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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-01

9ES
Safety at Grade Crossings
We are entering upon the time of year when
greater made of the public highways than at any
other season Highway traffic railway grade cross
ings is at peak during the summer months. 1t is
therefore especially timely to call attention to the tragic
results of being careless crossing railway tracks
The railroads are safer to work for and to ride
than they used to be- With more employees and more
passengers there fewer accidents to employees and
passengers But accidents at grade crossings are in
creasing instead of decreasing More persons were
killed in Embarrassing accidents in 1925 than any
other year but one on record
accidents in 1925 resulted in the loss
of 2206 lives and the injury of $500 persons aver
age of one person killed injured every hour of the
year.
The tragedy of such a record is that caution could
have prevented every of those accidents The
full person is safe any railway grade crossing but to
the careless person every crossing dangerous Safety
danger does not lie in the crossings lies in the per-
using it.
It is particularly difficult for the railroads to cope
with the problem of safety at grade crossings. Their
employees constantly the alert to prevent acct
dents but the nations business must be moved without
delay and railway trains cannot be stopped at every
grade crossing without stranging the commerce of the
country Since the railroads under the necessity
of operating their trains nearly quarter of mil
lion highway crossngs-amost for every mile of
net is obvious that the final responsibility for safety
such places must rest upon those who the tracks
Four of every five accidents at grade crossings
involve automobiles The automobile ought to be
agency for safety at crossings 1t be controlled
by a careful driver much BETTER for example, than
spirited horse be controlled But in the hands Of
Indifferent driver the automobile agency of de-
structon instead of agency of safeyat grade
ings elsewhere.
Every year the railroads carry during the
months campaign for carefuness at crossings.
Their 1926 campaign begins today. 1t should have the
fullest possible measure of public support individuals
and organizations be of great help both by stirring
up public opinion and by setting example of CAREFUL
Much good work is being done by teaching hab-
it's of safety in the schools and among civic and COM
support. For all such cooperation the railroads
extremely grateful.
The Illinois Central System appeals to it's patrons
employees and friends to cooperate in this campaign.
The toll Of f health and property which careessness
great and the effort spent the practice of caution
a wise investment.
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited
G. H. MARKHAM
President, Illinois Central System
CHICAGO, June /, 1926,
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The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Mellon, has been joined by his daugh-
ter, Miss Ailsa Mellon. who returned
this morning from New York, ac-
companied py Miss Alice Sylvester.
Miss Mellon and Miss Sylvester, re-
Gently completed a cruise to the West
Indies.
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| Theodore Douglas Robinson: Rear
Admiral Andrew T. Long. Col. Blan-
ton Winship, Mr.. Donald Rodgers. Mr..
| Philip Coffin, Mr.. Cleveland Perkins,
Mr.. George Garrett and Mr.. Walter
Bruce Howe
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Mr.. and Mrs. William +. Dennis
went to Atlantic City yesterday.
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The Rev. Drs and Mrs. Robert
Johnston are at the Haddon Hall
Hotel in Atlantic City.
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SOCIETY
Chief Executive and Mrs. Coolidge to
Greet Society of International
Law This Afternoon

| Theodore Douglas Robinson: Rear
Admiral Andrew T. Long. Col. Blan-
| ton Winship, Mr.. Donald Rodgers, Mr..
| Philip Coffin, Mr.. Cleveland Perkins,
| Mr.. George Garrett and Mr.. Walter
Bruce Howe.
representative Franklin w. Fort of
! New Jersey will entertain about $50
! D. A. r. delegates from New Jersey, at
Q buffet supper tonight in the palm
court of the MayiioWer.
| Mrs. Ellis, wife of Representative
! Edgar c. Ellis of Kansas City, Mo-,
will be hostess at tea this afternoon
at the Willard, when her guests will
be the delegates from Kansas City to
the Continental Congress of the N. S.
y. A. r., who are asked to meet Mrs.
Paul d. Kit. vice president general;
| Mrs. John Trigg Moss, past vice presi-
! dent general, and Mrs. w. w. Bolts,
State regent, all of Missouri. Mrs.
| Ellis viii also have as her guests Mrs.
| Clarence Cannon, Mrs. Milton An
| drew Romjue and Mrs. Samuel G.
| Major, wives of Representatives in
Congress from Missouri. who are also
| delegates from that State to the Con
tinental Congress N. S. D. y. K.
Representative anu MIS-.
G.. Sweet left their apartment at the
Mayfiower today for their home in
Phoenix, n. Y, where Mrs. Sweet eX-
poets to remain. Representative Sweet
will return to Washington the early
part of next week.
The Director of the National Parks
Service and Mrs. Stephen Mather will
entertain at dinner this evening in the
Dn nt-I-
Hotel in honor of Miss Annie Florence
Brown of Oakland, Calf. Miss Brown
is president of the Oakland Forum
and very active in civic affairs in Oak
land The 80 guests who have been
invited to meet her are graduates of
the University Of California now llv-
ing in Washington.
Mrs. Robert j. Grant, wife of the
director of the mint, was hostess to a
company of % at tea yesterday after
noon in the garden of the MaytioWer,
having as her guests the Colorado
delegates to the Continental Congress,
n. S. D. A. r.. and the wives of the
members of the Colorado delegation
in Congress.
Mai. and Mrs. P. S. Tucker will
have as their guests in their home at
Walter Reed Hospital the latter's
brother-inlaw and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles c. Sheppard of Iowa, who
will arrive tomorrow for several
weeks stay.
Mrs. Tucker will entertain at tea
Thursday afternoon at the Grace
Dodge Hotel, when Mrs. Kennedy,
wife of Brig. Gen. James NJ. Kennedy,
and Mrs. Sheppard will be the honor
guests.
Mrs Slocum, wife of Lieut.. Henry
E. Slocum, jr., will arrive this evening
from New York and will be with her
mother, Mrs. James K. Jones, jr., un-
til she joins Lieut.. Slocum in Annapo-
lis in May
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tertained at a charmingly arranged
reception yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock, in honor of the delegates from
Connecticut to the Thirty.fifth Con
tinental Congress of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. In addi-
ton to the Connecticut delegates
among those invited were, the ma
tional officers of the ID. A. r., Mrs.
William Howard Taft, Mrs. William
Mather Lewis. Miss Janet Richards
and the Connecticut delegation In
Congress. Mrs. Wood had receiving
with her, Mrs. George p. Mclean,
Mrs. Hiram Bingham. Mrs. James B.
Montgomery and Mrs. George May
nard Minor. Assisting her were Miss
Janet Richards, Mrs. George Ehle,
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgley, Mrs.
Robert Goetz, Miss Harriet Allen,
Miss Meta Evans and Mrs. Lewis
Fox Frissell of New York. The house
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Mrs. James William Orme enta,
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Mrs. SIocum, wife of Lieut.. Henry
E. Slocum, jr., will arrive this evening
from New York and will be with her
mother, Mrs. James K. Jones, jr., un-
til she joins Lieut.. Slocum in Annapo-
lis in May
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Marriage of Miss Williams
To MIR. Stearns Announced.

Mrs. Charles Bruce Williams OF
Culpepper, Va, announces the mar
riage of her daughter, Lucille, to Mr.
Palmer Newcomb Stearns of Farley
Brandy. Va, Saturday, April 10.
Mr.. ard Mrs. StearnS will be at
home after May first at Farley.
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tanned at luncheon and bridge yester-
day, when her guests were Mrs. Peter
Mathew Becker, Mrs. Clyde Asher.
Mrs. Preston Burch, Miss Helen Clark
Mrs. Bernard Clark, Mrs. Humphrey
Cissel, Mrs. Otto j. De Mol, Mrs. MI
chael NJ. Doyle. Mrs. John j. Early,
Mrs. Robert Bruce Emerson, Mrs.
John o. Evans, Mrs Raymond Holden,
Miss Elizabeth Holden, Mrs. Henry
Herbert, Mrs. Oscar Vogt, Mrs Joseph
Ailer Hayden, Mrs. Franklin ".
Killian, Mrs. Charles Loffer, Mrs.
| Gardner +. Orme, Mrs. Michael O'Han-
| lon, Mrs. George Watson, Mrs. VIII
liam Herbert and Mrs. Thomas Car.
roll.
Mrs. Orme entertained at luncheon
Wednesday, when her guests included
Mrs. Theodore Shuey, Mrs. Thomas
Brahaney, Mrs. Edwin Broussard. Mrs
| Charles Camalier, Mrs. Phllip r.
| Campbell, Mrs. Robert Bruce Elmer
son, Mrs. Charles Augusta Hawley,
Mrs. Joseph Ailer Hayden, Mrs. John
| l. Power, Mrs. Edward Taylor, Mrs.
Samuel Fay Harper, Mrs. Charles Ar
| mold Watson, Mrs. Charles X. Davis,
Mrs. Peter Mathew Becker, Mrs. Rot'-
ert Callahan, Mrs. Theodore Hance
! Tiller Mrs. Edwin G.. Brandenburg,
Mrs. John Morgan Evans, Mrs. George
Paul AIcCabe, Mrs. James DUNCAN
and Miss Margaret E. Orme.
The Rev. Drs and Mrs. Robert
Johnston are at the Haddon Hall
! Hotel in Atlantic City.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William +. Dennis
went to Atlantic City yesterday.
Mrs Francois Berger Moran enter
tanned at very large tea yesterday
afternoon in the garden of the May
| flower, and had between Is and 100 IN
| her party.
| Mrs. William Leonard Thurber has
issued invitations for a bridge lunch
con Wednesday in her home in Chevy
| Chase in honor of Mrs. Jeter G..
| tomorrow evening, when her sister,
Mrs. Ernest A. Heron of Oakland,
Calf, who has been spending the
Spring at Wardman Park Hotel, will
entertain at the dinner dance there
tomorrow evening when her sister,
Mrs. l.. II. Parker of Racine, Wis,
and Maj. and Mrs. w. S. Wells of
| Washington will act as joint hosts.
Mrs. Deming Jarvis. who recently
arrived from her home in Dinard,
France, has taken an apartment at
| the Mayf1ower in order to be near her
mother, Mrs. John p. Jackson, while
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had a pretty arrangement of Spring
flowers.
DR.. and Mrs. Fenton Bradford will
entertain company of 20 at a buffet
supper this evening in compliment to
Miss Lillian Ingram of Lexington,
KY, who is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. VIII,
liam +. Zrumbrunn.
Mrs. William Henry White was
hostess to a company of II at lunch.
con today, her guests being delegates
from out Of town TO the n. S. d. A. r.
Congress.
Mrs. Charles A. Hawley was host.
esS TO a company of 20 at luncheon
today. entertaining at the Congress.
sional Country Club.
Mrs. James William Orme enter
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. HE President and Mrs. Cool
idge will receive the mem
bers of the American So
~ ciety of International Law
at the White House this
afternoon
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Mrs. William Leonard Thurber has
issued invitations for a bridge lunch
con Wednesday in her home in Chevy
Chase in honor of Mrs. Jeter G..
tomorrow evening, when her sister,
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Mrs. Francois Berger Moran enter
tanned at a very large tea yesterday
afternoon in the garden of the May
flower, and had between Is and 100 IN
her party.
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Mrs Dawes wife of the Vice Presi-
dent, was the. honor guest at lunch
con today of Mrs. Moses, wife of
Senator George II. Moses of New
Hampshire. who entertained a com
pany of 81 at the Willard Hotel.
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Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood en-
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CLERGYMAN'SSON
. HELD ON CHARGE
Arrested on Leaving Prison
for Passing Bad Check
in District.

Reginald Stewart. 81 years old. son
Of Rev. Charles Stewart. retired cler-
gyman of New London, Conn. was
arrested yesterday as he stepped from
Blackwell Island prison. New York.
after serving one years time on
charge of grand larceny, and was
brought hack here by Detective Sergt.
Dennis Murphy To answer charges Of
false pretenses, pending since an in
vestigatlon more than year aSo by
Detectives Tally and Weber Of police
headquarters.
Arriving here. Stewart frankly ad-
nlitted his alleged fraudulent transac
tions, according to the detectives. He
is said to have told the police that he
gave Miss Freda Schutze. a former
resident Of the same boarding house
he occupied. AT 1925 NJ street. check
for $50 which was not good.
Stewart said 1t had been easy for
him to obtain an entree in circles Of
young dancing folk. because he was
an expert dancer. having won several
medals. He came here more than a
year ago after having worked in the
tropics for the United Fruit Co.
After becoming acquainted with
Miss SchutZe and escorting her TO
dances, he said. he obtained loan
of $50 from her. In repayment Of
the loan. police say he admitted. he
turned over a worthless check for $50
receiving the difference between that
amount and the amount Of the debt
a $ change.
Then he went to New York. accord
ing TO the police. where he was later
convicted of grand larceny and SEN
fenced TO serve three years on Black
wells Island He had been paroled
after one year when arrested yester-
day.
Police say that Stewart also has ad-
mltted having second bad check
cashed for S2h by another person.
Arrangement in Police Court was
scheduled for today. but a continu-
ance will he requested by the Govern
ment until Miss Schutze, who is out
of town. returns. probably next We'd
nesday. Meanwhile Stewart has ap-
pealed to local clergyman for aid.
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new JEWISH CENTER
DEDICATION READY
Rites to Be Held Tomorrow After
noon and Night at Sixteenth
Street Edifce.

Washington Jews today are looking
forward to dedication ceremonies
which will be held tomorrow after
noon and night at the new 100000
Jewish Community Center Building
at Sixteenth and Q streets.
1t was conservatively estimated to-
day that an audience of 1,100 will
witness the evening ceremony in the
Center's auditorium and amplfiers will
transmit the program to listeners in
other parts Of the building.
Judge Irving Lehman. of the New
York Appellate Court and Senator
Thomas J. Walsh Of Montana Will be
principal speaker, lsadore Freund of
the building committee will present
the key to the Center to Harry King.
the president.
Other speakers will be DIR. Abram
Simon, Rabbi j. Il. Loeb, Rabbi Louis
j. Schwefel Morris CafritZ, Isaac
Cans and Louis E. Spiegler.
FlaE-rafsing exercises will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock,
with Representative AldoIph ]. SABBATH
of Chicago officiating. This ceremony
will inaugurate five-day campaign
for Jewish Community Center
members.
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council ON SOCIAL
STUDIES CONvENES.
Sixth Annual Meeting Today
to Be Addressed by Noted
Educators.

The sixth annual meeting of the
National Council for the Social Studies
is being held today and tomorrow as
a joint meeting with the National As
sociat ton of Secondary School Princi-
pals and the Department Of Superin-
tendence of the National Education
Associa ton. The sessions this morn
ing were held at the Hotel La Fayette.
while those of this afternoon were
transferred to the Central High
School. The executive committee Of
the National Council will meet tonight
Al the Hotel Hamilton. while a meet
ing Of the board OF directors of the
National Council will be held tomorrow
morning at o'clock at the Hotel
Hamilton.
President H. c. Hill OF the National
louncil was on the program for talk,
Random Reflections of President
OF the National Council" at a lunch
con at the Hotel La tayette a noon.
Speakers include: r. o. Hughes.
Pittsburgh, Pa; b. l.. Pierce. Iowa
State University; Nj. Y. Carney. St
Paul, Mimi; II. l.. uvasaker, Iron
wood. Mich: n. l.. jackson, Detroit
teachers College; A. s. Barr, Univer-
SHY ot Wisconsin; c. X. Mann, Ameri-
can Council Of Education; g. b. But.
Ter. Litchfield. Conn: j. NJ. Gambrill,
Columbia University: j. H. Logan,
commissioner of educa ton, New Jer-
sey; r. w. Pahlow. Ohio State Univer-
sltN: X. RI. Shryock. Duke University;
EDWARD II. Smith. State inspector Of
history, New York, and Robert La Fol
Iette. Muncie. Ind
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MAN, 81, IS KILLED
IN TRAFFIC CRASH
Autos Collide Near White
House in Heavy Snow.
Death 18th of Year.

Frank Barr, 81 years old, OF 12I
ID street Was killed and Mrs Jared
Peoples OF the same address, injured
when the automobile they occupied
was in collision with another car
driven by w. B. Hargrave. 30, of 1902
NJ street, at Pennsylvs mia avenue and
Jackson Place. almost directly oppo-
site the White House. yesterday after
noon. Bars death was the sixteenth
traffic fatality Of the year here.
Earl F. BrindIey. %, living at the
ID street address. who was driving the
car in which Barr and Mrs. Peoples
were riding, escaped Injury.
Mans Skull Fractured.
Barr's death. due to a fractured
skull. occurred at Emergency Hospi-
tai 40 minutes after the accident
Both cars were badly damaged.
Brindley blamed the accident on
snow. which was falling heavily at
the time.
He was summoned to attend an in
quest ut the morgue this afternoon.
While walking on Connecticut ave
nuo near Tilden street about o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Thomas H.
Heath. 7S. of 1888 Adams Mil road.
was struck by an automobile driven
by John Laster. 1893 r street, and
slightly injured.
Harry H. Harris, As. of 1929 Volta
place. sustained a disloca ton of the
left shoulder and bruises about the
face esterday afternoon as result
of a collision between his automobile
nd street car at Eighth and G
streets southeast. He WAS tree ted
at Casualty Hospital.
Man Struck by Auto.
John Jefferson Rhome. colored. 81
years. 1853 Sixth street mort thea ~ i.
was knocked down at Florida avenue
and Sixth street northeast early last
night by the automobile OF Joseph
n. Romm. 233a Twelfth place north
east. and slightly injured. Romm
took him to Casualty Hospital.
Helen Jaeger. Is, of 1106 Thir-
teenth street, was bruised and shock
ed last night as a result Of being
struck by the automobile of Harold
Carter, 500 Dahlia street. at Georgia
and Colorado avenues. She was given
first aid in the Office of a physical n
nearby.
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N. E. A. PROGRAM


National Education Association ana aMeo
on
and Comms
sioners of Willard Hotel
ing, assembly Red Cross
Association, Washington
am-Amercan Washington
Assocaon
Education Association Building.
High School
uncheo Washington Hotel.
Council Study
ing, I'M, American
Education Conference, Central High School
pm.-Safety Education Conference Central High Schoo
Education Washington
Auditorium.
500 pm-Natonal Guidance
500 pm-ssfety Conference
TOMORROW'S
am.-Clancy a. Memorial Hotel
Tomb Unknown Soldier Arlington
Superintendence Memorial
M Department Of
superintendent Gridiron New Willard Hotel
Commission National Education Assccia
National Education Association Building.
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Mccoy ASKS CHANGE
IN GRAND JURY BILL
Tells Capper House Amendment
Would Destroy Purpose
of Measure.

Chief Justice Walter /. Mccoy of
the District Supreme Court wrote to
Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis
trict committee today to request
change in the bill passed bv the House
recently designed to simplify the pro.
cedure of selecting grand juries.
Judge Mccoy told Senator Capper that
before passing the bill the House in
serted an amendment which would
have the effect of defea ting it's OBJ
ject-namely. to make 1t easier for the
court to impan mel a grand jury.
The justice explained that under
existing law there IL a separate pro.
vision requiring the calling Of only
70 men for the selection of a grand
jury. whereas there In no limit on the
number who may be called from which
to select petit jury. The judges Of
the court feel there is no reason why
all juries should not be completed
from one array. The chief justice re-
quested the Senate committee to re.
store the language Of the bill to the
form in which II was originally
recommended by the court.
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PETWORTH CHILDREN
WILL DANCE TONIGHT
Community Center Rhythmic
Glasses Will Give Program Un-
der Miss EVELYN Davis.

The children OF the rhythmic express
sion classes Of the Petworth Commu-
nifty Center win have an evening OF
dances tonight at s o'clock in the Pet
worth School. Eighth and Shepherd
streets. The dances have been ar
ranged and will he directed by Evelyn
Davis. leader of rhythmic expression
and dramatics of the community cen
ter department of the public schools.
Those taking part in the dances TO-
night will be Demetra Aclon. Lucille
Rowker. Reuhla oakley. Wilhelnnina
CronenberR. Anna Sschlin. Roselyn
Rowens. Margaret Rue. Anna Albert.
Betty Kennedy Jean Sisk. Mary Lee.
Virginia Garrett. Carol Hogan and
Ethel Boyd.
Mrs. G. w. klare secretary Of the
Petworth center. will have associated
with her on the committee of arrange
ments Charles Hillyard, scoutmaster.
and j. c. Clark. assistant scoutma ster,
in charge of tickets: Mrs Charles Hill.
yard and Mrs. j. c. Clark, in charge
of the children. Miss Agnes McElroy,
captain Of the Girl Scouts and her as
sistant, Miss Laura Brundage, will be
the ushers.
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IS GIVEN 5 YEARS
Several Accused of Attacks
Also Sentenced-Three on
Probation in Auto Case.

George F.. Hicks. a young white
man. was sent to the penitentiary for
FIVE years today by Justice Stafford
In Criminal Division for house
breaking and larceny. He broke into
the apartment of Iva Darcy. Decem-
be- 9, and stole a ring. Hicks had
been mixed up in A number of house
breaking charges about thrne years
ago.
Carroll Iardman. colvred. was
given five years in the penitentiary. lie
was charged with slashing Guy Heal
with a knife during a quarrel Novem-
Der 25.
Moses r.. Craig, colored. drew Il
term of three years in the peniten-
tiary for cutting Preston Brooks with
razor November 80. George F. Dix
on, Colored, was given a similar sen
tence for using a knife on Maude l..
Jones. December 25. John Newton was
sentenced to serve three years for shoot
ing Leo BRA ndford. December 13. Earl
NJ. Owens will serve like term for
forgery. There were two cases against
Owens and the court fixed the pen
atty at three years in each. but al
lowed the two sentences to run con-
currently.
Justice Stafford sent Ernest Wells.
coIored. to the penitentia for two
wears. Wells entered a store Decem-
Der 25 ard took a qua nifty of wear
ing apparel. For similar ohense
Samuel Jones, cOlored. will serve two
years in the penite Clarence
Turner. colored. got two years for rob
bing Mamie r. l.. Gatewood of ~
January 3.
proba ton for three years under sus-
pended sentences was extended to
Iandon Lewis. Randolph livery and
Marion w. jackson, who admitted
taking an automobile without permits
sion OF the owner. All three defend
ants are colored.
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II PNEUMONIA DEATHS
ARE REPORTED TODAY
70 New Cases Also Recorded in
Capital-Total Toll of Malady
for Year Is 237,

seventeen more persons have fallen
victims 70 pneumonia, according to
reports sereived today by the District
Health department. This is the
largest number reported in any sin
gle day since January ]. These
deaths. however, were distributed
over a period of four days, although
all OF them were reported TODAY.
Pneumonia has killed 237 persons
this year.
Twenty-six new cases also were re-
ported TO the department today, two
less than yesterday, bringing the
total number Of cases since January
to I'll.
Besides pneumonia. Health Officer
William c. Fowler said there is an
unusual number of grip colds in
Washington, and suggested that per
sons avoid exposing themselves un-
necessarily to the disease by not
visiting friends who are sick.
Commissioner Frederick A. Fen
ming is one of the latest victims
of the grip colds" He was forced
to remain away from his Office to-
day. causing another postponement
of meeting of the Board Of Com
missioners scheduled this morning at
1915 o'clock.