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Evening star., 1938-07-16
MANY ACCIDENTS HERE
LAID TO JAY KING
Failure to Look in Both Directions
and Discourtesy Also Listed
by Speakers. 49,.

A large number of tratic accidents
IN Washington may be charged to jay
walking, the Accident Prevention Insti-
tute OF the Junior Board of Commerce
was told last night at a meeting de-
voted to discussion of Adult
Pedestrian Accidents"
Other faults listed were crossing
between intersections, failure to look
IN both directions before crossing.
haste and discourtesy toward drivers.
Pedestrians were urged to obey
trafnc signals. Drivers have a right
to expect clearance at an intersection
when the traffic lights are in his favor,
speakers said..
The meetings of the Accident Pre-
vention Institute, held each Friday
evening in the Police Court Building,
are open to the public. Washington
I. Cleveland, manager Of the local
branch Of the American Automobile
Association, viii be the speaker next
Friday.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
REWARD is OFFERED
FOR AUTO THIEVES
A. A. A. Takes Step to Halt Wave
OF Looting From Parked Cars
in District.

In an effort to halt an epidemic"
OF car looting in Washington the
American Automobile Association to-
day posted reward Of $25 for the
arrest and conviction of any person
caught rifiing or stealing parts or
accessories from parked automobiles.
Announcement Of the reward, which
will remain in effect until September
Is, was contained in a letter sent to
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown by Rus
sell E. Singer, A. A. A. general man.
ager.
A flood of complaints from District
motorists and visiting tourists was
said to have led to the reward offer.
At the same time the A. A. A. warned
motorists to lock their cars securely
at all times and not to leave valuable
possessions in the car even when it
Is locked.
1T is our hope" Mr.. Singers letter
said, that the reward will have the
effect not only Of reducing q most
fragrant form of petty thievery but
also reducing the number of car thefts,
including those Of 'joy-riding' char
acter, where cars are stolen for a few
hours and then abandoned"
Evening star., 1938-07-16
CIVIC GROUPS LOSE
STREET CAR APPEAL
Commission Denies Petition to
Continue Service From
Union Station.

The Public Utilities Commission
today denied q petition by seven
business and civic groups for con-
tinuation Of street car service from
Union Station to Eighth and F streets
NE, abandonment Of which was
ordered recently by the commission.
The action came on petition for
reconsideration Of the order which
was filed by Louis I. Obergh for the
Federation of Business Mems Asso-
Citations, Northeast Business Mems
Association, Northeast Citizens Asso-
citation, Trinidad Citizens Associa-
ton, Northeast Conference Of Citizens
Associations, Lincoln Park Citizens
Association and the Logan-Thomas
Circle Citizens Association.
The Capital Transit Co., in its
petition for abandonment OF the line,
had claimed trafac on the line was
declining and that the street car
service was an unnecessary duplica-
tlou Of other Northeast services.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
EX-bUS DRIVERS
AREF0UNDGU|LTY
Leniency Is Urged for Two
Charged With Robbery
of Boxes.

Two former Capital Transit Co.
bus drivers, James c. Jackson and
Harry E. Gibbons, were found guilty
In District Court late yesterday of
conspiring to rob fare boxes. The
jury, however, recommended leniency.
Nine other ex-drivers were acquitted
on directed verdict by Justice Jesse
c. Adkins, who held the indictments
were improper.
Those acquitted were Augustus
Jenkins, Holmes A. Orndorf, Theo-
dore Willoughby, Robert r. Rawk,
Paul A. Bishop, Thomas F. Sliney,
William c. Lunsford. Roy r. Swami
and John F. johnson.
The Government charged between
$4,000 and 5000 was stolen from
bus cash boxes between November,
1887, and last February.
jackson, it was charged, obtained
key that would open the boxes.
He was accused Of meeting drivers
on lonely roads, where the boxes
would be unlocked and the contents
divided.
Inc arrest OF the III drivers fol-
lowed D. sharp drop in the transit
company's revenue and q subsequent
investigation.
The defendants were represented
by Attorney Milton I. Lewis. At his
request. both Jackson and Gibbons
were permitted to remain on bond
pending an appeal.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
TRAFFIC CLAIMS
-FOUR INJURED IN
D. c. AND NEARBY
Three Of Victims Figure
in Accidents in City
Proper.
WOMAN BREAKS WRIST
IN BUS.CAB COLLISION
Branchville (Md.) Man Brought
to Casualty Hospital After
Crash in Maryland.

Four persons were badly hurt ii
trafic accidents in and near Wash
ington last night and early today.
George Sims, %, of Branchyille, Nd,
received head and face injuries and a
possible fractured shoulder in an auto
mobile collision on the Riggs Mill road
early today. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital. Police had no details Of
the accident.
Alton Anders. 25, s05 East Capitol
street Sc. was struck by street car
last night as he was crossing East
Capitol street in the TOO block. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital with
severe head injuries. The motorman
Of the car was listed by police as J.
E. Crews, 26, 1927 D street Sc.
Taxicab and Bus Collide.
A taxicab passenger was injured in
a collision with a Capital Transit Co.
bus at Fifteenth and I streets NV.
early last night. Marjorette Sey-
boeth, 1905 Thirty-fifth street NV,
was treated by a private physician
for a broken wrist and lacerations.
The cab was driven by Leslie G. CRU
gan, rs, 1445 U street NV. and the
bus by Hampton K. Conner. 80, 242
Calling street NV, according to .
police report.
Joseph Roberts, 81, colored, address
not determined, suffered possible
fractured skull and severe lacerations
when he was struck by an automobile
on Brentwood road NE. He was taken
to Sibley Hospital. Manfred c. StaA-
ley, %, Lanham, Nd, was charged
with reckless driving.
Held in 81 900 Bond.
Miss Nina Kilgour, "a, 1909 Morri-
son street NV, was under 81 900 bond
today pending grand jury investigation
Of the traffic death of Mrs. Bessie
Goldman, 10, wife Of Rabbi Morris
Goldman of 4120 Fourteenth street
NV.
Miss Kilgour. who drove the Gar
that struck Mrs. Goldman and her
husband at Fourteenth and Upshur
streets NV, the night Of June ~.
was held responsible by q coroner's
jury yesterday for the elderly woman's
death. Rabbi Goldman, seriously in
jured, was brought to the inquest on
stretcher to testify.
At another inquest yesterday, the
coroner's jury exonerated Nelson Coke.
rs, Of Schenectady, N. Y, who drove
ten car that struck and fatally iS.
jured Mrs. Fay Robertson Roeca, 81,
OF Covington, KY, as she crossed Wis
consin avenue NV, in the 3l00 block.
Mrs. Roeca died Tuesday night.
James L. Skidmore, rs, a patent at
torney with Offices in the Washington
Loan & Trust Co. Building, seriously
injured yesterday when struck by an
automobile at Fourteenth and E streets
NV, was reported improved at Emer-
gency Hospital today.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
0'CONORR|D|CULES
SASSCER CLAIMS
Tells Montgomery Voters
Not to Be Fooled by
New Deal Anqle.

Attorney General Herbert R. o'Con-
or of Maryland, who came here
yesterday to make two-day personal
tour Of Montgomery County r,ha
and suburban districts, made light OF
State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer'a
claim to New Deal support in the
race for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination.
Mr.. O'Conor declared that Demo.
cratic officials in Washington would
mot be fooled" by Senator sasscer's
claim he was the New Deal candidate
and pointed to his own part in writing
the States social security legislation.
Il don't believe the New Deal will
enter into the race for Governor as
much as it will for the senatorship,' II
Mr.. O'Conor said. However, I am
in favor of having the State admin
istration cooperate with the national
Democratic administration to the
fullest extent.
II will have more to say later on
how the State should cooperate to
get the most benefit from Federal
roads appropriations and other phases
Of the New Deal program"
Mr.. O'Conor said he saw no need
OF sponsoring q little Wagner Act
for Maryland, as New York and sew
eral other States have, because Balti-
more and Western Maryland are the
States only industrial areas, and the
need has not yet arisen.
With Joseph A. Cantrel, delegate
to the State Legislature, who is rum
ming for Congress from the sixth dis
trict, and States Attorney James H.
Pugh, who Is managing his campaign
in Montgomery County, Mr.. OConor
covered the upper portion Of the
county yesterday and will visit sec
tions Of the lower portion today.
He win be q guest at dinner at
the Kenwood Golf and Country Club
at $50 pm. and wind up his tour at
Cabin John at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
300 fewer CABMEk
TAKE OUT LICENSES
Some May Have Dropped Out of
Field Due to Insurance Law,
Martin Saws,

Licenses for the new fiscal year had
been obtained by 3,4o0 taxicab drivers
up to the close of business yesterday
roughly 300 fewer than the number
licensed at this time last year, James
L. Martin, secretary of the Public
Utilities Commission. said today.
While some drivers may have dropped
out of the field because of the adop-
ton Of the taxicab liability law, Mr.,
Martin said the real effect of reuuir-
ing insurance would not be known
until after August 20. when the liability
law goes into effect. It had been
anticipated that the liability plan
would force some drivers out OF the
field.
The maximum number Of cab drivers
licensed during the last year was
roughly $500, but this total was not
reached until after the c,istomarily
lean" summer months. Officials said
they expected the 3,400 present total
to be increased before next winter.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
TAXI GROUP SEEKS
NEW LIMIT STUDY
Diamond Cab Wants Order
for 1000 Figure to Be
Raised to 1900.

Continuing its long ight over the
terms Of the taxicab liability plan, the
Independent Taxi Owners Associa-
ton Diamond Cab has asked the
Public Utilities Commission to re-
consider its recent order placing q
limit Of 1000 on the members Of q
taxicab association and to raise this
total to 1,500.
Members Of the commission are ex-
pected to act on the plea next week
and unless all signs fail the petition
will be rejected.
Agents Of Diamond Cab were cred
tied with having some influence on
Congress in writing into the taxicat
liability law provision that taxi as
sociations might cover their liability
for accidents under a blanket policy
Of $4,000 in lieu Of the more costly
plan Of individual policies for indi-
vidual cabs. The commission had
opposed the blanket policy plan and
one of the chief advocates OF the
blanket policy was Harry Davis Of the
Independent Taxi Owners Associa-
ton.
After the law was signed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt the commission placed
a limit Of 1000 on the membership OF
any taxicab association. There was
said to be two reasons for this: First,
to make sure that the $75,000 blanket
policy would give adequate coverage
for persons suffering damage as a
result Of the operation of the cabs of
all the members of any one associa-
ton, and second, to prevent any one
association from achieving a monopoly
on this field in Washington.
On June 80 the Diamond group had
1850 members. The order will mean
that as members drop out of this as
sociation their places cannot be filled
until the membership falls below 1000.
In a petition filed by Ringgold Hart
for the Diamond group the claim was
made that the order would mean a
depriving of property without due
process Of law, among other argu-
ments.
The commission has referred the
brief to Lloyd Harrison, commission
attorney. and the agency will act on
his report in few days.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
AUTO THIEF RING HEAD
SOUGHT BY AUTHORITIES
Gang Is Said to Have Stolen Cars
Here and Sold to Richmond
Dealers.

Washington and Richmond police
today hunted the leaders of an auto
theft ring said to have stolen more
than is light cars here in the last
two months and sold them to Rich
mond second-hand-car dealers.
Breakup of the gang started Ast
night when a 32-year-old mechanic
was arrested in Richmond, where the
stolen cars had been dismantled and
then reassembled with their motors
and chassis interchanged in an effort
to make them harder to trace befors
they were put on the market.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives, said he expected
several other arrests here and in
Richmond, probably today.
Detective Sergt. Jacob Wolf Of the
auto squad has led investigation oi
the case here and has been working
closely with Richmond authorities.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
POLICE OFFICIALS
DEBUNK BANDIT
Nothing But Youthful RAT
Turned Cheap ProWIer,'
Says Keck.

Hard-boiled police officials decided
today the Joke had gone far enough
and it was high time to "debunk" the
myth of Washington's so-called rose
bandit
In the first place, they said, there's
no actual evidence the hunted young
thief ever saw rose and, in the Sec
ond place, he is not bandit" be-
cause he never held up anybody.
Capt. Ira E. Keck, assistant chief Of
detectives, described the youth with
the unearned reputation for criminal
bravado as nothing but a half
witted young rat turned cheap
prowler."
The rose bandit" myth seems to
have started when some policeman
told newspaper reporter that a
single rose had been found on the
floor Of house robbed by a sneak
thief.
That was the only instance on
record Of a rose being involved in
robberies believed committed by the
hunted prowler. and the police don't
give him credit for that. because
they aren't sure but what it was
dropped by some one else.
But In these hot summer days Of
the silly season stories about rose
bandits "cat burglars" and the like
get about and it was no time at
all till the myth was building up
like a SNOWFALL rolling downhill.
Known to Police.
The 19-year-old youth, known to
police, Is being hunted as the prowler
who stole $10.77 in cash and $27.75
worth Of toilet accessories from the
Alban Towers Pharmacy last Sunday
and some cigarettes from a Georgia
avenue store previously.
The police also want to question
him about several housebreakines-
cases where a sneak thief stole into
homes at the dinner hour or while the
occupants were away and stole any
cash or cigarettes lying around-which
they believe he may have committed.
Capt Keck was moved to "debunk"
the so-called rose bandit''-whom he
said was not even bandit because
he never had held up anyone or dared
to confront his victims personally
by what was described as an attempt-
ed practical joke last night on In
spector Bernard w. Thompson, chief
Of detectives.
While the inspector was at home, q
messenger took to his Office a big box
OF roses containing q card signed "The
Rose Burglar" and poking fun at DO
lice efforts to catch him.
Joke Not On Inspector.
Inspector Thompson said he knew
the roses were not sent by the hunt
ed prowler, but by some jokesters.
But the joke wasn't on me, be-
cause turned the flowers to a USE
ful purpose" the inspector added He
sent them to Casualty Hospital to
brighten the room where Margaret
Ann Schamock, two-year-old daugh-
ter OF a traffic policeman, John A..
schamock, lay recovering from con-
cussion suffered in a fall at home.
Meanwhile, police were convinced
that the youth with the undeserved
reputation for bravado was hiding ont
at some Maryland beach. With the
whole police force looking for him,
ne hasn't been seen here for several
days. -
Aiding the police hunt was the
1atner OF a young Western Hieh
school girl who had told her parents
she was infatuated with the youthful
robber and is believed to have left
town with him. She disappeared
from home about the time the inten-
sive police hunt for her sweetheart
started.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
100000 PIECES OF SCRIP

The Washington Self-Help Exchange
at 1929 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
which has been in operation since last
August l, has issued its 100 ,000th piece
Of script, used as medium Of ex-
change in the organization, 1t was an
nounced today.
The amount Of script issued during
June totaled more than 5000 above
that Of the previous month for COM
modittss and services.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
Meeting AT GALLINGER
Plans for New Medical Building
to Be Discussed Monday,

Chief medical officers, architects
and representatives of the Health
Department and local medical school,
will meet at Gallinger Hospital Mon.
day to go over plans for the 30o-bed
medical building to be erected at the
hospital with Public Works Admin.
stration funds.
Supt. Edgar A. Bocock said tokay
the new building will be devoted te
internal medicine, radiolcgy and
teaching facilities. The present main
building, 1t u proposed, will be used
only Tor surgical and ohstetrical cases
Evening star., 1938-07-16
WILL MAKE DEBUT
Nathaniel Shilkret to Conduct
Opera at Griffith Stadium.

Nathaniel Shilkret. famed motion
picture and radio orchestra conductor,
will make his debut as an opera con-
ductor August S in Grihhth Stadium,
1t was announced in New York yester-
day.
The opera, to be presented by the
Columbia Company Of New York. will
be Verdiis "Rigoletto" and will feature
In its cast Jan Peerce, tenor; Robert
'Weede, Metropolitan Opera baritone,
and Leuisa ooronana, soprano.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
CARNIVAL ENDS TONIGHT
st. Gabriel Church to Hold
Bargain Night

st. Gabriel Church's two-week
carnival will close tonight, featuring
q bargain night" and concert by
the Washington Lodge Elks' Band.
The most Rev. John McNamara,
pastor OF the church and Auxiliary
Bishop Of Baltimore, and the Rev.
William J. Sweeney, assistant pastor,
will be present for the closing cere-
monies.
The carnival is being held on the
church grounds, Illinois avenue and
Webster street NV.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
GETS COMMISSION
Hyattsville Resident Accepts
Reserve Corps Lieutenancx.

Ralph Conrad Fisher of 218 Wine
avenue, Hyattsville, and Robert Dash
tel Hatcher of Aberdeen, Md. have
accepted appointments as second lieu
tenants in the Reserve Corps, the
War Department announced today.
1t. Fisher Is assigned to the In
fanry and 1t. Hatcher to the Ensi-
nesr Corps.
Evening star., 1938-07-16
D. C. Youth at West Point.

John A. Ely, son of Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Hansone Ely Of 2540 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, Is one Of 49,
new cadets enrolled for the class Of
i942 at West Point
Evening star., 1938-07-16

teo days of campaigning in the
Valley apparent
out OF th They OF the 10th Diuion
Company but they uM a. police.
and the Kensngton HoDtzer Company. Star
Evening star., 1938-07-16

Some guys neuer get chance to gold brick"-
Of course, you knoy that's the Armys term for get
ting along ,oeH in the Dorld 1ohout doing any ,Oork
Pot. Graham gets load OF his buddies' barracks
bags Just by ,oay of introducing him to the heauy
duty ahead, and no "gold bricking." Corpl Marpin
"loddinQ"
Evening star., 1938-07-16

The District OF Counbas allotment OF the 10Th National
Guard Dvston Headquarters troops early today
on their 15day field training period but the uery first
thing they did eat. Here breakfast In the
arory a. shorty otter O'CLOCK this morning Bugler Boyd
beat the for aboue Pu Hal Worick already at the
Evening star., 1938-07-23
W0MAN'S DEATH
IS HELD SUICIDE
P. W. A. Employe Found Hanged
to Bedpost in Apartment
in Hotel Here.

A certificate of suicide was issued
by Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
today in the death of Miss Thelma
Johnson, 20, temporary employe of the
Public Works Administration, who
was found hanged 20 bedpost late
yesterday in her apartment in the
Chastleton Hotel.
The body was discovered by Miss
Johnson's roommate, Miss Ann Kin
ME, on her return from work. A silk
stocking was used as moose.
Police we're informed Miss johnson
had been respondent recently. She
complained of being i'll yesterday and
did not 60 to work.
Authorities notified her mother,
Mrs. Anna Thorpe, dietician in hos
pital in Staunton, Va. Miss Johnson
had been living in Washington about
10 months, police said.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
DISTRICT EMPLOYE
SUED FOR $6O,O00
Two Men Allege They Suffered
Serious Injuries in Crash
Near Silver Hill, Md.

Joseph A. Carrico, employed in the
Department of Weights and Measures
at the District Building. was sued for
100000 in District Court today by Two
persons who claimed they were Sc
riously injured when their automobile
was struck by his car near Silver Hill,
Md, last October 23
The plaintiffs are Gertrude Dubb of
Los Angeles. who asked $4,000, and
Joseph Themper, 270l Fourteenth
street NV, who is seeking $4,000
damages.
Mr. Themper. driver Of the other
car, said Mr.. Carrico was driving at
an excessive rate of speed on the
wrong side of the road. The suits were
filed through Attorney Leopold v.
Freudberg and the law firm Of Simon,
Koenigsberger & Young.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
BAND CONCERT

BY the Soldiers Home Band tn the
bandstand at Z o'clock tonight. John
8. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An.
ton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, "Col. James s. Petit, q. 8. A."
zimmerman
Overture, William Tell" (request),
Rossini
Paraphrase, 1.-THE Evolution Of Dixie, :"
Lake
Excerpts from musical comedy,
Rose Marie" -Friml
Popular numbers,
Romany Love" (request), Zamecnik
n@H OF Snlne -Ager
waltz suite, "Mein Thuringen,"
Kiessles
finale, with Sword ana Lance"
Starke
Evening star., 1938-07-23
TWO D. C. YOUTHS
HELD IN ROBBERY
Seized Near fredericksburg After
Tourist Camp Is Held Up
and $50 Taken.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, July 23.
Three youths. two from Washington,
arrested near here by city and State
police, are being held in city Jail on
charges Of holding up and robbing a
tourist camp IA miles north of here
this morning.
The youths gave their names as
Charles Watts, 19; Lyle George Phil
lips, Is, both of Washington, and
Charles Everett Coleman, 18, of
Charleston. W. Va.
The trio, Night Police Chief Ar
thur Kendall said, had been identified
by Jack Maroon, night manager of
the Austin Farms Tourist Camp, as
the ones who after holding him at gun
point, robbed the cash register of about
$50 at ! am. today
Maroon told local police the youths
forced him into a wrecking truck,
which they had allegedly stolen in
Washington, and drove toward Fred
ericksburg. He said they released
him about miles from the camp,
The three were arrested as they
entered the city in the wrecking truck.
Operators of a Washington trucking
service came here and took the truck
back.
Police said they recovered s25. A
loaded revolver was found beneath
the seat OF the truck, police said.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
N, !, LAWRENCE
W|LLS$7OO,0)O
Bulk of Estate Is Left to
Mother in CodiCiI to
Original Will.

Marcus ]. Lawrence, former resident
Of the District, who was killed in Ari-
zona last May. left an estate here
valued at more than 100000, it was
disclosed yesterday when the Ameri-
can Security & Trust Co. filed petit
ton with District Court for authority
to administer the local estate.
The will directed that the bulk Of his
estate. after payment of specific be-
quests, be given to his widow, Mrs.
Jane Stout Lawrence, from whom
Lawrence was estranged at the time
of his death. In a codicil, however,
which takes precedence over the orig
inal will, the widow was excluded
from any participation in the estate
except that to which she is entitled
by law.
The will, dated June 8, 1887, left
100000 in trust to Mrs. Carrie J.
Lawrence, 2l31 Wyoming avenue
NV, mother of the slain man, and
set up a 100000 trust fund for the
benefit of his alf-brother, Paul ].
Lawrence Of Cleveland.
The balance of the estate, which
consisted of S637 7.562 in cash and Sc
curities and S40,600 in real estate, is
to be divided among the mother, the
half-brother and the three children
of a diseased half-brother, Mortimer
w. Lawrence. The mother also was
given the sons interest in the family
property at 2l31 Wyoming avenue.
Several cash bequests were made to
friends and family servants.
Lawrence was fatally beaten in a
fight over a girl by Ernesto Lira on
May II. Lira was convicted of sec.
ond-degree murder and is seeking a
new trial. The girl was identified as
Odessa Webb.