Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight; day. ' Temperature for hours ended at 2 p.m. toda; 48, at noon today; lowest, 3 today. Full report on pag Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 lowest temperature about freezing; tomerrow increasing cloudiness ané somewhat warmer, fol- lowed by rain tomorrow night ard Fri- twenty-four Highest, 7, 8t 7 am. 021, @h ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system cévers every citygb! tion is deh'e ack and the regular edi- red to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 74,266 No. 29,093, Entered as geco, nd-class matter post office Washington, D. C. LIEUT. WOOD MAKES| §700,000 IN STOCKS; HALTEDBY FATHER Island Governor’s Son and Aide Deals by Cabie to’ Wall Street. HIS OPERATIONS BEGAN MORE THAN YEAR AGO General Moves to Quell Rumors That Speculations Were in Philippines. By the Asseciated Press. NEW YORK, December 26.—Lieut. Osborne Cutler Wood, twenty-six years old, son of Gov. Gen. ‘Wood of the Philippines, has admitted making between $700,000 and $800,000 in speculation in Wall street securi- ties, conducted by cable from Manila, wvhere he is an aide to his father, ®ays a copyrighted dispatch to the New York Times today. The dispatch, by Richard V. Oula- han, in part, follows: Copyright, 1923, by the New York Times Company.) By permission of the New York Times MANILA, December 24—Lieut. Os- borna Cutler Wood, son and aide of Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood, will return to the United States soon, probably by the end of Janu with the intention of resigning his com- mission and entering diplomatic serv- ce. This step i not only in accord with Lis inclinations, but he is better able to take it for the reason that he has accumulated enough money through fortunate investments to enable him to follow a diplomatic career inde- pendent of salary considerations. Bought Standard Oil. Lieut. Wood's streak of good for- tune began in September or October of last year, when he bought stock of the Standard Ol Company of New Jersey just prior to its sensational rise. Although his capital was ex- treinely small then, so he told me to- day, the fact that this stock rose ap- proximately 60 points gave him prof- its which placed him in a position to ake further investments on a large Practically all of them were profit- able. While Lieut. Wood said today | that he did not know offthand the | “Xact amount of his profits, he esti- mated them at between $700,000 and $800,000. Tad edgaged In heavy investments in securities, and it was reported that he had made deposits in New York and Chicago aggreating ~ $2,750,000 * * * In the course of its circulation the atory some times took the phase that these large sums had been sent from the Philippines by Gov. Gen. Wood. * * ¢ Nothing ever appeared or has Leen disclosed by investigation here to bear out such an Insinuation. On the contrary, according to what I am as- sured in the best informed sources, Gov. Gen. Wood remains a man of small me: which he is obliged to conserve with true frugal methods. It was Gen. Wood also who put an end to Licut. Wood's financial vent- ures when he learned of them. This attitude on his part is understood to be not due to any feeling that Lieut. Wood's transactions were not legiti- mate, but to the belief that it was unwlise that such a young man should accumulate a fortune so rapidly and to u desire to afford no ground for gossip that Lieut. Wood's invest- ments were in the Philippines. ¢ * ¢ General Summons Som. ‘The matter of Lieut. Wood's finan- clal operations was brought to Gen. Wood's attention’ on his return from his Java trip to Manila in connection the resolution of Representa- tive Frear calllng for a congres- sional investigation of the Phillp- pines. * * * 3 Gen. Wood tmmediately sent for the | Yieutenant, who was in tha palace at the time, and fn my presence asked | him to give me all the facts of his financial ventures. ~“I want nothing Geon. Wood. Lieut. Wood said it was true that he had madeé considerable profit deal- ing in American securities but sald they did not_approach anything like the sum of $2,750,000, the amount I| hiad mentloned as the aggregate re- ported deposited to his credit in New York and Chicago. Tis profits, he | tald, were between §700,000 and $800.- it . concealed,” sald | “While T regard these thansactions | as private matters,” said Lieut. Wood to me, “I am perfectly willing to tell the story without going into intimate details of my personal af-| fairs. None of these transactions had anything to do with Philippine enter- prises. Efforts were made by people Iiere to have me invest in enterprises in the islands but I declined to do s0. Mine were all American trans- actions. * ¢ . “While I don’t know the origin of the_stories of the large amounts sa‘d to have been deposited by me, they probably got about through: the fact | that I made & practice of transferring the same amount back and forth be- tween Manila and New York as often as occasion demanded. Favoranle ex- Change rates governed me in thie. SWhen there Was a chance to make & profit through transfer I did so. Tranaferred Frequently. “If the banks know you have gold they will make you a good offer for it and through that fact I transferred the same amount frequently, If I had gold {Continued on page 4, column Z.) COOLIDGE CAMPAIGN TO START THIS WEEK Butler and Goode to Select Head- “ quarters in Chicago Tomorrow. President Coolldge’s pre-convention rampaign for the presidential nomi- nation will begin this week. Willlam M. Butler and James W, Goode are to meet in Chicago tomorrow to select the general headquarters and to make plans for the establishment’ of re- glonal headquarters in other cities. Mr. Butler is récognized as one of the most active spirits in the further- ing of President Coolidge's nomina- mer represen li'l:'Iz to be associated with himy LIEU . OSHORNE C. W"0D. MISSING DIRIGIBLE BELIEVED IN AFRICA | French Officials Doubt Land- | ing Coul.d Be Made With- : out Accident. By the Associnted Press. PARIS, December the ministry of marine sald today that, although they had recelved many messages reporting the pres- | ence of the missing dirigible Dixmude over varlous parts of Tunis and the seacoast, they conmsidered that the latest trustworthy news was the of- fielal dispatch from Biskra last Fri- day announcing her arrival there. It was at this point that the Dixmude was instructed by wireless to remain in the south because of a violent storm along the French coast. The message in question was sent at 11 p.m. Friday, at which hour the dirigible was seen twelve mijes from 26.—Officials at Uled Jellal, thirty-three miles from Biskra, which is about 125 miles south of the Mediterranean coast. The Dixmude was then proceeding southward. Government air experts say it is doubtful that the Dixmude is still afloat, as she could not navigate without power and her gasoline sup- For some time storles have been in |PIY IS undoubtedly exhausted by this circulation In New York, time. The lack of mews from the Chicago and Manild that PHew rigible since dy 18 taken as supporting - this view, aloft it is belleved the commander would have found means of sending messages. “The principal hope fos- tered here s that the Dixmude has landed in the desert, from which it might take days for news to come. Twelve Tons Water Aboard. If the airship continued to travel as @ free balloon, without help from her motors, department officials ex- pressed the opinion that she might cover considerable distances, as it was estimated that she had twelve tons of water on board for ballast, without reckoning her motors and accessories. If she has landed it § considered improbable that the iand- ing could have Leen effected without accident, egarding the food on board airigible, it s stated now that in oac dition to fresh meat and other perish- able foods sufficient for three days she carried an eight-day supply of biscuits and an-eleven-day stock of preserved meat, together with 330 gallons of water, a three-day supply, and her twelve tons of water ballast. A revised statement of the number of persons on board given out today says the total was fiity, four officers and forty-six men, and fen other offi- cers carried a5 passengers. Naval Lieut. du Plessis de Grenedan, who commanded the Dixmude, was the for {if still {officer who brought her from Germany with her German crew when she was surrendered under the peace treaty. He has continued to command her ever since, but this was to be his 1 vovage as he was about to be p moted. ¢ Had Little Part In War. The Dixmude, as Zeppelin L-72, took very little part in the war operations, She has six cars suspended from her | main structure, each with a 300- | horsepower motor. Between Sep- tember 25 and September 30 she established a record for a nonstop | fight with a total of 118 hours fiying. M. Faroux, the aviation expert, writ- ing today to L'Auto, takes the loss of |the Dixmude for granted and ex- | presses the hope that it will induce | Francs to abandon her plan of creat- |ing a fleet of dirigibles. He denies the contention advanced by those favoring the project that the late war showed that dirigibles can be of great { utility In naval operations, saying ex- | perience has shown the contrary. He quotes Field Marshal von Hinden- burg's reminiscences stating that Count Zeppelin himself- admitted that | dirigibles were out of date as war { machines and declares that the future mastery of the air belonged to air- planes. KILLED FROM AMBUSH AFTER CHURCH SERVICE Virginia Pastor and Woman Driv- ing With Victim Escape Bul- lets of Unidentified Murderer. ! By the Associated Press. STAUNTON, Va., December 26.— Martin Coleman, twenty-one, Norfalk Iroad clerk at Blue- who was- visiting his old home in Nelson county for the Christmas holidays, was shot and killed by an unidentified Derson near Nellys Ford, Nelson county, Monday night, it became known here today. Coleman and his sister, with Rev. Mr. Phililps, a Baptist minister at Neilys Ford, were returning home from church services in automobile when fired upon from ambush. Four shots were fired, but neither of the other occupants of the car was in- jured. . Recent activities on the part of Rev. Mr. Phillips in reporting prohi- bition law violstors led to the belief in some quarters that the shots were intended for him. Three nogroes have been arrested and. gate being Quentionsd bx e suthopibian WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1923 —-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. OYSTER PROMISES 10 FIND RUM LIST FOR PROSECUTIONS Police Will Not Abandon Case Déspite Irey’s Denial, He Declares. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALSO WOULD LOCATE ROSTER Statements and ments by Wheeler and Stay- ton Fly Fast. Though a holiday truce prevailed today in the investigation of the Capltal's bootleg scandal, there was abundant evidence that further dis- closures were in prospect and that the trail of the missing list of 1,400 rum customers had not been aban- oned. Despite announcement by Elmer Irey, chief of the intelligence corps of the internal revenue bureau, that the immunity of diplomatic liquor which the police attempted to seize had been definitely established, po- lice officials declared thelr intention of following up that feature of the case until a more satisfactory ex- planation has been made. Commissioner Oyster said he would ask for a definite ruling on the extent to which diplomatic im- munity carried. He ic awaiting a repert, he sald, from the internal revenue bureau. In their ralds on tha bootlegging involved the police e tered a residence occupied by Dr. V. Sokolowskl, secretary of the Polish legation, where they say about $50,- 200 worth of liquor was located. Im- munity was granted on Dr. Sokolow- ski's claim Mr. Oyster also announced today that should the list of customers be neces- sary to prosecution of the case, he would take steps to bring it to light A similar effort is expected to be made by the District attorney's office, which has promised to prosecute those shown to be liquor purchasers. Statements Fly Fast. The list has become the vehicle for plenty of publicity for “wet"” and “dry" forces outstde government channels. Wayne, B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League. has issued several statements, and Capt. W. H. Stayton, head of the Associa- tion Against the Prohibition' Amend- ment, has done likewise. The latter wants the list published, but said nothing relative to prosecution of the names on it. See Powerfal Arguments. The hint that prominent names on the list are believed responsible for this situation, since, if it can be shown that high officlals of the gov- ernment are disregarding the eigh- teenth amendment by allowing their names to appear in connection with fllicit liquor traffio, there's some chance to wield powerful arguments anent the futility of prohibition. And Mr. Wheeler, too, wants the lst un- covered, but he wants it uncovered o that Uncle Sam may clean house in case it can be proved any offictal personages have graced the clientele of the alleged syndicate. As for the Investigators themselves, indications were given today that they regarded the question of the list an incidental to be given attention in case - anything crops up which will lead to it, but not as important as several other angles. Not_so, however, with Mr. Wheeler and Capt. Stayton. The last message issued by Mr. Wheeler today, which follows, Indlcates this: Wheeler's Latest Statement. “Since when has it been fanatical or_impractical to enforce the plain letter of the law?” sald Mr. Wheeler. “Mr. Stayton, the head of the Asso- ciation Against the Prohibition Amendment, adds one more to his list of attacks on law and order with the assertion that prosecution of pur- chasers of booze in violation of the law is both.impractical and fanatical. What is the Constitution or the acts of Congress or the laws of any state among liquor addicts? “The perfect Christmas day sought by the prohibition forces with law en- forced would not see \half the popula- tion of Washington and the United States in jall, as Mr. Stayton belleves, but would still further diminish the Jail, and prison population. Four years of prohibition have made a decrease in the ratlo of arrests for drunkenness per 100,000 population equivalent to 2,000, 000 fewer arresfs since prohibition be- came a law and caused a like decrease in the penal ratio equivalent to 20,000 fewer penal commitments in spite of the opposition of the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment. Sober men are not locked up so often a8 men crazed or sodden with drink. “The Man of Galilee is still called a wine-bibber by his foes as is shown by Mr. Stayton's quotation of this one among many false accusations against the Christ. His church still meets calumny and les ds it etrives to save men from being ruined to enrich brew- ers and distillers. “Stayton, like Satan, can quote Scrip- ture to suit his_purposes, but we are reminded of Shakespeare's phrase “What dammed_error, but some sober (?) brow will bless {it and approve it with a text.'” —_— BUILDING TRADE UNIONS HERE BEST PAID IN U. S, Department of Labor Figures Re- veal HigHer Earnings for All Construction Workers. Unfon workers in the building trades in Washington received gen- erally higher wages than the same class of workers In similar trades in other citles, according to figures made public today by the Department of Labor, based on earnings as of No- vember 1. . ‘Wages paid union laborers in hu||l.|=¢ tpr:"au in Washington .vfit aged higher here than Wlfefl paid in other cities for both interior and ex- MAEior Workecs, Counter-State- | New T2 KILLED, 10HURT | AT RAIL CROSSINGS Five Automobile Accident Victims in Maryland—Sev- eral More May Die. Spacial Dispatch to The Sta: HAGERSTOWN, Md., December ?3 —Flve are dead, two dying and three serfously hurt as the result of three| automobile accidents in this section yesterday. Two of the accidents were at grade crossings while in the third an automobile turned turtle. The dead are: Mrs. i. H. Harmony, Waynesboro, Pa. i John Harmony, her son. Waynes- boro, Pa. Paul Miller, Waynesboro, Pa. H. Chalrs, Hagerstown, Md. Edward Clopper, Antietam Furnace, Md. » dying ar Rt Haizlar, Antietam Furnace, H. H. Harmony, Waynesboro. The serfously injured are: James G. Spahn, Baltimore, Md. John Hetzler, Antietam Furnace. Miss-Ruth Harmony, Waynesboro. Mre, Harmony, her son and Paul Miller were killed when a train struck thelr machine near Waynecastle. Chairs was killed at a Norfolk and Western raflway crossing just out- side the city limits. Clopper waa killed when the automobile in which Ralph Hetzler also was riding turned turtle near Antietam Furnace. THREE HURT IN BALTIMORE. Two Women and Man Xnjured in Collision. By the Associated Press. E BALTIMORE, Md., December 26— Two women and a man, all of Nor- tolk, Va., were seriously injured yes- terday, when their aftomoblle col- lided with a taxicab. Mrs. Mary Lay of the Rotecourt apartments, suffered concussion of the brain; Oakley H. Lay, same ad- dress, concussion and & lacerated scalp, and Mrs. Minnie M. Spencer, 614 West 31st street, sustained a frac- tured skull. YFresman Bohanan, driver of the taxi, was arrested and charged with failing to give right of way. THREE KILLED BY TRAIN. Same Crew Figured in Accident Two Months Ago. By the Associated Press. & BLOOMINGTON, Ill, December 26.— Three persons were killed and five infured seriously last night at Deer Creek, when a Nickle Plate engine hit and automobile owned and driven by Frank Newell. The dead are: Mrs. Millison Roves, seventy; Mrs. Sadle an, forty, and Robert Newell, R e injured are: Frank Newell, his wife and three children. The train was in_charge of Engineer Johnson and Conductor Ruddy, the crew in charge of a train which hit @n automobile here October 30, killing four persons. CRASH MARS FESTIVITY, Dairyman Killed Preparing for Triple Anniversary Event. By the Associated Press. NEW CASTLE, Pa., December 26.— The home of John W. Grimes, a dairy- man, which was to have been the happy scene of a triple anniversary celebration yesterday, became a house of sorrow through his tragic death at a rallroad crossing. Grimes birth- day, that of a daughter and the an- niversary of his marriage all came on Christmas. Hurrying with the milk deliveries, Grimes truck was struck by a Pennsylvania work train at the Newport crossing near here. He was killed instantly. The ‘family had gathered for the triple celebration ‘when the body was taken home. FOUR DEAD, ONE INJURED. By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Ill, December 26.— Four persons were killed and one seriously injured in traction car ac- cldents here yesterday. Margaret Pe , Mad, Spencer and Robert ";onr. wan“kflled and Harold Hat- fleld ‘seriously hurt when an automo- bile in which they were riding was struck by an interurban car of the Ilinots Traction g-um. All were residents of this city. A few hours later Charl . Harper was killed ‘when he was struck by a car of the same interurban line while lying on the tracks. Police advanced the theory mtlna had been slugged and zobbed And l¢ft Lying on the sracks. Man Not in Jail May Enter to Get Coolidge Pardon By the Asociated Press. CHICAGO, December 26.—Philip Grossman, sentenced to one year In jail February 7, 1921, by former Judge Kenesaw M. Landis for failure to close his saloon in ac- cordance with & federal injunction. Wwas not redeased on a presidential pardon yesterday when it was found that he never had been in jail. = Robert Levy, United States inarshall, said he presumed Gross- man would have to check In at the jail’ before he could be checked out properly. Mr. Levy said he had been told Grossman was sick and out of town, and would sur- render after the holiday After Mr. Landis sentenced Grossman an appeal wae taken, and recently the higher court found he had been dealt with iegally, Notification of the pardon came yesterday to Ritchey V. Graham, superintendent of the house of cor- Tection, from Harry M. Daugherty, United ' States Attorney General: “The President has commuted the sentence of Philip Grossman to expire at once” it read. “War- rant will follow.” OBREGONAT FRONT TOLEAD OFFENSIVE Federals Advancing on Guad- alajara, Reinforced by Victors at Puebla. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 26 —With the arrival at the Jalisco battle front President Obregon, who departed yes- terday for Irapuato, and who is ex- pected to arrive at the advanced po- sitions in the vicinity of Ocotlan, Pen- jamo, today, the general federal of- fensive against the rebelllous foroe under Gens. Enrique Estrada and Manuel Dieguez is expected to begin without delay. With the main body advancing upon Guadalajara from the east under the command of Gen. Joaquin Amaro, re- inforced with the victorfous troops from Puebla, co-operation is expected from the cavalry column under Gen. Lazaro Cardenas, which was previ- ously reported operating in the Zacoalco district. Confident of Victory. Confldence expressed in official quarters at Guadalajara that the of- fensive will be as successful as the recent Puebla victory has given rise to positive statements in semi-official quarters to the effect that the cap- ture of Guadalajara and dispersal sof (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SECRECY SHROUDS VENIZELOS' RETURN Triumphal Public Entrance Barreqr as Unfitting—In- sists Visit Temporary. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, December 26.— Former Premier Venizelos, who is leaving Mar- sellle for Athens on December 29, has requested Col. Plastiras to prevent a public reception on the ground that it is unfitting the statesman's homecom- ing should assume “a triumphant public character,” which would injure the purpose of his return. In case his wishes cannot be carried out, M. Venizelos asked that he be landed at a secret port, from which he proposed to motor for a conference with Col. Plastiras on the outskirts of Athens. - Reapects His Wisken. Col. Plastiras announcing that the government will respect the wishes of the former premfer, plans to take M. - Venizelos off the ship in a small boat at a secret spet along the coast. Former Gen. Danglis has received a telegram from Venizelos, in which the latter advises the liberal party to proceed with the election of their leader, inasmuch as he cannot accept the honor, owing to the temporary nature of his sojourn in Greece. Nevertheless. liberal circles hope that Venizoles eventually can be per- suaded to form a government, despite the fact that he has assured the country his return will only be temporary and that he is coming to act as a guide and adviser In the po- litical erisis. Return Stirs Greece. The decision of Venizelos to visit Greece has stirred political circles. The liberals naturally are gratified, belleving Venizelos can be induced to take up once more the reins of government. The republicans are perplexed, for they do not yet know the zeal purpose of his return, e royalists allege that Venizelos has lgng been pining to return to Greece and that his repeated affirma- tion of his determination to abstain from politics, as well as telegraphic appeals to his patroitism, were staged ih order to facilitate his re- urn. The reunion of the Greek natlon is regarded as a difficult task swhich only a politician of Venizelog abil- ities can perhaps achieve. Many ob- servers think that his desire to ren- der his country such a service now impels him to come back to her at the present functure. MURDERED WITH AX. HOPEWELL, Va., December 26— ‘With his head almost severed by blows from an ax or meat cleaver, the body of Peter Petroff, thirty-five, proprietor of a meat and grocery store, was found this morning by vis- itors to the store. The motive for the murder is be- lieved to have been robbery. Coast Guard Reinforcement With Old Ships Hit by Mellon By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26.—Rein- forcement of the coast guard rum blockade with Shipping Board craft, Navy destroyers, eagle boats or sub- marine chasers would be Impractical and uneconomical, says Secretary of the Treasury Meilon in a letter re- ceived today by H. M. Crist, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, The government contemplates strengthening the coast guard, Mr. Mellon says, “not onmly for work in connection with the prevention of smuggling, but .also for relief and rescue work at sea. He expresses a bellef, however, that new and spe- clally designed craft must be buflt for that purpose. 2 Mr. Mellon's letter #as in reply to a suggestion he received from Mr. Crist that vessels of the Navy or the Shipping Board not now in use might be turned: over to the coast guard for use in stemming the illegal flow of liqudr from the sea. .Such an ar- rangement, Mr. Crist belleved, would make it unnecessary for Mr., Mellon to ask Congress for an appropriation for coast guard cutters. it and the B X R studied the practicability from tech- nical and economlic standpoints of trangierring. certain, ciugses of Rayah Vvessels to the coast. patrol service, Mr. Mellon says. p i Although it is generally known, ke says, that the Navy has a considera- ble number of idle destroyers, these craft, 300 feet or more in length, 25,- 000 horsepower and 34 knots speed, would cost too much to put into com- mission and to operate as rum chas- ers, and would be too light for reg- ular coast guard duty. Eagle Boats Unsulted. ‘Eagle boats bullt by the Navy Quring the war and since out of com- mission. are described by -Mr. Mellon “as a highly specialized class of yes- sels intended for certain definite du- ties” which experience has demon- strated are utterly unsuited to the work of ‘the coast guard. Submarine chasers also have been g:ovofl, according to Mr. Mellon, to “{]l‘adapted for coast guard pur- Doses, expensive to operate, unreliable and unsatisfactory.” Consldering fuel costs and the men needed to man them, the sub-chasers “are not nearly 80 economical as the class of motor boats the coast guard desires to ob- tain.” ‘ '“I may say that the plan proposed for the mugmentation of the coast rd contemplates the acquisition the Navy Department of such miscellaneous ~ vessels as can be spared and made suitable for the !work the colllt:!lrlfl“fl cl-llldflllwn o, Berform” the letter ~ continues. ¥ of the 8hi pping Board are completely unsuitable, chiefly because 9f their dize and cogt of operation.” 'leaped from the speedway. TWO CENTS. Washington Boy, WestPoint Cadet, Killed in Subway By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26—The body of & youth killed by a subway | train yesterday was identified today | as that of Frederick Stanley Cusack, | a West Point cadet, whose home was in Washington, D. C. Identification was made by a fellow cadet. A truck came upon the body near | the Wall street subway station from which the police believed the youth had fallen or jumped. Phy- siclans sald Cusack's body had been on the tracks for several hours before it was found and that several trains had run over It. Harry Harper, the cadot who made ~ the identification, said Cusack, who was twenty years old, was an honor man at West Point. He was to have attended = party at Albany last night and search for him was started when he did not appear. Military authorities at Govern- ors Island announced they would make |’ an investigation of the circum- stances of the death. At the War Department here, where it was sald efforts had been made all morning to help identify 2 young man killed in New York, it was said that the records showed that Frederick Stamley Cusack, a West Point cadet, was the son of Lieut, Col. Joseph E. Cusack, ca alry, now stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex. No further information on the Cusack family was available at the War Department at an early hour this afternoon, but the office of the adjutant general was again in communication with New York to obtain official notice of the identification, and to get further details of the young man's family It was thought possible Col Cusack might have been sta- tioned at one time either in the War Department here, or at Fort Myer. TWODROWNINCAR PLUNGE INTO BASIN Driver, Rescued, Says Hei Lost Control of Wheel on Narrow Park Bridge. Blocked from turning into the nar- row bridge over the Tidal Basin in- let by the sudden appearance of an-| other automobile, ‘three men Were plunged into the fcy waters of the| basin early today when their car Two_of its ockupants were drowned. The | third man had a miraculous "escape after being carried beneath twenty- five feet of water with his machine. One of the dead men was John Craven, fifty-five vears old. of 221 10th strect southwest. The driver, who escaped and is now in Emer- gency Hospital, slowly recuperating from his freezing experience. is Rob- ert McLennan, forty-three years | old, of the same address. The other dead man has not vet been identified, | being known to the only survivor,| McLennan, as “the countryman.” | | i Bridge Dangerous. 1 For two years Lieut. Col C. O.! Sherrill, in charge of public buildings and grounds, has pointed out in his annual report that the bridge where the crash occurred "is a source of constant danger to motorists pass- ing over it” because It is so narrow. The span s only twenty-five feet| wide and Col. Sherrill has asked for $20.000_to make it thirty-five feet wide. Less than that space makes it | hazardous for two cars to pass on | the bridge, which must also accomo- | date pedestrians. Wrapped in warm_blankets and carefully guarded by Policeman Bur- ton of the fourth precinct. McLen- nan told the story of the death plunge to a reporter after physicians had worked over him for hours to restore him to consclousness. “I have known John Craven for years,” McLennan began. ‘It was pretty late when I met him coming out of the alley where he keeps his horse and wagon. Hailing me, he| came up to the car and sald: ‘Mac, this is my friend, “the countryman. Take us for a spin around the Speed- way.' I readily agreed and told them | both to climb in the back seat. | Everything went well until we reached the little bridge at the Potomac river end of the Tidal Basin. “I was not going fast, but my car is a large one. Just as I was about to turn Into the bridge a small car shot across it and I saw it would be impossible to squeeze in, too. I tried hard to turn with the approaching smaller car, but my steering wheel| must have locked as a result of my sudden_efforts to swerve out of the ‘We headed straight for the way. embankmeng and went over it. The drop is aPnost sheer, and as we| started down to the water I heard John seream: My God, Mac,’ and then We went under. “I could not jump before we took (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) WOMAN OF 73 BEATEN T0 DEATH IN HOME By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., December 26.— Witls skull battered by an instru- ment thought to be a hammer, the body of Mrs. Mary Munsell, seventy- three, awidow, was found thinly clad on a bed at her home in Burnside, Hartford, yesterday. B rindow at the rear uf the housa had been forced and signs of a strug- le were evident. A hammer was ound od & stairway. An alarm clock had stopped at 8:15 am. These are clues on which the police are work- ing. Robbery is thought to have been the motivy ‘of the crithe. Mrs. Mun- lived alone. = ftor tne woman had been struck down, the intruder stripped her night gown from her and with it wiped the blood from her nose and mouth, po- lice sald. The body was then piaced on the bed. Thus it remained until the arrival of a neighbor, who came to inquire Why Mrs. Munsell had not appesred at his home for Christ dinner. = ™ nirance to the house was gainsd by breaking the glass in a window and then removing the lock. The noise_is belleved .to have aroused Mrs. Munsell, who arose and went to the kitchen 'to investigate. Therv, the police think, she eonfronted the intruder and there was staged the first phase of & life-and-death strug- le. Through. the kitchen Into the bea- room the two appear to have strug- gled before the fatal blow was struck. Then the house was ransacked, a trail of burned matches from room to room tracing the murderer’s path. Various articles, collected and brought to the kitchen, were exam- ined by the light of the lamp which Mrs. Munsell kept burning in the kitchen at all times during the night, police beliove, 568 1 |the recognition of dentist: ASKSTRINGENT LAW GOVERNING DENTAL PRACTIGE IN CITY Dentistry Board Heads Hold Present Statute Weak in Requirements. HEALTH OFFICIALS PROBE REPORT OF QUACKS HERE Investigation, on Suggestion of Freeman Society, Fails to Dis- close Single Fraud. Declaring that the District of Co- lumbia has a lax dental law, Dr. C. A. Hawley, secretary of the dent examining board of the Distriet, to- day announced that the board soon will present to Congress a bill to provide for more stringent regulation of the practice of dentistry. Dr. Hawley asserted there is urgen: need for revision of the present law Jn this connection it came to light that the health department is now inquiring into a letter from the Robert T. Freeman Déntal Society colored organization, in which it was suggested that unqualified men were engaged In the profession here. Health Officer William €. Fowle said today that on the basis of the letter he has directed his inspectors to make a careful investigation find out if there are any dentists practicing in violation of law. Up this time, Dr. Fowler added, no v tions of the law have been uncovered ‘The health officer also ha sought the co-operation of Pharmacy Inspec tors Sanders and Evans of the police department, who are aiding in the investigation. ‘ The text of the communication sent to the health office by the society was quoted by Dr. M. D. Wiseman, for- mer secretary, as follows: “It has come to the attentlon of Robert T. Freeman Dental Society of Was! ington, that there are a number men practicing dental work in city, some of whom have never b properly 1licensed and others whom have never even pursued t courses in detistry at any dent: school.”” Society Twenty Years Old. The Robert T: Freeman Dental So- clety was established twenty vears ago, is composed of forty member: practically all the colored dentists in the city, nearly ail of whom are grad- uates of Howard University and meetings are held at the 12th street Y. M C. A. Dr. Reuben West is the present president. Dr: Hawley of the examining board explained that prospeetive dentist: are required to pass a theoreticul examination and, in addition, must perform certain technical work be: fore they are certified to prectice. He pointed out, however, . that one of the weakest spots in the loc law is that no college diploma necessary in order to take the exam- ination to practice here. Because of the absence of this re quirement, Dr. Hawley said, the Dis trict has not been able to get rec procity with most of the states in licens for the reason that those states re- quire a diploma. Degree to Be Refused. The secretary of the examining board said the bill now being pre- pared for introduction Congress will define clearly the practice of dentistry, will require possession of college diplomas in order o take tt exgmination and will place a higher examination fee on applicants, At present the examination fee is $10, which Dr. Hawley said, does not provide the board with sufficient funds. The District's dental law, according to Dr. Hawler, has not been revised since 1904, and should be brought up to date with the Jaws in the state: At the present time the District hus dental reciprocity with only six _ states. The secretary of the board stated that thgre were one or two com- plaints made about a year ago, but he_had not heard of any recently Officials of the health department have been following with interest investigations _elsewhere Into the activitios of alleged ungualified phy- sicians, but they say they have not heard of any similar cases in Wash- ington. The District has a medical examin ing board which requires applicants to pass a written examination. If they pass they are given a certificate on which the health departme authorizes them to practice. NEW IMMIGRATION LAW HEARING ON AT CAPITOL Aid Society Secretary, First Wit- ness, Advocates Selection Abroad. Hearings were begun today by the House Immigration committee on legislation to take the place of the present quota law which expires next June 30. Chalrman Johnson has introduced a bill which would provide for selec ive Immigration, with quotas fixed at 2 per cent based on the number of persons of each nationality here un- der_the 1890 census. The first witness today, L. S. Gott- lieb of Washington, Secretary of the Selective Immigrants Aid Society, ad- vocated selection abroad, but urged that other features of the present law be continued. SIGNS AN AGREEMENT FOR U. S. WITH TURKEY Admiral Bristol Reports Consum- mation of Plan Mutually to Con- sider Claims of Nationals. Rear Admiral Bristol, at Constanti- nople, notified the State Departme: today that he signed an agreement with the Turkish government Decem- ber 24 under which a committee of Turkish and American delegates will be appointed within six months after the Turkish-American treaty ratifi- cations have been exchanged to con- sider the clalms of Turkish and American nationals, The agreement is in accordance with an understanding reached wi the treaty wag negotiated. |