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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
SMUDGE POTS AID
STARTLING WARE ARE
Lodges of District Building
Added to Area in Which
Birds Are Fought.

The great starting offensive continued
with redoubled fury last night when the
Lodges of the District Building were
lined with smudge pots, pouring evil
smelling smoke into the unprotesting
nostrils of the statues that adorn the
buildings noble facades.
The Stars starting war correspondent
noted that the unpopular birds had
abandoned the sections of lodges and
caves Immediately above each pot, but
that they clustered in apparently
greater numbers in the innumerable
crannies to which the smoke did not
penetrate. Apparently this sort of
chemical warfare will not succeed with
anything short of burning the entire
building down or drowning 1t in such
clouds of smoke that not only the
starlings, but all persons will be driven
away.
Tender Twigs Cut Out.
The idea of the smudge pots comes
from Clifford Lanham, Superintendent
Of trees and parkings It was he who
solved the problem of getting the star
Hngs out Of their favorite- trees by cut
Wv O1AC bW4BS dJ LIE UODS
of the trees and leaving nowhere for the
starllng's foot to rest in comfort. This
great work proceeded at a rapid pace
yesterday and about half of the trees
on Pennsylvania avenue and E street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets were rendered startling proof:
several truckloads of the Topped of
twigs being carted away.
The work on the trees, however, only
increased the number of the obnoxious
birds that roasted in the District
Building and other adjoining structures.
Hence the idea of the smudge pots,
filled with fuel oil, old rags and rubber.
Tried at Theater.
The smudge pots were also tried in
the upper parts of the Fox Theater
Building on F street between Fourteenth
and Thirteenth. Mr.. Lanham said that
the manager had agreed to give the
smoke warfare a tryout.
But the only final solution is a load
Of buckshot," he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
TRIO ADMITS FIVE
ROBBER|ES AND
SHOOTING WOMAN
CoIored Men Taken After
Wounding of Policeman
Said to Have Confessed.
HUGHES IMPROVING
AT SIBLEY HOSPITAL
Mrs. Mary Rosenberg, Wife of
Grocer, Wounded in Hold
Up of Store.

Three colored men captured Friday
night after one of their number had
wounded Policeman Van D. Hughes
of the second precinct in a gun battle
in "Murderer's Row." admitted to head
quarters detectives yesterday to wound
ing a woman storekeeper and commit
ting five robberies New Year eve, ac-
cording to Capt. Walter Emerson, act
ing chief of the detective bureau.
They are George Wharton, 19, of
2713 P street, who shot Policeman
Hughes three times and in turn was
seriously wounded by Policeman Robert
S. Bryant; Henry Jacobs, 20, of IL
Hollbrook terrace northeast, and James
Stansbury, 10, of 430 Franklin street.
Hughes condition is not regarded as
serious by authorities of Sibley Hos
pital, who said last night that the
but his colored assailant is in serious
condition at Gallinger Hospital.
Wife of Grocer Shot.
Police say the confessed men admit
they shot Mrs. Mary Rosenberg, wife
of Louis Rosenberg, a grocer at 1415
Tenth street, on New Year eve. They
also admitted taking SIS in cash from
the store.
IlC BTdGCQ FN0SGIDCIG
temple, and she was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital.
They also are said to have told De-
tective Sergts. Dennis j. Cullinane and
Lawrence A. ODea. to whom they made
their confessions, that they held up
Arthur G. Mason of 812 New Jersey ave-
nue. and George Christobas of 109 z
street and robbed them of SIS and 500,
respectively.
They topped of the night by robbing
two other stores, obtaining $16 at Abe
Leventhals, 400 Twelfth street south
east, and $25 from Mollie Keiman's,
1887 Second street southwest.
Shot Pursuing Suspect.
Policeman Hughes was shot while
pursuing Wharton into the L street
entrance of Logan court, the alleged
robber turning and firing seven shots
from .32-caliber automatic. Hughes
fell with bullet wounds in the back,
thigh and wrist. He fired as he fell,
wounding Wharton in the ankle.
Bryant, who followed Hughes and
Wharton into the alley, cornered Whar-
ton, firing three shots. Wharton was
struck In the neck, shoulder and left
leg.
Wharton's companions we're later ar
rested by second precinct police. Charges
of robbery were placed against them by
Headquarters Detectives O'Dea and Cul-
linane following their confessions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
VISITING CLERGY TO OPEN
MISSION HERE TONIGHT
Jesuit Preachers to Conduct Two
Weeks Services at st. Aloysius,
Morning and Evening.

Rev. Charles Connor and Rev John
Mattimore. Jesuit preachers of New
York and Boston missionary bands, re-
spectively. will begin a two-week mis-
sion in st. Aloysius Church tonight
at 1880 o'clock They will preach on
alternate nights and mornings.
The first week of the mission will
be for women. The mission for men
will begin next Sunday night, follow
ing the close of the woman's mission.
sunday afternoon, with solemn renewal
Of baptiSmal vows.
In addition to the evening exercises
special mass with sermon will be
celebrated each morning at $50 O'Clock.
The rector of the church. Father
Michael F. Fitzpatrick, yesterday is
sued invitations to non-Catholic groups
tn attend the mission services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Keep Insecticides
Off Pantry Shelves,
Housewives Warned

If juvenile Johnny gets a pain
in the region of the stomach
because he reached up on a
pantry shelf and ate from a
package of insecticide which he
thought was sugar or some other
edible, 1t Is the fault of the house.
wife, according to the Depart
ment of Agriculture. which yes
terday warned against keeping
insecticides where children can
get at them. The warning was
an aftermath of the poison fruit
cake and turkey dressing Incl
dent of the Christmas season.
"A package of poison on a pan
try shelf Is as dangerous as a
loaded gum" DR.. P. D. Dunbar.
assistant chief of the food divi-
sion, said. Some one comes
along who doesn't know that the
package contains poison or that
the gun Is loaded and the result
is injury or even death"
Dr.. Dunbar, who supervised
the successful search for nine
poisoned Christmas fruit cakes,
which had been sold to the holi-
day trade by Virginia house,
wife, pointed out that the poison
had been purchased as an in
secticide several years before and
had not been safely put away
after use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
CAR, ALLEGED WHISKY
AND DRIVER ARE TAKEN
Cargo of so Gallons Passes to Pos
session of Police After Bladens-
burg Road Race.

An automobile containing go gallons
of alleged corn whisky and its colored
driver were captured last night by
Motor Cycle Policeman Watson Sal
keld of the twelfth precinct, after a
chase at high speed along Bladensbu1g
road near the Maryland State line,
The man was booked as William Leo
Larkins, the 300 block of Eighth street
northeast, and was charged with speed
ing and illegal possession and trans
portation Of liquor His bend was set
at $2,500. A check-up revealed that
the car belongs to rental agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
BOYS SEIZE PURSE.
Woman Returning From Store
Loses "a by Robbery.

Mrs. Daisy Groves. 526 Ninth street
southwest, reported to police last night
that her purse, containing 81, was
snatched from her hand by one of three
colored boys as she was returning from
store near her home.
Headquarters Detectives Frank Varney
and H. E. Brodie, investigating the case,
saw three colored boys, answering the
description given by Mrs. Groves, walk
ing along Four-and-a-Half street south
west, half an hour later. They gave
chase, but thu boys escaped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
POWER HEAD is RETIRED
AFTER IS YEARS SERVICE
M. N. Lyon, Manager of Loudoun
Light Co., Is Succeeded by
r. B. Brown.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PURCELLVILLE. Va, January A.
M. N. Lyon of Purcellville, for is years
manager Of the Loudoun Light 81 Pow
er Co., has retired from the manage
ment OF the company, and r. B. Brown,
who has been an employe for q num-
Der Of years, succeeds him.
The company was organized in 1912
by M. N. Lyon and E. A. Cockey, and
in 1914 Mr.. Lyon took over the entire
management of the company. It now
covers 800 square miles, mostly In LOU
doun County. with small territories in
Fauquier and Clarke Counties.
In June. 1929, the Potomac Edison
Co. acquired the Loudoun Light :.
Power Co.. but the latter still retainc=-
its original name. Mr.. Lyon will con-
tinue as a director of the company,
and also will manage his large estate
on Black Oak. Two other directors in
this county are d. G. Sands of Middle
burg and H. G. Rogers Of Hamilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
CLERKS TO EXTEND UNION.
Federation Drive to Have as Goal
Doubling Membership.

Plans for drive to double the men,
bership of the National Federation of
Federal Employees will be mapped out
tomorrow with the beginning of the
Winter session of its executive council.
The council also will formulate plans
for an appeal to Government workers to
avail themselves of the advantages of
collective appeal to Congress and the
administrative agencies of the Govern
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
10000 BOOKS SOUGHT
FOR MARINE LIBRARY
Association Will Open Campaign
for Reading Material for En-
listed Men January Is.

The American Merchant Marine
Library Association will inaugurate a
campaign here beginning January 10
to obtain 10000 books for the use of
men enlisted in that service.
Campaign headquarters will be es-
tablished at 1864 Connecticut avenue,
where donations of books and maya
zines will be accepted. Mrs Gibson
Fahnestock will be in charge. The drive
will continue through January rs.
President Hoover is honorary presi-
dent of the association and T. v. O'Con-
nor, chairman of the United States
Shipping Board, honsrary vice president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE
TO PONTIFICATE SUNDAY
Solemn Benediction at Chevy Chase
to Be in Presence of District
Holy Name Members.

Most Rev Pietre Fumasoni- Biondi.
apostolic delegate to the United States,
will pontificate at solemn benediction
next Sunday evening at the Shrine of
the Blessed Sacrament, Chevy Chase. in
celebration of the feast of the Holy
Name of Jesus.
The second Sunday of January has
been designated by Pope Piux XII as
that feast in the United States, and, on
January IL of this year, more than 1000
Washington members of the Holy Name
Gociety will attend the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
DR.. Myers Buried at Martinsburg.

MARTINSBURG, W. Va, january
Especially The body of DR.. S. N.
Myers, for so years a practicing ply
stefan here, for IS years head of local
bank and active In business circles, was
brought here Friday from the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. r. S. Hunter. Balti-
more, where he died suddenly Wednes-
day, and buried here with q Masonic
Grand Lodge service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
WOMAN is INJURED,
Pedestrian Suffers Bruises When
Knocked Down by Car.

Knocked down by an automobile as
she was crossing Sixth street near a
street last evening, Mrs. Annie Porter.
So, of 400 G street. sustained bruises
to her head and shock. She was
treated at Emergency Hospital by DR..
j. e. Lewis of the STAFF. Row Alfred
Willard, 1857 c street northeast, driver
OF the car, took the woman to the
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
CRIMINALLY INSANE LAUGH
AT SLAP-STICK MOVIE COMEDY
Experiment at St. Elizabeth's Reveals
Reaction Is Much as In Normal
Persons.

dividual indicates merely normal intelli-
gence.
The picture showed that the popula-
ton of Howard Hall, superficially at
least, constitutes just an ordinary movie
audience. This impressed the Red
Gross worker who had arranged for
showing the picture. What the men
want, she said afterward, is what the
great majority of folks inside and OUT
side of an insane hospital want, and
what the makers of movies know they
want. That is what she will try to
give them in the future. 1t is planned
to give these shows frequently from
now on for these men, so many of
whom have been shut of from the out
side world for so long.
Some of the men positively refused to
attend the show yesterday. But those
who did attend had good time.
Give us some more pictures" they
begged the Red Cross worker as they
filed out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Officers to Be Installed.

Newly elected officers of the Police
mans Association will be installed
Tuesday night at meeting of the as
ISOLATION In the Odd Fellows Temple
at 41e Seventh street. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
SUDDEN ILLNESS FATAL.
Mrs. D. ]. Downey of Clarendon Is
Stricken in Store Here.

Taken suddenly i'll while in a AVE.
and-ten-cent store in the 400 block of
Seventh street yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Dennis j. Downey, Sc years old, of Clar-
endon, Va. died en- route to Emergency
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
FORMER POLICEMAN DIES.
James J. McKeever Had Been
Serving as Public Buildings Guard

James ]. McKeever, 60-year-old for
mer policeman, employed as a guard by
the Office of Public Buildings and Pub
lie Parks, fell unconscious to the floor
In the Administration Building yester-
day afternoon, and died before medical
aid could be summoned.
Death is said to have been due to
heart disease.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

possible that you WILL" he retorted
coolly. We've got some hard riders
and good shooters in Whitewater"
At the door Johnson turned and
looked back at Anderson. 1t would
have been, for him, simple enough
matter to have split Anderson's head
open with a bullet, although no such
sinister thought penetrated his mind.
Good luck" he called.
The cashier waved his hand.
Joseph F. Johnson strobe casually,
almost indifferently, from the en-
trance of the frame building. At a
hitching rack, unfastened, stood his
faithful mount, Steel. The animal
paved the sun-baked ground. Joe
sprang into the saddle and vanished
in a whirl of dust He cantered
round the benG in the road a hun
dred yards west of the bank.
The moment he was out of sight
OF the institution he heard the blunt
clang of a hand-bell. Cashier An
derson had made good his threat. So
Joe put spurs to Steel, although there
was, perhaps, slight necessity for this,
for the horse understood him as few
men did. Steel was away like hiss
ing rifle ball. His flying hoofs
thudded against the ground towards
Dutchtown. There was, when the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

Johnson laughed Il appreciate
service" he countered. Yours is an
offer that can hardly resist. Sup
pose you shove it through the hole"
He whistled while he waited for
Anderson to dump the money into
q tan leather satchel that he had
brought along, and as he whistled,
he lounged leisurely with ar elbow
on the fence that ran from the door
to the cashiers cage. However, his
blue-barreled revolver was ready for
instant use.
Here you are" Anderson said,
showing the sack through the OPEN
ing in the twisted wire. Nov sup
pose you'll go on your way"
Johnson chuckled. "Of course" he
corroborated, you've been decent to
me, so why should I be otherwise to
you?"
johnson" Anderson expostulated,
you're a decent sort of cuss. This,
unfortunately, is your method OF
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02
SENSATIONAL ADVENTURES OF A CMORED SUPERBAND|T

"Jes' leave them saddle bags out
here an come in," he invited.
Johnson shook his head. I'm pow
erfully proud of these" he told the
farmer, whose name was Ted Rad
ford, and who, now eighty-nine, still
lives. 81 take them always wherever
I CO."
Mandy" Radford called to good
looking girl who inobtrusively ap-
peared in the kitchen door, I'VE got
another mouth to feed, so set an
extra plate"
The girl vanished noiselessly.
johnson sat on quite still, taciturn.
He had found long time before that,
when you are watched suspiciously,
the less you say the less danger you
place yourself in.
"Them's right nice saddle-bags,"
Radford exclaimed abruptly. Mind
me lookin' at emp.
Johnson shook his head at the in
terrogation. Then he whistled. A
second later, as he was about to pass
over the bags apparently for inspec-
ton, there came violent thud Of
hoofs crashing against the side of the
barn twenty or thirty yards away
HELL" he vouchsafed concernedly,
rising and throwing the bags back
over his shoulder, that's my horse"
and he hurried towards the barn,
with the farmer trailing disgustedly
in his wake, no doubt wondering why
johnson had whistled. Had he known
that Steel possessed an almost human
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

cross it in a covered wagon.
Johnson had, two hours earlier, left
his pursuers miles behind and did
not experience any qualms regarding
his safety in that direction. Surely
he did have fast horse. Steel was
as swift as whanging arrow.
Before pulling away from the river
bank. he dismounted, transferred the
money, large portion Of which was
in silver, to his saddle bags, flung
the satchel in the river, and began
to retrace his trail
At the farmhouse, without dis
mounting, he hailed colored man
who was sprawled on the low-roofed
porch.
whats the chance to spend the
night?" he politely Intercepted.
"Who are you, feller?" the farmer
wanted to know.
johnson tossed him the first name
that came into his mind.
81 already got Teller here" the
farmer commented. Hes got my only
spare room"
johnson dismounted and approach
ed the man, holding to his bride
reins. "Ill pay you well to feed my
horse" he coaxed.
The farmer rose lazily. THAT can
be done, I reckon" He took steel
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

posse reached the bend in the road
below the bank, nothing but faint
specks of dust in the distance.
1t was shutdown that evening when
Johnson pulled up at the waShed-out
bridge across Lecroix creek, baff1ed
beca-5. of the treacherous creek bot
tom. He decided, however, to return
few miles down the road to farm
house he had passed, hoping to spend
the night there. 1t wasn't that he
doubted Steels ability to ford the
stream, rather it was because Of the
danger of quick sand, for he had
heard somewhere that Lecroix creek,
at the edge of Dutchtown, was known
as the burial ground" 1t was even
reputed to contain the bones of an
entire family that had attempted to
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

satisfaction in his voice, land you're
welcome to help yourself. That's
part of my business, rolling dice
with death OF capture. They are,
frankly, my worst enemies. You owe
it to your stockholders, my dear
friend, to warn the town that am
riding away with a satchel full of
their money. Let me add, too, for
your sole benefit, that I've never
killed a man in my life"
Anderson lit cigar and passed the
box through the hole. Have one"
he invited.
Johnson smilingly declined, saying,
lone hand is holding the money and
the other my gun. I might have to
break my record"
The cashier grinned. "Its quite
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

brain he would have been dumb
founded.
johnson feigned disgust. why
don't you clean your stable once in
while?" he said CURLY. This amt
fit place for horse like mine. I'm
taking him out of here, right now"
"You owe me fifty cents jes' tn
same" Radford pronounced grimly.
Johnson tossed a fifty cent piece
on the floor and led Steel out. While
he was saddling him at the house,
with the saddle bags still over his
shoulders, Bradford came UP.
you're powerful pert for
stranger" he announced. II reckon
you've got reason t be though, tryin'
to throw me off tn track. What you
got in them saddle bags?"
Radford's hand whipped to his
overall pocket and gun flashed in
his hand. 1t rested in a direct line
with Johnson's right eye.
Continupd nm Pare Five
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02
"' ""''i encyofch character He h never yet Op

to the barn but not until Johnson
had unsaddled him. With the saddle
bags across his shoulder, he sat
watching the last faint struggles of
the sherry ball in the coprer-hued
sky. Returning, the farmer eyed the
saddle bags questioningly.
what you got in them bags?" he
inquired with an attempt at casual
ness.
"Oh, just few collars and things"
johnson replied. "A Teller has to
watch his appearance some"
ben t. supper?"
'No," Johnson admitted quickly,
"and I'm powerfully hungry"
The farmer scratched his chin
meditatively.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

Approximately eighteen thousand
dollars lie buried somewhere near the
Haunted Rock of Dutchtown, secreted
by the king of bandits because of its
weight and because he was travelling
light. At this particular time in his
life, Joe was hotly pursued by I'M
relenting stalkers determined to kill
him on sight.
About five hours before Joe buried
his loot he walked steadily into a
bank at Whitewater, Missouri, on one
Of his sole exploits, threw his gun
down on the lone cashier, Avery T,
Anderson, and said
"You understand my business here,
of course?"
The cashier nodded. "A blind man
could feel it with his cane" he re-
taliated.
I'm in hurry" Johnson insinu-
ated, where's the money!"
"Most of it's stacked here on the
desk" Anderson replied. will you
come around here for it or shall I
shove it through the hole in the
cage?"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02


Johnsonj
mot obtain works ndt
OF
doutn like
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Though he a
ago. 5 4 article author
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02
By DOM BRYAN

Stories "The Black Box THE Wheat Burner
Lamps Green and other widely read articles
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

a MOVEMENT is under way near Cape Girardeau,
IN Missouri by farmers, to seek the treasure it is
thought Joseph Johnson colored superbandit and
gallant gentleman buried prior to the ending of his
by Samuel Millet, hired gunman
Approximately making living
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02

making a living. Your brains in an
other direction would do much good.
am sorry for you. Still, wish to
say that, as soon as you reach your
horse, I'm going to give the alarm"
Johnson swung the satchel over his
shoulder, holding it with his left
hand. 1.-THE fastest horse in the state
stands out there unhitched," he de-
clared with a soft purring note of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
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baths, GARAGE; ami; bargain for cash. See
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