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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
NEW DUTIES ASSUMED
BY NUGENT DODDS
Assistant Attorney General in
Charge of Criminal Division Pre-
sented Flowers After Oath.

Nugent Dodds, who recently success
fully prosecuted three former officers of
the F. H. Smith Co., was officially
sworn in today as Assistant Attorney
General in charge of the criminal divi-
sion of the Department of Justice. The
oath was administered by Charles B.
Sornborger, appointment clerk Of the
department
Although serving as special assist
ant to the Attorney General during the
prosecution of the Smith Co. case, Mr..
Dodds was named to the new post by
President Hoover a few days after a
jury in the District Supreme Court had
returned a verdict in that case favor
able to the Government.
A number of his friends and asso-
ciates in the department were present
when he took the oath IN his office. He
was presented with a large basket OF
flowers by the four men who had as
sisted him in conducting the criminal
investigation for the department. They
are Louis Loebl, Charles Malone, Aaron
w. jacobson and z. j. Armbruster, all
special agents Of the Bureau Of In
Yestigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
D. c. CADET BAND
WILL BROADCAST
Selected by Damrosch to
Represent the Best in High
School Band Music.

The Washington High School Cadet
Brigade Band has been selected from
among all high school bands in the
country to represent the best IN high
school band music during a Nation
wide radio broadcast arranged by Walter
DamroSch for the morning of February
81, 1t was announced by DR.. e. N. G.
Barnes, director Of music of the Dis
trict public schools, last night at a meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher Association
of the New Brightwood School.
Four high school musical organiza-
tons are to be heard during the hour
The others will be orchestral and choral
groups.
DR.. Barnes said music study in
the local public schools has grown
from a grudging half hour a week
after school hours for one or two
pupils to daily practice and play
ing for many pupils during school
There are various types of orchestras in
the local public schools, ranging from
those for beginners up to the inter-high
school orchestra.
During the George Washington Bicen-
tennial next year, DR.. Barnes said, a
band composed of 1000 Washington
school children will play.
The association voted the expenditure
of $3.50 for purchase of books for the
Brightwood School Library. A report
on the last meeting of the Federation of
Parent Teacher Associations was made
by Arthur Redf1eld, delegate from the
Brightwood body. Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Peoples, principal of the school. also
spoke. e. r. Albrecht, president of the
association, presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
CIVIL SERVICE JOBS
OPEN TO APPLICANTS
Research Assistant at 5000 Per
Year and Several Nurses
Wanted.

Applications for a group of positions
in Government service were invited to-
day by the Civil Service Commission.
The list Of positions follows:
Research assistant, $4,000 a year, re-
search division, Civil Service Commits
sion.
Physiotherapy aide, Public Health
Service and Veterans Administration.
Associate psychologist and histologist
Industry, Beltsville, Md.
Junior marketing specialist (fruits,
vegetables and miscellaneous products,
live stock and animal products and
wooD, $4,000 to 81, 500 year, Bureau of
Agricultural Economies.
Senior dental hygienist, 81 800 a
year; dental hygienist, LAO to $1,62O
a year; Public Health Service.
Chief nurse INDIAN Service; head
nurse Qndian Service) graduate nurse
Various services; graduate nurse,
visiting duty various services), for
duty in the departmental service, WASH
ington; VSterans' Administration, Pub
lie HEALTH Service and Indian Service.
Rotaprint operator, $1,440 year,
Bureau Of Mines, Department Of Com
merce.
Senior entomologist insects. affecting
men and animals), $4,000 to- SIS, 400 q
year, Bureau of Entomology, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Printer, slug machine operator; print
er, monotype keyboard operator; print
er, proofreader; proof editor; book
binder; for duty in the Government
Printing ONCE, Washington; and book
binder, for duty in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing.
Full information may be obtained at
the office of the Civil Service Commits
sion, 1924 r street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
STREET BEGGING DRIVE
ORDERED BY. MAI. PRATT
Police Head Acts at Request of
Committee on Employment.
Panhandlers Scored.

Police today began campaign to end
begging on Washington streets.
The drive was ordered by Mai. Henry
G. Pratt, superintendent Of police, at
the request Of the District Of Columbia
Committee on Employment
Deserving unemployed are not among
the city's many panhandlerS, Mai.
Pratt pointed out, adding he has re-
ceived numerous complaints regarding
the activities of beggers in the down.
town section of the city.
According to officials of the Commit
tee on Employment, these beggars are
transient hoboes of criminal tenden-
cieS, who pass themselves of as unem-
ployed, thereby providing themselves
with SUFFICIENT funds to obviate the ne
ceSsity Of ever having to go to work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
CRUISING TAXICAB
BAN TAKES EFFECT
ION F AND c STREETS
Retail District Appears Near
Iy Deserted as Only 0Ccu-
pied Hacks Are Seen.
FEW DAYS OF GRACE
ALLOWED BY POLICE
Rule Requiring Empty Machines
to Leave at Nearest Intersection
Not Generally Understood.

The new regulations barring taxicabS
OH F and G streets except in q few
extremely limited circumstances, went
into effect today. From the appearance
Of F street, most Of the taxicab drivers
took the regulation to mean they were
not to 60 on that well-known thorough
fare at all as it appeared to have been
altogether deserted by the hacks today.
The rule, which applies to the two
streets between Ninth and Fifteenth
streets, allows cabs, however, to enter
these thoroughfares to answer calls or
driver enter the forbidden precincts,
however, the rule puts the burden of
proof upon him to show that he did so
within one of the exceptions noted.
Once In, the new rule requires him to
get out Of these streets at the nearest
intersection.
This latter branch of the rule, &C.
cording to one of the cab operators,
is not generally understood and most
of the cab men, when they get into the
forbidden stretch legitimately, will con-
tinue through the whole length of 1t
and ignore their liability for arrest if
they do not leave at the nearest inter-
section.
According TO Inspector Ernest w.
Brown, commanding the Traffic Bureau.
his men have been instructed to make
no arrests until few days have elapsed
to give the cab drivers time to get ac-
cuStomed to the new rule. When a
Traffic Bureau policeman detects q
driver violating the law, he is instruct
ed to present him with n1imeographed
copy of the rule and warn him to study
Fit and offend no more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
THREE PROPOSED
FOR CARUSI VACANCY
Public School Association Favors
Herbert S. Wood, Fred S. Walker
and Ernest H. Daniel.

The names of Herbert S. Wood,
Fred S. Walker and Ernest H. Daniel
were proposed by the District of Co
lumbia Public School Associations Ex-
ecutive Committee yesterday for con-
sideration in the choice of sue
ceSsor of DR.. Charles r. Carusi, School
Board president, who died last week.
These names were presented to
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the
Supreme Court of the District Of Co
lumbia, the body which appoints
Board of Education members.
Mr.. Wood is president of the Public
School Association, Mr.. Daniel is a
former member of the School Board
and Mr.. Walker is a prominent mem
Der and former president Of the Park
View School Parent Teacher Associa-
ton.
The Executive Committee expressed
belief that the association is more
fully representative of the opinion of
the people of the District Of Columbia
on public school matters than any
other body of citizens; more than so
civic organizations send representa-
tives to it and its field comprises school
matters only" The communication
was signed by Mrs. David G. Morris,
secretary Of the association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
MUSEUM BUILDING
|. PLAN IS ADVANCED
Senate Approves Forming
Commission to Study Erec-
ton of New Edifice.

Plans for the provision Of q new
national museum to house engineering
and industrial exhibits to take the place
of one of the buildings of the National
Museum to be RACED IN connection with
the Government program of develop
ment of the Mall were advanced a step
yesterday when the Senate passed q
resolution creating a. commission %
study the matter and to report its find
ings to the Senate.
Under the Federal development pro-
gram Ninth street Is to be extended
through the Mall as one of the princi-
pal north-and-South traffic arteries
This will cause the razing of the Arts
and Industries Building of the National
Museum, now under supervision of the
Smithsonian Institution.
$4,000 Is Provided.
The measure adopted by the Senate
would provide an appropriation Of
SIS, 900 to cover the necessary travelling
subsistence and other expenses of the
commission, who would serve without
salary, it was explained by Senator
Copeland, who urged passage of the
measure on behalf of Senator Walcott
who conducted hearings on the pro-
posal.
The extension Of Ninth street through
bAIC WAL 10 q PdLJ Va u COMPREHENSIVE
scheme for development of the extensive
Federal property south of Pennsylvania
avenue and has been approved after
careful consideration by members of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
May Expand Exhibits.
The commission is directed to In
vestigate the present building and the
exhibits housed there, the feasibility Of
establishing new and suitable. museum
Of engineering and industry, suitable
sites in the District, various collections
in the District which might be housed
in the new building and other matters
incident to the project.
The bill explains that the demolition
of the old Arts and Industries Building
will deprive the Nation of its only ma
tional industrial museum, that the pres
emit building long has been inadequate
to display the exhibits which the Gov
eminent now possesses and that this
deficiency has prevented the acquisition
by gift or otherwise Of other valuable
collections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
MIXED JURY SWORN
TO TRY BANK TELLER
Four Women and Eight Men to
Pass on Charges Against
Dora L. Davis.

A jury of four women and eight men
was sworn today before Justice Peyton
Gordon in Criminal Division / to de-
termine the guilt or innoncence Of Dora
L. Davis of Laurel, Md, former saw
ings department teller at the Second
National Bank, who was indicted
March 81 last on charges of embezzle-
ment and Justification of bank records
The indictment is in eight counts
five of them referring to entries alleged
to have been made in the bank records
by the accused to cover populations al
legged to have been made of deposits
which had been appropriated to heI
own use. The sixth count charges the
specific embezzlement of 5000 october
8, 1928, and the seventh and eighth
counts allege regulations Of sums Of
$95 and sos on December g., 1928.
Attorney Rudolph H. Yeatman and
George D. Horning, jr., for the accused
reserved a statement Of the defense
until the completion Of the Govern
ment's testimony. Assistant United
States Attorney Irving Goldstein Is
conducting the prosecution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
LUHR|NG OPPOSES
MEMBERS OF WET"
body ON RUM JURY
Holds Crusaders and Anti
Saloon Leaguers Should
Not Serve in Dry Cases.
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE
OBJECTS TO OPINION
Ruling Is First of Kind in District
Supreme Court, Allowing New
Basis for Challenge.

Members of organizations either sup
porting or urging the repeal OF pro-
hibition laws should not be permitted
to sit on jurieS trying cases OF alleged
liquor law violations, Justice Oscar r.
Luring of District Supreme Court de-
clared yesterday.
This dictum was given by the JUS
tice on his own initiative and over the
objection of counsel for the defense
when he excused three prospective jul
rors, one a woman, during the en-
panelling Of jury to try Herbert
Glassman and 10 others on charge
of conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition law.
Three Intimate Membership.
When Vincent H. Conner, Rose M
StetSon and George A. Deering had
intimated their afiliation with the
Crusaders in answer to an inquiry by
Assistant United States Attorney Harold
w. circuit who, with Assistant United
States Attorney James r. Kirkland, is
conducting the, prosecution. Justice
Luhring inquired the purposes of the
ORGANIZATION known as Crusaders. II
was explained that they seek the re-
peal or modification of the eighteenth
Il would say" declared Justice
Luhring, that any member of the
jury that is a member Of an organi-
zation of that sort or any member Of
the Anti-Saloon League should mot be
triers of the facts and should be ex-
cused."
Defense Attorney Objects.
Attorney Lucien H. Vandoren OF
counsel for the defendants objected
that mere membership is not sufficient
to diSqualify a juror. Exception was
noted TO the courts action. r.
Inquiries by counsel of prospective
jurors concerning membership in or
CARNATIONS for and against the eight
zenith amendment have been PROFOUND
ed in the District Supreme Court ever
since the passage of the Volstead law,
but only for the purpose of eliettihg
information on which to base the
exercise Of peremptory challenges OF
Jurors. Justice Luhring Is the first
justice to excuse jurors for member
ship in such organization, and it has
never before been held in this jurisdic-
ton. it is said. that it constituted a
basis for a challenge for cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
YORKTOWN TABLET
TO HONOR rs FRENCH
Memory of Those Who Lost Lives
in Siege-American Memorial
Also Is Planned.

Plans to erect a memorial tablet
October 10, at Yorktown, in honor of
the rs Frenchmen who lost their lives
in the Revolutionary siege there were
announced yesterday by Mrs. James T.
Morris, chairman of the Sesquicenten-
NAL Committee, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The names of the rs French soldiers,
20 more casualties than are recorded
in history, were secured by the COM
mittee members after a painstaking
search of old records.
1t is also planned to erect tablet
on the battle ground in honor of the
American soldiers who were killed in
action there. According to the records,
there were only 20 Americans killed
in the battle, but the committee chair
man believes the number may be found
larger after a thorough study is made.
October 10, when the tablet will be
placed. is the date Of the surrender Of
CORVALLIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
|. c. c. GETS PLEA
ON VIRGINIA RAILS
Lyon Park Attorney Asks
U. S. Body to Take Jurisdic-
ton in Trackage Row.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
today was confronted with a plea to
assume jurisdiction in the situation
growing out of the threatened suspen-
sion of service by the Arlington &
Fairfax and Mount Vernon, Alexandra
& Washington Railways, which have
been ordered to vacate their terminals
and trackage rights south of Pennsyl.
vania avenue to make way for Govern
ment building development.
Writing to the Bureau of Inquiry of
the commission yesterday, LIE Roy H.
Barnard, Lyon Park attorney, said that
both lines are about to suspend service
either totally or in part because to con-
tinue would force construction of a SUBJ
way under Potomac Park, which, it
was charged, is not justified by traffic.
Wants Recruiting.
He wants the commission to take
jurisdiction and to order a new track
age layout which would cross Pennsyl-
van1R avenue but. which would entail
conhict. his letter points out, with an
order of the Public Utilities Commission
prohibiting the railways from crossing
the Avenue
This order, however, Barnard con-
tends, bars the Virginia line from oper-
ating mid-city terminals such as are
enjoyed by Marylanders, and with its
consequent loss of railway service Is
confiScatory, unjust and prejudicial.
Commission Silent.
The trackage set-up he proposes
would send the cars north on Four
tenth street to G street; east to Elev-
enth street; south to E street; west to
Fourteenth street, then south to Vir-
GINA. No new construction, except a
switch at Eleventh and G streets, would
be involved, he said.
Barnard says he believes the COM
mission can take jurisdiction. There
was no word from that body this MORN
ing as to the possibilities in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
BUS REGULATIONS
TEST CASE DELAYED
Hearing to Be Tuesday Before
Judge Given on Driver Dis
obeying Parking Sign.

The test case in which the Public
Utilities Commission and the Metro
politan Police Department are arrayed
against the Great Eastern Stages Bus
Line to determine whether the COM
mission can regulate the actions of
out-of-town motor vehicles with depots
in the Capital was postponed until
Tuesday when called before Judge
Ralph Given in Police Court today.
The case centers around the arrest
of A. Joseph McMahan, a driver for
the Great Eastern Stages, by Policeman
A. d. Griffin on January 80, charged
with disobeying an official parking sign
at the new and unauthorized terminal
on E street near Fourteenth.
william A. Roberts, special assistant
corporation counsel for the commission,
is scheduled to prosecute the case, while
Ralph B. Flaherty is counsel for the
bus company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
NAN DIES IN AMBULANCE
SPEEDING TO HOSPITAL
Coroner Orders Autopsy Performed
in Death of Alfred Woll-
berg. Tobacconist.

Alfred Wollberg. 48 years sold. of
34O5 Ordway street died in an ambu-
lance speeding from his home to the
was a branch manager for william
Dieches g. Co, wholesale tobacco
dealers.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt ordered
an autopsy performed today to de-
termine If, poison caused the mans
death after police reported finding a
vial in a wastebasket In the bath room
of the Wollberg residence.
The tobacco merchant returned home
from work late yesterday and went
almost Immediately to his bed room.
where his wife, Eva, found him lying
across the bed soon afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
Jury NEARING END
OF LIMERICK PROBE
Government May Finish Its
Case Today-Iron Worker
Again Testifies.

The Governments presentation Of
the Beulah Limerick case to the grand
jury may end today, according to Julian
Richards, Assistant United States At
tcrney.
Testimony before the jury today by
six witnesses probably viii decide
whether the new evidence presented to
the body Monday and yesterday shed
new light on the bathing murder, the
attorney said.
The new evidence came in the form
Of a note admittedly written by Fred
erick @. Taylor, iron worker, which
stated that Policeman Robert F. Lang
don assisted a drunken fellow officer
from the murder house on the morning
the Sky High Whoopee Club secretary
was slain.
Brother Receives Note.
The note, received by william Linz
erick, brother Of the murdered girl, re-
suited In Taylors arrest Friday.
Taylor was before the grand jury
again today, and was expected to repeat
his story that he wrote the note at the
request of Mrs. Dora Limerick and Mrs
Julia BywaterS, mother and sister, re-
spectively, of the slain girl.
The 47-year-old iron worker is eX-
pected to testify that he was invited to
Mrs. Limerick'S home a week or so
ago. He is expected to say that at this
time the request to write the note was
made.
Repeated questioning Of Taylor in an
effort to break down his story has
proved unsuccessful.
Mrs. Bywaters, now Mrs. Julia Mason
having married recently, will be recalled
today.
New Witness Called.
A new witness, Mrs. Anna Schlenther
sister Of Mrs. Limerick, also will testify
today. Attorney Richards declined Il
state Just what the new witness know
about the case.
other witnesses are Robert Anadale
son-in-law of Mrs. Limerick: William
Limerick and Robert Greenfield, Traffic
Bureau policeman.
It was intifnated that the latter par
of the grand jury investigation has beer
concentrated on the note.
Inspector William s. Shelby said NJ
new arrests are expected.
Langdon, William Paddy, Vernon
Limerick and Richard Reed are beine
held In connection with the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
CAPTIVE TO REVEAL
PLACES HE ROBBED
CoIored Ex-ConviCt Seized
While Fleeing KaIorama
Read Residence.

Arrested by a policeman when he fed
from the home of physician on Kalo-
rama road early today, William Horace
Smith, colored, 20 years old. 1929 New
Jersey avenue southeast, promised to
clear UP a number of HOUSEKEEPING
cases which have occurred here re-
Gently.
Smith, with record of having served
IA years in the penitentiary for house
breaking, was to be taken on a tour of
the city this afternoon to point out TO
detectives the places he told them he
had robbed. He is being held at the
eighth precinct station house.
Headquarters detectives and a squad
of eighth precinct police rushed to the
home of Dr. Cornelius Cusack, lS49
Kalorama road, after the physician re-
ported that burglar was in his/house
and found Smith in the custody OF Pa
trolman s. M. Scott.
Scott said he was pacing his beat
near the Cusack residence when the
colored man bounded through side
door Of the doctors home and nearly
bowled him over. Smith admitted he
had planned to rob the CuSack home,
according to Scott.
Awakened by Noise.
OcbCCLlfE 0SEBto. I1OWdk0 OSAC uA0
H. K. Wilson were told by DR.. Cusack
that he was awakened about o'clock
by noise in the hallway on the second
floor of his home man ran down
the steps and fell in, a heap at the
bottom.
The intruder regained his feet, paused
to slip on a pair of shoes, which he
had removed on breaking into the
house, and then fed through the side
entrance before DR.. Cusack could follow.
SENATOR'S Home Included.
Included in the list Of homes Smith
has robbed, police say, is the residence
of q Senator. Smith could not name
the member of Congress offhand, or
could he give the exact address, but
declared he would point it out to the
officers, they added.
Two additional tenants Of the five
apartment houses visited by a jimmy
thief Monday afternoon uncovered
losses yesterday while checking over the
contents of their apartments.
At the La Sale, 1923 Connecticut
avenue, Ethel johnson discovered the
thief had taken SITS in jewelry from her
fifth-hoor apartment. The loss of q
ring and locket worth $50 was reported
by Theodore Powell of the Wjllsonla
Apartments, 1885 K street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
WASHINGTON MONUMENT
CEREMONIES APPROVED
Flags Representing Each State to
Be Placed About Shaft on
February 90.

Authority was granted today by Di-
rector Grant, of public buildings and
parks, for the conducting of ceremonies
at the Washington Monument in con-
junction with Washington's birthday.
The park division was directed to
supervise the ceremonies In which 48
flags, representing the States of the
Union, will be placed around the circle
of the Monument. The horticultural
division of Col Grants Office viii make
up wreath for President Hoover and
one viii be made for the Office of public
buildings and public parks, SO that they
may be placed at the historic shaft.
Col. Grants Office will detail a man
to place wreaths on the Washington
Monument and to receive any other
floral tributes that might be sent by the
various citizens associations and patri-
otto groups.