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RAID LAID TO “FOUR HORSEMEN”
SARRESTS
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WORK
Possibility that the “Four
Horsemen,” Federal prohibi
tion agents who were the
terror of New York nightclub
owners, had arrived here, was
seen with last night’s raid on
an alleged “speakeasy” in the
2100 block of Eighteenth St.
K. W.
Federal enforcement officer? have
Insinuated that the successful cam
paign of these agents in New York
would be followed by the transfer of
their activities to the Capital.
Raid Spectacular
Last night’s raid on the, Ambass
ador Oyster Club, described by Sergt.
O. J. Letterman as “the most spec
tacular I have ever witnessed.’’ was
featured by wild disorder both in and
outside the establishment. #
E. A. Rickert, of the 2100 block
Eighteenth St. N. W., charged that
he was dragged inside the place and
taken to the third floor by an of
ficer. Rickert was struck on the
left eye, according to statements
made by several witnesses. He had
no connection with the establishment,
he said, and was only watching out
side. . .
Sergt. Letterman, W. F. Burke
and G. C. McCatron, members nf
his squad, were accompanied by J.
J. Quinn, deputy prohibition com
missioner. for the District of Colum
bia and Maryland, by B. N. Quinn,
focal enforcement operative, and by
three other agents.
Mysterious Three
“They are new to me.’’ Letter
man said of the mysterious three.
”1 wouldn’t like to comment on
that part of the affair."
William Deegan, brother of John
Deegan, whrt, was slain several
years ago in a brush with the mem
bers of the original “Flying Squad
ron.” was designated by police as
the ruling spirit of the Ambassador
Oyster Shop, where not only oys
ters. but beer, highballs and gam
bling games were found, it is claimed.
Deegan, charged with sale and
possession of liquor and permitting
gaming, was released on SSOO bond.
His brother. Francis. 24. was also
charged with sale and possession
and Was released in SI,OOO bond.
A crowd of perhaps 500 persons
gathered on the sidewalk and hissed
‘he raiders as they prepared for a
thorough search of the premises.
Two operatives, who were on the
second floor, having gained admit
tance as "guests,” disclosed th*ir
identity to others present, when
Letterman blew a whistle outside.
Guns Are Drawn
The methods used to "knock off"
Broadway night clubs were brought
into play as the Two agents drew
their guns and calmly ordered all
present to remain where they were.
As these tw-o held the guests at
bay. the agents outside were ham
pered by thick double doors and
it was only after they had chopped
a bole in a wall that they were
able-to get inside.
Meanwhile, someone turned off
the lights and the raiders had to
use- flashlights a* approximately 10
persons who were on the second
’.bor tried to flee. Chairs and
tables were pqshed over in the dis
order.
Tpe first floor of the oyster shop.
Letterman said, was o<< upie<i as a
soft drink establishment and cus
tomers of long acquaintance only
were admitted to the second floor,
which was said to be elaborately
furnished.
Three Other Arrests
tn adidtion to the Deegans, three
other men were arrested on liquor
charges. They gave their names a?:
Clarence Meyers. 45, the 1200 block
B N. E.; James Walsh, 26, the
2100 block Eighteenth St. N. W„
and Burgess F. Hart. 28, of the
same address. All were released on
bond.
Rickert is -said to be an employe
of the legal department of the Capi
tal Traction Company.
Disparaging remarks addressed to
the members of the raiding partv
r.re said to have preceded the in
cident.
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All Smiles Now
After Rescue
From Rock Creek
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DOROTHY HANSEN and Helen
White, above, left and right, were
two of the three girls Edward H.
Mcßeady, below, saved from
drowning yesterday in Rock (’reek.
The two girls, with Mary V.
Conway, were wading in the
creek when they stepped beyond
their depth.
Library Employe Is
Master of Chinese
Hieroglyphics
Master}’ of the hieroglyphics of
the Chinese language has been
obtained by only a few Occident
als, but the Library of Congress
now has a self-trained student of
the Celestial tongue who has
fathomed most of its mysteries.
This Chinese expert is Berry
A. Claytor, a young colored man
living at 1515 S St. N. AV., who
first entered the employ of the
Library of Congress in 1916 as a
messenger. Now he is the confi- i
da nt of scholars and research
workers and ia one of the pow
ers of the Chinese division in the
insi ii ut ion.
Claytor has received the degr, e
of I.L. B. from Howard University
and has charge of thousands of
Chinese manuscripts in the big
library.
Washington Boys Named
For West Point Tests
'l'he following young men from i
this city have been ■ designated as I
I candidates for the West Point
entrance examination to be held;
March 5, with a view to I
admission to the Military Academv. ■
July 1. according to a War Depart-;
ment statement yesterday.
William AVilkinson Reno, jr., Win-
| Chester, Va.; Adna Romanza Chas-i
i fee. 3d. Washington. D. C.; Beverly j
: OeWitt Jones, son of Major DeWitt ■
<. Jones, Fort Humphreys, Va.;
John Huber Hquier, 709 Virginia;
Ave.. Clarendon. Va.; C. Edger-!
i -ii Smith, son of Lieut. Col. Walter
i•. SmiHM George U. Hill, jr., son <>U
i.’ajor George p. Hill; L’lcdere-K W. j
- demah, 3d, son of Col. F, W. Cole-I
man, Bethesda. Aid.; Leroy t tri I
; M Iler, son of Master Sergt. Paul :
i Al.ller; Charles B. Elliott, jr., 3411
« rd way Street, this city; and Albert;
I lal terson Alossman, son of Cant.
' Albert Mossman, Fort Howard, Aid
HEBREW AID PICNIC
The third annual excursion hr i
i steamer to Alarshall Hall will be •
given by the Hebrew Sisters’ Aid j
• Circle tomorrow, weather permitting.
| Mrs. H. Ehrlich, president, will be i
! in charge, assisted by Mrs. Denni-
I son, vice president, and Mrs. M.
1 Gorin, of the board of directors.
Three Girls Saved From Drowning
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Colored Women Opposed
Racial Discrimination
Abolition of all forms of racial
discrimirtat ion wax| the subject
which occupied Ihe final session of
the sixteenth annual cont ention of j
the National Association of Colored:
Women in the Metropolitan A. M. E. 1
Church last night.
Dr. Emmett J. Scott, of Howard
University, made an. address on
citizenship and legislatlpn, and the,
daily press was urgtd to give
greater space to the constructive j
achievements of colored men and
women in the United States.
With prices what they are tnday
there Is no earthly reason why you ;
shouldn’t own one of the <oiul used
earn offered In toda.t ’» Timea and Herald
classified nd*.
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ALL WASHINGTON
HOME TOWN PAGE
PASSER-BY
RESCUES
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Three little girls who waded
beyond their depth in Rock
Creek last night owe their
lives to the presence of mind
and courage of Edward H. Mc-
Ready, 27-yeax-old resident of
Ballston, Va.
Tho girls, Mary V. Conway, of
the 4100 block of Eighth St. N. W.;
Dorothy Hanson, of the 800 block
of Upshur St. N. W., and Helen
White, of the 4000 block of Eighth
St. N. M*., all of whom are 11 years
old, were cooling off by wading in
the waters of Rock Creek. They
stepped off into a hole.
Hears Girl’s Screams
Helen was leading Ihe way and
stepped into the deep water and
sank out of sight. She came tn the
surface and screamed for help. Mary
heard the cries and rushed to her
assistance, only to get into the
same predicament Dorothy tried to
rescue her companions, but she. too.
found herself helpless in water
15 feet deep.
Mcßeady, passing In an automo
bile, hegrd the girls’ screams and
stopped his car. He. rushed into the
water without removing his clothes
and soon had the three little girls
safely on shore.
Girls on Picnic
They were given first-aid treat
ment at Pierce Mill Tea House and
were later taken to their homes.
The girls were members of a picnic
party which was under the guar
dianship of Mary’s mother, Mrs;
Walter H. Conway, and Mrs.
Thomas M. Gajlagher, whose daugh
ter, Helen, was one of the parly.
CHAINBHI3GE
TOBEOPEN
Chain Bridge, which has been
closed for repair? to the Virginia
abutment, will be reopened next
Thursday on a part-time schedule.
Th© bridge may be used by the
public betwen 4 p. m. and 9 a. m..
Caps. H. C. Whitehurst, assistant en
gineer commissioner, announced to
day. It will be closed to traffic for
about 10 days between 9 a. m. and 4
p. ni., so that workmen may com
plete eonstruetiou work.
Chain Bridge, known as Washing
ton's "milky way," because a large
percentage of the milk trucks use it,
also will relieve traffic congestion on
the Highway Bridge, which is now
undergoing repairs.
Motorists Hear Plea
For American Highway
Construction of a great interna
tional highway, running from
Canada through the United States,
Mexico, and Central and South
America, was urged at a meeting
here today of the. Aniercian Atotor
lets' Association.
American motori a to will welcome
the day when they can make an
tnter-American tour in comfort. It
wnll be conducive to good-will among
the nations of America and will
be an economic factor of vast pro
portion®." said J. Barton Weeks,
president.
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NO. 244—G. U. HOSPITAL
Georgetown Hospital. Thirty-fifth
and N Streets Northwest, opened its
doors to the public on August 15.
IS9B, in a small building, which la
still a part of the hospital group,
containing 25 beds.
Prior to erection of Georgetown
Hospital, the entire western part of
the city was dependent on Emer
gency Hospital, at Fifteenth Street
and Ohio Avenue. The hospital Is
managed by tbe Sisters pf St. Fran
cis under direction and supervision
of Georgetown University.
REPORTER DIES
INHOSPITAL
Rudolph W. Perkins, Washington
newspaper man, died in George
Washington University Hospital at
4 s. m. today, following an oper
ation for appendicitis.
Mr. Perkins was-40 years old and
resided in the 800 block of
Eighteenth St. N. W. A native of
Washington, he was educated in
the public school* and began his
career as a newspaper reporter on
the Washington Herald several
years ago. While covering police
court for The Herald, he became
noted for his human interest
stories, writing a column “Good
Morning Judge."
His work won him the unofficial
title of judge, by which he was
called by attorneys, court officers
and colleagues. For the last sev
eral years. Mr. Perkins was em
ployed as the court reporter of the
Washington Post.
He was the son of James T. and
Rosa W. Perkins, ami is survived
by two sisters. Airs. Mabel W.
Gordon. 22 Beaton PL N. W., amt
Mis. Elsie Sandefur, amt an aunt,
Mrs. Thomas M. Harvey.
lie was a Mason, member of the
Lafayette Lodge, No. 19, and of
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
ZION CHURCH CARNIVAL
'l'he Zion Lutheran Church will
hold a carnival at New Hampshire
.Avenue and Ruchanan Street North
west throughout next week. Henry
Menze. general chairman, announced
today.
Look for the Big “Schwarts’' Clock
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Therms an added
satisfaction when '
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1928*
A second 25-bed building was open
ed In 1901. In 1903 a fdur-story
building was added, a donation of E.
Francis Riggs. In 1908 the Gordon,
home on N Street nr&s purchased and
an additional four-story building, do
nated by A. Lisner, then owner of
the Palais RoyaL-was constructed.
The Riggs Memorial Building was
added in 191 J. the Kober-LeClerc Me
morial Building in 1912, the Sofie A.
Nordhoff-Jung Building tn 1924 and
land has been purchased for another
four-story addition.
Seven Cops Convicted
Os Neglect Charges
Seven of eight policemen who
faced the police trial board yester
day were found guilty of various
neglect of duty charges. Six of the
seven were fined.
(’barges against Guy Rone, Elev
enth precinct, were dismissed by
the board immediately after hearing
the evidence against him. All of
the men found guilty were privates.
J. W. Smith was fined S2O; R. H.
Huffman, $10: W. H. Bell, $5: W. A.
Izaweon. $5; W. F. McDuffie. $10;
and E. H. Noden, $25. H. B. Miller
was fnun<l guilty of one charge and!
warned. Several cases, pending be i
fore the hoard, will be heard next ‘
week. Others were postponed for
two weeks.
Today’s beat boys in used care will be !
found In the used rars for sale columns
of today’s Times and Herald classified ;
ads.
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ALL WASHINGTON
HOME TOWN PAGE
SEEK BOYS
IN SHOT
CASE
A search is being made to
day to find the boys who were
said to have been shooting
birds in a clump of woods be
hind the house in which Mrs.
Ruth Baulsir was shot and
seriously wounded Thursday
afternoon.
Authorities of Prince Georges
county, in whose jurisdiction the
nhooting at Brentwood. Md., oc
curred, believe they have solved the
mystery surrounding the shooting
of the housewife, who i« now in a
ciitieal condition at Casualty Hos
pital.
Neighbors, however, yesterday told
reporters that they had seen no
boys with firearms in the woods,
which are about 500 feet back of
the Baulsir home and across the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks.
Small boys do not use the clump
nf woods as a play place, because
the spot is known as a rendezvous
for drunken parties, persons in the
neighborhood say. Many of the
residents of the neighborhood be
lieve the place to be a distribution
point for a wholesale bootlegger,
who parcels out his “produce" to
small-fry Washington bootleggers.
Beyond the clump of woods, about
2.000 feet frOm the Baulsir home, is
one of the most notorious gambling
establishments adjacent to Wash
ington. It is well known that armed
guards, recruited, it Is said, from the
gunmen of large cities, are con
stantly on watch at the place.
The shot which struck Mrs. Baul
sir came in a direct line from the
spot shunned by neighborhood boys.
It passed through a dress hanging
on a line directly in front of the
kitchen door. Mrs. Baulsir stepped
to the door to see if her son, Robert
lidward, 12 years old, was all right
after she had heard a shot fired. As
she stepped to the kitchen door a sec
ond shot rang out and she was
struck about half an,inch above the
h* art.
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AVENUE GRAND 8 K METROPOLITAN
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in “THREE RING MARRIAGE." KERRY ill “TII E FOR RIG N LEGION."
HAL ROACH STAR COMEOi— VITAPIIONE SHORT .SUBJECTS
SAILORS, BEWARE! .
Stanley-Crandall's Moth St. Het. MSTREET 3227 II St. N. W.
HFN'TRAI n "“d K GEORGE WAIJ4H in "THE COMBAT”
ULU I RHL A MehMlrnma. BRAY COMEDY
HICIIARD BARTHELMESS In “THE „ , , ■
LITTLE .SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM Stanley-Crandall’s 535 Eighth St.
COME." CAMEO COMEDY — HriU a E
“SAILOR BOY" NtW
PNFVY KHASE McKinley St. n.C. "AFRICA BEFORE DARK.” OPEN
unni UllßWli ING CHAPTER OP SERIAL—
BARBARA KENT in “STOP THAT “THE YELLOW CAMEO"
MAN." HAL ROACH-MAX ' i»
DAVIDSON COMEDY— BEDIIDI If* o St. Near 14th
“TELL IT TO THE JUPGS" nCrUDLIU Fhonß North 79M
Stanley-Crandall's Georgia Ave. and ,LAST DAY
AAI AUU st A THIEF IN THE DARK." Yita-
COLONY Phone Acts—Joe Wong, the Chinese
WALLACE BEERY and RAYMOND *” T ’ ? *” * Btrd * OT<l Others
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rinl E F Street BARHMIA KENT In “STOP THAT
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LAURA LA PLANTE in “HOME, "NEWLYWEDS HAPPY DAYS”
JAMES.” STAGE PRESENTATIONS " ' ' ' *"* '
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EMPIRE N ' K1 ASTOR in “ROSE OF THE GOLDEN
B.IHI ■ W EST.” Also MONTH BLOB la
JACK HOLT In "THE WARNING.” “ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.”
FELIX CARTOON—"COMICALITIES" Aesop's Fable and Comedy
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HOME N «• TIVOLI
RAMON NOVARRO In “A CERTAIN W. C- FIELDS and CHESTER CONK
YOUNG MAN." OCR GANG COM- LIN In "FOOLS FOR LUCK." HAL
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LINCOLN lwl '.V W. reCt I Stanley-Crandall’s Georgia Ave. and
LAST DAY—RALPH LEWIS and YORK Unebee St.
NEIL HAMILTON in “THE SHIELD ■Vnn e
Or lUSR 11 — Aet *’ KEX MAYNARD in THE UPLAND
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“THE SCARLET ARROW" "EDISON. MARCONI A CO.”
A Novel of
College
Life
Linda Waldron, orphan waftreea
in a hotel In Redhill. Mo., to be*
friended by Simon Whitlock, mil
lionaire, who sends her to Marbury
University in place of his daughter
who had died. On the way to the
school she meets Thomas Moon
light Jdangham, whom she likes
very much. .
Dulcy Kilis, her neighbor In the
hoarding house, is In love with
Doyle Hoskins, captain of the foot
ball team, and native of Redhill,
whom Linda has rejected. Tom
, introduces he, to Professor Prine,
considered eccentric by the student
body. She also meets Leonard
Van Home, a queer conceited
youth, with whom (she has a few
dates. . ....
Hoskins, drank, reveals Linda’s
Gat to her friends. Tom knocks
m down for doing it. Linda
tells her whole story to Tom and
then breaks with him. She to called
before the student council by Mrs.
Stener. *
K After the hearing where she was
sentenced to a mouth without dates
Linda, in a rebellious mood, ac
cepts a date wish Hoskins to go to
a TNT party. The TNTs are out
laws against university authority.
A bootlegger named “Pete” to
too friendly with her. Linda
stops him and knocks him down
and then leaves the party, walk
ing into town.. The neat morn
ing she reads In the paper that
. “Pete” was murdered at the
brawl.
The man nodded, hut did
not answer. He cleared a
way down the steps by
stamping with his boots.
/‘There is but une way of
returning to the town on
such a day. Mem-sahib must
ride behind me. When we
reach the town I will dis
mount, so that people shall
not wonder. Mem-sahib must
then leave the hdrse at the
• door in Mulberry Place, and
I wjll take him to the stable
when I come.”
Linda only nodded.
The man lifted her to the
saddle and instructed her to
move to a position jusb be
hind iL In one swift leap he
was in the stirrups, and
Linda was clinging to him as
the horse plunged away. At
the end of Faculty Row,
phah Gopal handed her the
reins and, sliding out of the
saddle, struck the horse with
the palm of his hand and
sprang away to let it pass.
Linda reached her own
room, draggled and very
weary, with woolen hose and
skirt quite drenched. There
was a florist's box on her
(Continued on Fiction Page.)