Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1925, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1925. CHOICE 1S STUDIED FOR TRAFFIC POST Commissioners Considering 115 Applications Today—Se- lection Within Week Seen. The District Commissioners are in| session this afternoon, making a care- ful study of the records of the men whose names have been placed before them as candidates for director of trafic Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of said this morning he did| not believe the appointment would be | today's conf however, | the reason th pplicants | interviews | the hoard, made rene eral have requested personal With the city heads The selection probably will be a nounced within a week, since the new traffic law cannot be given full force and effect until a director is in office. | List of Applicants. he full the Co Aschenb: man; A. ( now before follows: G. H. business wobile man list issioners John S. BU auto of names oh ry Carter. M. 0. Eldridge, official of the Amer- n »bile Assoefation in Wash- ington Farrell, Capt. Frank S. Flynn, formerly of the United States Army; John N. King, Capt. R. Klotz engineer of the lities Commisston; J. H. Mills, Georg Richardson, Col. T. Harr Shanton, a former deputy police cor of New York; Inspector by, of the Police De- Skinner, Motor Cycle | Smith and Serst. missioner William S, partment; P, Policeman Buell Stanley the Police Dep The Co - H. Milton D. of the trafic squad of would not in- dicate to what they thought of the reflative merits of the several candi dates. If a selection is not made to- day, it is practically certain that the choice will be narrowed down to three or ar of the conference. four as su May Be Dark Horse. It is possible that some man whose been mentioned name has not yet may eventually be appointed. While [ the Commissioners are known to pre- | fer a direc who is already fa- miliar with conditio Washington, consideration may be en to men outside the city who have had exper! affic control ence in t Mr. Eldrige did not make personal application, but his name was put forward by men active in civic af- | | fairs as a person qualified to fill mrj position | | | Col. Shanton, who has just recently been suggested, was also put forward for superintendent of police several years ago when that office was| vacant. LIBERAL SALES PLAN | FOR SHIPS FAVORED; 0'Connor Wants to Get Rest nf% Government Fleet Into | Hands. { Private An extremely in order to get t e remainder of the | eral sales poiicy i ate hands | Government's fleet into pri for continued operation under the | ‘American flag, is favored by Chair- | man O'Connor of the United States | ‘Shipping Boavd. He said the sale of such vessels during the past six | months had been very gratifying | During the last six months. the | etatement said, the Shipping Board | has sold to American citizens more | than 30 vessels of 176,898 dead-weight | Zons, for approximately $2,500,000 “The board has under negotiation | At the present time prospective sales of additional passenger and freight | 1es now operated by the the chairman szid, add- which cannot be sold needed for the American uld be “prompt- nt with the inter- rnment.” forget the cost we can sell character who | which we Govern g t and are not merchant marine s scrapped, consi ests of the Gov “We are prepared t of ships,” he sald, them to Americans of can guarantce the servic believe the country require R SHEPHERD AND F;\_IMAN INDICTED FOR MURDER OF MILLIONAIRE ORPHAN according to Judge Olson’s befors a coroner’s jury fter eating fruit brought him by Shepherd when the physician was mildly indispvscd, was planned by State’s authoritie Counts Following charges 1. Defend: did_give minister typhoid bacilli Defendants did give minister a certain deadly description unknown ;. Defend did hody with a ain nd mortal known fever 4. Did inoculate fever, description unknown 5. Did communicate to the body a fever known as typhoid fever. suddenly testimony in Indictment. of 15 a summary the d ad- ts and ad- poison, | inoculate the | noxious, deadly | | | cer: rever as typhoid the body with a 6. Did communicate to the body a| fever, description unknown | Did infuse, mix and mingle with | food and drink, certain typhoid bacilli, a deadly poison S. Same, described as typhoid cllli, deadly disease germs. o. Did give and administer conite and typhoid bacteria, which| lated the body with a mortal| 10 acid ard typhoid bacteria which pro- Did give and administer prussic duced a mortal fever. 11. Did give and administer mor- phine and typhoid bacteria which produced a mortal fever 12. Did give and administer acon- tte and typhoid bacteri hich pro- duced a mortal fever. 13. Did give and administer acon- ite. a deadly poison 4. Did give and administer prus- sic acid. a deadly poison. 15. Did glve and administer mor- phine, a deadly poison 16. Did give and administer aconit- ins, a deadly poison 17. Short form of count charging poisoning to kill and murder. 18. Murder by means unknown 19, 20, 21 and 22 were respectively the same as counts 9, 10, 11 and 12, except that the word typhoid was substituted for mortal Shipping Parley Urged. The International Law Assoclation was urged to call another meeting to consider the proposed revision of the York-Antwerp rules governing the adjustment of losses on jettisoned cargoes in resolutions adopted at a meeting yesterday of shipping and marine underwriting interests. The conference, held ynder the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, also named a commit- tee to formulate the American atti- tude toward the rules as drafted by the association at Stockholm last year. | President COOLIDGE CLOSES 'UPWARD TREND SLACKENS | crease from December to January was Gets Argentine Post of Rha Argen (Harris & Ewing Photo.) 8 LAND OFFICES Holds That Work Can Be| Handled More Economically | in Washington. President executive offices country. Coolidge has red an order abolishing 28 land scattered throughout the This order becomes effec- tive April and brings to 39 the number of such oftices discontinued in_the last two months Decline in public land business was given as the reason for discontin- uance, the public area in many of the districts having decreased so greatly that the offices are not able to meet sperating expenses Secretary Work expressed the con- viction that the action “will be in the interest of economy and good ad- ministration and in no way subver- sive of the public interest in the States affected.” The offices to be cl at entro, Tndependence and Susanville, alif.; Del Nort Colo.: Haliley, | Idaho: Toqeka, Kans. Marquette, Mich Crookston, Minn.; Jac n Miss.; Glasgow, Havre Helena, Missoula, Bozeman. Lewistown and Miles City rt Sumner and Roswell, N 1e and Burn Oreg.; Ra D. couve Walla Wa Wash.; ougl Watervill Wausau, Wis.; Wyo. Yakima, Newcastle and ed same over to States other branches in the PLANS TO DEFEND CITY'S ZONING LAW Committee to Raise Fund for Use in Upholding Con- stitutionality. The committee appointed yesterday to raise a citizens' fund with which to assist the zoning commission in de- fending the constitutionality of the ng law in the pending court case s In session today to get organized and map out its plan of operation George A. Finch, chairman of the committee, announced following the meeting today that the committee had completed its organization and had formally authorized the employ- ment of Edward M. Bassett, lega expert of the New York Zoning Com: mi John Ihlder w chosen secretary of the committee. Mr. Finch sald the committee would hold a conference later in the day with Engineer Commissioner Bell, chairman of the Zoning Commission, to find out If there Is any other way in which the citizens can assist the commisston The committee was named by Jesse C. Suter, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, to supervise the raising and disbursement of a fund of $5,000. John Ihlder of the Georgetown Citi- ens’ Assoclation, and a member of he committee appointed by Mr. Suter explained today that in fixing the amount to be sought in raising a defenes fund, the citizens had in mind the following of the to the higher courts should such a course become necessary. Treasurer of Fund Designated. In making public the appeal for funds yesterday, Mr. Suter requested that all contributions be sent to B. A. Bowles, treasurer, at the Potomac Savings Bank. Mr. Suter also pointed out yesterday that any balance in the citizens' fund at the outcome of the case will be returned pro rata to the contributors The Zoning Commission will be represented in the court proceedings by Corporation Counsel Francis H authority as friend of the court, individual home Owners The employment of Mr. Bassett by the citizens is being undertaken with representing sel's office, Engineer Commissioner Bell, chair- man, of the Zoning Commission, to- day commended the citizens for the movement they have launched to as- sist the comm fon in upholding the valldity of the zoning law. The point at issue in the court pro- ceeding is the right of the commis- sion to prevent establishment of stores on residential streets, which constitutes one of the most important features of zoning. In Montana, where seven offices are| In announcing the campaign to eliminated, only two, those at Great|raise a defense fund yesterday, the Falls and Billings, will be retained | citizens’ committee emphasized the to handie the State's public land | need for speedy action, since the case | business. The functions of the of-|is expected to be heard early in April. fices climinated in Kansas, Michigan,| Mrs. Ihlder announced today he has ississippi and Wisconsin will be | received a contribution of $30 toward handled in the future through the|the fund from Mrs. Anne Archbold. General Land Office. in Washnigton, S and in the other States the business ' of the abolished offices will be turn- DlscussEs PRAYER AT LENTEN SERVICE Wholesale Commodity Prices in |RevV. S. J. Porter Principal Speaker February Nearly Stationary. at Midday Observance at The upward movement of whole- it sale commodity prices showed & Keith's Today. slackening off for Februa accord- ing to figures made public today by . the Bureau of Labor Statisties o~ °Y| Praver in its different forms and The February index number for anl | the significance of praver were dis- commodity prices was 160.6, an in-|CuSsed in an address by Rev. g crease of only six-tenths of a point | EOTter. pastor of the First Baptist over the preceding month. The in-|Church. at midday Lenten services at Keith's Theater today. 3 points. Figures cover a survey of | Dr. Porter took as his text “Lord 404 commodities, and are based on 100 | tfach ‘"h’* to vr?.“ lJe=u<,dn‘- sald, as the level of prices in 191 gt 6 grea eacher an s now Marked flw'rr'[;»_q were shown dur-|the great hearer of praver.” Con- ing the month in the fuel and build- ‘ “h”“‘”k‘ the speaker pointed out t ing material groups, the greatest in- | there were certain fundamental | orease being In. masoline and cruda|POuciples involved: in. 'mll praver: petroleum, which lifted the index |AmOng these, he said, is the con- number for the group 5% points from | ¢®ption of human needs, without which a genuine prayer could not be January. There was little change in prices of clothing and house furnish- | recognized. There must also be a HiE aoots: | conviction of divine sufficiency, he $275,000 for River Surveys. The chief Ar nounces today an allotment of $2 000 from current appropriations to be °d for “surveys and preparation of v engineers an- plans of St. Lawrence River.’ Dancing Teacher Dies in Fire. CLEVELAI'D, March 18.—Mrs. Ma- bel Wheaton, 35 years old, a dancing teacher, was burned to death and four firemen were injured when fire de- said, explaining that one in praying | should believe that God Is sufficient, able and willing to help, and finally there must be the feeling of a con- sclous obligation to God, he added. In conclusion, Dr. Porter said that prayer requires persistence and dili- gence on the part of the individual Praver services were conducted by Rev. H. E. Dickins, and Percy Foster was the presiding layman A vocal solo was rendered by Fred East, ac- companied by George H. Wilson. Rev. Dr. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore will be the speaker tomorrow. The serv- stroved a hotel today ices are being broadcast each day by WRC. SENSATIONAL TRIAL TO FOLLOW DEATH OF ‘MILLIONAIRE ORPHAN Two Strange Persondlities Will Be Central Figures. Defendants Charged With Murder of William McClintock by Use of Typhoid Germs. By Consolidated Press CHICAGO, March 18 —Two mr:mzw! and diverse personalities will be the | central figures in Chicago's next sen- | sational murder trial—William Dar- | ling Shepherd, who, the State charges, | | talked his way into $2,000,000, and Dr. Charles €. Faiman, who bought | a unlversity for $250. Their indict- ment for the murder of young Wil- liam McClintock, the “millionaire orphan.” followed quickly upon the heels of Faiman's confession that he furnished Shepherd with typhoid germs to feed to McClintock after the latter had made him his heir. For 17 vears, the State charges Shepherd has plotted to get the for- tune that had been left to voung McClintock. Known in his company during the Spanish-American War as ‘Ananias Bill,” the most pleasant liar in the company. according to testi- mony of his commander, Shepherd had little trouble talking his way into the good graces of Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock. mother of Billy. Native of Indiana. Shepherd was born In southern Indiana ahd spent his early life in a tiny cottage in the Indianapolis slums. Tis stepfather maintained al doal-peddling” establishment In his pack vard and here Young Shepherd worked, while his mother told for- tunes. He puttered around law offices some and finally drifted into the wholesale drug business, moving to Salina, Kans. There he met and mar- ried his present wife, Julia Graf, the daughter of a Kansas barber. With this added responsibility he moved back to Indianapolis to learn that an old acquaintance, Emma Nelson, had married William McClintock, a mil- lionaire, Shortly after that MoClin~ | igan tock died in an automobile accident and Shepherd took up his abode with Mrs. McClintock and her young son, William Nelson. When Mrs. McClin- tock died mysteriously the Shepherds took the little boy, heir to the mil- lions. Through the years Shepherd has lived from his income as administra- tor of the estate of voung Billy Mo- Clintock. He has wanted for nothing, and was on the verge of coming into the entire fortune as the legal bene- ficiary of Billy's will when trouble developed Falman a Bacteriologist. Faiman, the other character in the alleged conspiracy, developed *in about two years from a struggling young bacteriologist, graduate of Physiclans and Surgeons' College of St. Louls, into a “university presi- dent” with self-assumed authority to give degrees In almost anything. Fai- man himself and members of the al- leged faculty of his school are weighted down under a heavy array of distinguished degrees and titles such as befit some much honored pro- fessor in a leading university. His institution, operated in a three- story stone house out on South Mich- avenue, here, is described by State authorities as a “diploma mill." But Dr. Faiman himself is spoken of as a genfus in bacteriology, although he wandered considerably afield in his university works, But even in his unlicensed institu- tion contaglous germs in quantities sufficient to cause a serious outbreak of disease were readily available. It was the possession of these germs, it is alleged, that introduced Shepherd and brought together these two al- leged collaborators in crime, (Copyright, 1925.) on zoning laws, to appear| the approval of the corporation coun- | 1$100,000,000 U. S. SURPLUS SHOWN A Federal surplus of $100,000,000 this fiscal year and a probable sur- plus of $373,000,000 next year, with the possibility of a cut in taxes, were prospects held forth by Director of the Bureau of the Budget Lord in an address before the menabers of the Washington Chamber of Commerce at the New Willard Hotel last night Gen. Lord, in a resume of the work accomplished by the bureau since its existence, said it had reduced Fed- eral expenditures $1,203,771,292.92, or an amount almost equal to the tional debt before the war. In summarizing the benefits the bureau had brought about in Go ernment ninancing, Gen. Lord de- clared that any other business would have been in bankruptey if its finances had been handled In the ame manner as those of the Federal overnment prior to the establish- ment of the Budget Bureau. In citing the efforts of the bureau to cut Federal estimates within the $3,000,000,000 Hmit set by both Presi- dent Coolddze and President Harding, Gen. Lord said this would have been accomplished this year if it were not for the $120,000.000 expenditure due to the bonus, which he sald he cheer- fully bowed to. One of the in- teresting features that n. Lord pointed out was that of the budget of $3,062,277,407 for this year only about $1,500,000,000 was subject to reduction by the Prdsident or the bureau, and that practically all of the reductions had to be made on this amount. He also pointed out that the bureau had allowed estimates for the District of Columbia in an amount more than twice those of prewar allowances Urges Support of k | nomy. Gen. Lord said that expenditures in 1921, the last pre-budget year, were $5,115,926,869.30. The first year of the budget expenditures were $3,372,607,- 969.84, and this year expenditures were $3,062,277,407, including $120,- 1 000,000 for the bonus. He said that he got much organized opposition to some of the cuts he made, ared that if some of the don’t want to march with the Pr, dent on the highway of economy the and de- people i Stephens and Assistant Corporatlon | ghould enlist und@ another flag.” Counsel James C. Wilkes, The citi-| Gen. Lord declared that the Federal zens' committes has arranged to en- | Government was setting a laudable gage the services of Edward M. Bas-| example of thrift and economy that tt, legal consultant of the New | .0i13'he followed by others. York Zoning Commission and an | | PERU MAY APPEAL . TACNA-ARICA GASE Popular Clamor May Force Lima Authorities to Attempt | to Get Rehearing. award President Coolidge's recent the Tacna-Arica arbitration not appear to have closed the genera- tion-old dispute between Chile Peru over this South American province, according to the rumblings of discontent that are finding their way into Washington from Peru despite efforts of two governments to withhold the information of dis- satisfaction Peruvian troops are posted about the American embassy at Lima, and |it is known there had been an ex- | change of shots between the embassy guard and the rioters. Herman Ve- in does and larde, the Peruvian Ambassador in | Washington, is sald by some of his | Latin American colleagues to be on the verge of departing for home as a protes The Peruvian President has accused President Coolidge of unjustly favoring Chile in his award of a plebiscite in the Tacna-Arica, declaring the original Peruvian ter- ritory has now been under the in- fluence of Chile so long that a plebi- gcite can only result in a Chilean victory. State Department Silent. The State Department remained silent today on the message of the Peruvian President to President Cool- idge, which declared he had held in favor of the guilty party to the arbi- tration. The department also appar- ently had no confirmation of advices of an authoritat character reach- ing other quarters describing how a mob tore down the coat of arms from the American Embassy There are indicatiors that at least [one powerful section of Peruvian jon is consolidating behind a move to attempt to reopen the whole case and ask for a new hearing. Political and revolutionary malcon- tents also are making the most of the opportunity to cause trouble for the Peruvian governmgnt The prompet action by the Lima au- thorities, however, in seeking to restore order and put down anti-American demonstrations are gratifying to Wash- ington, and the administration here ap- preciates that the Peruvian government is faced with an acute situation. satisfy popular clamor and retain its place in the saddle, may have to make a sacrifice of the officials most closely as- sociated with the American arbitrtion, including Ambassador Velarde. His withdraway from Washington would be regarded as a regrettable outcome of the arbitration, and woulid constftute an unusual contribution to Latin Ameri- can misunderstanding. PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL GUIDE WORK OF BEAUTIFYING CAPITAL (Continued from First Page.) plans, zoning, playgrounds and other matters which will come under the commission in its development work. The commission has authority to expend this year $600,000, which will be used in the acquisition of lands which it finds necessary or desirable in pushing forward the work for which it was formed. Obviously, the details of the prospective purchases of property cannot be made public, because, it is explained, it might pre- vent the commission from obtaining the land at as low a price ag possible. Those who attended the conference this morning were Gen. Harry Taylor, chlef of Engineers of the United States Army; Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District committee; Stephen D. Ma- ther, director of national parks; Col. Greeley, head of the United States Forest Service; Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and, Col. Sherrill, director of public buildings and pub- lic parks of the National Capital, all members of the commission. In addi- tion there were present by invitation and as consultants, Melvin Hazen, surveyor of the District, and George B. Clarke, engineer of the Rock Creek and Parkway Commission. e ‘Thomas Jefferson wa: the first President inaugurated.in Washington, {ng. IN ADDRESS BY BUDGET HEAD Director Lord Tells Chamber of Commerce of Greater Possibility Next Fiscal Year and Likely Tax Cut—Local Industries a Topic. In Latin American diplomatic circles | here it onsidered not unlikely that the Peruvian government, in order to to the attention of the t the industrial exposi- tion fostered by it opens Saturday afternoon and continues through the following week, Charles J. Stockman chairman of the exposition commit- tee, outlined the industrial activities of the National Capital He sald that Washington Tn calling chamber tk the was birthplace of many Inventions of in- be the 500 Plants Here. His report showed that Washing- ton has approximately 500 commer- al industrial plants, employing 12,000 persons, at an annual pay roll of $20,000,000, and turning out prod- ucts, some nationally knowfi, to the value of $70,000,000 annually. Many merchants and industries will take part in the exposition, and in addition, booths will be occupied by the children of the public school the artists of the city, the patients| at Walter Reed, Mount Alto and other | hospitals, the ghborhood House, the Federal Government, the Tuber- | culosis Hospita | Following a report by Charles W.| | Darr, chairman of the chamber's| committee on police and fire protec- | tion and public safety, the member- | ship unanimously indorsed M. O. Eld- | ridge, of the American Automobil | Association for the office of director | of public safety. | The following delegates and alter- | nates were named to represent the chamber at the 13th annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the| United States, here May teg- | slar delegates, Robert N. Harper, A.! Leftwich Sinclair, Isaac Gans, Martin A. Leese, Ivan C. W Charles W. | Darr and Chapin Brown. Alternate | @clegates, John H. Hanna, John H.| Small, Ralph A. Davis, Simon Lyon, Warren C. Kendall, F James W. . Peters. Robert *N. Harper wag designated as onal councilor and John H. Hanna ry C. Cole and alternate. FALL GOES HOME, RETAINING SILENCE Sinclair Interests in U. S. Court at Cheyenne Begin | Fight to Hold Lease. | | By the Associated Press "HEYENNE, Wyo, March 18 | Maintaining the non-committal atti- the suit to | t's | tude he has adhered to s | ception of the Governmen |annul the Teapot De 1e Albert E. Fall, former Secretary of the In- terior, under whose regime the | oming naval oil reserve lease was | nted to the Mammoth Oil Co., left | T | Cheyenne today for Three Rivers, N. M. | He intends to remain silent until | | what he considers “the proper time,” ! | he =aia | Pleading justification of the leasing | of Teapot Dome on the ground that national defense situation in 1921 anded immediate action in the reating oil supplies for the | that the Navy stood to by drainage of the reserve > the adjacent | k commercial field, Harry F ammoth Ol and its dollar counsel” today | fight in Federal Court | the lease given them Fall, former Secretary de | matter of Navy, and greatly g lose | Wyom Salt Cr their to retain by Albert B. of the Interior Littleton First to Spenk. The opening statement began here in behalf of Sinclair and his oil company was | made by Martin W. Littleton, noted | New York attorney, followed by the | id- im- reading of thres depositions con ered by the defense as of prime portance to its case. Mr. Littleton said the first depos tion, that of Rear Admiral J. K. Rob- ison, head of the Bureau of Engi- neering of the Navy Department, would touch on the national defense aspect of the case, but would not bring out the details of the condi- tions of national defense at the time nmediately preceding the lease. Two defense attorneys, probably Mr. Littleton and George P. Hoover, Washington attorney, were to read this deposition, one taking the posi- tion of examining attorney and the other taking the stand and reading the answers. Altogether the defense will require two days for the presentation of ev dence showing the necessity of dr veloping the naval oil reserves, Mr.| Littleton said DENTIST SUING WIFE IS ACCUSED IN REPLY ‘Woman Counters With Petition for Absolute Divorce, Alleg- ing Cruelty. | Mrs, Maud E. Davis today filed an answer to the sult for a limited di-| vorce recently brought hy her hus- | band, Mark O. Davis, a prominent dentist, in which he contended she had treated him cruelly and that he was afraid of her. Mrs. Davis denied the charge of cruelty and counters with a suit for absolute divorce in which she alleges cruelty on the part of the dentist and asserts that he has paid to omuch attention to a female assistant in his office. 4 Mrs. Davis also asked the court to require her husband to return their two children, 8 and 12 years, whom he is said to have taken from her while they were attending school. The wife is represented by Attorney Henry E. Davis. u. s. CHAPLA;NS CONFER. Thirty chaplains of the Army and Navy on duty in this vicinfty held a conference at the Army and Navy Club today to devise ways and means “for improving the religious program for men in the military and naval services.” Seven reserve chaplains were in at- tendance, Bishop James E. Freeman, Rev. J. N. Plerce, Rev. H. A. Dalton, Adjt. Ernest R. Holz, Rev. F. I Winter, Rev. J. R. Sizoo and Rev. C. H. Lambdin, and special guests included Admiral E. W. Eberle, chief of naval operations, and Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, deputy chief of staff of the ternational fame, including Leo P. Murawski, 30, Philadelphia war ginnings of the telephone, the be-|yiterin ang an epileptio patient there ginnings of the Mergenthaler and iy battiing for life with grave inter- Lanston typesetting machines, th al injuries as the aftermath of an beginnings of the phonograph, the|alleged fight at the hospital yesterday clectrical tabulating machine and the | Murawski was operated on yester- telegraph. Prof. Langley, he d, also | day afternoon in an effort to prevent conduct his experiments here. He | peritonitis, after his intestines had deplored the fact that Washington|been ruptured from an external did not retain the industries source. Before being placed on the operating table, according to Dr. Ar-| |ana Army. There were also present 15 Army chaplains, including Col. J. T. Axton, and elght naval chaplains. Luncheon was a feature of the meet- HOSPITAL PATIENT KICKED, IS CHARGE Veteran Near Death After Fight in St. Elizabeth’s. | Police Hold Attendant. Wilbur Doyle, 29, attendant at St Elizabeth’s Hospital today is formally charged with assault at the eleventh precinet, three other attendants have | been suspended at the hospital and | thu P. Noyes, assistant superintend- | the hospital he charged that Doyle has kicked him Attacked by Four. As consulted Attor- who pend- an as- tomor- @ result, Dr. Noyes with Assistant United States ney Ralph Given this morning, authorized the holding of Doyle, ing a preliminary hearing on sault ch in Police Court row. The hospital investigation was runched rday when Murawski d physiclans at the hospital that had in fight with Doyle and oth ttendants. The inv ding to Dr. Noyes, disc had engaged in a warm verbal altercation with the patient, | because the latter would ot obey the attendant’s orders, which culminated ' a between Doyle and the atien which the three other at- | tendants later are alleged to have en a hand ¥ At the conclusion of the investiga- tion the four attendants, including Doyle, were suspended. The three others are: Robert D, Hulvey, A. T.| Sydnor and A. B. Gibson. After | suspending the attendants the hos- pital thorities notified police at the eleventh pre nct, with the result that Pre ct Detective Robert L. Manning Policeman John V. Gladmon in- vestigated the case. 1a vest he stiga- losed that’ Doyle in Dr. Noyes told the police that there was no mental derangement in the case of Doyle; that he was a sane man, except when under subjection of an epileptic seizure. Deny Undue Foree. { The attendants all denied having | used unreasonable force in the al- tercation, one of them stating that the wound possibly was inflicted on patient by himself during the| rse of a fit | The four attendants were held for} ation by the police last night, | Capt. Dean of the eleventh pre- ct decided to have ion from Given, the as d States attorney, before proceeding further | After the conference with Mr. Given, Dr. Noves stated that the three dants, excluding Doyle, would | ontinue 1 suspension pending | further inve tion of the affair at| tig: the hospital. Dr oves also said | that the nature of the wound itself supported the statement of the pa- | tient: that it was the type of a wound whi resulted from a| blow su a kick | Kicked In Abdomen. The patient's story, according to| Dr. Noyes, was that Doyle had come| fnto his room vesterday morning and | after being ordered him to leave the room. Mu-| rawski, according to his account, in-| terposed objections. Hot words fol- | Jowed and these were followed by| blows, according to the patient, which | attracted the three other attendants. W the four had overpowered | Murawski, the latter avers, according to Dr. Noyes, the patient was thrown to the floor, and was kicked in the abdome Suspension of Noyes declared, the attendants, Dr depends on the out- come of the investigation as -to whether they had used “more force than was necessary.” FAINT HOPE HELD FOR RESCUE OF 34 ENTOMBED MINERS t Page.) “ontinued from Fi the police lines which held back the crowds. Hundreds of persons have been at- tracted to the scene, many automo- | biles being parked along the high- way near the mine, - State policemen | and mine guards kept the crowds or- | derl At 9:45 o'clock rescus workers hs etrated one mile into the work- ings and no bodies had been locatel The work is progressing fav: 1y, ccording to rescuers emerging from the mine. A hundred or more men frantically | but cautiously pushed their way through the underground recesses al D! Explosion Shakes Town. Not since a sheet up through the opening that extends | 300 feet below the ground has any one on the surfice heard from the imprisoned men A low rumbling preceded the explosion, which wrec ed the ne's lighting equipment and fans, caused the tipple to totter and of flame burst) fall into the shaft and which shook buildings in Fairmont, broke win- dows and shook doors from their hinges in houses 300 feet away, Since that moment crowds of fran- tic women and children have milled about the mine trying to find some word of the entombed men. At an early hour today only two rescue workers had been able to send word to the surface, and that word was not encouraging. Inspector Lamble and a companion were the first to go down. They pushed their way past the debris to the stable where the mine horses were kept. All the 36 animals were dead. Then they pushed on into one of the headings. The air was bad, they said. That was all. They could find no trace of the men, and when they came to the surface experts from every mine in the district or- ganized themselves into groups, ready to explore every heading to Its fur- thest reaches. While not definitely determined, gas was believed to have caused the ex- plosion, and late last night Mine Supt. Benton Mitchell said he did not be- lieve any of the men could be alive. Lambie, however, said this morning the work would go on as though every one was alive. Reports of Bomb. i Soon after the explosion occurred there were reports that a dynamite bomb had beben dropped into the shaft, but these were later denied. The mine opened on a mnon-union basis last October, and employs about 250 men. Those entombed were coal cut- ters and their helpers of the night shift. Last night's explosion was the sec- ond within the mine in less than 10 years. On October 1, 1916, a gas ex- plosion killed 10 men. The mine has been equipped with every modern de- vice since that time and it was be-| lieved safe. It was so pronounced on Monday by a deputy mine inspector who examined it. The fact that Lambie and his com- panion could find no trace of the men near the shaft was not considered un- | Trade there for a while had|c | bodies usual, as all the miners were believed to have been working a conslderable Old Spring Shades Are Coming Back Under New Name Big Hats Is Late Vogue, But Many W omen Fin:d This Trying Type. BY ATLEEN LAMONT NEW YORK, March 18.—What been known for years as the Spring shades have not departed from world of fashion. But some of have changed their name 1925 nom de plumes are: Pe blue, ashes of roses, Cicada blonde, cream, ivory, br amber, wigwam waffle, goos bubble, fig brown and cucumber Thousands of big hats have been tried on here in the last k, but far fewer have been bought, for cape line is a trying type for many omen. One beautiful design just arrived from Paris was a | wide brimmed hair braid of trimm with green i a garland of Paul Nobody troubles to repeat *‘Rain rain, go away” if she has an English aincoat, for the waterproofed ga ments can be and most charming The newest, according to London ad- vices, feature faint, soft colored over- checks, with raglan sleeves and loose, rippling backs. Long, sweeping narrow trains are a feature of the London season. Amer- rge emplre taffet ribbon jcans who have bheen a part of the social life of the British capital sa these are so long that t are fre- quently looped the left wrist, s that they can be handled in a crowded lroom Evening coiffures in Paris are being decorated in the back, instead of the front. The very newest bandeaux reverse the usual designs. For ex- ple broad band of pe em Jidered velvet holds the bac bob in place, and fastens with a r row band acr: forehead, ending in a jeweled clasp. Another gn is composed of three bands of pear which pass around back of ti head and end in a »n of black and white enamel i r of the forehead (Copyright RANELL URGING GASOLINE INQURY Renews His Fight for Senate Investigation of Recent Increase in Price. Renewing his fight for an gation of the recent increase price of gasoline, Senator Tramme Democrat, Florida, again today urge action by the Senate on a resoluti directing the Federal Trade Comm sion to conduct such an inquiry The Senator read a report from tk Commi. which he practically charged” those controll- ing the price of gasoline and other oil commodities with using the law of supply and dema s a shield for increasing prices. Senator Trammell argued that facts adduced heretofore by the Trade Commission indicated control of ga oline prices, and Senator Harreld ontended that a further inquiry now would tend to discourage the opening of new wells and duplicate the work being done by President Coolidge's oil board 1 The mine has been in of years arn distance away operation for a number has extended more than a mile and a {half from the shaft. It was thought none of the cutters was nearer half a mile and most of the ably at a greater distance fr spot when the explosion occur Lamble reported that the mine was badly damaged inside, and that cue workers would find it hard going through the shattered passageways. Some hope was held out for cause of the quick work done nics in repairing one of the This apparatus was not seriously damaged, and within a few hours after the blast it was operat- ing and forcing air down to the im- prisoned men. Electric lights also were soon working in the mine At 9:10 o'clock the rescuers were penetrating the wrecked headings leading from the mine shaft, but no had been reached, alt reports were expected momentarily mine fans Newspaper men were barred from the immediate vicinity, and it was announced that conferences would be held with the correspondents every | hour. 1,500 STATE'S MINE TOLL. { Over 1,200 Men Killed Since 1886 in Major Disasters. By the Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March 18.— { Following is a list of the more im- I portant mine disasters in West Vir- ginia since 1885, and the number of casualties: Date. Operation Killed Jan. 885 Newburg Mine, Preston Co. 1800 1907 Red Ash Mive, Fayette Co.. 46 rt Mine, Fayette Co. Mar, Jan green, | ough | | | | | | COLLATERAL FEE SYSTEM T0 BE CUT Extra Judges, With Nighi Sessions, to Assure Speedy Traffic Case Trials. from 9 o'clock in the r o'clock at night, the posting to forfeit it will in nearly a be virty Sessions at Night. eard in th oom o o will be rd in the se At an give ld sl < day ex i liaraitn the Unite idays and half days a during the r months will not while rations are o B ok o &0 the program Ia wn by was contemplate rly and as a result ¢ carried out syste More to Act on Juries. Final impanelin L jury quires on an aver ce irors. Members of the to three n s. When the adopted bill goes into effe May 2, mew jurors will ha found somewhere every two weeks Many persons who have esc: ju Quty so far will be chosen, and those who have served are sure to be called soon again names. Out is hard to o Not more than 5 first chosen are e remain & number a largespercentage is un jury service for various re Court 30 This the for the Police impaneled 2 for and 12 people have twe States In be juries, United br District, with | 6 left over for emergencies So after the 1Ist of May Polica Court will be just one jury after another and excuses to get off from serving will be accepted reluctantly | Feb. 4, 1907 Thomas Mine, Tucker Co 5 Dec. 8, 1907 Monongah Mine Marion Co.. 351 | Dec. 29, 1908 Lick Branch Mie, McDow ell Count 49 Jan. 12,1000 Lick Branch. Mine, McDow el County Mar. 26, 1912 Jed Mine, McDowell County Apr. 28, 1913 Eccles Mine, Raleigh County Mar. "2, 1015 Tayland Mine. Farette Co.. Nov. ©, 1923 Glen Rogers Mine, Wyoming County > Apr. 28, 1924 Benwood Mine, Marstull Co. 104 A total of 311 miners met death in 18 other lesser mine disasters during that period. GOVERNOR GOES TO SCENE. State Officials Hasten to Fairmont to Lend Aid and Comfort. By the Assoclated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 18.— Gov. Gore and Commissioner Lee Ott of the State Workmen's Compensation Department left this morning for Fairmont, where 34 miners are be- lieved to have been Kkilled in the ex- plosion in a mine of the Bethlehem Mines Corporation. They will reach Fairmont tonight, Gov. Gore is following a precedent of other governors who have hastened to the scene of serious mine disasters in the past to extend the sympathy of the State to the victims and to make certain that every possible agency is devoted to rescue and relief work Commissioner Ott will obtain rec- ords which will be a basis for compen- sation to the dependents of men who may have been killed and to any who may be rescued alive, but suffering from injuries. RED CROSS AID OFFERED. Headquarters Here Prepares for Service to West Virginia Mine. Resources of the American Red Cross were offered today for emer- gency rellef work at Fairmont, W Va., where 33 miners are entombed as a result of an explosion. Two Red Cross nurses and a secre- tary already are available for duty at the scene, and headquarters here ordered national resources to be uséd If necespary. | | | | | against them are if at all GRAND JURY BRINGS SEVEN INDICTMENTS Charges in 11 Cases, Including 7 Alleged Dry Infractions, Are Ignored. erated grand jury sons and exon The special dicted seven pe 11 others. Of the cases ignored seven were for alleged violations of the na tonal prohibition act, two for reputed sale of narcotics, and one for alleged white slavery and one where assauit was charged Those indicted and the charges George W. Wint and Steve Capethens, robbery Matthews, housebreaking Frank H. Davis and Leonard Del Vec chio, joyriding: Eugene Nickens and Willie Days, assault with a dangerous weapon. One woman onerated of are Willlam ner George and six men were ex whisky charges. They Jones, Thomas Richard | son, Joseph Petro, Richard Robinson Elizabeth Lomax, Henry Simms and Isador Glasser. Others whose cases were dropped and the charges are Francls Fenwick and Alphonzo Starks, Harrison anti-narcotic law Samuel Emilio, white slavery, and Alfred Johnson, assault with a dan gerous weapon s Queen Mary of England has let it be known among the society folk that she does not lik2 bobbed or shingled hatr,