Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 2

CONFESSED SLAYER TAKEN BY POLIGE George M. King Arrested, After Long Search, for Mur- der of Thomas Brady. George Michael King, 24, chauffeur, 18 Eighth street, confessed slayer of Thomas Brady, colored, in the near- beer saloon of Victor Wheat . 807 North Capitol street, last Sunday aft- ernoon, was arrested last night in the home of a friend on Thirty-fifth street, Cleveland Park, wheve he was found engaged in conversation with Harry Whalen, his attorney, prepara- tory to an intended surrender to De- tective Edward Kelly this morning. Another visitor at the Thirty-ffth street house was Miss Gertrude Hy- man, 3012 R street, clerk in the Ship- ping Board and friend of King. She had been questioned by the police rel- ative to King's whereabouts, and, it is stated, it was due to knowledge of r prospective visit to the.slayer that the latter was located and ar- rested. King, represented by Harry Whalen, waived preliminary hearing in Police Court today and entered the plea of not guilty At the request of As- stant United States Attorney Ralph n the court held him for the action the grand jury without bail Raymond J. Beavers, also arrested in connection with the Brady killing, entered the same plea to the murder charge, and was held for the grand jury without balil. Nally Named as Accessory. Joseph Francis Nally. 26, chauffeur, 1101 Fifth street, was named by a Coroner's jury as an accessory to the murder and is in jail. Raymond James Beavers, 21, also a chauffeur, 921 H street, member of the party at the scene of the murder, and arrested by Detectives Vermillion, Brodie and Livingston Thursday night and held for investigation, aithough the coro- ner's jury had not mentioned him in its verdict, and last night a charge of murder was preferred against him. Tt was at the house of Alexander Coudar, former policeman, that King was arrested, after an investigation that led members of Inspector Clit- ford L. Grant's murder squad to a point 20 miles below Leonardtown, St. Marys Count, Ma. Detectives who participated in the arrest were Kelly, Scrivener, Murphy, Keck, Weber and Brodie. The prisoner’s story, in many spects, tallies with the account of the affair already learned by the volice. He told Inspector Grant and the detectives that he was with Nally and Beavers and that they stopped at the near-beer place to get a drink, 4 voung woman in the party re- maining outside in ap automobile. Refused the loan of glasses, he stated, they left the place and went to & similar place on H street. re- Story of the Shooting. Returning to Wheatley's saloon, King stated, they got glasses and Nally asked Joseph Fitzgerald for change, wanting a nickel to use in Starting a tune on the automatic piano. Objection to playing the niano on Sunday was made by Fitz- eerald, King added, and then trouble started. He told of how Brady walked to the door and appeared as if he were about to draw a weapon. Then he did the shooting. He saw Brady reel and fall and he left the place, soon making his way to south- ern Maryland. The prisoner also related a story of a fight in the saloon in which 20 or more bottles and glasses were used. When he had concluded his Atatement the prisoner said he was so drunk at the time the trouble happened that he scarcely knew what occurred Discussing his trip County, King is said to have ad- mitted being 3 miles from Dryden when Detectives Kelly, Cullinane and Murphy visited there Wednesday night and searched a house. King {s sald to have told the de- tectives that his visits to southern Maryland from time to time had to do with moonshine whisky made in that section, and it is probable that information obtained about stills in operation in that section will result in a clean-up by federal agents, to St. Marys Statement by Beavers. Beavers told the detective he had Eone part of the way to St. Marys Coun- ty with King in different automobiles. He returned and was located at the house of friends in northeast Wash- ington, where he was arrested. Just after the shooting, he stated, he went to Unlon Station with the young woman member of the party and sent her home in a taxicab. Nally was committed to jail coroner’'s jury. Today King and Beav were committed there on murder charges filed in Pollce Court. Assistant United States Attorney Burnett, in charge of the prosecu- tion of the affair, plans an early grand jury Investigation. It is prob- able that the grand jury will hear the case the coming week and that the court will be asked to set the trial for an early date. Early trial f Nally for alleged participution the holdup of employes of Piggy Wiggly Corporation is planned. by a also ER WM. T. GALLIH NAMED INAUGURAL | COMMITTEE HEAD| (Continued from First Ington’s social leaders, with M Daugherty acting as chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements, but these plans were held in abeyance until definite word as to the inaugural ball and reception had been made Ppublic Galliher Clvic Leader. Tn his selection of Mr. Gallther for this important post the President has picked a man who has long been an outstanding figure in banking and industrial circles of the District of Columbia and a leader in movements to mote civic welfare He is chairman of the board of the Federal-Amecric »nal Bank and president of W. lliher & Bro., lumber dealers Born in Port to Washington . Deposit, Md., he came in 1869 to finish his schooling and then entered the em- ploy of the late Reuben B. Clark, advancing to the position of manager of his real estate business. He was employed in 1883 for a year in the Post Office Department, later becom- ing bookkeeper for a lumber dealer. Afer serving five years as an em- ploye in this lumber business he resigned to qggage in a lumber part- nership with his brother, Charles F. Galliher. he firm is now incor- porated Mr. Galliher 18 & former president of the Lumber Exchange, and a past £rand commander of the Grand Com- mandery of Knights Templar. He was president of the Washington Board of Trade in 1918, and is a mem- ber of the Columbia Historical So- ciety. He resides in the Kenesaw Apartment House. “If the hair on the squirrel is heavy and on your wife's fur coat thin, look out for a hard Winter,” advises the Afoberly-Monitory o Bank Deposits At Highest Peak In History Here Deposits of District banking in- stitutions, as of December 31, were at the highest point in the history of the National Capital, prelimi- NAry reports from representative banks indicated this morning. The current call for statement of condition of all local banks, is- sued this morning and dated to in- clude th® period from October 10 to December 31, 1924, inclusive, found 12 of the District's leading banks reporting deposits approxi- mately $9,000,000 in excess of the previous call, which established a new peak of $214,538,064.58. While savings banks are expect- ed to show moderate reverses, due to disbursement of Christmas sav- ings club funde, the gains already reported are expected to counter- act these reversals by several mil- lions. COOLIDGE ACCEPTS MAIL BILL CHANGES Approves Revised Measure for Postal Rates as Pre- sented by Moses. The postal rate increase bill as revised by the Senate post office com- mittee s satisfactory to President Coolidge, Chairman Moses of the sub- committee that redrafted the meas- ure, announced today after a confer- ence with the President. The bill, presented vesterday to the Senate, represents a sharp revision of the rates proposed by the Post Office Department, particularly, on second- lass mail. The position of Mr. Coolidge, as rep- resented by Senator Moses, is that so long as the measure provides in scien- tific manner for raising funds necessary to meet the proposed postal employes' pay increase the desired end will be ac- complished. Plans on Veto. ‘With the revised bill formally report- ed to the Senate, administration leaders there were further considering their plan of procedure today in connection with the calling up in the Senate Mon- day of the President’s veto of the postal galary increase bill. A vote on the veto is scheduled to be taken by late Tuesday. Although administration leaders are confident that in a vote on the salary measure, standing alone, the President's veto will be sustained, Senator Moses, Re- publican, New Hampshire, in charge of the rate increase blll, indicated that he might seek adoption of that measure by the Senate Monday before debate is opened on the veto Although the bill, as materially revised with respect to rate increases on second-class mail and containing minor changes on first and fourth class matter, w generally agreed to in committee, all members re- served the right to seek specific changes when the bill is taken up on THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1925. Terrific Gale I mperils Ships BLAZING SHIP SUNK, TOBE TOTAL LOSS, Tales of Heroism Told by 208 Passengers Rescued From Mohawk. By the Associated Press. LEWES, Del, January 3.—The Clyde Line steamship Mohawk, whose crew Thursday night fought a losing battle off the New Jersey coast against flames in her hold. finally belng forced to souttle the ship after the 208 passengers had been taken off, lles today in 40 feet of water on the 14-fathom banks near the Dela- ware Breakwater. Capt. J. M. Staples, master of the vessel, sald it was necessary to open the Mohawk's sea- cocks and let her sink in order to extinguish the fire. He sald the b'aze started In the after hold from spontaneous combustion. The vessel, which left New York Thursday for Jacksonville, probably will be a total loss. The survivors, who had spent a night of peril with life preservers strapped about them while the burn- ing ship was tossed about for 14 hours in the worst storm of the Winter on the Atlantic Coast, were sent to their Southern destinations or returned to New York and other Eastern cities in speclal trains. Thirty-one passengers and the crew of 81 returned to New York, while the others were sent to points in Florida. Many of those who board- ed the Southern train were employes of hotels or in the Florida homes of New Yorkers. Small Luggage Saved. Passengers saved only their hand luggage, trunks and heavy baggage going down with the ship. Sixty- eight automobiles were in the hold. They were being sent to their own- ers in the hotels and cottage col- onies at Miami, Palm Beach and other Florida resorts. All the passengers were taken off the fire-swept vessel without mishap by the Coast Guard cutter Kickapoo, while the Merchants and Miners liner Perslan and two €ugs stood by. Some of them had been slightly injured by the tossing of the Mohawk, while members of the crew bore scars of their battle with the flames and one had a broken leg. After the survivors had been fed and warmed came stories of heroism on the part of the crew, of the stolc calm with which some of the men and women had accepted* their situation, and of the fear and excitement of others as the fire became more men- acing. Prayers were said in the crowded social hall of the ship, and hymns were sung by quivering voices as the fierce gale mingled its terrors with the thick, choking smoke from the burning hold. Many were sea- sick. As the fire pressed nearer, in- tense heat drove some of the hardier passengers out into the storm. All wore life preservers over their over- coats and cloaks. Rockets imploring ald flared across the black sky, while the wireless operator flashed out calls for heip. Flames Defy Resistance. The first ship to answer the distress calls was the Persian, which came the floor. FRENCH DEBT PLAN INFORMAL, HELD IN , PARIS, ENVOY SAYS (Continued from First Page.) keep the matter secret, and that his reasons for making a brief statement regarding it was that leaks from French sources seemed likely to cause misunderstanding if he continued to remain silent. OPTIMISM HERE WANES. Conflicting Reports From Paris Confuse Officials. Manifestly puzzled by the flood of contradictory reports which have eminated from Paris during the last 24 hours, administration officials con- cerned in the war debt discussions with France determined today to form no opinfon regarding latest de- velopments in the French capital u: til they had received a full official report from Ambassador Herrick. From a condensed message sent previously by the Ambassador, and considered at yesterday's cabinet meeting, officials here understood that Mr. Herrick had received a note from French Finance Minister Clem- entel, outlining a French proposal for a debt settlement. The Ambassador's message did not give details of the plan, however, and he was asked for further information. Optimism Dampened. Today's press dispatches from Paris indicating that M. Clementel had pre- sented to the embassy only an “un- officlal memorandum” Instead of a “formal note” somewhat dampened the optimism with which first reports of the development were received. The chasm between these two classes of documents in diplomatic usage is so wide that officlals decided neither to discuss the situation nor to form any opinion of their own until they had all the facts before them. Barometer readings of emotion on the part of those having to do with war debts dropped still further when carly State Department cables from Paris failed to contain the text of any “note” signed by M. Clementel. The department has sent urgent requests to Ambassador Herrick ask- ing him to send the text of the com- munication, but a batch of over- night Paris cables contained no an- swer to the inquiry. 11 in Fishing Boat Feared Lost When Craft Founders By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ, January .’L—Tke fishing boat Dolores Flareha foundered in the storm of Decem- ber 26, it became known yester- day, when the wreckage of the craft was found. The crew of 11 is believed to have perished. Congressional investigation of a statement made by Mrs. Mary Allen Hulbert in a recently published ar- ticle that a man describing himeelf as a representative of the Repub- lican party offered her $200,000 to join in an effort designed to bring about the impeachment of President ‘Wilson was proposed in a resolution today by Representative Reid, Re- publican, of Illinois. The resolution recites that the statement was made in the maga- zine Liberty. A committee of five House mem- bers would conduct the investiga~ alongside about 1:30 am., when the Mohawk was 23 miles southwest of the Delaware Capes. The Kickapoo and tugs Mars and Kaleen appeared a few hours later. After the Kickapoo had turned its fire apparatus on the flames without success, all four ships accompanied the burning vessel in- side the capes and assisted in taking off the passengers. The fire was discovered about 11 o'clock Thursday night. “We had a general cargo in the hold,” sald Capt. Staples. the last to leave the ship, “and it was appar- ent at once that we were in peril, but I hoped, by changing the course and running into the sheltering bay, to save the vessel. My men were courageous, but the flames were too much for them. “When we got past the capes and into the bay, we were still in rough water, and it was plain we would have to have the passengers and crew taken oft. When this was done and we were assured the passengers were safe, we found it necessary to open the Mohawk's seacocks in order to put the fire out. The ship lies in 40 feet of water, out of the channel where it will not impede navigation.” 94 TAKEN TO NEW YORK. Members of Crew Too Exhausted to Tell of Wreck. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3.—Ninety- four persons, including 12 passen- gers of the Clyde liner Mohawk scuttled yesterday in Delaware Bay after a disastrous fire, arrived here shortly before midnight last night in two special trains chartered by the steamship company. Tired and dis- heveled, they returned to their homes, many of them too weary to discuss their experiences. The 82 members of the crew, some minus overcoats and other wearing apparel and others carrying the few belongings they had rescued, were taken in hand by agents for the com- pany. They were provided with clothing, fed in the station and fur- nished with money to transport them to their homes. The 12 passengers, able to save all of their hand baggage, were in bet- ter shape and were able to relate the story of their rescue. Several had suffered slight injuries and all were worn out from lack of sleep and food. Petition to Entér House Race Filed By Kahn’s Widow By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, January 3.— Mre. Julius Kahn, widow of Repre- sentative Kahn, yesterday filed her nominating petition with the reg- istrar of voters to fill the vacancy created by her husband's recent death. Mrs. Kahn is the only one thus far to file papers for the election, which takes place February 17. Her petition contained 1,358 names, whereas only 701 were necessary. House Asked to Probe Magaszine Story Of Offer of Bribe to Defame Wilson tion and also would be charged Wwith “ascertaining the advisability of passing Federal laws; it unlawful to solicit or bribe any one to assist in a malicious attempt to impeach the President of the United States, and to make punish- able any attempts to libel or slan- der the President of the United States, or maliciously to defame by words, writings, pictures, or the like, tending to blacken the mem- ory of any President who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integ- rity, virtue or reputation or to publish the natural defects of any President who {s alive, thereto to expose him to public hatred, con- tempt or ridicule, On Atlantic; 4 Liners Delayed now and Heavy Seas Add to Menace. France Swept by 62-Mile Wind—Floods |oficer Drive Many From Homes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3—Four ocean liners were overdue today and ocean trafc was rendered a peril for craft of all sizes by the gales, snow and heavy seas which have prevailed in the Atlantic as an accompaniment to the storm ashore. The White Star liner Adriatic is not expected before Tuesday. The steamer Assirla is already six days late, and is expected to make port tonight or tomorrow. - The Mount Clay, out of Hamburg, is two day late and the French liner Parls will be about a day late. The storm caused a postponement in the departure of the U. 8. S. Ar- kansas and 10 destroyers on the first leg of their crulse to southern waters for Winter maneuvers. They were scheduled to sail yesterday. Four steamers bestdes the Mohawk were reported in trouble during the past 24 hours. They were the United States Shipping Board Steamer Bel- beck, from Liverpool to New York, crippled by a broken throttle valve; the British steamer Ulooloo, which ran aground on the New Jersey coast and then made her way back to safe water, and the French steamer Dahomey and the Rumanian ship Carcati, de- tails of whose plights were lacking. STORMS SWEEP FRANCE. Ships Held Up, Wires Down in 62- Mile Gales. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 3.—The gale which swept Paris and Northern France yes- terday continued during the night, the velocity of the wind here reaching 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) an hour. Boats from Havre for Caen, Trou- ville and Honfleur were unable to sall and all fishing boats were forced to return to port. At Dunkirk naviga- tion was brought to a standstill. Cherbourg’s lower quarters were flooded, due to the heavy rains. No ships sailed from Brest, while Molene Island and the lighthouses were cut RAIN AND WARMER WEATHER TO END TIE-UP FROM SNOW (Continued from First Page.) of the railway companies, pushing the snow toward the curb as the sweeper brushes It from the tracks. The purpose sought is to open a lane for vehicles so that they will stay off the car tracks. Despite this operation, however, street car lines were tled up yesterday morning and some of them were not opened up un- til late in the day. The plows used by the city cost approximately $500 a piece and are mounted on regular automobile trucks in_a snow storm. : Most of the Maryiand and District suburbs which were partially isolated yesterday by Interrupted street car trafic were being served today with adequate car schedules, although passenger congestion made commut- ing a strap-hanging scramble. Vir- ginia lines ran on schedule, the storm having affected them but little, even yesterday. Forecaster Weightman sees only mild weather ahead for Washington during the coming week, 8o the white blanket that is draped over the landscape should be entire- ly removed before many days elapse. Tonight the temperature may drop a few degrees below the freezing point, congealing the slushy surface of highways and byways, but & rising temperature tomorrow, with probably light showers, will accelerate the melting process. There is a possi- bility that heavier rains will result tomorrow also from a gulf disturb- ance which Is working its way north- ward. Street Cars Still Crippl Street car service on the Tenley- town line of the Washington Rallway and Electric Company, from Macomb street along Wisconsin avenue to Georgetown, was still tied up toda: Tenleytown and Rockville commuters were being carried by busses down Woodley road to the Mount Pleasant line of the W. R. and E. Company. Shuttle car service over one track was being afforded Brookland and Congress Helghts today by this com- any. Only one track from North Capitol street and Michigan avenue to Brookland had been opened this morning, and but one track was available in Anacostia from .the pit to Alabama avenue, the company an- nounced. The Capital Traction Company of- ficials stated that complete service on all of its lines was restored last night at 8 o'clock. This company does not serve so many suburbs as the Washington Rallway and Elec- tric Company, however. The storin caused a loss of revenue of $2,000 for the day on the Capital Traction lines, it was stated, in additlon to large expenditures for snow removal. No estimate of losses was available at offices of the W. R. and K. Com- pany. Demand for Coal. Nearby Marylahd and Virginla towns lost no time in clearing their principal highways of snow, especial- Iy where street car service was in- terrupted or altogether lacking. Plows were kept operating all day yesterday in southern Maryland, and motorists reported the main high- wayt lewding into Washington as in xond condition. Arlington County, Va., authorities utilized wooden “drags,” towed behind motor trucks, to combat the snow, and in Clarendon the youngsters had the time of thelr lives “holding down” the drag as it forged through the drifts. Fuel companies reported a wave of urgent orders accompanying the storm, but deliveries were greatly hampered because of the condition of | the streets. Householders with partially fillel bins had visions of a long cold spell without sufficient coal to tide them over the period of isolation. Senmator’s Son Hurt. Few traffic or coasting accidents were reported yesterday. The most seriously Injured victim of coasting accidents was Marion Stanley, 13, son of Senator A. O. Stanley of Kentucky, who sustained a fracture of his left wrist. Stanley and a number of other chil- dren were coasting on the hill at Thirtieth and Q streets about 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon, when Stan- loy's sled skidded to the side of the street and struck a tree. He was given surgical aid at Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital. i A hit-and-run driver of an auto- mobile was in evidence at New York &nd New Jersey avenues last night about 9:15 o'clock. Harry E. Mitchell, 30, 616 Gresham place, in charge of a one-man car, alighted from his car to make an adjustment, and was knocked down by an automoblile, the driver of which falled to stop, accord- ing to the police. The badly injured man was taken to Garfleld Hospital " Nettle Wilson, 23, employed at 1722 off, the Island’s inhabitants lacking food. Concarneau w milarly stricken. Steamer Breaks in Two. Reports from Lorfent say the steam- boat Saturn broke in two and sank. At La Rochelle a smack went down after striking a rock, and a sloop was crushed by two heavier sailing ves- sels. Boulogne reports that the cross channel packet Edmond Labories stranded, but was refloated with the aid- of tug: A wireless distress call was received at Marsellles from the steamer Dahomey, 20 miles south of Penmarch, on the Brittany coast, asking for a tug. Of the 14 telephone lines between Paris and London only three are func- tioning and all the lines connecting Paris, Brussels and Mayence are damaged. The national meteorological office believes the storm will continue all of today and probably into the night. FLOODS IN ENGLAND. Many Homes Deserte as Waters Rise Rapidly. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 3.—While there was some moderation today in the gale which has been sweeping the British Isles, the English Channel, the nearby Atlantic and the North Sea, as well as the greater part of Eu- rope, flood conditions ~throughout England grew steadlly worse. From all parts came reports of homes abandoned because of high water and of continued damage to property. So far the loss of six lives has been reported. The River Thames con- tinued to rise today, and although the rain stopped falling for a time the weather forecasters predicted further downpours tonight, with a probable increase in the flood dam- age In the London suburbs along the river. The let-down in the blow al- leviated somewhat the situation as regards shipping, but mountainous seas were still running in the channel and many sailings were delayed. Firemen Called To Stop Gas Leak Find House Afire Woman Awakened by Odor, Discovers Break in Pipe. A message received at fire alarm headquarters shortly before 3 o'clock this mornlng requested a policeman or fireman be sent to 3640 Newark street, house of Miss Helen H. Pal- mer, to cut off the flow of gas in her room. Firemen of No. 28 Engine Company, sent to the house, found the structure burning, and so threat- ening was the blaze that an alarm was sounded to summon additional companies. Miss Palmer, sleeping in a room on the second floor of the house, was awakened by the odor of gas. She found a break in the pipe, but did not know there was a fire. Bedding was thrown over the leak to reduce the flow of gas. Miss Rose Palmer, 30, sustained severe burns to her hands as a result of the bursting of a pipe. Examination of the premises dis- closed that the fire probably had re- sulted from the blowing out of a fuse in the kitchen, short-circuiting elec- tric wires. The fire burned a hole through the side of the house and through pertitions to the attic. Dam- age to the house and contents was estimated at $2,000. Miss Rose Pal- mer received first aid at the home of neighbors for her burns. Short-circuited wires started a fire In the home of Lucy Malone, 2028 O street, about 5 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon. Damage to the house and contents amounted to $1.000. North Capitol street, slipped on the rear steps at her place of employment yesterday, fell and was painfully In- jured. She was treated at Casualty Hospltal. Many of Maj. Sulllvan's traffic po- liceman found it necessary to aban- don their motor cycles and bicycles on account of the rough condition of the streets. There were some who wiil- ingly braved the conditions, however, with the result that two persons were arrested yesterday for speeding. Fifty-elght others were complained against for violations of the minor traffic regulations. Twenty persons were arrested for failure to have their 1925 license tags. NEW YORK HARD HIT. 10-Inch Snow, Drifted by Gale, Seriously Cripples Traffic. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 3.—Winter's heaviest snowstorm -has descended upon the Atlantic seaboard. Fore- casters predicted that it would end today and would be followed by ris- ing temperatures and cloudy weather. In New York the snow had turned to a drizzle by morning. The storm, which started early yes- terday morning and continued un- abated throughout the day, did not spare any section of the Eastern States. A 63-mile gale piled 15-foot waves on the beach at Atlantic City and drove shipping dangerously close to shore. Street traffic and wire serv- ice in Baltimore were serlously crip- pled, and similar reports were re- ceived from points along the coast. Snow in large, wet flakes began to spread a_white blanket upon New York at 5:30 yesterday morning and by night had piled up to a depth of 10 inches. A 3G-mile-an-hour gale drove the flakes in a blinding swirl into the taces of pedestrians and im- peded traffic. In spite of the efforts of 700 motor plows, 600 trucks and approximately 13,000 shovelers, the streets were badly clogged today. THOUSANDS SHOVEL SNOW. DIRIGIBLES EASIL RIDE WORST GALES From Shenandoah Says “Runaway” Flight Proved This. Deliberately planned tests, together with unexpected and dectdedly thrill- ing experiences with the big dirigible Shenandoah, have demonstrated that atrships of that type need have no fear of the hardest gales that blow, Lieut. J. B. Anderson told the Amar- ican Meteorological Society, which met today In conjunction with the concluding sessions of the American Assoclation for the Advancement of Sclence. Lieut. Anderson was meteorologist of the Shenandoah’s crew at the time the great ship was torn loose from ‘her mooring mast at Lakehurst, N. J., some months ago, and was buffeted by an 80 or 90-mile-an-hour gale for an entire night, weathering out the storm despite the fact that her nome had been ripped open and she was heavy due to loss of helium gas when the break occurred. Text Came Unexpectedly. Although the breaking away of the Shenandoah was purely an accident, her officers and crew had hoped for nothing better than just such a storm for weeks. When it did come, how- ever, it caught the ship with half of its crew “ashore” and unprepared for the tests the aviators had been awalting the opportunity to make, Lieut. Anderson declared. Wo had been told,” the speaker said, “that British dirigibles had ridden out gales of a velocity of 60 miles an hour. We felt confident our 8hip and our crew were superior to any- thing Great Britain had, so we looked longingly for an opportunity to prove that the Shenandoah could ride out a blow of like intensity at least. We were to have our chance, all right. “We just missed our first opportu- nity, and the Shenandoah remained snug in her sheiter while the wind howled &t 62 miles an hour. Then, one Monday, I predicted a gale before night. Well, that night was the most beautiful night you could imagine, and 80 was the next day, and the crew be- gan to inquire about my gale. Wednes- day, howe . the barometer began fall- ing fast, and by night the wind had reached a ground velocity of 63 miles an hour, which meant she was blowing about 80 at the top of the moosing mast. Feared for Safety, “With only half of her erew aboard, the Shenandoah was not prepared to shove off that night and I began making anxious inquiries as to when we might expect the gale to let up when I was told she had broken loose. I looked out and saw her sinking fast toward a wood and began organizing a search party, thinking surely she would be de- stroyed. “We raced for the woods in auto- mobiles, but found no trace of the Shenandoah. A farmer then told us he had heard her engines a few minutes before. That meant that her crew was so efficlent that before a 90- mile gale had swept her four miles, the engineers had the engines going, and I no longer had any fear as to her safety. “I am told that one of the en gineers had to climb out on the radi ator of his cockpit, right up in the teeth of the gale, and turn his pro- pellars over by hand. It was a great testimonial to_the efficiency of the whole crew. But we were satisfled after that flight that the Shenandoah could weather the hardest gale that blows." Study Effect of Lightning. The next question, Lieut. Anderson sald, was to decide the Shenandoah’s susceptibility to lightning bolts. She was driven through thunder storms, and in several instances had different storms crashing away on either side of her, but came through every test safely. Many times while en route, the speaker added, the Shenandoah would engage in thrilling races with clouds. “One of the most interesting inci- dents 1 experienced aboard her oc- cufred on the trip to the Pacific coast. We had just cleared the gap through the Rocky Mountains when I saw a dim cloud dead ahead, too close for us to miss it. I barely had time to shout ‘Stand by for heavy down gust,’ when we struck full force, and the rain, hail and snow from the cloud bank pelted us like bullets. We began shooting down like a plummet when the powerful down currents caught us. “When we hit the cloud we were more than 2,000 feet up. When we emerged from the storm we were less than 300 feet from the ground, be- cause our wireless antennae, which hangs below the cabin, had been wiped off. Once we cleared the cloud, however, we soared up again almost as fast as we had come down, and the danger was past.” Meet at Weather Bureau. The meeting of the American Me- teorological Society was held at the Weather Bureau, Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest, and was given over to discussion relating to aerology. Delegates to all sections of the sev- enty-ninth convocation of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science were holding their con- cluding sessions today and assessing the progress reported in various flelds of research. Outstanding among these lines of progress reported are those dealing with the knowledge of the effects of light on living things, of temperature and atmospheric conditions of the planets, and the effect of some forms of electricity and of light upon the determination of sex and the char- acter of offspring. Observations that chimpanzees can really think attract- ed much attention. Favor National Arboretum. The association has gone on record at the meeting as approving the pro- posed reform of the calendar to a year of 13 months of equal length; the pro- jected national arboretum and botan- ical garden, and the study of oceanic conditions undertaken under the di- rection of the Navy Department. Other actions of the meeting have included advocacy of a new national park at Glacler Bay, Alaska, and the condemnation of Government reclama- tion of swamp lands not suitable for farm land, but used by wild fowl. Delegates, preparing for departure, already’ were discussing plans for the next annual meeting to be held in Kan- sas City, Mo., in December. . BALTIMORE, Md., January 3.—Bal- timore today was enveloped in the task of digging Itself out of the heav- fest fall of sleet and snow that the city has known in nearly three years, a precipitation which measured 11 inche: As a result of the storm street car trafic was virtually paralyzed, and with it most of the business activi- tles dependent on the service. Thou- sands were unable to reach their places of employment. Department stores and many other business houses and offices closed early in the after- noon, dismissing their employes. Officlals of the United Railways last night were unable to announce a sin- | gle line open completely. All street car service to the suburbs was dis- rupted. 3 Last night more .than 3,000 men ‘were at work with D‘kek and shovel in an effort to tlear the tracks. COMDR. MANN DIES. Navy Officer Succumbs in Manila After Brief Illness. By the Associated Press. MANILA, January 3.—Comdr. R. R. Mann, superintendent of the’ Asiatic Communication Service of the United States Navy, died here this morning after an illness of but a few hours. Physicians dlagnosed the sickness as acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis. An operation was performed In the hope of saving the commander's life in compliance with his reques: Comdr. Mann will be buried at sea off the entrance to Manila Bay, Mon- day. —_— ‘There are omly 75 eggs of the great auk in existence. Drunken Drivers Arrested in 1924 73 More Than 1923 Charges of driving while intoxi- cated filed in Police Court during the year just ended show a marked increase over the number filed for the preceding year, according to statistics made public today by Fra.k A. Sebring, clerk of the court. Informations made out concern- ing one of the most serfous trafc charges reveal that the total num- ber for 1924 was 656, against 583 for the year 1923, an Increase of 73. A comparative table of the 12 months of the two years Is as fol- lows: 1923. cee 36 26 30 57 58 35 4“4 ...January . ...February ... -..March April . May . June July August ... September October ... November .. +--...December . Totals .. e — HITS SLOW METHOD INSNOW REMOVAL M. and M. Secretary Calls Attention of Officials to Traffic Conditions. Slowness of snow removal methods employed by the District government and the resultant loss to business and individuals by the crippling of trans- portation facilities on account of the demoralization of traffic arterles were called to the attention of Di trict officlals todey by C. J. Columbus, secretary of the Merchants and Man- ufacturers’ Association. Upon recelving the information that the District authorities found funds were short and that some of the appropriations should be with- held from the present tasks to care for street cleaning work in the Sum- mer and Fall, Mr. Columbus pointed out that the situation now existing was in the nature of an emergency and that less important items should be allowed to go by the board and that the present emergency should be coped with to the fullest extent and power of the resources available. Cites Small Force Employed. In passing from his home near Seventeenth and R streets to his warehouse at First and Canal streets today,” Mr. Columbus told District officlals, “Mr. Andrews, president of our assoclation, saw exactly one truck and two men at work remov- ing snow. 1 personally saw only two men working in my trip from Lamont street down Sixteenth street and to Pennsylvania avenue, via Mas- chusetts avenue. “The first duty of a civic govern- ment is the protection of the transpor- tational facilities. Crippling trans- portation affects all vital activities in a city's daily life. I can see no rea- son why at least the crossings should not have been made clear by this time or why some drags or plows had not been used to clear strects so as to make possible the passage of vehicu- lar traffic without the difficulties now attendant upon travel. Urges Use of Full Foree. “I hope that the force at the com- mand of the District authorities will be utilized to the fullest possible ex- tent today and tomorrow, so that Monday may start a new week with clear lanes for trafic. Iam sure that private citizens, motorists, business and professional men and all Wash- ingtonians generally will appreciate such a service.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Unsettled, probably rain tonight and tomorrow minimum temperature tonight about 30 degrees; slightly warmer tomor- row: gentle north winds, becoming southwest. Maryland—Unsettled, probably rain tonight and tomorrow: slightly warmer tomorrow; moderate north- erly winds, becoming southwest. Virginia—Unsettled tonight and to- morrow, probably rain tomorro slightly warmer in east portion to- morrow; moderate northwest, shift- Ing. to southwest, winds. West Virginia—Unsettled, probably rain tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Records for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 34; 8 p.m., 29; 12 midnight, 30; 4 am., 30; 8 am., 32; noon, 34. : Barometer—4 p.m., 30.2 30.30; 12 midnight, 30.2 8 a.m., 30.25; noon, 30.17. Highest temperature, 34, occurred at noon today; lowest temperature, 29, occurred at 8 p.m. yesterda: Temperature same date last year— Highest, 45; lowest, 33. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 am.: At Great Falls, to- day—Temperature, 32; condition, clear, ‘Weather in Various Cities. § Temperature. 8 pm., 4 am, 30.24; w ey Stations. Weather. wor g amosw ELETEN Abilene, Tex. 30.82 Aldany '..... 30.2¢ A 30.22 Atlantic City 30.20 Baltimore .. 80.24 Birmingham. 30.24 Clear Snow Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear| Snow Cloudy Foggy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Snow Clear BLEEEER.88888 Loulsville Miami, Fla. BBBL 2BRERNIR Phoenix ... Pittsburgh. . Portland, Me. Portland, Ore 0. Raieigh,N.C. S. Lake City San’_Antonio 30. San_Diege.. . 30.1 8. Francisco 30. 8t. Louis. St. Fddditad BAREREY FOREIGN. (8 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Station: Temperature. Weather. London, - 30 Parteloady, a Part cloudy Rajn Part clondy 2: cloudy cloudy Clear Clear England. Gibraltar, 'Spain..... Horta (Fayal), Azores.... EERE F4-344 TEST OF GASOLINE DISPUTES CHARGES Engineers Say Little Dilution With Kerosene Is Re- vealed Here. There has been no indication during the Summer or since that kerosens is being used to dilute commercial gas- oline gold for motor fuel in Wash- ington, according to surveys made by the Bureau of Mines and the Bureau of Standards regarding the quality of automobile engine fuel here. Any material use of kerosene in motor fuel would become immediately rec- ognizable by automobile drivers and would manifest itself in harder start- Ing and decreased efficiency of the engine, although a kerosene content of about 15 per cent in gasoline would not greatly impair the effi- clency of an automobile engine, once it was warmed up, Representative Zihlman of Mary- land, a member of the District com- mittee, and chairman of the special subcommittee appointed to probe the administration of the gasoline tax law, has called upon wholesale gaso- line distributors in Washington for reports on sales of gasoline and kero- sene, hinting that unusual heavy sales of kerosene possibly pointed the way to an evasion of the gas tax law by mixture of the two petroleum derivatives. A 2-cent tax is levied per gallon on gasoline while kerosene Is not taxed Test Here Satisfactorr. Results of the motor gasoline sur- vey made during the summer by the Bureau of Mines show that the motor fue used in Washington cams up to Federal specifications in practically every particular and was, in fact, superior to the gasoline sold in most of the cities where samples were ob- tained. Separate tests were not made for mixtures of gasoline and kero- sene, but the presence of any consid- erable quantity of kerosene would have manifested itself in the tests. Experts of the Bureau of Mines and the Bureau of Standards zull said there is considerable scientific doubt as to what s gasoline and what fis kerosene, the pcint where gasoline begins and kerosene stops Dnever having been definitely located. The conclusion of both bureaus Is that there has been no indication of dilu- tion of commercial gasoline here with kerosene, Experts of both Government agen- cles point to the fact that refining companies make a practice of reduc- ing their refining methods for Winter gasoline, so that a higher test fuel is made available for motorists. In re- fining for Summer gasoline the proc- esses are carried a little further, giv- ing a less volatile gasoline. ‘Washington Second in Quality. Tests made by the Bureau of Mines for gasoline in Washington to mieet rigid Federal specifications show Washington to be the second city in a group of 10 with respect to the aver- age quality of gasoline. Later tests made by the Bureau of Standards indicate no loss in efficiency as a result of possible mixture o kerosene with gasoline. Eighteen samples were used in the Bureau of Mines test, selected at random from various gasoline filling stations about the city. Another test will start with- in two weeks. HEARINGS START TUESDAY. Zihlman Seeks Reason for Failure of Tax to Yield $1,000,000. Hearings on the gasoline supply in the National Capital and what it should yleld in revenue for street improvements under the 2-cent a gal- lon tax set up last yvear will be started next Tuesday in the House District committee room. This announcement was made to- day by Representative Fred N Zihl- man of Maryland, directed to make this investigation Representative Zihiman was In con- ference today with District officials and representatives of large oil con- cerns regarding the enormous quan- tity of kerosene, carload lots, that have been coming into the District in recent months and which he belleves 1s in part responsibie for the failure of the gasoline tax to yield $1,000,000 a year as had been expected. TAX DECISION HITS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYES Blair Ruling Requires Payment on Income by Water and Light Workers. nder a new ruling of the Internal Revenue Bureau many employes of municipalities who heretofore have regarded themselves as exempt from the Federal income tax will be re- quired to pay such a levy. not only in the future, but to cover severa: past years. The ruling was announced by Rev- enue Commissioner Blair in a letter to Senator Shortridge (Republican, California), holding that the employey of the water and electric light works at Riverside, Calif, must pev . the Federal tax. Mr. Blair said that although mu- nicipal employes heretofore had been regarded as exempt under the fed- eral law, a re-examination of the statutes revealed that certain classes could not claim such exemption. The tax must be paid, he said, by persons employed by certain utilities like street car companies. which compete with private enterprise. CooK EOUNTY OFFICIAL SOUGHT IN RUM CASE:- Believed Leader of Group Accused, of Aiding Druggists in Whisky Dilution. By the Associated Press. : CHICAGO, January 3.— William Nathan, department head in the county assessor's office, was sought today as the leader of a group which supplied several hundred druggists with materials for diluting thelr me- diciral whisky and defortifying it with grain alcohol and furnishing bottles with counterfeit labels .and the names of various brands blow into them. [ Eight alleged members of the group have been arrested and warrants issued for seven others. Confessions of two of those ar- rested, Government .operatives sald, gave information as to printing plants and glassware manufacturers from whom the gang obtained sup- plies. Cuban Mayor Assassinated. By the Associated Prexs. HAVANA, Cuba, January 3.—The mayor of Guantanamo, Manuel Salas, has been assassinated, according to a dispatch to El Mundo from that city. No details were given. .Guan- tanamo is near the American paval base on Guantanamo Bay.