Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1924, Page 2

g o BIG INCREASE SEEN IN D. C. ESTIMATES Departments to Ask About Forty- Two Millions for 1926, Ob- servers Indicate. POLICE PRECINCTS NEEDED Library Requirements Also to Be Presented. Estimates of department heads of the District government for the fiscal year of 1926 are expected to approxi- mate $42,000,000, according to observ- ers at the District building. Last yvear these estimates ran to $38,000,000, and the Commissioners sliced it to $32,000,000, while the bud- get bureau cut this in the final analy- sis to $25,000.000. Some of the things to expect in the next submission of estimates, it was indicated teday, are the following: More Police Precinets. New police precinct station houses which will allow operation of a total of fitteen precincts in the District in lieu of the twelve precincts and one subprecinct now functioning. Branch libraries in all schoois: full fledged six-month libraries in Armstrong Technical High School ana Eastern High School; a specialized library in the 5. V. Brown School; 50,000 boo for the library branch in Mount Pleas- ant. A few new engine houses and about five new fire engines. A batch of improvement work and new construction work for the school systent. Orders for Survey. the new police precincts, Commissioner Oyster has given Maj. Daniel Sullivan, chief of police. or ders to make a ‘sur nd report on | the situation. It is recoznized in the police department that the rapid growth of Washington's suburbs has seriously handicapped complete protection of all parts of the cit For instance, the eleventh precinct, in Anacostia, runs all the way to the District line station of the Chesa- peake Beach railroad; the tenth pre- cinct runs from P'ark road clear over to West Ickington; the seventh pre- cinct has the substation at Tenle town to help it out, but covers vast ter- ritory In the extreme northwest sec- tion of the city; the ninth precinct, located near 9th street and Maryland twists and squirms’ all srtheast Washington. Need 1x Apparent. Upon reviewing this, situation the need for additional pretincts becomes apparent. Two precincts are needed To break up the territory now em- braced by the cleventh and tenth pre- cincts, and the reallotment of terri- ‘ the ninth precinct dvisable. One pre- located, it is be- much along Anent avenue, around’ > cinct_strategically :d. could accomplish line, and the problems of the precinct, according to ex- could be brought far toward solution by enlarging subprecinet at Tenleyfown and making it a full- fiedzed precinct. The need for libraries in territory near the Eastern High School and the Armstrong Manual Training School has existed for some time. The plan is to install libraries at each of the schools, with four attendants at one, to be opened six months and twelve hours a day. Chev: library facilities also would be im- proved by the placement of a more elaborate branch at the Elizabeth V. Brown School and Mount Pleasant Branch Library needs books. T THUNDERSTORM TO COOL D. C. TODAY (Continued from First heat in Washington this year. toppled over on the street and was rushed to Emergency Hospital, where it was said although his condition rious he probably would re- The other three prostrations reported to the police were as follows: Millard years old, Sth st Who was’ stricken mail at South Carol 6th street southeast. He Casualty Hospital. Phy his _condition is not serious. Fair- banks Austin, nineteen. 5230 Sherrier place, was overcome while working | on Conduit road. He was d at Emergency Hobpital, William __J. Burke, Jr.. fifty-two, of Hampton, Va., who was found prostrated at 6th and P streets early this morning. He was taken to linger Hospital, where physicians say his condition is serious. William E. Cook, aged thirty-one vears, 1561 North Capitol street, was overcome by heat today while work- ing at 3d_and R streets northeast. Tobert Miller, aged nineteen years, was s the heat in a camp at ¥ this morning, and Jenny aged thirty-two vear: . was overcome by heat while at hom Il were taken 1 pita er, 1303 F w. 531 Wheeler. forty-seven t utheast, ile delivering avenue and was taken to said treet north- rcome at North Capitol H streets while waiting for a street car. She was taken to Sibley Hospital. 04 at Noon Today. The highest temperature recorded yesterday was 95 degrees, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Although this morn- ing started out 6 degrees cooler than at the same hour yesterday, by noon the mercury had soared to 94, and the absence of any appreciable wind gave promise of yesterday's record for the year beinz reached, if not passed, unless the weather forcaster’s promise of relief came early in the afternoon The temperatures numerated above, however, were taken at the weather bureau. When the thermometer there read 95 yesterday, the mercury in the kiosk on Pennsylvania ayenue rose steadily until it touched 105 degrees, and there was every indication that similar conditions would prevail in the streets for awhile, at least, again today. = Wext Alxo Scorched. Washington was on_the very brink of cooler weather. While virtually all parts of the country north and east of here have heen enjoying temperatures many degrees cooler, those sections to the south and west have buen scorching with the National Capital. The explanation. savs the weather forcaster, is simply that the north has been getting easterly winds from off the ocean, while the south and west has been swept by land winds from the northwest. Present Weather In Freak. One of the strange freaks of the present weather, Mr. Mitchell adde: is that the cooler sections were swept by thunderstorms and showers while the hot states. which should have or- dinarily expected electrical displays, had none. Thunderstorms have already broken the heat wave in the west, however, and severe thunder- storms should reach Washington this afternoon and possibly continue into the night, completely smashing the backbone of the torrid spell for the present, at least. Everybody in Washington who had an automobile used it last night, it seemed. Streets were literally jam- med with motorists hurrying to the welcoming woodlands of the parks. Parking regulations there were for- gotten and every road in Rock Creek Park was filled with motorists, many of whom prepared themselves to spend the night there. When the road be- came filled the sweltering citizens drove their cars up onto the lawns ling Flies Multiplying, “Swat’ Them,” Is Fowler’s Dictum Thousands of house flles today are busy in Washington tearing down good health and building up doctor bills, Reports that fies have grown to goodly humbers in the past few days were confirmed from several sources today. When told of the situation, Dr. W. C. Fowler, health officer, made an emphatic two-word reply. “Swat them,” he said, and turned to his business of signing pink and white and yellow slips. In addition to house fiies, which generally are born in offensive outer surroundings of communi- ties, hatching from eggs to whit- ish 'maggots in less than a day and after a week transforming into brown puparia before arr ing at the winged stage, when they bring millions of bacflli into the house on hair legs to be scat rered in baby's milk and father's beefsteak, are stable flies, bottle flies, horse flies, blow flies and cluster flies. All of htem are of the same family and should be murdered. No estimate ever has been com- piled as to the number of their victims, Swat them,” says Dr. Fowler; “thes are our enemies, and we are theirs. Swat them early and oft- en. 1f you will consider me as talking for twenty-four hours at a stretch and using only those two words, ‘Swat them, you will convey an idex of the emphasis I place “upon the necessity of pro- curing swatters for the murder of all types of flies.” ing along the park roads, carrying pillow and blanket. Apartments and houses alike were unbearable and the hot citizens were content to take their chences on be- ing drenched by a storm rather than remain in their overheated rooms. Court Drops Dignity. An example of how uusual the heat eemed was found yesterday in Po- lice Court. For the first time in the history of that tribunal officers of the court and members of the bar alike appeared minus coats and vests. Judge Robert E. Mattingly cheerfully save permission to the hot lawyers and officers to divest themselves of their coats, although he kept his own coat on. Assistant District Attorney Hart even rolled his sleeves up in the added heat of an argument over a whisky case. SCORE KILLED IN WEST. Storms Cause $3,000,000 Damage in Three States. . By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, June 21.—More than a score of deaths and property damage estimated at upward of $3.000.000 is the result in three states of the hot wave and the storm, which yesterday swept through the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, Five deaths from the storm in Tlli- nois were added to the heat fatalities of other states. Eight persons were reported prostrated by the heat in Chicago, and fifteen persons were said to have been bitten by heat-crazed dogs. Although considerable damage was done by the storm throughout Northern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin, Chicago suffered little. With seventeen deaths reported due to heat in Ohio, relief was af- forded by a violent windstorm which swept several sedtions. The greatest damage of the storm occurred in _ Racine County, Wis. wty\- re a half-mile-wide strip, twelv. miles long, was swept, with estimated property loss of nearly two million dollars. Telegraph lines were torn down and train service impaired SEE PERIL TO SWIMMERS. Authorities Considering Need of Safeguards at Bathing Places. Accidental drowning of three boys the past two days has suggested to the authorities the necessity for bet- ter safeguarding several favorite swimming places which are visited by youths. Dr. Herbert 1. Martyn, act- coroner, who investigated the three drownings, has proposed that lifcbuoys be placed at points known to the police as being particularly dangerous, and Maj. Daniel Sullivan. chief of police, gave his approval to such a plan Speaking of the drowning of Leroy rett Allen, eleven, 1122 E street st. Thursday afternoon near ge over the Anacostia river at Pennsylvania avenue, and that of John Taylor, colored, twenty, 1507 6th street, drowned yesterday at the foot of Half street southeast, Dr. Martyn id their lives probably could have en saved had there been a lifebuoy within reach of their companions. Dr. Martyn suggested that the spots which are especially dangerous might be selected by the police of the se eral precinets and lifebuoys placed on posts for emergency usc. The acting coroner said he knew of several par- ticularly dangerous spots, mentioning the scene of the two recent drownings among them. Maj. Sullivan said he was in favor of adopting some means to prevent drowning accidents. He already had given some thougt to the question, he stated, and said he believed the plan recommended by the acting coro- ner was a good one. There are several life bouys along the river front in Potomac Park. Last year there was a suggestion made that similar buoys be placed along the upper river, but lack of funds was given as an excuse for failure to pro- vide them, Daniel ‘Morgan Alexander, eight years old, 4707 Piney Branch road, was_the third boy drowned. He lost his life in Rock Creek while wading at the ford where Broad Branch road intersects the creek. Desperate efforts made by three playmates to save the boy falled. PACIFIC COAST SUFFERS. Temperatures of 100 Recorded in Northern California. SAN FRANCISCO, June 2L—A por- tion of the heat wave, which assessed a heavy deagh toll in the east, struck the Pacific Coast vesterday. Northern California _experienced the warmest day thus far this year, with temperatures of' 100 degrees above zero in several cities. Southern California toasted in an unusual hot spell, and warmer weather is promised for today. The mercury climbed to 87 degrees in San Francisco and Los Angeles. LIGHTNING FIRES HOMES. BUFFALO, N. Y., June 21—Light- ning bolts caused a dozen fires, two houses were blown down, trees were damaged and uprooted and 1,157 tele- phone lines were put out of service by a terrific electric and wind storm which swept Buffalo early today. WILL AUDIT CLAIMS. Committee Appointed to Examine Losses of Russian Citizens. MOSCOW, June 21.—The council of the people’s commissars has establish- ed a commission attached to the for- eign office to examine and audit the claims of Russian citizens who suf- fered individually through property damage or otherwise by reason of for- elgn intervention between 1918 and 1921. The government, in February, approved the formation of a public and bridle paths and parked there. In the meantime street car lines r:lnqnln: tol;rh.fi p-.rk:: wer,emkcpl until e ‘morning carrying- thousands Sther Dersons 1o ihe. cooler. Spots. Hundreds-of persons were-seen walk- i committee to collect all such claims, and the newly formed commission will examine these claims with a view of | to_presenting bills for dzmages to-tie foreign- governments. total runs nto-billians-of . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 2 SCHOOL OFFICIALS’ SELECTION DELAYED No Money to Pay First Assistant Superintendent and Chisf of Examiners. FUND BILL FAILURE CAUSE Junior High Heads and Business Manager to Be Named. Appointment of the first assistant superintendent of schools and the chief of theboard of examiners, two of the new offices created in the school system by the Keller teachers' salary bill, will not be made until ongress passes the deficlency appro- E;Ipullun bl it was said foday by Superintendent of Sch y v Superis ools Frank W. Although the teachers' salary bill will become effective July 1, there i no appropriation availuble to pay the salaries of the first assistant supere intendent and the chief of the board of examiners. The salaries for these two new offices were provided in the feficiency appropriation bill which ailed to pass Congress in the closing hours of the lust session. Under the ruling of the Controlier General Mo Carl, the salaries of the teachers and officers in the school system can be paid according to the salary scale stipulated in the Keller bill,” begin- ning .lul:: 1, but the school funds in the District’appropriation bill cannot be utilized to pay the wages of the new officers created in the teachers' pay bill. As a result, it is probable that the flr:’l assistant superintendent and the chief of the board of examiners will not be appointed before next January as Cong: S is not expected to pass the deficicney appropriation bill b fore that time. Dr. Ballou said he did not propose to recommend ap- pointees to the board of education for these two new officers until the deficiency bill is passed. business manager for the school a » will be appointed 1, at the reorganization meeting of the sehool board. This new office is created in the District appropria- n bill for the next fiscal ye Principals for the two additional ior high schools which will be o ed during the next scholastic year also are likely to be appointed at the board’s reorganization meeting. SERVICE MEN RUSH FOR BONUS BLANKS (Continued from First Page.) mander McGahan said, “a supply of application blanks sutficient to care for the members of its post, and an ad- ditional number to be used in the in- stances of former service men and wom- 0 may apply. Ald For Veterans. “Manuals of instruction have been made available to every post com- mander, and most posts have com- pleted arrangements for special squads to aid the veterans in prepar- ing their blanks Commander McGahan, ment to all world war veterans, de- clared it was the American Legion “that bore the brunt of the fight for the passage of the veterans' adjusted compensation measure, and it will be the legion posts that will perform the major portion of the work in assist- ing vou to fill out vour application blanks to receive its benefits.” Lint of Posts. The following is a list of the posts, together with the name and address of the post commander: George Washington P Lew S Mohler, 332 Tran building. U. S S. Jacob Helen G. O'Neill, Dresden. Bellex in a state- st No. 1, Portation Jones Post, apartment No. 2, 45, the u Wood Post, No. 3, Emily J. -y. Cedar and Forrest streets, Cherrydale, Va Roblev D. Evans Post, No. 4, Joseph W. Rabbitt, 332 15th street northeast. James Reese Europe Post, No. 5, George H. Rycraw, 1742 V. street. Jane A. Delano Post. No. 6, Alice M. Prentiss, 2123 18th street. McGroart nnell Post, No W. M. Fuller, 127 Maple avenue, Ta- koma Park, Md. Kenneth H. Nash Post, No. 8, John H. Ashman, 121 11th street northeast, Lafayette Post, No. 9, H. L. Wilson, 1818 Kalorama road Stuart Walcott Fost. No. 10, Charles L. Riemer, 317 National Metropolitan Bank building. Quentin Roosevelt Charles Wetzell, 1417 Irving street. Henry C. Spengler Post. No. 12, Fred Livingston, 1821 Corcoran street. Sergeant Jasper Post, No. 13, Ralph Cusick, Westory building. Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, E. J. Lefferts, 1938 2d street. Hiram F. Cash Post, No. 16, Sam 1446 Irving street. Lincoln Post, No. 17. F. A. Awl, United States Veterans' Bureau. ‘Augustus P. Gardner Post, No. 18, J. Miller Kenyon, 801 Evans building. Tank Corps Post, No. 19, Frank Peckham, 1719 K street. National Press Club Post, No. 20, Capt. John H. Craige, Marine Corps, Navy Department. Cooley-McCullough Post, No. 22, Norman B. Landreau, Columbian building. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post, No. 23, Charles L. Ladson, Ball- ston, Va. 312th Machine Gun Battalion Post, No. 24, E. W. Jordan, Clarendon, Va. George E. Killeen Post, No. 25, Bernard S. Buscher, 1318 35th street. James E. Walker Post, No. 26, West A. Hamilton, 1333 U street. Edward Douglas White Post, No. 27, Joseph J. Idler, 2133 4th street northeast. Carry On Post, No. 28, E. J. Brown, 1600 Rhode Island avenue. Kenneth Lewis Post, No. 29, L. De- 30, Post, No. 11, Reef Holton, 1309 T street. Warren G. Harding Post, No. John H. Farrell, 3032 N street. The U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, Bel- leau Wood Post and Jane A. Delano Post are composed entirely of women. The James Reese Europe, James E. Walker and Kenneth Lewis Posts are composed entirely of colored ex- service men. The Evening Star has been supplied with a limited number of application blanks and envelopes by the War De- partment, and will supply them as long as they last. The blanks will be on hand for distribution in the lobby of The Star. Those who desire infor- mation as to filling out the blanks, will be directed to proper author- ities. SUES WOMAN FOR $7,000. G. B. Hodges Charges She Failed to Carry Out Contract. Suit to recover $7,000 damages has been filed in the District Supreme Court by Graham B. Hodges agains® 1da M. Jones, for alleged breach of contract.. Through Attorney Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and Alfred M. Schwartz, the plantift says he had an agreement with the de- fendant to sell her premises, 15626 M street, for $16,000 and that she failed to_carry out the contract. Through the same counsel Sophie R. Harris sued Roy L. Neuhauser fo¥ $2,000 for alleged failure to convey property at 1414-1416 L street, for $215,000, Salvation Army Leader Die: Special Dispatch fo The Sta CUMBERLAND, Md., June 21.—War- ren D. Keller, twenty-seven years old, Salvation Army captain and executive of that organization here, died at Carlisle, Pa., early today from double pneumonia, resulting from ovarwork during the two recent floods here. He was stricken while returning from & {schoot-commencement in Philadelphia. ‘He -was a—Fotartas: - Kéilght Templar WHERE Here is the Darien region of eastern Panama, where the Marsh-Darien expedition has found white Indians with blue eyes and bodies covered with golden hair. The expedition will bring to New York the King of the Darien and two blond In- dians—a boy of nineteen and a girl of twenty-one. The expedi- tion_entered on the Pacific side, through the Darien harbor, as shown on the map, and passed up the Tuyra River, sometimes known as the Rio Darien, to Yavisa, the base of supplics, and thence up the Chucunaque, to the country of the white Indians. “WHITE INDIANS” WERE FOUND Prof. John Leonard Baer, act- ing curator of the Smithsonian Institution, died May 30, of chagres fever, and Paul Brin, botanist assigned to the expedi- tion by the Panamanian govern- ment, also lost his life from dis- case. Many white men have been Rilled by Indians or died of disease since the cruel Spanish occupation of the sixteenth cen- tury. when the Indians swore eternal enmity to the whites. Scientists throughout the world are awaiting with intense inter- est the scientific findings of the expeditions, as the discovery of the white Indians is regarded as one of the most important an- thropological developments of re- cent times. White Indians Have Survived Many Attacks of Redskins BY RICHARD 0. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLON, Canal Zone, June 21— Death, disease and desertion had de- pleted our party by the early days of May. We had come from the Pacific, ascended the Chucunaque River to its upper reaches and crossed over to the Atlantic. Numerous indications caused me to realize that we were within striking distance of our goal, but had not yet achieved it. Success in the Darjen depends upon two factors—ability to penetrate al- most impenetrable country and abil- ity to gain the confidence and help of the native Indian chiefs. Without these two factors no expedition can succeed in the Darien. We had dem- onstrated that we had a fighting chance with the former. We had to achieve the latter. Vaccinated Indians. When the crisis came the three whites— Charles Charlton of the Pathe News, Harry Johnson, natural- ist. and I and four blacks of our original party of twelve whites and thirteen blacks remained. We were nearly exhausted. 1 visited Ina Paguina. chief of chiefs, or King of the Darien. Our first reception was ry unfavorable. I treated Ina Paguina for sickness and later treated hundreds of Indians for disease. 1 discovered a smalipox epidemic and made my way down the ©0: to the Colombian border, where there is an American naval wireless station, and, by wireless, urged Pres- ident Porras of Panama to send doc- tors and vaccine by special boat, of- tering to pay all expenses if neces- sary. DPresident Porras responded immediately. Two government doc- tors arrived on the coast, and in one week we vaccinated all the Indians— men, women and children—in the vicinity of the epidemic. This was along the coast. The doctors refused to penetrate the interior of the coun- try and returned to Colon. But I had gained the Indians’ con- fidence. At my request, Ina Paguina called a conference of all the chiefs of Darien. They came from far dis- tances and from every direction, from the coast islands and from interior mountain valleys. I told them that they must adopt modern education, modern sanitation and modern med- ical methods or_their race would he exterminated. 1 pledged myself to them in every way possible. Regarded as Savior. After long discussion, the chiefs decided that I was their friend and stated in full congress that they con- sidered I had been sent to them as the savior of their race and people. 1 make this statement, not through vanity, but to illustrate the psychol- ogy of the Indian that made our Jater achievements possible. 1 told them 1 wanted to see the White Indians that have existed in Darien from time immemorial, b Defore the coming of the Span- jards. The terrible barbarity of the Spaniards, in the five years of their occupancy, from 1512 to 1517, turned the Indians to bitter revenge and hatred of all white people. This feel- ing has been handed down and has been transformed Into almost a raclal fon. T Killed_the Spaniards, pouring molten gold down their throats, and then turned against their own white Indians and killed them or drove them into the mountains. For years 2l white children were supposed to $6 Killed, but parents still protected their white children and the type survived. Ban on Marriage. Then a law was adopted that no white Indian should be allowed to marry. The law stood, but the type persisted. In discussing these things with the chiefs, I told them that the existence of white Indians proved their close relationship with the white race, and that if the white race knew the truth about the white s they would help all the In- dians with the terrible problems ¢ onfront them. "'}‘;2 Indian realizes that he is fight- ing @ life-and-death battle with dis- In€.>on the one hand, and the en- croachments of low-type negroid peo- Ples on the other. These negroids Pncircle his people, overrun his land Shd debauch his women. He now Tealizes that only the help of the White race can save him from these dangers. Immediately the white In- dian was made to appear to these chiefs as & means of gollciting the f the modern white ers. “el‘:e chiefs called in tWe White In- dians. They came from the moun- tains, from secluded valleys and iso- lated islands. In two hours one aft- ernoon_we saw more white Indians than all the coast traders have seen I e o d*BY (e indreds, If Hot by be: e hundreds, the 4 We_ photographed xamined them—old, haizy men. robust- women, ‘ractive besatital little bables. I MARSH. Indian: | told them I wanted to take some of them hack to the United States with me. They said that 1 was good. pro «d down the coast by 1 boats, followed by Ina Paguina nue of chiefs. The latter s es, generally accompanied by white Indians, asking us to visit them every village at full council =ting, the old l]aw and ban against white Indians was openly announced by_successive chiefs as removed. White Ind re restored to all the tribal privileges, and an old feud between Ina Paguina and two im- portant chiefs was patched up. I selected the three most suitable white Indians, one Cuna type—the king— two remarkable. apparently Pale- olithic type Indians, and three stand- ard San Plas tvpe Indians. These I am bringing to America, if the Panaman government consents 1 hope to raise sufficient funds to endow proper schools for the Indians, under government supervision, con- ducted by white teachers. Many of these Indians are of a fine type and noble character, with high standards of honesty, lovalty and truth. The others only need a fair chance. They have many traits that could well be emulated by many modern, so-called civilized white people. Copyright, 1624, in T Great Britain and South America. by the North American News- paper Alliance. DISCOVERY IS CONFIRMED. Existence of White Indians Ac- cepted by Scientists. Special Dispateh to The Sta NEW YORK, June The first sclentific confirmation of the asser- tion of Robert O. Marsh that he has found “white Indians” in the Darien was received here in a dispatch from : Breder, scientist assigned to the expedition. by the American Mu- seum of Natural History. Dr. Bred- er's message to the museum was as follow “Marsh has three white Indians, who have golden hair, blue eyes and white, tender skins. Two of the boys are marked with ‘liver spots,’ but the girl is comparatively clear. Their gums are pink and their skulls un- usual in size and shape, being round and decidedly different from the typi- cal San Blas Indians.” Dr. Clark Wissler, well known an- thropologist, who received the mes- sage, said: “Dr. Breder is a competent scien- tist and I am convinced by what he says that the white Indians are a different people than the San Blas Indians. How they came to be there and what they are I cannot say at this time.” COUNTRY CLUB HEADS WILL PROBE FIST FIGHT Robinson-Mitchell Row to Be Con- sidered by Governors at Regular Meeting. Statements detailing both sides of the fist fight late Thursday afternoon on the golf course of the Chevy Chase Club, th the course of which Dr. James F. Mitchell was struck by Sen- ator J. T. Robinson of Arkansas, were in the hands of officers of the club today for presentation to the board of governors at a regular meeting next Monday afternoon. The matter will come up in the regular course of business at the meeting scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Club, according to club officials, and will not be made the subject of a epecial meeting. Both versions of the fight and in- cidents which led up to it were re- ceived yesterday by Alexander T. Britton, president of the club. Sena- tors Walsh of Montana, Kendrick of Wyoming and Jones of New Mex- ico will be asked to give an account of the affair, as will Col. Edward Clifford, who was playing with Dr. Mitchell. Senator Robinson, who has been mentioned as the standard bearer for the Democratic party, left today for New York to attend the Democratic convention. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band, W. J. Stannard, director, on the Ellipse this evening at 5 o'clock. March, “The Prophet,” Meyerbeer Overture, “Elverhoi”....Kuhlau Suite de concert, ‘Arle- sienne” “se....Blzet 1. Prelude. 2. Minuetto. 3, Adagietto. 4. Le Carillon. Selection, “The Bat”....Strauss Valse, “The Debutante,’ Santelmann “Willlam -Rossini Ballet music from Tell" 1. Allegretto. 2. Bolero. 3. March and Soldiers’ Choru Excerpts from “May Time,” Romberg Finale, march, “Punjab,” Payne “The Star Spangled Bannar.” - and D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1924 MRS. WM. E. CURTIS IS DEAD IN ILLINOIS Widow of Writer, Long Known in Capital, to Be Buried Here Monday. Funeral services for Mrs. Willlam E. Curtis, who dled early yesterday morn- ing after a brief {liness at the home of her daughter in Champaign, 1lL,/will be held at 11 o'clock Monday morning, in Rock Creek cemetery. The officlat- ing clergyman wiil be Rev. Dr. Charles ‘Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, of which Mr. Curtls was & trustee and where Mrs. Curtis wor- shiped for many years. The body will reach Washington to- morrow, accompanied by members of Mrs. Curtis’ immediate family. She Is survived by several sisters, a son, Eiroy Curtls, now a resident of South Orange, N. J.; a daughter, Mrs. George McKinley Mattis of Champaign, 1., and several grandchildren. Came Here Years Ago. ;. Curtis, who was Miss Cora Ke);!lr:;' of Erie, Pa., came to the Na- tional Capital to live in the early eighties, her husband then being a Washingzton correspondent for western newspapers. Later he became special correspondent for Chicago newspapers, With a roving commission to travel Wherever he pleased, and to write on any subject he fancied. Mrs. Curtls accompanied him on nearly all his many extensive trips to various parts of the world. A few years after coming to Wash- ington Mr. Curtis built a home at 1801 Connecticut_avenue, where the family resided until his death in 1911. It was one of the first houses erected In that neighborhood, and was noted for its delightful hospitalities and for the many eminent people who partook of them. Mrs, Curtis’ list of acquaint- ances in official, diplomatic and resi- dential circles here was a large one and many old friends today are mourn- ing her loss, although she has been in Washington but seldom in late years. Since her husband's death she has made her home aiternately with her son and daughter. MISS EMMA J. WHEAT, U. S. EMPLOYE, DEAD Clerk in Patent Office, Injured by Street Car, Succumbs—Other Traffic Accidents. Miss Emma J. Wheat, sixty-seven, clerk in the patent office, who re- sided at the Plaza Apartments, 2210 Pennsylvania avenue, died at Emer- gency Hospital about 6:30 o'clock this morning. She was injured by a Capital Traction car turning south at Pennsylvania avenue and 19th street the morning of June 16, while on her way to office. She was given first aid at home and later taken to the hospital. Pneumonia developed and she died. Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, acting coroner, arranged to hold an inguest today Hattie Waters, colored, five, 944 26th street. was knocked down by an automobile in the Zoo yesterday aft- ernoon and_injured about the head and legs. She was treated at Freed- men's Hospital by Dr. Lowry, who found her condition was not critical. Willlam Smith, colored, four, §23 2a street southwest, was knocked down by an automobile in front of his home yesterday afternoon and his right leg broken and head hurt. He was given surgical ald at Casualty Hospital. Willlam Golway, fifteen, 647 T street southeast, was serfously in- Jured yesterday afterncon as a result of a collision between his bicycle and a motor deliver: on Pennsyl- vania avenue, Twiningk City. He suf- fered an injury to his head and had not regained consciousness this morn- ing. Charles D. Vincent, 253 3d street southwest, was driver of the machine. , Mrs. J. W. Gilmore, 211 9th street southwest, was struck by a Capital Traction car at Pennsylvania avenue and 12th street last night just as she was about to step on the loading platform. She sustained injuries to her face, arm and knee and was taken to Emergency Hospital. Thomas Ward. seventy-four, 2042 8th street northeast, was knocked down by a Capital Traction car at Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street yesterday afternoon. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for an injury over his left eye. FAMOUS ENGINEER T0 BE MARRIED HERE License Issued to Joseph K. Choate, 70, and Elizabeth Baker, 54. Joseph K. Choate, seventy, of New York, for many years one of the foremost constructing and consulting engineers of the country, obtained a marriage license today in Washing- ton to marry Mrs. Elizabeth R. Baker, fifty-four years old, of Baldwinsville, N. Y. Mr. Choate has had a long and brilliant career in engineering, hav- ing been connected in high positions at varlous times in the building of the Pennsylvana railroad, the Erie railroad and the Union Pacific and other rallroads. For several years he was chief construction engineer of the department of public works of New York, helping to lay out Central Park.' At present he is a high official in several railroads and traction companies, as well as in other branches of industry, and is a member of the Metropolitan, Piping Rock and several other clubs'in New York. Mr. Choate, whose home is at 925 Park avenue, has been married twice before, one of his wives being dead and the other divorced. Mrs. Baker is a widow. The ceremony will be performed by Chaplain E. W. Scott, U. 8. N., here. GEORGE MART War Veteran, Anticipating De- cease, Writes Own Obituary. George Martin, a veteran of the civil war and before that the Indian Wars in the west, died here last night at the Providence Hospital at eighty- four after having lived in Washing- ton for more than fifty years. He was born in Germany. Before he died Mr. Martin wrote his own obituary for The Star. In it he told of his hard service against the Indlans and his experiences in the civil war, in which he was given the medal of honor and served two hitches, entering as a private and honorably discharged as sergeant of Troop B, 6th Regiment of Cavalry, His cne request was that he be buried under the Stars and Stripe Mr. Martin_had been living with his nephew, William Gately, at 1117 Potomac avenue southeast, since the time of the death of his wife several months ago. Burial will ‘take place Monday morning at 9 o'clock trom the Frank Geler_undertaking_establishment, at 1113 7th street. Ceremonies wili be held at St Petér's Catholic Church IN DEAD. Pints of W hisky To Be Dividends Of Stockholders By the Associated Fresn, HAMBURG, Germany, June 21— Hard hit by the stabilization of the rentenmark and the subsequent high prices, causing many persons to take to beer Instead of whisky, a distilling company apnounces that its dividend for the last fiscal year will consist of a pint of its product for each share- holder. The expense of delivery will be borne by the reciplents, S FASCISTS SWARMING IN ROME’S STREETS Use Threats and Daggers to Ter- rify Increasing Number of Opponents. READY FOR COUNTER MOVE Citizen Stabbed for Reading Op- position Paper. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. Cable Nowile plter _wnd Chicago Dafly ROME, June 21.—The Italian situa- tion daily is assuming a graver as- pect. Fascists now are resorting to the desperate game of frightening and menacing those who oppose them. Mussolini {s reported to have said: “The Black Shirts are ready to pass the counter offensive. The encmy will not have us.” It is a fact that Rome is swarm- ing with Black Shirts quartered everywhere, even in the Coliseum. Fascist meetings which swear al- legiance to Mussolini are called every- where, und Fascist newspapers have resumed aggressive, threatening lan- guage. Opposition to Meet. The parliamentary opposition will meet on June 25 in Rome. Mean- while in the country districts opposi- tion groups are adopting resolutions calling for the resignation of the government, the disassembling of the national militia and for new general elections. - The Italian trade unions have de cided workmen should commemorate Matteotti by suspending work for five minutes. A citizen was stabbed early today by a Fascist in the chief square of Rome because he was n reading an opposition paper. SAYS BODY WAS BURNED. Journal Prints Alleged Confession in Matteotti Case. By the Assoctated Press ROME, June 21.—The newspaper Messaggero says today that Amerigo Dumini, under arrest in connection with the supposed murder of the so- cialist deputy, Matteotti, has made a confession implicating as instigators of the crime some of those under arrest and others and indicating that the murdered deputy’s body was ultimately disposed of by being burned. Matteotti, according to this confes- sion, was killed almost immediately he was forced into the automobile by his kidnapers. The body was taken to the forest of Vicona and hidden behind a fence, but the same night one of the men who had taken part in the murder went with a companion to the scene and removed it to a new hiding place. The confession was somewhat hazy as to the ultimate disposal of the body. but it appeared from the prisoner’s ac- count that it was burned. Says Body Was Burned. The experts today presented to the judges the results of their investiga- tions concerning the condition of the automobile in which Matteotti is al- leged to have been kidnaped and murdered. The automobile, the ex- perts sald, showed signs of a fe- rocious struggle. Stains on the in- side of the automobile were found to be those of human blood, but the scientists have been unable to de- termine so far whether the blood was that of the same person. Cxperts from the scientific police school presented an opinion on finger prints found on the doors and win- dows of the automobile. A report also was presented on an examination made of the suspects now under ar- rest as to whether any of them had suffered bruises, scratches or abra- sion In its issue today the Sereno re- calls than on June 12, the Corriere Italiano, the Fascist paper which has since suspended publication, pub- lished a report that Matteotti, whose disappearance was first noted by this newspaper, had perhaps gone abroad, suggesting Austria as his possible destination On the same day a tele- gram was sent by the ministry of the interior to the authorities at the Austrian border asking them to in- vestigate as to whether Matteotti had been seen. The Sereno infers that the Corriere Italiano's story may have been intended as a ruse to confuse the bona fide investigation. e e ASSERTS MATTEOTTI SLAYERS MUST PAY Italian Envoy to U. S. Says Whole Issue Will Leave Fascisti Stronger. “Merciless justice will be meted out to the dastardly murderers” of the Socialist deputy Matteott, who was kidnapped in Rome, Dr. Gelasio Caetania, the Italian ambassador, de- clared in a statement yesterday. “Fascismo will come out of this storm stronger and more respected than ever,” he sald. “The Matteotti outrage will allow the weeding out from the Fascisti ranks of a certain oxtremist element that has always caused no slight preoccupation to Prime Minister Mussolini. This crime will cause a healthy reaction and bring into relief the fact that the social, political and economic recon- struction of Italy must and can only be carried on along the rational and constitutional lines pointed out and followed by Mussolini himself, Integrity Never Disputed. “Mussolini's integrity has never been challenged and the appointment of Deputy Federzoni to the ministry of interior shows his intention of sternly stamping out all lawlessness irrespective of party lines. Deputy Federzoni belongs to the Nationallst party, but has been honored evem by Socialists and Communists, who have pald homage to his fairness and up- rightness. “The supposed murderers belong to that class of criminals which exists in every party, no matter how re- spectable, in ‘every country. They called themselves Fascisti, but they were unworthy of such a name, for they violated all the ideals of Fascismo. “Fasciamo is passing through fire at this moment. It will come out purer and stronger. —_— The Irish colleens now have a dis tinct advantage over British girl for all citizens of the Irish Free Sta irrespective of sex, who have reached thé age of twenty-one are entitled to vota . PLAN BETTER SYSTEM IN D. C. TAX OFFICE Assessor Richards and Auditor Donovan Obtain Ideas in Other Ciffee. MAKE STUDY OF METHODS Will Devote $10,000 to Purchase of Equipment. Complete reorganization of the svs- tem followed in the tax office is prob- able as a result of investigating ac- tivities of Assessor Richards and Au- ditor Donovan of the District gov- ernment, who have just returned from a flying trip to nearby cities whers they xtudied new methods of taxation offices with a view of cxpending $10,000 allotted by Congress for the next fiscal year for machinery in the tax office, With the Braphs, addo chi 1a s ing. devices installation of assesso- raphs & ma- wilar mechanical labor- Auditor Donovan said today, the work in oftices which compile and co jons of dollars of tax ar from local taxpayers completel revolution Franking Privilege Dexired. addition, the franking privilege be sought from Congress, that every time a lettor payer goes out it will not need a cent stamp to take it to its tion. By the help of the ne chinery It is expected that the bills on real estate, which have not been sent to tax will 0 out through the m The trip took Dor Mr. Richards to W New York and Monday the two mond, Va. to look over that has been working there time. After the trip to 1 capital the pair will re District Commissioners on t equipment. Tt is expected that before fiscal year Is out of clothes the District assissor e, the tax collector's office and the wa- ter department will bo unpacking the machines which will viate the shortage of man power in thos partments and lend speed and racy to the handling of the D fiscal records Inspect Philadelphia System Tn Philadelphia the r sessor lnoked t provements in machin lating and dispatching bill seral of these machines attracted their at- tention. When it is realized that the innovation of mi-ann lection of taxes has made it sary to prepare three copies of each bill in the tax office, it can be under- stood what pressure the office of assessor and collector has been w ing under. Maj. Donovan and Mr. Richards are a bit reluctant to talk about the de- tails of the plans as yet, but they signified that the District govern- ment, upon completion of new system, would be right up in rank with the biggest merca houses of the country when it e to efficient collection of money due MAYFLOWER SOCIETY WILL OFFER PRIZES in will th The Society of Mayflower Desc ants in the District of Columbia offer two sets of prizes to the dents of Washington who excel dur ing the next school year in essavs bearing upon the Pilgrims, individu ally, or upon their aims and ac- complishments. Identical sets will by offered to students from the white schools and from the colored schouls The first prize of each set will be 30 the second $30, and the third $20 The first prize of each set will be known as the William Lowrey Marsh prize, in honor of the first governor of the local This priz be donated by E. and Mrs. Frank H. Tow members of the local daughters of . founder of the organ ington. The local Mayflower Soc has felt the udvantares that epring from a more intimate know edge of the history of the [Piymouth colony amonx students of the iniy sionable age, it is expiained Carter B. Keene. governor of the loc chapter, first submitted the idea John P. Tilden, governor gencral of the General Society of Mayiluv Descendants at New York, who thusiactically indorsed the plan Ballou to Be in Charge. of wil ety Miss Carlie distin zation in Wash- ¥ long should The contest will be conducted under the direction of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of public schools, and such other members of his staff as may be selected. he committee co- operating with public school officials on behalf of the local society includes Frank H. Briggs, Henry G. Crocker, Kenneth S. Wales, Mrs. Bertha M. Robbins and Miss Carlie E. Marsh. According to plans thus far formu- lated, the contest will be confined to students pursuing the study of Ameri- can history in their regular school work Instead of a special contest. At a recent meeting of the board of assistants of the society, the follow ing delegates were elected to the tri ennial meeting of the general society at Plymouth, Mass., in September Carter B. Keene, Frank H. Briggs, Mrs. A. Howard Clark. Thomas P Hopkins, Ernest W. Bradford. Mrs. Henry A, Wilson, Thomas F. Whittel- sey, Miss Mary i5. Sawyer, Henry G Crocker, Mi hel J. C. Noyes and H. W. Blanchard. HOUSEWORK IS SUIT PLEA Husband, in Divorce Reply, Says He Cleaned Up. While he staved at home and cleaned house, Lawrence E. Welch tells the District Supreme Court, his wife, Gertrude H. Welch, neglected him and took walks with a former sweetheart in Potomac Park. Mrs Welsh has sued her husband fc limited divorce, accusing him of hav- ing tired of married life and calling her a “millstone about his neck Welch denies the charges and serts he is the neglected one. He represented by Attorney James Splain. F. ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TODAY. » Universalist Sunday school of lh:vh(’?hurn!‘h of Our Father will Five its annual_picnic at Great Falls Members of the congregation and all friends invited. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post, No. 23, American Le- jon, will give its fifth annual excur- fion to Marshall Hall. The post will entertain fifty disabled buddies from Waiter Reed and Mount Alto Hos pitals. Beauty contest, music and athletic events. The League for the Larger Life will ive an outing beginning this after- B bon and continuing tomorrow. The launch will leave the Wash- i’fi:&;‘:fi channel at end of burcau engraving car line at 2 o'clock, bound for Chapel Point. e CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Mid-City Citizens’ Asnociation will meet Monday, 8 p.m., in Thom- son School. The Red Triangle Outing Club will meet at Glen Echo Heights (about two stations before Glen Echo), &t 3 p.m. tomorrow, for hike of four and one-half miles to Digirict line.