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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-11
Helps to Create Pleasant
impression in Minds
of Visitors.

The casual visitor to city forms
his impressions Of the city largely
by the hotel which comprises his
temporary home.
No greater testimony could be
accorded an indianapolis hotel than
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
COUNTY AUDITS
RAY ACCOUNTS

An investigation Of the county
funds that passed through the
hands of the late Preston Ray,
clerk of the circuit court at
Rockville, who died suddenly sew
eral months ago, will be started
at once.
The Montgomery county COM
missioners today appointed N. F.
Rabner, of Bethesda, as special
auditor to scan Mr.. Rays books.
Following his sudden death, a
State audit was held, resulting in
the uncovering of a $4,000 short
age.
There have been rumors Of a
greater shortage. but these have
been denied by the county.
State auditors declared his
books were in bad shape and it
was difficult to obtain much aid
from them.
Mr.. Ray was bonded and the
State will institute suit against
the bondsmen unless the short
age is paid by the officials es-
tate.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
MRS. MARCUN|
WINS AL|MONY

Phillip H. Marcum, special as
sistant to the Attorney General
of the United States, will be
required to pay his wife, Mrs.
Maria S. Marcum, $135 a month
alimony out of his $4,000 yearly
salary in addition to attorneys
fees incurred in her limited d.
vorce suit against him, it was
decided today by Justice Jesse
C. Adkins in Equity Court.
Mrs. Marcum filed suit against
her husband over a year ago,
alleging cruelty and desertion.
He replied by attacking the juris-
diction of this court saying that
he was a resident of the State
of West Virginia and that under
the law a wife's residence is that
Of her husband.
Justice Adkins, however, de-
cided that after the separation
which preceded the, filing of the
suit, Mrs. Marcum had adopted
the District of Columbia as her
residence and was entitled to
bring suit here.
The couple married at Ell Paso,
Texas. November 81, 1924, and
have no children.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
MAY shit CARE
Of CR|PPLES

Crippled children are in greater
need of physical rehabilitation
than of educational improvement,
members of a committee on physi-
cally handicapped children be-
lieve, They net today to draft a
report for the Board of Education.
The committee feels care Of
such children should be left with
agencies other than the school
board, and school authorities
should have no responsibility ex-
c. t to provide class room instruc-
tio1.
New buildings to replace the
present inadequate accommoda-
tions" should be constructed, as
soon as possible, adjacent to hos
pitals, it was urged. and the COM
mittee also emphasized the fact
tina. additional physio-therapic ia
cilitieS are needed at Weightman
and Magruder schools.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
RACKET KILLING
BALKS POLICE
Times staff Photo

Police today are up against "a
brick WALL in their probe into
the Staying of Jack Cunningham,
following a coroner's jury verdict
yesterday that the man was slain
"at the hands of person or per
sons unknown"
Meanwhile, Albert Gordon, 25,
of Marlboro, Nd. who has been
held in connection with the case,
was to be released today, and po.
lice are without a single suspect.
Cunningham was slain 10 days
ago. while entering the rear of
his home at 1408 I st. N. w.
An indictment. charging house
breaking was returned yesterday
in the case of Wallace j. Mid
dleton. Twelfth precinct police
man, in connection with the al.
legged hijacking Of a speakeasy
at 1910 st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
DATE POOL: AIDS
IN ROMANCE

At last something really useful
has come out of the study OF eco
nomics. The Date Pool" has en-,
tered collegiate life.
It all happened like this: DR..
John Donaldson, professor of po-
litical economy and dean of Co
lumbian College at George Wash.
1ngton University, was deep in
the discussion of international
economic relations. Then came
the idea.
fCO.OpeFatiOn in Romance
# ship operators could CO.
operate in sending out their
ships; if the Danes could CO.
operate on their cheese problems
and the Russians on their five.
year plan, why couldn't more
brilliant young people cooperate
on romance?
No sooner said than done, and
after class a small group of en-
thusiastic young romanticists
gathered in conference. A full
fledged organization, appropri-
ately titled "The Date Pool" was
Immediately formed with the fol-
lowing charter members: Louise
Brice, Virginia Dieber, Airline
Spencer, Cecile Harrington, Mil
dred Lutz, Lester Gates, Miles
Hammond, Douglas Taylor, with
others being added daily.
How the Plan Works
Under the plan one of the
group serves as secretary for one
week, keeping up the book in
which are contained names and
addresses with open date nights.
Should the urge for a date assail
one of the gentleman of the
"Date Pool" he has only to call
UP the secretary who consults the
records wherein are listed the
telephone numbers, addresses. de-
scriptions and free date nights of
every member. The answer might
be:
miss So and So is free to-
night; she has blonde hair,
blue eyes, S feet 2 inches tall
19 years old. Her preferences
are such and SUCH"
Mildred Lutz, a junior. 18 is
acting as first secretary. She be-
lieves this experiment in co-ocera-
tive romance will work famously.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
CO. A, CENTRAL.
DRILL VICTOR
Times Staff Photo

Capt. Thomas S. Hinkel. Com
pany A, First Regiment, of Cen
trail High School, is the idol of his
classmates today because his was
adjudged the best drilled company
in yesterdays annual competitive
drill. With the award goes tenn
porary ownership of the diamond
studded Allison Naylor medal.
The Central group won first
place with a rating of 989 by the
narrowest margin over Company
L, Western, under command of
Capt. Carl H. Swanson, which
won a rating of 98.8. Company
C, Mckinley, took third place
with 98.7. The captain of the
Mckinley company is Thomas P.
Corwin.
AS the suns fading rays shone
on brass buttons and illumined
white belts and gloves, the entire
brigade of 1900 cadets marched
before Mai. Gen. Fred w. Sladen,
U. S. A, commanding general Of
the Third Corps Area.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
RAT TE
ARGUMENT To
END TODAY
Utilities Comission Told by
Pepco Counsel That Present
Charge Is Not Unreasonable

The final act of the public hear
ing on the proposal to modify
the sliding scale of the electric
rate consent decree was being
stage today before the Public
Utilities Commission.
Final arguments, after two
days of taking testimony, were
begun by S. Russell Bowen, gen.
eral counsel for the Potomac Elec.
trio Power Company. He will be
followed by Peoples Counsel
Richmond B. Keech, and Assist
ant Corporation Counsel William
A. Roberts, after which Mr..
Bowen will be given opportunity
to reply to his opponents argU'
ments.
In his opening argument, the
power company attorney con-
tended the rates are not un-
reasonable, unfair nor excessive,
for the service rendered.
Mr.. Bowen declared it was the
commissions duty not only to
perscribe reasonable rates but to
adhere to rates that are not
confiscatory. Throughout his
argument, Mr.. Bowen cited num-
erouS cases bfeore various util-
tiles commissions and courts,
which he held were in point with
the position taken by the COM
pany in the present matter.
The commission, it is expected,
will take the case under advise
ment this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
j. s. ASKS MORE
TIME To S|FT
RAID CASES
Charge Against 8 Postponed
Until June 4; Defendants
to Charge Unlawful Entry

Arraignment on gambling
charges of eight men arrested
yesterday in a series of warrant
less raids by headquarters detec-
tives was continued in Police
Court today until June on mo-
ton of Assistant U. S. Attorney
Frank Adams.
Time Needed for Inquiry
Mr.. Adams asked for the con-
tinuance on the ground that he
needed more time to investigate
the cases, explaining that there
are so many witnesses it will re-
quire several days to interview
all of them. He also said United
States Attorney Leo Rover wishes
further investigation of the cases.
There are rs witnesses on
bond, it being $100 in each case.
Two witnesses are on cash col
lateral of 500 each, and Mr..
Adams said there are approx
mately rs more witnesses to be
called.
A stiff legal battle is expected
when the men are arraigned.
Police told Mr.. Adams today they
had received information" that
the raided places were gambling
joints and that they we're looking
for two men" believed to be in
one of the places.
Similar Cases Failed
When they were permitted to
enter to look for the men they
said they observed the alleged
gambling and arrested persons in
the places.
A number of cases have been
tried in the local courts where
entry was gained by the same
means. and in many of these the
defendants have been discharged
because of illegal entry.
Mr.. Adams said that while he
has not investigated any of the
cases thoroughly they appear on
the face of the matter to be
legal.
Two Ask Jury Trials
Two men, Edwin D. Pelot and
Francis Beckley, were arralgred
today on charges of permitting
gaming and pleaded not guilty,
demanding jury trials. Others to
be arraigned are Steve j. Nichols,
Thomas w. Simmons, George
Dooley, George Williams, Charles
E. Cresmond. William Baroni.
Morgan G. Wilson and Louis
Palumbo.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Raid in Mt. Rainier
Results in % Arrests

Twenty-three men were seized
in a raid on an alleged gambling
house at Thirty-eighth Street and
Daley Avenue, Mt. Rainier. while
a quick-witted woman made her
escape through the back door &C.
cording to Eugene Plummer, chief
of police of the town, who made
the raid last night.
William Brown and Jack Listau
were accused of maintaining the
place and posted $500 bond pend
ing a hearing in police court in
HyattSville, June 3. Sixteen men
were released on $40 collateral.
while five who did not have the
price were confined to the Blad-
ensburg Jail.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
RULING ON LAW
SOUGHT SINCE
FEBRUARY
Officials Find Selves Baked
In Effort to "Put House in
Order" Ere Congress Meets

Efforts Of the Veterans Bureau
to have a special board review
the cases of all disabled emer.
gency officers employed by the
bureau have been blocked for
more than three months by delay
on the part of the Attorney Gen.
eral in handing down an opinion
covering the situation, it was
learned today.
Employment Of the emergency
officers and the payment to them
of large salaries while at the
same time they are drawing dis
ability compensation has been de.
scribed on the floors Of Congress
as a Shocking scandal"
Views Asked in February
It was in an effort to wipe out
this criticism of the bureau and
to get its house in order before
Congress reconvenes that the
officials decided to review all of
the cases falling in the category
under fire.
There were. however, several
small legal matters which arose,
and in order that the reviews
might be legal the bureau sub
mitted to the Attorney General
set of questions dealing with
this phase. That was in February
and it was expected at the time
that the opinion of the Attorney
General would be returned in a
few days and that the special
board which was to be set up
could Immediately begin its
lengthy task.
Opinion Since Awaited
1t was aScertained today, how
ever, that the Attorney General
has not as yet forwarded his
opinion to the bureau.
AS a result. the board of re.
view has not been able to func.
ton and it is now extremely
doubtful if the cases can be re-
studied before Congress convenes
in December. If they have not
been gone over by that time and
the situation ironed out to the
satisfaction Of several irate men,
bers of the Senate and House,
the Veterans Bureau, it is said,
can expect another blasting at
tack.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
MGsOns to attend
Services at Ten1DLe

DIR. Abram Simon will speak on
Fragrant Memories and Militant
Peace" Friday night at the Dec
grafton Day services Of the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation. The
Samuel Gompers Lodge Of Masons
will be guests. Jewish heroes Of
the war will be honored Sunday
afternoon at the King-Blout Cir
Gle in the congregations ceme-
terY
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
PAVING CONTRACT GIVEN

A contract involving an eX-
penditure of $196,720 for paving
streets in the Government build
ing, areas has been awarded by
the District Commissioners to
MCGUIRE & Rolfe, Inc. The streets
to be paved are In the area Of
the Capitol Plaza and the Fed
eral building triangle.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Students
Guests at Luncheon

The senior class of Arlington
Hall School for Girls will be the
guests of the Alexandria Kiwanis
Club tomorrow at luncheon and
taken on sightseeing trip
through the city. The senior girls
of the Alexandria elementary
schools will be given a supper
Friday by the Business and Pro-
feSSional Women's Club.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Mrs. Mabel BieLaski
Returns $1,000 Gems

Mrs. Mabel Bielaski. of 100
Magazine Rd.. Anacostia, while
riding on a street car recently,
picked up a box. Opening it she
discovered jewels valued at 1000.
She employed a private detec-
tive to search for the owner, she
informed The Times today. The
owner proved to be Herbert
Grimes, of Anacostia. and she
returned the jewels to him.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
G.. A. FOSsett Held
On LiOuOr ChUr0e

Charged with transportation
of 120 half gollons of liquor,
George Alexander Fossett, 25,
238 D st. N. E.. was held for the
Grand Jury today on $1,000
bond by Police Court Judge Gus
A. Schuldt.
FoSsett was arrested on a traf-
fic charge yesterday on Bladens-
burg Rd. N E., and the liquor is
said to have been found in his
car.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Worker Hurt, Caught
RetLDeen TUO Stones

Tom Love, SIS, colored, of T
Street Hill, Anacostia, was taken
to Garfield Hospital with injuries
suffered in a cave-in today in the
5000 block of Morrison st. N. w.
Love, working in the excava-
tion, was caught between two
large stones. The Fire Rescue
Squad carried him to the hos
pital where X-rayS are being
made.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
CIVIC NAME CHANGE

The Woodside Property Owners
Association at it's regular meeting
changed its name to Woodside
Park Civic Association, and elect,
ed the following officers: j. Reg,
inald Boyd, president Arthur l..
Blakeslee, vice president; Ada B.
Boyd, secretary; S. F. Birthright,
treasurer.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
ROSE SHOW TOMORROW

The fifteenth annual rose show
of the Takoma Horticultural
Club will be held in the Takoma
branch of the library tomorrow
and Friday Mrs. E. Clyde Shade
is chairman of the show COM
mittee
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
BGck-Firing Truck
St1rtLeS StrOLLerS

-Four staccato reports, something
like gunshotS, startled motorists
and StrollerS about 1890 a. m.
today at Thirteenth and H
streets Northwest Dozens stopped,
turned, looked and listened. Then
the thrill passed It was only the
engine Of truck back. firing.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
MEMS WEEK AT CAMP

Fathers of Boy Scouts, Scout
leaders. heads of boys classes
and other adults inUerestd in
Scouting, will gather at Camp
Roosevelt the week of August 16-
% for a Mems Week" Usual
camp activities will be inter.
spersed with conferences and dis
cuSsionS, announces the Scout
headquarters at 1103 Vermont
Ave.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
MARRIAGE WRITS

Marriage licenses we're issued
at Rockville, Md, to James L.
Welsh, %, of Rockville, and Gene
We've Elizabeth Lynch, 81, of
Gaithersburg, Md; Emery Stef-
fey, 26, of Washington, and Marion
I. Hitchcock, 18, of Baltimore, and
Paul Merck, 81, of Westminster,
S. c., and Mary F. Martin, 10, Of
New Canton, Va,
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
CARD PARTY BENEFIT

The auxiliary of the Vincent
3. Costello Post, No. Is. Amer
ican, Legion, will hold a card
party tonight at 1926 Massachu-
setts Ave. N. W., for benefit of
the drum and bugle corps.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
ARG0 LODGE TO MEET

The Argo Lodge, B'Nai Birth,
will observe clubs night tonight
at the Jewish Community Center.
DR.. Abram Simon will speak on
"The Passion Play and Fair
Play."
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Ex-POLICEMAN DIES

Louis C. Trumbo, rs. a retired
policeman, was found dead today
at his home, 1912 Hayes st. N. E.
Trumbo was appointed to the
Metropolitan Police Department
April "a, 1894, and was retired
April 80, 1925.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
ALPHA CHI RHO MEET

The Alpha Chi Rho Club, of
washington, will meet at the Uni
versity Club Monday night. Theo-
dore C. Uhler, president of the
local clubA and Major Thomas j.
Frailey, national vice president,
Nx,iII sneak
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
FIELD MEETING JUNE 6

The Botanical Society of Wash
ington will hold a special field
meeting June 6 at the Montgom.
cry Sycamore Island Club. The
field trip will be followed by a
picnic supper. L. H. Flint is
chairman of the program commit
tee,
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
CAMP OPENS JUNE 20

The new recreation field and
new float at Camp Reeder are in
creasing registration for this
camp of the Boys Club of Wash
ington, which opens it's eighth
season June 20.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
Street Car Catches
Fire on I4th Street

Traffic was momentarily held
up while firemen battled a fire
under a street car at Fourteenth
Street and Columbia Road North
west, today.
The Washington times., 1931-05-27
TO DEDICATE CLUBHOUSE

The league for the Larger Life,
1885 I st. N. w.. Saturday will
dedicate it's new clubhouse at Cal
vert Beach on the Chesapeake
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07

Photo by International


MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL FARMER
GLORIA SWANSON, that brunette beauty of the
screen, and her husband, Michael Farmer, they
paused in New York before setting sail the S. S.
France. Two days before they set SAIL they arrived in
New York the S. S. President Mckinley from the
Pacific Coast Gloras former husband the Marquis de
la Faaise, recently married Constance Bennett also of
the films.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
TORCH KILLING
CASE Up

MANASSAS, Va, Dec. Tn
dictment Of Walter Wolfenden,
farmer, on a charge Of murder
ing Goodwin Miller, war veteran,
and his wife and infant, will
be sought today by Common
wealth's Attorney Thomas H.
Lion before the Prince William
county grand jury.
Wolfendon was arrested as a
suspect soon after the crime
and the case was presented to
a previous grand jury, but the
evidence available was not con.
sidered sufficient to warrant an
indictment.
Since then, however, Mr.. Lion
has obtained new evidence which
he believes has altered the aspect
Of the case. The most damaging
evidence against Wolfenden has
been the revelation that he car
ried an insurance policy on
Miller which he cashed soon after
the deaths. 1t was also testified
by a nephew at a preliminary
hearing that Wolfenden was
absent from his home during the
hours when the crime is believed
to have been committed.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
LAWS PULL
6 To COURT IN
BALTIMORE
Man, Two Women Accused of
Race-Tipping on Sunday;
Three Bakers Fined

BALTIMORE, Dec. six
more persons today are more
familiar with the workings of
Maryland's "blue laws" fol-
lowing their arrest yesterday.
Police invaded an office in the
Equitable Building and arrested
a man and two women on
charges of distributing horse-race
information by telephone on Sun
day. They were Samuel S. Ka.
mamitz, 20; Miss Dorothy G.
Mcdaniel, 20; Miss Anna T.
Crocker, %.
The raid resulted from an
anonymous tip. Races are being
run now only at Aqua Calierte,
Lower California. Each of the
three was released on $645 col
lateral for hearing today.
Two drivers and the .anager
of a bakery in the 2300 block Of
Pennsylvania Avenue were ar,
rested for working on Sunday, and
fined $6.45 each in police court.
They were Joseph Zerivitz, man
ager, and Harry Crystal and An
drew CaScis, drivers.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
REVENG CT.
PRISONER FREE

: HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec. z.
When Benjamin F. Gift was con-
victed a month ago Of turning off
Hagerstown's gas supply in wrath
because he had been discharged
b. the gas company after Is
years. service, Magistrate Rich
ard Sweeney sentenced Gift to
two years in prison.
Gift appealed, and Judge Frank
G. Wagaman, in Circuit Court,
has reduced the sentence to IS
days in jail. Gift already has
served 80 days in Jail, and is free.
The judge made no comment in
thus sharply reducing the SEN
tence.
Amos Jones, As, convicted nine
times of nonsupport, was sent to
the House of Correction for two
years, with orders that nine
tenths of his earnings in prison
be sent to his family.
John Lucas, 80, was sentenced
to five years for pandering and
drew one year for transporting a
girl here from Delaware. His
wife, Marie, 25, got four years
on similar charges.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
OWNERS
HELD On BOND

Two alleged proprietors of the
"Pig Pen," a resort on the Marl-
boro Pike near District Heights,
Nd, were released on $1,000 bond
each by United States Commits
sioner j. Frank Parran in Upper
Marlboro, while a third man was
discharged.
The two men under bond are
william Mcdonald and Leo Hazel,
charged with sale and possession
of liquor. James Gray was re-
leased because Of insufficient evil
dence. The trio gave their ad.
dresses as Route /, Benning,
D. c.
The raid on the establishment
occu. ed several weeks ago, after
Federal agents spent a night in
picking up customers leaving the
house.
Nineteen were arrested with
small quantities of liquor.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
M0B'S LEADERS
HUNTED BY.
STATE
Attorneys Ask Venue Change
In Case of Orphan Jones;
Threats Fill the Air.

SALISBURY, Md, Dec. Z.
After a weekend during which
hardly a single negro was to be
seen on the streets, States At
torney Levin G. Bailey today
pressed his probe into the hang
ing and burning of Matthew
Williams by a mob Friday
night.
Public opinion holds that mo
Jury ever will convict them" but
Mr.. Bailey is undeterred in his
attempt to identify and prosecute
the mob leaders.
Lane Told to Assist
The secutor was non
committal regarding his exact
procedure and said he had not
yet ascertained whether w. Cliff
ton Lane, jr., Attorney General,
would come to Salisbury for a
conference.
Mr.. Lane has been advised by
Governor Ritchie to assist the
Wicomico county prosecutor.
The local atmosphere is elec-
trio with threats against Bernard
AIDES, Baltimore attorney for Or
phan Jones, known also as Yuel
Lee, accused of numbering a
family of four near Berlin some
weeks ago.
AIDES was retained to defend
Lee by the International Labor
Defense League.
AIDES Is Blamed
A citizen said today:
you can blame AIDES for all
this. He succeeded in delaying
the Lee case. Folks thought
he might try to delay this one"
George Davis, also colored, is
held charged with attempting to
attack a Kent county white
woman.
The jurists will have to de-
eide on the legality of removing
the trial of Jones to the Western
Shore. Jones and Davis are in
the Baltimore city Jail. Lawyers
have asked change of venue.
Authorities here state that pre-
cautions against further racial
disturbances are needless.
Pastors of Baltimore churches
denounced the lynching in yes
terday'S sermons.