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Evening star., 1935-12-16
DE PASS PLEADS
TO2|ND|CTMENTS
Criminal Operation Charges
Followed Staying of
R. o. Conrad.

David L. De Pass pleaded guilty be-
fore Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue
in District Supreme Court today to
two indictments growing out of Grim
inal operations. At the same time,
Assistant United States Attorney
Irving Goldstein announced he would
nolle PROSE- a first degree murder
charge pending against De Pass, and
illegal operation charges against his
wife, Mrs. Grace G. De Pass, and
Corliss H. Bowen.
Justice O'Donoghue ordered De Pass
committed to Jail and allowed Mrs.
De Pass and Bowen to remain at lib
erty under bond. The charges against
them probably will be dropped when
De Pass is sentenced.
The three were indicted after Ray
mond o. Conrad was shot to death
August 81 in an alteration at the
De Pass home, 4753 Reservoir road.
Conrad allegedly went to the house
to take home a young woman friend
on whom De Pass had performed a
criminal operation. A dispute as to
whether she should leave the place
ensued, eliminating in Conrad attack
ing De Pass, who shot him.
BY his plea of guilty. De Pass sub
jected himself to the possibility of
1o-year prison sentence.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
Boy Leads Police
To House Yielding
Nearly $500 Loot
Girl Quoted as Saying He
Helped Her Take
Cash and Gems.

An S-year-old colored boy last night
led police to a house in the 1000 block
of Sixth street southeast, where almost
$500 in stolen cash and jewelry was
recovered.
Policeman w. B. Edwards, No. S
precinct, followed the boy to the house
and arrested Teresa Williams, COL
ored, 20, on suspicion of having stolen
S242 and $50 worth Of jewelry from
the home of James Oliver Brown, COL
ored, at 913 Fifth street southeast.
The Williams girl was said to have
admitted persuading the small boy to
help her take the loot.
Norman Kuff, taxi driver, 500
Seventh street northeast, told police
he was beaten and robbed of $3.50
yesterday by six men. three of whom
employed him at Third and G streets
and were joined by three others at
Second and E streets.
A young man entered Lawman's
store, 3412 Fourteenth street, last
night and ordered a pint of ice
cream. Selma Cottingham, clerk,
alone in the store, went to get it and
returned to find the customer gone
and $40 stolen from the cash drawer
Other robberies included $40 stolen
from a bread box in the Black and
Gold Restaurant, 435 Ninth street, by
thieves who entered q rear window.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
DEATH
TRUCK IS HELD
Coroner'S Jury Renders
Verdict in Fatality to Mrs.
Alice A. Johnson.
Traffic deaths to Dec. l6----110
Same period, 1934----------l26

A coroner's jury today held Edward
A. Brooks, "a, colored. 1916 Sixth
street. responsible for the traffic death
Saturday of Mrs. Alice A. johnson,
IS, 1912 Spring road. Brooks was
ordered held for grand jury action.
Mrs. johnson died in Emergency
Hospital shortly after being run over
by a backing coal truck driven by
Brooks at Thirteenth and Otis streets.
She sustained multiple fractures and
a crushed chest. She was retired
Government Printing Office employe.
Vision Held Obstructed.
Police officers investigating the ac-
cident testified vision through the
rear view mirror of Brooks truck
was obstructed by loaded coi.. 1t was
brought out, however, that the driver
had seen the woman standing on the
curb near the intersection before he
started backing.
Brooks had been involved in an
other fatal accident more than a year
ago when his truck collided with
street car at Connecticut avenue and
Ellicott street.
The mishap Friday was one of nine
reported in Washington over the
week end. The others resulted only
in minor injuries. however, according
to reports made to police.
Other Accident Victims.
Victims of the other weekend mis-
haps we're:
Ganana Richards, q, Of 1909 Sixth
street southwest, hurt when the car IL
which he was riding was struck BY a
hit-and-run automobile at Ninth
street and North Carolina avenue
southeast; Florence Green, 20, COL
ored, $40 First street, also a hit-run
victim; George Wolfe, l3, OF 3l7 B
street northeast; Ernest Gibson, Is,
colored, 1886 Third street southwest;
William Woolfarth, 16. of 3605 South
Dakota avenue northeast; Mrs. j. A.
Tornlin, At, Alexandria; Florence c.
Trip. 81, of 3717 Jocelyn street and
Mrs. Jean Dworski. IL Decatur street.
Other traffic victims were Wesley
Davis, 80, of 324 B street southeast,
hurt in an accident near Hyattsville,
and Violet Brown, IS, colored, injured
near Laurel.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
THREE Of 8 TAKEN
IN RAID NEAR HILL
TO GAMING
Four Others Ask Jury Trial,
Which Is Begun Imme- I,
diateIy. J
MISSING MANS $1,000
BOND is FORFEITED
s. Were Seized in Raid on B
Street Place, Inspired by Blan-
ton Last February.

Pleas Of guilty were entered today
in District Supreme Court by three Of
the eight men arrested in a raid last
February in an alleged gambling estab-
lishment at 113 B street southeast,
which Representative Blanton of Tex
as told the House Crime Committee
was running full blast not a stones
throw from the Capitol
Four others elected to stand trial,
which was begun Immediately before
Justice F. Dickinson Let's.
Those who admitted tteir guilt were
Charles Turner, As, who, the Govern
ment claims, was the proprietor Of
the place; Kenneth Tolson Pumphrey,
%, and Frank Gray Lynn, 81.
Bail Denied.
Disregarding the request of their
attorney, James A. O'Shea, that they
be admitted to bail to avoid Christ.
mas in Jail. Justice Let's ordered the
three committed.
Informed by Assistant United States
Attorney Roger Robb that one Of
the defendants, John NJ. Cornell 81,
who was at liberty under $4,000 bond,
could not be located Justice Let's or
dered the bond forfeited and issued a
bench warrant for the mans arrest.
The four who decided to place their
fate in the hands of jury were Edgar
Julius Behrle, SO; Fred Albert Still
man, AZ; John Edward Goetz, 36, and
Wilmer Milton Long, %.
55 Taken in Raid.
The raiding squad, headed by Liuet.
George NJ. Little, broke into the
strongly barricaded establishment Feb
ruary s, after having found the place
deserted on several previous visits.
Fifty-hve men were herded into patrol
wagons and taken to the police sta.
ton. All but eight later were released.
Shortly thereafter, the grand jury
returned indictments charging them
with setting up a gaming table, pos
session Of lottery tickets and accepting
bets on horse races
BY arrangement with the Govern
ment Turner, Pumphrey and Lynn
pleaded guilty only to the gaming
table charge, the others being nolle
pressed.
A jury to try the four pleading not
guilty was selected speedily with
neither Robb nor O'Shea challenging
many prospective jurors.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
D. .C.TO|NTERVENE
IN RAILWAY CASE
Roberts Indicates City viii
Oppose East Washing
ton Project.

The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion today gave the District Commis-
sioners permission to intervene in pro-
ceedings instituted by the newly Or
ganized East Washington Railway
Co. to take over about miles of the
old Chesapeake Beach Railway from
Seat Pleasant to Benning.
More than 2 miles Of tracks lie in
side the District limits, ana, although
the District Commissioners have not
defined their attitude regarding the
plan. Peoples Counsel w. A. Roberts
indicated it would be unfavorable
Abandonment of the tracks is de-
sired by the Commissioners, it was in
dicated, because of what is described as
the "grade-croSsing hazard" and the
further fact that operation Is a bar
rier to highway plans in the area.
The same contention was raised by
the Federation of Civic Associations,
in whose behalf Roberts appeared.
Board to beside Policy.
The Commissioners are expected to
set their course tomorrow, and will be
allowed to come in after that. Cesar
Aiello, counsel for East Washington,
argued that if the Commissioners
wanted to get rid of the grade cross
ings they have a remedy under the
law-by bearing half of the elimina-
ton cost. He said they had no right
to move for abandonment of the track.
r. r. Molster, one OF the two ex-
aminers conducting the case, said the
Commissioners have the same status
as the Governor of q State and may
present their side.
Rail Set-up Outlined.
The principal witness was John M.
Rector, vice president and general
manager of East Washington, who has
been acting in the same capacity for
the receiver of Chesapeake Beach.
Under questioning by Examiner H. G.
Howard, he outlined operating data
and the financial set-up.
This short stretch of road was con-
tinued in operation after the remain
der Of the Chesapeake Beach road had
been abandoned some months ago, as
it furnished a switching service, from
a Baltimore & Ohio connection, for
industries in that area.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
HORSE-THEFT CASE
FIRST IN SO YEARS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BEL AIR, Md, December 16.-For
the first time since 1897 Hartford
County has a horse-stealing case.
Roy Berry, colored, is awaiting hear
ing on the charge.
Berry was arrested in Baltimore
after William r. Bay Of Shawsville
reported to Sheriff Granville C. Boyle
a valuable black horse had been stolen
from his barn. The sheriff located the
horse at a Baltimore auction mart
and, aided by Baltimore police, soon
located Berry. Boyle said Berry ad-
mitted the theft.
The 1897 horse-stealing case was
that of Adolph Hoon, who was sem
fenced to is years in the State Peni-
tentiary after a bitter court battle.
Excitement ran high before the trial
and Hoon tried to escape from Jail.
Hoon was so fat, however, that ha
could not wriggle through hole
scooped In the jail wall.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
Crasller of CridirOn Dinner
Is Open to Other Offers NO,U
Former G.. W. Student
Serues SubpOertas on
DOherty.
Did His Job, but Cre,U
Nervous at Proximity
to Famous.

Gerald w. Sickler, former George
Washington University student and
amateur actor, who established a repu-
tation as a process server Saturday
night by crashing the gate" at the
Gridiron Club dinner to serve Henry
L. Doherty. oil magnate, with IA sub
poenas, is open to another offer.
At the suggestion of a friend, Lowell
Bradford, an attorney in the Office of
Alvin L. Newmyer, who represents
several plaintiffs in suits against
Doherty, Sickler sauntered into the
party-past a delegation of secret
service operatives on guard at the
door-and thrust the papers in the
astonished oil mans hands. Delivery
of the subpoenaS climaxed a week S
search for Doherty.
Sickler is not sure he would care to
make permanent career of process
serving despite the success of his first
attempt. He said, however, he is not
employed at present, and is open for
offers"
Inc cross OF Sigma Chi.
Sickler attributes his success to being
member of Sigma Chi Fraternity
Bradford, who accompanied him to
the tenth floor Of the Willard Hotel
where the banquet was held, was in a
business suit and easily spotted by the
secret service men at the door. Sickler
nonchalant in top hat. white tie and
tails, pretended not to know Bradford
and passed on.
Just as he was beginning to feel
slightly uneasy among all the famous
folk, he saw Patrick j. Hurley, former
Secretary of War, who, he remem-
bered, was a fraternity brother. He
introduced himself.
"Sickler's my name, Mr.. Hurley
Epsilon chapter" He gave the for
mer Secretary the Sigma Chi grip.
Although Hurley had never met
Sickler, he said:
Evening star., 1935-12-16
CALVERT PARADE
ORDER REVEALED
New Entries Received for
Celebration to Open
Street Bridge.

Many new entries have been re-
ceiveo for the parade, which is to
precede formal opening Of the CAL
vert Street Bridge Thursday night.
Col. John w. Oehmann, commander
of the District National Guard. will
be grand marshal of the procession,
which will start from Eighteenth
street and Florida avenue at Z pm.
Final plans for the dedication cere-
monies we're discussed by the general
committee in charge of arrangements
at a luncheon melting at the Har-
rington Hotel today
George E. Keneir =, chairman Of the
Parade Committee, announced the
following units to take part in the
demonstration:
Motor cycle escort Of police, with
Capt. Milton D. Smith in charge, and
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superintendent
of police.
Autos Garry Honorees.
Automobiles carrying honor guests
and members of the Dedication Com
mittee, with Claude Owen in charge.
District National Guard, headed by
Col. Oehmann.
American Legion representation, in
Guiding detachment of drum and
bugle corps, Sons of American Legion,
Sons of American Legion Drum Corps,
Fort Stevents Squadron, No. 80; Gov
eminent Printing Office, No. SO, Band; +;
Veterans of Foreign Wars Overseas
Band and Drum Corps, Vincent B.
Costello Post, No. IS, Drum and Bugle
Corps: Fort Stevens Post No. 80 Drum
and Bugle Corps, Columbia Post No.
"a Drum and Bugle Corps, James
Reese Europe Post No. Drum and
Bugle Corps. In addition to the mu-
sical units, there will be a guard of
honor of more than 40 men from the
American Legion, and a marching
delegation of members of the 80
American Legion posts, as well as a
smaller marching unit from the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. Joseph ].
Malloy will head this group.
Uptown Merchants Association, IS
decorated trucks.
Women Follow Boy Scouts.
Boy Scouts of America.
District of Columbia Federation of
Women's Clubs, with more than Is
marchers, Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley in
charge.
Building Trades Council, with IL
floats, John Locher in charge.
School Boy Patrol, one decorated car,
Richard Ham, American Automobile
Association, in charge.
Company of Central High School
Cadets, Lieut.. Paul Door in charge.
Federation of Citizens Associations,
seven decorated automobiles, Thomas
j. Llewellyn in charge.
Democratic Women's National Coun-
Gil, Mrs. Clara w. Smith in charge.
The following bands will participate
in the parade and ceremonies: Amer
ican Legion, Army Band, Metropoli-
tan Police Department Boys Club
Band, Washington High School Ca
diets Band and Washington Gas
Light Co. Band.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
NIGHT"
LAUDED BY HAZEN
Board of Trade Host Tonight to
D. C. Government Depart
ment Heads.

The idea behind District night" to
be held by the Washington Board Of
Trade tonight at the Willard Hotel.
with heads Of all executive depart
ments and members of the judiciary
as guests, was praised today by Com
missioner Melvin c. Hazen as "a fine
thing for the District"
Fifty-one officials, department heads,
court justices and judges will be re-
ceived at the Willard at 7:30 pm,
half an hour before the general men,
bership of the board will assemble.
Oficers of the board, the directors
and chairmen, of committees will be
hosts at the reception.
The general meeting will begin at
s o'clock and a number of officials
will discuss present problems of the
District government. The meeting
will close with a buffet supper.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
Y. NJ. c. A. WILL ELECT
NEW OFFICERS TONIGHT
Annual Meeting to Be Held With
Dinner-Departments to Dis
cuss Programs.

The annual meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association will be
held today at pm. at the Central
Y. M. C. A., Eighteenth and G streets.
Omcers and directors for the ensuing
year will be elected after a dinner.
Nominations will be presented by
committee of which George A. Lewis
is chairman. James P. Schick will
preside and submit his annual report.
Leonard w. DeGast, general secre-
tary. will outline activities of the as
sociation.
The Board of Managers of the Y.
NJ. C. A. will hold a preliminary con.
ference at pm. After the election.
the various departmental committees
of the association will hold stimuli
taneous meetings for discussion Of
departmental programs.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
CR0UNSE LEAVES
100000 ESTATE
Widow of Trade Association Rep.
resentative Receives Bulk
of Property.

Disposing of an estate valued at ap-
proximately 100000, the will of Will
liam L. Crounse, 24l9 Wyoming ave-
nue., representative of national trade
associations, was filed for probate in
District Supreme Court today. Mr..
Crounse died November 81.
His widow, Mrs. Lola NJ. Crounse,
was designated principal beneficiary.
She and the National Metropolitan
Bank were named executors.
Mr.. Crounse stated in the will that
he wished his business turned over to
his secretary, Frank j. Waggoner, to
whom he also left $1,000. A chauf-
feur, Frederick D. Collins, was be-
queathed $500 and each domestic serv-
ant who had been in Mr.. CrounSe's
employ a year or more was left $780,
The petition for probate was filed by
Attorney r. P. Hollingsworth.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
ALUMNI TO MEET

High ranking Government officials
holding membership in the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity will gather
at the Hay-Adams House at 1890 pm.
tomorrow in luncheon of the WASH
ington Alumni Association of the fra
ternity.
Ofieers Of the organization who
are expected to be present include
Wayne G. Williams, special assistant
to the Attorney General, president OF
the association: Walter M. Bauman,
vice president, and Dwight G.
Bracken, secretary.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
WOODCOCK ASSAILED
IN COLLEGE PAPER
Government Activity of President
of St. Johns Is Criti-
cized.
By the Associated Press.

by Jno hSoOCldleu EACSS'
ANNAPOLIS, December 16.-The
St Johns Collegian, weekly publica-
ton of st. Johns College, today car
ried in its open forum letter severe
ly criticizing Col. Amos w. w. Wood
cock, president, for absences from the
college Ito aid in a New Deal Gov.
eminent"
Col. Woodcock, since he assumed
the presidency of the college, has
acted as special assistant to the At
torney General of the United States
in cases which took him to Louisiana
and Michigan.
The letter signed "The Critic"
points out that Throughout the his.
tory of mankind" there has been a
maxim that no man can. hold two
Jobs at the same time and do justice
TO both.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
SEAL BOOTHS SET UP
IN COLORED THEATERS

Special sales booths have been es-
tablished in colored theaters and will
be in operation all this week to fur
ther the sales Of Christmas seals in
the District, it was announced to-
day by the tuberculosis Association.
Colored theaters at which the
booths have been set up. under the
leadership of Mrs. M. S. Thompson,
include the Republic, Lincoln, Booker
T., Broadway and Raphael.
Booths also are in operation in all
the larger department stores down.
town and in bank lobbies, hotels,
Federal buildings and drug stores
throughout the city,
Evening star., 1935-12-16
45O v. P. A. CLERKS
RECEIVE NOTICE OF.
JAN. | DISMISSAL.
First Stable Reduction Is
Ordered in Staff in
Washington.
ADDITIONAL FORCE CUT
is DUE AFTER NEW YEAR
Projects Control Division Bears
Brunt of Drive as Work Is
Slackened.

An order was issued today for the
first stable reduction in the Wash
ington staff of the Works Progress
Administration.
Notices were being sent out to 450
clerks in the Projects Control d.
vision, notifying them their services
would no longer be required after
January /.
Other Reductions Planned.
other reductions will be gradually
made after the New Year. The ap-
proximately 1,4O0 employees Of the
projects control division were en-
gagged on a temporary basis and were
warned at the time that they entered
the service that their jobs would end
after the major part of their work
had been completed.
The names of the 450 clerks sched-
uled as the first TO leave will be filed
with H. A. Grain. chief of the Re-
placement Division. who said today
he would do everything he could to
get them jobs in other emergency
agencies.
Between September 26 and Decem-
ber l. Grain said he placed about 400
clerks in various agencies who other
wise would no longer remain on the
Government rolls.
Former N. r. A. Employees.
The Replacement Division receives
applications from temporary employees
on emergency funds and places them
in openings as they occur. Most of
the 400 were former N R. A employees
The Projects Control Division,
which has borne the brunt Of the w.
P. A. drive, is scheduled for further
reductions in personnel as its work
slackens. Nothing was said today
about any other division of w. P. A.
being Immediately affected.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
CLEAR WEATHER HERE
IS OFFICIAL FORECAST

Clear weather, with little change in
temperature, was predicted for today
and tomorrow by the Weather Bureau.
Possibly by Wednesday, bureau Off
cials said, rain might return to Wash
tngton. Tonight the mercury will
near the freezing mark
Snow fiurries in the mountainous
regions near here we're frequent yes
terday.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
REPORTS ROBBERY

Miss May Ronsaville Reveals
Loss to San Francisco Police.
Miss May Ronsaville Of Washing
ton, who for IL years was secretary to
former Senator Shortridge of Califor-
mia, reported to police in San Fran
cisco today that her hotel apartment
there had been looted of jewelry val
ued at $500, according to the Asso-
ciated Press.
Miss Ronsaville, who for years made
her home at Wardman Park Hotel,
went to the West Coast several
months ago.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
FACES GO UNWASHED
WHEN MAIN BURSTS

Residents in 900 Block of B
Street Southeast Inconven-
fenced by Accident.
Residents of the 900 block of B
street southeast came to work this
morning without washing their faces
due to the bursting of a water main,
which forced the District Water De-
partment to cut of the water supply
from that block.
A six-inch main broke, tearing up
20-foot stretch of sidewalk and
flooding the street before Water De-
partment officials could be notified
and send an emergency crew to the
scene.
Breaks are frequent at this time of
year, according to Frank B. Haskell
of the emergency service department.
They are caused by the change in the
temperature of the water contracting
the pipes. The break was repaired
before noon.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
Woman Shot in Head.

Evelyn Dough S, 80, colored, ITO L
street, was found shot in the head
yesterday and AIKEN to Sibley Hos
pital in a serious condition. She was
transferred later to Gallinger Hos
pital. She refused to give police any
information, but a lookout for a
suspect was broadcast.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
SAFETY EMBLEMS URGED

To stimulate safe driving, the Key
stone Automobile Club, through
George E. Keneipp, secretary, has
suggested to the Commissioners that
drivers who obey all traffic rules be
given permits of a special color or a
star to be. pasted on the permit.
Keneipp said he feels such recog-
milton will serve as an incentive to
drivers to keep without the bounds
of safety.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
Mining Engineers to Meet.

The American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers and the
woman,s Auxiliary will give a dinner
dance at the Shoreham Hotel tomor-
row at pm. in honor Of II. A..
Buehler, president, and A. B. Par
sons. secretary of the national organi-
zation.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
NEW TAGS APPEAR
1886 Yellow-and-Black Car Plates
Become Legal.

bGNU1UU A6B dIs
The Districts new yellow-and-black
automobile tags for 1886 made their
first legal" appearance on the
streets of Washington today. AL
though a few auto owners placed
their tags on their cars last week, the
new tags did not become legal until
midnight last night.
Several thousand owners have not
yet obtained their new tags, but they
have until January /. After that
date it will be against the law for
cars to appear on the streets with
1885 tags.
Evening star., 1935-12-16
Boys Tour Africa.

Forty Australian schoolboys recently
made tour Of sQuth Africa.