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Evening star., 1934-06-20
"TRI-STATE" GANG
HEARING POSTPONED
Murder and Hold-Up Trial Put
Off at Detective Captains
Request.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. June 20-Acting on
a request of Charles H. Mintiens, cap
tain of detectives Magistrate James r.
Cadden today said he would grant
Today postponement of the hearing OF
Walter Legenza. alias william Davis.
who. with Robert Mais. is being held
for Richmond police on charges of
hold-up and murder. The hearing
had been scheduled for late this after
noon.
Mais is recovering rapidly in the
Jail hospital from six bullet wounds.
Capt. Mintiens said he wished the
hearing put off to week from Sat-
urday SO Mais and Lengenza could be
surrendered to the Richmond author
tiles together.
The two men we're captured June 4
in a pistol fight with police near
Pikesville. Marie McKeever was ar
rested at the same time. Police al
legged that all three are members of
LIE 1Il-oJdJc 1dlle. OcNcIdl CiLlCo
claimed them for trial.
The McKeever woman was turned
over to Washington authorities to be
tried as an accomplice after a hold
up of mail truck in the Capital. 1t
was agreed to let Richmond have
the men for trial on charges of hold
ing up Federal Reserve Bank van
and killing a guard.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
DISCUSS ENTRANCE
FOR ARLINGTON
Fine Arts Commission and
Architects Confer on Plans
for Approach.

Plans for completion OF the great
entrance to Arlington National Gene
terry as the westerly terminus of the
Arlington Memorial Bridge develop
ment, the Memorial avenue and the
plaza on Columbia Island formed the
subject of a conference yesterday be-
tween the Fine Arts Commission and
McKim. Mead g. White, architects, in
New York
Further steps in the program we're
discussed. under which the Public
Work Administration has allocated
funds for carrying forward the beauti-
fication project. Bids soon are ex-
pected TO be asked for several phases
of the work
H. P. Caemmerer. executive secre
tary Of the commission, telegraphed
that the commission also was in con-
ference with Frederick Law Olmsted
prominent landscape architect of
Brookline. Mass, who is special con-
sultant to the Interior Department.
with reference to plans for Union
Square. near the Capitol. at the head
of the Mall.
The commission advised as to dec
orative terra Gotta panels. prepared
for the Committee on Fine Arts of
the Public Works of Art Project and
conferred with c. Law Watkins of
the committee Likewise. the COM
mission inspected models for the
Texas Independence Centennial So
cent piece. designed by Pompeo Cop
pini. sculptor.
Plans for the Pan-American Admin
istration Building. to be erected at
Eighteenth street and Virginia ave-
nue.. were considered. These we're
drawn by Paul Cret, famous architect.
who designed the Folger Memorial Lii
brary here.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
SEA FLYERS GUESTS
AT EMBASSY LUNCH
Rossi and Codos Make Brief Trip
to Washington by Air
liner.

Capt Maurice Rossi and Lieut..
Paul Codos, French ocean flyers and
long-distance record holders, flew to
Washington today by air transport to
attend a luncheon in their honor at
the French embassy They expect to
return to New York today, leaving
Washington Airport on an Eastern Air
Lines plane at 6 pm.
The luncheon. given by Jules Henry,
counsellor of the embassy. was at
tended only by members of the en-
bassy staff, it was said. There was
an informal discussion of plans for a
coming tour of the United States by
the French distance flyers in their vet
eran airplane, the Joseph Lebrix, now
at New York.
The flyers were met at Washing
ton Airport by Maj. Norbert Champ
saur. air attache, and Maj. Olivier
Chevalier, assistant military attache
OF the French embassy.
This is the flyers second visit to
Washington since their forced land
ing in New York several weeks ago
following flight from Paris.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Since then DR.. Mann has been
negotiating for one of the specimens.
Last night he received a telephone
call from New York to the effect that
one of the lizards would be sent to-
night.
Griswold and Harkness trapped the
big lizards and presented four TO the
Dutch government before leaving with
the others. The lizard to come here is
between 7 and feet long.
On their native island the lizards
prey on apes, deer and even horses,
DIR. Mann was told. Their size. ac-
tivity and extreme ferocity enabled
them to survive long after other
species had vanished.
The dragon lizards have proved
short-lived in captivity. however.
Three were brought to New York in
1926 and soon died, while another
perished in st. Louis last year. five
DAYS after it was placed on exhibition.
Thus the one expected here and
the one at the Bronx Zoo are the
only ones in the United States. Only
few are known to be in possession
Of European collectors.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Gov. Peery Appoints Attor-
ney General to Appear
Before Commission.
STATE ASKS FOR TIME
TO PREPARE ARGUMENT
Seeks to Follow U. S. in Discus
sion-Federal Representatives
at Work Six Months.

Gov. George C. Peery of Virginia
has designated Attorney General A. p
Staples to represent the State in hear
ing before the District of Columbia
Virginia Boundary Line Commission,
which is to begin hearings Immediately
in an effort definitely to settle the
question Of the location of the line
separating the District of Columbia
from Virginia.
Staples and Assistant Attorney
attended a meeting of special COM
mittee recently appointed by Chair
man Charles H. Brough of the COM
mission to determine upon methods
of procedure.
Seek Time for Preparation.
At this meeting it was decided that
a recommendation will be made at a
full commission meeting tomorrow
that the United States be the first to
present its case before the commission
in order that Virginia and the local.
ties may have an opportunity to pre-
pare their cases.
The reason given for this decision
is that Federal attorneys have been
working for the past six months in
the preparation of their case. while
the State government has as yet had
no opportunity to study the matter
Virginia, it was stated yesterday
by the attorney general, will devote
ifc 10 he Of fat a
interests alone, leaving to Arlington
County and Alexandria the protection
of the millions of dollars in private
property values which are involved
in the case While the State will
have only the question of its actual
boundaries with which to contend, the
localities are concerned with real
estate taxes which might be lost in
case certain lands which are now
considered to be parts of Arlington
County and Alexandria should be de-
termined to actually be in the District
of Columbia The localities are also
Vitally concerned in the question of
police Jurisdiction, differences on this
point having caused considerable diff
Guilty in the past.
Airport Site Disputed.
Another important point to be de-
termined is the actual ownership Of
much valuable land, including the
Washington Airport property. The
Federal Government claims this land,
which is practically all reclaimed, is
actually owned by the Government,
and should such a contention be up
held by the commission, it would re-
suit in the loss of large sums of
money by the corporation now claim
ing title to the property.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
LOCAL BANKS CUT
SAVINGS INTEREST
Action Blamed on Low
Rates at Which Money
Can Be Borrowed.

All Washington banks we're COM
pleting arrangements today to reduce
interest paid on savings accounts on
the action taken late yesterday by the
Washington Clearing House Associa-
ton at a special meeting in the Met
ropolitan Bank Building. This step
was forced upon them, officials state,
by the low rates at which money can
be employed and the lack of demand
for commercial and collateral loans.
H. H. Mckee. chairman of the
Washington Clearing House ASsocia-
ton and president of the National
Capital Bank, gave out the following
statement in announcing the lower
interest rates:
Due to the continued lowering of
the rates at which money can be
employed and the lack of demand for
commercial and collateral loans. the
Washington Clearing House Associa-
ton at a meeting today reduced the
rate of interest which may be paid on
any savings or time accounts to a
maximum of 2l2 per cent.
The action of the clearing house
also provided that upon deposits re-
ceived on and after July l. 1894. this
maximum rate of 2l2 per. cent may
be paid only on deposits up to $4,000,
and that on the excess between SIS, 900
and $4,000 the rate of per cent may
be paid, but above $4,000, a rate
not higher than l12 per cent may be
paid
This reduction, while in line with
the action taken by clearing house
associations in many cities, still leaves
Washington in the position where the
rates are somewhat higher on the
average than in other large nearby
cities"
The chairman of the clearing house
stated it would be the policy of the
clearing house to adjust from time to
time the rates of interest paid on saw
ings and time accounts in accordance
with the yield that can be obtained by
the employment of loanable funds.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
BILL COUNTERFEIT,
JURORS CHARGE
Indictment Against Man Of
fering $40 at Filling
Station.

Charges of passing counterfeit money
were contained in an indictment re-
turned by the District grand jury today
against jenkins Hammond, 100 block,
G street.
Hammond purchased five gallons of
gasoline June from a station at
Florida and Rhode Island avenues,
rendering an allegedly counterfeit $40
bill in payment Station attendants
notified police. who arrested Hammond
the following day.
William Washington, colored, was
charged with manslaughter in con-
nection with the traffic death OF
5-year -old Margaret Diggins, also COL
ored, June /. The defendant allegedly
fed after a truck he was driving struck
the child in the 100 block. Francis
place southeast.
Carlotta B. Harris, colored, 26. was
charged with f1rst-degree murder in
connection with the fatal shooting
June 4 of Charles J. Beatty. colored,
during a quarrel in house in the
1900 block, Fourteenth street.
The jury returned total of 80 in
dictments and ignored charges in "a
cases.
Many Others Indicted.
The following other indictments
were returned.
Harry l.. Canada, non-support; Ra-
phael K. Simms, Curby Cornell, Gil
Ius johnson and Cornelius M. Sulli-
van, joy-riding; Perry Michael, James
Diggs, Albert Marbury and Charlie
jefferson. assault with a dangerous
weapon: George E. Mullen. grand lar
ceny: John Sims, Ernest c. Garnett,
Frank johnson, John Mack, Anthony
F. Joannette, James Sizer. Roy Bost,
housebreaking and larceny; Willie K.
Thornton, houSepreaking; Francis X.
Hitaffer. Eullar Mccullough and Ben
jamin Beverly, robbery; Henry D.
Paul, receiving stolen property; Jonn
Lee and Sadie Griffith, violating liquor
taxing act; Bertram Smith, carnal
knowledge; Elizabeth Williams, may
hem; Charles H. Redmond, violating
section 867, District of Columbia Code;
Carrie Bell Brown, Richard johnson
and Thomas H. Bell, violating section
20. United States Penal Code; John
Henry Murray, violating section 85l-o
and grand larceny, and Patrick D.
Williamson, abortion.
Cleared of Charges.
The following we're cleared OF the
charges Indicated:
Charles Newman, Edward G. Stew
art. Ernest williams, Danny Thomas
James jackson, John Campoel, LIE
Row Hamilton, Allen Green, waiter
Little, Earl F. Nelson, Herbert F. Jona-
than. John Williams, Charles Bailey.
Galley w. Bennett and Sidney M.
stokes. joy-riding; Frederick e: Ray
grand larceny; Lillian j. Richards
Rachael Gibson, Robert ROBINSON
Rubin Bruckfeld, Frank Coates, Har-
vey w. Willoughby, Moses Walton
.JAhn Spencer, Nathaniel Wallace, En-
nest B. Jon3 and John Kirksey. as
sault with a dangerous weapon; LOUIS
BROWN. carnal knowledge; Danlei
Davis, robbery; Herman Adams rape; !;
Henry J. Lewis. false pretenses, ana
Joseph Samuel Epps, homicide.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
MISS ANNA l.. BURCH, 62,
ENDS LIFE WITH GAS
Body of Woman Found in
Kitchen After Neighbors
Give Alarm.

Miss Anna L. Burch, g. ended her
life last night by inhaling gas through
a tube in the kitchen of her apart
ment at 1918 Kalorama road.
Her body was found. the tube Sc
curely fastened to her head. after
Robert Martin, colored, janitor, had
been summoned by other residents of
the apartment house when they
Smelled gas.
Miss Burch. whose father died about
tour months ago, left note saying:
May God forgive me. hardly know
what am doing"
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued a certificate of suicide. Miss
Burch is survived by brother, w. Z.
Burch. s26 Madison street.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
ALLEN PLANS USE
OF CASE WORKERS
FOR PAROLE BOARD
Emergency Caused by Con-
gress' Failure to Appro-
pirate Money.
ELWOOD STREET GIVES
IMMEDIATE APPROVAL
Similar Expedient May Be In
voked for Work of A. B. c.
Board.
Use of case workers on the staff of

Use of case workers on the staff OF
the District Emergency Relief Admin
istration, as part-tine parole officers
for the District Parole Board, was
proposed today by Commissioner
George E. Allen to meet the emer-
gency caused by failure of Congress to
appropriate for Employment of six
needed field parole officers.
The plan met with the immediate
approval of Elwood Street, director of
public welfare, and is expected to be
placed in operation next month, it was
revealed after conference between
William w. Bride. chairman, and Will
bur La Roe. jr.. of the Parole Board,
and Commissioners Hazen and Allen.
Final Decision Withheld.
Final decision will be withheld Until
after the return July / of Miss Alice
Hill. emergency relief director
If the plan is consummated, Chair
man Bride said, it will mean the
board will return to its former policy
of granting parole to eligible Dis
trict prisoners who have good records.
viously that but very few paroles
could be granted until a staff of parole
officers had been provided, because of
the inability of the present single field
officer to keep in contact with the 263
prisoners now out on parole.
Street contemplates use of from
6 to 10 case workers part time as
parole officers as his plan for develop
ing a comprehensive system of family
social work.
Because the welfare staff already is
carrying a heavy burden of RESPONSE
bility, the tentative plan is proposed
only as stop-gap until Congress, at
the next session. has another oppor-
tunity to provide an adequate staff for
by Allen.
Similar Plan for A. B. c.
1t appeared likely similar expedient
may be invoked to take care of neces-
sary work of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board. Reduction in the ap-
preparation for that agency means
that on July six of the A. B. c. in
spectors must be dismissed, leaving but
two for checking on the operations of
hundreds OF licensed establishments.
Commissioner Allen has suggested
that a group of five or six members OF
the Police Department. be designated
for duty as inspectors for the A. B. C
Board rather than to leave the work
generally to the entire department
He believes that special training and
knowledge of regulations is required
and that time would be saved and
more efficient work performed by des-
ignation of a small group of police
men.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

LONG AWAITED prize will ar
~ rive at the Washington Zoc
II tomorrow in the shape of
4 \ huge dragon lizard, one of the
worlds rarest creatures.
In appearance, this lizard, existing
only on the isolated, volcanic island of
Komodo, off New Guinea, represents
the nearest approach to those monsters
which inhabited the earth before the
dawn OF history.
1t will be placed on display in a
special compartment at the Reptile
House upon arrival When the house
was built. DR.. William A Mann. di-
rector of the Zoo. reserved a large
compartment just in case he would
be fortunate enough to obtain one OF
the lizards DR.. Mann even went so
far as to have the compartment
painted to represent typical Komodo
background.
Four of the lizards arrived at VAN
couver. May 7. in charge of two young
American naturalists, Lawrence T. K.
Griswold of Quincy, Mass. and William
H. Harkness Of New York City. Tney
were taken to the Bronx Zoo. one
dying en- route and the other shortly
after arrival.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

who will DO very we'll so long as he is
kept free of temptation, but is in dan
ger of doing very badly once he Is
submitted to it again. He hasn't the
same capacity for putting up fight
against suggestion as the other boy
who may be the despair of the school.
When the one is reformed he stays
reformed. There is no assurance that
the other will not succumb to the first
temptation that~offers.
These two types" Col. Jones says,
represent the extremes of the boys
who come to the Washington training
school. The majority. of course, fall
somewhere between the two person.
ality patterns. This makes it impos-
sible to work with formulae in dealing
with boys. Each must be considered
as an individual and dealt with on the
basis of the square deal"
y y 4
Anchor to Interest
Is Best Solution.
The most effective way of getting
at the boy, Col Jones has found, is
to give him emotional satisfaction. 4"
AS q rule. he finds, lack of this has
been largely responsible for his Short
comings in the past.
A frequent cause for which boys
are sent here is automobile stealing
and taking car across State line.
Very seldom, Col Jones finds, does
the value of the automobile play any
part in the temptation which leads
to the theft. Usually it results from
the desire of the boy to get away
Boys used to want to run away from
home to become pirates or Indian
fighters. The basic pattern hasn't
changed much, but now the easiest
way to carry out the impulse is to
steal an automobile, and that happens
to be a crime.
The fundamental theory of educa-
ton followed is to get the youthful
offender interested in something in
the pursuit of which he can find
emotional satisfaction and not be
nampered by unintelligent criticisms
He must be anchored to an interest
in life which does not require GRIM
inal activity for its satisfaction.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
LAWN FETE ARRANGED

Holy Name Entertainment Au-
gust 27 to September s.
The annual lawn fete OF the Holy
Name Church will be held on the
church grounds August 81. to Sep
iember g.
The Committee on ARRANGEMENTS
,ppointed at the monthly meeting OF
rhe Holy Name Society last Sunday
comprises James z. Phillips. Henry
Schade, Henry Wahl, William j.
Toomey. George J Cleary, J. j. Dono-
van and L. M. McVearry.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Calvert Bridge,
In New Location,
Opened to Traffic

The Calvert Street Bridge. in
its new location, was opened to
all traffic except trucks at 7 am.
today.
H. c. Whitehurst, director of
highways, said the bridge ap-
peared in better condition in its
new location than in the old,
since it now rests on more SUBJ
stantiaI foundations.
It was moved in order to clear
the space for construction of q
nea bridge which will be ready
for traffic in September. 1885.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
"Tough Kid" Easiest to Reform,
Training School Head Says
Boy Who Submits Seen
Hardest to Remote
From Temptation.
BY THOMAS II. HENRY.

BY IHOMAS II. HENRI.
~HE tough kid is a relatively
simple problem.
Such is the conclusion oil
Col. Claude D. Jones, superin-
tendent of the National Train
ing School for Boys on BladensburP
road. who gets some of the toughest
Of them from all over the country.
When a boy is brought to the IL
stitution, convicted of some offens
against Federal laws. and shows
pugnacious temperament. Col. Jone
says. it is a sign at least that he ha
the character strength to resist some
thing. His protests may be just
unjust. but in great many cases
is found to have some basis. 1t
often the compensation for an infer
iority complex, which the boy has de
veloped.
The same energy which goes into
his probably unjust protest may be
turned into energy to fight against
temptation. With such a boy, Col.
Jones finds. great deal can be ac-
complished by sympathetic under
standing and square deal" When
he is discharged at the expiration OF
his sentence, if he has responded at
all favorably to the teaching at the
school, there is no very great concern
over his future.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
OWENS TO BE DlNED.
Trade Board Shad Bake Commit
rec Chairman Honored.

Henry s. Owens, chairman OF the
1894 shad bake of the Washington
BOARD of Trade, will be honored at a
testimonial dinner to be given by the
Membership Committee of the trade
body in the Kenwood Golf and Coun
try Club tonight.
The committee has prepared ar
elaborate program. including va
riety of vaudeville numbers after the
dinner. which will be served at $50
o'clock
Movies of the shad bake will be
shown by Paul Hellyer.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Gas Hearings to Reopen.

Public hearings in the valuation
case of the Washington and George
town Gas Light Cos. will be reopened
at 10 am. tomorrow before the Public
Utilities Commission after a brief re-
cess.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
PASTORS SON HONORED
Cove Griffith Johnson, Jr., Gets
Travel Fellowship.

Cove Griffith Johnson, jr., son of
the pastor of the National Baptist
Memorial Church here, has been
awarded Frederick Sheldon prize
fellowship for travel abroad next Fall
it was learned here today through an
Associated Press dispatch. He is a
student at Harvard University.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
PsychiatriSt Added
To Aid Youths.

A psychiatrist. DR.. M. B. Root, has
just been added to the staff of the
National Training School to uncover
and deal with the underlying prob
lens of the boys who are sent there.
An outstanding fact, DR.. Root says,
is that these boys for the most part
are social rather than anti-social
They are not fighting against society
Rather they have a quite insufficiently
developed sense of obligation to So
ciety. They tend to be immoral rather
than immoral. They have started life,
often with a bad home background,
by following the way of least resist
ance without any clear idea of doing
wrong, and they seldom put up much
of a self defense when they are caught.
DR.. Root, who also serves as the
physician of the school, will try to un-
cover the various emotional completes
which may exist in the boys. They
must not be allowed to continue on
the way to lives of crime which they
started-and it is the theory of the
National Training School that there
is little to be accomplished this way
by preaching, teaching or imposed
punishment. Such methods have only
a superficial effect.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Easily Led Boys
Greatest Problem.

The boy who is sent to the institu-
ton for a series OF offenses, fits well
into the pattern OF life there, and is
considered a model by the teachers
offers much more serious problem.
He belongs to the submissive type