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Evening star., 1937-04-28
GRAND Jury ASKED
TO |ND|CT 100 ON
GAMBLING COUNTS.
Raids on 62 establishments
to Form Basis of Evidence
to Be Given.
D|ETZ RACING SERVICE
HELD CONSPIRACY LINK
Headquarters Alleged to Have
Been Center of Telephone Net
work Covering City.

Police and prosecuting officials eX-
pected to go before the grand jury this
afternoon with evidence they hope will
result in indictment of more than 100
persons in a city-wide gaming con-
spiracy.
Possibility that several policemen
and telephone company employees
might be implicated was freely dis
cussed. 1t was authoritatively stated
that evidence concerning them would
be presented.
Slxty-tWo alleged gambling estab-
hshments have been raided by special
police squads since February in an
intensive drive by police, the United
States attorney and Internal Revnue
and Alcohol Tax Unit agents to rid
the city of professional gamblers.
May Reach Other Places.
Evidence concerning all the raids
will be laid before the grand jury, but,
1t was learned, the expected indict-
ments may extend to establishments
as yet unmolested by raiders.
Assistant United States Attorney
Samuel F. Beach said he expected to
ask for substantive indictments for
each place raided, in addition to the
far-reaching conspiracy true-bill.
The expensive racing information
service furnished by William (JeWboy)
Dietz is the principal basis for the
conspiracy allegation, and all gamb-
ling ablishments which can be
proved to have taken his service are
expected to be included in the in
dictment.
His organization, National Telecast,
Inc, has ceased to operate under po-
lice haraSsment.
The first of the series of 81 raids
was on Dietz's elaborate headquarters
In the Albee Building, said to have
been the nerve center of telephone
network which covered the city and
which was connected by trunk lines
with Baltimore, New York and Mon
treal.
Months of patient investigation by
police and Treasury officials, during
which thousands Of conversations had
been heard over tapped wires, preceded
the raid.
Information obtained through over
heard telephone conversations is ex-
pected to play major role in con-
vincing the grand jury to indict.
Presentation to the grand jury of
the voluminous evidence probably will
consume three weeks
May Require Three Weeks.
The identity of witnesses is being
carefully guarded, since they will in
clude the undercover men who al
legedly obtained plays" in each place
which has been raided.
Evidence concerning four raids will
be presented today, it was said, while
six more will be reviewed for the
grand jury tomorrow and eight or ten
will be presented Friday.
Should the grand jury decide to
indict, the cases will be prosecuted
by Beach and Assistant United States
Attorney Roger Robb, United States
Attorney Leslie C. Garnett said. He
added that every effort will be made
to bring about a speedy trial.
Because of the crowded condition
OF the criminal docket it appeared
doubtful that the case will be heard
before next Fall, since it is usual to
give priority to defendants who have
been unable to make bond.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
REALTY LICENSE BILL
FAV0RABLY REPORTED
Barber Shop Regulatory Measure
Also Submitted by District
Committee.

Bills to regulate barber shops and
to license and control real estate
brokers and statesmen were favorablv
reported today by the House District
Committee. Action was postponed for
another week on a bill to regulate
beauty parlors.
A series of amendments were made
in the barber bill to remove objections
raised during recent public hearings.
The principal one would give the
Health Department authority to reg
ulate sanitary conditions in the shops
instead of board of barber exam
liners which the bill would create to
register BARRIERS.
The bill to license real estate
brokers also would create a commits
sion to license and regulate their ac-
tivities.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Stay in Line.

Weaving in and out of traffic is
dangerous practice. There is little to
be gained by 1t and everything to be
lost. The amount of time saved in 20
miles of driving in this unsafe man
ner is almost negligible and certainly
is not worth the risk For every yard
of headway made by the weaving"
driver, scores of other drivers are
thrown into confusion and the orderly
progress of trafIic Is disturbed and
delayed.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
ANT|.BLINDNESS BILL

An act OF Congress aimed to pre-
vent blindness in infants born in the
District has been signed by President
Roosevelt.
The new law requires the placing
OF solution of silver nitrate, or some
other solution approved by the District
health oficer. in the eyes of newly
born babies.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
TO TEST NEW PLANE

The Army Air Corps announced to-
day it soon will try out new air.
plane built for experimental flying in
the sub-stratosphere-
The ship is now nearing compile
ton in the Burbank, Calf, plant Of
the Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
400 POSTERS ADOPTED

More than 400 posters selected from
the thousands submitted by art classes
in the elementary schools will be
used to advertise the Children's Fes-
tival Circus May at the Central
High School. according to Mrs.
Elizabeth K. Peoples. director Of the
Community Center Department.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Cobra Put Behind Glass.

PHILADELPHIA, April 20 R-
The zoo has had glass window
erected to protect visitors from its
newest arrival from Africa. splitting
cobra. of species that can project its
venom is feet.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

continued until May l3.
Reno E. Stitely, %, chief OF the
voucher unit of the National Parks
Service, was to be arraigned before
United States Commissioner Needham
c. Turnage today on charge OF
fraudulently obtaining s6,855.6O from
the United States Treasury.
Stitely was arrested yesterday al
his home, 27O4 Cortland place, on a
warrant sworn to by Robert c. Nc
Carthy, special agent of the Interior
Departments division of investiga.
ton, after auditors discovered pay rol
shortages which, it was said, may
total as much as $4,000.
Possibility of additional arrests was
indicated when it was revealed thai
fraudulent pay roll checks allegedly
approved by Stitely were indorsed ir
different handwriting.
Weeks of investigation preceded the
arrest Of Stitely, a civil service en-
ploye, whose salary was S2,3O0 q year
Investigators traced his bank accounts
through several different institutions
it was learned, and checked his stock
market activities through we'll
known brokerage firm.
What prompted the investigation
was not divulged. but it was said that
Stitelys expensive home, stylish
clothes and ample supply of ready cash
at all times aroused the envy of other
civil service employees in his salary
claSsifica ton.
The warrant charged Stitely spe-
cifically with defalcations involving
five pay rolls and 81 fictitious checks
issued in the period between April
II and August Is, 1896. These cases
represent only small percentage OF
those under investigation, it was said
High officials of the National Parks
Service threw Treasury Department
pay roll auditors off guard when they
innocently approved in routine fashion
the pay rolls drawn up by Stitely, ii
was said.
Alleged Course Pursued.
The dafalcations are alleged to have
occurred in the following manner
To the regular semi monthly pay roll
would be added fictitious names of car
penters who had never worked fol-
the Parks Service. The pay roll would
go through the usual channels to the
Treasury and the checks would be
returned to Stitely for distribution.
Stitely, so it is charged, would coun-
tersign the checks and extract them
from the regular pay roll envelope
Later, the checks would be cashed al
various banks, indorsed with sigma
lures in handwriting different from
Stiteley's. Although several different
types of handwriting were used on the
checks, the ink was always the same
investigators declared.
All the checks we're made out for
carpenters. One month, it was said
several checks for carpenters were is.
sued when no carpenters were en-
ploy by the Parks Service.
Stitely had been employed at the
Interior Department for seven years
and previous to that had been a civil
service employe of the War Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Laurel Guard Unit to Dance.

LAUREL, Md, April % Especially -
The Nom Commissioned Officers Club
of the National Guard will give
dance in the local armory at pm.
Friday. Tri-County Basket Ball League
awards will be presented.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
PROTESTS TO HULL
Head of B'Nai Birth Cites Reich
Dissolution Order.

Alfred M. Cohen of Cincinnati.
president Of the order of B'nai Birth,
Jewish fraternal and philanthropic
organization, has protested to Secre-
tary of State Hull against an order OF
the German government dissolving
B'nai Birth in Germany.
He told Hull 10000 members we're
affected seriously. Their institutions,
including hospitals, orphanages and
old peoples homes, have been removed
from B'nai Birth authority, he said.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
us HELD
IN PAY ROLL FRAUD
Reno E. StiteIy Will Be Ar
r. 4 on Charges
Today.
BULLETIN.

Reno E. Stitely, 20, pleaded not
guilty when arraigned before Com
missioner Turnage this afternoon.
Pleas OF his attorney for a reduce
ton in the $4,000 bond were over
ruled by Turnage. The case was
continued until May l3
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Capital Student
FLees China as
Warfare RACES
Arriues in San Fran.
cisco After Visit to
Peiping Area.

Eugene johnson, American Uni
versity student, arrived safely in San
Francisco yesterday from Lngnan
University, in China, where bombs and
bullets have replaced textbooks.
Johnson told the Associated Press
OF = conversation he carried on with
. Japanese military policeman.
What do you think Of the japanese
military" the policeman asked.
We'll. what do you think Of 1t your
self?" johnson fired back.
"MAybe!" the Japanese replied.
This, johnson said, gives one An
Idea OF the situation.
College officials here said johnson
had been taking his junior years s
work At Lingnan with another Ameri-
can University student, Albert E.
HanawAlt, from whom no word has
been received. The former arrived
aboard the Chichibu Maru with two
other students, Melville Jacoby of
Stanford University and Henry Caul-
feld Of the California Institute Of
Technology.
When hostilities broke out they
vent from Canton to Tentsin by
train, taxi and hiking and then
made their way to Peiping.
Johnson Is active in dramatic pro-
ductions ut American University. His
home is in Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Colorado Repairs Dam,

FLORENCE, Colo, August ~ (P.-
Work train crews, highway employees
and citizens Of nearby Portland, Colo,
worked today to repair damage caused
by flood waters that swept this area
last night.
A cloudburst, coming on the fifth
anniversary of the 100000 Sand
Greek Hood here, damaged highway
bridges and swept debris across the
tracks.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
NJ M'GRADY DELAYS
HIS RESIGNATION
Administration Searches
Field for Successor Ac-
ceptabIe by Labor.

Faced with the difficult task of find-
ing an Assistant Secretary OF Labor
whose selection would not incur the
hostility OF either the Committee for
Industrial Organization or the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, administra-
ton leaders today were carefully
scanning a limited field OF prospects.
Meanwhile, Edward F. McGrady,
incumbent Of that post for the last
four years. was Withholding his actual
letter Of resignation after a brief
conference yesterday with Democratic
National Chairman Farley and a
meeting of more than an hour with
President Roosevelt.
Admitting receipt Of An offer from
Radio Corp. Of America to become
chief OF its labor relations division,
McGrady told reporters as he left the
White House that he had not re-
signed from the Government post and
that he wanted more time to think
1t over. Earlier, however, he admitted
planning to leave directly after La
Dor day.
Secretary Perkins would make no
comment yesterday either on Nc
Grady's expected departure or his
possible successor.
In order to avoid acceptance Of a
candidate OF either OF the warning
labor factions, with the consequent
certainty Of antagonizing the rival
faction. it is thought likely that some
body already within the department
or somebody not directly connected
with organized labor at present will
be selected to MI McGrady's ONCE.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
COLORED MAN SHOT
IN ROW IN CAR HERE

John Hitter, 26. colored. 9l4 Rhode
Island avenue, defendant in two liquor
conspiracy cases, was in serious
condition from gunshot wounds to-
day, while John M. Tabler. 30, Of 1925
Eleventh street, WAS recovering from
minor injuries, the aftermath OF an
ARRAY and an automobile accident
shortly after midnight.
According to police, the trouble
started in a hallway in the 900 block
OF Rhode Island avenue. Hitter then
entered Tabler's automobile and the
two men drove away. Their argument
continued until they reached First
street and Florida avenue. A shot
rang out. and Hitter was wounded in
the abdomen and the left wrist.
Tabler's automobile collided with an
other car and he was injured.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
pharmacists mate from Mountain
View, Calf.
Wife Rushing to Enyoy.

pharmacists mate from Mountain
View, Calf.
Wife Rushing to Envoy.
Lady Knatchbull-H -Hugessen was
rushing to her husbands side aboard
a British destroyer from her Summer
home. She was expected to arrive to-
morrow. The only visitor the Ambas-
sador was allowed to see today was
the Japanese Ambassador. Shigeru
Kawagoe, who called this morning to
explain the attack by the japanese
airplanes was AL a mistake" The
Japanese envoy said the pilots were
unable to see the British flag flying
from the Ambassadors car as he sped
from Marking to Shanghai
Japanese military, naval and diplo-
matte officials seemed to sense the
gravity Of the situation. All of them
called to leave cards and sent flowers.
Among this mornings callers was the
commander OF the United States Ash
attic Fleet, Admiral Harry Yarnell.
British and American naval observ-
ers along the Whangpoo said the jap
anese were seemingly afraid to bom-
bard the Chinese positions miles
inland in Pootung for fear OF killing
their own troops, which were in close
quarters.
A shell screamed into the be-
leaguered Ward Road Jail, where
$500 prisoners are held because OF
japanese refusal to permit their re-
lease. Two OF the inmates were killed
and seven persons were seriously
wounded.
Both the American and British
Chambers OF Commerce urged their
governments to undertake to ensure
that Chinese and Japanese planes
would cease flying over foreign areas.
The business men appealed to Wash
ington and London to take immediate
action.
One hundred additional American
Marines arrived from Manila aboard
the steamer Gold Star and took up
their posts on the northwestern bor-
der,
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Floods
Continued From First Page.)

NNUlIlNuCU rTUI r 1Sb AkcJ
the creek was pouring over Con-
necticut avenue near Kensington, Nd,
this morning.
Injured in Silver Spring.
J. P. Wine, 63s A street northeast,
was slightly injured yesterday when
the wooden forms for the rear wall
OF a store under construction in Silver
Spring, Md. collapsed. Workmen
attributed the accident to the soften
ing of the ground by the heavy rains.
Three highways in the vicinity OF
Leesburg. Va, were blocked by flood
waters from the Little River.
A large section Of the Lee Highway
at Bull Run was undermined by flood
waters One-way trafflc over the
damaged section was established.
In Pulaski County, Va, Route 100
was blocked by high waters from the
New River, and in Southside, Va, 4
bridge washout closed the road be-
tween Emporia and Branch.
At Buchanan, Va, the James River
was up feet above normal and rising
slowly.
A force Of 100 men. equipped with
20 trucks and II road machines, were
sent out by the Maryland State Roads
Commission today to repair highways
in Anne Arundel County John A
Bromley, county roads engineer, said
damage was general in all districts,
but none of the roads is impossible.
Frank T. Gartside. acting superin-
tendent Of National Capital Parks. said
Beach drive and Sheriff. drive in Rock
| Greek Park are under water at several
| points.
Although the water WAS rising rap
Idly along the Hains Point seavAll
today, Gartside said he did not believe
: it would reach the roadway.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
NEW YORK FLOOD
DESTROYS HOMES
Several Washed Away in
EImira Area-WaterS
Still Rising.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ELMIRA, N. Y, August PA "a
hour rainfall caused creeks to overflow
and inundate portions of two States
today, bringing fear to residents OF a
repetition Of the disastrous 1885 floods.
Rising sharply during the rains,
which began early yesterday and con-
tinued unabated through last night,
the creeks overfowed their banks,
forcing evacuation Of entire families
In some sections.
Numerous bridges were washed
away in the area, extending from
Watkins Glen, N. Y, on the north,
100 miles south to Wellsboro, Pa, and
as far west as Painted Post, N. Y
Power lines were down and several
State highways made impossible by
the waters.
Several houses were washed away
at Hendy Hollow, N Y, miles south
west OF this city, and at Pine
City Elmira suburb, two families were
reported marooned
Homes Endangered.
Chemung County Sheriff Harry j.
Tiff said their homes were In danger
OF being carried away by the swollen,
swift-f1owing waters Of Seeley Creek.
He called out all available deputies
and asked for volunteers to remove
reciNnrte Lo do
lilies were removed, many of them
from second-story windows, at Pine
Valley, N. Y, 10 miles north Of
Elmlra. where 6 feet of water surged
through the main street, and at
Montour Falls, N. Y, where the cleo
trio power plant was stopped by the
waters, plunging the village into dark
ness.
The dam in Hector Falls Greek, at
Burdett, near Watkins Glen, over
flowed and the water carried away a
bridge there.
A landslide north of Pine Valley
undermined the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks and blocked the highway be-
tween Emira and Watkins Glen. All
trains were held up pending recon-
struction of the track bed.
Water Rising Rapidly.
Although Elmira itself was not
flooded as yet, streets in West Elmira
were full to the curbs and the water
was rising rapidly.
The Chemung River, which left its
banks in 1885 and caused widespread
damage along its entire route, was
rising early today at the rate of l
foot an hour, but the situation, Sheriff
Tiff said, was mot serious as yet"
The rain stopped in some sections
early in the morning. In others it con-
tinued unabated.
IF the rain continues much longer, ="
Tiff explained, we may reach a sit
uation almost as acute as that In
1885. when just such q downpour
caused the floods"
HEAVY DAMAGE
Evening star., 1937-08-27
London
Continued From First Page.)

undersecretary. Lord Halifax; Sir
Robert Vansittart, the permanent
undersecretary Of state for foreign af-
fairs, and the chiefs OF the Far
Eastern Division.
Britain was understood to be con-
sidering three-point demand for
satisfaction that would amount to 4
virtual ultimatum to Japan. These
were:
l. Drastic punishment OF the air
men in the attack.
2. Guarantees from Toxic that steps
would be taken at once to prevent any
possibility Of recurrence Of such an
incident
;. Full compensation for the victim.
Gravest Form OF Incident.
While there was no suggestion the
outrage Was deliberate, 1t was pointed
out in informed circles that an attack
on the Ambassador-the direct per-
sonal representative of the King-was
the gravest form of diplomatic incident
possible
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
was in constant contact with Eden by
telephone. He was scheduled to visit
the King at Balmoral Castle today for
a full review OF the attack.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

as an Army engineer. One OF his
specialties was making a recona bsance
ahead OF the main body Of troops and
drawing detailed maps for use in the
campaign. His associates in the parks
service here said Gen. Ievandowsky
never lost this talent.
The general also is linguist, speak
ing French, Russian, English and
German. The Navy Department fire.
quently made use OF his services as
interpreter in translating border
dialects OF Russia
Gen. Levandowsky told his friends
here that before the revolution he
could travel whole day by sled across
his lands. On one of his estates he
built school for his own children
and those OF the peasants The school
now is being used by the Soviets.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
North Carolina Hit.

RALEIGH, N. c., August ~ (P.-
Lee A. benson, director OF the
Weather Bureau here, said he ex-
pected the Neuse River to be four
feet over its banks at Smithfield late
today and the Roanoke nine feet in
Hood at Weldon by tomorrow or Sum
dav.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
u. S. Park Seruice Transfers
Gen. Leuando,usky to Santa Fe
Friends Believe Change
WiH Benefit Landscape
Architects Health.

Vladimir A. Levandowsky, former
Russian general, who escaped . boil
shevik firing squad to make . new
career for himself as 4 landscape
architect with the National Park
Service, has been transferred from
Washington to new post with the
service at Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Friends Of the 64-year-old general
believe the change Of climate will
benefit his health. At one time the
Russian was commander in chief OF
the Cars Army in the Caucasus Of
Asia Minor, and during the Russo
japanese War he was said to have
commanded million men.
The soldiers hobby was gardening,
both in Russia on his vast estates
near Tiflis, Petrograd, and on the
Black Sea and after he fed his native
land to accept civil service job with
the parks division. At his home near
East Falls Church, Va, Gen. Levan-
dowsky had an exceptional garden.
During the Russian revolution Gen.
Levandowsky was captured by the
Bolsheviks and placed on trial for his
life. One Of the charges brought
against the White Army leader was
that he had implements OF war" in
his possession. The implements con-
sisted Of medieval armor which the
general had collected.
The general had expected nothing
less than the death sentence, but at
this time some Englishmen whom he
had befriended during his campaigns
in the Near East enabled him to
escape.
His wife, sister and children also
were smuggled out Of Russia.
For some years, the general lived
near Nice. France, later coming to the
United States.
The veteran WAS an expert at map
making, due to his early experience
Evening star., 1937-08-27
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Evening star., 1937-08-27
SAFETY BILL SIGNED

Authorizes I. c. c. to Require Rail
Devices to Guard Lives.
The White House announced today
that President Roosevelt had signed 4
bill authorizing the Interstate Com
merce Commission to require railroads
to install block signals and other
safety devices.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
HEAVY DAMAGE.
isorthern Pennsylvania Area Hit BY
FlOOd-One Missing.

WELLSBORO, Pa, August ~ LP.-
Northern Pennsylvania streams. swol-
len by the weeks frequent rains and
= storm Of cloudburst proportions last
night, swirled out of bounds today,
flooding lowlands and causing heavy
property damage
One person was missing. Jonathan
FoltZ, a lieutenant at Civilian Con-
servation Corps camp near Wellsboro,
disappeared while attempting to rescue
a man from swollen Kelsey Greek, on
the outskirts of the Tioga County seat.
Virtually every section OF the State
reported some rain, but the cloudburst
centered in the northern tier counties,
hitting Wellsboro the hardest. The
water rose to l8 inches in Main street,
but early today was reported sta
tionary.