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The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
SEEKS TO OBTAIN
PROPERTY RIGHTS

Mrs. Eloise Price, wifi of Jamea
U Price. filed suit yesterday in the
District Supreme Court to protect
her equity in the premises at 932 X
street northeast, which was pur-
chased in July. 1919, in her hus-
bands name.
Price disappeared on July last.
his wife claims, and she has not
been able to locate him. Their
home cost $3.50, she alleges. and
a cash payment of $1,000 was made
at the time-Sl.200 of this being her
own money. The balance Of the
purchase price is owing to the Met
ropolis Building Association, which
is made a party defendant in the
suit along with the husband.
The court is asked to declare the
wife the owner of the property. and
to prevent its sale by either the
husband or the building association.
Attorneys Gardiner and Eason ap-
pear for Mrs. Price,
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
TAKING
CHECK FROM MAILS

Harold B. Foulkrod. 2S years old
who gave his address as 81 g street
southwest, employed as a mail
clerk in the office of Gen. Butler,
onantico, Va, was taken into Gus
tody yesterday by Raymond w.
KING. United states Secret Service
.gant after nd had cashed a U. S.
Treasury check which is alleged to
have been stolen from the mail.
Foulkrod told the police that he
had been employed in Gen. Butier's
office in the capacity of mail clerk
since returning from overseas with
the Marine Corps. He served with
tho Marines. Foulkrod >calims that
he has sought compensation from
the War Risk Bureau for disability,
and his application not having been
acted upon. and becoming destitute
for the lack of funds. the tempta-
tion was so great that he opened
letter which he knew contained
check amounting to S25S. which~he
subsequently, cashed. at local
iewelry store.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
AGED WOMAN dies
BY lVHALING GAS
Mrs. Ophelia Marston, Long
iii, Succeeds in Second
Try at Suicide.

Mrs. Ophelia Marston. So. 500 Fifth
street northeast, committed suicide
yesterday by inhaling Illuminating
gas, after carefully plugging win
dow inches of her room with towels
and locking her door.
The body was discovered by James
r. O'Connor, residing above. who de-
tected the odor of gas and broke
into the apartment. accompanied by
Policeman Fleischauer. Of the First
precinct Gas was eowing from
three open jets. The woman was
pronounced dead upon the arrival
of the hospital physician. Coroner
DR.. Ramsey ]. hewitt issued a certi-
icate of suicidal death.
Two notes left by the aged woman
were found lying on a table. One
was a request to God for forgive
ness, and the other was pertaining
to the disposition of her body and
payment of debts
According to police. the woman
made an attempt at suicide about
three months ago by inhaling was.
She had been i'll for years.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
COM DETERMINED
ON WINNING DRILL
''Washington's Own" Are Hot
After First Place in To-
days Competition.

Spurred on by tributes paid to
them by various officers. members
of Company NJ, "WashinGton's
Own" of the Citizens Training
Camp at Camp Meade, have an
nounced their determination TO
carry off the honors in the COM
petitive drill which will be held at
the camp this morning at 10:4o
o'clock.
Company NJ took part in drill yes
terday for the first time. the two
platoons being consolidated under
command of Capt. W. L. Cos. Fol-
lowing the drill. about fifty men
were required to receive their Sec
ond shot of vaccine, while the
rest of the company INDUCED in
athletics A number of wrestling
holds were demonstrated. as well
as a variety OF punches in the
manly art"
disappointment reigned in the
camp last night when the much
heralded dance had all the ear
marks of falling to prove a Sue
cess.
According to plans. 100 pretty
misses were supposed to come from
Baltimore and a like number from
Washington Arriving at the hall
only about twoscore girls were on
hand.
Part of the day yesterday was
spent in getting ready for the
dance. Shoes were shined to
luster, and the uniforms looked
as though they had just come from
a store. On their way to the hall.
many of the soldiers had their
shoes bespecked with mud as the
result of last nights rain and
orders have been issued for an in
spection this morning.
Members of Company NJ put In
two hours of practice. under Capt.
Robert S. French, star pitcher OF
Western High School last year, for
the baseball game today with Com
pany /. The tentative lineup an
nounced by Capt. French includes:
O'Donner, first base; Conn. second
base; Hunter, third base: Nogel,
shortstop; Conlon, catcher; Capt
French, pitcher. Three outfelders
are yet to be selected.
The track team reported at the
stadium yesterday for a long work.
out under Lieut.. Thomas Holmes, a
former track star.
Robert T. Bayly, of Washington,
left camp yesterday to accept a
,osition with the Minnesota For
estry Service.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
SIX DAMAGE SUITS
FOR $S2,625 FILED
Sums Asked Range From
$4,000 Up to S25, 900,
Figures Show.

Six suits for damages totaling
Sss,s25 were filed in the District
Supreme Court yesterday. The
sums asked range from $4,000 to
s25,ooO. In one the District is made
the defendant.
Henson Simms filed suit against
the J. Henry Miller Company, Inc
contractors. for $25,OOO damages for
alleged personal injuries Through
Attorneys O'Shea, Sacks and Cooke.
Simms claims that on August 12,
1918, while employed by the con-
tractors. he was seriously injured
in attempting to escape from a
falling bucket of mortar.
The suit against the District Is
for $4,000 for alleged personal in
juries, and was filed by Ida Helve-
stine. Through Attorneys Lambert
and Yeatman, the plaintiff alleges
that on June 20. 1919, she was in
jured on Second street southeast,
by tripping over a defective place
in the sidewalk.
The United States Photoplay Cor
poration was sued by Attorney
James K. Polk to recover $1S,S75,
which he claims to be due him as
general counsel for the company
during 1920. Through Attorney An
drew Wilson. Polk claims to have
been engaged at a salary of S25,000
year and has been able to collect
only $5.125.
The National Bank of Kentucky
filed against the Southern CONNER
cial Congress and its general direc-
tor, Clarence j. Owens. to recover
s13.75O alleged to be due on a note.
Attorneys Hamilton and Hamilton
appear for the bank.
James E. Grass filed against
Henry z. REM to recover $4,000
alleged to be due on a note. Both
of the men were at one time part
ners in a bottling establishment
Attorney Henry E. Davis appeared
for Grass.
Irene Richardson sued the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany for $4,000 damages for al
legged personal injuries. Through
Attorneys Lambert and Yeatman the
plaintiff claims to have been in
jured by stepping into a telephone
conduN which was improperly GOV.
cred.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13

ARRESTEDFORWIFE-BEATI
MANHEL DONMURDER CHARGE
Spouse Tells Police and Southern Authorities
Send Warrant and Requisition Papers.

Parks. 1t was learned after that
he was married under the name OF
Parks and that he assumed that
name at the age of S years, when
he was adopted by 9 family ebaring
that name
A photograph with, q description
was sent to the Mecknelburg County
authorities and yesterday the in
Gictment and reuisition papers ar
rived at police headuarters from the
Southern police. The Mecklenburg
County sheriff will arrive here to-
Gay to take the prisoner back.
The necessary documents were
delayed for u short time owing to
the Mecklenburg County clerk
Mamie c. Turner. addressing the
requistion papers and the envelope
enclosing them to the President of
the United States.
The papers were received at the
White House two days ag1 and
were turned over to the Department
of Justice by the Presidents sec
Ietary yesterday. Later they were
turned over to the local authori-
ties.
Sadler. according TO the Mecklen-
burg County authorities. murdered
Straight with knife and fled
Years, of search through that and
ether States followed.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
Aloysius Groves
Wins Record For
Terms in DC. Jail

James Aloysius Groves, IS years
old. giving his address as Linden.
Nd. is known to the police as the
most locked up man in the Dis
trict"
Groves gets this distinction be-
cause he has served more than
seventy-five days in Jail for drunk
snness. dIsorderly conduct and
other offenses since April II last,
according to police records. and has
rarely spent more than twenty -four
hours of freedom before being
locked up again.
He was given a forced vacation"
yesterday when Judge Mcmahon
sentenced him to sixty days on a
charge of vagrancy. Policeman
Thayer arrested him on Fifteenth
street northwest, last Wednesday
after he had stopped to solicit aims
from Representative Joe Cannon:
Groves. police records show. has
resortPd to vPrious ruses to evade
punishment for second offenses,
having used fictitious Names on sew
eral occasions as well as fictitious
addresses.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WEAKNESS ROUSES
DISTRICT OFFICERS
Failure to Get Army and.
Navy Equipment Re-
sp0nsible.
CONGRESSMAN BUSY
Rep. 0'Brien, of the Distric
Body, Plans TO Seek Action +.
In Near Future.

Delay in securing additional fire
fighting equipment used by the
army. navy and the Shipping
Board during the war. which il was
hoped would be available TO relieve
the shortage of apparatus in Wash
!ngton. has impressed the officials
vf both the city and Congress with
:hA seriousness of the situation.
According to Fire Chief George s
Watson. figures compiled in 1899
show the local department TO stand
Sftieth in motor equipment among
the cities Of the United States.
Coagressmsn Busy.
Determined to do all in his power
10 give Washington a fire and po-
ice deDartment second to none in
the United States, Representative
Francis Y. O'Brien. OF New Jersey.
OF the House District Committee. eN-
ressed the intention yesterday OF
taking these matters up with the
Con missioners as soon as the rail-
way merger bills now occupying the
tine Of the committee have been dis
posed Of.
REPRESENTATIVE O'Brien has been
associated with the fire and posc~
departments of New Jersey for ten
wears. As director OF the Jersey
60 Department of Publ" SofetN
for five years he brought that city
up to fifth place among tn" cities
OF the United States in fire-fichtinE
a,,..7-"t"s. This position was de
termined as a result OF survey
by the National Board Of Fire Un-
derwriters.
ne Representative gained his po-
';r.c experience dnrinE the five years
he served as judge OF the Criminal
Court Of Jersey City.
Reason for Delay.
The delivery Of nine pieces of
motor apparatus is being held sup
pendin gthe report Of the Generat
supply committee Of the United
states to Purchasing Officer Hat=
grove. The apparatus desired is an
the War Department. stock and must
be declared surplus before IL WV
b.. accessible. HarEroNc pointed out
Five engine companies are stiii
without motor apparatus, and II the
additional equipment could he SC
,,,rsd three Of the engine COM
NAMES could bc outiitted This
would leave hut two horse drawn
vehicles. il was explained. and ihese
could be used in the outlying SEE
tions Of the city
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
DRIVER ESCAPES
AFOOT AFTER HIS
TRUCK HITS AUTO
Owner of Machine Helps
Police to Run Down
+. Missing Employe.
WOMAN BADLY HURT
Four Others Badly Injured
Also in One Days Toll Of
Street Accidents.

Five persons were injured yester-
day in street accidents.
Police of the several precincts are
searching for an unidentified white
man who, after colliding with an
automobile, abandoned his auto
truck and fed before the arrival OF
the police. After striking the auto
mobile, which was operated by
George II. HeaId. 3S Sycamore ave-
nue., Takoma Park, and severely in
juring Mrs. lucinda Hall. As, ~
Cedar street. Takoma Park. an oc-
cupant of the machine, at Tenth and
n streets northwest, the man fed
down r street and escaped.
Police Have Owner.
Mrs Hall, with severe cuts about
the head, face and arms and body
bruises. was removed to her nome.
According to police, the truck is
owned by Arthur Tholl, 1T0S Ninth
street northwest. II was proceed
ing north on Tenth street when il
plunged into the machine of Head,
which was going east on u street
.Tholl. who is a plumber. told po-
lid he hired the man yesterday
morning to drive the truck. but
faile dto get his name or address.
Police secured the city. endeAvoring
to pick up the man on the descrip-
tions furnished by ThoIl and Heald.
Henry Ward. 4. e37 street north
west was severely injured about
the body and legs when he was
struck by an automobile operated
by Charles Anderson, 1893 Ninth
street northwest, in front of 939
Ninth street northwest. The in
jured lad was rushed to the Emer-
gency Hospital.
E-"< Ia r'H.
While crossing the street at
Twelfth and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Frank J. Valenta, -.
1858 Columbia road northwest was
struck by an automobile operated
by an unidentified cslred man and
injured about the body. arms and
legs.
James Fostnr. colored. %, 1903
Fourth street northwest. an invalid.
fell from his wheel chair at Ninth
and F streets northwest. and sus-
tained cuts about the head. He
was treated at the Washington
Asylum Hospital. Police believe
Foster suffered an epiIeptic fit.
Grant Boswell. colored. So, TIA
Defrees street. sustained injuries
about the body and legs when he
was struck by an automobile op-
Grated by Richard Reynolds. ~142o
Milford street northwest. at Sec
ond and Massachusetts, avenue. The
injured man was treated at the
Freedman's Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
SMUGGLED LETTER
FROM SOVIET JAIL

DR.. Weston Z. Estes. one of the
Americans recently imprisoned in
Moscow. who with five other Ameri-
cans has arrived safely at Reval. II
was disclosed today, wrote a letter
from his cell to Secretary Hughes
expressing the hope that the Amer
lean authorities let him rot in
prison" rather than pay the price
of recognition of the Soviet govern
m. mt for hfs release.
DR.. Estes, who ordinarily prac-
tices the profession of dentistry on
the Pacific Coast. was one of a
number of Americans who managed
to smuggle cCmmunications to i'm
terinediaries in the Baltic provinces,
who in turn passed them on to the
State Department.
According to one passage in his
letter, DR. Estes was well aware
that "the apprehension of one copy
will mean my finish" Naval action
as a threat against the Soviet
regime was suggested by DR.. Estes,
who feared that unless release was
effected before July 4. some Of the
prisoners. "miht die of starvation
and ill-treatfent." ...
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
" hat to Use and Avoid
On Faces that PerSpire

skin, to be healthy, must breathe. Il
also must perspire-must eNpel through the
pores, its share OF the body's waste material.
Certain creams and powders clog the pores.
interfering both with elimination and breath
ing, especially during the heated period. II
more women understood this. there would be
fewer self-ruined complications. n they
would use ordinary mercOlized wax they
would have healthy compilations. This re-
markable substance actually absorbs q bad
skin, also unclogging the pores Result:
The fresher, younger under-skin Is permit
ted to breathe and TO show itself. The ex-
quisite new complexion gradually peeps out.
one free from any appearance Of artihctahty.
Obtain an ounce Of mercolized wax from your
druggist aud try II. Apply nightly like cold
cream for n week or two. washing II, on
mornings
To remove wrinkles here's q marvelously
effective treatment. which also acts natural
ly and harmlessly: Dissolve an ounce Of
powdered saxohte In q half pint witch hazel
and use as q face wash.-Adr.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
SAYS INFANT SONS
HELD FOR RENT BILL

CHICAGO. Aug. His two boys,
Is months and SIs years old. are be
ing held from him until he pays
.S4S rent bill. according I q Frank y.
Borndt. a street-car conductor. O.
day he obtained a warrant for Mrs
John Gill on a charge of disorderly
conduct.
Borndt told Judge Howard Hayes
in Stock Yards Court that his wife
is in a sanitarium and that her eN-
penses take almost all his pay. He
sidt that when he moved from the
home of Mrs. Gill she refused TO
let him take his children until the
room bill was paid.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
Burglars Visit
Nets Owner Few
Bottles of Wine

John Gibson. So NJ street north
west. profited by an attempt to roh
his house by an unidentified negro,
who left behind a bag containing
s.varal bottles OF wine when scared
away yesterday morning.
The negro entered through IN"
front window. He had ransaCked
the house and gathered together a
pile Of valuable loot when he was
detected by Gibson. Fleeing tn"
negro dropped the bag ContaininE
the wine. which he had brought int"
the house with him.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
SPEEDERS Still
FORFEIT, DESPITE
COLLATERAL RAISE
Oyster-McMahon Scheme
Fails to Bring Men
= Into Court.
TAXI DRIVER TRIED
Fined $500 for Permanently
Injuring Two Pedestrians
By Reckless Driving.

Forfeiture of coIlaterals by speed
law violators during the current
week shows no decrease. despite the
campaign launched by Commits
sioner Oyster last week to curb the
growing wave of traffic violations
by doubling thee collateral re-
auired.
The Commissioners action fol-
lowed a statement by Judge Nc
Mahon. of Police Court, that the
majority of speed offenders were
never tried in court as the collat-
erals were so small that they for
feited them rather than face trial
A Typical Example.
The recent increases. however.
have had little effect. A typical il
lustration of the working of the new
policy occurred Wednesday when
forty-two were arrested for speed-
ing and only five appeared for trial
the balance forfeiting their COL
laterals.
Among the speed cases listed
inc Hnes anu
forfeitures were recorded:
James Elliott. $50; James C.
Douglas. IS; Aubrey whitlock, a
taxi driver, IS; Luther Bethea. S..
and Donald Seller. $40.
Motorcycle Officers Boyle and Tay-
lOr yesterday arrested George
Michael King, 81. a chauffeur, of
Twentieth and p streets northwest.
on a charge of travelling fifty miles
an hour along Pennsylvania avenue.
King deposited $50 collateral al, the
First precinct station. which she
later forfeited in Police Court
Police Court Trial
In Police Court yesterday Charles
o. Spillman. 20. 1341 Clifton street
northwest. charged with the reck-
less driving of a taxi on the night
of April II. last. which resulted in
injuries to policeman Frank NJ.
Howard. of the Second precinct. and
Harry L. Hess. of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. was fined
S10o in each case of assault. Both
men are said to be permanently in
jured.
The testimony showed that the
policeman and Hess were crossing
Fourteenth street near p northwest
and were struck while on the west
side of the street. The policeman n,
it is claimed. was hurled eighty feet
along the tracks. narrowly escaping
the wheels of a northbound street
car.
Hess was thrown forty feet and
remained unconscious for three
days.
At the trial it developed that
Spillman was driving on the north
bound tracks although going south.
He chose the middle of the street,
he explained. in order to get bet
ter traction on the bricks between
the car tracks.
Exceptions Taken.
The speed of the machine at the
time of the accident was estimated
to be between 25 and 40 miles an
hour. 1t was raining but three
passengers in the taxi admitted
that they saw the men before they
were run down. Spillman insisted
that he did not see them until after
they were struck.
On motion of the counsel for
Spillman, Judge Mcmahon with
held orders to the clerk to collect
the fine until August 10, when a bill
of exceptions will be submitted.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
LIQUORS SEIZED;-.
NEGRO ARRESTED

Police confiScated large guam
tity Of Intoxicating liquor last even
ing when they raided the premises
at 727 Third street, northwest, and
arrested Robert S. Latimer. colored,
Is years old. Latimer is charged
with illegal possession. selling and
maintaining a public nuisance. He
was released on bond of $500.
The Sixth Precinct police sur
r"''n1ed the house. No resistance
was Offered.
I.Ie IaIU.ng party comprised in
ternal revenue officers Harold r.
Stephenson and Guy Rome. Sergeant
Lauton and Policemen Coffren ad
LEIGH.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13

Charles Sadler. alias John Courar,
alias John f. Parkes, VINO was ar
rested on July 81 by the Eighth pre-
cinct police at his home, rs o street
northwest, for beating his wife. is
wanted in North Carolina for a
murder committed sixteen years
Ego, according to information fur
nished by the wife.
Mrs. Parkes first furnished the
police with addresses where her
husband. might possibly be appre-
hended and after his arrest told po-
lice that he was wanted by the
Mecklenburg County, N. G., authori-
ties for killing Andrew. Straight, Of
that place on October s. 1905.
When arrested Sadler gave the
Eighth precinct police the name OF
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
INMATE is HELD UP
AT SOLDIERS HOME

Michael Shanahan, an aged in
mate of the Soldiers Home. was
held up at the point of a gun and
robbed of IS by a lOnehighwa yman
on the cinder path adjoining the east
end of the home yesterday after
noon.
Shanahan told police he was
Btroling about the grounds when he
was ordered to throw up his hands,
and on turning around found him
self facing the barrel of a 3S-calfber
revolver. He furnished police a good
description of the bandit, whom he
believed to be an Italian.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
Fined $40 for Beating
Mules With Butt of Whip

Dick Roam. colored. employed as
driver for the l.. +. White Coal
Company, was fined $40 yesterday
morning in Police Court by Judge
Hardison on a charge Of cruelty 10
animals.
; Mrs. Gladys Lavignino. OF 1871 !
street northwest. complainant
against Roam, told the court that
on Tuesday the colored man saw
agely beat the mules over the head
with the butt of his whip while de-
livering coal in the rear OF the
Bellevue Hotel. Roam denied the
charge.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
HOUSE WOULD TAX
SALE OF WAR GOODS

The House yesterday, by vote
of 1856 to So, passed the Graham bill
levying duty of 80 per cent on
American goods reshipped to the
United States for sale.
The bill is designed to keep out
of American markets the enormous
quantities of war supplies and ma
terials sold in Europe following the
'armistice, hundreds of thousands Of
dollars of which, 1t is alleged, have
been sent back to the United States
and sold by their European pur-
chasers at a huge profit.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
COlOred Woman Makes
Trouble for Police

Two Emergency Hospital physi-
clans and the ambulance driver
narrowly escaped death, and police
headquarters was thrown into tur-
moil late last night after the arrest
Of colored woman caught emerg-
ing from a home
At headquarters she feigned ILL.,
ness. The ambulance responding
swerVed to the curb near the sta
>tion and escaped being wrecked by
quick work of the driver.
The physicians rushed into the
station, where they broke tube
of amyl nitrate about the nose of
the woman in an effort to revive
her. The woman then became vio-
lent requiring six plain clothes
men to subdue her.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-13
Must AnsUer to Court
Fer NegIecting ALiHtORy

Harry c. Smith. husband OF MIS-
Ruth Smith. was ordered NesterCaN
by Justice Siddons in Equity Court
TO appea- o" AuE~s' Is ana snow
aLse why he should not be ao-
5u i::ed il contemD- Of court ior ms
alleged failure TO paw alimony.
Tr-cugh Attorneys Lambert a
--. imam Ms. Smith. who sued for a
limited divorce on June IL. ""m-
.,.t..,d that her husband had ~ .
rn-cd an order requiring him to pay
her $50 every Two weeks.