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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
JOHN v. HOGSHEAD
browns IN BATHING
Bruise on Forehead Indicates
Victim Struck Something
While Diving.

A certificate of accidental death by
drowning was issued by the District
coroner today in the case of John w.
Hogshead, 80 years old, head of we'll
known dental laboratory in the Medical
Science Building, who sank late yes
terday afternoon while swimming with
friends from small launch anchored
off Hams Point. The body could not
be located for more than an hour.
Mr.. Hogshead and his companions,
Thomas HALEY of Lanham, Md, owner
of the craft; George Hurlebaus of 1923
Fourteenth street and F. A. Parks OF
1924 Tenth street, were diving from the
deck of the boat and Splashing about
in the water nearby when Mr.. Hogs
head plunged beneath the surface and
failed to reappear
Friends Launch Hunt.
An immediate search was begun by
his friends in the less than feet of
water in which the craft was anchored
Meanwhile, a call was sent in for po-
lice of the harbor precinct, who re-
trieved the body near the spot where
Mr. Hogshead had dived In. The police
using drag hooks. searched for a half
hour before locating the body.
Efforts to revive the victim were car
ried on for another half hour by men,
bers of the fire rescue squad and by
physicians of Emergency Hospital, but
they proved futile.
While police were searching for the
body and later sought to revive the
drowned man, hundreds of motorists
driving along the Speedway to es-
cape the heat stopped their cars and
looked on.
A bruise on Mr.. Hogshead's forehead
led to the belief that he had struck
some foreign substance either projecting
above or lying on the bottom OF the
river in diving. and that the blow
rendered him unconscious.
Body to Be Taken to StauntOn.
The body was removed to the Morgue
and later today will be taken to Mr..
Hogsheads native city OF Staunton,
Va.
Coming here about 10 years ago from
Virginia. Mr.. Hogshead went into bust
ness for himself and soon was doing
laboratory work for many leading den
lists of Washington. He had maintained
offices in the Medical Science Building
for more than five years.
Mr.. HogShead, who Is unmarried. and
who roomed at 1914 Fourteenth street,
is survived by his father, William Hogs
head of Staunton; two sisters, Mrs.
Catherine Collins and Miss Virginia
Hogshead of Dayton, Ohio, and two
brothers, Edward HogShead of Charles
ton. w. Va, and Kenneth Hogshead
of Staunton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
TREE SITTER TO OBSERVE
BIRTHDAY UPON PERCH
Frank Kilmartin to Be II Friday.
Now Has Been A1oft Four
and one-Ha1f Days.

Frank Kilmartin. WaShington's en-
durance tree sitter, who, at 1925 O'Clock
this morning, had been aloft for exactly
108 hours, or four and one-half days,
anniversary Friday, August /, and has
resolved that it shall be celebrated up
a tree" o
Perched fully As feet above the earth
in the branches of a honey locust tree
on a miniature golf course lot, at Four
tenth and Chaplin streets Frank pro-
claimed this morning that Friday should
prove an interesting day for him, his
ground crew and his fans.
1t will be a gala gathering, it was
said at the scene of the endurance at
tempt this morning, with many of
Franks fraternity brothers from over
Central High taking prominent part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
GEORGE w. SMITH DIES
SUDDENLY IN HOSPITAL
Traffic Manager for P. o. Depart
ment for Many Years--Made
Ill by Heat Effects.

George w. Smith. traffic manager at
the Post Office Department for many
years, died suddenly yesterday at ProVi-
dence Hospital. He was 81 years old
While at work Saturday Mr.. Smith
became i'll from the effects of the heat
and was removed to his home. He was
taken to the hospital early yesterday
morning.
Mr.. Smith, native of Virginia, came
here 26 years ago, subsequently entering
the postal service. He was past regent
of the Royal Arcanum and was a mem
Der of the Holy Name Society.
Besides his widow, Mrs Ida Louise
Smith, he is survived by a son, George
Clark Smith, and two daughters, Sister
Dorothy of the Sisters of Charity, St
Francis School, Stanton, Va, and Mrs
c. Howard Bowers. A brother. Walter
M. Smith of Woodbridge, Va, also sur
wives
After a brief service Wednesday
morning at the residence, 1926 Twelfth
street northeast, requiem mass will be
solemnized at o'clock at ST. Anthony's
Church. Interment will be in st. Mary's
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
SAFE ROBBERS FAIL
AFTER BINDING MAN
Night Waterman Gives Police
Description of Five Attempt
ing Laundry Theft.

Two safes at the Washington Laundry
Twenty-seventh and K streets, with
stood the efforts of five burglars, who
alternately attempted TO drill and blast
open the strong boxes after binding and
gagging the 74-year-old night watch
man, John H. Lyle of lila Twenty-fifth
street, early yesterday.
Lyle told police of the third precinct
that he was sitting at the side entrance
to the building about 1870 o'clock when
touring car drove up. Two men
walked over to where he was seated
grabbed him before he could make any
cutlery and hustled him inside.
AS the Waterman was being tied and
gagged three other men joined the first
two and set to work on the safes.
The five yeggmen worked over the
two safes for more than an hour before
abandoning their efforts after breaking
several drills and failing to make any
Roadway with explosives.
Lyle called police and furnished them
with a description of the would-be rob-
bers after freeing himself from his
bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
DEATH OF TWO GIRLS
WILL BE PROBED
Illegal Operations Are Reported to
Have Been Cause-Autopsies
Today Are Planned.

Deputy Coroner Joseph d. Rogers was
preparing to perform two autopsieS at
the District Morgue today to definitely
determine the causes of the deaths OF
Mrs. Rae Halfpap, % years old, of Vir-
ginia High lands, Va, and Miss Gather
Inc Davey, 23-year-old graduate nurse,
of 90 Rhode Island avenue, both OF
whom are alleged to have died as the
result of illegal operations.
Poice said they were informed Mrs.
Halfpap died at Sibley Hospital yester-
day as the result of an alleged self
imposed" operation, while Miss Davies
passed away at Georgetown University
Hospital Saturday from blood poisoning
DR.. F. S. Avery, to whom Miss Davies
applied for treatment for the blood
poisoning, informed police of the girls
death Saturday afternoon, and an in
vestigation was begun Immediately by
Detective Sergts. Howard Ogle and Os-
car Mansfield in hopes of locating the
doctor suspected of having operated
upon the nurse.
Mrs Halfpap was taken to Sibley
Hospital on June 81, l6 days after the
alleged operation. The death certificate
was signed by DR.. Willard Gilman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
CROSBY TO REVIEW
OUTSIDE WORK BY
MEMBERS OF FORCE
Supt. Pratt and Fire Chief
Watson Will Attend Hear
ing Tomorrow.
C0LP0YS is INVITED
TO GIVE LABOR VIEW
Question of Displacing Workers
and Acting as Pallbearers
Raised by Complaints.

The practice of taking work during
off-duty hours, INDUCED in by District
flremen and policemen, will come up
for discussion at conference at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Office
of Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, who
has charge of both departments.
Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of
police, and George S. Watson, chief
engineer of the Fire Department, will
be present. John B. Colpoys has been
invited to present the view of organized
labor. He Is the president of the Cen
trail Labor Union, which is known 10 be
opposed to the practice.
Congress Heights Complaint.
The matter was brought to Commits
siorsr Crosby's attention last week by
a committee from the Congress Heights
Citizens Association, which complained
that firemen, by accepting odd Jobs
during their off hours, were taking work
from persons who needed it. At the
same time, Fire Chief Watson had oc-
casion to investigate a rumor that there
was a well organized business among
french of acting as pallbearers at
funerals. He questioned lieutenant in
the department on this subject when
it was stated that the lieutenant acted
as broker for the services of the men,
getting 10 per cent commission for
furnishing firemen pallbearers to certain
undertaking establishments. This the
lieutenant denied, saying that it was
his wife who ran the hEkiness.
Order May Be ISSUED.
Watson is strongly opposed to the
practice and it is thought that the re-
suit of the conference will be an order
TO policemen and firemen to abstain
from competing with private labor dur
ing their off hours.
There is some doubt whether such
an order can legally be passed, If it
turns out that the order is not legal, the
departments are expected to discour-
age the practice as much as possible
bv~1lnOfficial methods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
SWIMMER Is INJURED )
WHEN MAKING DIVE
John B. Griffith Suffers Paralysis
of His Limbs After Plunge
Into Shallow Water.

Striking his head on hidden object
while diving in shallow water at Chesa-
peake Beach, Md, yesterday, John Bell
Grifhth, 80 years old, BOG Virginia ave-
nue. southeast, suffered paralysis OF both
legs and arms.
His condition was reported as critical
today at Emergency Hospital. where he
was taken yesterday. An x-ray exami-
nation to- determine the extent of his
injuries was expected to be made today.
Meanwhile hospital authorities express
belief he may have sustained spinal
injuries.
Griffith had gone to the beach for the
afternoon and had been swimming only
short while when he made the dive
from the fishing pier. He called for
help and was dragged from the water
b. nearby swimmers. r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
CoLoRED MAN IN HOSPITAL
WITH GUN WOUND IN KNEE
Three Others Cnder Arrest as Re-
suit of Fight Between White
and Colored Combatants.

James Desame, colored. % years old,
of 1916 Fourteenth street Is in Freed
mems Hospital with a gunshot wound
in the knee, while three others are
under arrest at the second precinct sta
ton as the result of fight between
white and colored men at Corcoran and
Fourteenth streets last night.
Harry Brown, 80, of GA Pennsylvania
avenue is charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon following his identi-
fication by the wounded man and two
other colored men.
Police say the night started when
co.ored man cursed Brown. Two par
Elephants in the ensuing melee--Luther
Mccall, %, and his brother Boyd, 49,
both Of Ills F street-were charged
Nth discrderly conduct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
FURNISHINGS OF HOTEL OXFORD
GO ON BLOCK BEFORE FEW BIDDERS
Small Group of Housewives and Dealers Offers Low
Prices for Hostelry's Equipment.

Housewives, hoping to supplement the
furnishings OF flats with odd pieces
picked up for few cents, and few
dealers in secondhand furniture COM
prised the group that trudged through
the old hotel Beds, springs, chairs,
tables, rugs, all went under the hammer.
Auctioneers, whose finesse enabled them
to interpret the raise of an eyebrow to
mean a willingness to raise the bid by
rs cents, did the best they could, but
scarcely a piece brought more than SO.
Nobody on the premises could say just
when the old hotel was thrown open to
the public, but 1t was a tourist haven
when the now unsightly buildings along
Pennsylvania avenue at Peace Monu-
ment were in better repute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28

A small group of heat weary braved
the cultriness of downtown Washington
this morning to walk through the small
boX-like rooms of the old Hotel oxford,
at Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth
street, and bid on nondescript furnish
ings an earlier Capital knew
The auction was held at the instance
of j. H. Weaver, proprietor of the hotel,
preparatory to his vacating the property
IN FAVOR OF the Governments ambitious
the demolition of all buildings in the
block which extends south along the
avenue to Fourteenth street. and also
houses Polls Theater and the frame
buildings now occupied by the TraffiC
Bureau and an employment Office of the
Labor Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
SPARKS SUCCUMBS
TO CRASH INJURIES
Drivers Skull Fractured When He
Was Thrown From Auto
in Collision.

Injured in an automobile accident
ct Twelfth street and Florida avenue
northeast Saturday night, Bernard
Sparks, % years old, of SAT I street
northeast, died yesterday at the Cas-
ualty Hospital from fracture of the
skull.
The mishap occurred, police say. when
Sparks drove across the intersection
AGAINST a red light and crashed into a
car operated by Clarence H. McDevitt
of the 1900 block B street northeast.
Sparks was hurled from his machine,
his head striking a watering trough
on the sidewalk nearby.
A certificate of accidental death was
issued by Deputy Coroner A. M. NC
Donald following his investigation OF
the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
OPTICIAN ASKS DECREE

Claiming that his wife will not leave
her mothers home in Baltimore to live
with him in this city, H. Leroy Wright,
optician, 760 Eleventh street southeast,
has filed suit for limited divorce from
Evelyn r. Wright, 35l2 West Garrison
street, Baltimore. They were married
at Baltimore April 20. 1875, and have
two children. The husband says his
employment is here and he is ready to
establish home for his wife and babies.
but she refuses to live anywhere but at
her mothers home. Attorney l.. A.
Widmayer appears for the husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
POLICE CHARGE MAN
WITH ARSON AND ATTACK

Charged with arson and assault on
a young girl, William H. Sawyer,
colored. was held for grand jury action
In Police Court today under $4,000
bond.
Alice Jackson, colored, 2349 Eighth
street, told Judge Isaac r. Hit and
Prosecutor Michael Keogh, that Sawyer,
unknown to her, entered her home last
Thursday night while the family was
out. She found him fooling around
in her folks belongings" and screamed.
He grabbed her, bound her with rope,
gagged her and finally left the house
after setting it ON fire.
Edward Payne. living across the
street, saw smoke coming from a
window of the Jackson home and turned
in fire alarm. F'iremen rescued the
girl
The assault charge was placed against
Sawyer because of the alleged tying
and ga-2inS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
TWO WOMEN ARE INJURED
IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Automobile in Which They Were
Riding Crashes Into Parked Truck
on Southeast Thoroughfare.

Two women were slightly hurt today
when an automobile in which they were
riding crashed into parked milk truck
at Nichols avenue and Sheridan road
southeast. according to police reports.
The automobile driver, Miss Billie
Vaughn, % years old, of Round Peak,
N. c., was treated at Casualty Hospital
for leg decorations, while her compan-
ion, Mrs. F. E. Jordan of Fort Wash
ington, Md, was given first aid treat
ment at the Boiling Field dispensary for
hand bruises
The truck, owned by the Chevy
Chase Dairy Co., was in charge of John
A. Jones, 33 years old, of 1919 Orleans
place northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
Death Is Held Accidental.

A verdict of accidental death was re-
ported by a coroner's jury at an in
quest conducted at the District Morgue
today, in the case of Wesley Hall, coll
ored, "a years old, of 1910 Levy street
northeast, who was injured by an ele-
vator at the plant of the Edmonds Art
Stone Co.. Inc, 2135 Queens Chapel
road northeast. July 16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
SUSPECT UNDER GUARD
Injured Man in Hospital Believed
to Have Attempted Burglary.

Frank Poore, IS years old, of 4827
Chappell lane is being held under po-
lice guard at Gallinger Hospital while
being treated for decorations of the
right wrist, which police believe he re-
ceived while attempting to enter the
home of Adolph Kahn, at 3135 Ellicott
street, yesterday afternoon.
Poore was taken into custody by
fourteenth precinct police for inveSti-
CATION into an attempt to rob the Kahn
The man was found suffering from loss
of blood a short distance away. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital for
first-aid treatment and later trans
ferred to Gallinger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
P0LICEMAN'S SON, 13,
MISSING AFTER SWIM
5-Year-old Brother, Found at
Mount Rainier, Says Older
Boy Disappeared.

Members of the Metropolitan Police
Department today are engaged in a
search for the son of a fellow-o fficer,
Pvt George w. Shinault, desk officer
at the second precinct station.
The youth, 13-year-old George w
Shinault, jr., disappeared from his par
ents' home, at 1910 Kearney street
northeast Saturday in company with
his brother, Lee, years old.
Lee was found by Maryland police al
Mount Rainier, Md, later In the day
He told police his older brother hac
been in swimming and disappeared
shortly afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
HOOVER HAS RECEPTION
FOR STUDENT SOLDIERS
More Than 1000 Are Greeted by
President on Lawn at
White House.

President Hoover shortly after noon
today received in the rear grounds of
the White House $50 citizens military
training camp students from Fort
Washington and 275 from Fort Myer,
Va. Members of the battalion from
Fort Washington paraded on Penn
sylvania avenue on the way to the
White House. They were headed by
their own band of go pieces.
Both outfits entered the White House
grounds by the east entrance to the
south grounds and drew up on the
south lawn in front of the rear portico.
AS the President appeared he was given
the honor due his position. After
greeting the officers and the senior
candidates, the President posed with
the two outfits for a group photograph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
Eating Place Robbed.

Unidentified robbers entered the Lit
tie Tavern, at 814 E street, yesterday
and stole $25 found hidden in a coffee
pot, police were informed today. En-
trance was gained with duplicate
key. No trace could be found of the
thieves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
Church Supper at Bowie.

BOWIE, Md, July % (SpeciaD "A
salad supper will be held under the
auspices of and for the benefit of the
Bowie Methodist Church Saturday eve
ming at the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
FUTURE.

Meeting. Business Women's Council.
Church of the Covenant, tomorrow eve
ming. Speaker, Miss Mabel Thurston.
Entertainment, the Amity Club, jar
din Lido. Arlington Hotel roof, tomor-
row evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-28
LIONS TO HEAR CHAPLAIN
Col. Julian Z. Yates to Deliver Ad
dress on "a Fish Out of Water"

Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of chap
lains, U. S. Army, will deliver an ad-
dress at a luncheon of the Lions Club
in the Hotel Mayf1ower Wednesday att
ernoon at 1890 o'clock. He has chosen
as his subject "A Fish Out of Water. "
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-19
ION WITH THE SHOW"
 IS HIT AT COLISEUM

Last nights audiences at the Douglas Coliseum theatre uproari- ously acclaimed On With the Show" the first 100 per cent na- tural color, talking, singing, danc- ing picture, a Warner Bros. Vita phone production, and it made a great hit.
 The color is soft and glamorous and has none of the eye-offending rawness which has marked other and earlier attempts at reproduc- ing the hues of nature. Vitaphone perfect in rendition of the speech and songs and music of On With the Show" is given marvellous real ity by this innovation. The story has to do with a company of stranded troupers, who, while their amusing adventures go on, are playing a musical fantasy known as "The Phantom Lover" The cast includes such screen favorites as Betty Compson, Arthur Lake, Sally ONeill, Joe E. Brown Louise Fazenda, Ethel Waters, William Bakewell, Fairbanks twnis, Sam Hardy Lee Moran, Wheeler Oak man, Harry Gribbon, Thomas Jef- ferson, Harmony Emperor's Quar- tette and a dancing beauty chorus of one hundred-and how!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-19
MAJORITY OF 1930 GRADS
 PLAN TO CONTINUE SCHOOL

According to the plans announced by the students who have just com- pleted their study in the Douglas high school, most of them and per- haps all, will continue with their studies next Fall, or at least the next year.
 Ali Niemi, who is the recipient of a scholarship from the Alaska College, will attend that institu- ton at Fairbanks next Fall. Eliza beth Sey intends to go to business college in Seattle upon her return from Scotland, for which she leaves in about a week. Mona Carlson expects to attend a beauty culture school and Violet Johnson is plan ming a business college course. Mar iorie Fox plans to be a teacher ano will start her preparation at ont of the normal schools next year Mae Fraser has decided for a busi' ness course either at Fairbanks ol Seattle. Alice Tassell plans to be come a teacher and may attent whitman college the coming fal or next, and Saimie Kromquist i leaving very soon to attend tn Normal at Ellensburg where she vii Hive with her sister, Mrs. Sili Nor ris.
 With the boys, John Cashen ha his eyes turned toward college a soon as he is prepared to go. am likewise Urho Kromquist plans t
 attend a trades school. Fran
 Pettygrove intends to go to Fair
 banks for a year at the AlasK
 College, and Harry Tassell expect
 to work for a year or two pefor
 he plans on a school.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-19
s6KMUrder at {r.sS(ue, ssAl= High T-idez soe1zz

SYNOPSIS; A multitude of meager clews confronts detec- lives after Dan Parados is murdered. Claude Annersley, whom Parados had trapped fi- nanciaily, is implicated on sev- cral counts. He steadily denies guilt. They catch Manning, a maid, in the act of caves dropping during Annersley's quiz. From her comes story Of Parados' disagreements with Professor Johns, eccentric GUS todian of the island fort. Man ming describes violent quarrel between the two. A new ciew IS sensed and Samuels, deputy at torney, asks Johns to appear for another questioning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-19

nell, political king of the south side beer gangs; Joe Salts, erst- while booze baron, now retired to his Wisconsin estate Ralph Bot ties" Capone, brother of Al, charg- ed with failure to pay income tax on million-dollar profits; George Bugs" Moran, successor to the slain Dean O'Banion on the north side; Terry Druggan, and Frank NIcErlane, recently wounded by oth- CT hoodlums as he lay in bed in a hospital.
 Chicago's forefathers used to use rails to ride undesirable citizens out of town. But time has brought more polite ways, including the arm of the taxing power.
 New orders to police are to ar
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-19

rest these men, harass them with court hearings, deport aliens among them, if any, but chiefly to watch their income and property tax pay ments, and to publish their politi- cal connections and activities.
 The tax bludgeon, laid upon the quickly amassed wealth of gang sterdom, it is hoped in official quarters may prove the best wea- pon.
 Loesch hopes that "pitiless pub licity" will turn the trick. We pro- pose to make them live the lives of goldfish. We expect to publish openly their political activity. Hood lumisn1 can't stand that kind of sunshine"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-19
DOUGLAS NEVIS
FAREWELL PARTY

Mona Carlson entertained the Senior and Junior class girls at her home Saturday evening, compli- mentary to Elizabeth Sey and Sai- mic Kromquist who are soon to leave, the former for a trip to Scotland and the latter to EllenS- burg, Washington. Thirteen guests enjoyed the affair, which lasted until ten o'clock, all leaving at that time to attend the dance in Ju- neau.