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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-29
SNATCHER
GETS4-YEAR
TERM
Larceny Of Automobile Brings
ThFee-Year Penitentiary
Sentence.

Albert Crutchfield, colored, was
today sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary by Justice Hoeh-
ling in Criminal Court No. 1, hav-
ing been convicted for robbing and
snatching the pocketbook Of Mary
B. Turner, August 10, 1922.
A three-year penitentiary sentence
was given to William B. Mcpherson,
colored, for grand larceny in con-
nectfon with stealing the automobile
of John d. Little, June %, 1922.
Robert Carter, alias "Shep," color
ed, will. spend one year in jail for
violation of the Harrison anti mar
cotic act. and Benjamin Hawkins,
colored, who already has spent eight
months in jail on the same charge,
was given an additional four
months.
The sentence Of one year in jail
given to John r. Rutley, young
white man, was vacated, and he was
re-sentenced to nine months in Jail.
The same treatment was accorded
to Charles B. Mcdonald, white,
whose sentence of one year in jail
for grand larceny in connection with
stealing a 500 ring September "a,
last, was vacated, bling re-sentenced
to on year in jail and placed on
probation.
A three.year penitentiary sentence
recently imposed on John Royal
cote law, was vacated and he was
Oak, for violation of the anti.nar.
re-sentenced to two years and eight
months In the penitentiary.
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HOWELL TO ADDRESS
COLUMBIA CITIZENS

Senator Robert B. Howell OF Ne.
braska will talk on Public Utili.
ties in the District Of Columbia"
at a meeting Of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association to DO
held next Tuesday night in st.
Stephens Hall:
Herbert L. Davis, president, an.
nounces that nominations for the
annual election in May will also be
made at this meeting.
The following new members have
been added to the roster Of the
association: Sidney 9. Brown, jr.,
n. M. Dellinger. DR. J. v. Mac
Kenzie, Alvin w. Miller. Mre.
Angelo Shackleford, Mrs. Elizabeth
ID. Shaw and c. ]. Van Epps.
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1880 FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES IN
Hawaii
Civil Service Representative
Reports on Merit System
In islands.

Returning from Hawaii, l.. H.
Fisher, representing the United
States Civil Service Commission, has
forwarded the following report to
Civil Service headquarters here.
There are approximately $500 Of
4lcers and employees Of the Federal
service in the Territory of Hawaii.
There has been no inspection or
personal contact with the officers
or the local board there by anyone
from the commission main office
or district offices since 1901, when
Commissioner Rodenberg and Chief
Examiner Server held the initial
examinations in the islands.
Practically all of the heads of
the Federal offices evinced an earn.
est and hearty desire to cooperate
with the. Commission in carrying
out the civil-service law and rules.
I met number Of persons who
took the original examinations
under Examiner Server in 1901. /
am sure that the Commission will
be able to act on civil.service mat.
ters connected with Hawaii in q
much more intelligent manner than
It has been able to heretofore.
1.-THE Commission is efficiently
represented in the islands by Mrs.
q. T. Tonnes, secretary of the
board, and a loyal and interested
corps of board members. Mrs.
Tonnes succeeded John W. Short
as secretary of the board In 1921.
THE Civil Service system applies
to the police and fire departments
Of the city Of Honolulu. A select
committee Of the legislature Is con.
sidering the drafting Of civil serv.
Ice and retirement laws for ter.
ritorial positions. I had meeting
with the full committee and a mum.
Der Of conferences with the chair
man. The governor is favorable to
the application Of the merit sys-
tenn in territorial positions, Of
which there are about $500. the
school department comprising about
1900"
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FORCEFOR BOND
PROBE ASKED
Of HOUSE
McFadden Wants Experts,
Stenographers, and Other
Employes-Starts Soon.

Employment Of accountants, sta
tisticians and stenographers and
clerks to assist in the examination
OF evidence in the alleged duplica.
ton Of Liberty Bonds of the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing is asked
In a House resolution just submit
ted to the Committee on accounts
by Congressman Louis T. McFadden
OF Pennsylvania, chairman of the
committee in charge of the investi.
cation.
Congressman McFadden asked
that he be empowered to draw
upon the contingent fund Of the
House to meet the expenses. His
resolution would also authorize the
committee to have all the necessary
printing and binding done by the
government Printing Office.
The committee probably will not
pegin hearings until the middle of
next week.
Members Of the committee are
now conducting preliminary ex.
animation Of alleged duplicate bonds
collected by Charles B. Brewer.
special agent for the Department of
Justice.
These bonds. which are said TO
total in value nearly a million
dollars. viii be examined by sx.
perts employed by the COMMITTEES.
ana on the result Of this oxamina.
ton VIII depend what action n 60
b taken by the committee.
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BURBANK HAS OFFERED
GARDEN TO CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, March
29.-Luther Burbank has offered
his 100000 creations gardens. to
california for educational and scien.
tific purposes.
This became known when peti.
tons approved by Mr.. Burbank
appeared asking the Board of
Regents Of the University Of Call.
sornia to take over the gardens,
which, under the petitions. would
be made a unit of the States higher
educational system.
The botanist has had an offer of
$1,000 for the gardens. but he saws
commercial profits interest him
less than the public benefit 10 be
gained by carrying on the gardens
on q scientific basis.
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RE TIREMENT
PAY BOOSTED
BFB|LL
Measure Reported to House
Increases Annual Payments
Of Employee.

Substantial increases In retire.
ment pay for Government employees
are provided in o retirement hin
reported to the House by Congress.
man Frederick r. Lehlbach, chairman
Of the civil service committee.
Congressman LehIbach states that
under the provisions Of the bill
both the normal and deficiency rates
are substantially increased, though
no information Is yet available a.
to the percentage.
The bill provides for an increase
in the contribution BY employees
from AZ to 31s per cent, which
II q total Of. &4,315,2sO q year. at
the present rate. which must b
borne by the employees.
This increase win absorb q very
substantial part of the increased
cost under the changes proposed, !"
Congressman Lehlbach etateS.
THE ages for retirement, with a
provision for two.year extensions,
carried in, the existing lar, remain
unchanged. There IL provided, how.
ever. q system Of optional eetire.
ment after thirty years Of service
at the age Of sixty years for gen.
eral employees and at the age Of
fifty-five years for mschanicg. Ia.
borers, city and rural letter car.
riers, postoffice clerks and railway
postal clerks.
The classes Of empfoyes to whom
the act applies has been broadened
to include the workers in the
Panama Canal Zone, .ourtn class
poStmasters, and civil service en-.
ployes who have been promoted to
unclaesified positions.
THE method Of computing an.
nuities has been changed, resulting
generally In q somewhat hiRhe.
scale Of annuities and the maximum
has been raised from $3.50 to 81, 200, +"
Congressman Lehlbacht pointed out.
The total present cost Of the re.
tirement system II 37.100 per cent
of the total Government payroll Of
which the employees pay 25.1O per
cent and the Government 10 ~e.
quired to pay 3S7.100 per cent,
Lehlbach states.
The total cost now amounts 20
S,622 ,2S2 q year.
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PLAN TO SEND THOUGHT
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 30
Experiments in thought transmits
sion, unprecedented in their scope
and aiming eventually at trans.
atlantic communication by tele-
pathic waves, are underway, It was
learned here from a member Of the
Harvard faculty. Already thoughts
have been received here from New
York, and mental transmission from
Paris to Cambridge Is soon to be
attempted. 1t was announced.
DR.. Gardner Murphy, a research
fellow in psychology. and DR.. Harry
Helson. an assistant in the Harvard
psychological departments, are in
charge Of the experiments.
Last Monday evening"" he said.
twenty-five persons III New York
under DIR. Murphy's direction con.
centrated their minds on certain
ideas and objects. We received
thoughts here, and after similar
transmission tomorrow night and
Monday we shall check up on our
results. On April 5 by a prear.
ranged plan the sending Of thoughts
from Paris to Cambridge will be at.
tempted"
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GERMAN |ETAL
ANTIQUES
QUAINT
Expert Describes the Develop
mont Of Decorations Through
Centuries.

Curios. as well as modern an
,tidues made in Germany" are not
always labelled as such: there IL.
however, a distinctly German look
about old metal work from that
country, according to F. w. Bur.
CESS who has made a thorough
study Of coppers and brasses and
other metals.
Elaborate and massive with its
wealth of floral mbellishment,
some Of the German metal work of
early days stands out conspicuously.
Some elaborate cast bronze gates
and door furniture enriched the
churches OF the eleventh and
twelfth century. Augsburg and
Nuremberg have always been IA
nous centers for artistic metal
work. and in those towns many
objects large and small have been
made.
Among minor works are the very
handsome lock plates and cases.
The shapes of domestic utensils,
especially of ewers, were very
quaint.
There Is a German aquamanile
or ever in the form Of an animal,
embodying lion and stag. along
with several others equally as
curious in the British museum.
A very beautiful mode OF decorat-
Ing iron and steel was by damas'
cening.
BY this term is generally under.
stood the art of cutting out thin
plates Of metal and fixing them
upon another metal Of different
color and usually of an inferior
quality, either by pressure or by
grooves previously incised upon the
surface to receive them.
Damascening is partly mosaic
work, partly engraving, and partly
carving.
In the first, the pieces are In.
laid: in the second, the metal is
indented or cut In intaglio; in the
last, gold and silver are wrought
into it in relief.
The art of true, damascening was
known to the ancients and the
Romans under the empire knew
the method.
Whatever may be the date Of the
IIINGhL1Ou ~ ANucb 10 ACASAA CA ~ AAC
East, and, eas the name itself would
suggest, to the city or neighbor-
hood Of Damascus. The most IA
nous damascened steels of Persia
were those of Ispahan, Khorassan
and Shiraz.
Usually. the process of damascen-
ing differed according to the hard
ness of the metal. When iron was
used the whole surface was GOV.
cred with fine incisions. upon which
the design was inlaid by means of
gold or silver wires; they were
fastened ! by strong pressure or
beaten in, with a hammer.
The piece was then polished with
burnisher, which not only fixed
the gold or silver more firmly but
obliterated the incisions and re-
stored the original polish. When
finished, the damascening resem.
bled a flat embroidery.
This art Of damascening attained
its highest perfection in Europe in
the sixteenth century and Venice
and especially Milan were famous
for it. THE CONNOISSEUR.
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The Teelning Times
By TINY TESSIE.

That paugherty IL ousted isa cer-
tainty At last:
There're some who think II IL an
TO deal man 80 innocent" .
That takes him hotfoot to Atlantic
City.
Salt water 10 . remedy that's known
Tor healing wounds;
The wayes will lull the hurt Of 20
much scathing:
But Goght II all the oil gang mag
natea find themselves cocooned,
the ecsRn won't be TT to 20 In
bathInNs
This neckIng business started soon
as Mother Eve was born;
1rs=saan.ed lot Of riot ever
And there win always be this game.
it's thrill 10 never worn;
Sol 1 al the pFisms people needn't
But just because this pastime is a
Pleasing little game.
needn't cause wholesale
nation wreclSing;
We must admit that things are GO
ing pretty awful far,
When a,.. sta .ss'1;s the Capitol
tAccording to allegations)
Poor Bergdoli has cold feet and
has unpacked his little grip,
Ana decided now that "DeUtsch-
lands uber allies"
He couldn't face this music band
on this end Of his shin:
~ he's still got poor old Germany
- Tor solace.
We're sorry for this Nathan Hale
who hasn't got the spleen
TO ease his coward's soul Of ita
burden;
We're sorrisr that the dear old
word American can't mean
a priceless heritage for him to
The runor is that Mrs Marnus-
Lord bless her dear souIl-
going home to- hug her little
Johnsonsa
She surely has a healthy brood
right down TO collie pup,
punch OF grinning little girls
ana fond sons.
All hail to Mrs. Senator ana ali
her little band;
we need some more such husky
ones to grace our native land;
Ana X we borrow Switzerland'a
grand ruggedness Of clan,
Al least we know that william
TEL was one grand flghtin'
Mary, get the mothbdIls out,
The sitNntner's drdwinq near,
IT'S time to tUrdp the 4ohtskers
OF your darling Grandpa here.
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SUSPECT
GIVES CLUES
TOPOL|CE
Man Who Lived at Home Of
Aged Couple, Who Were
Beaten, Is Held.

Detectives Bernard W. Thompson
and Richard Mansfield today are
running out new leads furnished by
Leo Lagana, twenty.four. Capital
Heights. Md. whom they are hold
ing in connection with the attack
and robbery of an aged couple near
Sidney. Nd, early yesterday.
Lagana was arrested by the
Washington detectives last night
and turned over to the authorities
OF Prince Georges county, Nd.
Further arrests are expected to fol-
low shortly from the information
Lagana gave the police, it is said.
Lived at Victims Home.
According to the detectives,
Lagana lived at the home of Will.
lam Simmons, sixty. one of those
robbed and beaten. in Capitol
Heights. and knew that Mrs.
Evelyn Simmons. ninety.one, the
second. victim of the bandits, al.
ways carried money with her.
Mrs. Simmons lived near Boone's
AAAAS AZ NudA ytnuuS Will d younger
son. John. When he died several
weeks ago. she inherited his money,
which amounted to about $4,000,
1t Is said. After the death of his
brother, William Simmons went to
live with his mother, until she
would be able to get better quar-.
tiers.
Firing shots wildly about the
bedroom in which Simmons and
his mother slept, two bandits early
yesterday broke down the door and
beat the two into insensibility.
Working quickly the robbers
found, about $500.
Descriptions Not Given.
Regaining. consciousness, both
went to a nearby house. They were
given medical attention. Police
were notified. Neither could de.
scribe the asSailants.
Two clues were found by de.
tectives. One was shoe-print In a
pile of ashes, over which one of the
thugs had apparently stumbled. The
other is a hat.
Lagana denied knowledge Of the
affair to the police.
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DRY |NF0RMER,
SAYS ALLEGED
BURGLAR
Arrest Of Man Believed TO
Solve Many Robberies Of I,
Tailor Shops.

!, Arrested for the theft of several
suits Of clothes from tailor shop
at 1908 T street northwest, James
H. Fisher, thirty-five, colored, said
to be an ''informer" for the pro-
hibition department, has been held
in jail in default Of $500 bail.
Fishers arrest by Detectives
Brodie and. vermillion of the Gen.
Ntral Bureau. is expected to solve a
number of recent burglaries In
tailor houses, it was said. Detectives
Cox and King, of the clothing squad,
said today they believe he was re-
responsible for at least ten such
thefts.
Detective Brodie was passing on
Seventh street yesterday. when he
noticed Fisher jump from taxi
with two suits under his arm. He
quizzed the negro. who told of
winning the clothing in a craps
game few blocks away. SkepticaI
about this tale, Brodie continued
questioning Fisher, who, It is
averrsd, finally admitted taking
them
While searching Fisher, Brodie
found a razor, which appeared to be
in sore need Of resharpening. The
colored man was also charged with
carrying deadly weapons.
Dolphus Clemens, colored, pro-
prietor of the tailor shop, indenti.
fled the suits today.
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FINDS MADMAN SENT
MYSTERY TRAIN SIGNAL

ATLANTIC CITY, March 29.--
Mysterious signals which have been
annoying engineers Of Atlantic City
trains near winslow for several
nights were explained through the
capture OF a man who has escaped
from q State asylum near Vineland.
state troopers who have been in
vestigating the case discovered the
lunatio walking between the ties
after a tower man had reported him
flashing signals along the tracks.
Just az the trooper took their pris.
oner from the tracks a train making
sixty miles an hour Numbered past.
The signals were first seen on
Sunday night but railroad detectives
were unable to discover their source.
Inc next night = man vanished in
the darkness. after a flare suddenly
the traekA
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MOTHER OF 6 UNDERCoES
FIFTH OPERATION

HUNTINGDON PARK, CAL,
March 29.--Recovering from her
fifth Caesarian operation. Mrs. Anna
L. Libby was believed to be out of
danger. with Ralph Steven Libby,
nine pound, fourteen.ounce young.
ster, Struggled by her side.
T Five times has Mrs. Libby under.
gone the delicate operation. Sur.
geons who attended her believe this
il a record. Mrs. Libby is the
mother OF six children, four of
whom are living. The first infant,
which died, was not born in a
Caesarian operation.
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4 CONVICTED IN YoNKERs
"CoLD MINE" STOCK SALE

NEW YORK. March 29.-Dr.
Jacob e. Conner, American consul
at Leningrad, Russia, from 1909 to
1914; v. Cherniak. I, Sidorkin, and
K. Shevychenko, Of Philadelphia, to.
day were found guilty by jury in
general sessions court of grand lar.
ceny in connection with the sale of
stock in property in Yonkers which
they claimed, contained rich, gold.
bearing ore. Sentence will De i'm.
posed April 8.
When the Jury returned its yer.
dict after one hour Of elaboration,
Cherniak tainted. DR.. Conner swore
violently at the jurymen and had to
be uuieted by attendants.
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WARRANTS FOR WOMAN
CHARGE GIRL KIDNAPPING

ANNAPOLIS, March 29:-war-
rants for the arrest of Marguerite
Lopez were issued. charging her
with kidnapping eleven.year-old Mar
garet Sands.
The girl was abandoned in New
York and. sent back to her parents
following published accounts in
newspapers Of Margaret's disap.
pearance.
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MONEY STREWN
TRACKSST|R
TOWN
Treasury Consignment OF Cur
rsncy Is Scattered just Out
side Of HyattsviIle.

Treasury and Postoffice Depart
ment officials today began Joint
investigation Of the discovery Of
more than $500 In new national
bank notes along the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks between Hyatts.'
VILE, Nd, and Washington.
The money, 1t is believed, was
part Of q $1,000 shipment from the
Treasury Department to the First
National Bank of Hyattsvtlle.
Treasury workers went over their
books today to ascertain the exact
amount sent to Hyattayille.
The excitement began late yester-
day when pedestrians, crossing the
tracks north of the Hyattsvllle sta
ton, found some of the currency.
which had been mailed In sheets.
with three $40 bills and one $50 bill
% sheet.
Like Mamma From Heaven.
The news spread swiftly through
the town. Everybody went out to
look for the greenbacks. Dinners,
babies and radio bedtime stories were
deserted for the quest. The right
Of way along the tracks was mobbed.
Darkness came on. Flashlights and
lanterns were employed to continue
the search.
Mrs. Max Fox came home with
$40 and gasped out the glad news
to Mr.. Fox. Easter clothes seemed
to have been provided for by
Heaven. Mr.. Fox closely examined
one Of the notes ard telephoned
the bank. The bank Immediately
relayed the information to the Post
office Department.
Chief Postal Inspector Rush D.
Simmons fished some car tokens
and small change from his pockets,
and sent two of his trusted inspec.
tors to the scene. They experienced
difficulty in getting anywhere near
Hyattsville's 81 Dorado, because Of
the crowd, so they called on Mr..
Fox.
Half Il Recovered.
Accompanied by him, the oper-
atives went through Hyattsville
and Brentwood, collecting about
one-half Of the total Treasury con.
Signment. The tour Of recovery
continued today.
The money was sent from Wash.
ington by registered mail, and it
10 thought that the package, after
being loaded on a truck at the
Hyattsville station, fell off and was
given a brief but disastrous ride by
n train
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JAMES w. DYRE.

A native Of this city and for the
past ten years an employee of the
Bliss Electrical School, James w.
Dyre, died yesterday at his home,
SIS Butternut street, Takoma Park.
Services will be held Monday
afternoon at $50 o'clock from the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. T. c. Clark. pastor. will
officiate. Interment will be. at Oak
Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Dyre was fifty-seven years
old and was a Mason and, an Odd
Fellow. He is survived by his
widow; son, William H. Dyre. and
daughter, Miss Gertrude E. Dyre,
all Of this city.
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JASPER q. WELCHEI..

Following his sudden death, which
occurred at Emergency Hospital on
Thursday, services for the late
Jasper E. Welchel were held today
from the Hysong funeral establish
ment. Interment will take place at
Gainesville, Ga. Mr.. WelcheI was
ffty-four years old at. the time of
his death.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Louise
Welchel. he is survived by three
sons and three daughters, residing at
2l2O Connecticut avenue.
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JOHN r. TENLEY.

Funeral services for the late
John r. Tenley, whose death oc-
Cured Thursday at the family resi-.
dence. 100 Sixth street southeast,
will be held from his late residence
Monday at $3.50 a. m. Following
the services. mass will be said at
2 o'clock at st. Peters Church.
Burial will take place in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. The deceased is surviv-
ed by his widow, Margaret Nc.
Mahon Tenley.
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Cuban stevedore Beans Sikh

HAVANA. March 29.--"Battling'
sikh was wearing half n dozen
stitches In his scalp as a result
OF an encounter last nigh. with
Miguel Chacon Sariol. q stevedore,
who. according TO the police, hit
the Senegalese on the head with
R-GusaE bowl In = small restaurant.
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death Notices

CLEMENTs-oa Thursday, March ~; y:
1924. ct $40 p. M, at the rSs ..,sn,st
Of her daughter Mrs. <; 6; y nII.ES
\ CLEMENTS, widow. Of Charles A. =:
her age. Funeral Monday. March u.
1850 p. m. l(Priyate.l .---....
GILL-On Friday, March 20, lsSa'
JULIA NJ, only sister Of George ~:
Gill. Of East Greenwich, =. IL enu
beloved friend Of Lydia n. Fox. bC1y
at Hysongs, 1900 N st. n. W.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
ROBBIN-on ThursdaT Marsh e.
1924, at $3.50 a. M. SAMUEL =.
ROBIN. He is survived by his VIE
Clara S. Robin, and Paul 2: Nopoln'
Barney NJ. Robin, and daugnte..
Mrs. Morris Lewirs.t Funeral Friosy
at o'clock from his late home. sSse
Hiatt place northwest. Interment AZ
Adas-IsrGel CongregatLon Cemetery.
eFILLMAN-on Friday. March g. lsSt;
VIRGINIA ADELE, beloved Wite o.
Charles Owen. Epillman, jr" and
daughter Of the late J. Paul Smitn'
at the Pittsburgh Hospital. FlttS-
burgh. Pa. Funeral notice later:
sTEVENss-On Friday. March g, 1879:
RUTH STEVENS, beloved wife OF
John II. Stevens, Of Pocomoke CITY.
Md. Remains at the residence OF
her mother, Elizabeth Tyfeo, La
clede Apartments Services private q
the residence. Monday, March Sls az
$3.50 p. m. Interment ~ Poeomoke
City. Nd.