before they
are sent into the field, and the results
are more than could be expected.”
j NEW GRAFT ME
FILED BT CALVERT
Mount Rainier Attorney Sends
Third Complaint to Prince
Georges Board.
By a Stsff Correspondent of The Btsr.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem
ber 3.—Declaring what fce has said
about graft in Prince Georges County
“is but a bare scratching of the upper
surface,” and that “the larger graft
and corruption reaches to higher
places and stretches widespread over
the entire county,” Charles B. Calvert,
Mdunt Rainier attorney, yesterday filed
his third complaint in four weeks with
the county commissioners.
The attorney’s complaints deal
chiefly with the operation of what he
terms a notorious gambling establish
ment on Bladensburg road, which he
claims has been permitted to operate
openly for a decade because of
corruption.
His Latest Letter.
In his latest letter, Calvert carries
out a promise made in his letter of
August 27. to furnish the commissioners
with the names and addresses of those
allegedly implicated in the “wide
spread corruption and graft now prev
alent in the country.”
The letter also contains a list of <
persons said to receive S9O a week
from the operators of the gambling
establishment for the use of their auto
mobiles to transport patrons between
the establishment and Washington.
Calvert says nine cars are operated
under such conditions, giving their
license numbers and the names of the
persons to whom they are listed. Some
of the cars bear Maryland markers
and others District tags, according to
the attorney.
In conclusion the attorney expresses
the opinion that it is the commissioners
duty to investigate the facts supplied
by him, and if their finding warrants,
the matter should be submitted to the
grand jury.
Letter Considered.
The commissioners gave Calvert’s
letter lengthy consideration in execu-
I tive session yesterday, indicating at the
conclusion, of ti-* session that they
would aed***' n-..,vert’s suggestion to
make aatr?" ligation if their attorney
advises mv ich action is within their
province.
"We ate not apologizing to the
public," one of the officials explained,
“but we are bmited by law and have
no enforcing power. However, we are
willing, to do anything within our
power, and will not hesitate to talc*
the initiative if we find we can do so
legally.”
Travel* 32,000 Miles in Tear.
DETROIT C4>).—Miss Marion Mc-
Clench, president of the Federation of
Business and Professional Women’s
Clubs, traveled *2,000 miles in her first
year of office. ,
PAGE B-1
'PAIR confesses
ROBBERIES HERE,
POLICE DECLARE
Laborer and Nephew Ac
cused of Taking Valuable
Antiques From Homes.
YOUTH IS ARRESTED
AT CAPITAL STORE
Appeared With Suit Case Full of
Rare Books to Sell, Detec
tive Charges.
The mystery of the identity of
burglars whose familiarity with the
Capital society columns has allowed
them, with discerning taste, to ran
sack .sumptuous Capital homes of
; priceless prose and poetry, rare
antiques, jewelry and other things of
value, was believed by police today to
have been solved in the arrest of a
, 48-year-old laborer and his youthful
nephew last night.
Police this morning reported that
• after a thorough grilling, the pair. Wil
liam Sullivan. 1214 H street northeast,
the uncle, and John L. Sullivan, 21,
; 2004 Bryant street northeast, had con
fessed to robberies in homes of wealthy
Georgetown residents while their oc
cupants were sojourning for the Sum
mer months at fashionable resorts in
this Country and abroad.
This afternoon the pair was ordered
taken on » tour of the ransacked
homes in Georgetown and other
fashionable sections of the northwest
< section of the city. These ransacked
1 homes have been a puzzle to police for
| several weeks.
[ Rare German Books Taken.
Rare German books of prose and
■ poetry, valued at more than $lO,OOO
■ and stolen from the home of Rudolf
• Leitner, first secretary of the German
i embassy, offered for an infinitesimal
» portion of their real value, led to the
s arrest of the pair last night, police say.
The books, police declare, were offered
■ at a local book store, while a detective,
• planted at the store since the report of
l the theft of the books had been received
f at police headquarters, stood guard. The
t younger man, it is alleged, arrived at
the store with a suit case full of books
■ to sell, and Immediately was placed
i under arrest.
i Following the questioning of the
i younger Sullivan, four headquarters
i detectives were assigned to the task of
> apprehending the uncle, who has a
i long record with the local police, with
i numerous convictions on housebreaking
j charges listed on it.
j , Claim Loot Was Found.
» The detectives went to Sullivan’s H
• street address, found Sullivan and are
; alleged also to have found many thou
i sands of dollars’ worth of goods, be
lieved by police to have been loot from
the homes of wealthy Washingtonians.
Police say they found jewelry bearing
1 the name of John M. Stcmhagen, 3328
5 O street, where a $4,000 burglary was
■ reported to police in July; jewelry an
-1 swering the description of some stolen
■ from the home of Louis Pennington,
3100 Q street and articles answering
1 the descriptions of those reported stolen
■ from the homes of Representative Ross
' A. Collins, at 2463 Wisconsin avenue,
7 and William S. Conant, 1402 Thirty
( first street.
5 Police today declared that practically
every home in Georgetown reported
ransacked during the Summer months
was visited while occupants were out
of the city, and that the burglar or
burglars showed considerable discern
ment In their choice of loot to carry
away, throwing aside the gaudy baubles
» that would bring no price with a
“fence,” and taking instead some not
so striking-looking article, such as a
rare book, painting or piece of antique
jewelry, for which a good price might
be obtained.
, Won’t Estimate Total.
• . ** 15 the flrst time in years that police
have had to deal with thieves who
showed so much knowledge of the value
of rare literature, and it is believed that
this penchant for rare prose and poetry
brought about the collapse of the al
leged robbery project of the Sullivans,
since it was the German books that
led to their arrest.
. Police today were unwilling to esti
mate the total amount of loot reported
l stolen in the past several weeks from
r Georgetown homes, partly because they
. could not determine the value them
' selves of some of the paintings, books
1 and antiques which have been listed
• by owners as among loot taken from
. their homes.
, Nor would police make a definite esti-
I mate of the amount of goods they claim
[ they found at the Sullivan home.
William Sullivan's police record is re
ported by police to date back to 1917
. when Maj. Pratt, superintendent of
police, then l just a detective, arrested
s Sullivan for house-breaking. He later '
[ was sentenced to serve three years in
; Leavenworth prison. Kansas. Since
that time, police say, Sullivan has been
arrested on 12 occasions, several times
on house-breaking charges.
t BROADCAST LOOK-OUT
FOR MOTHER OF FOUR
Lillian May Finney Has Been
Missing From Home Since
Friday.
Police today were broadcasting a look
out for Mrs. Lillian May Finney, 29
years old, who has been missing from
her home. 1609 Foxhall road, since last
Friday; According to Thomas E. Fin
ney, husband of the missing woman,
Mrs. Finney had recently recovered
from an illness and was in a highly
nervous condition. The couple has
four small sons.
The police look-out describes her as
having light complexion, dark brown
bobbed hair and wearing a dark b’ue
silk dress, dark coat and black pumps.
Two years ago, when the family lived
in Seat Pleasant, Md., Mrs. Finney
disappeared from home and was located
at the home of her mother in
Alexandria.
TRUSTY ESCAPES
The fact that the District. Jail is re
garded as one of the coolest institu
tional buildings in this city did not
mean anything to David Howall, col
ored, 55 years old. who was there
serving a term of 90 days on a charge
of vagrancy.
Howall, who was arrested three weeks
ago and sent to the prison, proved such
a handy man that be soon was made a
trusty and permitted beyond the con
fines of the brownstone structure to do
chores assigned him. This morning he
deserted his companions and fled the
Institution. Police were asked to insti
tute search for him.